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Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.526 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-5-of-1956 / Section 730.526
Conduct of trial by litigants or attorneys; contempt for violation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

Individual litigants may conduct the trial of their own causes in the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act, but it shall be unlawful for any one excepting an attorney at law to conduct the trial of other than their own individual suits in any such court. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of contempt of court and may be punished therefor by any judge of the municipal court or any circuit judge of the county in which such city is located, by a fine of not more than $50.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail of such county for a period of not more than 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4454 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4454
Readjustment of premium rate; optional provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4454.

Any group life insurance policy may provide for a readjustment of the rate based on experience at the end of the first year or any subsequent year of insurance, which readjustment may be made retroactive for such policy year only.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8231 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8231
Statewide and regional meetings; purpose; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8231.

The court administrator, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court, shall call an annual statewide meeting of the judges of the district court and such additional statewide and regional meetings of such judges as the supreme court directs, for the purpose of studying the organization, rules, methods of procedure and practice of the judicial system of the state, the problems of administration confronting the courts and the judicial system in general and making recommendations for the modification or amelioration of existing conditions, for harmonizing and improving laws or for amendments to the rules and statutes relating to practice and procedure in the judicial system of the state.

The chief justice of the supreme court or such person as he designates shall preside over such meetings and the court administrator of the supreme court or his deputy shall act as secretary therefor.

District judges shall attend such meetings when and as directed by the court administrator. District judges shall be reimbursed by the state for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending such meetings.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1970, Act 238, Eff. Jan. 1, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.104a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-4-of-1937-Ex-Sess- / Section 38.104a
Definitions; hearing where witness testifies as alleged victim of sexual, physical, or psychological abuse; use of dolls or mannequins; support person; notice; ruling on objection; exclusion of persons not necessary to proceeding; section additional to other protections or procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

As used in this section:

"Developmental disability" means that term as defined in section 100a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100a except that, for the purposes of implementing this section, developmental disability includes only a condition that is attributable to a mental impairment or to a combination of mental and physical impairments, and does not include a condition attributable to a physical impairment unaccompanied by a mental impairment.

"Witness" means an alleged victim under subsection (2) who is either of the following:

A person under 16 years of age.

A person 16 years of age or older with a developmental disability.

This section only applies to a hearing held under this article in which a witness testifies as an alleged victim of sexual, physical, or psychological abuse. As used in this subsection, "psychological abuse" means an injury to the witness's mental condition or welfare that is not necessarily permanent but results in substantial and protracted, visibly demonstrable manifestations of mental distress.

If pertinent, the witness shall be permitted the use of dolls or mannequins, including, but not limited to, anatomically correct dolls or mannequins, to assist the witness in testifying on direct and cross-examination.

A witness who is called upon to testify shall be permitted to have a support person sit with, accompany, or be in close proximity to the witness during his or her testimony. A notice of intent to use a support person shall name the support person, identify the relationship the support person has with the witness, and give notice to all parties to the proceeding that the witness may request that the named support person sit with the witness when the witness is called upon to testify during any stage of the proceeding. The notice of intent to use a named support person shall be served upon all parties to the proceeding. The controlling board shall rule on any objection to the use of a named support person prior to the date at which the witness desires to use the support person.

In a hearing under this section, all persons not necessary to the proceeding shall be excluded during the witness's testimony.

This section is in addition to other protections or procedures afforded to a witness by law or court rule.

History: Add. 1987, Act 47, Eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Am. 1998, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 17.251 — MI Code / Chapter 17 / Act Act-315-of-1947 / Section 17.251
Lease of state lands to public building corporation, subject to legislative approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state administrative board is hereby authorized and empowered to lease to any state public building corporation, real property owned by the state of Michigan, acquired for the purpose of site or sites for public buildings, and to lease from any said public building corporation in the name of the state space in a building or buildings constructed for its use on such land. Each such lease shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general of the state. No such lease shall become effective until approved by the legislature by concurrent resolution.

History: 1947, Act 315, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 17.251
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.3113 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-48-of-2002 / Section 484.3113
Modification of fees by municipality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) A municipality is not eligible to receive funds under sections 11 and 12 unless by December 31, 2007 the municipality has modified to the extent necessary any fees charged to providers after the effective date of this act relating to access to and usage of the public rights-of-way to an amount not exceeding the amounts of fees and charges required under this act.

(2) To the extent a telecommunications provider pays fees to a municipality that have not been modified as required by this section, both of the following apply:

(a) The provider may deduct the fees paid from the fee required to be paid under section 8 for those rights-of-way.

(b) The amounts received shall be deducted from the amounts the municipality is eligible to receive under sections 11 and 12.

(3) The authority may allow a municipality in violation of this section to become eligible to receive funds under sections 11 and 12 if the authority determines that the violation occurred despite good faith efforts and the municipality rebates to the authority any fees received in excess of those required under section 8, including any interest as determined by the authority.

(4) A municipality is considered to have modified the fees under subsection (1) if it has adopted a resolution or ordinance, effective no later than January 1, 2008, approving the modification so that providers with telecommunication facilities in public rights-of-way within the municipality's boundaries pay only those fees required under section 8. The municipality shall provide each provider affected by the fee a copy of the resolution or ordinance passed under this subsection.

(5) Except as otherwise provided by a municipality, if section 8 is found to be invalid or unconstitutional, a modification of fees under this section is void from the date the modification was made.

(6) To be eligible to receive fee-sharing payments under this act, a municipality shall not hold a cable television operator in default or seek any remedy for failure to satisfy an obligation, if any, to pay after the effective date of this act a franchise fee or other similar fee on that portion of gross revenues from charges the cable operator received for cable modem services provided through broadband internet transport access services.

(7) If a municipality adopts a resolution as required under this section but adopts it after the distribution of funds under sections 11 and 12 for 2007, the municipality shall be eligible to receive funds for 2007 from funds available after the 2007 distribution date.

History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 130, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.504 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-397-of-1978 / Section 423.504
Copy of information in personnel record; fee; mailing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

After the review provided in section 3, an employee may obtain a copy of the information or part of the information contained in the employee's personnel record. An employer may charge a fee for providing a copy of information contained in the personnel record. The fee shall be limited to the actual incremental cost of duplicating the information. If an employee demonstrates that he or she is unable to review his or her personnel record at the employing unit, then the employer, upon that employee's written request, shall mail a copy of the requested record to the employee.

History: 1978, Act 397, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.17 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.17
Supervision and administration of lottery; licensing of lottery sales agents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The commissioner shall:

Supervise and administer the operation of the lottery in accordance with this act and the rules.

License as agents to sell lottery tickets such persons whom he deems will best serve the public convenience and promote the sale of tickets or shares.

History: 1972, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.734 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.734
Hearing and deciding proceeding; location; accommodations and equipment; conducting business at public meeting; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

(1) One or more members of the tribunal may hear and decide proceedings. Proceedings conducted under this subsection may be held telephonically, by videoconferencing, or in person. On request by 1 of the parties, an in-person hearing may take place at a location mutually agreed on by all parties and approved by the tribunal.

(2) The tribunal shall sit at places throughout this state as the tribunal determines. The county board of commissioners for the county in which the tribunal is sitting, except when the tribunal is sitting in the city of Lansing, shall provide the tribunal with suitable accommodations and equipment on request of the chairperson. The tribunal shall conduct its business in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date, and place of a meeting subject to the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, must be given in the manner required by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 365, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976; Am. 1978, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 437, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1981; Am. 2025, Act 53, Eff. Mar. 24, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3352 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3352
Claims barred by statute of limitations; acquiescence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3352.

The authority given by this chapter to partition real estate does not authorize the revival or prosecution of any claim to lands which otherwise would be barred by the statute of limitations or by the acquiescence of any party who had the claim.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1208 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-116-of-1963 / Section 125.1208
Repeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Act No. 302 of the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, being sections 125.1 to 125.8 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and section 17 of Act No. 51 of the First Extra Session of 1948, as added by Act No. 110 of the Public Acts of 1960, being section 18.17 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are repealed.

History: 1963, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.13 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-72-of-1917 / Section 449.13
Partnership; liability for wrongful acts of partner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(Partnership bound by partner's wrongful act). Where, by any wrongful act or omission of any partner acting in the ordinary course of the business or the partnership, or with the authority of his copartners, loss or injury is caused to any person, not being a partner in the partnership, or any penalty is incurred, the partnership is liable therefor to the same extent as the partner so acting or omitting to act.

History: 1917, Act 72, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 9853; CL 1948, 449.13
Mich. Comp. Laws § 453.282 — MI Code / Chapter 453 / Act Act-155-of-1889 / Section 453.282
Local agricultural societies; officers; duplicate articles, contents; reorganization; body corporate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The officers and directors of any town, county or district agricultural or horticultural society shall be authorized by their names of office to make, sign, acknowledge, execute and file duplicate articles as provided in said act, and the several acts amendatory thereof, which articles shall, in addition to the requisites in said act and the several acts amendatory thereof, set forth that they are executed for the purpose of reorganizing said society according to the provisions of this act, and such articles shall be deemed sufficient when so made, signed, acknowledged, executed and filed, although the number of signers shall be less than 8, if they shall constitute a majority of such officers and directors: Provided, That when there are no surviving officers or directors qualified to act, or if a period of 5 years has intervened since the last election of officers of such society, any 10 or more citizens, real property owners in the county, and legally resident therein, may reorganize such society under the provisions of Act No. 80 of the Public Acts of 1855, as amended, being sections 453.231 to 453.240, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and under the same name as theretofore used, and for the same purposes as provided in section 4 of said Act No. 80 of the Public Acts of 1855, and said society shall become a body politic and corporate by the name stated in its articles of association and subject to the provisions of section 2 of said Act No. 80 of the Public Acts of 1855, and shall succeed to all the rights and privileges of such prior society, and the property of said former society or societies shall vest in and become the property of the society so last reorganized.

History: 1889, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1889; How. 2312b; CL 1897, 5964; CL 1915, 7842; CL 1929, 10229; CL 1948, 453.282; Am. 1953, Act 125, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.559 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-481-of-2002 / Section 570.559
Sale of special tool at public auction; notice; information; notice nondeliverable; dispute.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

Before an end user may sell the special tool, the end user shall notify, by registered mail, return receipt requested, the customer and any person whose security interest is perfected by filing. The notice shall include the following information:

The end user's intention to sell the special tool 60 days after the customer's receipt of the notice.

A description of the special tool to be sold.

The time and place of the sale.

An itemized statement for the amount due.

A statement that the product produced by the special tool complies with the quality and quantity ordered.

If there is not a return of the receipt of the mailing or if the postal service returns the notice as being nondeliverable, the end user shall publish notice of the end user's intention to sell the special tool in a newspaper of general circulation in the place where the special tool is being held for sale by the end user and in the place of the customer's last known address. The notice shall include a description of the special tool and the name of the customer.

If a customer disagrees with the notice described in subsection (1), the customer shall notify the end user in writing by registered mail, return receipt requested, that the product produced by the special tool did not meet the quality or quantity ordered. An end user who receives this notice shall not sell the special tool until the dispute is resolved.

History: 2002, Act 481, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.467i — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.467i
Judge of district court; term of office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 467i.

Except as otherwise provided by law, the term of office for judge of the district court shall be 6 years, commencing at 12 noon on January 1 next following the judge's election and shall continue until a successor is elected and qualified.

History: Add. 1968, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1981, Act 4, Eff. Apr. 30, 1981; Am. 1990, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.672 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1956 / Section 123.672
Market authority; construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

This act shall be construed as cumulative authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted and shall not be construed to repeal any existing laws with respect thereto. The powers conferred by this act shall not be affected or limited by any other statute or by any charter, except as herein otherwise provided.

History: 1956, Act 185, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.665 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-239-of-1982 / Section 287.665
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, regarding the following:

(a) The construction and operation of a facility licensed under this act.

(b) Vehicles used for the transportation of dead animals.

(c) Methodology for active composting to include, but not be limited to, methodology regarding passively aerated static piles, mechanically or forced aerated static piles, windrow piles, and contained or in-vessel systems.

(d) Conditions for active composting to include, but not be limited to, recommended conditions regarding moisture content, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, bulking agent particle size, animal tissue density, composting density, temperature ranges, and pH ranges.

(e) Parameters regarding grinding, including, but not limited to, pile form and shape, pile slumping, and the presence of large intact bones after composting.

(f) Methods for effluent containment and prevention of its movement into groundwater and surface water.

(g) The accommodation of normal natural daily mortality and system capacity for accommodation of both active composting and curing.

(h) Control of odor and pest or vermin infestation of piles with biofilter caps or as otherwise provided by rule.

(i) The generation of adequate records involving composting.

(j) A system of annual nutrient-content analysis.

(k) The final disposition of finished compost.

( l ) Methodology for the anaerobic digestion of organic materials.

History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982; Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994; Am. 1998, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998; Am. 2005, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005; Am. 2008, Act 311, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.1251 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-230-of-1987 / Section 331.1251
Public hospital or other health care facility; incorporation of corporation; election required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 251.

The city council of a city or the village council of a village that owns or operates a public hospital may incorporate 1 or more corporations under this act. The city council of a city or the village council of a village that does not own or operate a public hospital may also establish such a hospital or other health care facility, or both, by incorporating 1 or more corporations under this act. The question of establishing 1 or more corporations under this act shall be presented to the city or village electors at a special or regular city or village election before incorporation. An election under this section shall be conducted pursuant to the Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1988, Act 502, Eff. Jan. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9338 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9338
Priority of security interests or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9338.

If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in section 9516(2)(e) that is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed, all of the following apply:

(a) The security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security interest in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest gives value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information.

(b) A purchaser, other than a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security interest or agricultural lien to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information, the purchaser gives value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral.

History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43509 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43509
Taking aquatic species; taking or possessing wild animal; license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43509.

(1) A person 17 years of age or older shall not take aquatic species, except aquatic insects, in or upon any waters over which this state has jurisdiction or in or upon any lands within the state, or possess aquatic species, except aquatic insects, without having in his or her possession a valid license as provided in this part.

(2) A person shall not take or possess a wild animal without having in his or her possession a valid license as provided in this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 585, Eff. Mar. 1, 1997; Am. 2010, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4619 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4619
Tax increment revenues; transmission; expenditures; use.
Status: in_force

Sec. 619.

(1) The municipal and county treasurers shall transmit tax increment revenues to the authority.

(2) The authority shall expend the tax increment revenues received for the development program only under the terms of the tax increment financing plan. Unused funds shall revert proportionately to the respective taxing bodies. Tax increment revenues shall not be used to circumvent existing property tax limitations. The governing body of the municipality may abolish the tax increment financing plan if it finds that the purposes for which it was established are accomplished. However, the tax increment financing plan shall not be abolished, allowed to expire, or otherwise terminate until the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued under section 620 have been paid or funds sufficient to make the payment have been segregated.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019