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Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1711 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-378-of-1988 / Section 445.1711
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Customer" means an individual who purchases, rents, or borrows a book, other written material, a sound recording, or a video recording.

(b) "Employee" means an individual who works for an employer in exchange for wages or other remuneration.

(c) "Employer" means a person that has 1 or more employees.

(d) "Ordinary course of business" means activities related to the sale, rental, or lending of, or advertising in, materials described in section 2.

(e) "Written" includes any electronic means using the Internet or otherwise authorized under the uniform electronic transactions act, 2000 PA 305, MCL 450.831 to 450.849.

History: 1988, Act 378, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989; Am. 2016, Act 92, Eff. July 31, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50704 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50704
Instrument conveying leasehold interest; approval by attorney general.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50704.

An instrument conveying a leasehold interest in real property authorized by this part shall be approved by the attorney general.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.1162 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-108-of-2023 / Section 211.1162
Status report of exemptions to department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Not later than June 15 each year, each qualified local governmental unit granting a certificate shall report to the department on the status of each exemption. The report must include the current taxable value of the property to which the exemption pertains.

History: 2023, Act 108, Imd. Eff. July 27, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.759 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Territorial-Laws-of-1833-Vol-III / Section 390.759
Honors and degrees; earned degrees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The board of trustees shall have the power to confer the honors and degrees usually granted by collegiate institutions. Earned degrees shall be conferred only on persons who shall have passed through a course of studies deemed by the board to be equivalent to that prescribed by the regents of the university of Michigan for candidates for degrees and who have been recommended by the faculty of Kalamazoo college as being worthy thereof.

History: Add. 1955, Act 50, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1957 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-180-of-2022 / Section 388.1957
Report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The department shall report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department of education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the governor, and the advisory council described in section 31n of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1631n, the status and outcomes of the grant program.

History: 2022, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 25, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1405 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.1405
Voting rights of general partners.
Status: in_force

Sec. 405.

The partnership agreement may grant to all or certain identified general partners the right to vote, on a per capita or any other basis, separately or with all or any class of the limited partners, on any matter.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1099cc — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1099cc
Hiring or contracting with licensed or accredited treatment providers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1099cc.

A family treatment court may hire or contract with licensed or accredited treatment providers in consultation and cooperation with the local substance abuse coordinating agency, the local community mental health service provider, and other such appropriate persons to assist the family treatment court in fulfilling its requirements under this chapter, including, but not limited to, the investigation of an individual's background or circumstances, the clinical evaluation of an individual for the individual's admission into or participation in a family treatment court, providing a recommended treatment modality and level of care, and providing evidence-based, family-centered treatment using an integrated, comprehensive continuum of care.

History: Add. 2024, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3331 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3331
Articles of incorporation; amendment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 331.

With the approval of the commissioner and by vote of a majority of members or voting shares of the savings bank, a savings bank may amend its articles of incorporation in any manner not inconsistent with this act.

An amendment is effective when certified copies of the amendment in a form as the commissioner may require signed by the president or a vice president and the cashier or an assistant cashier, have been submitted to the commissioner and have been approved and filed by the commissioner as with the original articles of incorporation.

Notwithstanding subsection (2), an amendment that provides solely for a change in the name of the savings bank is not subject to the approval of the commissioner and shall be effective on the date it is filed with the commissioner or at a later date specified in the amendment.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.730 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-188-of-1954 / Section 41.730
Special assessments; delinquencies, reassessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

In case the treasurer shall, as above provided, report as delinquent any assessment or part thereof, the township board shall certify the same to the supervisor, who shall reassess on the annual township tax roll of such year in a column headed "special assessments" the sum so delinquent, with interest and penalties to September 1 of such year, and an additional penalty of 6% of the total amount. Thereafter the statutes relating to township taxes shall be applicable to such reassessments.

History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3012 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3012
Liability insurance policy; noncomplying forms, defenses of insurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3012.

Such a liability insurance policy issued in violation of sections 3004 through 3012 shall, nevertheless, be held valid but be deemed to include the provisions required by such sections, and when any provision in such policy or rider is in conflict with the provisions required to be contained by such sections, the rights, duties and obligations of the insured, the policyholder and the injured person shall be governed by the provisions of such sections: Provided, however, That the insurer shall have all the defenses in any action brought under the provisions of such sections that it originally had against its insured under the terms of the policy providing the policy is not in conflict with the provisions of such sections.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.427 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-2-of-1968 / Section 141.427
Minimum auditing procedures and standards; form for report of auditing procedures; filing audit report and report of auditing procedures; time for filing; extension.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The state treasurer shall prescribe minimum auditing procedures and standards and these shall conform as nearly as practicable to generally accepted auditing standards established by the American institute of certified public accountants.

A report of the auditing procedures applied in each audit shall be prepared on a form provided for this purpose by the state treasurer. The state treasurer may require that the audit report, or the report of auditing procedures, or both, that are required by this subsection to be filed with the state treasurer be filed in an electronic format prescribed by the state treasurer.

One copy of every audit report and 1 copy of the report of auditing procedures applied shall be filed with the state treasurer.

The copy of the audit report and the copy of the report of auditing procedures applied required by subsection (3) shall be filed with the state treasurer within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year of a local unit for which an audit has been performed pursuant to section 5. The chief administrative officer of a local unit may request an extension of the filing date from the state treasurer, and the state treasurer may grant the request for reasonable cause. A chief administrative officer who requests an extension under this subsection shall, within 10 days of making the request, inform the governing body in writing of the requested extension.

History: 1968, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1968; Am. 1982, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1982; Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.113 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 801.113
Designation of jail of other county; revocation of order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Whenever a jail shall be erected for the county for whose use such designation shall have been made, or its jail shall have been rendered fit and safe for the confinement of prisoners, the circuit judge of the circuit court for such county, or in the upper peninsula, the district judge of the district court for such county, shall, by an instrument in writing, to be filed with the clerk of the county, declare that the necessity for such designation has ceased, and that the same is hereby revoked and annulled.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 148; Am. 1855, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 1855; CL 1857, 5587; CL 1871, 7374; How. 8951; CL 1897, 10544; CL 1915, 14772; CL 1929, 17709; CL 1948, 801.113
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.655 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.655
State defense force and unorganized militia; determination of emergency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 255.

In case of war, or a national emergency, when the national guard may be in the military service of the United States, the defense force shall be ready and able to protect the state in case of insurrection, invasion, disaster or other emergency, actual or imminent. In such case the governor, as commander-in-chief, may use the defense force augmented if necessary by all or a part of the unorganized militia not responsive to the orders of the president for the time being. The determination of the governor that an emergency exists or is imminent is conclusive.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.898 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-358-of-1994 / Section 287.898
Licensing requirements; ordinances established by local units of government.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

A local unit of government by ordinance may establish licensing requirements for ferrets. The ordinance shall provide for proof of rabies vaccination, license tags, forms, and procedures as described for dogs pursuant to the dog law of 1919, Act No. 339 of the Public Acts of 1919, being sections 287.261 to 287.290 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1994, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 224.20b — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 224.20b
Tax levy for highway, road, and street purposes; submission to electorate; allocation and use of revenues.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20b.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the board of commissioners of any county by proper resolution may submit to the electorate of the county at any general or special election the question of a tax levy for highway, road and street purposes or for 1 or more specific highway, road or street purposes, including but not limited to bridges, as may be specified by the board.

Unless otherwise agreed by the governing bodies of the cities and villages and the board of county road commissioners the revenues derived from the tax levy authorized by this section shall be allocated and distributed by the county treasurer as follows:

To the county road fund:

A percentage of the total revenues equal to the proportion that the state equalized valuation of the unincorporated area of the county bears to the total state equalized value of the county.

A percentage of the remainder of the revenues equal to the proportion that the county primary road mileage within cities and villages bears to the total of the city and village major street mileage in the county plus the county primary road mileage within cities and villages in the county. The mileages to be used are the most recent mileages as certified by the state highway commission.

The remaining revenues shall be distributed to the cities and villages in the proportion that the state equalized valuation of each bears to the total state equalized valuation of the incorporated areas of the county.

The revenues allocated to the cities and villages shall be expended exclusively for highway, road and street purposes. The revenues allocated to the county road fund shall be expended by the board of county road commissioners exclusively for highway, road and street purposes.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22 of this chapter, section 7 of Act No. 156 of the Public Acts of 1851, as amended, being section 46.7 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, or section 1 of Act No. 28 of the Public Acts of 1911, being section 141.71 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, a board of county commissioners shall not submit to the electorate of the county the question of a tax levy for any highway, road or street purpose, including but not limited to bridges, nor submit the question of borrowing money for any such purpose, to be voted upon at any election held on or after September 1, 1971 unless the revenues or proceeds are allocated and distributed in the same manner as the revenues derived from a tax levy authorized by this section.

History: Add. 1968, Act 133, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1971, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26220 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-204-of-1987 / Section 333.26220
Low-level radioactive waste management fund; creation; administration; appropriations; expenditures; sources of revenue; exemption of assets from taxation; preservation and use of assets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

There is hereby created in the state treasury a low-level radioactive waste management fund that shall be administered by the authority. The legislature shall make appropriations from the fund as provided in part 137 and as necessary to assure that the authority is able to fully implement its powers and responsibilities.

The authority may expend appropriations by the legislature from the low-level radioactive waste fund for purposes listed in section 19 and as are otherwise reasonably related to the full implementation of the powers and duties of the authority.

The source of the revenue of the fund shall include revenue from the following sources:

Funds provided by other states, if this state is a member of a compact and this state is the host state for the compact, including export fees, funds to be allocated to candidate site communities, and any other revenue.

Rebates received from the United States department of energy.

Funds received pursuant to section 4(c).

Disposal fees and surcharges established by the authority under section 19.

The assets of the low-level radioactive waste management fund shall be exempt from all taxation by this state or any of its political subdivisions.

The assets of the low-level radioactive waste management fund shall be preserved, invested, and expended solely pursuant to and for the purposes set forth in this act and in part 137 and shall not be loaned or otherwise transferred or used by the state for any other purpose.

History: 1987, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1987; Am. 1994, Act 434, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1406 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-195-of-2001 / Section 722.1406
Repeal of MCL 600.651 to 600.673; effective date of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 406.

Sections 651 to 673 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.651 to 600.673, are repealed.

This act takes effect April 1, 2002.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.393 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.393
Candidates for justice of supreme court; canvass by state central committee of each political party.
Status: in_force

Sec. 393.

Not more than 24 hours after the conclusion of the fall state convention, the state central committee of each political party shall convene and canvass the proceedings of the convention and determine the nominee or nominees of the convention for the office or offices of justice of the supreme court. Not more than 1 business day after the conclusion of the state convention, the chairperson and secretary of the state central committee shall forward by registered or certified mail to the secretary of state a typewritten or printed list of the names and residence, including the street address if known, of the candidate or candidates nominated at the convention for the office or offices of justice of the supreme court. The secretary of state shall forward a copy of a list received under this section to the board of election commissioners of each county, in care of the county clerk at the county seat. The name of each nominee on the list shall be printed upon a nonpartisan judicial ballot containing no party designation together with the names of incumbent justices filing an affidavit under section 392a.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955; Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 61, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999; Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.17 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-281-of-1945 / Section 125.17
Aid from governmental agencies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Aid for the purpose of accomplishing the objectives of the regional planning commission may be accepted from all governmental agencies whether local, state or federal, if the conditions under which such aid is furnished are not incompatible with the other provisions of this act.

History: 1945, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 125.17
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.331 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-107-of-1941 / Section 41.331
Furnishing water to water supply district; petitions; contracts; terms and conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Upon filing with the township clerk of petitions, verified both as to signature and ownership, signed by 60% of the record owners of the land to be made into a township water supply district, the township board in the township may contract with another township or a city, village, or authority for the furnishing of water to the water supply district for fire protection and domestic purposes under terms and conditions agreed upon between the township board and the board or other representative body of the township, city, village, or authority.

History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941; CL 1948, 41.331; Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1439 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1439
Cause of action against person filing petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 439.

(1) A cause of action is not cognizable against a person who in good faith files a petition under this chapter alleging that an individual is a person requiring treatment, unless the petition is filed as the result of an act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.

(2) A cause of action is not cognizable against a preadmission screening unit or its employees or contractors or a crisis stabilization unit or its employees or contractors, who in good faith makes a determination as to whether an individual is a person requiring treatment or not, unless the determination is the result of an act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.

History: Add. 1986, Act 118, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987; Am. 2020, Act 402, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1711 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-68-of-2020 / Section 390.1711
Short title; intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) This act may be cited as the "Michigan reconnect grant recipient act".

(2) The reconnect initiative and the reconnect program created respectively in this act and the Michigan reconnect grant act, 2020 PA 84, MCL 390.1701 to 390.1709, are intended to provide last-dollar financial assistance to individuals age 25 and older seeking associate degrees or industry-recognized certificates or credentials; to provide those individuals with greater access to the education and skills needed to succeed in, and meet the demands of, an evolving economy in which there is continuing demand for a talented local workforce; to drive innovations specific to adult learners in this state's community colleges; to mitigate educational equity gaps in the furtherance of individual prosperity; and to achieve the goal of increasing the number of residents ages 25 to 64 with a college degree or skill certificate or credential to 60% by 2030.

History: 2020, Act 68, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2020; Am. 2022, Act 252, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2216 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2216
Life or disability insurance; alteration of application.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2216.

No alteration of any written application for any life or disability insurance policy shall be made by any person other than the applicant without his written consent, except that insertions may be made by the insurer, for administrative purposes only, in such manner as to indicate clearly that such insertions are not to be ascribed to the applicant.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1957, Act 91, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6414 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6414
Domestic cooperative plan insurers; qualifications to write group insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6414.

No such insurer shall do a business of group insurance in Michigan until it shall have accrued a contingency reserve deposit as defined and described in section 6434 in the amount of $100,000.00, and shall have obtained from the commissioner a certificate of authority to write group insurance.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1029 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1029
General or special court-martial; members not to be absent or excused after arraignment; exceptions; reduction of membership below specified number; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

(1) A member of a general or special courts-martial shall not be absent or excused after the accused has been arraigned except for physical disability or as a result of a challenge or by order of the convening authority for good cause.

(2) If a general court-martial is reduced below 8 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority appoints new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 8 members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial may proceed after the recorded testimony of each witness previously examined has been read to the court-martial in the presence of the military judge, the accused, and counsel.

(3) If a special court-martial is reduced below 4 members, the trial may not proceed unless the convening authority appoints new members sufficient in number to provide not less than 4 members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial shall proceed as if no evidence had previously been introduced, unless a verbatim record of the testimony of previously examined witnesses or a stipulation of that testimony is read to the court-martial in the presence of the accused and counsel.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 2005, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 2005; Am. 2024, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024