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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2831 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-342-of-2010 / Section 125.2831
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Seminudity" means a state of dress in which the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, anus, anal cleft, or nipple and areola of the female breast are less than completely and opaquely covered.

(b) "Sexually oriented business" includes, but is not limited to, an adult bookstore, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motion picture theater, sexual device shop, or sexual encounter center or an establishment that regularly features live performances characterized by the exposure of a specified anatomical area or by a specified sexual activity or in which persons appear in a state of nudity or seminudity in the performance of their duties. However, sexually oriented business does not include a business solely because it shows, sells, or rents materials that may depict sex.

(c) "Specified anatomical area" means less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic area, buttocks, anus, anal cleft, or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola; or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if covered.

(d) "Specified sexual activity" means the fondling or other erotic touching of covered or uncovered human genitals, pubic area, buttocks, anus, anal cleft, or female breast.

History: 2010, Act 342, Eff. Mar. 30, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.217 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-357-of-1968 / Section 15.217
Salary and expense determinations; concurrent resolution adopted by legislature; approval or amendment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The determinations of the commission shall be the salaries and expense allowances only if the legislature by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house of the legislature approve them. The senate and house of representatives shall alternate on which house of the legislature shall originate the concurrent resolution, with the senate originating the first concurrent resolution in 2009. The concurrent resolution may amend the salary and expense determinations of the state officers compensation commission to reduce the salary and expense determinations by the same proportion for the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the justices of the supreme court. The legislature shall not amend the salary and expense determinations to reduce them to below the salary and expense level that the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the justices of the supreme court receive on the date the salary and expense determinations are made. If the salary and expense determinations are approved or amended as provided in this section, the salary and expense determinations shall become effective for the regular legislative session immediately following the next general election.

History: 1968, Act 357, Eff. Sept. 20, 1968; Am. 2006, Act 628, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.104d — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-90-of-1978 / Section 409.104d
Employer submission requirements to registration system before hiring minor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4d.

If an employer proposing to hire a minor receives notification via the registration system that the minor has registered for employment with the employer, the employer shall submit all of the following to the registration system before hiring the minor:

(a) The name and contact information of the employer.

(b) The name and contact information of the minor.

(c) The address of each of the employer's work sites.

(d) The address of the proposed primary work site of the minor.

(e) The name of each minor the employer is currently employing.

(f) A signed statement made under the penalty of perjury that the employer is or will employ minors in accordance with all applicable laws.

(g) Any other information or items as determined by the director.

History: Add. 2024, Act 196, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8198 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8198
Decisions and findings of commissioner; judicial review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8198.

All decisions and findings of the commissioner made under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to review by proper proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state.

History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2712 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2712
Certificate of merger; execution and filing of certificate of merger by parent company; determination of effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 712.

(1) After a plan of merger is adopted under section 711, the parent corporation shall execute and file a certificate of merger that sets forth all of the following:

(a) The statements required under section 701(2)(a) and (d), and the manner and basis of converting shares or memberships of each constituent corporation as set forth in the plan of merger.

(b) The number of outstanding shares or memberships of each class of each subsidiary corporation that is a party to the merger and the number of shares or memberships of each class owned by the parent corporation.

(c) A statement of any assumed names of merging corporations transferred to the surviving corporation as under section 217(3), specifying each transferred assumed name and the name of the corporation from which it is transferred. The certificate may include a statement of corporate names or assumed names of merging corporations that are to be treated as newly filed assumed names of the surviving corporation under section 217(4).

(2) Section 131 applies in determining when a certificate of merger becomes effective under this section.

History: Add. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9608 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9608
Application of proceeds of collection or enforcement; liability for deficiency and right to surplus.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9608.

If a security interest or agricultural lien secures payment or performance of an obligation, the following rules apply:

A secured party shall apply or pay over for application the cash proceeds of collection or enforcement under section 9607 in the following order to:

The reasonable expenses of collection and enforcement and, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by law, reasonable attorney fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party.

The satisfaction of obligations secured by the security interest or agricultural lien under which the collection or enforcement is made.

The satisfaction of obligations secured by any subordinate security interest in or other lien on the collateral subject to the security interest or agricultural lien under which the collection or enforcement is made if the secured party receives an authenticated demand for proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is completed.

If requested by a secured party, a holder of a subordinate security interest or other lien shall furnish reasonable proof of the interest or lien within a reasonable time. Unless the holder complies, the secured party need not comply with the holder's demand under subdivision (a)( iii ).

A secured party need not apply or pay over for application noncash proceeds of collection and enforcement under section 9607 unless the failure to do so would be commercially unreasonable. A secured party that applies or pays over for application noncash proceeds shall do so in a commercially reasonable manner.

A secured party shall account to and pay a debtor for any surplus, and the obligor is liable for any deficiency.

If the underlying transaction is a sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes, the debtor is not entitled to any surplus, and the obligor is not liable for any deficiency.

History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.415 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-179-of-1951 / Section 730.415
Challenging; time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Any person drawn as a juror by virtue of the provisions of this act may be challenged either at the time of drawing or at the time of trial for cause for the same reasons he could be challenged for cause if drawn as a juror on a jury drawn in accordance with the statutes providing for jury trials in justice courts in townships, in addition to the grounds for challenge for cause provided for in this act, unless inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

History: 1951, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.211 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-204-of-1933 / Section 141.211
Defaulted municipal bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any county, city, township, village, or school district in this state is hereby authorized to call for tenders of, and accept defaulted bonds of such municipality by complying with the following terms and conditions.

History: 1933, Act 204, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1933; CL 1948, 141.211
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.29303 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-220-of-2020 / Section 333.29303
Prohibitions on grower.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.

A grower shall not do any of the following:

(a) Grow industrial hemp that is not in compliance with the grower's registration.

(b) Grow industrial hemp in a location that is not disclosed on the grower's application under section 201.

(c) Grow industrial hemp in a location that is not owned or completely controlled by the grower. As used in this subdivision, "completely controlled" means to be solely responsible for all of the industrial hemp grown at a location.

(d) Grow industrial hemp in a dwelling.

(e) Grow a variety of industrial hemp that is on the list created under section 505.

(f) Sell or transport, or permit the sale or transport of, viable industrial hemp plants or viable seed.

(g) Harvest industrial hemp before an official hemp sample is collected under section 401.

(h) Sell raw industrial hemp to a person in this state that is not licensed as a processor-handler under the industrial hemp research and development act, 2014 PA 547, MCL 286.841 to 286.859, or as a processor under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act, 2016 PA 281, MCL 333.27101 to 333.27801, as authorized under this act.

(i) Dispose of industrial hemp without submitting a notice of intent to dispose to the department under section 407(6)(a). This subdivision does not apply to a grower that disposes of industrial hemp affected by poor health, pests, disease, or weather or to prevent cross-pollination of male or hermaphrodite industrial hemp plants.

(j) Sell an intermediary, in-process, or finished industrial hemp product or smokable hemp flower, unless the grower is licensed as a processor-handler under the industrial hemp research and development act, 2014 PA 547, MCL 286.841 to 286.859, or as a processor under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act, 2016 PA 281, MCL 333.27101 to 333.27801.

History: 2020, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2020; Am. 2021, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.253 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-162-of-1933 / Section 211.253
Findings of commission; conclusiveness.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Conclusiveness of findings. The findings of the commission on questions of fact as to the fairness and reasonableness of the additional tax rates shall be conclusive.

History: 1933, Act 162, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1933; CL 1948, 211.253
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.520 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.520
Nineteenth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 520.

The nineteenth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Manistee and Benzie and has 1 judge.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972; Am. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.118 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-269-of-1909 / Section 390.118
State board of agriculture; payment of expenses of employee attendance at meetings and tours of inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

The board shall have power to expend the funds appropriated for the support of the college in paying the expenses of the president, secretary, professors, or other employes of the college, in attending meetings at which, in their judgment, it is desirable that the college should be represented; in inspecting the buildings, equipment, and work of other institutions; and also in accompanying students on tours of inspection to such objects of interest as are germane to their work in college.

History: 1909, Act 269, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 1250; CL 1929, 7872; CL 1948, 390.118
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26545 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-527-of-2008 / Section 333.26545
Children's hospital of Michigan fund; creation; purpose; credit of amounts to fund; investment; money remaining in fund at close of year.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) The children's hospital of Michigan fund is created in the department to provide funds for donation to the children's hospital of Michigan to support the children's hospital of Michigan 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 527, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.957 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-237-of-2022 / Section 207.957
Exemption of qualified residential facility from tax; duration of force and effect of certificate; commencement; date of issuance; extension.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) A qualified residential facility for which a certificate is in effect, but not the land on which the qualified residential facility is located, for the period on and after the effective date of the certificate and continuing so long as the certificate is in force, is exempt from ad valorem property taxes collected under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155.

(2) Unless earlier revoked as provided in section 12, a certificate shall remain in force and effect for a period to be determined by the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit. The beginning date for the period that the certificate is in force and effect may be delayed for a period of up to 5 years from the date of approval of the application as determined by the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit. The certificate may be issued for a period of at least 1 year, but not to exceed 12 years. If the number of years determined is less than 12, the certificate may be subject to review by the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit and the certificate may be extended. The total amount of time determined for the certificate including any extensions shall not exceed 12 years after the completion of the qualified residential facility. The certificate shall commence with its effective date and end on the December 30 immediately following the last day of the number of years determined. The date of issuance of a certificate of occupancy, if required by appropriate authority, shall be the date of completion of the qualified residential facility.

(3) If the number of years determined by the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit for the period a certificate remains in force is less than 12 years, the review of the certificate for the purpose of determining an extension shall be based upon factors, criteria, and objectives that shall be placed in writing, determined and approved at the time the certificate is approved by resolution of the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit and sent, by certified mail, to the applicant, the assessor of the local tax collecting unit in which the qualified residential facility is located, and the commission.

History: 2022, Act 237, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.14204 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.14204
Insurance; hazard; property and casualty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4204.

A bank that requires a mortgagor to maintain hazard insurance as a condition of receiving a mortgage loan shall not require the amount of the hazard insurance to be greater than the replacement cost of the mortgaged building or buildings.

A bank may require an amount of property and casualty insurance that is required of the bank as a condition of sale, transfer, or assignment of all or part of the mortgage to a third party. This subsection does not require that the bank anticipate a sale, transfer, or assignment at the time the mortgage is made.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.15 — MI Code / Chapter 78 / Act Act-278-of-1909 / Section 78.15
Election of charter commission; details fixed by legislative body.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The legislative body of the municipality, unless it is otherwise provided, shall fix in advance of the election of a charter commission, the manner of nominating and electing the same, the place of its meeting, the compensation, if any, of its members, the money for the expense thereof, and provide the ballots for election.

History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 2857; CL 1929, 1777; CL 1948, 78.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.314 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-48-of-1929 / Section 205.314
Taxes to accompany report; disposition of taxes, penalties, and costs; payment of credits for heating fuel costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

All taxes shall accompany the report provided for in section 2. Except as provided in subsection (2), all taxes, penalties, or costs paid to the state treasurer under this act shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be credited as follows:

Two percent of the revenue received during each fiscal year, but not less than $1,000,000.00 shall be credited to the orphan well fund created in the orphan well fund act. However, whenever the unexpended balance of the orphan well fund exceeds $3,000,000.00, further revenues shall not be credited to the orphan well fund under this subdivision until the unexpended balance of the orphan well fund becomes less than $3,000,000.00.

The remaining revenue received during each fiscal year that is not allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be credited to the general fund of the state and shall be available for any purpose for which the general fund is made available by law.

The revenue collected under subsection (1) in excess of $16,000,000.00, shall be deposited in the general fund and shall be allocated for the payment of credits for heating fuel costs provided under section 527a of Act No. 281 of the Public Acts of 1967, being section 206.527a of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980 only.

History: 1929, Act 48, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 3617; Am. 1939, Act 124, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1939; Am. 1941, Act 301, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; Am. 1947, Act 321, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947; CL 1948, 205.314; Am. 1979, Act 198, Eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Am. 1994, Act 307, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.5 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-13-of-1921 / Section 285.5
Promotion of agricultural interests; cooperation with state and federal agricultural agencies; fostering trade; preventing fraudulent land sales; supervisory control.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The state department of agriculture shall foster and promote in every possible way the agricultural interests of this state; shall cooperate with agricultural agencies in the different counties of the state and of the federal government; shall foster direct trading between the producer and consumer; and shall prevent, and assist in preventing, by all available means authorized by law, the sale of unimproved lands and lands not suitable for agricultural development within the state by fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit and the publication of false or misleading statements or advertising matter designed to effect such sales. The powers and duties imposed by this act on the state department of agriculture shall be exercised and performed under the supervisory control of the state administrative board.

History: 1921, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1921; CL 1929, 5005; CL 1948, 285.5; Am. 1974, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1023 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1023
Cases involving members of same family; assignment of judge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1023.

When 2 or more matters within the jurisdiction of the family division of circuit court involving members of the same family are pending in the same judicial circuit, those matters, whenever practicable, shall be assigned to the judge to whom the first such case was assigned.

History: Add. 1996, Act 388, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 682, Eff. Apr. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.409n — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.409n
Appeals court judges; not subject to recall.
Status: in_force

Sec. 409n.

Judges of the court of appeals are not subject to recall as provided by section 8 of article 2 of the state constitution.

History: Add. 1964, Act 228, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17313 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17313
License renewal; continuing education required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17313.

Subject to sections 16201 and 16204, the department shall not issue a renewal license unless the licensee presents satisfactory evidence to the department that the licensee has participated in continuing education courses of not less than 18 clock hours' duration approved by the board and department, for each year subsequent to the expiration of the individual's last license.

The continuing education courses required under subsection (1) shall contain subjects related to the practice of nursing home administration acceptable to the board and the department.

History: Add. 2001, Act 139, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.252 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-176-of-1937 / Section 46.252
Transportation of persons injured on highways; cost, payment by county, reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

In case any ambulance shall transport any such person to any hospital or other place where medical care and treatment can be provided, and the person so injured and transported is financially unable to pay for such transportation, and there are no relatives or other persons liable for the care of such person who can pay for such transportation, the cost of such transportation, when approved by the board of supervisors, or the board of county auditors in counties having a board of county auditors, shall be paid from the general fund of the county, in the same manner as other claims which are a liability of the county are paid from the general fund of the county. The county may maintain an action in assumpsit for reimbursement of any sums paid under the provisions of this act against the person transported at the expense of the county, or against the estate of such person, or against any relative or other person liable for the care of the person transported at the expense of the county, which sums when recovered shall be credited to the general fund of the county.

History: 1937, Act 176, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 46.252