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Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.8 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-300-of-1909 / Section 462.8
Railroads to furnish cars; shortage, preference, regulation by commission; demurrage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Every railroad shall, when within its power so to do, and upon reasonable notice, furnish suitable cars to any and all persons who may apply therefor, for the transportation of any and all kinds of freight in carload lots. Every common carrier shall have sufficient cars and motive power to meet all requirements for the transportation of passengers and property which may reasonably be anticipated. In case of insufficiency of cars at any time to meet all requirements, such cars as are available shall be distributed among the several applicants therefor without discrimination between shippers or between points of shipment, whether competitive or non-competitive: Provided, Preference may be given to shipments of live-stock and perishable property. The commission shall have power to make and enforce, and shall make and enforce reasonable regulations for the furnishing and distribution of freight cars to shippers and switching the same, and for the loading and unloading thereof, and for the weighing of the cars and the freight offered for shipment over any line of railroad and shall fix a reasonable per diem demurrage to be paid for the detention of cars by shipper or consignee (which said car service and demurrage rules and regulations shall be applicable to all traffic whether the same begin or end within the state of Michigan), and for the failure or delay of the railroad in the furnishing of such cars and for the failure of the railroad to move the cars the number of miles per day as ordered by the commission.

History: 1909, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; Am. 1911, Act 173, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 8116; CL 1929, 11024; CL 1948, 462.8
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12413 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12413
License for operation of agricultural labor camp; issuance; duration; recital on face of license; transferability or assignability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12413.

The department shall issue a license for the operation of the agricultural labor camp, if after investigation and inspection, it finds that the camp and its proposed operation conforms or will conform to the minimum standards of construction, health, sanitation, sewage, water supply, plumbing, garbage and rubbish disposal, and operation set forth in the rules promulgated under section 12421. The license shall be valid for the balance of the calendar year during which it is issued.

The license shall recite on its face that the camp operator shall comply with this part and the rules promulgated under this part.

The license is not transferable or assignable, except with the express written consent of the department.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.701 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.701
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "tax tribunal act".

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1861 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-52-of-2025 / Section 691.1861
Construction and application of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

This act must be broadly construed and applied to protect the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances, and the right of association, guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the state constitution of 1963.

History: 2025, Act 52, Eff. Mar. 24, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 720.501 — MI Code / Chapter 720 / Act Act-44-of-1947 / Section 720.501
Missing persons; finding of presumed death; prima facie evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

A written finding of presumed death, made by the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding, pursuant to the federal missing persons act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and 58 Stat. 679; 50 U.S.C. App. 1001-17), as now or hereafter amended or supplemented, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office or other place in this state as prima facie evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances and place of his disappearance.

History: 1947, Act 44, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 720.501
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.3601 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.3601
Discharge; effect against holder in due course.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3601.

The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is discharged as stated in this article or by an act or agreement with the party which would discharge an obligation to pay money under a simple contract.

Discharge of the obligation of a party is not effective against a person acquiring rights of a holder in due course of the instrument without notice of the discharge.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.604 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-106-of-1891 / Section 457.604
Primary society; incorporators; articles, execution, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Any 10 or more members of any primary society of said order, residing in this state, desiring to be incorporated, shall make, execute and acknowledge, in manner and form prescribed in section 2 of this act, articles of association, which shall set forth;

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

Second, The corporate name of the association which shall be such as shall have been designated in its charter; and the place where its business office is located; and

Third, The objects and purpose of the association, which shall be for social, moral and benevolent purposes; and the period of its incorporation, which shall not exceed 30 years.

History: 1891, Act 106, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8102; CL 1915, 10576; CL 1929, 10777; CL 1948, 457.604
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.640 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-454-of-1978 / Section 554.640
Exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

This act shall not apply to a rental agreement entered into before the effective date of this act.

History: 1978, Act 454, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.28 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-234-of-1925 / Section 120.28
Port commission; lease of harbor area, rents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

The port commission of each port district shall have full power and authority to lease the harbor area belonging to the state of Michigan situated within such port district, to the highest bidder upon such terms and conditions as shall conform to the provisions of this act and to the comprehensive scheme of harbor improvement as herein later provided. Every such lease shall provide that the rental thereunder shall be payable to the county treasurer wherein such port district is situated for the use of such port district and to go into a special fund hereinafter provided for: Provided, That where the port district covers 2 or more counties such rents shall be paid to the county treasurer designated by the port commission.

History: 1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 2317; CL 1948, 120.28; Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.231 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.231
Registration of replacement engines.
Status: in_force

Sec. 231.

The secretary of state is authorized to adopt and enforce such registration rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary and compatible with the public interest with respect to the change or substitution of 1 engine in place of another in any motor vehicle.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1761 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-257-of-1989 / Section 445.1761
Display of notices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A business shall display in a prominent place in its retail store notices substantially complying with the following:

"ANY CLOTHING, GARMENT, WEARING APPAREL, LEATHER GARMENT, FUR COAT OR GARMENT, CURTAIN, DRAPERY, RUG, CARPET, OR HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING DRY CLEANED, DYED, PRESSED, LAUNDERED, ALTERED, OR REPAIRED WHICH IS NOT PICKED UP WITHIN 1 YEAR AFTER THE DATE IT WAS DELIVERED MAY BE SOLD, DONATED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF PURSUANT TO ACT NO. _____ OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF _____."

"ANY CLOTHING, GARMENT, WEARING APPAREL, LEATHER GARMENT, FUR COAT OR GARMENT, CURTAIN, DRAPERY, RUG, CARPET, OR HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING DELIVERED FOR STORAGE WHICH IS NOT PICKED UP WITHIN 1 YEAR AFTER THE DATE THE STORAGE AGREEMENT TERMINATED OR EXPIRED MAY BE SOLD, DONATED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF PURSUANT TO ACT NO. _____ OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF _____."

History: 1989, Act 257, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.808 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-33-of-1951 / Section 41.808
Rights or obligations safeguarded.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The provisions of this act shall not be construed to impair or affect any special assessment district, or any rights accruing or any obligations thereof, created under the provisions of any act repealed by this act, but the same may be asserted and all the provisions of said repealed acts shall apply as may be necessary to safeguard any such rights or obligations existing thereunder.

History: 1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3403 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-440-of-1988 / Section 338.3403
Asbestos-related work in school or public and commercial buildings requiring certificate of accreditation and annual reaccreditation; applicability of section to certain asbestos work.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A person shall not perform the following asbestos-related work in a school building or a public and commercial building in this state unless that person receives a certificate of accreditation and maintains annual reaccreditation through training, examination, and continuing education under this act:

Inspect for asbestos-containing materials in a school building or a public and commercial building, except for a person who is certified by the American board of industrial hygiene as a certified industrial hygienist under standards acceptable to the department.

Prepare an asbestos management plan for a school building.

Design a response action beyond the scope of a small-scale, short-duration operation, maintenance and repair activity, or a response action to a major fiber release episode, as those terms are defined in the asbestos model accreditation plan.

Conduct a response action beyond the scope of a small-scale, short-duration operation, maintenance and repair activity, or an activity that involves a major fiber release episode, as those terms are defined in the asbestos model accreditation plan.

This section does not apply to class II asbestos work that only involves the removal or disturbance of 1 generic category of building material, class III asbestos work, or class IV asbestos work that is not performed in a regulated area, as those terms are defined in the occupational safety and health administration's standards for occupational exposure to asbestos in the construction industry, 59 F.R. 1926.1101, p. 41132 (August 10, 1994).

History: 1988, Act 440, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988; Am. 1995, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1633 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-182-of-1986 / Section 38.1633
Purchase of service credit for service in VISTA or Peace Corps; eligibility exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a member may elect to purchase service credit for not more than 2 years of full-time service as a volunteer in the VISTA program provided for under sections 101 to 108 of title I of Public Law 93-113, 42 USC 4951 to 4958, or as a volunteer, volunteer leader, or employee in the Peace Corps under sections 5 to 7 of title I of Public Law 87-293, 22 USC 2504 to 2506, on request and presentation of documentation of the employment rendered that is verifiable from official reporting unit records or other acceptable documentation as determined by the retirement board, and on payment to the retirement system of an amount that is equal to the actuarial cost of the service. For the purpose of computing payment under this subsection, the compensation amount used must not be less than the highest fiscal year compensation previously received by the member.

(2) Service must not be credited under this section until the member has accumulated 10 years of credited service.

(3) Service credit purchased under this section is not creditable toward retirement under this act if the member is or will be receiving a pension or annuity for the same service from another retirement system.

(4) A member may purchase credit under this section instead of, but not in addition to, purchasing service credit under section 32.

(5) A member who first became a member on or after June 10, 2012 is not eligible to purchase service under this section.

History: 1986, Act 182, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986; Am. 2018, Act 674, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6406 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6406
Domestic cooperative plan insurers; authorized kinds of insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6406.

The kinds of insurance which may be carried on by insurers incorporated under this chapter shall be as follows:

To insure persons against bodily injury or death by accident or against disability on account of sickness or accident and also to grant specific hospital benefits and medical, surgical and sick-care benefits to persons and their families, subject to such limitations as the commissioner may prescribe with respect thereto; and to provide reimbursement of funeral expenses, not exceeding $200.00 to any person in conjunction therewith.

To provide indemnity to conductors, engineers and motormen of steam and electric railways, and to persons engaged in other similar trades or occupations, for loss of position arising from discharge or suspension, which indemnity shall be payable in installments which do not exceed the average monthly wage of the member, and which, in the aggregate upon any 1 risk, shall not exceed 15% of the contingency reserve deposit provided in sections 6434 and 6446, and to provide indemnity for loss of position arising from retirement.

To insure the lives of persons and to grant every insurance pertaining thereto. Such policies of life insurance may provide for total and permanent disability benefits and accidental death benefits.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1762 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1762
Failure to file reports; forfeiture of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 162.

A district or intermediate district that fails through the negligence of school officials to file reports pursuant to this act shall forfeit that proportion of funds to which the district or intermediate district otherwise would be entitled under this act as the delay in the reports bears to a school year consisting of the required minimum number of days and hours, as prescribed in section 1284 of the revised school code, being section 380.1284 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for the district or intermediate district.

History: 1979, Act 94, Eff. Oct. 1, 1979; Am. 1990, Act 207, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990; Am. 1993, Act 175, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Am. 1993, Act 336, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 300, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.20 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.20
Sales and state; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

"Sales" means all gross receipts of the taxpayer not allocated under sections 110 to 114.

"State" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, and any foreign country, or political subdivision, thereof.

History: 1967, Act 281, Eff. Oct. 1, 1967; Am. 1969, Act 332, Imd. Eff. Nov. 4, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.2032 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.2032
Ordering treatment; medical supervisor; commitment; restriction of movements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1032.

If the defendant is determined incompetent to stand trial, and if the court determines that there is a substantial probability that, if provided a course of treatment, he will attain competence to stand trial within the time limit established by section 1034, the court shall order him to undergo treatment to render him competent to stand trial.

The court shall appoint a medical supervisor of the course of treatment. The supervisor may be any person or agency willing to supervise the course of treatment, or the department of mental health.

The court may commit the defendant to the custody of the department of mental health, or to the custody of any other inpatient mental health facility if it agrees, only if commitment is necessary for the effective administration of the course of treatment. If the defendant, absent commitment to the department of mental health or other inpatient facility, would otherwise be held in a jail or similar place of detention pending trial, the court may enter an order restricting the defendant in his movements to the buildings and grounds of the facility at which he is to be treated.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 766.6 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 766.6
Associate magistrate; powers, duties, fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Any magistrate to whom complaint is made, or before whom any prisoner is brought, may associate with himself 1 or more other magistrates of the same county, and they may together execute the powers and duties conferred upon such magistrates respectively by this chapter, but no fees shall be taxed for such associates.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17198; CL 1948, 766.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.73104 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.73104
Removing, defacing, or destroying sign or poster.
Status: in_force

Sec. 73104.

A person shall not remove, deface, or destroy a sign or poster that has been posted pursuant to this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.2103 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.2103
Severability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1103.

If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1008b — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-287-of-1964 / Section 388.1008b
Acceptance of gifts, grants, devises, and bequests for students who are blind; special fund; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8b.

The superintendent of public instruction may take by gift, grant from federal or other sources, devise, bequest, or in any other lawful manner, property, money, pledges, or promises to pay money for the benefit of students who are blind. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8, the state treasurer shall transmit to the superintendent of public instruction all of this money that is held in the state treasury. The superintendent of public instruction shall place this money and grants in a special fund to be spent as authorized by the superintendent of public instruction for the purposes for which they were donated subject to the conditions of the gift, grant, devise, or bequest without further approval of the legislature unless additional costs to the state will be involved in the spending of these funds. The superintendent of public instruction shall submit a report of all funds received and expended under this section to the senate and house committees on appropriations.

History: Add. 1971, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1971; Am. 2016, Act 536, Eff. Apr. 9, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7702 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7702
Purpose and construction of chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7702.

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to protect, subject to certain limitations, persons specified in section 7704(1) against failure in the performance of contractual obligations under insurance policies and annuity contracts specified in section 7704(2) because of the impairment or insolvency of the insurer issuing the policies or contracts. To provide this protection:

(a) An association of insurers is created to enable the guaranty of payment of benefits and continuation of coverages as limited in this chapter.

(b) Members of the association are subject to assessment to provide funds to carry out the purpose of this chapter.

(c) The association is authorized to assist the commissioner, in the prescribed manner, in the detection and prevention of insurer impairments or insolvencies.

(2) This chapter shall be construed to execute the purposes provided in subsection (1).

History: Add. 1982, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1982; Am. 1982, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982; Am. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 2006, Act 671, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20917a — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20917a
Statewide trauma care advisory subcommittee; establishment; membership; appointment; terms; chairperson; meetings; quorum; recommendations regarding funding sources; "rural county" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20917a.

(1) The statewide trauma care advisory subcommittee is established under the emergency medical services coordination committee to advise and assist the department on all matters concerning the development, implementation, and promulgation of rules for the implementation and continuing operation of a statewide trauma care system. The subcommittee shall consist of 10 members appointed by the director, within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, as follows:

(a) Two trauma surgeons who are trauma center directors.

(b) One trauma nurse coordinator.

(c) One trauma registrar.

(d) One emergency physician.

(e) Two administrative hospital representatives, 1 of whom represents a hospital designated as a level I or level II trauma center by the American college of surgeons committee on trauma and 1 of whom represents a hospital that is not designated as a level I or level II trauma center by the American college of surgeons committee on trauma.

(f) One life support agency manager who is a member of the emergency medical services coordination committee.

(g) Two medical control authority medical directors, 1 of whom represents a rural county and 1 of whom represents a nonrural county.

(2) The members shall serve for a term of 3 years. A member who is unable to complete a term shall be replaced for the balance of the unexpired term.

(3) The committee shall annually select a member to serve as chairperson.

(4) Meetings of the committee are subject to the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Six members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(5) Recommendations regarding potential funding mechanisms and sources for the statewide trauma care system shall only be submitted to the department for consideration after a unanimous vote of all members of the statewide trauma care advisory subcommittee in support of those recommendations.

(6) "Rural county" means a county not located in a metropolitan statistical area or micropolitan statistical areas as those terms are defined under the "standards for defining metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas" by the statistical policy office of the office of information and regulatory affairs of the United States office of management and budget, 65 FR p. 82238 (December 27, 2000).

History: Add. 2004, Act 580, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005