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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1911 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1911
Annual report; filing date; contents; exception; information unchanged.
Status: in_force

Sec. 911.

(1) A domestic corporation and each foreign corporation subject to chapter 10 shall file a report with the administrator no later than May 15 of each year. The report shall be on a form approved by the administrator, signed by an authorized officer or agent of the corporation, and contain all of the following information:

(a) The name of the corporation.

(b) The name of its resident agent and address of its registered office in this state.

(c) The names and addresses of its president, secretary, treasurer, and directors.

(d) General nature and kind of business in which the corporation is engaged.

(e) For each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, the total number of authorized shares and the most recent percentage used in computation of the tax required by the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601.

(f) For each professional corporation, the names and addresses of its shareholders and a certification that both of the following are met:

( i ) Each shareholder is a licensed person in 1 or more of the professional services provided by the professional corporation.

( ii ) The corporation meets the other requirements of chapter 2A.

(2) A corporation formed or authorized to do business on or after January 1 and before May 16 of a calendar year is not required to file the report described in subsection (1) for that calendar year.

(3) If there are no changes in the information provided in the last filed report required under subsection (1), the corporation may file a report that certifies to the administrator that no changes in the required information have occurred since the last filed report. A report filed under this subsection shall be on a form approved by the administrator and filed no later than the date required under section 911.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1973, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Aug. 8, 1973; Am. 1977, Act 36, Eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Am. 1978, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 407, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Am. 1996, Act 196, Eff. May 17, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 197, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1996; Am. 2007, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007; Am. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3212 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3212
Privilege against self-incrimination; perjury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 212.

A person shall not be excused from testifying or from producing any books, papers, records, or memoranda in any examination when ordered to do so by the commissioner, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary, or otherwise, may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a criminal penalty. An individual shall not be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he or she is compelled, after having claimed his or her privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary, or otherwise.

An individual shall not be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury committed in testifying.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.48707 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.48707
Lamprey control weir; prohibited waters for fishing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48707.

A person shall not fish within a distance of 100 feet upstream or downstream from a lamprey control weir installed by the department or the United States fish and wildlife service and designated by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.120 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.120
Contested elections; purpose of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 120.

It is the intention of this act to furnish a speedy and effective means for the preservation of evidence of the intention of voters in the case of elections to the office of United States senator. It is remedial in character and shall be construed in such manner as fully to carry out the intention herein expressed.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.699 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.699
Violations; misdemeanor; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 99.

Each of the following violations of this ordinance is a misdemeanor and is punishable, in addition to the interest and penalties provided under the ordinance, by a fine not exceeding $500.00, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both:

Wilful failure, neglect or refusal to file a return required by the ordinance.

Wilful failure, neglect or refusal to pay the tax, penalty or interest imposed by the ordinance.

Wilful failure of an employer or person to withhold or pay to the city a tax as required by the ordinance.

Refusal to permit the city or an agent or employee appointed by the administrator in writing to examine the books, records and papers of a person subject to the ordinance.

Knowingly filing an incomplete, false, or fraudulent return.

Attempting to do or doing anything whatever in order to avoid full disclosure of the amount of income or to avoid the payment of any or all of the tax.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964; Am. 1978, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 725.254 — MI Code / Chapter 725 / Act Act-129-of-1867 / Section 725.254
Juror in justice or police court; former service as cause of challenge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

It shall be a good cause of challenge to any juror in any justice or police court in any city, township or village in this state, in addition to the other causes of challenge allowed by law, that such person has served as a juror in any justice or police court in any such city, township or village in this state 2 times within 1 year previous to such challenge.

History: Add. 1869, Act 62, Eff. July 5, 1869; CL 1871, 6046; How. 7584a; CL 1897, 349; Am. 1907, Act 316, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907; CL 1915, 14593; CL 1929, 16546; CL 1948, 725.254
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1215 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1215
Corporate name; reservation of right to use; transfer of right.
Status: in_force

Sec. 215.

A person may reserve the right to use of a corporate name by executing and filing an application to reserve the name. If the administrator finds that the name is available for corporate use, he or she shall reserve it for exclusive use of the applicant for a period expiring at the end of the sixth full calendar month following the month in which the application was filed.

The right to exclusive use of a reserved corporate name may be transferred to another person by filing a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, and stating the name and address of the transferee.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1017 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-59-of-2016 / Section 700.1017
Limiting, eliminating, or modifying powers of personal representative; court order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Notwithstanding section 7 or 8, an interested person may file a petition in the court for an order to limit, eliminate, or modify the personal representative's powers with respect to the decedent's digital assets. On receipt of a petition under this section, the court shall set a date for a hearing on the petition. The hearing date must not be less than 14 days or more than 56 days after the date the petition is filed, except for good cause.

History: 2016, Act 59, Eff. June 27, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31704 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31704
Order declaring groundwater dispute.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31704.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), an order declaring a groundwater dispute is effective when a copy of the order is served upon the owner of a high-capacity well that is reasonably believed to have caused the failure of the complainant's small-quantity well.

(2) If a groundwater dispute requires action before service can be completed under subsection (1), oral notification in person by the director or the director of the department of agriculture and rural development, as appropriate, is sufficient until service can be completed. Oral notification is effective for not more than 96 hours.

(3) As soon as possible after an order declaring a groundwater dispute has been issued, the director or the director of the department of agriculture and rural development, as appropriate, shall provide copies of the order to the local units of government in which the high-capacity well and the small-quantity well are located and to the local health departments with jurisdiction over those wells.

(4) Within 14 days after service of an order under subsection (1), the owner of an agricultural well may contest the order by submitting an appeal to the commission of agriculture and rural development. The appeal shall be submitted on a form provided by the department of agriculture and rural development and shall outline the basis for the appeal. Upon receipt of an appeal under this subsection, the commission of agriculture and rural development shall schedule the appeal for consideration at the next scheduled meeting of the commission. Except for the provision of an adequate supply of potable water under section 31705(1), the terms of the order are stayed until a determination is made by the commission of agriculture and rural development regarding the appeal. At the commission's meeting, the commission shall review the order and consider any testimony or other documentation contesting the order and shall make a determination to affirm the order or dismiss the order. If the commission of agriculture and rural development dismisses the order, the department of agriculture and rural development shall reimburse the appellant for the cost of providing potable water under section 31705.

History: Add. 2012, Act 602, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2013; Am. 2013, Act 86, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.852 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-130-of-1889 / Section 35.852
Veterans' memorials; municipal building committee, appointment, powers and duties, tenure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purpose of carrying the same into effect, each said township, village, city or county is authorized to appoint by its township board, village trustees or common council of any such city, or board of supervisors of any such county, a board of 3 trustees, who shall constitute the building committee in behalf of said township, village, city or county, under the supervision of the township board, village trustees, common council or board of supervisors appointing them, and who shall have power under such supervision to make the contracts hereinbefore specified, and oversee, on the part of such township, village, city or county, the work of constructing such building or structure, and who shall audit and sign all vouchers on the account of the same. Until such time as such board is appointed, the governing body of each municipal corporation may perform such functions. All board members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing governing body.

History: 1889, Act 130, Eff. Oct. 2, 1889; How. 993h; CL 1897, 1701; CL 1915, 1067; CL 1929, 941; CL 1948, 35.852; Am. 1959, Act 104, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1959
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.353 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 322.353
Descriptions of lands sold; delivery by county treasurer to township supervisors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.

The several county treasurers receiving such descriptions shall, on or before the first Monday of April, deliver to the supervisor of each township in which any of such lands are situated, a description of such lands therein, with the names of the purchasers of the same.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 60; CL 1857, 2495; CL 1871, 3868; How. 5313; CL 1897, 1386; CL 1915, 569; CL 1929, 5937; CL 1948, 322.353
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.8204 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.8204
Restriction on transfer of security.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8204.

A restriction on transfer of a security imposed by the issuer, even though otherwise lawful, is ineffective against a person without knowledge of the restriction unless:

The security is certificated and the restriction is noted conspicuously on the certificate.

The security is uncertificated and the registered owner has been notified of the restriction.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1987, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 1987; Am. 1998, Act 278, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 427.203 — MI Code / Chapter 427 / Act Act-145-of-1897 / Section 427.203
Sale of unclaimed property; publication and service of notice, time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A notice shall be published, at least, 15 days prior to the time of the sale. Said notice shall designate the time and place of holding such sale and contain a brief description of the baggage, articles and chattels to be sold, and said notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, published in the city or town in which such hotel, inn, boarding house, lodging house or furnished apartment is situated; but if there be none, then in such newspaper published nearest said city or town; and shall also be served upon said guest, boarder, lodger, tenant or owner of such chattel articles or property, if he resides or can be found within the county where said hotel, inn, boarding house, lodging house or furnished apartment is situated, by delivering the same to him personally or leaving it at his place of residence with a person of suitable age in charge thereof. But if such guest, boarder, lodger, tenant, or owner does not reside or cannot be found in said county, then said notice shall be deposited in the postoffice of said city or town with the postage prepaid thereon, 15 days prior to said sale, and addressed to said guest, boarder, lodger, tenant, or owner at his place of residence, if his address be known to the keeper of said hotel, inn, boarding house, lodging house or furnished apartment. The sale shall take place between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and all articles sold shall be to the highest bidder for cash.

History: 1897, Act 145, Eff. Aug. 30, 1897; CL 1897, 5319; CL 1915, 6949; CL 1929, 8793; Am. 1931, Act 95, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 427.203
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3605 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3605
Demand for bond by interested person.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3605.

(1) A person apparently having an interest in the estate worth in excess of $30,000.00 or a creditor having a claim against the estate in excess of $30,000.00 may make a written demand that a personal representative give bond. The demand must be filed with the register, and if appointment and qualification have occurred, a copy must be mailed to the personal representative. Upon filing of the demand, bond is required, but the requirement ceases if the person demanding bond ceases to be interested in the estate or if bond is excused as provided in section 3603 or 3604. After receipt of notice and until the filing of the bond or cessation of the requirement of bond, the personal representative shall not exercise any powers of the fiduciary office except as necessary to preserve the estate. Failure of the personal representative to meet a requirement of bond by giving suitable bond within 28 days after receipt of notice is cause for removal and appointment of a successor personal representative.

(2) The dollar amount described in this section must be adjusted as provided in section 1210.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2024, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 21, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1240 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1240
Cost plus construction contract; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 240.

A cost plus construction contract shall not be entered into unless all of the following occur:

The contract cost is less than $50,000.00.

The contract is for emergency repair or construction caused by unforeseen circumstances.

The repair or construction is necessary to protect life or property.

The contract complies with the contract requirements of the department of civil rights.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.82 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-23-of-1934-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 129.82
Public funds; deposit as security.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Wherever depositories of public or other funds are required or permitted by law to give security therefor, the bonds of the home owners' loan corporation or of any federal home loan bank may and are hereby authorized to be used as security for any depository bonds or obligations wherein any kind of bonds or other security are required or permitted by law to be deposited as security.

Deposits of trust companies and insurance companies with the state treasurer, are hereby authorized to be in the bonds of the home owners' loan corporation or in the bonds of any federal home loan bank.

History: 1934, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1934; CL 1948, 129.82
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.179 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-342-of-1939 / Section 46.179
Advancements and loans to governmental units; conditions, provision for payment; maximum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

In the event that the board of supervisors of any county having established any of the improvements or facilities authorized by this act determines that any city, village, township or township improvement district is in need of extensions, improvements or repairs to such improvements and facilities of and within such units of government, such board of supervisors by a two-thirds majority vote of its members elect is authorized to appropriate, advance and loan to and by agreement with such unit of government from the general funds of the county, such sums as are necessary to provide such extensions, improvements or repairs. The board of supervisors may, by resolution adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of its members elect, make such advance and loan on condition that the legislative body of the unit of government borrowing and receiving said sum shall enter into an agreement therefor and approve such advance and loan by a two-thirds vote of its members elect. Any sum to be borrowed for the benefit of a township improvement district shall be authorized by action of the township board in the township where said district is situated. No such loan shall be made by the board of supervisors without there first being irrevocably pledged to the payment thereof current or delinquent taxes evidenced by promissory notes paying interest at not to exceed 5 per cent per annum and maturing within a period of 10 years: Provided, The total sum advanced and loaned to any such unit of government for 1 or more of the improvements or facilities authorized herein shall not, in total amount, exceed 10 per cent of its current taxes and 80 per cent of all its delinquent taxes, and current and/or delinquent taxes pledged shall not exceed said amount. Such advances and loans are authorized irrespective of the amount of tax delinquency of the unit of government borrowing money for the purpose herein provided, and shall not require the approval of the state loan board, the public debt commission or any other state authority.

History: 1939, Act 342, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; Am. 1941, Act 353, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 46.179; Am. 1953, Act 186, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.2b — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-101-of-1907 / Section 445.2b
Assumed name; discontinuance of operation certificate, filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2-b.

Whenever an assumed name concern shall go out of business, it shall be the duty of the person or persons, who have conducted such business, to file a certificate with the clerk of the county or counties in which such concern transacted business, of the discontinuance of the operation of the business in such county or counties, which certificate shall be attached by the county clerk to the certificate or renewal certificate filed under the provisions of section 1 or 1a of this act.

History: Add. 1931, Act 272, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 445.2b; Am. 1949, Act 151, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.410 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.410
Plan of concurrent jurisdiction; delegation; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 410.

A plan of concurrent jurisdiction adopted under this chapter shall not include a delegation of any of the following:

(a) A power of appointment to a public office delegated by constitution or statute to the circuit court or a circuit judge.

(b) A power of appointment to a public office delegated by constitution or statute to the probate court or a probate judge.

(c) A power of appointment to a public office delegated by law to the district court or a district judge, unless that power of appointment is delegated to a court or judge other than the circuit court or a circuit judge.

History: Add. 2002, Act 678, Eff. Apr. 1, 2003; Am. 2005, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2005; Am. 2012, Act 338, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.975 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-227-of-1963 / Section 691.975
Special emergency judges; powers and duties; termination of authority by legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Those authorized to act as special emergency judges may exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office only after an attack upon the United States has occurred. The legislature by concurrent resolution at any time may terminate the authority of the special emergency judges to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office.

History: 1963, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.351 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.351
Total incapacity for work; amount and duration of compensation; limitation on conclusive presumption of total and permanent disability; determining question of permanent and total disability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 351.

While the incapacity for work resulting from a personal injury is total, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid as provided in this section, to the injured employee, a weekly compensation of 80% of the employee's after-tax average weekly wage, but not more than the maximum weekly rate of compensation, as determined under section 355. Compensation shall be paid for the duration of the disability. The conclusive presumption of total and permanent disability shall not extend beyond 800 weeks from the date of injury and thereafter the question of permanent and total disability shall be determined in accordance with the fact, as the fact may be at that time.

A totally and permanently disabled employee whose date of injury preceded July 1, 1968, is entitled to the compensation under this act that was payable to the employee immediately before the effective date of this subsection, or compensation equal to 50% of the state average weekly wage as last determined under section 355, whichever is greater.

If an employee who is eligible for weekly benefits under this act would have received greater weekly benefits under the prior benefit standard of 2/3 of average weekly wages, subject to the maximum benefits which were in effect before January 1, 1982, then the employee shall be entitled to such greater weekly benefits, but not at a rate exceeding the maximum rate in his or her dependency classification under such law. This subsection does not authorize payment to an employee according to any schedule of minimum benefits, except those provided in section 356.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969; Am. 1976, Act 393, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982