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Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.192a — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.192a
Operation and maintenance of retention basins; annual appropriation; creation of special assessment district; establishment of boundaries; hearing on creation of district; duties of governing body creating district; hearing on objections to cost, roll, or spreading of assessment; manner and time assessments due, collected, and returned; notice of hearing; exclusion.
Status: in_force

Sec. 192a.

If approval of the final plat was conditioned pursuant to section 192 upon the operation and maintenance of retention basins for all or a portion of the area encompassed by the final plat, the cost of which may be defrayed by special assessments against the property benefited by the retention basins, the municipality in which this area is located may provide annually for the appropriation of funds for this purpose and create a special assessment district pursuant to subsection (2).

The governing body of a municipality electing to defray the cost of operating and maintaining a retention basin by means of a special assessment shall establish, by resolution, the boundaries of the special assessment district and fix a day for a hearing on the question of creation of the special assessment district and on defraying the cost of operating and maintaining a retention basin by special assessment on the property benefited thereby.

If, after the hearing conducted pursuant to subsection (2), a special assessment district is created, the governing body creating the district shall determine the annual cost of the operation and maintenance of the retention basin, determine the annual special assessment levy, prepare a special assessment roll, and direct the spread of the assessment levy on all property in the district. Before approval of the special assessment roll the governing body shall hold a hearing on objections to the cost, roll, or spreading of the special assessment on the roll. After the hearing, the governing body, at the same or a subsequent meeting, shall confirm or amend, or revise and then confirm, the cost projections on which the roll was developed and the spread of special assessments pursuant to this cost, and the special assessment roll.

Special assessments imposed pursuant to this section shall become due, be collected, and be returned for nonpayment in the same manner and at the same time as ad valorem property tax levies of the municipality imposing the special assessment.

Notice for any hearing held or required pursuant to this act shall be given pursuant to Act No. 162 of the Public Acts of 1962, being sections 211.741 to 211.745 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Any property encompassed by the final plat for which adequate storm water facilities have been provided or extended to include, shall be excluded from a special assessment district created under this act.

History: Add. 1982, Act 529, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.68 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-39-of-1889 / Section 455.68
Board of assessors; election, terms, vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

There shall be elected at each annual meeting of the association, or at some special meeting thereof called for that purpose, 3 assessors, members of the association, to be known and called the board of assessors, who shall hold their office until the next annual meeting. In case of a vacancy in such board, caused by death, resignation, failure to accept office, or otherwise, the board of trustees may fill such vacancy by the appointment of some suitable member of the association, who shall hold the office until the next annual meeting.

History: Add. 1901, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1901; CL 1915, 10079; CL 1929, 10344; CL 1948, 455.68
Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.27b — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 710.27b
Central adoption registry; establishment; maintenance; statements to be kept on file; forms; transmission of clearance reply; attachments; transmission of statement releasing former adult sibling's name and address.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27b.

The department shall establish and maintain a central adoption registry to control the release of identifying information described in section 27(3).

The central adoption registry shall keep on file the statements of former parents consenting to or denying the release of identifying information and the statements of adult former siblings described in section 27a(2) and (3).

The department shall develop forms for former parents to use to consent to, deny, or revoke a consent to or denial of, the release of identifying information and forms for adult former siblings to use to provide notice of the death of a former parent and to consent to the release of the adult former sibling's name and address to an adult adoptee. The department shall make the forms available to child placing agencies and the court. The forms shall include the current name and address of the former parent or adult former sibling. The denial form shall contain a space for the former parent to indicate, if he or she wishes, the reason why he or she does not wish to be identified or contacted. The department shall also develop and distribute clearance request and reply forms to be used by child placing agencies, the department, and the court to request and receive information from the central adoption registry pursuant to section 68(5) and (8).

Upon receipt of a clearance request form from a child placing agency or the department or court pursuant to section 68(5), the central adoption registry shall transmit to the requester a clearance reply form indicating whether a particular former parent has filed with the registry a statement either denying or consenting to the release of identifying information or whether a former parent is deceased. The central adoption registry shall attach a copy of the statement consenting to or denying the release of identifying information. Once a request for information has been received by the central adoption registry, a subsequent statement submitted by a former parent consenting to the release of identifying information or revoking a previous denial of release of identifying information shall be transmitted to the person who requested the information.

Upon receipt of a clearance request form from a child placing agency or the department or court pursuant to section 68(8), the central adoption registry shall transmit to the requester a statement from an adult former sibling consenting to the release of the adult former sibling's name and address to an adult adoptee. Once a request for information has been received by the central adoption registry, a subsequent statement submitted by an adult former sibling consenting to the release of the adult former sibling's name and address shall be transmitted to the person who requested the information.

History: Add. 1994, Act 208, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.907 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.907
Dissolution of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 907.

Upon the expiration of a term agreed by the incorporating units, the authority shall be dissolved unless the city and the state agency agree to extend the existence of the authority for an additional term of years. The authority may only be dissolved during a term upon the vote of a 2/3 majority of the governing bodies of both the city and the state agency. Upon dissolution, the assets of the authority become the property of the city.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.411b — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-261-of-1966 / Section 46.411b
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11b.

A petition under section 11, 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 203, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.71 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-222-of-1999 / Section 3.71
Jurisdiction of supreme court to hear and decide cases involving congressional redistricting plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The supreme court has original and exclusive state jurisdiction to hear and decide all cases and controversies in Michigan's 1 court of justice involving a congressional redistricting plan. A case or controversy in Michigan's 1 court of justice involving a congressional redistricting plan shall not be commenced in or heard by the state court of appeals or any state trial court. If a case or controversy involves a congressional redistricting plan but an application or petition for review was not filed under section 2 or 3, the supreme court may, but is not obligated to, undertake all or a portion of the procedures described in section 4.

History: 1999, Act 222, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.806 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.806
Certificate of title or duplicate certificate of title; fees; special expeditious treatment; additional fee; deposit in transportation administration collection fund; special identifying number; payment and disposition of tire disposal surcharge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 806.

(1) Until October 1, 2027, an applicant for a certificate of title required by this act or an applicant for a duplicate of a certificate of title shall accompany the application with a fee of $10.00. An applicant that requests that the application be given special expeditious treatment shall accompany the application with an additional fee of $5.00. The secretary of state shall collect a $3.00 service fee, in addition to the other fees collected under this subsection, for each title issued and shall deposit the fee in the transportation administration collection fund created under section 810b through October 1, 2027. Until October 1, 2027, the $5.00 expeditious treatment fee must be deposited into the transportation administration collection fund created under section 810b.

(2) An applicant for a special identifying number under section 230 shall accompany the application with a fee of $10.00.

(3) In addition to paying the fees required by subsection (1), until December 31, 2027, each person that applies for a certificate of title, a salvage vehicle certificate of title, or a scrap certificate of title under this act shall pay a tire disposal surcharge of $1.50 for each certificate of title or duplicate of a certificate of title that person receives. The secretary of state shall deposit money received under this subsection into the scrap tire regulatory fund created in section 16908 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.16908.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1969, Act 93, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969; Am. 1978, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978; Am. 1987, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987; Am. 1990, Act 148, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Am. 1993, Act 300, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Am. 1995, Act 267, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 456, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2001; Am. 2001, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2002; Am. 2002, Act 497, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Am. 2003, Act 152, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Am. 2005, Act 141, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2005; Am. 2005, Act 179, Eff. Oct. 20, 2005; Am. 2006, Act 526, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006; Am. 2007, Act 70, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2007; Am. 2008, Act 281, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2009; Am. 2011, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2011; Am. 2015, Act 70, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Am. 2015, Act 78, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Am. 2019, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2019; Am. 2023, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.803h — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.803h
Tab for persons with disabilities; "disabled person" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 803h.

(1) The secretary of state may issue a tab for persons with disabilities to a disabled person who is issued or has been issued a Michigan motor vehicle registration plate other than a section 803d registration plate for persons with disabilities. The tab for persons with disabilities shall be an adhesive tab displaying the international wheelchair symbol or a reasonable facsimile of that symbol. The use of a tab for persons with disabilities on a registration plate other than the plate for which the tab was issued or by a person who does not qualify as a disabled person is a misdemeanor.

(2) A tab for persons with disabilities shall not be used on a registration plate attached to a motor vehicle owned and operated by this state; a state institution; a municipality; a governmental unit; a nonprofit organization; the civil air patrol; or a nonprofit, nonpublic college or university; or on a commercial motor vehicle. A tab for persons with disabilities shall not be placed on a registration plate used for intransit-repair or repossession of a motor vehicle.

(3) As used in this section, "disabled person" means a person who is determined by a physician, a physician assistant, a physical therapist, or an optometrist as specifically provided in this section licensed to practice in this state to have 1 or more of the following physical characteristics:

(a) Blindness as determined by an optometrist, a physician, or a physician assistant.

(b) Inability to walk more than 200 feet without having to stop and rest.

(c) Inability to do both of the following:

( i ) Use 1 or both legs or feet.

( ii ) Walk without the use of a wheelchair, walker, crutch, brace, prosthetic, or other device, or without the assistance of another person.

(d) A lung disease from which the person's forced expiratory volume for 1 second, when measured by spirometry, is less than 1 liter, or from which the person's arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg of room air at rest.

(e) A cardiovascular condition that causes the person to measure between 3 and 4 on the New York heart classification scale, or that renders the person incapable of meeting a minimum standard for cardiovascular health that is established by the American heart association and approved by the department of public health.

(f) An arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition that severely limits the person's ability to walk.

(g) The persistent reliance upon an oxygen source other than ordinary air.

History: Add. 1988, Act 419, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989; Am. 1998, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1998; Am. 2018, Act 62, Eff. June 12, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1311l — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1311l
Authorizing body as fiscal agent; revocation of contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1311 l .

The authorizing body for a strict discipline academy is the fiscal agent for the strict discipline academy. A state school aid payment for a strict discipline academy shall be paid to the authorizing body that is the fiscal agent for that strict discipline academy, which shall then forward the payment to the strict discipline academy. An authorizing body has the responsibility to oversee a strict discipline academy's compliance with the contract and all applicable law. A contract issued under sections 1311b to 1311 l may be revoked by the authorizing body that issued the contract if the authorizing body determines that 1 or more of the following has occurred:

Failure of the strict discipline academy to abide by and meet the educational goals set forth in the contract.

Failure of the strict discipline academy to comply with all applicable law.

Failure of the strict discipline academy to meet generally accepted public sector accounting principles.

The existence of 1 or more other grounds for revocation as specified in the contract.

The decision of an authorizing body to revoke a contract under this section is solely within the discretion of the authorizing body, is final, and is not subject to review by a court or any state agency. An authorizing body that revokes a contract under this section is not liable for that action to the strict discipline academy, strict discipline academy corporation, a pupil of the strict discipline academy, the parent or guardian of a pupil of the strict discipline academy, or any other person.

History: Add. 1999, Act 23, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.559 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-1-of-1897 / Section 457.559
Erection of building; capital stock, creation, shares.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Any corporation formed under this act may erect and own such suitable edifice, building and hall as to such corporation shall seem proper with convenient rooms for the meeting of the courts of the "Foresters of America" and for that purpose may create a capital stock of not more than 25,000 dollars to be divided into shares of not more than 25 dollars each.

History: 1897, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1897; CL 1897, 8078; CL 1915, 10552; CL 1929, 10757; CL 1948, 457.559
Mich. Comp. Laws § 419.52 — MI Code / Chapter 419 / Act Act-104-of-1909 / Section 419.52
Contributory negligence; degree, effect; assumption of risk.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

In all actions hereafter brought against any such common carrier railroad company under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act to recover damages for personal injury to an employe, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employe may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery: Provided, That the negligence of such employe was of a lesser degree than the negligence of such company, its officers, agents or employes: Provided further, That no such employe who may be injured or killed shall be held to have been guilty of contributory negligence in any case where the violation by such common carrier railroad company of any statute enacted for the safety of employes contributed to the injury of such employe, and such employe shall not be held to have assumed the risk of his employment in any case where the violation by such common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety of employes contributed to the injury or death of such employe.

History: 1909, Act 104, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 5497; CL 1929, 8630; CL 1948, 419.52
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.51 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-55-of-1895 / Section 457.51
Loyal Orange Institution, incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That the grand, district and subordinate lodges of the Loyal Orange Institution of the state of Michigan, may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.

History: 1895, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1895; CL 1897, 7833; CL 1915, 10269; CL 1929, 10559; CL 1948, 457.51
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.133 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.133
Rent; other remedies for recovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

Nothing contained in the preceding sections shall deprive landlords of any legal remedy for the recovery of their rents, whether secured to them by their leases, or provided by law.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66; CL 1857, 2806; CL 1871, 4303; How. 5773; CL 1897, 9256; CL 1915, 11811; CL 1929, 13491; CL 1948, 554.133
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.609a — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-291-of-1972 / Section 287.609a
Veal producers; assessment; “veal” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9a.

Veal producers who pay an assessment of at least 1/10 of 1% of gross receipts under a veal marketing program pursuant to Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 290.651 to 290.674 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, are exempt from this act.

For the purposes of this section, "veal" means nonruminating bovine animals raised entirely on a formulated milk-soymilk ration.

History: Add. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30304 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30304
Prohibited activities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30304.

Except as otherwise provided in this part or by a permit issued by the department under this part and pursuant to part 13, a person shall not do any of the following:

(a) Deposit or permit the placing of fill material in a wetland.

(b) Dredge, remove, or permit the removal of soil or minerals from a wetland.

(c) Construct, operate, or maintain any use or development in a wetland.

(d) Drain surface water from a wetland.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004; Am. 2018, Act 631, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.143 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.143
Board of trustees; audit of accounts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 143.

The board of trustees shall provide for a system of accounting meeting the approval of the state board of education. All accounts shall be audited once each year by a certified public accountant and a summary of the audit shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the community college district. The fiscal and accounting year shall commence with July 1 in each year. Copies of the reports of audits shall be filed as required by the state board of education and shall be available at all reasonable times for public inspection, as a condition of receiving any state aid for the subsequent fiscal year.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8413 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8413
Judgments; conclusiveness; form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8413.

All judgments of the small claims division shall be conclusive upon the plaintiff and the defendant and shall be in a form prescribed by the supreme court.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 435.342 — MI Code / Chapter 435 / Act Act-402-of-2004 / Section 435.342
Commemoration dates.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

In recognition of the men and women who served in the United States armed forces, specifically the United States army, the United States navy, the United States marines, the United States air force, and the United States coast guard, the dates of founding of each branch shall be commemorated. The commemoration dates shall include all of the following:

(a) The United States army is commemorated on June 14.

(b) The United States coast guard is commemorated on August 4.

(c) The United States air force is commemorated on September 18.

(d) The United States navy is commemorated on October 13.

(e) The United States marine corps is commemorated on November 10.

History: 2004, Act 402, Imd. Eff. Nov. 15, 2004; Am. 2005, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2149 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2149
Loss of instrument; proof and disproof.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2149.

Whenever a party to any instrument shall have been permitted to prove by his own oath the loss of any instrument, in order to admit other proof of the contents thereof, the adverse party may also be examined by the court on oath, to disprove such loss, and to account for such instrument.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.83 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-321-of-1937 / Section 35.83
Maintenance and support of ward.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Maintenance and support. A guardian shall not apply any portion of the estate of his ward for the support and maintenance of any person other than said ward, his minor children and his wife (if she and the ward be living together) except upon petition to and order of the court after a hearing, notice of which has been given the proper office of the veterans administration in the manner and within the time provided in section 9 of this act.

History: 1937, Act 321, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1937; CL 1948, 35.83