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Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.540 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-251-of-1968 / Section 456.540
Appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Any person aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner rendered under section 19 may appeal to the circuit court as provided in chapter 6 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.301 to 24.306 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1968, Act 251, Eff. Sept. 15, 1968; Am. 1982, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.2301 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-551-of-2008 / Section 451.2301
Offer or sale of security; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 301.

A person shall not offer or sell a security in this state unless 1 or more of the following are met:

(a) The security is a federal covered security.

(b) The security, transaction, or offer is exempted from registration under sections 201 to 203.

(c) The security is registered under this act.

History: 2008, Act 551, Eff. Oct. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2710 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2710
Multiple substitute gifts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2710.

If, under section 2709, substitute gifts are created and not superseded with respect to more than 1 beneficiary designation and the beneficiary designations are alternative beneficiary designations, one to the other, the determination of which of the substitute gifts takes effect is resolved as follows:

Except as provided in subdivision (b), the property passes under the primary substitute gift.

If there is a younger-generation beneficiary designation, the property passes under the younger-generation substitute gift and not under the primary substitute gift.

As used in this section:

"Primary beneficiary designation" means the beneficiary designation that would have taken effect had all the deceased beneficiaries of the alternative beneficiary designations who left surviving descendants survived the decedent.

"Primary substitute gift" means the substitute gift created with respect to the primary beneficiary designation.

"Younger-generation beneficiary designation" means a beneficiary designation for which all of the following are true:

Is to a descendant of a beneficiary of the primary beneficiary designation.

Is an alternative beneficiary designation with respect to the primary beneficiary designation.

Is a beneficiary designation for which a substitute gift is created.

Would have taken effect had all the deceased beneficiaries who left surviving descendants survived the decedent except the deceased beneficiary or beneficiaries of the primary beneficiary designation.

"Younger-generation substitute gift" means the substitute gift created with respect to the younger-generation beneficiary designation.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.97 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-307-of-1917 / Section 45.97
Adoption of act by counties; scope.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The provisions of this act shall not apply to any county except where such county, by its board of supervisors, shall adopt the provisions hereof. Upon petition of not less than 25 electors of any county in this state, addressed to the board of supervisors, such board shall have power, by resolution, to adopt the provisions of this act in and for their respective counties. The provisions of this act shall not apply to counties having a population of less than 75,000 inhabitants.

History: 1917, Act 307, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 1445; Am. 1931, Act 144, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1931; CL 1948, 45.97
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.278 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-78-of-1971 / Section 14.278
Amendment of trust instrument.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

In the case of a trust which is solely for named public charitable organizations and as to which the trustee does not possess any discretion with regard to the distribution of income or principal among 2 or more organizations, the trustee, with the consent of the named public charitable organizations, may amend the governing instrument to comply with subsection (2) of section 5.

If a charitable trust is not subject to subsection (1) of section 8, the trustee with the consent of the attorney general may amend the governing instrument to comply with subsection (2) of section 5.

History: 1971, Act 78, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.11 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.11
"Residence" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) "Residence", as used in this act, for registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of lodging. If a person has more than 1 residence, or if a person has a residence separate from that of his or her spouse, that place at which the person resides the greater part of the time shall be his or her official residence for the purposes of this act. This section does not affect existing judicial interpretation of the term residence.

(2) An elector does not gain or lose a residence while employed in the service of the United States or of this state, while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this state, of the United States, or of the high seas, while a student at an institution of learning, while kept at any state facility or hospital at public expense, or while confined in a jail or prison. Honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the United States or of this state who reside in the veterans' facility established by this state may acquire a residence where the facility is located. The residence of a person who is a patient receiving treatment at a hospital or other facility under the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106, is the village, city, or township where the person resided immediately before admission to the hospital or other facility.

(3) A member of the armed forces of the United States is not a resident of this state due to being stationed in a military or naval facility within this state.

(4) For purposes of registering to vote and voting at an election or special election for the office of judge of a municipal court that exercises jurisdiction over another city pursuant to section 9928(3) of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.9928, a person who resides in the other city over which municipal court jurisdiction is exercised is considered a resident of the city in which the municipal court is located and may register for, and vote in, that election in the city in which he or she resides.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 3, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1977, Act 120, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1977; Am. 2010, Act 253, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 5 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 5
Island areas, contiguity.
Status: repealed

History: Abrogated. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 6, 2018, Eff. Dec. 22, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.21 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.21
Unacknowledged deed; filing of copy by person interested; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

A person interested in a deed that is not acknowledged may at any time before or during an application to the circuit court file in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the lands are situated, a copy of the deed compared with the original by the register, which shall in the case of proceedings before a court of record, for the space of 10 days after the first day of the next term of the court, have the same effect as the recording of the deed, if the deed shall, within that time be duly proved and recorded.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2740; CL 1871, 4223; How. 5671; CL 1897, 8976; CL 1915, 11708; CL 1929, 13296; CL 1948, 565.21; Am. 1991, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.114 — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-90-of-1978 / Section 409.114
Employment of minor in performance by performing arts organization; approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

This act shall not prevent a minor from being employed in a performance by any performing arts organization if a letter of approval is obtained from the department of labor by the representative of the arts organization. Approval shall be issued only if the department of labor determines that the employment is not detrimental to the health or personal well-being of the minor, that the minor is adequately supervised, and that the minor's education is not neglected.

History: 1978, Act 90, Eff. June 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1401 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.1401
Notice; method and time of giving.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1401.

If notice of a hearing on a petition is required and except for specific notice requirements as otherwise provided by supreme court rule, the petitioner shall cause notice of the time and place of the hearing on the petition to be given to each interested person or the person's attorney if the person has appeared by attorney or requested that notice be sent to the person's attorney. Unless otherwise provided by supreme court rule, notice must be given by 1 of the following methods:

Mailing a copy at least 14 days before the time set for the hearing by certified, registered, or first-class mail addressed to the person being notified at the post office address given in the person's demand for notice, if any, or at the person's office or place of residence, if known.

Delivering a copy to the person being notified personally at least 7 days before the time set for the hearing.

If the address or identity of the person is not known and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, publishing once a copy in a newspaper having general circulation in the county where the hearing is to be held at least 14 days before the time set for the hearing.

The court for good cause shown may provide for a different method or time of giving notice for a hearing.

Proof that notice was given must be made at or before the hearing and filed in the proceeding.

If a person entitled to notice under section 3306, 3310, 3403, 3414, 3705, or 5426 is a resident in and a citizen of a foreign country, the person required to give notice must notify the consul of the foreign nation in the city of New York or of the district having jurisdiction, or the consul, vice-consul, or consular agent resident in this state, if there is one, of the matters and with the particulars described in the relevant section of this act.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9101 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9101
Uniform commercial code-secured transactions; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9101.

This article shall be known and may be cited as "uniform commercial code-secured transactions".

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.965 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-92-of-1993 / Section 565.965
Liability of agent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

An agent of a transferor shall not be liable for any violation of this act by a transferor unless any agent knowingly acts in concert with a transferor to violate this act.

History: 1993, Act 92, Eff. Jan. 10, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.931 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-448-of-2014 / Section 554.931
Fees; continuing care administration fund; creation; disposition; investment; money remaining at close of fiscal year; expenditures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

(1) The fee for filing an application for initial registration of the offer or sale of continuing care agreements or continuing care at home agreements is $250.00. If an application for registration is withdrawn before the effective date of registration or a stop order is issued before that date, the department shall retain the following:

(a) A fee of $25.00 if the initial review has not been commenced.

(b) The full application fee if the review has commenced.

(2) The fee for filing an application for registration renewal is $100.00.

(3) The continuing care administration fund is created within the state treasury. Fees collected by the department under this act shall be deposited into the fund. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. The department shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(4) The department shall expend money from the continuing care administration fund, upon appropriation, only for the purposes of administration and enforcement of this act.

History: 2014, Act 448, Eff. Apr. 2, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2205 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2205
Investigation and resolution of service complaints.
Status: in_force

Sec. 205.

The commission may investigate and resolve complaints under this act. The penalties under this act shall not be imposed for a violation that occurred more than 2 years before the date the complaint was filed.

History: 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Am. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995; Am. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005; Am. 2011, Act 58, Imd. Eff. June 14, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21111 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21111
Deferments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21111.

The following are deferred from regulation under this part until such time as the department determines that they should be regulated:

Wastewater treatment tank systems.

An underground storage tank system containing radioactive material that is regulated under the atomic energy act of 1954, chapter 1073, 68 Stat. 919.

An underground storage tank system that is part of an emergency generator system at nuclear power generation facilities regulated by the nuclear regulatory commission under 10 C.F.R. part 50, appendix A to part 50 of title 10 of the code of federal regulations.

Airport hydrant fuel distribution systems.

Underground storage tank systems with field-constructed tanks.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.117 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-93-of-1974 / Section 287.117
Removal and disposition of abused or neglected horses or ponies; notice; no liability for removal; prerequisite to return of horses or ponies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The department may order the removal of horses or ponies from any riding stable where it finds that the horses or ponies have been abused or neglected. The department may place the horses or ponies in a facility which it maintains or in a licensed establishment at the cost of the violator. The department shall notify the violator personally or by certified mail at his last known address of the removal of the horses or ponies and the place where they will be kept. The department or its authorized agent is not liable for the removal of the horses or ponies. The horses or ponies shall not be returned to the violator until the department is satisfied that the objectionable conditions have been or will be corrected.

The department may order the removal of horses or ponies from any sales barn where it finds that the horses or ponies have been abused or neglected. The horses or ponies shall be returned to their owners. The expenses of the removal and return shall be borne by the violator. The department shall notify the violator personally or by certified mail at his last known address of the removal. The department or its authorized agent shall not be liable for the removal of the horses or ponies.

History: 1974, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 431.319 — MI Code / Chapter 431 / Act Act-279-of-1995 / Section 431.319
Payment into horsemen's purse account; disposition; distribution; payment of net commission on live and simulcast racing to the pari-mutuel horse racing disbursement account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a race meeting licensee shall pay an amount equal to not less than 25% and not more than 40% of the net commission generated at the licensee's race meeting to a site-specific horsemen's purse account. Money paid into a horsemen's purse account under this act must be deposited in a depository designated by the participating certified horsemen's organizations and distributed by their designated agent as follows:

(a) For purses for live horse races at a licensed race meeting in this state.

(b) Each year, all certified horsemen's organizations that participate in a live race meeting may receive an amount approved by order of the racing commissioner to use for general expenses. Beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 of each year, the certified horsemen's organization is entitled to not less than 5% of the site-specific horsemen's purse account as ordered by the racing commissioner.

(2) A race meeting licensee shall pay the net commission generated from wagering on live and simulcast racing through the race meeting licensee's third-party facilitator to the pari-mutuel horse racing disbursement account. On the first day of each month after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, money paid into the pari-mutuel horse racing disbursement account must be distributed as follows:

(a) Fifty percent to be divided equally to each certified horsemen's organization.

(b) Fifty percent to be divided equally to each track licensee.

History: 1995, Act 279, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1996; Am. 2016, Act 271, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016; Am. 2019, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 454.201 — MI Code / Chapter 454 / Act Act-28-of-1891 / Section 454.201
Builders and traders exchanges; incorporation, purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That any number of persons, not less than 3, may associate themselves together and become incorporated as a builders or a builders and traders exchange for the purpose of providing and regulating suitable rooms or places of meeting; to promote mechanical and industrial interests, to inculcate just and equitable principles of trade, to establish and maintain uniformity in commercial usages, by rules and regulations; to acquire, preserve and disseminate valuable business information; to adjust differences and settle disputes between members, or between members and others; and for other purposes conducive to the interests of members thereof.

History: 1891, Act 28, Imd. Eff. Apr. 15, 1891; CL 1897, 7460; CL 1915, 9832; CL 1929, 10299; CL 1948, 454.201
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1326 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1326
Registration statement; nonmaterial information not disclosed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1326.

(1) Information does not need to be disclosed on a registration statement filed under section 1325 if the information is not material for the purposes of sections 1324 to 1325a and 1327 to 1343.

(2) Unless the director by rule or order provides otherwise, a sale, purchase, exchange, loan, extension of credit, or investment involving 1/2 of 1% or less of an insurer's admitted assets on the preceding December 31 is not material for purposes of sections 1324 to 1325a and 1327 to 1343.

(3) A sale, purchase, exchange, loan, extension of credit, or investment involving 1/2 of 1% or less of an insurer's admitted assets on the preceding December 31 is not material for purposes of an annual group capital calculation under section 1325b or an NAIC liquidity stress test under section 1325c.

History: Add. 1970, Act 136, Imd. Eff. July 29, 1970; Am. 2022, Act 259, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.74118 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.74118
Park permits; monthly accounting; compensation; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 74118.

On or before the tenth day of every month, all persons authorized to sell park permits shall pay to the department all money received from the sale of park permits for the preceding month. Any person who refuses or neglects to pay the money as provided in this section, in addition to other penalties provided by law, forfeits the right to sell park permits. All persons authorized to sell park permits, except employees of the department who receive a regular salary from the state, may charge the purchaser as compensation 15 cents additional for each annual park permit and 10 cents additional for each daily park permit issued. On or before February 15 of each year a complete report of all permits sold during the previous calendar year shall be filed with the department by each person authorized to sell park permits, and all unsold park permits for the previous year shall be returned to the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.137a — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-422-of-1984 / Section 722.137a
Placement of siblings; variance from licensing rules or statutes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

If the case of a child who has at least 1 sibling is otherwise before a local board, the local board may evaluate the child's placement in a foster family home or foster family group home that would allow the child and 1 or more siblings to remain or be placed together, but would also require obtaining a variance from 1 or more licensing rules or statutes under section 8b of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.118b. If the local board determines that such a placement would be in the child's best interests and that the variance from the particular licensing rules or statutes would not jeopardize the health or safety of a child residing in the foster family home or foster family group home, the local board shall recommend the variance to the department of consumer and industry services as provided in section 8b of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.118b.

History: Add. 1997, Act 170, Eff. Mar. 31, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.721 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.721
Tax tribunal; creation; quasi-judicial agency; appointment, reappointment, and terms of members; vacancy; training.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) The tax tribunal is created and is a quasi-judicial agency which, for administrative purposes only, is in the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

(2) The tribunal consists of 7 members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, for terms of 4 years.

(3) A member may be reappointed and a vacancy shall be filled for an unexpired term in the same manner as the appointment is made for a full term.

(4) Members shall receive training on matters relevant to the work of the tribunal, including, but not limited to, proper courtroom procedures, state and local tax issues, accepted appraisal practices, and proper assessing practices.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 365, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976; Am. 2018, Act 438, Eff. Oct. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1143 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1143
Jurisdiction of military courts and board; presumption; burden of proof.
Status: in_force

Sec. 143.

The jurisdiction of the military courts and board established by this code shall be presumed and the burden of proof shall rest on a person seeking to remove a court or board of jurisdiction in an action or proceeding.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3704 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3704
Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3704.

A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent's estate and, except as otherwise specified or ordered in regard to a supervised personal representative, do so without adjudication, order, or direction of the court. However, the personal representative may invoke the court's jurisdiction in a proceeding authorized by this act to resolve a question concerning the estate or its administration.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000