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Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1611bb — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1611bb
Governor's emergency education relief (GEER) fund; reallocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11bb.

(1) From the federal fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated for 2023-2024 the amount remaining, estimated at $13,300,000.00, from the federal funding awarded to this state that has reverted to the governor's emergency education relief fund under provisions of section 2002 of the American rescue plan act of 2021, Public Law 117-2, for the purposes described in this section.

(2) The department shall make funding under this section available to districts and intermediate districts in the same proportion as funding was made available to districts and intermediate districts under the formula distribution of the original governor's emergency education relief fund dollars received and distributed by the state under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security act, Public Law 116-136.

(3) Districts and intermediate districts shall use funding received under this section for allowable uses to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency and its negative impacts, including, but not limited to, its negative impacts on mental health, as determined by the department.

(4) The department shall develop a process to award and make funding available to districts and intermediate districts in a time frame that allows districts and intermediate districts to properly obligate these funds before the federal obligation deadlines for these funds.

(5) The department may utilize a portion of funding allocated under this section, up to the amount allowable under federal guidance, for the purposes of administering this section.

History: Add. 2024, Act 120, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1701 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-84-of-2020 / Section 390.1701
Short title; intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) This act may be cited as the "Michigan reconnect grant act".

(2) The reconnect program and reconnect initiative created respectively in this act and the Michigan reconnect grant recipient act, 2020 PA 68, MCL 390.1711 to 390.1723, are intended to provide last-dollar financial assistance to individuals age 25 and older seeking associate degrees or industry-recognized certificates or credentials; to provide those individuals with greater access to the education and skills needed to succeed in, and meet the demands of, an evolving economy in which there is continuing demand for a talented local workforce; to drive innovations specific to adult learners in this state's community colleges; to mitigate educational equity gaps in the furtherance of individual prosperity; and to achieve the goal of increasing the number of residents ages 25 to 64 with a college degree or skill certificate or credential to 60% by 2030.

History: 2020, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2020; Am. 2022, Act 251, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.601 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-288-of-1965 / Section 286.601
Transportation of migrant agricultural workers; minimum safety standards, rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The department of commerce, public service commission division, shall adopt rules and regulations on or before July 1, 1966 in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, to protect the health and safety of migrant workers proceeding to or returning from employment in agriculture in any motor vehicle carrier.

The rules and regulations shall specify the minimum safety and other requirements for motor vehicles, parts, accessories, equipment and safety devices thereon and for health, language, driving skill, age and other requirements for operators of motor vehicles which transport migrant workers and which are covered by the regulations. The rules may also specify other minimum safety requirements for transportation of migrant workers to or from agricultural employment.

The department may, by rule, require the additional licensing of persons authorized to operate motor vehicles used to transport migrant agricultural workers which otherwise are subject to the regulations promulgated pursuant to this act. There shall be no fee for such license.

History: 1965, Act 288, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965; Am. 1966, Act 190, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 774.1e — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 774.1e
Refusal by, or neglect of, complainant to pay costs; judgment; execution; disposition of money collected.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1e.

If the complainant refuses or neglects to pay the costs accrued under section 1d of this chapter, the court immediately may enter judgment against the complainant for the amount of those costs and issue execution on that judgment, in the same manner and with the same effect as in case of an execution issued by the circuit court on a judgment in a civil action. Money collected under this section shall be paid to the trial court and shall be applied to the payment of the costs for which the judgment was rendered.

History: Add. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.33927 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.33927
Ascertainment of rights by department; hearing; powers of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33927.

The department shall ascertain and decide upon the rights of persons claiming the benefit of this part, and it may hear and decide in a summary manner all matters respecting such applications or claims, except as otherwise provided in this part, and to that end may compel the attendance of witnesses and receive testimony by deposition or otherwise as may be produced, and determine thereon, according to equity and justice, the validity and just extent of the claim and respective rights of conflicting claimants making application for a lease. It shall cause minutes of the filing of such claims and all its proceedings to be entered in a book kept for that purpose and keep a record of the evidence from which its decisions are made, and it is authorized when it considers it necessary, or upon request of any of the claimants, to employ a stenographer to assist the department. The department may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers upon any hearing before the department under this part. In case of disobedience on the part of any person or persons, or willful failure to appear pursuant to any subpoena issued by the department, or upon refusal of any witnesses to testify regarding any matter pending before the department or to produce books and papers which he or she is required by the department to produce, the circuit court of any county in this state, upon the application of the department, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein, and in addition the department shall have the powers vested in the circuit court to compel witnesses to testify to any matter pending before the department, and each witness who appears before the department by its order or subpoena shall receive for his or her attendance the fees and mileage provided witnesses in civil cases in circuit courts, said fees to be paid by the party calling such witnesses.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.18 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.18
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

As used in this act:

"Help America vote act of 2002" means the help America vote act of 2002, 42 USC 15301 to 15545.

"National voter registration act of 1993" means the national voter registration act of 1993, 42 USC 1973gg to 1973gg-10.

"Uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act" means the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act, 42 USC 1973ff to 1973ff-6.

"Voting accessibility for the elderly and handicapped act" means the voting accessibility for the elderly and handicapped act, 42 USC 1973ee to 1973ee-6.

"Voting rights act of 1965" means the voting rights act of 1965, 42 USC 1973 to 1973aa-6.

History: Add. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.24b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.24b
“Late model vehicle” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24b.

"Late model vehicle" means a vehicle weighing 8,000 pounds or less, manufactured in the current model year or the 5 model years immediately preceding the current model year, or, if over 8,000 pounds, a vehicle manufactured in the current model year or the 15 model years immediately preceding the current model year.

History: Add. 1978, Act 507, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.291 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-233-of-1955 / Section 124.291
Change in jurisdiction over territory in contracting municipality; effect on contract obligations; generator of waste not precluded from arranging for use of recyclable waste materials.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A change in the jurisdiction over territory in a municipality which has contracted with the authority for the acquisition, construction, and financing of a sewage disposal system, water supply system, solid waste management system, or a combination of systems under this act, or has contracted with the authority for sewage disposal, water, or solid waste management services, or a combination of services shall not impair the obligations of the contract. In event of a change in jurisdiction over territory, the contract shall be carried out insofar as the territory is concerned by the authority and the municipality as shall have jurisdiction to furnish water, sewage disposal, or solid waste management services, or a combination of services to the territory, unless that requirement would operate to impair a contract obligation, in which case the contracting municipality shall retain jurisdiction over the territory for the purpose of carrying out its contractual obligations. A change in municipal jurisdiction over territory within an authority shall not in any manner affect the authority or its boundaries.

A generator of waste shall not be precluded by an ordinance, rule, regulation, policy or practice from arranging for the use of the generator's recyclable waste materials.

History: 1955, Act 233, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955; Am. 1957, Act 299, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1957; Am. 1981, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1063 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-227-of-1985 / Section 141.1063
Authority of member, executive director, or other personnel as to notes, bonds, and investments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Within limitations that are stated in the issuance or authorization resolution of the authority, the authority may authorize a member of the board, the executive director of the authority, or other personnel within the department of treasury staffing and assisting the authority and designated by the board to do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Sell and deliver, and receive payment for, notes or bonds.

(b) Refund notes or bonds by the delivery of new notes or bonds whether or not the notes or bonds to be refunded have matured or are subject to redemption.

(c) Deliver notes or bonds, partly to refund notes or bonds and partly for any other authorized purpose.

(d) Buy notes or bonds so issued and resell those notes or bonds.

(e) Approve interest rates or methods for fixing interest rates, prices, discounts, maturities, principal amounts, denominations, dates of issuance, interest payment dates, redemption rights at the option of the authority or the holder, the place of delivery and payment, and other matters and procedures necessary to complete the transactions authorized.

(f) Direct the investment of money of the authority that the authority has the power to invest.

(g) Create and manage investments on behalf of governmental units and the state water pollution control revolving fund established under section 16a and the state drinking water revolving fund established under section 16b.

History: 1985, Act 227, Eff. Mar. 31, 1986; Am. 1988, Act 316, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 281, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 1990; Am. 1996, Act 241, Imd. Eff. June 10, 1996; Am. 1997, Act 27, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1997; Am. 2012, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1681 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-100-of-2002 / Section 38.1681
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public employee retirement benefit protection act".

History: 2002, Act 100, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.576 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.576
Head of department of civil rights.
Status: in_force

Sec. 476.

The head of the department of civil rights is the civil rights commission.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.794a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.794a
Electronic voting system; authorization; acquisition; abandonment; use; accuracy test; applicability of subsections (1) and (2).
Status: in_force

Sec. 794a.

Subject to this section, the board of commissioners of a county, the legislative body of a city or village, the township board of a township, or the school board of a school district, by a majority vote, may authorize, acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, adopt, experiment with, or abandon an electronic voting system approved for use in this state in an election, and may use the system in all or a part of the precincts within its boundaries, or in combination with other approved voting systems.

A new electronic voting system shall not be used at a general election in a county, city, or township unless, in addition to the other requirements of this act, all of the following requirements are met:

The county, city, or township purchases or otherwise acquires the electronic voting system 6 months or more before the next general election to be held in that county, city, or township.

The county, city, or township uses the electronic voting system at a primary, special, or other local election held in the county, city, or township before the general election.

The appropriate board of election commissioners shall provide for an accuracy test of an electronic voting system in the manner prescribed in rules promulgated by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures for preparing test decks and conducting accuracy tests for electronic voting systems in this state.

Before an election held in a county, city, township, village, or school district, the secretary of state may randomly select and test for accuracy an electronic voting system to be used by the county, city, township, village, or school district in that election. The secretary of state shall use the test decks prepared by the secretary of state to conduct the random tests allowed under this subsection.

A board of election commissioners shall not use in an election an electronic voting system that has failed the most recent accuracy test performed on that voting system under this act. An electronic voting system may be used after any necessary corrections are made and an accuracy test is passed on the system.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a county, city, village, township, or school district after the county, city, village, township, or school district receives the secretary of state's notice under section 37. Subsection (2) shall apply to a county, city, village, township, or school district after it receives the secretary of state's notice under section 37 if, at the time of the notice, the county, city, village, township, or school district is using an electronic voting system that is the same type as the uniform voting system.

History: Add. 1967, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967; Am. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990; Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2002, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 9, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.235 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.235
Gift certificate, gift card, or credit memo; presumption of abandonment; considered as used or claimed; presumption of amount abandoned; act inapplicable to gift certificate defined in MCL 445.903e.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) and section 17a, a gift certificate, gift card, or credit memo is presumed abandoned if either of the following applies:

(a) The certificate, card, or memo is not claimed or used for a period of 3 years after becoming payable or distributable.

(b) The certificate, card, or memo was used or claimed 1 or more times without exhausting its full value, but subsequently was not claimed or used for an uninterrupted period of 3 years.

(2) For purposes of subsection (1), a gift certificate or gift card is considered to have been claimed or used if there is any transaction processing activity on the gift certificate or gift card, including, but not limited to, redeeming, refunding, or adding value to the certificate or card. Activity initiated by the issuer of the certificate or card, including, but not limited to, assessing inactivity fees or similar service fees, does not constitute transaction processing activity for purposes of this subsection.

(3) In the case of a gift certificate or gift card, the owner is presumed to be a gift recipient of the gift certificate or gift card, and the amount presumed abandoned is the price paid by the purchaser for the gift certificate or gift card, less the total of any purchases or fees assessed against the certificate or card. In the case of a credit memo, the amount presumed abandoned is the amount credited to the recipient of the memo.

(4) This act does not apply to a gift certificate as defined in section 3e of the Michigan consumer protection act, 1976 PA 331, MCL 445.903e, that is issued for retail goods or services by a person engaged in the retail sale of goods or services.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2008, Act 208, Eff. Sept. 30, 2008; Am. 2010, Act 197, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2010; Am. 2024, Act 101, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2170 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-244-of-2005 / Section 487.2170
Hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50.

(1) A licensee who is ordered to cease and desist, whose license is suspended or terminated, or who is ordered to pay a fine under this act is entitled to a hearing before the commissioner if a written request for a hearing is filed with the commissioner not more than 30 days after the effective date of the order.

(2) Any administrative proceedings under this act are subject to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

History: 2005, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Nov. 28, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.104 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.104
Aeronautics commission; condemnation, right of eminent domain.
Status: in_force

Sec. 104.

Condemnation. The commission may exercise the right of eminent domain, in the name of the state, in the manner provided by the laws of this state for the acquisition of real property for public purposes, for the purpose of acquiring any property which it is herein authorized to acquire by condemnation. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations relative to any condemnation proceedings, it shall be lawful to enter upon any land, doing no unnecessary damage.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.104
Mich. Comp. Laws § 442.362 — MI Code / Chapter 442 / Act Act-40-of-1987 / Section 442.362
Violation; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Except as provided in section 14, an art merchant, including an art merchant consignee, who violates this act by failing to provide required information or by supplying information which is false, mistaken, or erroneous, except for harmless error such as typographical error, is liable to the purchaser to whom the multiple was sold in an amount equal to the consideration paid by the purchaser, plus interest from the date of payment at the rate of 12% per year, compounded annually, upon return of the multiple in substantially the condition in which received by the purchaser.

History: 1987, Act 40, Eff. Dec. 9, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1093 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1093
Cruelty toward or oppression or maltreatment of person subject to person's orders; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 93.

A person subject to this code who is guilty of cruelty toward or oppression or maltreatment of a person subject to the person's orders shall be punished as a court-martial directs.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 9 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 9
Judges of court of appeals, terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Judges of the court of appeals shall hold office for a term of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The terms of office for the judges in each district shall be arranged by law to provide that not all terms will expire at the same time.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 9, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.105b — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.105b
Seating of persons with disabilities; chairperson.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5b.

All laws applying to the seating of persons with disabilities apply at licensed bingo games.

A person may be chairperson for more than 1 bingo only if the additional bingo licenses, for which the person will act as chairperson, are granted to the same qualified organization.

History: Add. 1999, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5410 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5410
Bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5410.

(1) The court may require a conservator to furnish a bond. If the court determines that the value of cash and property that is readily convertible into cash in the estate and in the conservator's control exceeds the limit for administering a decedent's estate under section 3982, adjusted in the manner provided under section 1210 for the year in which the conservator is appointed, the court shall require the conservator to furnish a bond, unless 1 or more of the following apply:

(a) The estate contains no property readily convertible to cash and the cash is in a restricted account with a financial institution.

(b) The conservator has been granted trust powers under section 4401 of the banking code of 1999, 1999 PA 276, MCL 487.14401.

(c) The court determines that requiring a bond would impose a financial hardship on the estate.

(d) The court states on the record the reasons why a bond is not necessary.

(2) A bond furnished under this section shall be conditioned upon faithful discharge of all duties of the conservator's trust according to law, with sureties as the court specifies. Unless otherwise directed, the bond shall be in the amount of the aggregate capital value of the estate property in the conservator's control plus 1 year's estimated income minus the value of securities deposited under arrangements requiring a court order for their removal and the value of land that the fiduciary, by express limitation of power, lacks power to sell or convey without court authorization. Instead of sureties on a bond, the court may accept other security for the performance of the bond, including a pledge of securities or a mortgage of land.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2012, Act 173, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012