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Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4712 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4712
Receiving bank; failure to accept payment order; liability for breach of agreement to accept payment order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4A212.

If a receiving bank fails to accept a payment order that it is obliged by express agreement to accept, the bank is liable for breach of the agreement to the extent provided in the agreement or in this article, but does not otherwise have any duty to accept a payment order or, before acceptance, to take any action, or refrain from taking action, with respect to the order except as provided in this article or by express agreement. Liability based on acceptance arises only when acceptance occurs as stated in section 4A209, and liability is limited to that provided in this article. A receiving bank is not the agent of the sender or beneficiary of the payment order it accepts, or of any other party to the funds transfer, and the bank owes no duty to any party to the funds transfer except as provided in this article or by express agreement.

History: Add. 1992, Act 100, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1532 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-460-of-2014 / Section 722.1532
Electronic signature or delivery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 USC 7001 to 7031, but does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 USC 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 USC 7003(b).

History: 2014, Act 460, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.102a — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-106-of-1945 / Section 2.102a
Travel bureau; creation; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

The travel bureau is created within the department of commerce and shall do all of the following:

Implement programs to market this state as a desirable travel destination.

Before funding a promotional effort, identify and document those benefits to the state that the travel bureau determines likely to result from the promotional effort.

Withhold funds for any proposed promotional effort that in the travel bureau's determination will not likely benefit the travel industry in the state or conform with the goals of the master plan described in section 2c.

If the travel bureau expends funds for a promotional effort, identify and document the actual benefits, if any, conferred upon the state by that promotional effort.

Use reasonable means to identify, review, and comment upon the policies and programs of state agencies which directly affect the achievement of the duties and responsibilities of the travel bureau.

Facilitate travel to and within this state to the maximum extent feasible.

From time to time, convene interagency committees, consisting of representatives of units of state government that may be required to devise recommendations to identify and solve tourism problems.

Provide informational assistance and guidance to regional, county, and city tourism development organizations and similar private organizations in planning programs to attract visitors.

History: Add. 1975, Act 145, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1975; Am. 1993, Act 109, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5101
“Land disposal wastewater management program” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5101.

As used in this part, "land disposal wastewater management program" means the program developed in the United States army corps of engineers southeastern Michigan survey scope wastewater management study, as authorized by section 102 of title I of the federal water pollution control act, chapter 758, 86 Stat. 817, 33 U.S.C. 1252, and the resolution of the United States house of representatives public works committee and the United States senate public works committee or any other study by the corps of engineers proposing disposal of municipal wastewater on land.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.522 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.522
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 to 5 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26565 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-557-of-2008 / Section 333.26565
Children's miracle network fund; creation; purpose; credit to fund; investment; interest and earnings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The children's miracle network fund is created in the department to provide funds for donation to the children's miracle network to support the children's miracle network hospitals located in this state in providing life-saving pediatric care, education, and research.

(2) The state treasurer shall credit to the fund all amounts appropriated for this purpose under section 435 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.435, and money from any other source for deposit into the fund.

(3) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The fund shall consist of the money credited to the fund pursuant to section 435 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.435, any interest and earnings accruing from the saving and investment of that money, and money from any other source.

(4) Money in the fund at the close of the year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

History: 2008, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 16, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.409d — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.409d
Candidates for judge of court of appeals; declaration of nominees; certification of nomination; death or disqualification of candidate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 409d.

In each appellate court district the candidates for office of judge of the court of appeals receiving the largest number of votes at any primary election, to a number equal to twice the number of persons to be elected as set forth in the report of the board of state canvassers, based on the returns from the various boards of county canvassers and election precincts, or as determined by the board of state canvassers as the result of a recount, shall be declared the nominees for the office at the next general November election. The board of state canvassers shall certify the nomination to the county election commissions.

If, after the deadline for filing nominating petitions under section 409b, there are fewer candidates for nomination or nominees for the office of judge of the court of appeals than there are persons to be elected at the general November election because of the death or disqualification of a candidate more than 65 days before the general November election, then a person, whether or not an incumbent, may qualify as a nominee for that office at the general November election by filing nominating petitions as required by section 409b. However, the filing shall be made before 4 p.m. on the twenty-first day following the death or disqualification of the candidate or 4 p.m. on the sixtieth day preceding the general November election, whichever is earlier, and the minimum number of signatures required is 1,000 or 1/2 the minimum number required under section 409b, whichever is less.

The secretary of state shall certify the nomination of each person who qualifies as a nominee under subsection (2) to the board of election commissioners of each county in the appellate court district for the general November election.

History: Add. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 60, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1990, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.784 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-333-of-1965 / Section 259.784
Model rocket engines; standards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A model rocket engine which supplies the propulsive force for a model rocket shall conform to the following standards:

It shall be a commercially manufactured device or combination of devices wherein all chemical ingredients of a combustible nature are pre-mixed and ready for use.

The force or motive power shall be created by a rearward discharge of gas generated by the combustion or other operation of materials contained solely within the device or combination of devices.

The device or combination of devices shall have been tested by the federal bureau of explosives and shall qualify as a "toy propellant device" under title 18, section 11 of the United States code.

An engine constructed wholly or partly of metal shall be equipped with an adequate blowout disc or other safety release, as an integral part of the engine, for the purpose of preventing rupture of the engine casing in the event of internal over-pressure.

It shall be so designed and constructed as to be incapable of spontaneous ignition or combustion in air, water, under pneumatic or hydraulic pressure, as a result of motion or jarring, when subjected to a temperature of 170 degrees Fahrenheit or less, or in glycerine.

History: 1965, Act 333, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.101a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-4-of-1937-Ex-Sess- / Section 38.101a
Teacher rights subject to MCL 380.1230d and 380.1535a.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

The rights of a teacher on continuing tenure under this article are subject to sections 1230d(4) and 1535a(4) and (5) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1230d and 380.1535a. For the purposes of this article, a conviction of a violation of section 1230d of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1230d, or a violation of 1 of the crimes listed in section 1535a(1) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1535a, is considered to be reasonably and adversely related to the ability of the person to serve in an elementary or secondary school and is sufficient grounds to support the discharge or demotion of a teacher on continuing tenure.

History: Add. 2005, Act 124, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1357 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1357
Participation of director in supervisory college.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1357.

(1) The director may participate in a supervisory college for a domestic insurer that is part of an insurance holding company system with international operations to determine the insurer's financial condition, business strategy, risk management, risk exposures, governance processes, regulatory position, or legality of conduct. The director may participate in a supervisory college with other regulators including state, federal, and international regulatory agencies, charged with the supervision of the insurer or its affiliates. The authority of the director under this section includes, but is not limited to, initiating a supervisory college, clarifying membership and participation of other supervisors in the supervisory college, clarifying the functions of the supervisory college and roles of other regulators including establishing a groupwide supervisor, coordinating ongoing activities of the supervisory college, and establishing a crisis management plan.

(2) The insurer is liable for and shall pay the reasonable expenses for the director to participate in the supervisory college, including reasonable travel expenses, if the director considers it appropriate to require the insurer to pay these costs.

(3) The director may enter into agreements under section 1355 providing the basis for cooperation and sharing of confidential information with state, federal, and international regulatory agencies that regulate the domestic insurer or affiliates within the insurance holding company system. This section does not delegate to the supervisory college the authority of the director to regulate or supervise the domestic insurer or its affiliates within its jurisdiction.

History: Add. 2015, Act 245, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1567 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-434-of-2018 / Section 722.1567
Records; availability; liability; rules prohibited; referral.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) A family service agency shall maintain records for each criminal history records check, home safety assessment, and training it conducts under this act for a period of not less than 7 years after the minor child attains 18 years of age. The family service agency shall make the records available to any local, state, or federal authority requesting the records as part of an investigation involving the minor child, parent or guardian, or person in a home in which a minor child is or was hosted according to a power of attorney.

(2) The department is not liable for any action arising out of this act.

(3) The department shall not promulgate rules under this act.

(4) The department, a local office of the department, or a law enforcement agency or officer may refer cases or families to a tax-exempt charitable organization that is recruiting persons and families under this act. The services provided under this act are community-based services that may be recommended commensurate with the risk to the child under section 8d(1)(b) and (c) of the child protection law, 1975 PA 238, MCL 722.628d.

History: 2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.544 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.544
Forty-third judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 544.

The forty-third judicial circuit consists of the county of Cass and has 1 judge.

History: Add. 1968, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8515 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8515
Revocation or refusal of license or registration; grounds; hearing; exception for refusal to sell ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8515.

(1) The director of the department may revoke the license of a manufacturer or distributor or the registration of a fertilizer product or soil conditioner, or may refuse to license a manufacturer or distributor or to register a fertilizer product or soil conditioner, upon satisfactory evidence that the licensee has engaged in fraudulent or deceptive practices or has evaded or attempted to evade this part or the rules promulgated under this part.

(2) A license or registration shall not be revoked or refused until the licensee or applicant has been given the opportunity by the director of the department to appear for a hearing.

(3) The department shall not suspend or revoke the license of a distributor or manufacturer who refuses to sell ammonium nitrate fertilizer to a person who fails to comply with the request for information required under section 8518 or who refuses to sell ammonium nitrate fertilizer to a person who purchases that fertilizer out of season, in unusual amounts, or under a pattern or circumstances considered unusual, as described in section 8518.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2005, Act 68, Imd. Eff. July 11, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.104 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.104
Cooperative corporations; reserve funds, investment; shareholders, vote.
Status: in_force

Sec. 104.

Same; investment of reserve fund. At any regular meeting, or any duly called special meeting, at which the quorum fixed by the bylaws shall be present, the shareholders of any cooperative corporation may by a majority vote of such shareholders present in person, subscribe for shares and invest a portion of the reserve fund of such corporation, not to exceed at any time 20 per cent in the aggregate of its capital, in the capital stock or membership capital of any other cooperative corporation or corporations with which it desires to cooperate or affiliate: Provided, however, That this provision shall not be construed to prevent such corporation from accepting patronage dividends in the form of stock or otherwise from such other corporation in any amount.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1941, Act 327, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 450.104
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1502 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1502
Cessation of function as PSAP or secondary PSAP; notice; payment of costs for equipment removal or system modification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 502.

(1) After installation and commencement of operation of a 9-1-1 system implemented under this act, a public safety agency serving a public agency or county within the 9-1-1 service district shall cease to function as a PSAP or a secondary PSAP 60 days after giving written notice to the county clerk. Within 5 days after receipt of the notice, the county clerk shall forward the written notice to the service supplier.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, any costs incurred by a service supplier for equipment removal or system modification necessary for a public safety agency to cease functioning as a PSAP or secondary PSAP under subsection (1) shall be paid directly by the public safety agency.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986; Am. 2007, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1517 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1517
Annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 517.

A health care corporation shall transmit an annual report for each provider class to the commissioner regarding the level of achievement of the goals provided in section 504. The report shall include data necessary to a determination of the corporation's compliance or noncompliance with the goals, as prescribed in section 504, and compliance with objectives contained in the provider class plan. The report shall be in accordance with forms and instructions prescribed by the commissioner and shall include information as necessary to evaluate the considerations of section 509(4). The report may include other information the corporation deems relevant.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.229 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.229
Duplicate registration certificate, registration plate, certificate of title, or duplicate certificate of title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 229.

(1) If a registration certificate, registration plate, certificate of title, or duplicate certificate of title is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible, the person entitled to possession of a registration certificate, registration plate, certificate of title, or duplicate certificate of title or the legal representative or successor in interest of that person as shown by the records of the department shall immediately make application for and may obtain a duplicate or a new registration under a new registration number, as determined to be most advisable by the department, upon the applicant furnishing information satisfactory to the department and upon payment of the required fee. Every duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend: "This is a duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate", and shall be delivered to the person entitled to possession of a registration certificate or certificate of title under section 222. Upon issuance of a duplicate registration certificate or plate, the previous registration certificate or plate last issued shall be void.

(2) If a certificate of title is lost at the time that ownership of the vehicle is to be transferred to another person, the secretary of state need not issue a duplicate certificate of title if all of the following are met:

(a) The person from whom ownership of the vehicle is to be transferred appears in person at a secretary of state office and supplies evidence satisfactory to the secretary of state of his or her identity and his or her ownership of the vehicle and pays the fee required under section 806.

(b) The person to whom the vehicle is to be transferred, or his or her legal representative, accompanies the person described under subdivision (a) and makes application for an original certificate of title, supplies evidence satisfactory to the secretary of state of his or her identity, and pays the fee required under section 806.

(3) If the secretary of state does not issue a duplicate certificate of title under subsection (2), the secretary of state's records shall indicate the transfer of the vehicle without a surrender of the certificate of title.

(4) As provided under section 238, the secretary of state is not required to issue a duplicate title to the owner of a vehicle if the duplicate title is subject to a security interest.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1964, Act 248, Eff. Jan. 1, 1965; Am. 1988, Act 276, Eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Am. 2014, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 31, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.371 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-98-of-1883 / Section 565.371
Recording fraudulent conveyance of realty; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) A person that procures or places upon record any conveyance of real estate with intent to deceive any person as to the veracity of the document recorded is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

(2) A person that knowingly and willfully drafts or submits a document to be filed and recorded with a register of deeds in this state with intent to defraud the owner of real estate or the owner of an interest in real estate is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

(3) If the register of deeds believes a document was submitted to the register of deeds in violation of this section, the register of deeds may provide evidence of the violation to the county prosecutor in the county where the register of deeds is located.

History: 1883, Act 98, Eff. Sept. 8, 1883; How. 9234a; CL 1897, 11687; CL 1915, 15461; CL 1929, 13355; CL 1948, 565.371; Am. 2024, Act 154, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.210 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.210
Substance that when combined will become explosive or combustible; possession with intent to use unlawfully; violation; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 210.

(1) A person shall not carry or possess an explosive or combustible substance or a substance or compound that when combined with another substance or compound will become explosive or combustible or an article containing an explosive or combustible substance or a substance or compound that when combined with another substance or compound will become explosive or combustible, with the intent to frighten, terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass, injure, or kill any person, or with the intent to damage or destroy any real or personal property without the permission of the property owner or, if the property is public property, without the permission of the governmental agency having authority over that property.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a crime as follows:

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) to (e), the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

(b) If the violation damages the property of another person, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine of not more than $15,000.00, or both.

(c) If the violation causes physical injury to another individual, other than serious impairment of a body function, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 25 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.

(d) If the violation causes serious impairment of a body function to another individual, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or for any term of years or a fine of not more than $25,000.00, or both.

(e) Except as provided in sections 25 and 25a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.25 and 769.25a, if the violation causes the death of another individual, the person is guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for life without eligibility for parole and may be fined not more than $40,000.00, or both.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.210; Am. 1998, Act 208, Eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Am. 2003, Act 257, Eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Am. 2014, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 2014