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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1327 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1974 / Section 257.1327
Voluntary assurance of discontinuance of alleged violation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

In mediating a dispute between parties contesting a violation of this act or administrative rule, the administrator may take from a motor vehicle repair facility a voluntary assurance that the facility will discontinue an alleged violation of this act or an administrative rule. The assurance shall be filed in the records of the administrator, shall be open for public inspection, and shall not constitute on the part of the facility making the assurance an admission of any issue of law or fact. The assurance subject to agreement by all parties, may contain provisions whereby:

The facility will refund to an individual consumer an amount of money agreed upon by the parties.

A facility shall take such affirmative action as is appropriate in the judgment of the administrator to correct an alleged violation of this act or a rule.

A facility shall place in escrow a sum of money for the purposes of restitution to an aggrieved consumer pending the outcome of an action pursuant to this act. If the facility accepts the administrator's suggestions and performs accordingly, that fact shall be given due consideration in any subsequent disciplinary proceeding. The assurance shall constitute a contract which may be enforced by the parties in the circuit court upon application being made to the court for that purpose.

History: 1974, Act 300, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.104a — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-90-of-1978 / Section 409.104a
Employment of minor; registration requirements; compliance determination; notice; consent to deviations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), beginning on the date that is 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a minor must not be employed in an occupation regulated by this act unless all of the following requirements are met:

(a) The minor is registered with the department under section 4b.

(b) The person proposing to employ the minor is in compliance with this act.

(c) The person proposing to employ the minor receives authorization from the department as described in subsection (3).

(2) If, on the date described in subsection (1), a minor is employed by an employer in compliance with this act, the minor is not required to register under section 4b and the employer is not required to register under section 4d with respect to that minor until 1 of the following occurs, as applicable:

(a) The minor begins employment with a different employer.

(b) The primary location at which the minor works changes.

(c) The minor turns 16 years of age.

(3) The director shall, not later than 5 days after a minor registers under section 4b and the employer proposing to employ the minor registers under section 4d, do both of the following:

(a) Determine whether the minor's employment would be in compliance with this act.

(b) Provide notice of the determination to the employer, minor, and parent or legal guardian of the minor. The notice must state whether any deviations under this act have been requested or authorized.

(4) If the director does not provide notice of its determination during the time period described in subsection (3), the employer may begin employing the minor on the date immediately following the end of the time period.

(5) If, not later than 5 days after notice is provided under subsection (3)(b), a parent or legal guardian of a minor notifies the department that the parent or legal guardian does not consent to a deviation or a portion of a deviation, the department shall not authorize the deviation or the portion of the deviation.

History: Add. 2024, Act 196, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § Schedule § 13 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Schedule § 13
State contracts, continuance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Contractual obligations of the state incurred pursuant to the constitution of 1908 shall continue to be obligations of the state.

For the retirement of notes and bonds issued under Section 26 of Article X of the 1908 constitution, there is hereby appropriated from the general fund each year during their life a sum equal to the amount of principal and interest payments due and payable in each year.

History: Const. 1963, Schedule, § 13, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 419.201 — MI Code / Chapter 419 / Act Act-9-of-1942-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 419.201
Application of act; jurisdiction of fire department in emergency; "fire department" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) This act applies, in the safeguarding of life and property from damage due to explosion, fire, or other disaster however caused, in circumstances that the bureau of fire services created in section 1b of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, determines to be of such an emergency character as to affect the welfare and safety of the people of this state. Any organized city, village, or township fire department shall cooperate with the bureau of fire services in any such emergency, and shall have, in the emergency, the same authority and powers outside its own city, village, or township as if the fire department were in its own city, village, or township.

(2) As used in this act, "fire department" means lawfully organized fire fighting forces, however constituted, including personnel.

History: 1942, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 9, Imd. Eff. Jan. 28, 1942; CL 1948, 419.201; Am. 2006, Act 203, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.35703 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.35703
Designation; petition requesting withdrawal; revocation of designation; determination; publication of notice; reversion to former status.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35703.

Not more than 45 days after a board designates a road as a natural beauty road or the legislative body of a city or village designates a street as a natural beauty street, the property owners of record of 51% or more of the lineal footage along the natural beauty road or natural beauty street may submit a petition to the board or the legislative body of the city or village, respectively, requesting that the designation be withdrawn. If the petition is valid, the designation as a natural beauty road or natural beauty street shall be withdrawn.

A board or the legislative body of a city or village may revoke a designation of a natural beauty road or natural beauty street after holding a public hearing in accordance with the procedure described in section 35702(2). Not more than 30 days after a hearing, if the board, the legislative body of the city, or the legislative body of the village by majority vote determines that the revocation is necessary, it shall file with the county clerk, city clerk, or village clerk, respectively, a notice of its determination and publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city, or village, respectively, once each week for 2 successive weeks. After publication of the notice, the road or street previously designated shall revert to its former status.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5302 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5302
Guardianship proceedings; venue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5302.

The venue for a guardianship proceeding for an incapacitated individual is in the place where the incapacitated individual resides or is present. If the incapacitated individual is admitted to an institution by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, venue is also in the county in which that court is located.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.719 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-267-of-2001 / Section 288.719
Parchment liners, wrappers, and other packaging material; protection against contamination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 159.

A person who owns or operates a plant shall protect supplies of parchment liners, wrappers, and other packaging material against dust, mold, and other possible contamination and do each of the following:

(a) Prior to use, completely immerse parchment liners or bulk butter packages in a boiling salt solution within a stainless steel or other equally noncorrosive material for not less than 30 minutes.

(b) Ensure that the solution described in subdivision (a) consists of at least 15 pounds of salt for every 85 pounds of water and is strengthened or changed as frequently as necessary to keep the solution full strength and in good condition.

(c) Treat or handle liners such as polyethylene and each lined butter container in such a manner as to prevent contamination of the liner prior to filling.

(d) Print and package consumer size containers of butter under sanitary conditions.

(e) Legibly mark commercial bulk shipping containers with the name of the product, net weight, name and address of manufacturer, processor or distributor, or an assigned plant identification number or any other identification that the department may require.

(f) Mark packages of plastic or frozen cream with the percent of milkfat.

(g) Except as provided in subdivisions (i) through (k), keep all products under refrigeration at temperatures of 45°F (4.7°C) or lower after packaging and until ready for shipment.

(h) Ensure that the products are not placed directly on floors or exposed to foreign odors or conditions such as drippage due to condensation which might cause package or product damage.

(i) If plastic cream or frozen cream is to be quick-frozen, place the product in quick freezer rooms immediately after packaging, and ensure rapid and complete freezing within 24 hours by doing all of the following:

( i ) Pile or space the packages in a manner that allows air to freely circulate among and around the packages.

( ii ) Maintain the rooms at -10°F (-23°C) or lower.

( iii ) Equip each room to provide sufficient high-velocity air circulation for rapid freezing.

( iv ) After the products have been completely frozen, retain them in the quick freezer or transfer them to a freezer storage room for continued storage.

(j) Maintain each freezer storage room at a temperature of 0°F (-18°C) or lower and ensure each freezer storage room has adequate air circulation.

(k) Place butter intended to be held more than 30 days in a freezer storage room immediately after packaging, and if that butter is not frozen before being placed in the freezer, arrange each unfrozen butter package in a manner that permits rapid freezing, and keep each package in that arrangement until frozen.

History: 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 147, Eff. June 27, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.604a — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-9-of-1946-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 35.604a
Graves registration list.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

The board of trustees shall compile and maintain a graves registration list of all burials of veterans in this state.

History: Add. 1974, Act 134, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.434 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.434
Taxes; rejection; reassessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

If any tax assessed under this act is rejected because of an error in the description of the premises sought to be charged, the tax shall be ordered charged back by the board of supervisors, and reassessed upon the lands in the same manner that unpaid or rejected taxes may be charged back by the state treasurer and reassessed under the general provisions of law applicable to state, county, and township taxes.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4704; CL 1929, 4349; CL 1948, 247.434; Am. 2002, Act 351, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1210 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1210
Accident and health insurance agent as health benefit agent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1210.

An accident and health insurance agent who is a health benefit agent pursuant to the health benefit agent act shall be subject to the health benefit agent act when selling health benefits. As used in this section, "health benefits" and "health benefit agent" means those terms as defined in the health benefit agent act.

History: Add. 1986, Act 253, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.309 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-298-of-1992 / Section 14.309
Use of name, symbol, or statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Except as provided by subsection (2), an organization or professional fund-raiser shall not use for the purpose of soliciting contributions a name, symbol, or statement so closely related or similar to that used by another organization that it would tend to confuse or mislead the public.

Subsection (1) does not apply to an organization or professional fund-raiser with a name, symbol, or statement existing on the effective date of this act.

An organization or professional fund-raiser shall not use for the purpose of soliciting contributions the name of another person not affiliated with the organization without first obtaining the written consent of the person.

A person whose name, symbol, or statement is used in violation of this section may bring an action in the circuit court of the county in which the violation occurs for $25,000.00 or actual damages, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney fees.

History: 1992, Act 298, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1052 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-210-of-1994 / Section 752.1052
Prohibited conduct; applicability of subsection (1)(a) and (b).
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A person shall not directly or indirectly do any of the following:

Transfer a live performance onto a recording without the consent of the owner for commercial advantage or private financial gain.

Transfer the sounds on a recording onto another recording without the consent of the owner for commercial advantage or private financial gain. This subdivision does not apply to either of the following:

A sound recording initially fixed after February 15, 1972.

A person engaged in radio or television broadcasting or cablecasting who transfers or causes to be transferred sounds intended for, or in connection with, a broadcast or cable transmission or related use.

Sell, rent, distribute, transport, or possess for the purpose of selling, renting, distributing, or transporting, or any combination thereof, a recording with knowledge that the recording was manufactured in violation of subdivision (a) or (b).

Sell, rent, distribute, transport, or possess for the purpose of selling, renting, distributing, or transporting, or any combination thereof, a recording with knowledge that the recording is in violation of section 3.

Subsection (1)(a) and (b) shall not apply to recordings that are transferred solely for the personal use of the person transferring the recording and the person does not derive any compensation from the transfer.

History: 1994, Act 210, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.232 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-197-of-2014 / Section 37.232
Person with control over public accommodation or public service; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Unless expressly permitted by a state or federal statute or a regulation promulgated under a state or federal statute, a person with control over a place of public accommodation or public service shall not do any of the following:

(a) Deny the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation or public service to an individual because the individual is breastfeeding a child or is expressing human milk.

(b) Print, circulate, post, mail, or otherwise cause to be published a statement, advertisement, notice, or sign that indicates any of the following:

( i ) That the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation or public service will be refused, withheld from, or denied an individual because the individual is breastfeeding a child or is expressing human milk.

( ii ) That an individual's patronage of or presence at a place of public accommodation is objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable, or undesirable because the individual is breastfeeding a child or is expressing human milk.

History: 2014, Act 197, Imd. Eff. June 24, 2014; Am. 2024, Act 130, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.991 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-169-of-1990 / Section 445.991
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Lease contract" means a contract for the lease of a motor vehicle by a natural person for a term exceeding 30 days.

"Lessee" means a natural person who leases a motor vehicle under a lease contract.

"Lessor" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity that is engaged in the business of leasing, offering to lease, or arranging the lease of a motor vehicle under a lease contract.

"Motor vehicle" means a vehicle, including passenger vans and minivans, that is self-propelled, that is capable of being operated on a highway or street in this state, and that is primarily intended for the transport of persons.

History: 1990, Act 169, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.57 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act Act-248-of-1879 / Section 433.57
Animals impounded; feeding; record, contents, inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The pound-master or other person in charge of said pound shall purchase all necessary supplies for the sustenance of all animals impounded, and all animals impounded or seized under this act shall be supplied with suitable food and drink for their sustenance; and such pound-master or other person in charge of the pound, shall keep a record in a book kept for that purpose and which shall at all reasonable times be open for public inspection, of the time when each animal was received into such pound, and the time when discharged therefrom, and of the name of the person to whom the same was delivered, and also a record of all moneys paid to him.

History: 1879, Act 248, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879; How. 3074; CL 1897, 5619; CL 1915, 7299; CL 1929, 9053; CL 1948, 433.57
Mich. Comp. Laws § 479.21 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 479.21
Motor carrier transportation contract; certain provisions, clauses, covenants, or agreements void and unenforceable; certain agreements exempt; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) A provision, clause, covenant, or agreement contained in, collateral to, or affecting a motor carrier transportation contract that purports to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless, or has the effect of indemnifying, defending, or holding harmless, the promisee from or against any liability for loss or damage resulting from the negligence or intentional acts or omissions of the promisee is against the public policy of this state and is void and unenforceable.

(2) This section does not apply to the uniform intermodal interchange and facilities access agreement administered by the intermodal association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use, or possession of intermodal chassis or other intermodal equipment.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Motor carrier transportation contract" means a contract, agreement, or understanding for any of the following:

( i ) The transportation of property for compensation or hire by a motor carrier.

( ii ) Entrance on property by a motor carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire.

( iii ) A service incidental to activity described in subparagraphs ( i ) and ( ii ), including, but not limited to, the storage of property.

(b) "Promisee" means a party to a motor carrier transportation contract who is not a motor carrier or, if the promisee is a motor carrier, a party to a motor carrier transportation contract who is not transporting property for compensation or hire. Promisee includes agents, employees, servants, and independent contractors who are directly responsible to the promisee.

History: Add. 2012, Act 480, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.351 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-237-of-1879 / Section 565.351
Land contract; acknowledgment; endorsement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

A contract for the sale of land or any interest in that land shall be executed by the vendor named in the contract, and acknowledged before any judge or before any notary public within this state, and the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse a certificate of the acknowledgment and the date of making the acknowledgment under his or her hand.

History: 1879, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879; How. 5709; CL 1897, 9035; CL 1915, 11770; CL 1929, 13350; CL 1948, 565.351; Am. 1991, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991; Am. 2002, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.920 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.920
Taking possession of assets, books, and records of licensee for purpose of liquidating business or other relief; application for court order; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 920.

If the department determines that a licensee is insolvent or has collected accounts, but failed to remit money due a claimant or forwarded money due a claimant within 45 days after the day of collection, or if the license of a collection agency has expired or been suspended or revoked, the department may apply to the circuit court for the county in which the main office of the agency is located for an order authorizing the director to take possession of the assets, books, and records of the licensee for the purpose of liquidating the business and for such other relief as the nature of the case and the interests of the claimants or aggrieved consumers require. The application for an order following the expiration, suspension, or revocation of a license shall not be made until after 10 days' notice to the licensee or former licensee.

History: Add. 1981, Act 83, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4379 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4379
Refusal to deliver copy of authority for detention of prisoner; time; civil liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4379.

Any officer or other person who refuses or neglects for 6 hours to deliver a copy of any order, warrant, process or other authority by which he detains any person, to any one who demands such copy and tenders the lawful fees therefor, is liable to the person so detained in the sum of $200.00 damages.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.201a — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.201a
Assessor's plat; additional conditions for ordering.
Status: in_force

Sec. 201a.

Notwithstanding the conditions specified in sections 201(1) (a) and (b), an assessor's plat, complying with sections 201 to 213, may also be ordered if there is a person in possession under a lease agreement relating to a parcel or tract of land and all of the following conditions are met:

There is in effect a lease which was executed prior to January 1, 1968.

The area of the land affected by the lease is smaller than the minimum lot size or configuration required by this act, or by local ordinance, as the case may be, or if the land is of proper size and configuration but at least 75% of the portion of the boundary not abutted by streets is abutted by lands of insufficient size or configuration.

The leasehold premises has been improved with a permanent structure.

History: Add. 1973, Act 94, Imd. Eff. Aug. 8, 1973