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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1564b — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1564b
Payment or reimbursement of party in advance of final disposition of proceeding; undertaking as unlimited general obligation; evaluation of reasonableness; advancement of expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 564b.

(1) A corporation may pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or by a person that is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other profit or nonprofit enterprise, that is a party or threatened to be made a party to an action, suit, or proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if the person furnishes the corporation a written undertaking, executed personally or on the person's behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that the person did not meet the applicable standard of conduct, if any, required by this act for the indemnification of a person under the circumstances.

(2) An undertaking required under subsection (1) must be an unlimited general obligation of the person but may be unsecured and may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of the person to make repayment.

(3) A corporation shall make an evaluation of reasonableness under this section in the manner specified in section 564a(1) for an evaluation of reasonableness of expenses, and shall make an authorization in the manner specified in section 564a(4) unless an advance is mandatory. A corporation may make an authorization of advances with respect to a proceeding and a determination of reasonableness of advances or selection of a method for determining reasonableness in a single action or resolution covering an entire proceeding. However, unless the action or resolution provides otherwise, the authorizing or determining authority may subsequently terminate or amend the authorization or determination with respect to advances not yet made.

(4) A provision in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, a resolution of the board or shareholders, or an agreement making indemnification mandatory shall also make the advancement of expenses mandatory unless the provision, resolution, or agreement specifically provides otherwise.

History: Add. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997; Am. 2001, Act 57, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2001; Am. 2008, Act 402, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009; Am. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60501 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60501
Aerial photographs and ground control surveys for preparation of base maps; cooperative agreements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60501.

The department, on behalf of the state, may confer with the director of the United States geological survey or his or her representatives and accept the cooperation of the federal government with this state in making aerial photographs and necessary ground control surveys of those portions of the state as may be mutually agreed upon by the cooperating governments, for the preparation of (utility) base maps of those portions of the state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9511 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9511
Secured party of record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9511.

A secured party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party in an initial financing statement that has been filed. If an initial financing statement is filed under section 9514(1), the assignee named in the initial financing statement is the secured party of record with respect to the financing statement.

If an amendment of a financing statement that provides the name of a person as a secured party or a representative of a secured party is filed, the person named in the amendment is a secured party of record. If an amendment is filed under section 9514(2), the assignee named in the amendment is a secured party of record.

A person remains a secured party of record until the filing of an amendment of the financing statement that deletes the person.

History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43303 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43303
Violation of part; fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43303.

A person who violates this part is subject to a civil fine of $50.00 for each day that a violation of this part continues. The fine shall be recovered in the manner provided by law.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5515 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5515
Record shareholder of non-surviving insurer right to dissent and obtain payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5515.

If the dividing insurer does not survive the division, a record shareholder of a dividing insurer is entitled to dissent from and obtain payment of the fair value of that shareholder's shares, in the same manner and to the extent provided for under sections 1762 to 1774 of the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1762 to 450.1774.

History: Add. 2018, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.146 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.146
Application for supplier to millionaire party; form; fee; list of dealers; report of supplier activity; conspiracy prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

(1) A person that applies for a license or renewal of a license to operate as a supplier to millionaire party licensees shall submit a written application to the executive director on a form prescribed by the executive director.

(2) An applicant under this section shall pay an annual license fee of $300.00 at the time of the application.

(3) If an applicant under this section wishes to provide dealers to millionaire party licensees, the applicant shall include with its application a list containing the name of each individual who will work for the applicant as a dealer at millionaire parties and, as to each individual, whether the individual has been convicted of, forfeited bond on a charge of, or pled guilty to any of the following:

(a) A felony.

(b) A gambling offense.

(c) Criminal fraud.

(d) Forgery.

(e) Larceny.

(f) Filing a false report with a governmental agency.

(4) If, after the application is submitted as described in subsection (1) or after the suppliers license is issued, there are any changes in the individuals who will work for the supplier as dealers at millionaire parties, the applicant or supplier shall immediately provide an updated list containing all of the information required under subsection (3).

(5) A supplier licensed under this section shall submit to the executive director reports as required by the executive director regarding the supplier's activities under this article.

(6) A supplier's license expires at 12 midnight on September 30 of each year.

(7) A person shall not obtain a supplier license on behalf of another person. A person shall not have another person obtain a supplier license on the person's behalf. A person, other than a person approved by the executive director, shall not directly or indirectly receive a payment from, pay an expense for, or have an ownership or equity stake in, a supplier.

(8) Two or more persons shall not conspire for 1 or more persons to obtain a supplier's license for the purpose of allowing any person who is not a supplier to enjoy the benefits of the license.

History: Add. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1704 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.1704
Assignee; right to become limited partner; rights, powers, restrictions, and liabilities of assignee who becomes limited partner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 704.

An assignee of a partnership interest, including an assignee of a general partner, may become a limited partner if and to the extent that (1) the assignor gives the assignee that right in accordance with authority described in the certificate of limited partnership, or (2) all other partners consent.

An assignee who has become a limited partner has, to the extent assigned, the rights and powers, and is subject to the restrictions and liabilities, of a limited partner under the partnership agreement and this act. An assignee who becomes a limited partner also is liable for the obligations of the assignor to make and return contributions as provided in article 6. However, the assignee is not obligated for liabilities unknown to the assignee at the time the assignee became a limited partner and which could not be ascertained from the certificate of limited partnership.

If an assignee of a partnership interest becomes a limited partner, the assignor is not released from his or her liability to the limited partnership under sections 207 and 502.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.330 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-90-of-1905 / Section 457.330
Business office; change of location.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The location of the business offices of the grand lodge and grand encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, or either of them, may be changed at any time, upon filing a written notice of such change in the office of the secretary of state, within 20 days from the time of the change of such location.

History: 1905, Act 90, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1905; CL 1915, 10459; CL 1929, 10662; CL 1948, 457.330
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.350s — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-107-of-1941 / Section 41.350s
Effective date of ordinance authorized by MCL 41.350r; petition; election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20s.

If, within 30 days after the date of publication of an ordinance authorized by section 20r, a petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered electors residing within the limits of the township is filed with the township clerk requesting a referendum upon the effectiveness of the ordinance, then the ordinance does not become effective until approved by vote of a majority of the electors of the township qualified to vote and voting on the ordinance at an election. Signatures on the petition shall be verified by some person or persons under oath as the actual signatures of persons whose names are signed, and the township clerk shall have the same power to reject signatures and petitions as city clerks possess by law. The number of registered electors in the township shall be determined by the township clerk from the township registration books.

History: Add. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1505 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1505
Number, election, and term of directors; resignation; designation, compensation, and expenses of independent director; communication of independent director with shareholders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 505.

The board shall consist of 1 or more members. The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the bylaws, unless the articles of incorporation fix the number.

The first board of directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders. At the first annual meeting of shareholders and at each annual meeting thereafter, the shareholders shall elect directors to hold office until the succeeding annual meeting, except in case of the classification of directors as permitted by this act. A director shall hold office for the term for which he or she is elected and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her resignation or removal. A director may resign by written notice to the corporation. The resignation is effective upon its receipt by the corporation or a later time as set forth in the notice of resignation.

The shareholders or board may designate 1 or more directors as an independent director. Any director so designated shall be entitled to reasonable compensation in addition to compensation paid to directors generally, as determined by the board or shareholders, and reimbursement for expenses reasonably related to service as an independent director. An independent director may communicate with shareholders at the corporation's expense, as part of a communication or report sent by the corporation to shareholders. An independent director shall not have any greater duties or liabilities than any other director.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.186d — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.186d
Public building corporations; trustees, number, terms, compensation; members, term, admission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 186d.

The trustees of every such corporation shall provide in the articles the terms and the manner in which members may be admitted. The affairs of such corporation shall be managed by a board of not less than 3 nor more than 9 trustees to be elected by the members as provided by the by-laws. Such trustees shall hold offices for 6 years or for such other period as the by-laws shall determine and until their successors are elected and qualified. No such trustee shall receive any compensation for his services as such.

History: Add. 1947, Act 316, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 450.186d
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.393 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-26-of-1969 / Section 390.393
Board of control; appointment of secretary and treasurer; terms of officers; treasurer's bond; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer. Officers shall serve terms of 1 year and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Before permitting the treasurer to enter upon the duties of his office, the board shall require him to file his bond to the people of this state with such sureties and in such sum not less than the amount of money likely to be in his possession as the board may designate. No officer shall have the power to incur obligations or to dispose of the board's property or funds, except in pursuance of a vote of the board.

History: 1969, Act 26, Eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Am. 1971, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 566.136 — MI Code / Chapter 566 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 566.136
Consideration; evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The consideration of any contract, agreement or promise required by this chapter to be in writing, need not be expressed in the written contract, agreement or promise, or in any note or memorandum thereof, but may be proved by any other legal evidence.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 81; CL 1857, 3187; CL 1871, 4702; How. 6189; CL 1897, 9519; CL 1915, 11984; CL 1929, 13420; CL 1948, 566.136
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.10202 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.10202
Removal of cornea; circumstances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10202.

In any case in which an autopsy is to be done by a county medical examiner or a county medical examiner causes an autopsy to be done, the cornea of the deceased person may be removed by a person authorized by the county medical examiner.

Removal under subsection (1) may be made only under the following circumstances:

An autopsy has already been authorized by the county medical examiner.

The county medical examiner does not have knowledge of an objection by the next of kin of the decedent to the removal of the cornea.

The removal of the cornea will not interfere with the course of any subsequent investigation or autopsy or alter post-mortem facial appearance.

History: Add. 1979, Act 32, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1979; Am. 1982, Act 158, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.203 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-213-of-1963 / Section 129.203
Payment bond; amount; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The payment bond shall be in an amount fixed by the governmental unit but not less than 25% of the contract amount solely for the protection of claimants, as defined in section 6, supplying labor or materials to the principal contractor or his subcontractors in the prosecution of the work provided for in the contract.

History: 1963, Act 213, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1972, Act 351, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.3 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-134-of-1871 / Section 457.3
Filing copy of articles with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers; evidence of existence and incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A copy of said articles of association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic, and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal, and the same may change and alter at pleasure; and a certified copy of the record of such articles of association under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state, of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation.

History: 1871, Act 134, Imd. Eff. Apr. 15, 1871; CL 1871, 3248; How. 4522; CL 1897, 7806; CL 1915, 10242; CL 1929, 10523; CL 1948, 457.3; Am. 1982, Act 102, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.433 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.433
Payment of payrolls, bills, accounts, or claims; warrant; certificate; powers and duties of chief executive officer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 433.

The secretary of the first class school district board shall issue and sign a warrant upon the treasurer for payrolls, bills, and accounts that become due and payable under a contract or because of a previous authorization or action of the board after the payrolls, bills, and accounts are registered and charged to the appropriations from which they are payable. The treasurer, upon receipt of the warrant, shall issue a check in payment thereof.

Other claims and demands against the first class school district shall be made under the regulations of the board. The board, before paying a bill, account, or claim, may require that it be accompanied by a certificate of the person rendering it that the services or the property charged have been actually performed or delivered for the school district, that the sums charged are reasonable and just, and that to the best of that person's knowledge and belief no setoff exists nor payment has been made on account except as included or referred to in the account presented. A similar certificate shall be required on all payrolls, the certificate to be made by the person who supervises the services charged.

If the question under section 410 is approved in the first class school district, then the chief executive officer appointed under section 420 or his or her designee has the powers and shall perform the duties of the board of the first class school district or board officers under this section.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2004, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.111 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-491-of-2006 / Section 408.111
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan works one-stop service center system act".

History: 2006, Act 491, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2319 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2319
Disbursement of amounts received under support order; certified statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 319.

(1) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.

(2) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall do the following:

(a) Direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services.

(b) Issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.

(3) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state under a law similar to subsection (2) shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1168 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-325-of-1978 / Section 38.1168
Cost of administering act and recognition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The cost of administering this act and the granting of recognition under section 5 shall be included within the annual appropriation of the department.

History: 1978, Act 325, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1978; Am. 1998, Act 119, Eff. July 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.1122a — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-274-of-2000 / Section 287.1122a
Breeding license; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22a.

(1) Subject to section 22b, a person that meets all of the following requirements may apply to the department for a breeding license to breed large carnivores:

(a) Is conducting a for-profit or nonprofit business, if the primary purpose of that business is the presentation of animals including large carnivores to the public for education or exhibition purposes.

(b) Is a class C licensee that possesses and maintains a class C license under 9 CFR parts 1 and 2.

(c) Meets or exceeds all standards required of a class C licensee under 9 CFR parts 1 and 2 and maintains the class C license in good standing for the previous 5 years.

(d) Does not allow a patron to come into direct contact with a large carnivore.

(e) Does not sell large carnivores, except to another person that meets the requirements of this section.

(2) As used in this section, "good standing" means a person has not had a federal or state license suspended or revoked, or has not been made subject to a cease and desist order.

History: Add. 2018, Act 610, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019; Am. 2025, Act 34, Imd. Eff. Nov. 18, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20507 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20507
Laboratories to which MCL 333.20501 to 333.20525 inapplicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20507.

Sections 20501 to 20525 do not apply to any of the following:

A laboratory where examinations are always performed personally by the individual desiring the information.

A laboratory operated by an individual licensed to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine and surgery, dentistry, or podiatry who performs clinical laboratory tests or procedures personally or through his or her employees only as an adjunct to the treatment of the licensee's patients.

A laboratory operated in the manner described in subdivision (b) by a group of not more than 5 individuals licensed to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine and surgery, dentistry, or podiatry.

A laboratory operated by a college, university, or school approved by the department of education that is conducted for the training of its students, if the result of an examination performed in the clinical laboratory is not used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

A laboratory operated by the federal government.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978