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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.653a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-18-of-1933-Ex-Sess- / Section 125.653a
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

A petition under section 3, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: Add. 1998, Act 165, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.1301 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-268-of-1986 / Section 4.1301
Michigan commission on uniform state laws; creation; composition; meetings; purpose; annual report; expenses; continuation of commissioners appointed under former law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 301.

The Michigan commission on uniform state laws is created. The Michigan commission on uniform state laws shall consist of the following:

Three members appointed by the council. Members appointed under this subdivision shall not be members of the legislature.

Two members appointed by the majority leader of the senate, 1 from the minority party.

Two members appointed by the speaker of the house, 1 from the minority party.

The director of the bureau or his or her designee.

The commissioners may meet and confer with commissioners of other states to bring about uniformity of state laws. The Michigan commission on uniform state laws shall report annually to the council.

The expenses of the commissioners may be paid from appropriations made to the council upon vouchers approved by the council.

The commissioners on uniform state laws for this state appointed under former Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1965 shall continue in office until commissioners for the Michigan commission on uniform state laws are appointed under this section. Commissioners on uniform state laws for this state appointed under former Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1965 may be appointed under this section to the Michigan commission on uniform state laws.

History: 1986, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.714b — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-205-of-1956 / Section 722.714b
Effect of parentage in another state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4b.

The establishment of parentage under the law of another state has the same effect and may be used for the same purposes as an acknowledgment of parentage or order of filiation under this act.

History: Add. 1994, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1994; Am. 2024, Act 28, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.919 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-232-of-2023 / Section 408.919
Community and worker economic transition plan; options; evaluation; submission of plan to governor and legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) In developing the community and worker economic transition plan under section 7(3)(f), the office shall consider options to do all of the following:

(a) Align and target local, state, and federal resources and leverage additional resources to invest in communities and workers whose transition-impacted industries are subject to significant economic transition.

(b) Align and target existing local, state, and federal programming and establish additional programming to support communities and workers whose transition-impacted industries are subject to significant economic transition.

(c) Identify transition activities that are not addressed by existing resources and make recommendations for new programs as necessary, including, but not limited to, programs to support transition workers with supplemental income, health care benefits, and retirement benefits and programs that provide transition workers with access to education and training opportunities.

(d) Implement or engage in other programs, policies, or activities that will assist transition communities, transition workers, and companies in transition-impacted industries.

(2) In developing the transition plan, the office shall evaluate all of the following:

(a) The projected short-term and long-term benefits to this state of each plan component, including worker benefits, grant programs, and other supports.

(b) Potential sources for sustainable short-term and long-term funding for a transition plan and its components.

(c) The potential fiscal, economic, workforce, and other implications of extending components of the transition plan to other industries affected by similar economic disruptions.

(d) Which components of the transition plan can be implemented by a state department or agency under existing authority and which require additional legislation.

(3) With the approval of the department director, by December 31, 2025, the office director shall submit to the governor and the legislature the transition plan for this state.

(4) The office may undertake any activities authorized under this act before submitting the transition plan.

History: 2023, Act 232, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.641 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-183-of-1956 / Section 390.641
Wayne state university; establishment, board of governors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

There is hereby established a state institution of higher education to be located in the industrial area of southeastern Michigan. The institution shall be maintained by the state of Michigan, and its facilities shall be made equally available and upon the same basis to all qualified residents of this state. The conduct of its affairs and control of its property shall be vested in a board of governors, the members of which shall constitute a body corporate known as the "board of governors of Wayne state university," hereinafter referred to as "the board," with the right as such of suing and being sued, of adopting a seal, and altering the same.

History: 1956, Act 183, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 435.241 — MI Code / Chapter 435 / Act Act-60-of-1989 / Section 435.241
Log cabin day.
Status: in_force

Section 1.

The last Sunday in June of each year shall be known as "log cabin day".

History: 1989, Act 60, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.602 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-154-of-1949 / Section 331.602
Medical commission; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.

The term "commission" as hereinafter used shall mean medical center commission.

The term "district" shall mean medical center district.

"Governmental institutions" shall mean hospitals, clinics, medical schools, medical research institutes, and related institutions which are governmentally owned and operated.

"Private institutions" shall mean hospitals, clinics, medical schools, medical research institutes, and related institutions which are privately owned and operated and are not for profit.

History: 1949, Act 154, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2307 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2307
Support enforcement agency; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 307.

(1) In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request:

(a) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state.

(b) Shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in section 102(e)( i ) or ( iv ).

(c) May provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.

(2) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall do the following:

(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent.

(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing.

(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties.

(d) Within 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner.

(e) Within 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner.

(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.

(3) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child-support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts to do the following:

(a) Ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order.

(b) If 2 or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.

(4) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.

(5) A support enforcement agency of this state shall request a tribunal of this state to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state under section 319.

(6) This act does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.14a — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.14a
State department; camps, purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14a.

The state department shall be authorized to operate camps for the furnishing of relief and medical care to homeless and unattached persons.

History: Add. 1945, Act 157, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 400.14a
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.256 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1952 / Section 124.256
Water supply system; sale and purchase of water; contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The authority and any of its constituent municipalities shall have authority to contract for the sale and purchase of water. The charges specified in such contract shall be subject to increase by the authority at any time if necessary in order to provide funds to meet its obligations. The authority and any city, village or township, which is not a constituent part thereof, may contract for the sale and purchase of water, which contract may provide for charges greater than those to the constituent municipalities, but the charges thereunder shall be subject to change by the authority from time to time. The authority and any other public corporation may enter into a contract for the purchase by the authority of water from such public corporation. Any contract authorized herein shall be for a period of not exceeding 50 years.

History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.307 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-179-of-1947 / Section 123.307
Authority; articles of incorporation, amendment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any city, village or township may become a part of such authority by amendment to the articles of incorporation, adopted by the legislative body of such city, village or township and by the legislative body of each city, village or township of which such authority is composed. Other amendments may be made to such articles of incorporation if adopted by the legislative body of each city, village or township of which the authority is composed. Any such amendment shall be endorsed, published and certified printed copies filed in the same manner as the original articles of incorporation, except that the filed printed copies shall be certified by the recording officer of the authority.

History: 1947, Act 179, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 123.307
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60702 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60702
Inventory of soil resources of state; 10-year program; minimum acres for soil surveys; conducting soil surveys on proportional basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60702.

The department of agriculture shall provide an inventory of the soil resources of the state by a 10-year program for the acceleration of the soil survey on nonfederal lands. Soil surveys will be made on a minimum of 3,000,000 acres over the 10 years following December 14, 1977 under former Act No. 268 of the Public Acts of 1977.

Soil surveys shall be conducted on a proportional basis of not more than 2 counties in the Lower Peninsula being surveyed for each county in the Upper Peninsula until all counties in the Upper Peninsula have been surveyed. If the soil surveys cannot be conducted on a proportional basis due to the lack of funding from any of the counties, then the department of agriculture shall establish an alternative proportional basis to promote the conducting of the surveys in the time period established in subsection (1).

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.209 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.209
Filing; county road commission approval; publication; action to correct plat.
Status: in_force

Sec. 209.

When completed, the assessor's plat shall be filed with the clerk of the governing body that ordered the plat. In unincorporated areas, the certificate of the county road commission shall first be secured, stating that the public roads shown on the plat were in existence at the time the plat was made.

The clerk shall promptly give notice thereof by publication for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, village, township or county, or if there is none, in a newspaper published in the adjoining county and having general circulation in the locality where the plat is situated.

The plat shall remain on file in the clerk's office for 30 days after the first publication. At any time within the 30-day period any person or public body having an interest in any lands affected by the plat may bring a suit to have such plat corrected.

If no such suit is brought within such time, the plat may be approved by the governing body.

If suit is brought, approval shall be withheld until it is decided. If necessary, the plat shall be revised in accordance with such decision, then approved by the governing body.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.212 — MI Code / Chapter 54 / Act Act-132-of-1970 / Section 54.212
Certified survey map; requirements; permanent markers for corners; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) A certified survey map shall meet the requirements of this section and section 3. A certified survey map must be prepared only by a professional surveyor licensed in this state.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), each corner of the survey shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be monumented in the field with a permanent marker that possesses a magnetic field unless previously monumented with iron stakes.

(b) Be capped with a device legibly showing the last 5 digits of the license number of the professional surveyor placing the monument.

(c) Include both of the following:

( i ) Points of intersection of boundary or lot lines with highways, streets, alleys, section lines, and meander lines.

( ii ) Corners of the United States Public Land Survey from which the parcel or parcels are described.

(3) If a monument cannot conveniently be set because of a physical obstruction such as pavement, a large rock, a large root, or a utility cable, the following apply:

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), the professional surveyor shall do both of the following:

( i ) Establish an alternative monument that is permanent and identifiable, such as a drill hole or an "X" chiseled in concrete.

( ii ) Reference the corner by bearing and distance from 2 different monumented corners of the survey.

(b) If compliance with subdivision (a) is not feasible, the professional surveyor shall monument the corner in any practical manner and show its relationship on the certified survey map.

History: 1970, Act 132, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971; Am. 1988, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1988; Am. 2023, Act 238, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1207 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-195-of-2001 / Section 722.1207
Determination of inconvenient forum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 207.

A court of this state that has jurisdiction under this act to make a child-custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. The issue of inconvenient forum may be raised upon the motion of a party, the court's own motion, or the request of another court.

Before determining whether it is an inconvenient forum, a court of this state shall consider whether it is appropriate for a court of another state to exercise jurisdiction. For this purpose, the court shall allow the parties to submit information and shall consider all relevant factors, including all of the following:

Whether domestic violence has occurred and is likely to continue in the future and which state could best protect the parties and the child.

The length of time the child has resided outside this state.

The distance between the court in this state and the court in the state that would assume jurisdiction.

The parties' relative financial circumstances.

An agreement by the parties as to which state should assume jurisdiction.

The nature and location of the evidence required to resolve the pending litigation, including the child's testimony.

The ability of the court of each state to decide the issue expeditiously and the procedures necessary to present the evidence.

The familiarity of the court of each state with the facts and issues of the pending litigation.

If a court of this state determines that it is an inconvenient forum and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum, it shall stay the proceedings upon condition that a child-custody proceeding be promptly commenced in another designated state and may impose any other condition the court considers just and proper.

A court of this state may decline to exercise jurisdiction under this act if a child-custody determination is incidental to an action for divorce or another proceeding while still retaining jurisdiction over the divorce or other proceeding.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.229 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-318-of-1941 / Section 3.229
Duty of political subdivision to furnish services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

No provision of this act shall be construed to relieve any political subdivision of this state, in the absence of an agreement for payment of sums in lieu of taxes by the United States, as provided in this act, of the duty of furnishing for the benefit of a project all services which the political subdivision usually furnishes to property in, and to persons residing within, the political subdivision without a payment of sums in lieu of taxes.

History: 1941, Act 318, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 3.229
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80179 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80179
Enhanced sentencing based on prior convictions; conditions; attempted violation of MCL 324.80176(1), MCL 324.80176(3), or local ordinance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80179.

If the prosecuting attorney intends to seek an enhanced sentence under section 80177 or 80178 based upon the defendant having 1 or more prior convictions, the prosecuting attorney shall include on the complaint and information filed in district court, circuit court, recorder's court, municipal court, or probate court a statement listing the defendant's prior convictions.

A prior conviction shall be established at sentencing by 1 or more of the following:

An abstract of conviction.

A copy of the defendant's boating record.

An admission by the defendant.

A person who is convicted of an attempted violation of section 80176(1) or (3), or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 80176(1) or (3), shall be punished as if the offense had been completed.

When issuing an order under this part, the secretary of state and the court shall treat a conviction of an attempted violation of section 80176(1) or (3), former section 171(1) or (3) of the marine safety act, a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 80176(1) or (3), or a law of another state substantially corresponding to section 80176(1) or (3) the same as if the offense had been completed.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6056 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6056
Separate exposure of lots, tracts, or parcels for sale; sale of undivided interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6056.

When any real estate offered for sale by virtue of any execution consists of several known lots, tracts, or parcels, such lots, tracts, or parcels shall be separately exposed for sale, and the judgment debtor may direct which piece or parcel shall be first exposed for sale.

No more of the tracts and parcels may be exposed for sale than appear necessary to satisfy the execution, with the costs and expenses of the sale.

When any judgment debtor has an undivided interest with the same parties in several parcels of land, the officer may levy on, advertise, and sell, as a single parcel, the interest of the judgment debtor in any or all of the undivided and unpartitioned tracts or parcels in his bailiwick.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.1 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-144-of-1937 / Section 780.1
Uniform criminal extradition act; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Definitions. Where appearing in this act, the term "governor" includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state. The term "executive authority" includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state. The term "state," referring to a state other than this state, includes any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States of America.

History: 1937, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 780.1