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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17231 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17231
Honorary license; "advanced illness" defined; name of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17231.

(1) The department, in consultation with the board, may issue an honorary license to an individual, living or deceased, who has met all of the requirements of this part to be eligible for a license except for passage of an examination and who is unable to take the examination due to advanced illness. An honorary license issued under this section does not confer any right to engage in the practice of nursing.

(2) As used in this section, "advanced illness" means that term as defined in section 5653.

(3) This section may be referred to as "Katie Viger's law".

History: Add. 2010, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.424 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-148-of-1901 / Section 458.424
Powers of trustees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Such trustees may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and shall take into their possession and custody all the temporalities of the church, and make rules and regulations for the management thereof, whether the same shall consist of real or personal estate, and whether the same has been given, granted, bequeathed or devised directly or indirectly to such church, or to any person for their use.

History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901; CL 1915, 11033; CL 1929, 10977; CL 1948, 458.424
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.6 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 67.6
Public parks and grounds; powers of council.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The council may lay out or establish public parks and grounds within the village, and improve, light, and ornament public parks and grounds within the village. The council may regulate the use of public parks and grounds and protect the public parks and grounds and their appurtenances from obstruction, encroachment, and injury.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2774; CL 1915, 2645; CL 1929, 1554; CL 1948, 67.6; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.47 — MI Code / Chapter 8 / Act Act-193-of-1970 / Section 8.47
Electronic compilation of compiled laws and rules; designate as official; contesting accuracy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) Not later than 180 days after the effective date of the 2018 amendatory act that amended this section, the legislative council shall examine the electronic compilation of the Michigan Compiled Laws and, if in compliance with this act, the legislative council shall designate the electronic compilation as official pursuant to chapter 1A of the legislative council act, 1986 PA 268, MCL 4.1121 to 4.1131. In addition, after the final adjournment of a regular session held in an even-numbered year, the legislative council shall authenticate that the compilation of the Michigan Compiled Laws is an accurate copy of the general laws in force through the end of that regular session.

(2) Before the compilation of the Michigan Administrative Code is made available to the general public, the office of performance and transformation shall examine the Michigan Administrative Code and, if in compliance with this act, the office of performance and transformation shall designate the electronic compilation as official pursuant to chapter 1A of the legislative council act, 1986 PA 286, MCL 4.1121 to 4.1131.

(3) After the designation as official under subsection (1) or (2), the Michigan Compiled Laws and the Michigan Administrative Code, as appropriate, are considered to be the official statutes and administrative rules of this state and evidence in all courts having jurisdiction. An individual contesting the accuracy of a compilation of the Michigan Compiled Laws or the Michigan Administrative Code designated as official under this section has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the compilation is not accurate.

History: 1970, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1970; Am. 1999, Act 263, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2018, Act 655, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.19a — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.19a
Grand jury; order granting immunity to persons giving testimony; application; verified petition; entry of order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19a.

The prosecuting attorney may apply to the judge who summoned the jury or his or her successor, or to the presiding judge, for an order granting immunity to any person designated by name and address in the application who might give testimony concerning any matter before the grand jury. The application shall be accompanied by a verified petition of the prosecuting attorney that sets forth the facts upon which the application is based. If the judge to whom the application is presented is satisfied that it is in the interest of justice that immunity be granted to that person, the judge shall enter an order granting immunity to the person, if the person appears before the grand jury and testifies under oath about any matter before the grand jury and set forth in the petition of the prosecuting attorney.

History: Add. 1970, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1970; Am. 1989, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.16e — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.16e
MCL 750.93 to 750.105; felonies to which chapter applicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16e.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 750.93 Property G Removing or destroying bonds in state treasury 10 750.94 Property G Issuing bank notes without complying with requirements 10 750.95 Property G Fraudulent bank notes 10 750.96 Property G Fraudulent disposal of bank property 4 750.98 Pub ord G Private banking 4 750.99 Pub trst G Certifying checks without sufficient funds 4 750.100 Pub trst E Banks - conducting business when insolvent 5 750.101 Pub trst E Violating financial institutions act 5 750.104 Property F Fitting boat with intent to destroy 4 750.105 Property G Making false cargo invoice for boat 4

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

750.93

Property

G

Removing or destroying bonds in state treasury

10

750.94

Property

G

Issuing bank notes without complying with requirements

10

750.95

Property

G

Fraudulent bank notes

10

750.96

Property

G

Fraudulent disposal of bank property

4

750.98

Pub ord

G

Private banking

4

750.99

Pub trst

G

Certifying checks without sufficient funds

4

750.100

Pub trst

E

Banks - conducting business when insolvent

5

750.101

Pub trst

E

Violating financial institutions act

5

750.104

Property

F

Fitting boat with intent to destroy

4

750.105

Property

G

Making false cargo invoice for boat

4

History: Add. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998; Am. 2015, Act 213, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016; Am. 2018, Act 285, Eff. Sept. 27, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4912 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4912
Copy or electronic mail link of adopted development plan or tax increment finance plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 912.

Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, each authority shall send a copy or an electronic mail link of its currently adopted development plan or its currently adopted tax increment finance plan, if separate from the development plan, to the department of treasury.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.694 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.694
Parked vehicles; lighting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 694.

Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in section 684, there shall be displayed upon the left side of such vehicle 1 or more lamps projecting a white or amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle and projecting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, except that local authorities may provide by ordinance that no lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when parked in accordance with local ordinances upon a highway where there is sufficient light to reveal any person within a distance of 500 feet upon such highway.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1959, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1959
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20721 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20721
Discharge, follow-up, and evaluation requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20721.

(1) A freestanding birth center shall not discharge a patient from the birth center until the patient is clinically stable and has met discharge criteria established by the freestanding birth center.

(2) A freestanding birth center shall ensure that a program for follow-up care and postpartum evaluation is planned for each patient.

(3) A freestanding birth center shall ensure that both of the following are available to a patient of the freestanding birth center 24 hours a day and 7 days a week:

(a) Consultation with a health care provider by telephone.

(b) A health care provider or other personnel who are available on call to provide intrapartum care to the patient.

History: Add. 2024, Act 252, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.579 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-159-of-1993 / Section 3.579
Annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Before February 1 in each year, the authority shall file an annual report with the governor, the legislature, and the county board of commissioners of the county in which the base is located, setting forth its activities, receipts, expenditures, business considered, meetings, and progress during the immediately preceding year ending December 31.

History: 1993, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Sept. 13, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.609 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-24-of-1992 / Section 399.609
Documentation establishing ownership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A museum shall require a person to provide documentation sufficient to establish that the person is a lender of an item of property or the authorized representative of the lender of an item of property before allowing that person to remove the property from the museum under this act.

History: 1992, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Mar. 23, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1577 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-55-of-1997 / Section 257.1577
Crash helmet required; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Except as provided in subsection (2), a person operating or riding in an electric patrol vehicle shall wear a crash helmet on his or her head. The crash helmet shall meet the requirements of the rules promulgated by the department of state police under section 658 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.658.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a person operating or riding in an electric patrol vehicle equipped with a roof that meets or exceeds the standards for roof-crush resistance, provided under 49 C.F.R. 571.216, or to an incapacitated person being transported to a place of safety.

History: 1997, Act 55, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3502 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3502
Supervised administration; petition; order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3502.

Any interested person or a personal representative may file a petition for supervised administration at any time, or a petition for supervised administration may be joined with a petition in a formal testacy or appointment proceeding.

If a decedent's testacy or a personal representative's priority and qualification have not been previously adjudicated, a petition for supervised administration shall include the matters required of a petition in a formal testacy proceeding, and the notice requirements and procedures applicable to a formal testacy proceeding apply. If not previously adjudicated, the court shall adjudicate the decedent's testacy and questions relating to the personal representative's priority and qualifications in any case involving a request for supervised administration, even though the request for supervised administration may be denied.

After notice to interested persons, the court shall order supervised administration of a decedent's estate in any of the following circumstances:

If the decedent's will directs supervised administration, the court shall order supervised administration unless the court finds that circumstances bearing on the need for supervised administration have changed since the execution of the will and that supervised administration is not necessary.

If the decedent's will directs unsupervised administration, the court shall only order supervised administration on a finding that it is necessary for protection of persons interested in the estate.

In other cases, the court shall order supervised administration if the court finds that supervised administration is necessary under the circumstances.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13409 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13409
Remedies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13409.

The remedies under this part are independent and cumulative. The use of 1 remedy by a person does not bar the use of other lawful remedies by that person or the use of a lawful remedy by another person.

History: Add. 2008, Act 368, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1425 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1425
Tier 2; department as fiduciary and trustee; appointment of advisory board; provisions and procedures; personnel and other services; adoption and compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 125.

(1) The department shall administer Tier 2 and shall be the fiduciary and trustee of Tier 2. The department may appoint an advisory board to assist the department in carrying out its duties as fiduciary and trustee. The department and the state treasurer shall comply with Executive Reorganization Order No. 1999-5, MCL 38.2721, in the administration of Tier 2.

(2) The department shall determine the provisions and procedures of Tier 2 and the plan document in conformity with this act and the internal revenue code.

(3) The department has the exclusive authority and responsibility to employ or contract with personnel and for services that the department determines necessary for the proper administration of and investment of assets of Tier 2, including, but not limited to, managerial, professional, legal, clerical, technical, and administrative personnel or services.

(4) Each employer shall be deemed to have adopted and shall comply with the provisions and procedures of Tier 2 and the plan document.

History: Add. 2010, Act 75, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1701 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-295-of-1972 / Section 338.1701
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "forensic polygraph examiners act".

History: 1972, Act 295, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1304a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1304a
Use of electronic and mechanical devices by jury; other method.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1304a.

The jury board may use electronic and mechanical devices in carrying out its duties under this chapter.

The jury board may use the historic method of preparing separate slips of paper for the second jury list and drawing slips from a jury board box to determine a panel or array of jurors.

History: Add. 1974, Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1974; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.105a — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-200-of-1945 / Section 565.105a
Conveyance of land or title; notice of claim; preclusion of interest, claim or charge; statements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5a.

(1) An instrument that conveys land or warrants title to land subject to an interest, claim, or charge or an instrument that encumbers land or warrants title to land subject to an interest, claim, or charge is not an effective notice of claim of an interest, claim, or charge for purposes of section 2 or 3 if the instrument states that the reference to the interest, claim, or charge is for the sole purpose of limiting the warranty in the instrument and does not create, preserve, or continue the interest, claim, or charge under this act. The inclusion of the following statement in the instrument is sufficient to preclude the creation, preservation, or continuation of an interest, claim, or charge in the land, although this subsection does not preclude the use of a statement that is substantially similar to the statement under this section:

"The references to the exceptions to title by liber and page or other county-assigned unique identifying number in this instrument are for the sole purpose of limiting the warranty or covenant of title, as applicable, in this instrument and do not create, preserve, or continue the interest, claim, or charge under 1945 PA 200, MCL 565.101 to 565.108.".

(2) A statement in an instrument recorded after March 28, 2019, with the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the land is located that includes a statement that an interest is conveyed "subject to easements and restrictions of record" or substantially similar language, without reference to any liber and page or other county-assigned unique identifying number, is not effective to create, preserve, or continue any recorded easements or restrictions of record for purposes of section 2 or 3.

History: Add. 2025, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2228 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2228
Automobile insurance; contents of policy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2228.

No policy of insurance against fire, theft, property damage, collision, and/or liability in connection with automobile coverage shall be issued, unless the premium and amount of coverage is stated in the policy.

For other provisions required in such policies, see chapter 30 of this code (casualty insurance contracts).

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.27 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.27
Price of lottery ticket; sales by person other than licensed agent; lottery ticket as gift; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

A person shall not sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by rule of the commissioner. A person other than a licensed lottery sales agent shall not sell lottery tickets or shares. This section shall not be construed to prevent a person from giving lottery tickets or shares to another as a gift.

A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1972, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.2031 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.2031
Filing of petition by prosecuting attorney.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1031.

If the defendant is determined incompetent to stand trial, and if the court determines that there is not a substantial probability that, if provided a course of treatment, he will attain competence to stand trial within the time limit established by section 1034, the court may direct a prosecuting attorney to file a petition asserting that the defendant is a person requiring treatment as defined by section 401 or meets the criteria for judicial admission as defined by section 515 with the probate court of the defendant's county of residence.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2230 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2230
Mutual insurers other than life; contents of policy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2230.

Mutual insurers, other than life insurers, may insert in any form of policy prescribed by the law of this state any provisions or conditions required by its plan of insurance, which are not inconsistent or in conflict with any law of this state. Such policy, in lieu of conforming to the language and form prescribed by such law, may conform thereto in substance, if such policy includes a provision or endorsement reciting that the policy shall be construed as if in the language and form prescribed by such law, and a copy of such policy and endorsement, if any, shall have been first filed with and shall not have been disapproved by the commissioner.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5533 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5533
Award; eligibility; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5533.

The department may pay an award of up to $10,000.00 to an individual who provides information resulting in the assessment of a civil fine by a court in an action brought by the attorney general pursuant to section 5530, or leading to the arrest and conviction of a person under section 5531. An officer or employee of the United States, state of Michigan, an authorized representative of the department as defined in section 5526(3), or any other state or local government who furnishes information described in this section in the performance of an official duty is ineligible for payment under this section. In addition, an employee of the department of natural resources, a designee of the department of natural resources, or a person employed by the department of attorney general is ineligible to receive an award under this section regardless of whether the reported information came to his or her attention while functioning in an official capacity or as a private citizen. A person may not receive an award under this section for a violation of this part made by that person alone or in conjunction with others. An award shall not be made under this section until rules are promulgated by the department prescribing the criteria for making awards.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.749 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.749
Stopping nonresident for civil infraction; release personal recognizance; immediate hearing before magistrate; failure to appear; default judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 749.

(1) When a nonresident is stopped under section 742 for a civil infraction, the police officer making the stop shall issue to that person a citation as provided in sections 727c and 742.

(2) The officer shall release the nonresident upon his or her personal recognizance.

(3) If a magistrate is available for an immediate appearance, upon demand of the person stopped, the officer immediately shall take the nonresident driver before the magistrate to answer to the civil infraction alleged. If the nonresident defendant requests a formal hearing, the hearing shall be scheduled as provided in section 747. .

(4) If the person who is released upon his or her personal recognizance as provided in subsection (2) fails to appear as required in the citation or for a scheduled formal hearing, the court having jurisdiction and venue over the civil infraction shall enter a default judgment against the person.

History: Add. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1984, Act 331, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1984; Am. 2008, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 15, 2008; Am. 2018, Act 566, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019