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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.212 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.212
Deputies, chief clerk and accountant, examiners, clerks, actuaries, and other assistants; oath; powers and duties; hearings; rights of parties; revocation of appointments, designations, and delegations of authority; compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 212.

The commissioner may appoint a first deputy and second deputy who shall subscribe and file the constitutional oath of office. Either of these deputies may perform any duty or act of the commissioner during the commissioner's absence from the bureau. The commissioner may assign either of the deputies to take charge of the bureau during the commissioner's absence.

The commissioner may appoint and employ a chief clerk and accountant, examiners, clerks, actuaries, and other necessary assistants, and may designate a chief examiner. The commissioner may designate special deputies from the commissioner's staff to perform specified duties, including supervision of the bureau during the absence of the commissioner and the first and second deputies.

The commissioner may designate 1 or more persons to conduct hearings provided for under this code, hearings required by Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and hearings which the commissioner considers necessary and appropriate for fact-finding or information gathering before making decisions, policies, and determinations allowable or required by law in the course of carrying out the duties of the commissioner. Before a person may conduct hearings, the person shall subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file the oath with the commissioner. Limitations imposed by the commissioner upon the authority of a deputy or a person designated by the commissioner to conduct hearings shall not be binding upon or limit the rights of the parties heard.

The commissioner may revoke appointments, designations, and delegations of authority made pursuant to this section, in his or her discretion. Appointees and designees provided for in this section shall be paid in the manner prescribed by law.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1978, Act 497, Imd. Eff. Dec. 11, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2484 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2484
Agreement implementing standards; basis for reimbursement; operating advance; adjustments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2484.

Standards of scope, quality, and administration promulgated under section 2495 shall be implemented through an agreement between the department and the local governing entity. An agreement under this subsection shall specify at least the minimum activities agreed upon as necessary for substantial compliance with rules and shall be based upon findings in the annual program statement of the local health department.

A local health department shall be reimbursed on the basis of approved program performance reports as required by this section and sections 2481 and 2483 and on the basis of prescribed fiscal reports reflecting actual, reasonable, and allowable costs incurred pursuant to rules promulgated under section 2495. An operating advance may be provided which shall be replenished as the costs are reported. Adjustments shall be made as necessary to compensate for payments previously made.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.14 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-46-of-1931 / Section 128.14
Duty of board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

It shall be the duty of the cemetery board to keep an accurate account of all expenses incurred by it under the provision of this act and shall charge such expenses against the burial spaces involved. If, at the expiration of 60 days from and after the entering of the order of termination and forfeiture hereinbefore provided for, the owner shall not have redeemed his right or interest, the board is authorized and empowered to maintain and care for the burial space or spaces involved and shall keep an accurate and detailed account of all money expended for such purpose.

History: 1931, Act 46, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 128.14
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1641 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-182-of-1986 / Section 38.1641
Retirement allowance increases for command officers; effect on salary adjustments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

The retirement allowance increases being given to command officers under this act shall be considered by the coordinated compensation panel of the civil service commission when determining salary adjustments for command officers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987.

History: 1986, Act 182, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5201 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5201
License; application; form; fees; requirements for issuance of license; expiration date; proof of licensure and government-issued photo identification; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 201.

(1) A person shall apply for a license under this act on an application form provided by the department and must include with the application the appropriate fees established by rules promulgated by the department under section 207. Subject to the exceptions described in section 203, the department shall issue a license to a person that meets the licensure requirements set forth in a specific article of this act and in rules promulgated under this act.

(2) The department shall establish the expiration date of licenses issued under this act by rule promulgated by the department under section 207. However, the department shall not issue, and the rules shall not permit, the issuance of a permanent license.

(3) At the request of a building official, inspector, or employee of an enforcing agency, acting in his or her official capacity, an individual who is licensed under this act must present to that building official, inspector, or employee proof of licensure and a government-issued photo identification. As used in this subsection:

(a) "Building official" means that term as defined in section 1001.

(b) "Inspector" means that term as defined in section 1003.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017; Am. 2018, Act 151, Eff. Aug. 14, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.62509a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.62509a
Mineral well regulatory fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 62509a.

(1) The owner or operator of a well regulated under this part is subject to the following annual mineral well regulatory fee. The fee shall apply to any mineral well that is usable for its permitted purpose, or has not been properly plugged in accordance with the requirements of this part and rules promulgated under this part, at the time the fee is due:

(a) For a disposal well for disposal of waste products other than processed brine $ 2,500.00 (b) For a disposal well for disposal or processed brine $ 500.00 (c) For a storage well $ 500.00 (d) For a natural brine production well $ 500.00 (e) For an artificial brine production well $ 500.00 (f) For an individual test well $ 500.00 (g) For a blanket permit for test wells: ( i ) 1 to 24 wells $ 75.00 ( ii ) 25 to 49 wells $ 150.00 ( iii ) 50 to 75 wells $ 300.00 ( iv ) 75 to 200 wells $ 600.00

(a)

For a disposal well for disposal of waste products other than processed brine

$

2,500.00

(b)

For a disposal well for disposal or processed brine

$

500.00

(c)

For a storage well

$

500.00

(d)

For a natural brine production well

$

500.00

(e)

For an artificial brine production well

$

500.00

(f)

For an individual test well

$

500.00

(g)

For a blanket permit for test wells:

( i )

1 to 24 wells

$

75.00

( ii )

25 to 49 wells

$

150.00

( iii )

50 to 75 wells

$

300.00

( iv )

75 to 200 wells

$

600.00

(2) Mineral well regulatory fees shall be submitted to the department in the manner required by the department along with any documentation required by the department.

(3) The department shall forward all mineral well regulatory fees collected under this section to the state treasury for deposit in the fund.

History: Add. 1998, Act 467, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 444.106 — MI Code / Chapter 444 / Act Act-147-of-1905 / Section 444.106
Violation of act; civil recovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Any one injured by the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, may recover his actual damages sustained on account thereof.

History: 1905, Act 147, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 6627; CL 1929, 9655; CL 1948, 444.106
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1001 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-305-of-1996 / Section 722.1001
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "acknowledgment of parentage act".

History: 1996, Act 305, Eff. June 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.181 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.181
Tampering with markings of airports, landing fields, and aeronautical facilities; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 181.

A person shall not tamper with, alter, destroy, remove, carry away, or cause to be carried away any objects used for the marking of licensed airports, landing fields, or other aeronautical facilities, or in any way change their position or location, except by the direction of the proper authorities charged with the maintenance and operation of the facilities. A person who violates this section or has illegally in his or her possession any objects or devices used for marking of airports, landing fields, or other aeronautical facilities is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than $500.00, or community service of not more than 30 days, or any combination of these penalties.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.181; Am. 1996, Act 370, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6001 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6001
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6001.

As used in this chapter:

"Converted company" means a Michigan domiciled stock insurance company that results from the reorganization of a mutual company under this chapter.

"Eligible member" means a member whose policy is in force on the date the mutual company's board of directors adopts a plan of reorganization under this chapter.

"Intermediate holding company" means a business corporation subsidiary of a mutual holding company domiciled in this state, any other state, or the District of Columbia that is authorized to issue 1 or more classes of capital stock, the corporate purposes of which include holding directly or indirectly the voting stock of a converted company.

"Member" means a person who, on the records of the mutual company and pursuant to its articles of incorporation or bylaws, is considered to be a holder of a membership interest in the mutual company. A person insured under a group policy is not a member. On and after the effective date of a reorganization under this chapter, member means a member of the mutual holding company created in the reorganization.

"Mutual holding company" or "MHC" means a mutual corporation resulting from a reorganization of a mutual company under this chapter.

"Mutual company" means a domestic mutual insurance company organized under chapter 50, 54, or 58.

"Plan of reorganization" or "plan" means a plan adopted pursuant to this chapter by the board of directors of a mutual company for the reorganization of the mutual company simultaneously into both a mutual holding company and a converted company existing as a direct or indirect stock subsidiary of the mutual holding company.

"Policy" means a group or individual insurance policy or contract issued by a mutual company. The term policy does not include a certificate of insurance issued in connection with a group policy or contract.

"Policyholder" means the holder of a policy other than a reinsurance contract.

History: Add. 2000, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article II § 7 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article II § 7
Boards of canvassers, certification of election results.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) The outcome of every election in this state shall be determined solely by the vote of electors casting ballots in the election.

(2) A board of state canvassers of four members shall be established by law. No candidate for an office to be canvassed nor any inspector of elections shall be eligible to serve as a member of a board of canvassers. A majority of any board of canvassers shall not be composed of members of the same political party. The legislature may by law establish boards of county canvassers.

(3) It shall be the ministerial, clerical, nondiscretionary duty of a board of canvassers, and of each individual member thereof, to certify election results based solely on: (1) certified statements of votes from counties; or (2) in the case of boards of county canvassers, statements of returns from the precincts and absent voter counting boards in the county and any corrected returns. The board of state canvassers is the only body or entity in this state authorized to certify the results of an election for statewide or federal office and to determine which person is elected in such election.

(4) If the certified results for any office certified by the board of state canvassers show a tie among two (2) or more persons, the tie shall be resolved and the winner certified by the drawing of lots under rules promulgated by the board of state canvassers. If the certified results for an office certified by a board of county canvassers show a tie among two (2) or more persons, the tie shall be resolved and the winner certified by such board of canvassers under procedures prescribed by law.

(5) The certification of any election results by the board of state canvassers shall be final subject only to (a) a post-certification recount of the votes cast in that election supervised by the board of state canvassers under procedures prescribed by law; or (b) a post-certification court order.

(6) A board of canvassers is authorized to conduct post-certification recounts of election results under procedures prescribed by law.

(7) For purposes of this section "to certify" means to make a signed, written statement.

History: Const. 1963, Art. II, § 7, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 8, 2022, Eff. Dec. 24, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.205 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-58-of-1915 / Section 456.205
Tax exemption; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

All the lands of said corporation enclosed and set apart for crematorium or columbarium purposes, and all the buildings erected thereon, used for such purposes as well as all rights of inurnment therein, shall be wholly exempt from taxation of any kind whatsoever except special assessments for public improvements: Provided, That all stock owned by said stockholders shall be taxed in the manner provided by law.

History: 1915, Act 58, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 11181; CL 1929, 10466; CL 1948, 456.205
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.18 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 111.18
Assessment unit; city treasurer, duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

For the purpose of assessing and levying taxes in any city incorporated under this act, for state, county, school and library purposes, each ward shall be considered the same as a township, and all provisions of law relative to the collection of taxes levied in townships shall apply to the collection of taxes levied and assessed by the supervisors in such city, except as herein otherwise provided. For the purpose of collecting taxes and returning property for non-payment thereof, the city treasurer shall perform the same duties and have the same powers as township treasurers, except as herein otherwise provided.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3335; CL 1915, 3259; CL 1929, 2181; CL 1948, 111.18
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3211 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-110-of-2006 / Section 125.3211
Appointment of zoning commission by legislative body; purposes; petition; initiation of action to formulate zoning commission and zoning ordinance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 211.

(1) The legislative body may proceed with the adoption of a zoning ordinance containing land development regulations and establishing zoning districts under this act upon appointment of a zoning commission as provided in section 301.

(2) The legislative body may appoint a zoning commission for purposes of formulating a zoning ordinance on its own initiative or upon receipt of a petition requesting that action as provided under subsection (3).

(3) Upon receipt of a petition signed by a number of qualified and registered voters residing in the zoning jurisdiction equal to not less than 8% of the total votes cast within the zoning jurisdiction for all candidates for governor at the last preceding general election at which a governor was elected, filed with the clerk of the local unit of government requesting the legislative body to appoint a zoning commission for purposes of formulating a zoning ordinance, the legislative body, at the next regular meeting, may initiate action to formulate a zoning commission and zoning ordinance under this act.

History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.7w — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.7w
Property of agricultural society used primarily for fair purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7w.

Property owned exclusively by the state agricultural society or a county or district agricultural society, and used by the society primarily for fair purposes is exempt from taxation under this act.

Property shall be considered used by a society primarily for fair purposes if the society leases the property to others for purposes which do not interfere with fair purposes and if the income received by the society under the lease is used entirely to defray the costs and expenses of conducting the fair and maintaining the buildings and grounds of the society.

History: Add. 1980, Act 142, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1980; Am. 1984, Act 158, Eff. Dec. 21, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80164 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80164
Regattas; rules; permit; authorization; applications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80164.

The department may authorize the holding of regattas, motorboat or other boat races, marine parades, tournaments, or exhibitions, or trials for those events, on any waters of this state. The department shall promulgate and may amend rules concerning the conduct of such marine events. Whenever a regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament, or exhibition, or trials for those events, is proposed to be held, the person in charge of the event, at least 30 days prior to the event, shall file an application with the department for permission to hold the regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament, exhibition, or trials. The application shall set forth the date, time, and location where it is proposed to hold the regatta, motorboat or other boat race, marine parade, tournament, or exhibition, and it shall not be conducted without the written authorization of the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3963 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3963
Partnership policy; delivery or issuance for delivery; filing and approval required; submission of completed partnership certification form or similar form to department; "partnership certification form" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3963.

(1) A partnership policy shall not be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless the partnership policy is filed with the department and approved by the director under section 2236(1).

(2) A policy submitted to the department for approval as a partnership policy under subsection (1) must be submitted with a completed partnership certification form or a similar form. The completed partnership certification form or similar form also must be approved by the director of the department.

(3) As used in this section, "partnership certification form" means a form developed by the department in consultation with the state department of health and human services.

History: Add. 2015, Act 198, Eff. Feb. 22, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.903 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-211-of-1990 / Section 722.903
Consent to abortion on minor; petition for waiver of parental consent.
Status: in_force

Section 3.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person shall not perform an abortion on a minor without first obtaining the written consent of the minor and 1 of the parents or the legal guardian of the minor.

If a parent or the legal guardian is not available or refuses to give his or her consent, or if the minor elects not to seek consent of a parent or the legal guardian, the minor may petition the probate court pursuant to section 4 for a waiver of the parental consent requirement of this section.

History: 1990, Act 211, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1922 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1922
Dissolution of corporation or revocation of certificate of authority for neglecting or refusing to file reports or pay fee or penalty; notice of impending dissolution; right to certificate of good standing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 922.

(1) If a domestic corporation neglects or refuses to file an annual report or pay an annual filing fee or a penalty added to the fee required by law, and the neglect or refusal continues for a period of 2 years from the date on which the annual report or filing fee was due, the corporation is automatically dissolved 60 days after the expiration of the 2-year period. The administrator shall notify the corporation of the impending dissolution not later than 90 days before the 2-year period expires. Until a corporation is dissolved, it is entitled to issuance by the administrator, on request, of a certificate of good standing setting forth that it is validly incorporated as a domestic corporation and that it is validly in existence under laws of this state.

(2) If a foreign corporation neglects or refuses for 1 year to file an annual report or pay an annual filing fee or a penalty added to the fee required by law, its certificate of authority is subject to revocation in accordance with section 1042. Until revocation of its certificate of authority, or its withdrawal from this state or termination of its existence, the foreign corporation is entitled to issuance by the administrator, on request, of a certificate of good standing setting forth that it is validly authorized to transact business in this state and that it holds a valid certificate of authority to transact business in this state.

(3) The administrator may electronically transmit a notification of impending dissolution described in subsection (1) to the resident agent of the corporation in the manner authorized by the corporation.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1978, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 407, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2835 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-342-of-2010 / Section 125.2835
Conflict with local zoning ordinance or other state law; controlling provision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

If there is a conflict between a provision of this act and a provision of a local zoning ordinance or the highway advertising act of 1972, 1972 PA 106, MCL 252.301 to 252.324, including a rule promulgated under that act, the more restrictive provision applies.

History: 2010, Act 342, Eff. Mar. 30, 2011