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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.20114f — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.20114f
Certificate of completion.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20114f.

(1) Upon completion of a response activity a person may request a certificate of completion from the department.

(2) To obtain a certificate of completion from the department under this section, a person shall submit each of the following to the department:

(a) A certificate of completion request form. The department shall specify the required content of the request form and make the form available on the department's website.

(b) Documentation of the completed response activity.

(3) Upon receipt of a request for a certificate of completion submitted under this subsection, the department shall issue a certificate or deny the request, or shall notify the submitter that there is not sufficient information for the department to make a decision. If the department's response is that the request does not include sufficient information, the department shall identify the information that is required for the department to make a decision. If the request is denied, the department's denial shall, to the extent practical, state with specificity all of the reasons for denial. The department shall make a decision under this subsection and shall provide the person submitting the request with a certificate of completion, as appropriate, within 1 of the following time frames, as applicable:

(a) 150 days after the request was received by the department if the response activity was undertaken without prior approval of the department and the department determines that the response activity complies with the applicable requirements of this part.

(b) 90 days after the request was received by the department if the response activity was undertaken pursuant to a response activity plan that was approved under section 20114b and the department determines that the response activity was completed in accordance with the approved plan.

(4) If the department fails to provide a written response within the time frame required by subsection (3), the response activity is considered approved.

(5) Any time frame required by this section may be extended by mutual agreement of the department and a person submitting a request for a certificate of completion or a person who has received a certificate of completion. An agreement extending a time frame shall be in writing.

(6) A person requesting a certificate of completion may appeal the department's decision in accordance with section 20114e, if applicable.

History: Add. 2012, Act 446, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.774 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-133-of-1974 / Section 125.774
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

This act shall take effect 6 months after it is signed by the governor or becomes law without the governor's signature.

History: 1974, Act 133, Eff. Dec. 5, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1761a — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1761a
False report; court order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 161a.

If a court determines that a person intentionally violated section 411a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a, by making a false report of the commission of a crime described in section 6(6)(e) knowing the report to be false for the purpose of having a pupil counted in membership in a district under section 6(6)(e), as part of the restitution ordered under section 30 of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.30, section 16, 44, or 76 of the crime victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87, MCL 780.766, 780.794, and 780.826, or section 1a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.1a, the court may order the person to pay the pupil's district of residence an amount that is not more than the state school aid that district would have received attributable to the pupil if the pupil had been counted in membership in the pupil's district of residence.

History: Add. 1998, Act 553, Imd. Eff. Jan. 27, 1999; Am. 2006, Act 342, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Am. 2025, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1681 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-173-of-1987 / Section 445.1681
Action to obtain declaratory judgment, injunction, or actual damages; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

Whether or not a person seeks damages or has an adequate remedy at law, any person, prosecutor, or the attorney general may bring an action, including a class action, to do any of the following:

Obtain a declaratory judgment that a method, act, or practice is a violation of this act.

Obtain an injunction against a person who is engaging in or is about to engage in a method, act, or practice that violates this act.

Except as limited by subsection (2), recover actual damages resulting from a violation of this act, or $250.00, whichever is greater, together with reasonable attorney fees and the costs of bringing the action.

If the licensee or registrant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to comply with the act was not willful, intentional, or the result of gross or wanton negligence, the amount recovered pursuant to subsection (1)(c) shall not exceed actual damages.

History: 1987, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Nov. 18, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.964 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-31-of-1948-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 123.964
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The powers herein granted shall be in addition to those granted by any statute or charter.

History: 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948; CL 1948, 123.964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.119a — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.119a
Departments and agencies of executive branch of government; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 119a.

Departments and agencies of the executive branch of government shall:

Cooperate with the office in the development of plans, budgets, programs, and evaluations pertaining to children and youth services and programs.

Provide the executive director with information and reports required in the administration of the responsibilities of the office.

Conform to any directives or orders of the governor pertaining to the coordination, establishment, consolidation, continuation, or revision of children and youth services and programs.

History: Add. 1978, Act 87, Eff. Apr. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32515 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32515
Artificial waterway; permit; issuance; conditions; maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32515.

If the department finds that the project will not injure the public trust or interest including fish and game habitat, that the project conforms to the requirements of law for sanitation, and that no material injury to the rights of any riparian owners on any body of water affected will result, the department shall issue a permit authorizing enlargement of the waterway affected. The permit shall provide that the artificial waterway shall be a public waterway, except intake or discharge canals or channels on property owned, controlled, and used by a public utility. The existing and future owners of land fronting on the artificial waterway are liable for maintenance of the waterway in accordance with the conditions of the permit.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.217 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-164-of-1877 / Section 397.217
Joint municipal libraries; villages and cities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The people of villages may join with townships, or townships with villages, or either with cities, by complying with similar provisions, as aforesaid in this act, and as amended, for the purpose of maintaining, supporting and receiving the benefits from a free public circulating library.

History: Add. 1903, Act 19, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903; CL 1915, 3447; CL 1929, 8075; CL 1948, 397.217
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.139 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.139
Lease or license of residential premises; covenants; modifications; liberal construction, inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

In every lease or license of residential premises, the lessor or licensor covenants:

That the premises and all common areas are fit for the use intended by the parties.

To keep the premises in reasonable repair during the term of the lease or license, and to comply with the applicable health and safety laws of the state and of the local unit of government where the premises are located, except when the disrepair or violation of the applicable health or safety laws has been caused by the tenants wilful or irresponsible conduct or lack of conduct.

The parties to the lease or license may modify the obligations imposed by this section where the lease or license has a current term of at least 1 year.

The provisions of this section shall be liberally construed, and the privilege of a prospective lessee or licensee to inspect the premises before concluding a lease or license shall not defeat his right to have the benefit of the covenants established herein.

History: Add. 1968, Act 295, Eff. Oct. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.281 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-17-of-1980 / Section 423.281
Majority decision of arbitration panel as final and binding; enforcement; effect of new state fiscal year awards retroactive; amending or modifying order of arbitration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A majority decision of the arbitration panel, if supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record, shall be final and binding upon the parties, and may be enforced, at the instance of either party or of the arbitration panel, in the circuit court for the county in which the dispute arose or in which a majority of the affected employees reside. The commencement of a new state fiscal year after the initiation of arbitration procedures under this act, but before the issuance of the arbitration order, or its enforcement, shall not be considered to render a dispute moot or to otherwise impair the jurisdiction or authority of the arbitration panel or its order. The arbitration panel may award increases in rates of compensation or other benefits retroactively to the commencement of a period in dispute, other statute provisions to the contrary notwithstanding. At any time the parties, by stipulation, may amend or modify an order of arbitration.

History: 1980, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 17.1 — MI Code / Chapter 17 / Act Act-2-of-1921 / Section 17.1
State administrative board; membership; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

There is hereby created a board to be known and designated as the state administrative board of the state of Michigan. The state administrative board shall be composed of the governor, who shall act as chairperson, the lieutenant-governor, the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the attorney general, the director of the state transportation department, and the superintendent of public instruction, and shall possess the powers and perform the duties provided in this act.

History: 1921, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 23, 1921; CL 1929, 201; Am. 1939, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 17.1; Am. 2002, Act 369, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.127 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-491-of-2006 / Section 408.127
Designation of entities to perform administrative functions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The local workforce development board and local officials in each Michigan works area shall designate an entity to perform administrative functions. The entity shall be 1 of the following:

(a) A public office or agency of a local unit of government within the Michigan works area.

(b) A private nonprofit agency servicing 1 or more units of local government within the Michigan works area.

(c) A nonprofit organization exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501.

(d) An entity organized under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512, or 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 8, MCL 124.531 to 124.536.

History: 2006, Act 491, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1427 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1427
Contribution to shelter for homeless persons, food kitchen, food bank, or other entity; tax credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 427.

(1) A taxpayer that does not claim a credit under section 261 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.261, for a contribution to a shelter for homeless persons, food kitchen, food bank, or other entity, the primary purpose of which is to provide overnight accommodation, food, or meals to persons who are indigent, may claim a credit against the tax imposed by this act equal to 50% of the cash amount the taxpayer contributed during the tax year to a shelter for homeless persons, food kitchen, food bank, or other entity, the primary purpose of which is to provide overnight accommodation, food, or meals to persons who are indigent, if a contribution to that entity is tax deductible for the donor under the internal revenue code.

(2) The credit allowed by this section shall not exceed 5% of the taxpayer's tax liability for the tax year before claiming any credits allowed by this act or $5,000.00, whichever is less.

(3) If the amount of the credit allowed under this section exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, that portion of the credit that exceeds the tax liability shall not be refunded.

(4) An entity described in subsection (1) may request that the department determine whether a contribution to that entity qualifies for the credit under this section. The department shall make a determination and respond to a request no later than 30 days after the department receives the request.

(5) On or before July 1 of each year, the department shall report to the house of representatives committee on tax policy and the senate committee on finance the total amount of tax credits claimed under this section, section 425, and section 261 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.261, for the immediately preceding tax year.

History: 2007, Act 36, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.42101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.42101
Special dog training area; permit; application; fee; size; limitation; additional permits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42101.

Upon application of any club or organization having 10 or more members who are citizens of this state, or upon the application of 10 or more citizens of this state, and the payment of a registration fee of $5.00, the department, pursuant to part 13, may issue a permit authorizing the establishment and maintenance by the club, organization, or citizens on land owned by them, or over which they have legal control, of a special dog training area where dogs may be trained at any time during the year. A dog training area shall not be less than 40 acres or more than 240 acres, and permits shall not be issued for more than 6 special dog training areas in any 1 county. In counties having a population of 100,000 or more, the department may issue additional permits as the department considers to be in the public interest.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.741 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-162-of-1962 / Section 211.741
Notice of hearings in special assessment proceedings; service on owners or parties appearing on last local tax assessment records; statement that appearance and protest at hearing required for appeal; personal appearance; filing appearance or protest by letter; record of parties appearing to protest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

For each special assessment made against property, notice of all hearings in the special assessment proceedings shall be given as provided in this act in addition to any notice of hearings to be given by publication or posting as required by statute, charter, or ordinance. The provisions of this act in respect to service of notice by mail shall supersede any existing statutory, charter, or ordinance requirements for mailing notice. Notice of hearings in special assessment proceedings shall be given to each owner of or party in interest in property to be assessed whose name appears upon the last local tax assessment records by mailing by first class mail addressed to that owner or party at the address shown on the tax records at least 10 days before the date of the hearing. The last local tax assessment records means the last assessment roll for ad valorem tax purposes that has been reviewed by the local board of review, as supplemented by any subsequent changes in the names or the addresses of the owners or parties listed on that roll.

The notice of hearing shall include a statement that appearance and protest at the hearing in the special assessment proceedings is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the state tax tribunal and shall describe the manner in which an appearance and protest shall be made.

An owner or party in interest, or his or her agent may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment, or shall be permitted to file his or her appearance or protest by letter and his or her personal appearance shall not be required.

The governing body shall maintain a record of parties who appear to protest at the hearing. If a hearing is terminated or adjourned for the day before a party is provided the opportunity to be heard, a party whose appearance was recorded is considered to have protested the special assessment in person.

History: 1962, Act 162, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1962; Am. 1989, Act 64, Eff. July 31, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 63.4 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 63.4
Voting requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

An individual who is a registered elector of the township in which the village is located and who is a resident of the village may vote at any election in the village.

History: Add. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2122 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2122
Certified as evidence; United States land office records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2122.

Copies of all papers, documents, plats, maps, entries, or records filed, entered, or recorded in any land office of the United States situated in the state of Michigan, certified by the register or receiver of such land office to be a correct transcript compared by him with the original in said land office, shall be evidence in all courts and proceedings in like manner and to the same extent as the original would be if produced.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5759 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5759
Costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5759.

In proceedings under this chapter, costs may be allowed in the same amounts as are provided by law in other civil actions in the same court, except that the costs provided by section 2441 shall not apply. The court may also allow as taxable costs an amount not exceeding the following:

For a motion that results in dismissal or judgment, $75.00.

For a judgment taken by default or consent, $75.00.

For the trial of a claim for possession only, $150.00.

For the trial of a claim for a money judgment only, $150.00.

For a trial including both a claim for possession and a claim for a money judgment, $150.00.

In determining taxable costs in tenancy cases, the judge shall take into consideration whether the jury or judge found that a portion of the rent allegedly due to the plaintiff was excused by reason of the plaintiff's breach of the lease or breach of his or her statutory covenants.

History: Add. 1972, Act 120, Eff. July 1, 1972; Am. 2004, Act 31, Eff. July 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 429.32 — MI Code / Chapter 429 / Act Act-242-of-1969 / Section 429.32
Registration of certain marks prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A mark by which the goods or services of an applicant for registration may be distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not be registered if the mark:

Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter.

Consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt or disrepute.

Consists of or comprises the flag, coat of arms, or other insignia of the United States, or of a state or municipality, or of a foreign nation, or a simulation thereof.

Consists of or comprises the name, signature, or portrait of a living individual, except with the individual's written consent.

Consists of a mark which, when applied to the goods or services of the applicant, is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the goods or services, or when applied to the goods or services of the applicant, is primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them, or is primarily merely a surname. This subsection shall not prevent the registration of a mark used in this state by the applicant which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or services. The administrator may accept as evidence that the mark has become distinctive, as applied to the applicant's goods or services, proof of continuous use thereof as a mark by the applicant in this state or elsewhere for 5 years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application for registration.

Consists of or comprises a mark which so resembles a mark registered in this state, or a mark or trade name previously used in this state by another person and not abandoned, as to be likely, when applied to the goods or services of the applicant, to cause confusion, mistake, or to deceive.

History: 1969, Act 242, Eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Am. 1980, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1980; Am. 1984, Act 203, Eff. Oct. 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.7 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-385-of-1927 / Section 26.7
Authority as to publication, printing, sale and distribution; printing by state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

In the event that no bid is received by the board of state auditors for the publication of the Michigan reports and advance sheets of Michigan reports, or in the event that in all of the bids so received, the charge per volume at which the same are to be sold shall be in excess of what said board and the justices of the supreme court shall determine to be a fair price therefor, said board may proceed to secure such publication of the Michigan reports and advance sheets of Michigan reports and the electrotyping of said plates or such other method of reproduction as may be found expedient at the expense of the state of Michigan. Said board shall also have like authority with reference to the publication of former volumes of the reports from the plates now owned by the state. Authority is hereby granted to the board to determine the manner in which the publication, printing, binding, sale, and distribution of said reports and advance sheets shall be done, and to enter into a contract, or contracts, for all or any part of the necessary work, labor and material. In its discretion the board may require that the printing and binding of said reports or advance sheets, or either of them, shall be done under the general contract for state printing and binding entered into in pursuance of the provisions of Act No. 12 of the Public Acts of 1903. In the making of any contract or contracts contemplated by this section, said board shall not be subject to the provisions, specifications, limitations or restrictions contained in other sections of said Act No. 385 of the Public Acts of 1927 as amended. The moneys for such publication, reproduction, sale and distribution shall be paid by the state treasurer out of any moneys in the general fund of the state on the order of the board of state auditors, and any moneys received by said board on account of such sales shall be deposited by it in said general fund.

History: 1927, Act 385, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 529; Am. 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 15, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1948; CL 1948, 26.7