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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1489 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1489
Action by shareholder.
Status: in_force

Sec. 489.

(1) A shareholder may bring an action in the circuit court of the county in which the principal place of business or registered office of the corporation is located to establish that the acts of the directors or those in control of the corporation are illegal, fraudulent, or willfully unfair and oppressive to the corporation or to the shareholder. If the shareholder establishes grounds for relief, the circuit court may make an order or grant relief as it considers appropriate, including, without limitation, an order providing for any of the following:

(a) The dissolution and liquidation of the assets and business of the corporation.

(b) The cancellation or alteration of a provision contained in the articles of incorporation, an amendment of the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws of the corporation.

(c) The cancellation, alteration, or injunction against a resolution or other act of the corporation.

(d) The direction or prohibition of an act of the corporation or of shareholders, directors, officers, or other persons party to the action.

(e) The purchase at fair value of the shares of a shareholder, either by the corporation or by the officers, directors, or other shareholders responsible for the wrongful acts.

(f) An award of damages to the corporation or a shareholder. An action seeking an award of damages must be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action under this section has accrued, or within 2 years after the shareholder discovers or reasonably should have discovered the cause of action under this section, whichever occurs first.

(2) No action under this section shall be brought by a shareholder whose shares are listed on a national securities exchange or regularly traded in a market maintained by 1 or more members of a national or affiliated securities association.

(3) As used in this section, "willfully unfair and oppressive conduct" means a continuing course of conduct or a significant action or series of actions that substantially interferes with the interests of the shareholder as a shareholder. Willfully unfair and oppressive conduct may include the termination of employment or limitations on employment benefits to the extent that the actions interfere with distributions or other shareholder interests disproportionately as to the affected shareholder. The term does not include conduct or actions that are permitted by an agreement, the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, or a consistently applied written corporate policy or procedure.

History: Add. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997; Am. 2001, Act 57, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 68, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.20 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.20
Subpoenas.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The circuit court upon petition of the commissioner after a hearing may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records and other evidence before it in any matter over which it has jurisdiction, control or supervision. If a person subpoenaed to attend in any such proceeding or hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance in any such proceeding or hearing refuses, without lawful cause, to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question or to exhibit any book, account, record or other document when ordered to do so by the court may be punished as a contempt of the court.

History: 1972, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.366 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-469-of-1980 / Section 15.366
Diminishment or impairment of rights; collective bargaining agreement; protection of confidentiality of communications; disclosures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

This act shall not be construed to diminish or impair the rights of a person under any collective bargaining agreement, nor to permit disclosures which would diminish or impair the rights of any person to the continued protection of confidentiality of communications where statute or common law provides such protection.

History: 1980, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 146, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.394 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-292-of-1931 / Section 211.394
Extended taxes or assessments deemed lien on property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The taxes or assessments so extended shall be and remain a lien on the property taxed or assessed to the same extent as if no such extension had been made.

History: 1931, Act 292, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1931; CL 1948, 211.394
Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.121 — MI Code / Chapter 446 / Act Act-66-of-2009 / Section 446.121
Preemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A political subdivision of this state shall not adopt any rule, regulation, code, or ordinance to restrict or limit any requirements under this act relating to refund anticipation loans. This act supersedes and preempts any rule, regulation, code, or ordinance of any political subdivision of this state relating to refund anticipation loans.

History: 2009, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.7 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.7
Conveyance of land adversely possessed; validity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

No grant or conveyance of lands or interest therein, shall be void for the reason that, at the time of the execution thereof such lands shall be in the actual possession of another claiming adversely.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2726; CL 1871, 4209; How. 5657; CL 1897, 8961; CL 1915, 11693; CL 1929, 13283; CL 1948, 565.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1526 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-460-of-2014 / Section 722.1526
Petition; verification; specification of risk factors; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A petition under this act shall be verified and include a copy of any existing child-custody determination, if available. The petition shall specify the risk factors for abduction, including the relevant factors described in section 7. Subject to section 209(5) of the uniform child-custody jurisdiction and enforcement act, 2001 PA 195, MCL 722.1209, if reasonably ascertainable, the petition must contain all of the following:

(a) The name, date of birth, and gender of the child.

(b) The customary address and current physical location of the child.

(c) The identity, customary address, and current physical location of the respondent.

(d) A statement of whether a prior action to prevent abduction or domestic violence has been filed by a party or other individual or entity having custody of the child, and the date, location, and disposition of the action.

(e) A statement of whether a party to the proceeding has been arrested for a crime related to domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse or neglect, and the date, location, and disposition of the case.

(f) Information regarding any protection order previously entered involving either party or the child.

(g) Any other information required to be submitted to the court for a child-custody determination under section 209 of the uniform child-custody jurisdiction and enforcement act, 2001 PA 195, MCL 722.1209.

History: 2014, Act 460, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1259 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-263-of-2005 / Section 257.1259
Rules; promulgation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The department may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, necessary to implement and administer this act. The rules may include disclosure requirements for the benefit of warranty holders, record-keeping requirements, and procedures for public complaints.

History: 2005, Act 263, Eff. June 14, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712A.8 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712A.8
County agent; creation of office; duties; assistants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The office of county agent is created. The county agent is an officer of the court and under the general supervision of the judges of the court and shall serve at their pleasure. The county agent shall organize, direct and develop the juvenile welfare work of the court as authorized by the judge. When requested by the superintendent or director, the county agent shall supervise juveniles released from public institutions or agencies and may perform other juvenile welfare work as requested and with the approval of the judge, including services to school-age juveniles of the various school districts within the county, after consultation and agreement with the county school commissioner and the superintendents of schools in a county. With the judge's approval, the county agent or his or her assistants shall investigate and report on juveniles or families within the county as requested by the family independence agency, the county juvenile agency, or the superintendent of any state institution regarding the welfare of any juvenile. Assistant county agents shall perform the duties assigned to them by the county agent.

History: Add. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 54, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1944; CL 1948, 712A.8; Am. 1996, Act 409, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Am. 1998, Act 478, Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.24 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.24
Estates to commence in future; estates in term for years.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

Subject to the rules established in the preceding sections of this chapter, a freehold estate, as well as a chattel real, may be created to commence at a future day, an estate for life may be created in a term of years, and a remainder limited thereon.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2608; CL 1871, 4091; How. 5540; CL 1897, 8806; CL 1915, 11542; CL 1929, 12944; CL 1948, 554.24
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.311 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-113-of-1869 / Section 486.311
Stockholder's liability; recovery prerequisites; contribution to creditor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The stockholders of all corporations organized under this act shall be individually liable for any labor or services done or performed for said company, and they shall also be liable, as aforesaid, for the payment of all other debts or obligations contracted or incurred by said corporation during the time that they were stockholders, to the amount of all unpaid installments of stock held by them respectively, which liability may be enforced against any stockholder founded on this statute at any time after an execution shall be returned not satisfied against said company: Provided, always, That if any stockholder shall be compelled by any such action to pay the debts of any creditor or any part thereof, he shall have the right to call upon all the stockholders to contribute their part of the sum so paid by him as aforesaid, and may sue them jointly or severally, or any number of them, and recover in such action the ratable amount due from the person or persons so sued.

History: 1869, Act 113, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1869; CL 1871, 3365; How. 3120; Am. 1883, Act 8, Eff. Mar. 13, 1883; Am. 1887, Act 54, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887; CL 1897, 8510; CL 1915, 11292; CL 1929, 11885; CL 1948, 486.311
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2952 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-275-of-2010 / Section 125.2952
Legislative findings; declaration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The legislature of this state finds and declares that there exists in this state the continuing need for programs to encourage economic development and investment, job creation and job retention, and ancillary economic growth in this state. To achieve these purposes, it is necessary to assist and encourage the creation and implementation of intergovernmental development corporations and to enable those corporations to foster economic opportunities in this state, prevent conditions of unemployment and underemployment, and promote economic growth.

History: 2010, Act 275, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.135c — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-75-of-2009 / Section 493.135c
Temporary authority; subject to laws of this state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5c.

With respect to the temporary authority authorized under sections 5a and 5b, both of the following apply:

(a) A person employing an individual who has the temporary authority described under section 5a or 5b to act as a mortgage loan originator in this state is subject to the applicable law of this state to the same extent as if that individual is a licensed mortgage loan originator.

(b) An individual who has the temporary authority described under section 5a or 5b to act as a mortgage loan originator in this state and who engages in residential mortgage loan origination activities is subject to the applicable law of this state to the extent as if that individual is a licensed mortgage loan originator.

History: Add. 2019, Act 141, Imd. Eff. Dec. 5, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.40 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.40
Information; filing; subscription.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40.

All informations shall be filed in the court having jurisdiction of the offense specified in the information after the proper return is filed by the examining magistrate and by the prosecuting attorney of the county as informant. The information shall be subscribed by the prosecuting attorney or in his or her name by an assistant prosecuting attorney.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; Am. 1929, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1929; CL 1929, 17254; CL 1948, 767.40; Am. 1955, Act 184, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955; Am. 1961, Act 11, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1986, Act 46, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.23 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.23
Construction of bridges; petition, contents; notice; proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Whenever any person or persons, township officers or corporation, shall wish to construct any bridge across any stream at a point where the same is navigable for boats or vessels of 15 tons burden or more, they shall apply to the board of supervisors by petition, and shall give notice of the same in like manner, as near as may be, as provided in section 22 of this act; and the powers and the mode of proceeding of such board, shall be the same, as near as may be, as provided in the last named section. Every such petition shall set forth the kind and description of the bridge proposed to be constructed, and whether the same is to be constructed with a draw, or whether any and what provision is to be made for the passage of vessels or boats; and such board shall have the power to grant or refuse the prayer of such petition, upon such terms as they may deem just and reasonable, and to prescribe what description of bridge may be constructed, or to prohibit the construction of any bridge on the proposed location, as in their judgment the public interest shall require.

History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851; CL 1857, 357; CL 1871, 489; How. 495; CL 1897, 2496; CL 1915, 2286; CL 1929, 1145; CL 1948, 46.23
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.28a — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.28a
Municipal courts in cities in certain counties; civil jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28-a.

In counties having a population of less than 100,000 in which municipal courts are now or may be established, said courts shall have such jurisdiction in civil causes in all townships throughout the county up to the amount of the jurisdiction of said court.

History: Add. 1933, Act 241, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 117.28a
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2610 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2610
Filing requirements; modification or suspension by insurance commissioner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2610.

Under such rules and regulations as he shall adopt the commissioner may, by written order, suspend or modify the requirement of filing as to any kind of insurance, subdivision or combination thereof, or as to classes of risks, the rates for which cannot practicably be filed before they are used. Such orders, rules and regulations shall be made known to insurers and rating organizations affected thereby. The commissioner may make such examination as he may deem advisable to ascertain whether any rates affected by such order meet the standards set forth in subdivision (b) of subsection (1) of section 2603 (rate standards).

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3317 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3317
Mutual savings bank; meetings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 317.

An annual meeting of the members of a mutual savings bank shall be held at a time and place designated by or in the manner provided in the bylaws.

Special meetings of the members of a mutual savings bank may be called at any time by the president or board of directors or by the president, a vice president, or the secretary upon the written request of members holding of record in the aggregate at least 10% of the savings deposits of the savings bank. The written request shall show the purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the principal office of the mutual savings bank addressed to the president.

In the consideration of all questions requiring action by the members of a mutual savings bank, each member shall be entitled to the number of votes set forth in the savings bank's charter. The savings bank charter may provide between 1 and 1,000 votes per member and may further provide that each member shall be permitted to cast 1 vote for each $100.00, or fraction thereof, of the withdrawal value of his or her deposit account.

In order that a mutual savings bank may determine the members entitled to notice of any meeting to vote, or entitled to receive a distribution or to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the board of directors of the savings bank may fix, in advance, a record date that is not more than 9 months or less than 6 months prior to the date of the meeting or more than 9 months prior to any other action.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 482, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.524 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.524
Money or securities as proof.
Status: in_force

Sec. 524.

The certificate of the state treasurer that the person named therein has deposited with him a sum of money or securities for money approved by him in the amounts as specified herein shall be taken as proof of financial responsibility. The state treasurer shall accept any such deposits and issue a certificate therefor, and the secretary of state shall accept such certificate if accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments against the depositor registered in the office of the county clerk of the county where the depositor resides.

Such deposit shall be held by the state treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against such person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle after such deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless such attachment or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages as aforesaid.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.59 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 710.59
Changing name of adopted child; effect on order of adoption and exemplification of record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 59.

Where the parents or surviving parent has given consent to an adoption and the petitioner desires to change the name of the adopted child, the order of adoption and exemplification of record shall not contain the name of the child's natural parents or the name bestowed upon the child before the adoption.

History: Add. 1974, Act 296, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.811 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-448-of-1976 / Section 460.811
Joint venture, joint agency agreement, or other joint endeavor; percentage of common facility to be owned; exception; defraying interest and other payments; operation and maintenance expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A municipality engaging in a joint venture, joint agency agreement, or other joint endeavor described in section 10 and authorized by article 2 or article 3 shall own a percentage of any common facility equal to the percentage of the money furnished or the value of the property supplied by the municipality for the acquisition and construction of the common facility, except in the case of a facility at least 2/3 of which is owned or to be owned by a state, a political subdivision of this or another state or a Canadian province, an agency of this or another state or of a political subdivision of this state or another state, a federal agency, or a Canadian federal or provincial agency or agency of a political subdivision of a Canadian province, or any corporation or other entity controlled directly or indirectly by 1 or more of the entities listed above, in which case ownership shall be as provided in the contract between the municipality or joint agency and the entity owning or to own at least 2/3 of the facility. Each municipality in a joint endeavor shall defray its own interest and other payments required to be made in connection with a financing undertaken by it to pay its own percentage of the money furnished or the value of the property supplied by it for the planning, acquisition, and construction of a common facility, or an addition or betterment to the common facility. The agreement shall provide a uniform method of determining and allocating operation and maintenance expenses of the joint facility or agency.

History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2008, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1990 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1990
Electronic filing system fee as recoverable taxable cost.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1990.

Any electronic filing system fee paid by a party is a recoverable taxable cost.

History: Add. 2015, Act 233, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.15 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-230-of-1897 / Section 455.15
Capital stock; subscriptions, payment; suit; sale, procedure; disposition of proceeds; purchaser, rights.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The directors may require the subscribers to the capital stock of the corporation to pay the amount by them respectively subscribed, in such manner and in such installments as they may deem proper. If any stockholder shall neglect or refuse to pay any installment as required by a resolution of the board of directors, the said corporation may sue for the same in any proper action for that purpose, or so much of the stock of such delinquent stockholder as may be necessary to pay such installment so due may be sold by the directors at public auction at the office of the corporation, giving at least 30 days' notice of such sale in some newspaper published in the county where said office is located if there is a newspaper published in such county; if not, then in some newspaper published in some adjoining county; and in case of the sale of said stock, the proceeds thereof shall first be applied in payment of the installment called for and the expenses of the sale and the residue, if any, shall be returned to the delinquent stockholder. Such sale shall entitle the purchaser to all the rights of a stockholder to the extent of the shares so purchased.

History: 1897, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1897; CL 1897, 7632; CL 1915, 10048; CL 1929, 10318; CL 1948, 455.15