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Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.313 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-89-of-1933 / Section 451.313
Public trust commission; investigations; costs; audits and appraisals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Any person interested in any security in connection with which a protective committee is organized may request the commission to make an investigation, audit, or appraisal and report with respect to the property or business to which the security pertains. However, before any investigation, audit, or appraisal and report is made by the commission upon such a request, the person so requesting shall, if required by the commission, deposit with the commission the sum of money that the commission considers necessary to meet the cost of the investigation, audit, or appraisal and report. If the deposit is insufficient to defray the cost of the investigation, audit, or appraisal and report, the commission may request further deposits as a condition of the continuance by it of its investigation, audit, or appraisal and report. All money so deposited shall be deposited by the commission in the state treasury in a special fund and disbursements from that fund shall be upon the warrant drawn on the state treasurer, and any disbursements shall be for the purposes for which the money is paid. Any excess over and above the cost of the requested investigation, audit, or appraisal and report shall be returned to the person who made the deposit.

History: 1933, Act 89, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1933; CL 1948, 451.313; Am. 2002, Act 104, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1006 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1006
Definitions; P to W.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) "Place of employment" means a factory, plant, establishment, construction site or other similar area, workplace, or environment where an employee is permitted to work.

(2) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, township, county, school district, intermediate school district, or state or local government authorized or supported agency, authority, or institution.

(3) "Rule" means a rule as defined in section 7 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.207. A rule may only be promulgated by the director except as otherwise specifically prescribed in this act.

(4) "Serious violation" means a violation of this act, an order issued pursuant to this act, or a rule or standard promulgated under this act or adopted by reference pursuant to this act for which a substantial probability exists that death or serious physical harm could result from the violation or from a practice, means, method, operation, or process that is in use, unless the employer did not and could not, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation.

(5) "Standard" means a health or safety standard that specifies conditions, or the adoption or use of 1 or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes necessary to provide safe and healthful employment in places of employment.

(6) "Trade secret" means a confidential process, formula, pattern, device, or compilation of information that is used in the employer's business and that gives the business an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.

(7) "Wilful", for the purpose of criminal prosecutions, means the intent to do an act knowingly and purposely by an individual who, having a free will and choice, either intentionally disregards a requirement of this act, or a rule or standard promulgated pursuant to this act, or is knowingly and purposely indifferent to a requirement of this act, or a rule or standard promulgated pursuant to this act. An omission or failure to act is wilful if it is done knowingly and purposely. Wilful does not require a showing of moral turpitude, evil purpose, or criminal intent provided the individual is shown to have acted or to have failed to act knowingly and purposely.

(8) "Working day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or state legal holiday.

History: 1974, Act 154, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Am. 1977, Act 300, Eff. Mar. 30, 1978; Am. 1978, Act 455, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 1978; Am. 2012, Act 416, Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.79501 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.79501
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 79501.

As used in this part:

"Commission" means the Michigan jobs commission.

"Department" means the department of environmental quality.

"Gaming facility" means a gaming facility regulated under the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the initiated law of 1996, MCL 432.201 to 432.226.

"Grant" means a waterfront redevelopment grant under this part.

"Response activity" means that term as it is defined in part 201.

"Waterfront" means land that is contiguous to the Great Lakes or their connecting waterways, a river, or a lake or impoundment that has a surface area of not less than 50 acres.

"Waterfront planning area" means the geographic area included within a waterfront redevelopment plan.

"Waterfront redevelopment plan" means a waterfront redevelopment plan prepared by a local unit of government under section 79503 or a state approved recreation plan that includes waterfront improvements.

History: Add. 1998, Act 285, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4901 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4901
“Payment date” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4A401.

"Payment date" of a payment order means the day on which the amount of the order is payable to the beneficiary by the beneficiary's bank. The payment date may be determined by instruction of the sender but cannot be earlier than the day the order is received by the beneficiary's bank and, unless otherwise determined, is the day the order is received by the beneficiary's bank.

History: Add. 1992, Act 100, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.482 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.482
Workmen's compensation department and director; transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 382.

The workmen's compensation department and the director of the workmen's compensation department created under chapter 1a of Act No. 357 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 408.1 to 408.12 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are transferred by a type I transfer to the department of labor.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.72 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-152-of-1984 / Section 399.72
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Advisory board" means the Michigan iron industry museum advisory board created by section 3.

"Museum site" means certain state land and facilities in the county of Marquette constituting an historical commemoration of the first iron production area in the Lake Superior region.

History: 1984, Act 152, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984; Am. 1990, Act 232, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.246 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.246
Promulgation of rules; procedure; arrangement, binding, certification, and inspection of rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

(1) To promulgate a rule the state office of administrative hearings and rules shall file in the office of the secretary of state 3 copies of the rule bearing the required certificates of approval and adoption, true copies of the rule without the certificates, and 1 electronic copy. The state office of administrative hearings and rules shall not file a rule, except an emergency rule under section 48 and rules processed under sections 33 and 44, until the time periods for committee and legislative consideration described in section 45a have elapsed.

(2) The secretary of state shall endorse the date and hour of filing of rules on the 3 copies of the filing bearing the certificates and shall maintain a file containing 1 copy for public inspection.

(3) The secretary of state, as often as he or she considers it advisable, shall cause to be arranged and bound in a substantial manner the rules hereafter filed in his or her office with their attached certificates and published in a supplement to the Michigan administrative code. The secretary of state shall certify under his or her hand and seal of the state on the frontispiece of each volume that it contains all of the rules filed and published for a specified period. The rules, when so bound and certified, shall be kept in the office of the secretary of state and no further record of the rules is required to be kept. The bound rules are subject to public inspection.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1971, Act 171, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1971; Am. 1977, Act 108, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Am. 1993, Act 141, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1993; Am. 1999, Act 262, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2006, Act 247, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5289 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5289
Insurance commissioner; regulatory powers; effect of good faith.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5289.

The commissioner may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of the functions vested in him by sections 5282 to 5288, and for such purpose may classify domestic stock insurance companies, securities, and other persons or matters within his jurisdiction. No provision of sections 5282, 5283 and 5284 imposing any liability shall apply to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule or regulation of the commissioner, notwithstanding that the rules or regulations may be amended or rescinded or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason, after such act or omission.

History: Add. 1965, Act 377, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1011 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1011
"Blue Star Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The portion of highway US-31 beginning at the border between Michigan and Indiana in Berrien County and extending to the Straits of Mackinac at the county line of Emmet and Cheboygan Counties, excluding the portion of highway US-31 beginning at the intersection with Robbins Road in the city of Grand Haven and continuing north to the intersection with Jackson Street, and excluding the portion of highway US-31 in Oceana County beginning at the W. Shelby Road exit 144 and continuing north to the Hart Polk Road exit 149, shall be known as the "Blue Star Memorial Highway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001; Am. 2020, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Jan. 27, 2020; Am. 2020, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 101.13 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 101.13
Drains privately owned; connection with public sewers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The owners or occupants of lots and premises shall have the right to connect the same, at their own expense, by means of private drains, with the public sewers and drains, under such rules and regulations as the board of public works shall prescribe.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3167; CL 1915, 3081; CL 1929, 2005; CL 1948, 101.13
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2156 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2156
Notice of adverse action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2156.

If an insurer takes an adverse action based upon credit information, the insurer shall notify the insured or applicant for insurance in accordance with 15 USC 1681m(a), that an adverse action has been taken. The insurer shall provide notice in clear and specific language of the reasons for the adverse action, including a description of all factors that were the primary or most significant influences for the adverse action and the insured's or the applicant's insurance score if not otherwise provided. However, not more than 4 factors for the adverse action need to be given. The use of generalized terms such as "poor credit history", "poor credit rating", or "poor insurance score" does not meet the description requirements of this section. Standardized credit explanations provided by consumer reporting agencies or other third party vendors meet the description requirements of this section.

History: Add. 2012, Act 206, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4308 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4308
Board serving as planning commission; agenda.
Status: in_force

Sec. 308.

If a board created under this part serves as the planning commission under the Michigan planning enabling act, 2008 PA 33, MCL 125.3801 to 125.3885, the board shall include planning commission business in its agenda.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.321 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-214-of-1952 / Section 254.321
Board and state highway department; authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

All things herein authorized to be done by the authority and the board and by the state highway department may be done without the securing of approval or consent from any other board, department, agency or officer, except as herein otherwise provided, and no proceedings therefor shall be required or be necessary other than the adoption of appropriate resolutions.

History: 1952, Act 214, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2640 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2640
Rating organizations; cooperation with other rating organizations and insurers, discontinuance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2640.

Cooperation among rating organizations or among rating organizations and insurers in rate making or in other matters within the scope of this chapter is hereby authorized, provided the filings resulting from such cooperation are subject to all the provisions of this chapter which are applicable to filings generally. The commissioner may review such cooperative activities and practices and if, after a hearing, he finds that any such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, he may issue a written order specifying in what respect such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1141a — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1141a
Exchange of confidential mental health and substance use disorder information; development of standard release form; workgroup; considerations; availability; electronic transmission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 141a.

(1) On or before January 1, 2015, the department shall develop a standard release form for exchanging confidential mental health and substance use disorder information for use by all public and private agencies, departments, corporations, or individuals that are involved with treatment of an individual experiencing serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, developmental disability, or substance use disorder. All parties described in this subsection shall honor and accept the standard release form created by the department under this section for the purpose for which it was created unless the party is subject to a federal law or regulation that provides more stringent requirements, as defined under 45 CFR 160.202, for the protection of individually identifiable health information.

(2) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall create a workgroup to implement the provisions of this section.

(3) The workgroup created in subsection (2) shall meet periodically, as the department considers necessary, but not less than once a year.

(4) In developing the standard release form under subsection (1), the department shall comply with all federal and state laws relating to the protection of individually identifiable health information and shall consider all of the following:

(a) Existing and potential technologies that could be used to securely transmit a standard release form.

(b) The national standards pertaining to electronic release of confidential information, including protecting a patient's identity and privacy in accordance with the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996, Public Law 104-191.

(c) Any prior release forms and methodologies used in this state.

(d) Any prior release forms and methodologies developed by federal agencies.

(5) The standard release form shall be available in both electronic and paper form.

(6) Any transmission of a standard release form via electronic media may be accepted as an original by the party receiving the standard release form.

History: Add. 2014, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 22, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1525 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1525
Consent to action of board without meeting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 525.

(1) Unless prohibited by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, action required or permitted to be taken under authorization voted at a meeting of the board or a committee of the board, may be taken without a meeting if, before or after the action, all members of the board then in office or of the committee consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission.

(2) A consent under this section shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board or committee. The consent has the same effect as a vote of the board or committee for all purposes.

(3) An individual may direct that a consent to an action of the board or committee will take effect at a future time. All of the following apply for purposes of this subsection:

(a) The individual may provide the direction through an agent or in some other manner.

(b) Subject to subdivision (c), the individual shall select a specific date on which the consent takes effect that is not more than 60 days after the date he or she provides the direction.

(c) The individual may direct that the consent will take effect at the time a specified future event occurs rather than on a specific date under subdivision (b), if that event will occur not more than 60 days after the date he or she provides the direction.

(d) The consent shall only take effect if the individual is a director at the future time specified in the direction. An individual is not required to be a director at the time the consent is executed or evidence of the direction is provided to the corporation for the consent to take effect.

(e) Unless otherwise provided in the direction, a direction is revocable at any time before the consent becomes effective.

(f) For the purposes of this section, if evidence of a direction under this subsection is provided to the corporation and is not revoked, the future time established in the direction is considered the time the consent takes effect.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 2001, Act 57, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2001; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1127 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-198-of-1965 / Section 257.1127
Administration of act; costs, payment; appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

All costs incurred by the secretary in the administration of this act shall be charged to and paid from the fund. There is appropriated from the motor vehicle accident claims fund sufficient amounts to make all payments for claims or judgments for damages which are proper and in accordance with the law governing such payments upon approval and audit of the department of state.

History: 1965, Act 198, Eff. Nov. 1, 1965; Am. 1968, Act 223, Eff. July 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17512 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17512
Postgraduate study; full or limited license required; requirements of limited license; responsibility for training; limited license renewable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17512.

An individual shall not engage in postgraduate study before obtaining a full or limited license to practice under this part.

A limited license for a postgraduate shall require that the individual confine his or her practice and training to a hospital or institution approved by the board for the training. The hospital or institution is responsible for the training. A limited license for a postgraduate is renewable for not more than 5 years.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.105 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-12-of-1869 / Section 456.105
Board of directors; selection of officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

It shall be the duty of said board of directors to choose from their own number a president and vice-president, and also to elect suitable persons as treasurer and secretary of such corporation, and from time to time to appoint a superintendent and such other subordinate officers as may be required by the by-laws.

History: 1869, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1869; CL 1871, 3412; How. 4767; CL 1897, 8403; CL 1915, 11164; CL 1929, 10444; CL 1948, 456.105
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1060 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1060
Forwarding record to convening authority as reviewing authority; exception; action on record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60.

Except as provided in section 71, after a trial by a court-martial, the record shall be forwarded to the convening authority as reviewing authority. Action on the record may be taken by the person who convened the court, a commanding officer, or a successor in command.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.2105 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-345-of-2016 / Section 257.2105
Disclosure of information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A limousine carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation network company shall disclose to the department on an annual basis and in the event of a material reduction in insurance coverage maintained by the limousine carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation network company on behalf of each driver providing transportation services for that limousine carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation network company all of the following information:

(a) The automobile insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and limits for each type of coverage, that the limousine carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation network company maintains on behalf of each driver while he or she operates a limousine, operates a taxicab, or uses a personal vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's digital network.

(b) If the person subject to this act is a transportation network company, whether the transportation network company maintains comprehensive and collision insurance that covers a transportation network company driver's personal vehicle and, if such coverage is maintained by the transportation network company, the limits of coverage, applicable deductible, and conditions under which the coverage applies to a vehicle operated by a transportation network company driver.

(c) As used in this section, "material reduction in insurance coverage" does not include the replacement of insurance coverage with substantially similar insurance coverage from a different insurer by a transportation network company.

History: 2016, Act 345, Eff. Mar. 21, 2017