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Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.110 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.110
Management of event; compensation; equipment; advertising.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

(1) Only a member of the qualified organization shall participate in the management of an event.

(2) A person shall not receive any commission, salary, pay, profit, or wage for participating in the management or operation of a bingo event, a raffle, or a charity game except as provided by rule promulgated under this article.

(3) Except by special permission of the commissioner, a licensee shall conduct bingo games only with equipment that it owns, uses under a bureau-approved rental contract, or is purchasing or renting at a reasonable rate from a supplier.

(4) A licensee shall not advertise a bingo event except to the extent and in the manner permitted by rule promulgated under this article. If the commissioner permits a licensee to advertise a bingo event, the licensee shall indicate in the advertisement the purposes for which the net proceeds will be used by the licensee.

History: 1972, Act 382, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973; Am. 1973, Act 34, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1973; Am. 1976, Act 193, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1976; Am. 1977, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980; Am. 1981, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1982; Am. 1999, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2006, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006; Am. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.55 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.55
Establishment of community college district composed of intermediate school districts; annual tax rate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

A community college district is established under this chapter only if both of the following occur:

A majority of the electors voting in the proposed community college district area approve the organization of the district.

A board of trustees in the proper number is elected by a majority of the voting electors.

A majority of the electors voting in the community college district shall approve of the proposition establishing the maximum annual tax rate for the community college district. If the proposition to establish the maximum annual tax rate does not receive the required vote of the electors, the proposition to establish the maximum annual tax rate may be resubmitted at a regular election or at a special election called by the school district filing official at the request of the board of trustees. If the proposition to establish the maximum annual tax rate fails after being submitted 3 times, the community college district is dissolved.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966; Am. 1967, Act 285, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1967; Am. 2003, Act 306, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.2007 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-499-of-2000 / Section 550.2007
Other senior focused entities; utilization and assistance; establishment of advisory committee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

To assist in implementing this act, the department may utilize the office of services to the aging, area agencies on aging, senior citizens centers, or other senior focused entities, to provide outreach, enrollment assistance, and education services to potentially eligible seniors for both the EPIC and medicaid programs.

To assist in determining the coverage appropriate under the provisions of this act, the department shall establish an advisory committee. The committee shall consist of consumer representatives, members with knowledge in the areas of pharmacology, geriatrics, development and review of budgetary issues and practice, and policy development, and 1 member of each appropriations committee, or his or her designee, as appointed by the respective chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees. The advisory committee shall meet at least once each year.

History: 2000, Act 499, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.228 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.228
Information on juvenile probationers; assistance; free access to books, records, files, and documents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

The department of social services and the probate court of this state shall furnish to the department information, on request, concerning any individual having a previous record as a juvenile probationer who comes within the jurisdiction of the department.

A department, board, commission, official, or employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state, shall give and furnish to the assistant director or to his or her agent, any assistance requested by the assistant director or his or her agent in the performance of their duties. Free access shall be given to any books, records, files, and documents in the custody of the department, board, commission, official, or employee, relating to matters within the scope of the powers and duties of the assistant director, except those expressly prohibited by law or court rule.

History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1979, Act 89, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.404 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-169-of-1976 / Section 15.404
Active engagement in permissible activities; certain hours prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The activities permitted by sections 2 and 3 shall not be actively engaged in by a public employee during those hours when that person is being compensated for the performance of that person's duties as a public employee.

History: 1976, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.755 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-258-of-2003 / Section 124.755
Acquisition of property; accepting deed in lieu of foreclosure or sale; release of tax lien.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Except as provided in section 4(8), an authority may acquire by gift, devise, transfer, exchange, foreclosure, purchase, or otherwise on terms and conditions and in a manner the authority considers proper, real or personal property, or rights or interests in real or personal property.

Real property acquired by an authority by purchase may be by purchase contract, lease purchase agreement, installment sales contract, land contract, or otherwise, except as provided in section 4(8). The authority may acquire real property or rights or interests in real property for any purpose the authority considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, including, but not limited to, 1 or more of the following purposes:

The use or development of property the authority has otherwise acquired.

To facilitate the assembly of property for sale or lease to any other public or private person, including, but not limited to, a nonprofit or for profit corporation.

To protect or prevent the extinguishing of any lien, including a tax lien, held by the authority or imposed upon property held by the authority.

An authority may also acquire by purchase, on terms and conditions and in a manner the authority considers proper, property or rights or interest in property from 1 or more of the following sources:

The department of natural resources under section 2101 or 2102 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.2101 and 324.2102.

A foreclosing governmental unit under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157.

The Michigan state housing development authority under the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1401 to 125.1499c.

An authority may hold and own in its name any property acquired by it or conveyed to it by this state, a foreclosing governmental unit, a local unit of government, an intergovernmental entity created under the laws of this state, or any other public or private person, including, but not limited to, tax reverted property and property with or without clear title.

All deeds, mortgages, contracts, leases, purchases, or other agreements regarding property of an authority, including agreements to acquire or dispose of real property, may be approved by and executed in the name of the authority.

A foreclosing governmental unit may not transfer property subject to forfeiture, foreclosure, and sale under sections 78 to 78p of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.78 to 211.78p, until after the property has been offered for sale or other transfer under section 78m of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.78m, and the foreclosing governmental unit has retained possession of the property under section 78m(7) of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.78m.

History: 2003, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.6308 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.6308
Protection of registering entity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6308.

A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for security registration in beneficiary form. If a registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form assents to the protections given to the registering entity by this part.

By accepting a request for registration of a security in beneficiary form, the registering entity agrees that the registration will be implemented on the deceased owner's death as provided in this part.

A registering entity is discharged from all claims to a security by a deceased owner's estate, creditors, heirs, or devisees if the entity registers a transfer of the security in accordance with section 6307 and does so in good-faith reliance on all of the following:

The registration.

This part.

Information provided to it by a sworn statement of the deceased owner's personal representative, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving beneficiary's representatives, or other information available to the registering entity.

This part's protections do not extend to a reregistration or payment made after a registering entity receives written notice from a claimant to an interest in the security objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary form. No other notice or other information available to the registering entity affects its right to protection under this part.

The protection provided by this part to the registering entity of a security does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the security transferred or its value or proceeds.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1558 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-260-of-1988 / Section 691.1558
Administration of program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This program shall be administered through community dispute resolution centers operated by grant recipients pursuant to a grant contract awarded by the state court administrator.

History: 1988, Act 260, Eff. Nov. 13, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.166 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-147-of-1935 / Section 254.166
Alternative methods of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Act provides alternative method. This act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.

History: 1935, Act 147, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1935; CL 1948, 254.166
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.405 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-237-of-1919 / Section 45.405
Sheriffs; appointment of under-sheriff and deputies; contracts for board of prisoners; office supplies, claims of salaried officers for expenses, hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The sheriff shall appoint an under-sheriff and may, in his discretion, appoint such deputy sheriffs as may be provided for by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors is also hereby empowered to make contracts with the sheriff for the board and laundry of the prisoners lodged in the county jail: Provided, That the board of supervisors or the board of county auditors in counties having a board of county auditors, as the case may be, shall provide for all printing, stationery, postage, purchase of books, records and other papers and things necessary for the public service; and said board is hereby empowered to hear, determine and allow the claims of the sheriff and his deputies and under-sheriff and of the county clerks, county treasurers and registers of deeds and their deputies who receive a salary by virtue of this act, for any money actually expended by them in pursuance of their official duties, the same as other claims against the county.

History: 1919, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; Am. 1921, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 1350; CL 1948, 45.405
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1602 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1602
Specific powers of amendment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 602.

Without limiting the general power of amendment granted by section 601, a corporation may amend its articles of incorporation to do any of the following:

Change its corporate name.

Enlarge, limit, or otherwise change its corporate purposes or powers.

Change the duration of the corporation.

Increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares, or shares of any class or series of any class, which the corporation has authority to issue.

Exchange, classify, reclassify, or cancel any of its issued or unissued shares.

Change the designation of any of its issued or unissued shares, and change the preferences, limitations, and relative rights in respect of any of its issued or unissued shares.

Change the issued or unissued shares of any class or series into a different number of shares of the same class or series or into the same or a different number of shares of other classes or series.

Create new classes or series of shares having rights and preferences superior or inferior to, or equal with, the issued or unissued shares of any class or series then authorized.

Cancel or otherwise affect the right of the holders of the shares of any class or series to receive dividends that have accrued but have not been declared.

Divide any class of issued or unissued shares into series and fix the designations of the series and the preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of the series.

Authorize the board to divide authorized but unissued shares of any class into series and fix the designations and number of shares of the series and the preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of the series.

Authorize the board to fix or change the designation, number of, preferences, limitations, or relative rights of the shares of an established series the shares of which have not been issued.

Revoke, diminish, or enlarge the authority of the board to take any action set forth in subdivisions (k) and ( l ).

Limit, deny, or grant to shareholders of a class the preemptive right to acquire shares of the corporation.

Change its registered office or change its resident agent.

Strike out, change, or add any provision for management of the business and conduct of the affairs of the corporation, or creating, defining, limiting, and regulating the powers of the corporation, its directors and shareholders, or any class of shareholders, including any provision that under this act is required or permitted to be set forth in the bylaws.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1974, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1974; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.161 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.161
Offices of state senator or representative; eligibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 161.

A person is not eligible to the office of state senator or representative unless the person is a citizen of the United States and a registered and qualified elector of the district he or she represents by the filing deadline, as provided in section 7 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 63, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1982, Act 505, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.358a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.358a
Special election; purpose; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 358a.

The township board of a township may call a special election to be held in the township for the purpose of submitting a ballot question to the electors of the township. A special election shall be held on a regular election date. Notice of the special election shall be given in the same manner required by section 653a.

History: Add. 1956, Act 104, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956; Am. 1990, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990; Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5885 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5885
Infant safe sleep practices; information and materials to be provided by hospital; parent acknowledgment statement; form; birth occurring in setting other than hospital; use of materials consistent with or provided by department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5885.

(1) A hospital shall provide to parents readily understandable information and educational and instructional materials regarding infant safe sleep practices. The materials described in this subsection must explain the risk factors associated with infant death due to unsafe sleep practices and emphasize infant safe sleep practices.

(2) A hospital shall prescribe the form of a parent acknowledgment statement. The form must include a place for a parent to sign, acknowledging that the parent has received the educational and instructional materials provided on the risk factors associated with infant death due to unsafe sleep practices and infant safe sleep practices.

(3) For a birth that occurs in a setting other than a hospital, the health professional in charge at the birth of an infant, or if none the health professional in charge of the care of an infant, shall provide the materials described in subsection (1) to a parent after the birth of an infant.

(4) To comply with this section, a hospital or health professional subject to this section may use educational and instructional materials provided by the department under subsection (5) or may use educational and instructional materials of its choice that are consistent with the materials provided by the department under subsection (5).

(5) Upon the request of a hospital or health professional subject to this section, the department shall provide, at no cost, to the hospital or health professional, educational and instructional materials described in section 5887(c).

History: Add. 2014, Act 122, Eff. Aug. 12, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6143 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6143
Scope of chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6143.

This chapter is in addition to and does not affect enforcement of judgments or proceedings supplementary thereto, by any other methods now or hereafter provided by law.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.3104 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.3104
Definitions; I to U.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1104.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Insolvent" means being unable to pay debts as they become due in the usual course of a debtor's business.

(b) "Member capital" means the assets that a member must provide by payment, transfer, or allocation of net savings to a cooperative as a condition of admission to or retention of membership and with respect to which the member has rights to dividends, redemption, or distributions on dissolution under this chapter.

(c) "Membership fee" means a nonredeemable fee that a member must pay to a cooperative as a condition of admission to or retention of membership in the cooperative that is not member capital or a fee for goods, services, or facilities.

(d) "Patron" means a person whose economic exchange is a regular part of the business of a cooperative or foreign cooperative, if the economic exchange is the same type of regular economic exchange engaged in by any class of members.

(e) "Patronage" means the selling or providing of goods, services, or facilities to, or the buying of goods, services, or facilities from members or other persons, or providing labor or services to or by a cooperative.

(f) "Redemption" means any method by which a cooperative exchanges cash or debt instruments for member capital, including, but not limited to, repurchase, redemption, refund, or repayment.

(g) "Referendum" means a method of member voting that utilizes secret ballot and established polling places as provided in the cooperative's bylaws or under section 409.

(h) "Unincorporated cooperative" means either of the following:

( i ) An association of 2 or more persons that is organized on a cooperative basis and that is not a corporation.

( ii ) An association of 2 or more persons that is organized under the laws of another state and operates on either a cooperative basis or a similar basis provided in that state as the criterion for being a cooperative, and that is not a corporation.

History: Add. 1984, Act 209, Eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.902 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-348-of-1990 / Section 565.902
Priority of future advance mortgage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Except as otherwise provided by this act, a future advance mortgage securing a future advance shall have priority with respect to the future advance as if the future advance was made at the time the future advance mortgage was recorded.

History: 1990, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1991; Am. 1992, Act 35, Eff. July 1, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30717 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30717
Special assessment district; acceptance and repayment of advance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30717.

(1) A special assessment district under this part may borrow money or accept an advance of work, material, or money from a public or private corporation, a partnership, an association, an individual, or the federal government or any agency of the federal government for payment of financing of any costs in connection with a normal level project, including all of the following:

(a) Costs of easement and land acquisition.

(b) Engineering fees.

(c) Financing costs.

(d) Legal fees.

(e) Costs of a preliminary, feasibility, practicability, environmental assessment, or impact study.

(f) Any other permissible costs under this part.

(2) The special assessment district shall pay or provide reimbursement for the obligations under subsection (1), with or without interest as may be agreed, when funds are available. The obligation of the special assessment district under this subsection may be evidenced by a contract or note. The contract or note may pledge the full faith and credit of the special assessment district and may be made payable out of any of the following:

(a) Assessments made or to be made against public corporations at large or against lands in the special assessment district.

(b) The proceeds of lake level orders, notes, or bonds issued by the special assessment district pursuant to this act.

(c) Any other available funds.

(3) A contract or note described in subsection (2) is not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, unless the principal amount of the obligation is more than $600,000.00. However, if the principal amount of the obligation is $600,000.00 or less, the contract or note is subject to the agency financing reporting act, 2002 PA 470, MCL 129.171 to 129.177. Projects in which advances or loans are made by any public corporation, the federal government, or any agency of the federal government are not subject to either the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, or the agency financing reporting act, 2002 PA 470, MCL 129.171 to 129.177.

(4) The county board of commissioners by a majority vote of its members may pledge the full faith and credit of the county for the payment of a contract or note of the special assessment district.

(5) All notes previously issued under this section shall be considered to have been validly issued.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2002, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002; Am. 2024, Act 112, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025