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Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.211 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-265-of-1909 / Section 458.211
Amendment of articles; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Any church society incorporated under the provisions of this act, at a meeting called for that purpose of which 4 weeks' notice has been given by announcement at regular services, by a vote of 2/3 of all the qualified members present and voting, may amend its articles of association in any way not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or the form of government of the Presbyterian Church (USA); and such amendment shall become operative when a certificate such as is provided for in sections 2 and 3 shall be executed and acknowledged by the trustees of the corporation and the same duly recorded as therein provided, showing such action and containing a copy of the amended articles.

History: 1909, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 11096; CL 1929, 10933; CL 1948, 458.211; Am. 1960, Act 70, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960; Am. 1984, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.787 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-333-of-1965 / Section 259.787
Model rocket engines; ground testing, conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A model rocket engine may be tested on the ground for the purpose of determining performance or may be used as the motive power of an experiment conducted on the ground under the following minimum conditions:

The engine shall be affixed to a testing device or to an immovable structure in such manner that the engine may not become free during the conduct of the test or experiment.

The engine shall be ignited only by remotely operated electrical means fully under the control of the person conducting the test or experiment.

When a test or experiment is conducted indoors, the exhaust from the engine so tested shall be directed into a nonflammable hood or vent which shall lead directly to the outside of the building.

The exhaust path shall be cleared of all inflammable objects prior to the igniting of such engine.

A person who conducts, participates in or observes static or ground testing of a model rocket engine shall stand a safe distance away from the engine, and particularly its exhaust path, at all times during the conduct of the test.

At least 1 adult person shall inspect each engine to be tested and the testing device to be used before the test is conducted.

The conduct of the test or experiment shall be supervised by at least 1 adult person.

History: 1965, Act 333, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.73108 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.73108
Enforcement and prosecution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 73108.

The prosecuting attorney for a county shall enforce this part and prosecute all persons charged with violating this part in that county. The attorney representing a municipality may enforce this part in that municipality and prosecute all persons charged with violating this part in that municipality.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.15 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-151-of-1851 / Section 390.15
Board of regents; annual report to superintendent of public instruction; availability of report to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The board of regents shall make an exhibit of the affairs of the university, in each year, to the superintendent of public instruction, which sets forth the condition of the university, and its branches, the amount of receipts and expenditures, and the number of professors, tutors, and other officers, and the compensation of each officer, the number of students in each department, and in each class, the books of instruction used, an estimate of the expenses for the ensuing year, together with other information and suggestions as the regents consider important, or the superintendent of public instruction requires, to embody in the report. The report shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1851, Act 151, Eff. July 5, 1851; CL 1857, 2197; Am. 1859, Act 219, Imd. Eff. Feb. 15, 1859; CL 1871, 3495; How. 4919; CL 1897, 1795; CL. 1915, 1170; CL 1929, 7778; CL 1948, 390.15; Am. 1977, Act 253, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2260 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2260
Life or disability insurance; acts not constituting waiver of defenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2260.

The acknowledgement by any insurer of the receipt of notice given under any life or disability insurance policy or the furnishing of forms for filing proofs of loss, or the acceptance of such proofs, or the investigation of any claim thereunder shall not operate as a waiver of any of the rights of the insurer in defense of any claim arising under such policy.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.25a — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-425-of-1984 / Section 124.25a
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5a.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a petition under section 5, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A petition under section 5(4) that is signed by landowners because no registered electors reside within the property to be transferred is not subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: Add. 1998, Act 192, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1025 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1025
Retirement system as trust; board as fiduciary; nonapplicability to Tier 2 retirement plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

The retirement system shall be construed to be a trust, separate from all other entities, maintained for the purpose of securing payment of benefits to the members, deferred vested members, retirants, and their survivors and beneficiaries as provided in this act.

The board is the fiduciary of the retirement system with the authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the retirement system in the manner provided by this act.

This section does not apply to the Tier 2 retirement plan.

History: 1957, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1981, Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981; Am. 1994, Act 359, Eff. Dec. 31, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 486, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.223 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.223
Rule-making power.
Status: in_force

Sec. 223.

The supreme court has authority to promulgate and amend general rules governing practices and procedure in the supreme court and all other courts of record, including but not limited to authority:

to prescribe the forms of all process to be issued by courts of record,

to prescribe the practices and procedure in the supreme court and other courts of record concerning:

methods of review,

special verdicts,

the granting of new trials,

motions in arrest of judgment,

taxation of costs,

giving notice of special motions and other proceedings,

the staying of proceedings,

hearing of motions,

imposing of terms on motions granted,

discovery procedure, and

other matters at its discretion,

to prescribe in which cases the circuit court may grant orders to stay proceedings in matters pending in the circuit courts or another inferior court and to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the orders shall be granted and the effect the orders will have,

to abolish, as far as practicable, distinctions between law and equity.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 763.10 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 763.10
Requirement as directive and not right conferred on individual.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A failure to comply with sections 8 and 9 of this chapter does not create a civil cause of action against a department or individual. The requirement in section 8 of this chapter to produce a major felony recording is a directive to departments and law enforcement officials and not a right conferred on an individual who is interrogated.

History: Add. 2012, Act 479, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.8 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 111.8
Certification by city clerk to county clerk; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

On or before the first Monday of October in each year, the city clerk shall certify to the county clerk of the county in which the city is located the aggregate amount of all sums which the council require to be raised for the next fiscal year for all city purposes, or where the council have decided to have the taxes paid in 2 installments, all sums for city purposes that have not been paid upon the July rolls, and for schools and library and school-house purposes, by general taxation upon all the taxable property of the whole city.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; Am. 1897, Act 239, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1897; CL 1897, 3325; CL 1915, 3249; CL 1929, 2171; CL 1948, 111.8
Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.22 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 764.22
Right to break open door or window.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

A peace officer, a federal law enforcement officer, or a private person who has lawfully entered a building for the purpose of making an arrest and is detained in the building, may break open a door or window of the building if necessary to escape from the building. A peace officer or federal law enforcement officer may break open a door or window of a building if necessary to liberate a person who lawfully entered the building for the purpose of making an arrest and is detained in the building.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17156; CL 1948, 764.22; Am. 1987, Act 256, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1053a — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-193-of-1996 / Section 333.1053a
Execution of order by guardian on behalf of ward; form; signatures; printed or typed names; witness; identification bracelet; possession; access.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

(1) A guardian with the power to execute a do-not-resuscitate order under section 5314 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5314, may execute a do-not-resuscitate order on behalf of a ward who is not a minor child after complying with section 5314 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5314. A guardian of a ward who is a minor child may execute a do-not-resuscitate order on behalf of the ward.

(2) An order executed under this section must be on a form described in section 4. The order must be dated, executed voluntarily, and signed by each of the following individuals:

(a) The guardian.

(b) The ward's attending physician.

(c) Two witnesses 18 years of age or older, each of whom is not the ward's spouse, parent, child, grandchild, sibling, or presumptive heir.

(3) The names of all signatories must be printed or typed below the corresponding signatures. A witness shall not sign an order unless the guardian appears to the witness to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud, or undue influence.

(4) At any time after an order is signed and witnessed, the guardian, the attending physician or his or her delegatee, or an individual designated by the guardian may apply an identification bracelet to the ward's wrist.

(5) A guardian who executes an order under this section shall do all of the following:

(a) Maintain possession of the order.

(b) Have the order accessible within the ward's place of residence or other setting outside of a hospital.

(c) If applicable, provide a copy of the order to the following:

( i ) The administrator of the ward's school or to the administrator's designee.

( ii ) The administrator of a facility in which the ward is a patient or resident or to the administrator's designee.

History: Add. 2013, Act 155, Eff. Feb. 4, 2014; Am. 2020, Act 363, Eff. Apr. 4, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 395.151 — MI Code / Chapter 395 / Act Act-111-of-1952 / Section 395.151
State technical institute and rehabilitation center; continuation of Michigan veterans' vocational school, operation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state of Michigan having already accepted a gift from the Kellogg foundation of the Michigan veterans' vocational school at Pine lake (Doster, Michigan) together with all its properties, real, personal and mixed, said school shall be continued as a state institution under the name of state technical institute and rehabilitation center under the supervision and management of the state board of education. As a state institution it shall be operated in accordance with policies and curricula established by the state board of education.

History: 1952, Act 111, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952; Am. 1959, Act 69, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1968, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.944 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-233-of-1964 / Section 390.944
State higher education facilities commission; rules and regulations, hearing; approval of eligible projects.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The commission shall formulate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the administration of this act, in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.82 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to the provisions of Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, including the filing of applications by public and private institutions of higher education within the state, for approval of eligible projects for the construction of academic facilities, the determination of relative priorities for eligible projects submitted by public and private institutions of higher education within the state, and for determination of the federal share of the development cost of each such project to be recommended to the commissioner of education. The rules and regulations shall be adopted by the commission only after a public hearing with due notice to interested persons and after interested persons have had a reasonable opportunity to request and obtain copies of proposed rules and regulations prior to the public hearing.

History: 1964, Act 233, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.832 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-23-of-2023 / Section 28.832
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Care or care placement services" means the provision of care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to a child, an elderly individual, or an individual with a disability.

(b) "Child" means an individual who is less than 18 years of age and is not emancipated by operation of law as provided in section 4 of 1968 PA 293, MCL 722.4.

(c) "Covered individual" means an individual who meets any of the following requirements:

( i ) Is employed by a qualified entity and has, seeks to have, or may have supervised or unsupervised access to a child, an elderly individual, or individual with a disability for whom the qualified entity provides care or care placement services.

( ii ) Is a volunteer of a qualified entity and has, seeks to have, or may have supervised or unsupervised access to a child, an elderly individual, or individual with a disability for whom the qualified entity provides care or care placement services.

( iii ) Owns, operates, or seeks to own or operate a qualified entity.

(d) "Criminal history record information" means that term as defined in section 1a of 1925 PA 289, MCL 28.241a.

(e) "Department" means the department of state police.

(f) "Elderly individual" means an individual who is 65 years of age or older.

(g) "Individual with a disability" means an individual with a mental or physical impairment who requires assistance to perform 1 or more daily living tasks.

(h) "Program" means the volunteer employee criminal history system program created in section 3.

(i) "Qualified entity" means a business or organization, whether public, private, operated for profit, or operated not for profit that provides care or care placement services. A qualified entity includes a business or organization that licenses or certifies others to provide care or care placement services.

(j) "Rap back program" means a state or federal record of arrest and prosecution background program that enables qualified entities to receive ongoing status notifications of any criminal history reported on covered individuals whose fingerprints are registered in the system thereby eliminating the need for repeated background checks on covered individuals by qualified entities.

History: 2023, Act 23, Eff. May 1, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.1055a — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-234-of-1988 / Section 35.1055a
Veterans memorial park; establishment; location.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5a.

(1) The veterans memorial park is established.

(2) The veterans memorial park consists of a 3.18-acre parcel of land measuring approximately 260.17 feet in an east-west direction and approximately 533 feet in a north-south direction, the westerly boundary being the easterly right of way of Butler Street and the northerly boundary being the southerly right of way of Ottawa Street, also being a part of Bush, Butler and Sparrow's Addition to the City of Lansing and a part of Claypool's Subdivision, City of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan.

This parcel being more particularly described as beginning at the northwest corner of block 6, Claypool's Subdivision, City of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan; thence easterly 260.17 feet on the north line of said block 6; thence southerly 330.37 feet parallel to the west line of said block 6 to a point on the E-W 1/4 line of section 17, T4N, R2W, Lansing Township, City of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan and a point in the center of Michigan Avenue; thence southerly 203.00 feet parallel to the west line of block 1, of Bush, Butler and Sparrow's Addition, City of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan; thence westerly 260.17 feet to said west line; thence northerly 203.00 feet on said west line extended to a point on the E-W 1/4 line of said section 17; thence northerly 330.00 feet on the west line of said block 6 of Claypool's Subdivision to the point of beginning.

History: Add. 2000, Act 470, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.14301 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.14301
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14301.

As used in this part:

"Department" means the department of environmental quality.

"Environmental wastes" means all environmental pollutants, wastes, discharges, and emissions, regardless of how they are regulated and regardless of whether they are released to the general environment or the workplace environment.

"Pollution prevention" means all of the following:

"Source reduction" as defined in the pollution prevention act of 1990, subtitle G of title VI of the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1990, Public Law 101-508, 42 U.S.C. 13101 to 13109.

"Pollution prevention" as described in the United States environmental protection agency's pollution prevention statement dated June 15, 1993.

Environmentally sound on-site or off-site reuse or recycling.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 289, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.695 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-80-of-1909 / Section 457.695
Evidence of existence and incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A copy of the record of such articles of association under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, duly certified according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation.

History: 1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 10637; CL 1929, 10836; CL 1948, 457.695; Am. 1982, Act 119, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.614 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.614
Flashing red or yellow signals; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 614.

If flashing red or yellow signals are used, they shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:

Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.

Flashing yellow (caution signal). When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past the signal only with caution.

A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.41708 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.41708
Operator's records; contents; inspection; reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41708.

Each operator of a game bird hunting preserve licensed under this part shall maintain a record of the names, addresses, and hunting license numbers of all persons hunting upon the preserve, together with the date upon which they hunted and the number of each species taken. The operator shall also maintain an accurate record of the total number, by species, of birds propagated, reared, or purchased and, for each release of birds, the date of the release and the number of individuals of each species released. The records shall be open for inspection by the department at any reasonable time. The licensee shall also provide complete and accurate reports when and as required by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2001, Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 18, 2001