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Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.808a — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-412-of-1976 / Section 286.808a
Control or eradication of bee disease; order to destroy colonies; indemnification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

If the division has provided the owner of 1 or more colonies not less than 30 days to remedy a bee disease within the colony or colonies and determines that the control or eradication of bee disease warrants the destruction of 1 or more colonies, the division shall order, in writing, the destruction of those colonies except that in the case of the destruction of colonies infected with American foulbrood disease, the division shall order their destruction in the manner provided for in section 8.

The division shall indemnify the owner of a colony in the amount of 75% of the fair market value of a colony as of the date of destruction, less any compensation received from any source including, but not limited to, compensation for salvage value. Fair market value shall be determined by evidence of sales of similar colonies within the 12 months immediately preceding the date of destruction of the colonies. The owner of the colony shall furnish an affidavit attesting to compensation received, if any, from any other source.

Indemnification pursuant to this section shall be subject to annual appropriations by the legislature and shall not be paid from department of agriculture funds designated for any other purpose. An agreement between the department of agriculture and an owner of the colonies shall contain a provision specifying that, notwithstanding the terms of the agreement, indemnification is subject to appropriations by the legislature.

Acceptance of indemnification under this section operates as a release of the claim of the owner against the state but does not enlarge or diminish the owner's civil remedy against a person responsible for the owner's loss.

The department of agriculture shall not indemnify the owner of a colony acquired by the owner with knowledge that the colony is diseased or that it may have been exposed to a bee disease.

History: Add. 1993, Act 108, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1505 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1505
Evaluation of competency to execute application for administrative admission; notice; petition for appointment of plenary or partial guardian.
Status: in_force

Sec. 505.

(1) Six months before the eighteenth birthday of each resident in a facility, the resident shall be evaluated by the center for the purpose of determining whether he or she is competent to execute an application for administrative admission.

(2) If it is determined by the facility that the resident is not competent to execute an application for administrative admission, or otherwise requires the protective services of a guardian, a parent, or if none, another interested person or entity, the parent, guardian, or interested party shall be notified and requested to file a petition for the appointment of a plenary or partial guardian. If a petition is not filed, the facility may, but need not, file a petition.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2018, Act 596, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.668b — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.668b
Electronic poll book software; timeline for processing voter activity and precinct reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 668b.

(1) Each city or township shall use the electronic poll book software developed, acquired, or approved by the bureau of elections in each election precinct in the city or township on election day to process voters and generate election precinct reports.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), after 4 p.m. on the day before an election, each city or township clerk shall download the electronic poll book software from the qualified voter file software.

(3) In a city or township with more than 50 election precincts, the city or township clerk may begin downloading the electronic poll book software from the qualified voter file software after 2 p.m. on the Saturday before an election. If a city or township clerk downloads the electronic poll book software from the qualified voter file software before 4 p.m. on the day before an election as provided in this subsection, the city or township clerk must provide a supplemental absent voter list to each election precinct before the polls open on election day that captures any absent voter activity in the city or township between 2 p.m. on the Saturday before the election and 4 p.m. on the Monday before the election.

History: Add. 2018, Act 614, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019; Am. 2023, Act 81, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.52 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.52
Gubernatorial candidates; nomination at primary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52.

A general primary election of all political parties shall be held in every election precinct in this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in August preceding every general November election in which a governor is to be elected, at which time the qualified and registered electors of each political party shall vote for party candidates for the office of governor. This section shall not apply to parties required to nominate candidates at caucuses or conventions.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 34, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.710 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.710
Adjutant general; powers and duties; location of office; seal; copies of orders, records, and papers as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 310.

The adjutant general is the military advisor to the governor and the director of the department of military and veterans affairs. The adjutant general's office is in Lansing. The adjutant general may publish orders and other directives in the name of the governor and this state to implement and administer the duties and responsibilities outlined in this act. The adjutant general's duties include the development and implementation of plans for the defense of state military personnel, lands, installations, and vital resources; maintenance of the personnel records of all active, inactive, retired, or deceased personnel of the state military establishment; and liaison in the transaction of official business for this state with the United States and with other states and territories, including those duties devolving upon the adjutant general pursuant to the national defense act and other pertinent federal laws and regulations. The adjutant general shall maintain records of claims for state gratuities for military service rendered by citizens of this state and, when authorized by the legislature, shall receive, examine, process, and recommend the payment of gratuities pursuant to law. The adjutant general may use the coat of arms of this state with the words added "State of Michigan, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs" as the seal of office. All copies of orders, records, and papers certified and authenticated under the seal are equivalent in evidence to the originals.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967; Am. 1990, Act 301, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990; Am. 2002, Act 133, Eff. May 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.117 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-639-of-1978 / Section 120.117
Bonds as securities; investment; deposit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Bonds issued under this act are securities in which all public officers and public agencies of the state and its political subdivisions and all banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and others carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies and insurance associations and others carrying on an insurance business, all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons may legally and properly invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them.

Bonds issued under this act are securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is authorized by law.

History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.5103 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.5103
Misleading labeling or advertisement; liability of disseminator of information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5103.

If a food is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling is misleading or if an advertisement is alleged to be false because it is misleading, then the determination of whether the labeling or advertisement is misleading shall take into account, among other things, not only representations made or suggested by statement, word, design, device, sound, or any combination thereof, but also the extent to which the labeling or advertisement fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or fails to reveal facts material concerning consequences that may result from the use of that food under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual. A label, labeling, or advertising in compliance with the federal act is not considered a violation of this act.

A publisher, radio-broadcast licensee, agency, or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, is not liable under this section for the dissemination of false advertisement unless he or she has refused to provide, upon request of the director, the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or advertising agency who caused the dissemination of the advertisement, or unless he or she has refused, upon the request of the director, to cease dissemination of the false advertisement.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.225a — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.225a
Contract for services, supplies, and materials.
Status: in_force

Sec. 225a.

The commissioner shall contract for services, supplies, and materials pursuant to Act No. 428 of the Public Acts of 1980, being sections 450.771 to 450.776 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and pursuant to the competitive bid requirements of the management and budget act, Act No. 431 of the Public Acts of 1984, being sections 18.1101 to 18.1594 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1994, Act 228, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1434 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1434
Petition; filing; contents; clinical certificate; confidentiality; assisted outpatient treatment; petition not seeking hospitalization.
Status: in_force

Sec. 434.

(1) Any individual 18 years of age or over may file with the court a petition that asserts that an individual is a person requiring treatment.

(2) The petition shall contain the facts that are the basis for the assertion, the names and addresses, if known, of any witnesses to the facts, and, if known, the name and address of the nearest relative or guardian, or, if none, a friend, if known, of the individual.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (7), the petition shall be accompanied by the clinical certificate of a physician or a licensed psychologist, unless after reasonable effort the petitioner could not secure an examination. If a clinical certificate does not accompany the petition, the petitioner shall set forth the reasons an examination could not be secured within the petition. The petition may also be accompanied by a second clinical certificate. If 2 clinical certificates accompany the petition, at least 1 clinical certificate must have been executed by a psychiatrist.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) and section 455, a clinical certificate that accompanies a petition must have been executed within 72 hours before the filing of the petition, and after personal examination of the individual.

(5) If the individual is found not to be a person requiring treatment under this section, the petition and any clinical certificate shall be maintained by the court as a confidential record to prevent disclosure to any person who is not specifically authorized under this chapter to receive notice of the petition or clinical certificate.

(6) The petition described in this section may assert that the subject of the petition should receive assisted outpatient treatment in accordance with section 468(2)(d).

(7) A petition that does not seek hospitalization but only requests that the subject of the petition receive assisted outpatient treatment is not subject to subsection (3) or (4).

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1982, Act 402, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982; Am. 1986, Act 118, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2016, Act 113, Eff. Aug. 8, 2016; Am. 2016, Act 320, Eff. Feb. 14, 2017; Am. 2018, Act 593, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4969 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4969
Payment of actual costs; adjustment of verdict; scope of actual costs; condition prohibiting award of costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4969.

If a party has rejected an evaluation and the action proceeds to trial, that party shall pay the opposing party's actual costs unless the verdict is more favorable to the rejecting party than the mediation evaluation. However, if the opposing party has also rejected the evaluation, that party is entitled to costs only if the verdict is more favorable to that party than the mediation evaluation.

For the purpose of subsection (1), a verdict shall be adjusted by adding to it assessable costs and interest on the amount of the verdict from the filing of the complaint to the date of the mediation evaluation. After this adjustment, the verdict is considered more favorable to a defendant if it is more than 10% below the evaluation, and is considered more favorable to the plaintiff if it is more than 10% above the evaluation.

For the purpose of this section, actual costs include those costs taxable in any civil action and a reasonable attorney fee as determined by the trial judge for services necessitated by the rejection of the mediation evaluation.

Costs shall not be awarded if the mediation award was not unanimous.

History: Add. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.18 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-78-of-2004 / Section 2.18
State symbol for clean water.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The American lotus blossom (Nelumbo lutea) is designated as the official state symbol for clean water in this state.

History: 2004, Act 78, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.873 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-224-of-1966 / Section 445.873
Time price differential consisting of interest on amount of unpaid principal balance of contract; modifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Instead of a time price differential computed on the original principal balance, the seller may charge from time to time a time price differential consisting of interest on the amount of the unpaid principal balance of the contract. The transaction is subject to this act as modified by the following provisions:

The number and amount of installment payments required to be stated under section 3 may be estimated for purposes of this section assuming that each scheduled payment is made on the date it is due and in the scheduled amount.

The holder of the contract has the option of deferring interest charges that accrue due to installment payments being received later than the periodic installment due date. The deferred interest charge shall be computed on the basis of additional interest charges accruing for late installment payments and appropriate interest reductions for installment payments made before the due date. On contracts providing for equal monthly installments, if the final installment is more than 105% of a previous installment as a result of the deferred interest charges, the installment buyer shall be given the option to pay the deferred interest charges not less than 25 days after the date the last installment payment is due.

If the entire principal balance is prepaid in full, together with all interest incurred to the date of prepayment, the balance of the original time price differential shall be canceled and the provisions of section 8 respecting a refund credit shall not be applicable.

History: Add. 1978, Act 97, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1978; Am. 1995, Act 167, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21519a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21519a
Legacy release program; establishment; administration; reimbursement; conditions; request for reimbursement; form; approval by authority; "eligible person" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21519a.

(1) The department shall establish and the authority shall administer a legacy release program as provided in this section to reimburse eligible persons for costs of corrective actions for certain historic releases from refined petroleum underground storage tank systems. An eligible person may be reimbursed for corrective action costs incurred if the eligible person demonstrates all of the following:

(a) The release from which the corrective action or indemnification arose was discovered and reported prior to December 30, 2014.

(b) The release upon which the request for reimbursement is based has not been closed pursuant to part 213 prior to December 30, 2014.

(c) Any refined petroleum underground storage tank systems that are operating at the location from which the release occurred are currently in compliance with the registration requirements of part 211.

(d) The request for reimbursement does not include reimbursement for money that was reimbursed from any other source, including insurance policies.

(e) A claim submitted to the legacy release program shall not be approved by the authority for any of the prohibitions listed under section 21510c.

(f) The request for reimbursement is for corrective action performed on or after December 30, 2014.

(2) An eligible person that seeks to be reimbursed under the legacy release program established under this section shall submit to the authority a request for reimbursement on a form provided by the authority containing the documentation required by the authority.

(3) The authority shall approve a request for reimbursement under this section only as follows:

(a) The amount approved for reimbursement shall be 50% of the aggregate indemnification and corrective action costs incurred, but not more than 50% of the reasonable and necessary eligible costs as determined by the administrator pursuant to section 21515(2) to (10).

(b) The total amount approved for reimbursement shall not exceed a total of $50,000.00 for all releases from refined petroleum underground storage tank systems at a single location.

(c) An owner or operator may request a review of a denied claim or work invoice per section 21521.

(4) As used in this section, "eligible person" means the owner or operator of a refined petroleum underground storage tank system at the time of the reporting of the release.

History: Add. 2017, Act 134, Eff. Jan. 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.2002a — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.2002a
Mental health services for person confined in place of detention; rules for voluntary admission into state mental health facility; involuntary admission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1002a.

For a person confined in a place of detention operated by a political subdivision of the state and who requests mental health services, mental health services shall be provided by the appropriate community mental health program pursuant to the responsibilities described in section 206.

The department of mental health shall promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, establishing a procedure for the voluntary admission into a state mental health facility of a person confined in a place of detention operated by a political subdivision of the state.

The involuntary admission into a state mental health facility of a person confined in a place of detention operated by a political subdivision of the state shall be governed by sections 423 to 444.

History: Add. 1978, Act 636, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.473 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-138-of-1941 / Section 450.473
Non-profit cemetery associations; county clerk, duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The clerk of each county of this state shall, within 90 days from the effective date of this act, prepare and forward to the Michigan corporation and securities commission a written list taken from his records containing the names and addresses of all nonprofit cemetery associations located within his county, together with the dates when the certificates of organization of such associations were accepted for recording by his county.

History: 1941, Act 138, Eff. May 29, 1941; CL 1948, 450.473
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.392 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.392
Vessels, wilfully destroying.
Status: in_force

Sec. 392.

Wilfully destroying vessels, etc.-Any person who shall wilfully cast away, burn, sink or otherwise destroy any ship, boat or vessel within the body of any county, with intent to injure or defraud any owner of such ship, boat or vessel, or the owner of any property on board the same, or any insurer of such ship, boat or vessel or property or any part thereof, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 10 years.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.392