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Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.637 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-388-of-2008 / Section 445.637
Beverage container redemption antifraud fund; creation; payments; allocations; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) The beverage container redemption antifraud fund is created in the state treasury. All of the following apply to the fund:

(a) The state treasurer may receive money appropriated to the fund or money or other assets from any other source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(b) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(c) The department is the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(d) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for the purposes of this act and the reverse vending machine antifraud act, including, but not limited to, administration of those acts. However, the department may not use more than $100,000.00 from the fund in any state fiscal year for administration of this act and the reverse vending machine antifraud act.

(2) At any time after it begins to receive reports described in section 13, but not later than 30 days after receiving all of the reports described in section 13, the department shall immediately begin to arrange with reverse vending machine manufacturers for the retrofitting of reverse vending machines under section 5 that are located in counties that border another state and in counties in the Lower Peninsula that are contiguous with a county of this state that borders another state. The department shall also arrange for payments from the fund on behalf of dealers eligible under section 6 for the acquisition of new reverse vending machines for use in those counties.

(3) In allocating money from the fund for purposes of subsection (2), the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), give priority to retrofitting reverse vending machines under section 5 located in the counties described in subsection (2), or for the acquisition of new reverse vending machines under section 6 for use in those counties, that it determines have the greatest potential benefit for reducing the redemption of nonreturnable containers.

(b) Allocate at least 50% of the money in the fund to retrofitting reverse vending machines located in counties that border another state under section 5 or for the acquisition of new reverse vending machines under section 6 for use in counties that border another state.

(4) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of this act, the department by September 1 of each year shall report to the legislature on the progress it has made in reducing the redemption of nonreturnable containers, including the total number of distributors who were overreedemers in the immediately preceding calendar year, before trading, as well as the average amount of overredemption.

History: 2008, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.466 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.466
Selling diseased or unwholesome provisions without notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 466.

Any person who shall knowingly sell any kind of diseased, corrupted, or unwholesome provisions, whether for meat or drink, without making the same fully known to the buyer is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.466; Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.42 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-281-of-1968 / Section 780.42
Arrest of accused person illegally in state; warrant, procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

If a person who has been charged with crime in another state and released from custody prior to final judgment, including the final disposition of any appeal, is alleged to have violated the terms and conditions of his release, and is present in this state, a designated agent of the court, judge or magistrate which authorized the release may request the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the person and an order authorizing his return to the demanding court, judge or magistrate. Before the warrant is issued, the designated agent shall file, with a judicial officer of this state having authority under the laws of this state to issue warrants for the arrest of persons charged with crime, the following documents:

An affidavit stating the name and whereabouts of the person whose removal is sought, the crime with which the person was charged, the time and place of the crime charged, and the status of the proceedings against him.

A certified copy of the order or other document specifying the terms and conditions under which the person was released from custody.

A certified copy of an order of the demanding court, judge or magistrate stating the manner in which the terms and the conditions of the release have been violated and designating the affiant its agent for seeking removal of the person.

Upon initially determining that the affiant is a designated agent of the demanding court, judge or magistrate, and that there is probable cause for believing that the person whose removal is sought has violated the terms or conditions of his release, the judicial officer shall issue a warrant to a law enforcement officer of this state for the person's arrest.

The judicial officer shall notify the prosecuting attorney of his action and shall direct him to investigate the case to ascertain the validity of the affidavits and documents required by subsection (1) and the identity and authority of the affiant.

History: 1968, Act 281, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1254 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-62-of-1963 / Section 125.1254
Bonds; purpose; issuance; serial or term bonds; interest; form of bonds and coupons; execution; payment; tax exemption; debt limitation inapplicable; registration; applicability of other acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

For the purpose of defraying the cost of the industrial building, the site for the building, and industrial machinery and equipment, a municipality may borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds for that purpose. The bonds shall be serial bonds or term bonds or a combination of these and if serial bonds they shall be payable either semiannually or annually with the first maturity date not more than 5 years from the date of issuance. The last maturity date of the bonds, whether term or serial, shall be not more than 40 years from the date of issuance. A maturity date shall not fall due after the estimated period of usefulness of the industrial building, or, if the industrial machinery and equipment represent more than 2/3 of the total cost of the project, after the average estimated period of usefulness of said industrial machinery and equipment. The bonds shall bear a rate of interest as specified therein not to exceed the maximum rate permitted by the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, payable semiannually, except that the first coupon may be for any number of months not exceeding 10. The bonds and coupons shall be substantially in the form provided in the authorizing resolution and shall be executed in the manner prescribed in this act, which as to coupons may be by facsimile signature. The bonds and coupons shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, and shall be exempt from taxation by this state or by any taxing authority within this state. The principal and interest of the bonds shall be payable from the net revenues derived from the industrial building and site and industrial machinery and equipment, from the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued to refund outstanding bonds, from the investment earnings of the proceeds, or from any combination of these sources. A bond or coupon issued pursuant to this act shall not be a general obligation of the issuer nor constitute a debt of the issuer within the meaning of the constitutional or statutory limitation. Bonds may be made registerable as to principal or principal and interest under terms and conditions as may be determined by the governing body of the municipality.

Bonds issued under this act are not subject to the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140.

Bonds and notes issued under this act are not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

The issuance of bonds and notes under this act is subject to the agency financing reporting act.

History: 1963, Act 62, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1963; Am. 1966, Act 340, Imd. Eff. Sept. 21, 1966; Am. 1967, Act 48, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1967; Am. 1973, Act 64, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1973; Am. 1978, Act 229, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1978; Am. 2002, Act 297, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 477.10 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 477.10
Interstate commerce.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Interstate carriers. This act shall apply to persons and motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce, except only insofar as it may be inconsistent with, or shall contravene, the constitution or the laws of the United States.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 477.10
Mich. Comp. Laws § 200.61 — MI Code / Chapter 200 / Act Act-144-of-1921 / Section 200.61
Primary elections for nomination of village officers; referendum on act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The village council of any village in the state, upon petition of 10 per centum of the qualified voters thereof, shall submit the question as to whether said village shall come under the provisions of this act and if adopted by a majority vote of the qualified voters participating in said election then this act shall be in force and effect and the nomination of all candidates of all political parties or organizations for village offices shall be conducted as herein provided.

History: 1921, Act 144, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 2966; CL 1948, 200.61
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2111 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2111
Certificate of lost paper as evidence of loss.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2111.

Whenever any officer to whom the legal custody of any paper, document or record shall belong, shall certify that he has made diligent examination in his office for such paper, document or record, and that it cannot be found, such certificate shall be presumptive evidence of the facts so certified, in all causes, matters and proceedings in the same manner and with the like effect as if such officer had personally testified to the same in the court, or before the officer before whom such cause, matter or proceeding may be pending.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.522 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-330-of-1993 / Section 207.522
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Controlling interest" means more than 80% of the total value of all classes of stock of a corporation; more than 80% of the total interest in capital and profits of a partnership, association, limited liability company, or other unincorporated form of doing business; or more than 80% of the beneficial interest in a trust.

(b) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. If used in a penalty clause, person includes the partners or members of a firm, a partnership, or an association and the officers of a corporation.

(c) "Property" includes land, tenements, real estate, and real property and all rights to and interests in land, tenements, real estate, or real property.

(d) "Tax" means the state real estate transfer tax imposed under this act.

(e) "Transfer", unless otherwise exempt under this act, means the conveyance of title to or other transfer of a present interest or beneficial interest or any other interest in real property by any method, including the interest in real property acquired through the acquisition of a controlling interest in any entity with an interest in the property.

(f) "Treasurer" means the state treasurer.

(g) "Value" means the current or fair market worth in terms of legal monetary exchange at the time of the transfer. The tax shall be based on the value of the real property transferred and shall be collected at the time the instrument of conveyance is submitted for recording. In the case of a controlling interest in any entity that owns real property, value shall mean the value of the real property or interest in the real property, apportioned based on the percentage of the ownership interest transferred or acquired in the entity.

History: 1993, Act 330, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994; Am. 2008, Act 473, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.705 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.705
Payment at other than monthly periods or deposit in separate bank account; grounds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 705.

All provisions relating to the administration, collection, and enforcement of this act and 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, apply to all persons required to withhold taxes and to the taxes required to be withheld under this part. If the department has reasonable grounds to believe that a person required to withhold taxes under this part will not pay taxes withheld to this state or, if applicable, to the community college, as prescribed by this part, or to provide a more efficient administration, the department may require that person to make the return and pay to the department or, if applicable, to the community college, the tax deducted and withheld at other than monthly periods, or from time to time, or require that person to deposit the tax in a bank approved by the department in a separate account, in trust for the department or, if applicable, the community college, and payable to the department or the community college, and to keep the amount of the taxes in the account until payment over to the department or the community college.

History: Add. 2011, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Am. 2011, Act 192, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1205 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.1205
Discovery and remedies for fraud, embezzlement, conversion, or withholding of assets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1205.

The court may order a person to appear before the court and be examined upon the matter of a complaint that is filed with the court under oath by a fiduciary, beneficiary, creditor, or another interested person of a decedent's or ward's trust or estate alleging any of the following:

The person is suspected of having, or has knowledge that another may have, concealed, embezzled, conveyed away, or disposed of the trustee's, decedent's, or ward's property.

The person has possession or knowledge of a deed, conveyance, bond, contract, or other writing that contains evidence of, or tends to disclose, the right, title, interest, or claim of the trustee, decedent, or ward to any of the trust or estate.

The person has possession or knowledge of a decedent's last will.

If the person ordered under subsection (1) refuses to appear and be examined, or refuses to answer the interrogatories asked of the person that relate to the complaint, the judge may by warrant commit the person to the county jail to remain in custody until that person submits to the order of the court.

If fraud is perpetrated in connection with a proceeding or in a statement filed under this act or if fraud is used to avoid or circumvent the provisions or purposes of this act, a person injured by the fraud may obtain appropriate relief against the perpetrator of the fraud or restitution from a person, other than a bona fide purchaser, that benefited from the fraud, whether innocent or not. An action under this subsection shall be commenced within 2 years after the discovery of the fraud, but an action shall not be brought against a person that is not a perpetrator of the fraud later than 5 years after the time of the fraud's commission. This section does not affect a remedy relating to fraud perpetrated against a decedent during his or her lifetime that affects the succession of the decedent's estate.

If a person embezzles or wrongfully converts a decedent's property before letters of authority are granted, or refuses, without colorable claim of right, to transfer possession of the decedent's property to the personal representative upon demand, that person is liable in an action brought by the personal representative for the benefit of the estate for double the value of the property embezzled, converted, or withheld.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.275 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-246-of-1931 / Section 41.275
Pavements or sidewalks; hearing of objections, notice, contents; change in specifications or boundaries of assessment district, new hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The commissioners shall hear objections to the proposed improvement at the time and place to be fixed by them either at the office of the commissioners or at some suitable place within the township in which the proposed special assessment district is located: Provided, That the holding of such hearing may be enforced by mandamus in case the commissioners shall fail to hold the hearing within 60 days after the filing of the petition required under section 1 of this act. At this hearing all parties or persons interested shall be given an opportunity to present their objections, if any, to the proposed improvement. Notice of this hearing shall be given by the commissioners by causing a notice thereof to be published at least once in each week for 2 weeks in succession in some newspaper of general circulation in such district, and by posting 5 notices within the limits of such district, in public and conspicuous places therein. Such posting shall be done and at least 1 publication in the newspaper shall be made not less than 10 days prior to such hearing. Such notice shall set forth a description of the boundaries of the proposed special assessment district or the several parcels of land proposed to be assessed on account of such improvement and the time and place of hearing. At this hearing the commissioners shall make any changes in the specifications deemed advisable without further notice or hearing, provided such changes do not increase the estimate more than 10 per cent. If they do increase the estimate more than 10 per cent, then a new hearing shall be had and notice thereof given as in the first instance. At such hearing, the commissioners may alter the boundaries of the proposed assessment district: Provided, however, That if said district is enlarged or otherwise altered so as to embrace additional lands, hearing thereon after due notice shall be had as hereinbefore provided.

History: 1931, Act 246, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 41.275; Am. 1949, Act 218, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1951, Act 73, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1951; Am. 1952, Act 241, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952; Am. 1953, Act 84, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 110.7 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 110.7
Special assessments; purposes; local improvements, street and drain construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

In addition to the above amounts, the council may raise by special assessment in sewer districts and special assessment districts, for the purpose of grading, paving, curbing, graveling and otherwise improving the streets and for constructing sewers and drains and making other local improvements chargeable upon the lands and property in the district according to frontage or benefits and for all other purposes for which the main sewer funds and special assessment funds are constituted, such sums as they shall deem necessary.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3295; CL 1915, 3217; CL 1929, 2141; CL 1948, 110.7; Am. 1969, Act 89, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.191 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-117-of-1970 / Section 211.191
Taxation of exempt property when not being used for purpose for which exemption granted.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

If an assessing officer finds that any real property or personal property that for any reason is exempt from taxation under the laws of this state is not being used for the purposes for which the tax exemption is granted, the assessing officer shall place the property on the tax rolls and the property shall be subject to taxation in the same amount and to the same extent as though it had not been exempt from taxation.

History: 1970, Act 117, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970; Am. 1992, Act 62, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.4201 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.4201
Payment of debt and delivery of property to domiciliary foreign personal representative without local administration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4201.

At any time after the expiration of 63 days after a nonresident decedent's death, a person indebted to the nonresident decedent, or having possession or control of personal property or of an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action belonging to the nonresident decedent, may pay the debt or deliver the personal property or the instrument to the domiciliary foreign personal representative of the nonresident decedent upon being presented with proof of the domiciliary personal representative's appointment and a sworn statement made by or on behalf of the representative stating all of the following:

The date of the nonresident decedent's death.

That local administration, or an application or petition for local administration, is not pending in this state.

That the domiciliary foreign personal representative is entitled to payment or delivery.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.258 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1952 / Section 124.258
Water supply system; taxation, taxing power.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The legislative body of each city, village or township which is a part of such authority is authorized to raise by tax or pay from its general funds, any moneys required to be paid by the articles of incorporation or by the terms of any contract between it and the authority, unless some other method is provided therefor in such articles of incorporation or contract. The authority shall have no direct taxing power.

History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.16 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-151-of-1851 / Section 390.16
Interest on university fund; use for erection of buildings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

From the increase arising from the interest of the university fund, the board of regents may erect, from time to time, such buildings as are necessary for the uses of the university, on the grounds set apart for the same; but no such buildings shall be erected until provisions shall be made for the payment of the existing indebtedness of the university, nor until 1 branch of the university shall be established in each judicial circuit of the state.

History: 1851, Act 151, Eff. July 5, 1851; CL 1857, 2198; CL 1871, 3496; How. 4920; CL 1897, 1796; CL 1915, 1171; CL 1929, 7779; CL 1948, 390.16
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60908 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60908
Review and updating of land resource and current use portions of inventory.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60908.

The land resource portion of the inventory shall be reviewed and updated when necessary, but not less than once every 10 years.

The current use portion of the inventory shall be reviewed and updated when necessary, but not less than once each 5 years.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995