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Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.15 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 111.15
City treasurer; duties; notice to taxpayers; collection fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Upon receiving the several ward tax rolls as above provided, the city treasurer shall give notice immediately to the taxpayers of the city that such rolls have been delivered to him and that the taxes therein levied can be paid to him at his office at any time before the tenth day of January then next ensuing, without any charge for collection; or where the council have decided to have the taxes levied and collected in 2 installments, and the roll be the July roll, on or before the fifteenth day of September, without any charge for collection; but that 4 per cent collection fee shall be charged and collected upon all taxes remaining unpaid on said tenth day of January or fifteenth day of September, as the case may be. Said notice shall be given by publishing the same twice in 1 or more of the newspapers of the city and by posting copies thereof in 3 public places in each ward of the city; and it shall be the duty of the treasurer to be at his office at such times previous to the said tenth day of January and fifteenth day of September, as the council shall direct, and there receive payment of such taxes as may be offered to him. He shall collect no fees upon any taxes paid to him before the said tenth day of January, or where the council have decided to have the tax levied and collected in 2 installments and the roll be the July roll, on or before the fifteenth day of September, but in all other cases he shall collect both the tax and the 4 per cent collection fee.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; Am. 1897, Act 239, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1897; CL 1897, 3332; Am. 1899, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1899; CL 1915, 3256; CL 1929, 2178; CL 1948, 111.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.424 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-370-of-1941 / Section 38.424
Classified civil service; discrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

Discrimination prohibited. No person in the classified civil service or seeking admission thereto, shall be appointed, reduced or removed, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of his political, racial, or religious opinions or affiliations, except for membership in any organization which has advocated or does advocate disloyalty to the government of the United States or any subdivision thereof.

History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 38.424
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.29 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 14.29
Suits involving state departments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

It shall be the duty of the attorney general, at the request of the governor, the secretary of state, the treasurer or the auditor general, to prosecute and defend all suits relating to matters connected with their departments.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 12; CL 1857, 181; CL 1871, 256; How. 287; CL 1897, 105; CL 1915, 133; CL 1929, 177; CL 1948, 14.29
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.389 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.389
Railroad police officer; termination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 389.

When a company terminates the services of a railroad police officer, it shall file a notice to that effect with the director of the department of state police, stating the date on which services shall be discontinued. The commission issued to the railroad police officer shall become null and void on the date specified. The dismissal of a railroad police officer from employment of the company shall render the commission null and void. The director, on 5 days' notice to the company for whom a railroad police officer was appointed, may revoke a commission issued to the railroad police officer.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 492.108 — MI Code / Chapter 492 / Act Act-27-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 492.108
License; application, rejection, grounds, notice; retention of fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The administrator may reject any application for license or any application for renewal of a license if he is not satisfied that the financial responsibility and the general fitness of the applicant and of the owners, partners or members thereof, if the applicant be a partnership or association, and of the officers and directors, if the applicant be a corporation, are such as to warrant the belief that the business for which application for license is filed will be operated in accordance with the provisions of this act.

Whenever the administrator rejects an application for license he shall mail a notice of such action to the applicant and the applicant may, within 30 days of the date of such notice, appeal from such action to the circuit court in the manner provided for in section 9, subsection (d) of this act.

Whenever the administrator rejects an application for license, he shall retain the license fee which accompanied the application, to defray costs of investigation.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 27, Eff. Mar. 31, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1927 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-251-of-2000 / Section 550.1927
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

The director may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, necessary to carry out this act.

History: 2000, Act 251, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Am. 2016, Act 274, Eff. Sept. 29, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50142 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50142
Violation of district forest practice rule; notice; order; hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50142.

If the board determines that a district forest practice rule was violated, it shall notify the member of the violation within 10 days after its determination. The notice shall specify the nature of the violation charged and identify the damage or unsatisfactory condition that has occurred as a result of the violation.

When a notice of violation is served, the board:

Shall issue and serve an order directing that further violations cease.

May issue and serve an order directing the member to make reasonable efforts to repair the damage or correct the unsatisfactory condition.

If the member requests a hearing within 10 days after the issuance of an order affecting the member's forest land, the board shall hold a hearing on its order within 30 days after the receipt of the request.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.33926 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.33926
Surveys governing terms of part.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33926.

In describing the lands that may be leased under this part, the department shall be governed by maps, plats, and field notes of surveys made by the United States surveyors or by this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.80 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-125-of-1981 / Section 493.80
Persons permitted to make secondary mortgage loans.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

Except as otherwise provided by this act, a secondary mortgage loan may be made in compliance with this act, and only in conformance with the interest rate limitations of 1966 PA 326, MCL 438.31 to 438.33, by either of the following:

A salesperson acting as an agent for a residential builder, or a residential builder, licensed under article 24 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2401 to 339.2412, when made or negotiated in connection with the sale of a residential structure constructed by that builder.

A real estate broker or real estate salesperson licensed under article 25 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2501 to 339.2518, and engaged in the sale of real estate as a principal vocation, when made or negotiated in connection with a real estate sale where the real estate broker or salesperson affiliated with the broker represents either the buyer or seller.

Except as otherwise provided by this act, a secondary mortgage loan may be made in compliance with this act by a person to an employee of that person provided that the proceeds of the loan are used to assist the employee in meeting his or her housing needs.

History: 1981, Act 125, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981; Am. 1984, Act 124, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984; Am. 1997, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 447.161 — MI Code / Chapter 447 / Act Act-157-of-1986 / Section 447.161
Bonds or security agreement; resolution; trustee or depository.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued or any security agreement, including an indenture or trust indenture to be entered into in connection with the bonds, may contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the fixing and collection of obligations, the creation and maintenance of special funds, and the rights and remedies available, in the event of default, to the bondholders or to the trustee under the security agreement, all as the authority considers advisable and as is not in conflict with this act. However, in making an agreement or provisions, the authority may not obligate itself, except with respect to eligible export loans and transactions, and may not incur a pecuniary liability or a charge upon the general credit of the authority or of the state, or against the taxing powers of the state.

The resolution of the authority authorizing bonds under this act and security agreement securing the bonds may provide that, in the event of default in payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds or in the performance of an agreement contained in the proceedings or security agreement, the payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by the appointment of a receiver in equity with power to charge and collect any obligations and to apply any revenues pledged in accordance with the proceedings or the provisions of the security agreement. A security agreement also may provide that, in the event of default in payment or the violation of an agreement contained in the security agreement, the agreement may be foreclosed by proceedings at law or in equity, and may provide that a trustee under the security agreement or the holder of any of the bonds secured by the security agreement may become the purchaser at any foreclosure sale, if he or she is the highest bidder. A breach of any such agreement shall not impose pecuniary liability upon this state or the authority or a charge upon the general credit of the authority or of the state or against the taxing power of the state.

A trustee under a security agreement, or a depository specified by a security agreement, may be a person or corporation the authority designates, notwithstanding that the person or corporation may be a nonresident of the state or incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States.

History: 1986, Act 157, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1109 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-195-of-2001 / Section 722.1109
Personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 109.

A party to a child-custody proceeding who is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state and is a responding party under article 2, a party in a proceeding to modify a child-custody determination under article 2, or a petitioner in a proceeding to enforce or register a child-custody determination under article 3 may appear and participate in the proceeding without submitting to personal jurisdiction over the party for another proceeding or purpose.

A party is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state solely by being physically present for the purpose of participating in a proceeding under this act. If a party is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state on a basis other than physical presence, the party may be served with process in this state. If a party present in this state is subject to the jurisdiction of another state, service of process allowable under the law of that state may be accomplished in this state.

The immunity granted by subsection (1) does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to the participation in a proceeding under this act committed by an individual while present in this state.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3931 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3931
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3931.

The commissioner may promulgate rules including the following:

Rules establishing standards for the sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents if provided in the policy, preexisting conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary periods, limitations, exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement, recurrent conditions, definitions of terms, and for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures.

Rules establishing loss ratio standards for long-term care insurance policies.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.135 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-74-of-1917 / Section 290.135
Duty of prosecuting attorney.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

That it shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney, to whom satisfactory evidence of any violation of the act is presented, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts of the state for the enforcement of the penalties as in such case herein provided.

History: 1917, Act 74, Eff. Nov. 1, 1917; CL 1929, 5575; CL 1948, 290.135
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.157t — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.157t
Sales to or services performed for violators.
Status: in_force

Sec. 157t.

Any person who sells or delivers goods or property or anything of value, or renders any service to any other person knowing that such other person has committed or is committing any act prohibited by this chapter shall be guilty of a felony.

History: Add. 1967, Act 255, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.853 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-130-of-1889 / Section 35.853
Veterans' memorials; raising building funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Each township, village, city or county so erecting or so uniting in the erection of any such building or structure may raise the funds necessary for the same in the same manner and to the same extent as is now provided by law for the building of municipal buildings.

History: 1889, Act 130, Eff. Oct. 2, 1889; How. 993i; CL 1897, 1702; CL 1915, 1068; CL 1929, 942; CL 1948, 35.853; Am. 1959, Act 104, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1959
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.94a — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-94-of-1937 / Section 205.94a
Additional exemptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

The following are exempt from the tax under this act:

Rental receipts if the tangible personal property rented or leased was previously subject to 1 of the following when purchased by the lessor:

This act.

The general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51 to 205.78.

Rental receipts if the tangible personal property rented or leased was previously taxed under a sales or use tax act of another state or a political subdivision of another state levied at a rate of 6% or more.

Specific charges for technical support or for adapting or modifying prewritten computer software programs to a purchaser's needs or equipment if those charges are separately stated and identified.

The sale of computer software originally designed for the exclusive use and special needs of the purchaser.

The sale of a commercial advertising element if the commercial advertising element is used to create or develop a print, radio, television, or other advertisement, the commercial advertising element is discarded or returned to the provider after the advertising message is completed, and the commercial advertising element is custom developed by the provider for the purchaser. As used in this subdivision, "commercial advertising element" means a negative or positive photographic image, an audiotape or videotape master, a layout, a manuscript, writing of copy, a design, artwork, an illustration, retouching, and mechanical or keyline instructions. This exemption does not include black and white or full color process separation elements, an audiotape reproduction, or a videotape reproduction.

The sale of oxygen for human use dispensed pursuant to a prescription.

The sale of insulin for human use.

A meal provided free of charge or at a reduced rate to an employee during work hours by a food service establishment licensed by the department of agriculture.

The sale of diesel fuel to a person who is an interstate motor carrier for use in a qualified commercial motor vehicle.

History: Add. 1959, Act 272, Eff. Jan. 1, 1960; Am. 2004, Act 172, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3470 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3470
Age of insured; provision regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3470.

If any such policy contains a provision establishing, as an age limit or otherwise, a date after which the coverage provided by the policy will not be effective, and if such date falls within a period for which premium is accepted by the insurer or if the insurer accepts a premium after such date, the coverage provided by the policy will continue in force subject to any right of cancellation until the end of the period for which premium has been accepted. In the event the age of the insured has been misstated and if, according to the correct age of the insured, the coverage provided by the policy would not have become effective, or would have ceased prior to the acceptance of such premium or premiums, then the liability of the insurer shall be limited to the refund, upon request, of all premiums paid for the period not covered by the policy.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.170 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-59-of-1851 / Section 484.170
Appraisal of damages; lands in more than 1 county.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

When any person owning or occupying lands lying in or extending into 1 or more counties, shall desire to have the damages occasioned by the passing or extension of said lines over or through the said lands appraised, the circuit court for any county in which any part of the said lands may lie shall have power to appoint commissioners, as provided in section 6, to appraise the damages to such person upon all the lands so owned or occupied by him, whether they lie in the county where the said court is held or not, provided they are contiguous to each other.

History: Add. 1863, Act 240, Eff. June 22, 1863; CL 1871, 2643; How. 3711; CL 1897, 6685; CL 1915, 8785; CL 1929, 11681; CL 1948, 484.170
Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.15 — MI Code / Chapter 551 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 551.15
Ceremony performance with knowledge of lack of authority or legal impediment; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

If any person shall undertake to join others in marriage, knowing that he is not lawfully authorized so to do, or knowing of any legal impediment to the proposed marriage, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than 1 year, or by a fine not less than 50 nor more than 500 dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 83; CL 1857, 3218; CL 1871, 4729; How. 6219; CL 1897, 8598; CL 1915, 11372; CL 1929, 12700; CL 1948, 551.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1043 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1043
“AmVets Memorial Highway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

Highway I-96 extending from Wayne county west to Muskegon county shall be known as the "AmVets Memorial Highway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.472 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-92-of-1952 / Section 397.472
Public libraries; contracts and arrangements; rights and privileges of residents; expenditures; political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Such contracts and arrangements may be made between and among any number of such libraries. Any library supported in whole or in part by taxes or other public funds or competent in law to be so supported shall be eligible to be included in any such contract or arrangement by whatever authority such library may be maintained and operated. Residents of the territory subject to taxation for support of any library entering into any such contracts or arrangements shall have such rights and privileges in the use of the respective libraries entering into like contracts and arrangements as shall be provided therein. If the expenditures generally of such library shall by the law under which maintained and operated be subject to being budgeted and approved, any expenditure by such library required for carrying out any such contract or arrangement shall be likewise so subject.

The provisions hereof shall be broadly and liberally construed and applied and any provision in any contract or arrangement reasonably tending to effectuate in any part the intents and purposes hereof shall be deemed within the authority hereby granted. Any political subdivision of the state, including school districts, now or hereafter authorized by law to establish or maintain libraries or library services, may enter into contracts or arrangements for library services and facilities provided in section 1 and provide for the payments of obligations arising from such contracts or arrangements by resolution of the legislative body of the political subdivision or school district or in any other manner provided by law.

History: 1952, Act 92, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952; Am. 1953, Act 152, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1953; Am. 1962, Act 59, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.15 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.15
Chapters 500 to 749 of Michigan Compiled Laws; felonies to which chapter applicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapters 500 to 749 of the Michigan Compiled Laws as set forth in sections 15a to 15g of this chapter.

History: Add. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998; Am. 2000, Act 279, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Am. 2001, Act 10, Imd. Eff. May 29, 2001; Am. 2001, Act 152, Eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Am. 2002, Act 206, Eff. May 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.3224 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-49-of-2002 / Section 484.3224
Annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

The authority shall submit an annual report no later than March 1 of each year relating to its activities for the preceding calendar year to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the majority leader of the senate, and to each member of the house and senate committees with oversight over utility and energy issues.

History: 2002, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 2002