FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.3905 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.3905
Local regulation prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3905.

A local unit of government shall not enact or enforce an existing or future ordinance or rule with respect to the sale of cleaning agents containing phosphorus or any other substance that is or may be regulated under this part.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.3708 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.3708
State tax commission; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3708.

The state tax commission may promulgate rules as it considers necessary for the administration of this part. These rules shall not abridge the authority of the department to determine whether or not industrial waste pollution control exists within the meaning of this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 29 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 29
Conservators of the peace.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, circuit judges and other judges as provided by law shall be conservators of the peace within their respective jurisdictions.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 29, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1230 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1230
Commission; administrative powers and duties; conflict of law; power of eminent domain.
Status: in_force

Sec. 230.

(1) In administering this part, the commission has only those powers and duties granted to the commission under this part.

(2) The commission may consolidate proceedings under this part with contract approval or other certificate of need cases relating to the same energy facility.

(3) This part shall control in any conflict between this part and any other law of this state. However, the electric transmission line certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL 460.561 to 460.575, controls in any conflict with this part.

(4) Commission approval of a certificate does not confer the power of eminent domain and is not a determination of public convenience and necessity for the purposes of the power of eminent domain or a condemnation action filed pursuant to the uniform condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.51 to 213.75.

History: Add. 2023, Act 233, Eff. Nov. 29, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 485.211 — MI Code / Chapter 485 / Act Act-91-of-1887 / Section 485.211
Improvement powers; repair duty; driving of logs; tolls and expenses, lien.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Any such corporation formed for the improvement of any boundary river in whole or part and any of its tributaries, and for driving, sorting, holding and delivering logs thereon, which shall have taken prior possession of such boundary river for that purpose, shall have power to improve such river and its tributaries by clearing and straightening the channels thereof, closing sloughs, erecting sluiceways, booms of all kinds, side rolling and flooding dams, driving piles and erecting piers or otherwise, as may be necessary or suitable for the purpose aforesaid: Provided, That such sluiceways, booms, dams, piles and piers shall, so far as practicable, be so constructed and used as to allow of the free passage of logs, timber and other floatables along such waters. Every corporation which shall so improve a boundary river or any of its tributaries for the purpose of driving logs thereon, and keep in repair and operate its works, may charge and collect reasonable and uniform tolls upon all logs, lumber and timber driven or floated on the same, and may take possession of all logs put into said stream, or upon rollways so as to impede the drive, when the owners thereof or their agents shall not have come upon the stream adequately provided with men, teams and tools for breaking rollways and driving such logs in season for making a through drive down such stream without hindering the main drive, and shall also, at the request of the owner of any logs and timber put into said stream, take charge of the same and drive the same down and out of such stream, and charge and collect therefor of the owner or party controlling said logs and timber reasonable charges and expenses for such services, (and all charges for running, driving, booming, towing, rafting, sorting and delivering of logs, timber or lumber by such corporation shall be by the scale of such logs, timber or lumber per 1,000 feet board measure); and such corporation shall for all such tolls, costs and expenses, have a lien on the logs for which the same were incurred, and shall be entitled to maintain possession of such logs or timber, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the amount of such tolls, costs and all expenses for taking care of the same until the same shall be determined, satisfied and paid in the manner hereinafter prescribed.

History: 1887, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1887; How. 3873k; Am. 1889, Act 42, Eff. Oct. 2, 1889; CL 1897, 6760; CL 1915, 8860; CL 1929, 11795; CL 1948, 485.211
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.628 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.628
Surety and fidelity insurance; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 628.

"Surety and fidelity" insurance is to guarantee the fidelity of persons in positions of trust, private or public, and to act as surety on official bonds and for the performance of other obligations, and to indemnify banks, bankers, brokers, financial or moneyed associations, or financial or moneyed corporations, against the loss of any bills of exchange, notes, drafts, acceptances of drafts, bonds, securities, evidences of debt, deeds, mortgages, warehouse receipts, bills of lading, documents, currency, money, gold, platinum, silver and other precious metals refined or unrefined, and articles made therefrom, jewelry, watches, necklaces, bracelets, gems, precious and semi-precious stones, and also against loss, resulting from damage, except by fire, to the insured's premises, furnishings, fixtures, equipment, safes and vaults therein caused by burglary, robbery, holdup, theft or larceny, or attempt thereat. No such indemnity indemnifying against loss of any property as specified herein shall indemnify against the loss of any such property occurring while in the mail or in the custody or possession of a carrier for hire for the purpose of transportation, except for the purpose of transportation by an armored motor vehicle accompanied by 1 or more armed guards.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.1101 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.1101
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1101.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "food law".

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000; Am. 2012, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.320c — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.320c
Issuance of license after suspension or revocation; examination; qualifications; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 320c.

Before a license is issued to a person whose license has been suspended or revoked, the person may be examined in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state and shall be required to meet all of the qualifications prescribed in section 309. An examination shall not be required if the license has been suspended pursuant to section 321a.

History: Add. 1966, Act 174, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966; Am. 1978, Act 391, Eff. Jan. 15, 1979; Am. 1980, Act 518, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 310, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7417 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7417
Division or consolidation of trusts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7417.

(1) After notice to the qualified trust beneficiaries and to the holders of powers of appointment, a trustee may divide trust property into 2 or more separate portions or trusts and allocate property between them if the trusts have substantially identical terms and conditions or if the result does not impair rights of any beneficiary or adversely affect achievement of the purposes of the trust.

(2) After notice to the qualified trust beneficiaries and to the holders of powers of appointment, a trustee may consolidate 2 or more trusts and administer them as 1 trust if the trusts have substantially identical terms and conditions or if the result does not impair rights of any beneficiary or adversely affect achievement of the purposes of the trust. If the rule against perpetuities speaks from different dates with reference to the trusts or if there are other variations in terms, consolidation may still take place, but the property of the trusts shall be maintained in separate accounts if necessary to recognize and give effect to the differences.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.270 — MI Code / Chapter 557 / Act Act-289-of-1975 / Section 557.270
Disposition of property by will.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

This act does not authorize a person to dispose of property by will if it is held under limitations imposed by law preventing testamentary disposition by that person.

History: 1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1039 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1039
Tax refund on motor fuel or leaded racing fuel used in husbandry implement or other nonhighway purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

An end user may seek a refund for tax paid under this act on motor fuel or leaded racing fuel used in an implement of husbandry or otherwise used for a nonhighway purpose not otherwise expressly exempted under this act. However, a person shall not seek and is not eligible for a refund for tax paid on gasoline or leaded racing fuel used in a snowmobile, off-road vehicle, or vessel as defined in the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 277, Eff. Jan. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.479 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.479
Imposition of fee by NAIC.
Status: in_force

Sec. 479.

An insurer domiciled in this state and authorized to transact insurance in this state is not required and cannot be compelled to pay any fee imposed by the NAIC, unless the fee is authorized by an order of the commissioner pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

In determining whether to authorize the payment of a fee imposed by the NAIC, the commissioner shall consider the NAIC's annual report required under section 478, any legislative oversight reports, records, or findings transmitted by the senate and house of representatives standing committees on insurance issues under section 478, and the following factors:

How the NAIC dedicates the use of the fees, including the degree to which any solvency-related revenue is improperly used to subsidize NAIC functions other than solvency oversight.

The degree to which fees imposed by the NAIC are based on an insurer's annual amount of premium volume, rather than the cost of a service rendered by the NAIC.

Whether the NAIC has exceeded its legal authority, as determined by an examination of the fiscal report required under section 478, as well as any other factors considered appropriate by the commissioner.

The level of accountability shown by the NAIC to legislative and regulatory authorities.

The effect of NAIC standards on state sovereignty and innovation.

Whether the NAIC determines the state's accreditation status solely on the basis of its regulatory effectiveness.

Whether NAIC proceedings and decision making are open and publicly accessible.

An order issued under this section shall include a detailed explanation of the commissioner's findings concerning the factors listed in subsection (2).

The commissioner may by an appropriate order authorize or prohibit, in whole or in part, the payment of a fee imposed by the NAIC. The commissioner may rescind or modify, in whole or in part, an order issued by the commissioner under this section as circumstances warrant.

History: Add. 1998, Act 279, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.95 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-20-of-1943 / Section 129.95
Investment policy; adoption by governing body.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Not more than 180 days after the end of a public corporation's first fiscal year that ends after the effective date of the amendatory act that repealed section 2, a governing body, in consultation with the investment officer, shall adopt an investment policy that, at a minimum, includes all of the following:

A statement of the purpose, scope, and objectives of the policy, including safety, diversification, liquidity, and return on investment.

A delegation of authority to make investments.

A list of authorized investment instruments. If the policy authorizes an investment in mutual funds, it shall indicate whether the authorization is limited to securities whose intention is to maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share or also includes securities whose net asset value per share may fluctuate on a periodic basis.

A statement concerning safekeeping, custody, and prudence.

A governing body that as of the effective date of the amendatory act that repealed section 2 has adopted an investment policy that substantially complies with the minimum requirements under subsection (1) is not in violation of this section as long as that policy remains in effect.

History: Add. 1997, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.692 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.692
Combination vehicles; obstructed lights, lighting requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 692.

Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp (except tail lamps) need not be lighted which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination, but this shall not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lamps be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lamps, nor that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.783 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.783
Review by certiorari; procedure; time limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.

Any proceeding taken under the provisions of this act shall be subject to review upon certiorari. The procedure therefor shall be the same as is required in case of certiorari to review judgment rendered by judges of the circuit courts. The application for certiorari must be filed within 20 days after the report of the court commissioners shall have been confirmed.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.623a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.623a
Mailing or delivering certificate showing number of delegates to county convention; time; notice; failure to forward certificate; allotment and apportionment of delegates; election of delegates by direct vote.
Status: in_force

Sec. 623a.

On or before April 1 in even numbered years, the chairperson of the county committee or district committee of a congressional district or a part of a congressional district considered a county under section 592 of each political party shall forward by mail or otherwise deliver to the board of election commissioners in that county a certificate showing the number of delegates to the county convention to which each precinct of the county is entitled. The chairperson of the state central committee of a political party shall notify the chairperson of the county committee or district committee of a congressional district or a part of a congressional district considered a county under section 592 of that political party no later than March 1 in even numbered years that the certificate required by this subsection is to be delivered to the board of election commissioners on or before April 1 of that year.

If the chairperson fails to forward the certificate required by subsection (1) by the day specified, the board of election commissioners shall immediately determine the number of delegates to the county convention that each precinct should elect for the implementation of this act.

The allotment of delegates to all precincts in the state shall be made to insure, as near as is practicable, equal apportionment based upon the total vote cast for the candidate of each political party for either president of the United States or secretary of state at the last general November election when elections for those offices were held, whichever is later. However, each precinct shall have at least 1 delegate.

The apportionment shall be based on the precincts as they exist 180 days before the August primary election in even numbered years.

As many delegates in each precinct as a political party is entitled to according to the certificate authorized by the chairperson of the county committee or the board of election commissioners shall be elected at the August primary in even numbered years by direct vote of the registered electors of each political party in the county.

History: Add. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972; Am. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976; Am. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983; Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.3111 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.3111
Retention of authority under MCL 333.2401 to 333.2498.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3111.

The power and authority granted under part 24 of the public health code, MCL 333.2401 to 333.2498, shall be retained by local health departments delegated authority under this act.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.14 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 45.14
Counties bordering on Lake Superior; common jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The county of Chippewa, and such other counties as may hereafter be organized upon the shore of Lake Superior, shall have jurisdiction, in common, of all offences committed on that part of Lake Superior which lies within the limits of this state, and such offences may be heard and tried in either of such counties in which legal process against the offender shall be first issued, in like manner and to the same effect as if the offence had been committed in any part of either of said counties.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 13; CL 1857, 313; CL 1871, 444; How. 450; CL 1897, 2452; CL 1915, 2250; CL 1929, 1108; CL 1948, 45.14
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.278 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-169-of-1975 / Section 400.278
Documents; books and records; inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Documents required to be filed with the attorney general shall be open to public inspection. Persons subject to this act shall maintain accurate and detailed books and records at the office of the resident agent or the principal office which shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by the attorney general or his authorized representative.

History: 1975, Act 169, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12426 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12426
Action for injunction or other process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12426.

Notwithstanding the existence and pursuit of any other remedy, the department may maintain an action in the name of this state for an injunction or other process against a person to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, maintenance, or operation of an agricultural labor camp without a license.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.26 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.26
Michigan aeronautics commission; creation; membership; appointment; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

There is created and established an aeronautics commission to be known as the Michigan aeronautics commission.

The commission shall consist of the director of the state transportation department, the director of the department of state police, the director of the department of natural resources, the director of the department of military affairs, and 5 other members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and who shall continue in office until their successors are appointed.

Members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of 4 years.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.26; Am. 1992, Act 308, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4622 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4622
Development plan; public hearing; notice; contents; opportunity to speak; hearing record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 622.

(1) The governing body, before adoption of a resolution approving a development plan or tax increment financing plan, shall hold a public hearing on the development plan. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication twice in a newspaper of general circulation designated by the municipality, the first of which shall be not less than 20 days before the date set for the hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be posted in at least 20 conspicuous and public places in the development area not less than 20 days before the hearing. Notice shall also be mailed to all property taxpayers of record in the development area and to the governing body of each taxing jurisdiction levying taxes that would be subject to capture if the tax increment financing plan is approved not less than 20 days before the hearing. The notice of hearing within the time frame described in this subsection shall be mailed by certified mail to the governing body of each taxing jurisdiction levying taxes that would be subject to capture if the tax increment financing plan is approved.

(2) Notice of the time and place of hearing on a development plan shall contain all of the following:

(a) A description of the proposed development area in relation to highways, streets, streams, or otherwise.

(b) A statement that maps, plats, and a description of the development plan, including the method of relocating families and individuals who may be displaced from the area, are available for public inspection at a place designated in the notice.

(c) A statement that all aspects of the development plan will be open for discussion at the public hearing.

(d) Other information that the governing body considers appropriate.

(3) At the time set for the hearing, the governing body shall provide an opportunity for interested persons to speak and shall receive and consider communications in writing. The hearing shall provide the fullest opportunity for expression of opinion, for argument on the merits, and for consideration of documentary evidence pertinent to the development plan. The governing body shall make and preserve a record of the public hearing, including all data presented at the hearing.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71306 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71306
Appropriation; purpose; executive budget recommendations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71306.

After the issuance of the bonds authorized by this part, there shall be appropriated from the general fund of the state each fiscal year a sufficient amount to pay promptly, when due, the principal of and interest on all outstanding bonds authorized by this part and the costs incidental to the payment of the bonds.

The governor shall include the appropriation provided in subsection (1) in his or her annual executive budget recommendations to the legislature.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995