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Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.41 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-67-of-1877 / Section 4.41
Legislature, members elect; delivery of list by secretary of state, time; designation by districts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It shall be the duty of the secretary of state on or before the day prior to the first annual regular session of each legislature, to deliver to the secretary, or in case of his death or inability, then to the assistant secretary of the preceding senate, also to the clerk, or in case of his death or inability, then to the journal clerk of the next preceding house of representatives, a true and correct list of all the members elect of each house, as transmitted to him by the clerks of the several counties of the state, and in such list shall designate the senators and representatives by their respective districts.

History: 1877, Act 67, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 42; CL 1897, 4; CL 1915, 4; CL 1929, 5; CL 1948, 4.41; Am. 1953, Act 63, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1202 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1202
Articles of incorporation; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 202.

The articles of incorporation shall contain all of the following:

(a) The name of the corporation.

(b) The purposes for which the corporation is formed. All of the following apply for purposes of this subdivision:

( i ) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph ( ii ) or ( iii ), it is a sufficient compliance with this subdivision to state substantially, alone or with specifically enumerated purposes, that the corporation may engage in any activity within the purposes for which corporations may be formed under the business corporation act, and all activities shall by the statement be considered within the purposes of the corporation, subject to expressed limitations.

( ii ) Any corporation that proposes to conduct educational purposes shall state the purposes and shall comply with all requirements of sections 170 to 177 of 1931 PA 327, MCL 450.170 to 450.177.

( iii ) A professional corporation shall comply with section 283(2) and (3).

(c) The aggregate number of shares that the corporation has authority to issue.

(d) If the shares are, or are to be, divided into classes, or into classes and series, the designation of each class and series, the number of shares in each class and series, and a statement of the relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each class and series, to the extent that the designations, numbers, relative rights, preferences, and limitations have been determined.

(e) If the shares are to be designated and issued in 1 or more classes or series, a statement of any authority vested in the board to designate and issue shares in 1 or more classes or series, and to determine or change for any class or series its designation, number of shares, relative rights, preferences and limitations.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in section 611(2)(c), the street address, and the mailing address if different from the street address, of the corporation's initial registered office and the name of the corporation's initial resident agent at that address.

(g) The names and addresses of the incorporators.

(h) The duration of the corporation if other than perpetual.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.555 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.555
Reimbursement provisions; delinquent carriers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 555.

The reimbursement provisions of this chapter are not available to any carrier currently delinquent in paying any assessment authorized in this chapter.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969; Am. 2014, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.501 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-5-of-1956 / Section 730.501
Municipal courts; salaried judges; designation; adoption of act by ordinance or charter provision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

In any city in this state now or hereafter having a population of 15,000 or more, according to the latest or each succeeding federal decennial census, having a justice court with 1 or more justices of the peace who are paid a salary in lieu of fees, whether said justices and justice courts are provided for by city charters or by any statutes of this state, such courts shall hereafter be designated as municipal courts and the justices thereof as municipal judges; said change shall in no way affect or change the present laws and statutes of this state, except that the word "municipal" shall replace "justice" with full force and effect and with like intent whenever and wherever the said word "justice" appears in said acts or general or special laws of the state or the municipal charter of any such city with reference to justice courts or justices of the peace.

Any city having a population of less than 15,000 and a justice of the peace who is paid a salary in lieu of fees and required to be an attorney may adopt by ordinance the provisions of this act and such court shall be deemed a municipal court under this act for all purposes while said ordinance is in effect.

Any city may provide in its charter, whether in the first instance or by amendment or revision, for a municipal court under the provisions of this act. If any city provides in its charter for a municipal court to come into being at the end of the term or terms of its incumbent justices of the peace, it shall provide that each municipal judge, including the first incumbent, shall be an attorney at law as required in section 8 of this act.

History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956; Am. 1957, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1959, Act 209, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1959
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1102 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-319-of-1990 / Section 123.1102
Regulation of pistols, other firearms, pneumatic guns, or ammunition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A local unit of government shall not impose special taxation on, enact or enforce any ordinance or regulation pertaining to, or regulate in any other manner the ownership, registration, purchase, sale, transfer, transportation, or possession of pistols, other firearms, or pneumatic guns, ammunition for pistols or other firearms, or components of pistols or other firearms, except as otherwise provided by federal law or a law of this state.

History: 1990, Act 319, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991; Am. 2015, Act 29, Eff. Aug. 10, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1077 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1077
Licensed occasional or bonded importer; reporting requirements; waiver; violation as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a licensed occasional importer shall file with the department on forms or in a format prescribed by the department a report containing the following information:

The number of gallons of motor fuel where the tax imposed by this act has been prepaid to a supplier upon removal from a terminal outside the United States.

The number of gallons of motor fuel subject to the 3-day payment rule in section 80 sorted by foreign jurisdiction outside the United States, by supplier, and by terminal or bulk plant location.

Any other information concerning the source state, volume, or method of transportation of motor fuel as the department may require.

Any other information the department considers reasonably necessary.

The department may waive any or all of the reporting requirements in subsection (1) if it determines that jurisdictions outside the United States have adopted and implemented reciprocal terminal reporting requirements adequate to assure the department that it receives complete information concerning motor fuel removed by or on behalf of a supplier from a terminal in a jurisdiction outside the United States which is destined for this state.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), a licensed bonded importer shall file with the department on forms or in a format prescribed by the department a report of its operations within this state. The report shall include all of the following information:

The number of gallons of motor fuel where the tax imposed by this act has been prepaid to a supplier upon removal from a terminal outside the United States.

The number of gallons of motor fuel subject to tax remittance by the bonded importer under section 78 sorted by source state by supplier and by terminal or bulk plant.

Any other information concerning the source state, volume, or method of transportation of motor fuel as the department may require.

The department may waive any or all of the reporting requirements in subsection (3) if it determines that a jurisdiction outside this state has adopted and implemented reciprocal terminal reporting requirements adequate to assure the department that it receives complete information concerning motor fuel removed by and on behalf of a supplier from a terminal outside this state which is destined for this state.

A person who knowingly violates or knowingly aids and abets another to violate this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8401a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8401a
Instruction sheets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8401a.

The state court administrator shall prepare instruction sheets clearly explaining in plain English how the small claims division functions and how to commence and defend an action in the small claims division. A copy of the instruction sheet must be given to the claimant upon filing a claim. Copies of the instruction sheets shall be made available at the office of each clerk and deputy clerk of the district court and a copy of the defendant's instruction sheet shall be sent by the clerk or deputy clerk to the defendant along with the copy of the affidavit served upon the defendant under section 8404.

In addition to general instruction sheets, the state court administrator shall prepare instruction sheets under subsection (1) specifically for an action under section 73109 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.73109.

History: Add. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Am. 1998, Act 547, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.625s — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.625s
Testimony of person qualified in administration of standardized field sobriety tests.
Status: in_force

Sec. 625s.

A person who is qualified by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, in the administration of standardized field sobriety tests, including the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) test, shall be allowed to testify subject to showing of a proper foundation of qualifications. This section does not preclude the admissibility of a nonstandardized field sobriety test if it complies with the Michigan rules of evidence.

History: Add. 2016, Act 242, Eff. Sept. 22, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.208 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-220-of-1935 / Section 400.208
Committed children; return to home county.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The said commission is authorized to return to the counties from which they were sent, the following classes of children:

First, those who have become 16 years of age and who, for any reason, cannot be placed or retained in family homes.

Second, those who by reason of vicious habits or incorrigibility, cannot be placed in or retained in family homes.

Third, those who are of unsound mind or body, or have some physical disability, which prevents their being placed in family homes. Whenever a child shall be ordered by said commission to be returned to a county, as herein provided, the guardianship of the said commission shall cease, and the child thereupon becomes a charge on the county from which it was sent, and the superintendent shall report to the court the reasons thereof, and any other information which may assist the court in a further disposition of the child.

History: 1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935; CL 1948, 400.208
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.875 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.875
Recount; completion; deadline; exception; return of ballots and election materials.
Status: in_force

Sec. 875.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), all recounts must be completed for a primary election not later than the twentieth day and for any other election not later than the thirtieth day immediately following the last day for filing petitions.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a recount involves the result of an election as to the electors of President and Vice President of the United States, the recount must be completed and certified before 3 p.m. on the sixth day before the date on which the electors for President and Vice President of the United States are to convene under section 47. If a recount involving the result of an election as to the electors of President and Vice President of the United States cannot be completed and certified before 3 p.m. on the sixth day before the date on which the electors for President and Vice President of the United States are to convene under section 47 because of a government-declared emergency or court order, that recount must be completed as soon as possible, but not later than 11:59 p.m. on the second day before the date on which the electors for President and Vice President of the United States are to convene under section 47.

(3) As soon as the recount is completed, the board shall return any ballots to the respective containers and seal the containers. The board shall then return the ballots and election materials to the individuals having the care and custody of those items.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1965, Act 82, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1965; Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.81139 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.81139
Administrative hearing; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81139.

Upon receipt of a report made pursuant to section 81138, the secretary of state shall immediately notify the person in a writing, mailed to the person's last known address, that the report has been received and that within 14 days after the date of the notice the person may request an administrative hearing as provided in section 81140.

The notice shall specifically state that failure to request a hearing within 14 days shall result in the suspension of the person's right to operate an ORV and that the person is not required to retain counsel for the hearing, although counsel will be permitted to represent the person at the hearing.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2088o — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2088o
Technology transfer acceleration program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 88o.

The fund shall create and operate a program to accelerate technology transfer from Michigan's institutions of higher education to the private sector for commercialization of competitive edge technologies and bioeconomy technologies. The technology transfer acceleration program shall include all of the following:

(a) Encourage and work with the state's public universities to identify the commercial potential in advanced technologies from individual institutions of higher education.

(b) Facilitate the bundling of inventions from individual institutions of higher education into packages that could be of interest to private sector firms looking for commercialization opportunities.

(c) Encourage business formation efforts in institution of higher education technology transfer offices to increase the number of institution of higher education related start-up companies.

(d) Work with institutions of higher education in encouraging the institutions to provide their faculty with incentives for participating in technology transfer and commercialization activities.

(e) Facilitate the use of the applied research expertise within institutions of higher education by qualified businesses.

History: Add. 2005, Act 215, Imd. Eff. Nov. 21, 2005; Am. 2008, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.5g — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.5g
Flood control project.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5g.

The legislative body of a city may provide by resolution for a flood control project financed in any manner that is authorized by statute or charter.

History: Add. 1986, Act 64, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.107 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act Act-174-of-1941 / Section 555.107
Common trust funds; management; control; ownership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A financial institution has exclusive management and control of a fund administered by it and the sole right at any time to sell, convert, exchange, transfer, or otherwise change or dispose of the assets comprising the fund. Exclusive management and control include, but are not limited to, the right to delegate responsibilities to others to the extent a fiduciary may delegate responsibilities under the laws of this state. The ownership of assets in a fund by a financial institution is solely as a fiduciary.

History: 1941, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 555.107; Am. 2004, Act 586, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.663 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.663
Declaration of estimated tax not withheld; computation; payment; installments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63.

A taxpayer's annual return for the preceding year may be used as the basis for computing a declaration of estimated tax for the current year, or the taxpayer may use the same figures used for estimating federal income tax adjusted to exclude any income or deductions not taxable or permissible under this ordinance.

Except as otherwise provided, the estimated tax may be paid in full with the declaration or in 4 equal installments on or before the last day of the fourth, sixth, ninth, and thirteenth months after the beginning of the taxpayer's taxable year. For tax years after the 1996 tax year and for which a city has entered into an agreement pursuant to section 9 of chapter 1, the estimated tax shall be paid in 4 equal installments on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth, sixth, ninth, and thirteenth months after the beginning of the taxpayer's taxable year.

An amended declaration may be filed when making a quarterly payment, and the unpaid balance shown due shall be paid in equal installments over the remaining payment dates.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964; Am. 1996, Act 478, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.420 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.420
Motor vehicle; equipment with smoke or gas producing devices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 420.

Motor vehicles equipped with smoke or gas producing devices-Any person who shall own, operate or have in his possession any motor vehicle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such vehicle or in any other way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of such vehicle other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine under normal operation, shall be guilty of a felony.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.420
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.833 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-305-of-2000 / Section 450.833
Applicability of act to electronic records and signatures; exception for 2020.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and section 4, this act applies to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in section 18a, this act does not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by either of the following:

(a) A law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1101 to 440.9994.

(3) This act applies to a transaction to the extent it is governed by section 1206 or 1306 or article 2 or 2A of the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1206, 440.1306, and 440.2101 to 440.2982.

(4) A transaction subject to this act is also subject to other applicable substantive law.

History: 2000, Act 305, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2000; Am. 2020, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.642 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-160-of-1966 / Section 286.642
Minimum size of camp, and minimum facilities; time of operation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Each camp shall have not less than 6 18 feet by 24 feet units with roof, for use as sleeping quarters for migrant workers; 5 roofed cooking facilities; drinking water; separate toilet facilities and washrooms for men and women; living space for the camp supervisor; sufficient space for at least 3 desks and waiting space suitable for a farm labor services office equipped with heat, lights and telephone and radio communication systems. Each camp shall be in operation for the period from May 1 to October 31 of each year.

History: 1966, Act 160, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3407a — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3407a
Conduct on behalf of or information provided to insured by health care provider; prohibition or discouragement by disability insurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3407a.

A disability insurer shall not prohibit or discourage a health care provider from advocating on behalf of an insured for appropriate medical treatment options pursuant to the grievance procedure in section 2213 or from discussing with an insured or provider any of the following:

Health care treatments and services.

Quality assurance plans required by law, if applicable.

The financial relationships between the insurer and the health care provider including all of the following as applicable:

Whether a fee-for-service arrangement exists, under which the provider is paid a specified amount for each covered service rendered to the participant.

Whether a capitation arrangement exists, under which a fixed amount is paid to the provider for all covered services that are or may be rendered to each covered individual or family.

Whether payments to providers are made based on standards relating to cost, quality, or patient satisfaction.

History: Add. 1997, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.2101a — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.2101a
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1101a.

A petition under section 1101, 1107, 1111, or 1113, 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 251, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.2803 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-34-of-2001 / Section 141.2803
Repeal of MCL 131.1 to 132.4, 133.1 to 133.9, 133.12 to 133.15, and 134.1 to 139.3; effective date of repeal of MCL 133.10 to 133.11.
Status: in_force

Sec. 803.

The following are repealed effective March 1, 2002:

Chapters I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX of the municipal finance act, 1943 PA 202, MCL 131.1 to 132.4 and 134.1 to 139.3.

Sections 1 to 9 and sections 12 to 15 of chapter III of the municipal finance act, 1943 PA 202, MCL 133.1 to 133.9 and 133.12 to 133.15.

The municipal finance act, 1943 PA 202, 133.10 to 133.11, is repealed effective April 30, 2002.

History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002