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Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.1 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-122-of-1941 / Section 205.1
Department as agency responsible for tax collection; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) The department is the agency of this state responsible for the collection of taxes and is responsible for all of the following:

(a) Coordinated collection of state taxes, assessments, licenses, fees, and other money as may be designated by law.

(b) Specialized service for tax enforcement, through establishment and maintenance of uniformity in definition, regulation, return, and payment.

(c) Avoidance of duplication in state facilities for tax collections that involve seasonal or occasional increases of staff, duplication of audits, and wasteful travel expenses.

(d) Safeguarding tax and other collections wherever received until duly deposited in the state treasury.

(e) Providing an advisory service on fiscal status, processes, and needs of state government, including periodic reports on payments, receipts, and debts.

(f) Development of a state revenue enforcement service by means of a staff that is permanent, qualified by training and experience, protected by merit system procedure, and so organized as to serve the public with efficiency, economy, consistency, and equity.

(g) Except as otherwise provided in this act, supervise and control the collection of all past due money and accounts owed to this state or to any officer, department, commission, board, or agency of this state.

(2) Any reference to the department of revenue in this act or any other act shall mean the state treasurer. Any reference to the state commissioner of revenue in this act or any other act shall mean the state treasurer.

(3) As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of treasury.

(b) "Support" means that term as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.602.

History: 1941, Act 122, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 205.1; Am. 1970, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1970; Am. 2002, Act 657, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002; Am. 2006, Act 615, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16234 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16234
Conduct of hearings; authority of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16234.

The department may hold hearings and administer oaths and order testimony to be taken at a hearing or by deposition conducted pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.46 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.46
Retirement or separation from employment of supplemental member with supplemental early retirement allowance; conditions; determination of eligibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

A supplemental member may retire with a supplemental early retirement allowance as provided for in section 47 if the supplemental member meets all of the following conditions:

He or she is age 51 years or older but less than age 62 years.

He or she has 25 or more years of covered service.

His or her last 3 years of credited service are covered service.

He or she files a written request for retirement with the retirement board stating the date that he or she wishes to be retired.

A supplemental member may be separated from employment in a covered position the first day of the calendar month following the month in which he or she attains age 56 years. A supplemental member separated under this subsection may retire with a supplemental early retirement allowance provided in section 47 if he or she satisfies each of the following conditions:

He or she has not attained age 62 years.

He or she has 10 or more years of covered service.

His or her last 3 years of credited service are covered service.

He or she files a written request for retirement with the retirement board stating the date that he or she wishes to be retired.

The state personnel director shall determine all questions on eligibility for supplemental early retirement benefits within the meaning of sections 45 to 47.

History: Add. 1976, Act 302, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 2002, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002; Am. 2002, Act 743, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.676d — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.676d
Contract between local unit of government and wrecker, recovery, or towing service; incentives prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 676d.

(1) A local unit of government shall not require as a term of a contract with a wrecker, recovery, or towing service that the wrecker, recovery, or towing service pay a fee to that local unit of government for responding to the scene of an impound, accident, disabled vehicle, or abandoned vehicle and providing wrecker, recovery, or towing services. A local unit of government shall not accept a payment, commission, or portion of wrecker, recovery, or towing service fees from a wrecker, recovery, or towing service in exchange for securing business for that wrecker, recovery, or towing service.

(2) A wrecker, recovery, or towing service shall not offer to a local unit of government a payment, fee, or commission to induce the local unit of government to enter into a contract with or secure business for the wrecker, recovery, or towing service.

(3) This section only applies to a contract between a local unit of government and a wrecker, recovery, or towing service that is entered into or renewed after January 7, 2015.

History: Add. 2014, Act 303, Eff. Jan. 7, 2015; Am. 2020, Act 141, Eff. Oct. 6, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 235.1 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 235.1
Drain in public highway; release of right-of-way, damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Drains may be laid along and within the limits of or across any public highway: Provided, That when it is proposed to construct a drain in whole or in part along a public highway, the owners of the land abutting on the side of the highway along which such drain is proposed to be laid, shall be considered as still owning the fee of such land, and it shall be necessary for the county drain commissioner to obtain from them severally a release of their rights to so much of said highway as is necessary and proposed to be taken for the right of way of said drain, and for all damages on account thereof. In case such release is not executed within the time (a) prescribed in section 4 of chapter 3, such release (b) shall be obtained in the same manner as is provided in this act for obtaining private lands.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4510; CL 1929, 4139; CL 1948, 235.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.410c — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.410c
Distributing, delivering, selling, or possessing a drug-masking product; prohibition; violation as a misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 410c.

(1) A person shall not distribute, deliver, sell, or possess with intent to distribute, deliver, or sell a drug-masking product.

(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Drug-masking product" includes synthetic urine, human urine, a substance designed to be added to human urine, or a substance designed to be added to or used on human hair or oral fluid, for the purpose of defrauding an alcohol or a drug screening test.

(b) "Synthetic urine" means a substance that is designed to simulate the composition, chemical properties, physical appearance, or physical properties of human urine.

History: Add. 2022, Act 147, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5209 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5209
Power not limited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5209.

This part does not limit the power of the department, a local health department, or the probate court to deal with the prevention and control of communicable diseases and infections.

History: Add. 1988, Act 490, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1699aa — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1699aa
Project SEARCH; opportunities for high school students with disabilities to obtain competitive employment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 99aa.

(1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 for 2024-2025 only to 1 eligible intermediate district to provide opportunities for high school students with disabilities to train for, gain, and maintain competitive employment.

(2) An intermediate district that has partnered with Project SEARCH to provide the opportunities described in subsection (1) is an eligible intermediate district under this section.

(3) The funds allocated under this section for 2024-2025 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2024-2025 are carried forward into 2025-2026. The purpose of the work project is to provide for the continuation of opportunities for high school students with disabilities as described in subsection (1). The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2026.

History: Add. 2021, Act 48, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Am. 2022, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Am. 2023, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Am. 2024, Act 120, Eff. Oct. 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1104 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1104
Definitions controlling interpretation of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 104.

The definitions contained in sections 105 through 109 shall control the interpretation of this act, unless the context otherwise requires.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1101 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1101
Court reporters or certified court recorders; number.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1101.

Each circuit court in this state shall have as many court reporters or certified court recorders as it has judges.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.5 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 45.5
County lands; sale and conveyance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The board of supervisors of each county, or other public officers having the charge and management of the county lands, may, by their order of record, appoint 1 or more agents to sell any real estate of their county not donated for any special purpose, and all deeds, made on behalf of such county, by such agents under their proper hands and seals, and duly acknowledged by them, shall be sufficient to convey all the right, title, interest and estate which the county may then have in and to the land so conveyed.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 13; CL 1857, 304; CL 1871, 435; How. 441; CL 1897, 2443; CL 1915, 2245; CL 1929, 1103; CL 1948, 45.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.10 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-282-of-1905 / Section 207.10
Assessment roll; description; form; cash and taxable valuations; placement on roll.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

On the assessment roll, after the name of each of the companies assessed, the state board of assessors shall place a general description of the property of each company, which includes all of the property of each company liable to taxation under this act. In the case of railroad, union station, and depot companies, the general description may be "Real estate, rolling stock, right-of-way and appurtenances, and all other property used in carrying on the corporate business and subject to taxation by a state board of assessors.". In the case of telegraph and telephone companies, the general description may be "Real estate, exchanges, switchboards, conduits, telegraph and telephone poles, and lines, and other appurtenances, and all other property used in carrying on the business of said company, and subject to taxation by a state board of assessors.". In the case of car loaning, stock car, refrigerator and fast freight line, and other car companies, and other companies, owning, leasing, running, or operating any cars subject to taxation under this act, the general description may be "Cars subject to taxation by a state board of assessors.". In the case of express companies and sleeping car companies, the general description may be "Property subject to taxation by a state board of assessors.". In a column opposite the name of each company assessed shall be extended the true cash value and taxable value of the property assessed.

History: 1905, Act 282, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; Am. 1909, Act 49, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4222; CL 1929, 3561; CL 1948, 207.10; Am. 1995, Act 257, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.281 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-246-of-1931 / Section 41.281
Creation of indebtedness; approval by township board; limitation on issue of township bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

In the creation of any indebtedness hereunder, it shall not be necessary to have the approval of the board of supervisors thereon, but no indebtedness against the township at large shall be incurred without the approval of the township board of each township in which any part of the assessment district is situated. No bonds shall be issued on behalf of any township which would cause the total bonded debt of the township to exceed 5 per cent of its assessed valuation.

History: 1931, Act 246, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 41.281
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2806 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-202-of-2017 / Section 38.2806
Underfunded status; waiver; duties of state treasurer if local unit of government not granted waiver.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) To apply for a waiver of the underfunded status determination under section 5, the local unit of government's administrative officer and governing body must approve a plan demonstrating the underfunded status is being addressed and must approve the waiver application. The state treasurer shall issue a waiver of the determination of underfunded status for a local unit of government if the state treasurer determines that the underfunded status is adequately being addressed by the local unit of government.

(2) For any underfunded local unit of government that is not granted a waiver, the department of treasury shall do all of the following:

(a) Undertake an individualized and comprehensive internal review of the local unit of government's retirement system.

(b) Discuss changes or reforms that have been made with the local unit of government's designated officials.

(c) Review actuarial projections, including trends and forecasts.

History: 2017, Act 202, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.652 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-208-of-1895 / Section 457.652
Grand temple; incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any 10 or more persons residents of the state, being members of the grand temple Rathbone Sisters of the state of Michigan, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seals, which articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:

First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance and their places of residence;

Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law, and the place of its business office;

Third, The object and purpose of such association, which shall be to promote the general welfare of the association known as the grand temple Rathbone Sisters, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.

History: 1895, Act 208, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1895; CL 1897, 8011; CL 1915, 10483; CL 1929, 10804; CL 1948, 457.652
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1609h — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1609h
Electronic rebate coupons.
Status: in_force

Sec. 609h.

A manufacturer or supplier may offer electronic rebate coupons directly to a retail customer after the retail customer purchases alcoholic liquor from a retailer. An electronic rebate coupon issued under this section must comply with all the following:

(a) A manufacturer or supplier shall only issue coupons that state a specific expiration date and specific cash refund value on the coupons. The refund may be paid by cash, by check, by debit card, through electronic funds transfer to a bank account, or through an internet or mobile payment account.

(b) A manufacturer or supplier shall not issue coupons that make any alcoholic liquor free.

(c) A manufacturer or supplier may issue coupons that can be applied to more than 1 specific product sold by that manufacturer or supplier but must state the manufacturer or supplier to which they apply.

(d) A manufacturer or supplier shall issue coupons that require the retail customer to purchase at least 1 product of alcoholic liquor to redeem a coupon. A manufacturer or supplier may issue coupons that require the retail customer to purchase 2 or more alcoholic liquor products from the same manufacturer or supplier to redeem the coupon.

(e) A manufacturer or supplier may issue coupons that require the purchase of a product other than alcoholic liquor.

(f) A wholesaler shall not pay for or participate in the offering of coupons except for providing signs that promote the electronic rebate coupon in accordance with section 610a.

(g) A manufacturer shall only issue coupons that may be redeemable after a purchase of alcoholic liquor at all retail locations where that alcoholic liquor is sold.

History: Add. 2022, Act 225, Imd. Eff. Oct. 14, 2022; Am. 2023, Act 183, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1041 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1041
Board of trustees; audit of accounts; annual statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

The board shall have the accounts of the system audited at least biennially by the auditor general and submit an annual statement to the governor and legislature as soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year.

History: 1957, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1960, Act 113, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1497c — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1497c
Mobile home park corporation; articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 97c.

In addition to other requirements of law, the articles of incorporation of any mobile home park corporation shall provide all of the following:

That the mobile home park corporation has been organized exclusively to provide housing facilities for persons of low and moderate income, or for persons whose income does not exceed limits established in this act, and for social, recreational, commercial, and communal facilities as may be necessary to serve and improve a residential area in which authority-aided or federally-aided housing is located or planned to be located, thereby enhancing the viability of the housing.

That every stockholder of the mobile home park corporation shall be deemed, by the subscription to or receipt of stock in the corporation, to have agreed that he or she at no time shall receive from the corporation in repayment of his or her investment any sums in excess of the face value of the investment plus cumulative dividends at a rate which the authority determines to be reasonable and proper, computed from the initial date on which money was paid or property delivered in consideration for the proprietary interest of the stockholders; and that upon the dissolution of the mobile home park corporation, any surplus in excess of those amounts shall be paid to the authority or to any other regulating governmental body as the authority directs.

That the operations of the mobile home park corporation may be supervised by the authority or by any other governmental body as the authority directs, and that the mobile home park corporation shall enter into agreements with the authority or with the governmental body as the authority from time to time requires. These agreements shall provide for regulation by the authority or the governmental body of the planning, development, and management of any housing project undertaken by the mobile home park corporation and the disposition of the property and franchises of the corporation.

History: Add. 1982, Act 534, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982; Am. 1983, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Nov. 16, 1983; Am. 1984, Act 215, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.705 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-175-of-1952 / Section 247.705
Revenues set aside; source.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

After any indebtedness shall be incurred under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the city or village, during each year such indebtedness shall continue, to set aside in a separate fund from such revenues as shall be received during such year from the motor vehicle highway fund an amount sufficient to pay the interest and principal upon the installment on such indebtedness next maturing.

History: 1952, Act 175, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 6.3 — MI Code / Chapter 6 / Act Act-62-of-1872 / Section 6.3
Impeachment; prosecution by house.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

When an impeachment is directed, the house of representatives shall elect from their own body 3 members, whose duty it shall be to prosecute such impeachment, and the house of representatives are hereby authorized to empower the said managers to prepare and present articles of impeachment in accordance with resolutions of said house.

History: 1872, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1872; How. 52; CL 1897, 20; CL 1915, 34; CL 1929, 61; CL 1948, 6.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.649a — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-44-of-1984 / Section 290.649a
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9a.

The director shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement sections 9b to 9h and 9j.

History: Add. 1993, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.533 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-265-of-1949 / Section 458.533
United Missionary churches; amending articles, acknowledgment, certificate, recording.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a 2/3 vote of the local conference of said church, to alter or amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or the book of discipline of the United Missionary church; and such alteration or amendment shall become operative when 2/3 of the of the members of the local conference shall execute amended articles and said amended articles are acknowledged in the same manner as stated in section 3 of this act, and the district superintendent has affixed his certificate thereto, as provided in said section, and the same has been recorded or left for record, as provided in section 4 of this act.

History: 1949, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.48 — MI Code / Chapter 8 / Act Act-193-of-1970 / Section 8.48
Compiled laws and administrative code; purchase; distribution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The council shall purchase a sufficient number of sets of the compiled laws and the office of regulatory reform shall purchase a sufficient number of sets of the Michigan administrative code to be distributed in the manner provided by law.

History: 1970, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1970; Am. 1999, Act 263, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 485.15 — MI Code / Chapter 485 / Act Act-233-of-1875 / Section 485.15
Avoidance of payment of toll; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Any boat, vessel, raft, or craft which shall willfully pass through said canal or said improvement without paying the toll required, shall be liable to pay to said company the sum of 100 dollars, to be collected by proceeding against said boat or against the owners thereof, by attachment or otherwise.

History: 1875, Act 233, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1875; How. 3834; CL 1897, 6710; CL 1915, 8811; CL 1929, 11746; CL 1948, 485.15