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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.3103 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.3103
Department of environmental quality; powers and duties generally; rules; other actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3103.

(1) The department shall protect and conserve the water resources of the state and shall have control of the pollution of surface or underground waters of the state and the Great Lakes, which are or may be affected by waste disposal of any person. The department may make or cause to be made surveys, studies, and investigations of the uses of waters of the state, both surface and underground, and cooperate with other governments and governmental units and agencies in making the surveys, studies, and investigations. The department shall assist in an advisory capacity a flood control district that may be authorized by the legislature. The department, in the public interest, shall appear and present evidence, reports, and other testimony during the hearings involving the creation and organization of flood control districts. The department shall advise and consult with the legislature on the obligation of the state to participate in the costs of construction and maintenance as provided for in the official plans of a flood control district or intercounty drainage district.

(2) The department shall enforce this part and may promulgate rules as it considers necessary to carry out its duties under this part. However, notwithstanding any rule-promulgation authority that is provided in this part, except for rules authorized under section 3112(6), the department shall not promulgate any additional rules under this part after December 31, 2006.

(3) The department may promulgate rules and take other actions as may be necessary to comply with the federal water pollution control act, 33 USC 1251 to 1387, and to expend funds available under such law for extension or improvement of the state or interstate program for prevention and control of water pollution. This part shall not be construed as authorizing the department to expend or to incur any obligation to expend any state funds for such purpose in excess of any amount that is appropriated by the legislature.

(4) Notwithstanding the limitations on rule promulgation under subsection (2), rules promulgated under this part before January 1, 2007 shall remain in effect unless rescinded.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2004; Am. 2005, Act 33, Imd. Eff. June 6, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.395 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-26-of-1969 / Section 390.395
Sault Ste. Marie facilities as physical properties of university.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The present facilities of the Sault Ste. Marie branch of Michigan technological university constitute the physical properties of Lake Superior state university.

History: 1969, Act 26, Eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Am. 1987, Act 158, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.711 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-388-of-1913 / Section 550.711
State insurance fund abolished; reversion of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The state insurance fund is abolished on June 30, 1965, and any unencumbered balance in the fund at that time shall revert to the several state funds in the same proportion as the last previous premium assessments against such funds.

History: Add. 1965, Act 365, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2203 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2203
Failure to timely elect; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2203.

If a surviving spouse fails to make an election within the time specified in section 2202, it is conclusively presumed that an intestate decedent's widow elects her intestate share or that a testate decedent's spouse elects to abide by the terms of the will, except in either of the following instances:

If an election is not made and the principal administration is closed, and if after that administration is closed it appears to the court that assets belonging to the estate are discovered and administration is granted, the election may be made out of the newly discovered assets only upon good cause shown at any time before that administration is closed.

Before the estate is closed, upon petition of the spouse and after notice to all interested persons, the court may permit the spouse to make an election to which the spouse was entitled as though the spouse had done so within the time specified in section 2202, if the court considers it proper on account of litigation connected with the estate or the establishment of further claims against the deceased, or for other cause. The court shall limit the time within which the spouse may make an election under this subdivision.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 54, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.282 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.282
State soil conservation committee; transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 182.

The state soil conservation committee created under Act No. 297 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 282.1 to 282.16 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is transferred by a type II transfer to the department of agriculture.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8144 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8144
Seventy-ninth district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8144.

(1) Until June 30, 2022, the seventy-ninth district consists of the counties of Lake and Mason, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning July 1, 2022, the seventy-ninth district consists of the counties of Mason and Oceana, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

(2) The incumbent judge of the seventy-ninth district who resides in Mason County shall become the judge of the reformed seventy-ninth district on July 1, 2022, and shall serve until the term for which he or she was elected in the seventy-ninth district expires.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 2002, Act 92, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003; Am. 2012, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 2012; Am. 2020, Act 82, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2020; Am. 2022, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.223a — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-189-of-1931 / Section 286.223a
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23a.

The director may promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1984, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.23a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.23a
“Juvenile adjudication” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23a.

"Juvenile adjudication" means either of the following:

A finding of juvenile delinquency under chapter 403 of title 18 of the United States code, 18 U.S.C. 5031 to 5040 and 5042.

The entry of a judgment or order of disposition by a court of another state that states or is based upon a finding that a juvenile has violated a law of another state, which violation would have been a criminal offense if committed by an adult in that state.

History: Add. 1993, Act 359, Eff. Sept. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.384 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-216-of-1929 / Section 565.384
Mortgage tax; effect of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to require the payment of a mortgage tax by reason of the recording of any affidavit of renewal.

History: 1929, Act 216, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1929; CL 1929, 13359; CL 1948, 565.384
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.682 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.682
Area vocational-technical education; submitting question of increasing millage limit; election; form of ballot.
Status: in_force

Sec. 682.

Subject to section 681(4), an intermediate school board operating under sections 681 to 690 may direct that the question of increasing the millage limit on the annual property tax levied for area vocational-technical education be submitted to the intermediate school electors of the intermediate school district. The election shall be called and conducted in accordance with section 661. The ballot shall be substantially in the following form:

"Shall the __________ mill limitation on the annual property tax previously approved by the electors of ________________________________________________________, (legal name of intermediate school district) state of Michigan, for the establishment and operation of area vocational-technical education programs be increased by __________ mills? Yes ( ) No ( )".

"Shall the __________ mill limitation on the annual

property tax previously approved by the electors of

________________________________________________________,

(legal name of intermediate school district)

state of Michigan, for the establishment and operation of

area vocational-technical education programs be increased

by __________ mills?

Yes ( )

No ( )".

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1994, Act 258, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1994; Am. 2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2342 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-96-of-1987 / Section 125.2342
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.

A person who violates this act or the code promulgated under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 per day for each separate violation or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

History: 1987, Act 96, Imd. Eff. July 6, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1306 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-296-of-2006 / Section 691.1306
Transfer of structured settlement payment rights; application for approval; court jurisdiction; notice of proposed transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The transferee may apply for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights with the court in the county in which the payee resides, in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or with the court that approved the structured settlement agreement.

(2) Not less than 20 days before the scheduled hearing on an application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under section 4, the transferee shall file with the court and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization, and shall include with the notice all of the following:

(a) A copy of the transferee's application.

(b) A copy of the transfer agreement.

(c) A copy of the disclosure statement required under section 3.

(d) A listing of each of the payee's dependents and each dependent's age.

(e) Notice that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or by participating in the hearing.

(f) Notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the manner in which and the time by which written responses to the application must be filed to be considered by the court. The time for filing written responses shall be not less than 15 days after service of the transferee's notice.

History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.7b — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.7b
Grand jury; petition by attorney general or county prosecuting attorneys to convene; jurisdiction; contents of petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7b.

The attorney general may petition the court of appeals of this state to convene a grand jury with jurisdiction over 2 or more counties in this state.

Two or more attorneys who are county prosecuting attorneys in this state may, with the approval of the attorney general, petition the court of appeals of this state to convene a grand jury with jurisdiction over all of the counties in which they are prosecuting attorneys.

A petition to the court of appeals under this section shall contain all of the following:

The name and official title of each petitioner.

The name of each county over which the grand jury is to have jurisdiction.

A statement setting forth probable cause to believe that a crime, or a portion of that crime, has been committed in 2 or more of the counties named in the petition.

A statement setting forth the reasons to convene a grand jury with jurisdiction over all of the counties named in the petition.

The signature of each petitioner.

The date of the petition.

History: Add. 1989, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2505 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2505
Switching to another telecommunications provider; authorization of end user required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 505.

(1) An end user of a telecommunications provider shall not be switched to another provider without the authorization of the end user.

(2) The commission shall issue orders to ensure that an end user of a telecommunications provider is not switched to another provider without the end user's oral authorization, written confirmation, confirmation through an independent third party, or other verification procedures subject to commission approval, confirming the end user's intent to make a switch and that the end user has approved the specific details of the switch. The order issued under this section shall require that all providers comply with the regulations established by the federal communications commission on verification procedures for the switching of an end user's telecommunications provider.

History: Add. 1998, Act 260, Eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Am. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.27c — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.27c
Noncharging employer account; monetary redetermination; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec 27c.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, for benefit years beginning on or after October 1, 2000 and before January 1, 2014, if a base period contributing employer notifies the agency that it paid gross wages to a claimant in a week at least equal to the employer's benefit charge for that claimant for the week, then the agency shall issue a monetary redetermination noncharging the account of that employer for that week and for the remaining weeks of the benefit year for benefits payable to that claimant that would otherwise be charged to the employer's account. For benefit years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, benefits payable to an individual for a week and for each remaining payable week in the benefit year shall be charged to the nonchargeable benefits account if either of the following occurs:

(a) The individual reports gross earnings in the week with a contributing base period employer at least equal to the employer's benefit charges for that individual for the week.

(b) A contributing base period employer timely protests a determination charging benefits to its account for a week in which the employer paid gross wages to the individual at least equal to the employer's charges for benefits paid to that individual for that week.

History: Add. 2011, Act 281, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2650 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2650
Rating organizations; member or subscriber, appeal to insurance commissioner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2650.

Any member of or subscriber to a rating organization may appeal to the commissioner from the action or decision of such rating organization in approving or rejecting any proposed change in or addition to the filings of such rating organization. The commissioner shall, after a hearing held upon not less than 10 days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating organization, issue an order approving the action or decision of such rating organization or directing it to give further consideration to such proposal, or, if such appeal is from the action or decision of the rating organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, he may, in the event he finds that such action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the rating organization to make an addition to its filings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a manner consistent with his findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of such order.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.321 — MI Code / Chapter 54 / Act Act-81-of-2022 / Section 54.321
Professional surveying services; procurement; use of grant funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) The commission shall procure professional surveying services for the purposes of this act through negotiated contracts or grants to the county remonumentation programs in counties adjacent to the Michigan-Indiana state line.

(2) A county receiving grant funds under subsection (1) may provide the professional surveying services or procure professional surveying services through negotiated contracts.

(3) The commission or a county shall award contracts only to persons incorporated in this state or with a principal place of business in this state.

(4) A county that receives grant funds under subsection (1) shall not commingle the funds with grant funds under the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.261 to 54.279.

History: 2022, Act 81, Eff. July 18, 2022; Am. 2025, Act 67, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 772.5 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 772.5
Compliance with order of court; discharge of accused.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Upon complying with the order of the court, the party complained of shall be discharged.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17392; CL 1948, 772.5; Am. 1994, Act 71, Eff. July 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1023 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1023
Compliance with chapter; exemption; filing reports on other than calendar year basis; compliance by domestic insurers; schedule; compliance by foreign insurers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1023.

Upon an insurer's written application, the commissioner may grant an exemption from compliance with this chapter if the commissioner finds, upon review of the application, that compliance with this chapter would constitute a financial or organizational hardship upon the insurer. An exemption may be granted at any time and from time to time for a specified period or periods. Within 10 days from a denial of an insurer's written request for an exemption from this chapter, the insurer may request in writing a hearing on its application for an exemption. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Upon an insurer's written application, the commissioner, for a specified period or periods, may permit an insurer to file annual audited financial reports on some basis other than a calendar year basis. Within 10 days from a denial of such a written request, the insurer may request in writing a hearing on its application. The hearing shall be held in accordance with Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969.

Domestic insurers retaining a certified public accountant on the effective date of this chapter who qualifies as independent shall comply with this chapter for the year ending December 31, 1992 and each year thereafter unless the commissioner permits otherwise.

Domestic insurers not retaining a certified public accountant on the effective date of this chapter who qualifies as independent shall meet the following schedule for compliance unless the commissioner permits otherwise:

As of December 31, 1992, file with the commissioner all of the following:

Report of independent public accountant.

Audited balance sheet.

Notes to audited balance sheet.

For the year ending December 31, 1993 and each year thereafter, file with the commissioner all reports required by this chapter.

Foreign insurers shall comply with this chapter for the year ending December 31, 1993 and each year thereafter, unless the commissioner permits otherwise.

History: Add. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.543c — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.543c
“Terrorist organization” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 543c.

As used in this chapter, "terrorist organization" means an organization that, on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, is designated by the United States state department as engaging in or sponsoring an act of terrorism.

History: Add. 2002, Act 131, Eff. Apr. 22, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6134 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6134
Fraudulent transfers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6134.

For the purposes of this chapter a person is deemed to be indebted to the judgment debtor, although any debt in question has been assigned, charged or encumbered by the judgment debtor, if the assignment, charge or encumbrance is fraudulent as against creditors or is otherwise voidable.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.86 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-321-of-1937 / Section 35.86
Insane veteran; commitment, procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Commitment of insane veteran. Whenever it appears that any veteran is eligible for treatment in a United States veterans' facility and commitment is necessary for the proper care and treatment of such veteran, the court of the county in which the veteran is found, may, upon receipt of a certificate of eligibility from the veterans administration, and if the veteran be adjudged insane in accordance with law, direct such veteran's commitment to the veterans administration for hospitalization in a United States veterans' facility. Thereafter such veteran upon admission to any such facility shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the veterans administration and the chief officer of such facility shall be vested with the same powers exercised by superintendents of state hospitals for mental diseases within this state with reference to the retention, transfer or parole of the veteran so committed. Notice of such pending commitment proceedings shall be furnished the person to be committed and his right to appear and defend shall not be denied. The commitment of a veteran to a veterans' facility within this state by a court of another state under a similar provision of law, shall have the same force and effect as if such commitment were made by a court of this state.

History: 1937, Act 321, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1937; CL 1948, 35.86
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.793 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-53-of-1979 / Section 752.793
Definitions; P to S.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

"Property" includes, but is not limited to, intellectual property, computer data, instructions or programs in either machine or human readable form, financial instruments or information, medical information, restricted personal information, or any other tangible or intangible item of value.

"Services" includes, but is not limited to, computer time, data processing, storage functions, computer memory, or the unauthorized use of a computer program, computer, computer system, or computer network, or communication facilities connected or related to a computer, computer system, or computer network.

History: 1979, Act 53, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980; Am. 1996, Act 326, Eff. Apr. 1, 1997