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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.481 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.481
Neglecting or refusing to execute process; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 481.

Neglecting or refusing to execute process-Whenever any constable, marshal, deputy or assistant marshal, coroner, sheriff or deputy sheriff of any township, city, village or county, shall at any time wilfully neglect or refuse to execute any lawful process of any court, or judicial officer having authority to issue the same, and which shall be duly issued, or whenever such officer shall, at any time, wilfully neglect or refuse to discharge or execute any special duty imposed on any such officer by any provision of law, such officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That in all cases where such process shall be taken out in the name of a party, other than the people of this state, it shall appear on the trial for such offense that the legal fees for serving such process have been tendered or paid to such officer.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.481
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.806a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.806a
Seal; procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 806a.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, when the board of election inspectors is required to seal a ballot box, voting machine, transfer case, electronic voting device, or any other election material, the following procedure shall be followed:

An election inspector shall properly affix the seal to the item and shall certify the sealing on a form prescribed by the secretary of state for this purpose.

Another election inspector who is from the other major political party than the election inspector described in subdivision (a) shall verify that the seal is properly affixed to the item and shall certify the verification on the form described in subdivision (a).

The completed form described in this section shall be securely attached to the outside of the ballot box in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30312d — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30312d
Blueberry production assistance program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30312d.

The department shall develop a blueberry production assistance program to provide wetland delineation and preapplication services and assistance with avoidance and minimization. The department shall coordinate this program with the department of agriculture and rural development. The department shall also provide education and outreach on wetland regulations and agricultural activities and assist interested parties with the development of wetland mitigation banks for the purpose of providing required compensatory mitigation for agricultural impacts.

History: Add. 2009, Act 120, Eff. Nov. 6, 2009; Am. 2013, Act 98, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 561, Eff. Apr. 27, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.601 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.601
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.

Whenever used in this act:

"Insurer" means an organization that transacts the business of worker's compensation insurance within this state.

"Self-insurer" means either of the following:

An individual employer authorized to carry its own risk.

A group of employers who pool their liabilities under this act as a group fund in the manner provided in section 611.

"Carrier" means a self-insurer or an insurer.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969; Am. 1992, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1992; Am. 1993, Act 198, Eff. Dec. 28, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.108 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.108
Disposition of fees and revenue; expenses; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) All fees and revenue collected by the commissioner or bureau under this act must be paid into the state lottery fund created under section 41 of the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.41. All necessary expenses incurred by the bureau in the administration and enforcement of any activity authorized by this act and in the initiation, implementation, and ongoing operation of any activity authorized by this act must be financed from the state lottery fund.

(2) All fees and revenue collected by the executive director or board under this act must be paid into the state lottery fund created under section 41 of the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.41. Except as provided in subsection (3), all necessary expenses incurred by the executive director or board in the administration and enforcement of any activity authorized by this act and in the initiation, implementation, and ongoing operation of any activity authorized by this act must be financed from the state lottery fund.

(3) All necessary expenses incurred by the executive director or board in the administration and enforcement of millionaire party activity authorized by this act and in the initiation, implementation, and ongoing operation of millionaire party activity authorized by this act must be financed from the internet gaming fund created under section 16 of the lawful internet gaming act, 2019 PA 152, MCL 432.316.

(4) The amount of necessary expenses incurred under subsection (1) must not exceed the amount of revenues received from the sale of charity game tickets and all fees collected under this act. At the end of each fiscal year all money, including interest, in the state lottery fund that is attributable to fees and revenue collected under this act but that has not been expended under this section must be deposited in the state general fund.

History: 1972, Act 382, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973; Am. 1973, Act 34, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1973; Am. 1981, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1982; Am. 2006, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006; Am. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019; Am. 2022, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.1502 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-268-of-1986 / Section 4.1502
Senate Fiscal analysis; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 502.

(1) The senate fiscal agency shall prepare, for each bill that is scheduled for a hearing before a standing committee of the senate, a fiscal analysis that contains all of the following:

(a) A summary that explains the changes the bill would make to existing law.

(b) An estimate of the potential impact or amount by which the bill would increase or decrease governmental revenues and expenditures, and which funds the bill would affect. If federal funding received by the state would be affected by the bill, the analysis must include an estimate of that effect.

(c) If the bill would increase or decrease state taxes or fees, the analysis may include an estimate of the impact on payers of the taxes or fees.

(d) Any other information the senate fiscal agency considers necessary to explain the fiscal effect of the bill including, but not limited to, potential impacts to local units of government.

(2) The senate fiscal agency shall provide the fiscal analysis prepared under subsection (1) to the clerk of the committee and to the public on the internet.

(3) The senate fiscal agency shall prepare a revised fiscal analysis, as necessary, that incorporates any change to a bill described in subsection (1).

History: Add. 2018, Act 340, Eff. Dec. 12, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.213 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-187-of-2023 / Section 556.213
Agent's acceptance; acknowledgment of duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 113.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, a person accepts appointment as an agent under a power of attorney by exercising authority as an agent or by any other assertion or conduct indicating acceptance.

(2) Before exercising authority under a durable power of attorney, an agent shall execute an acknowledgment of the agent's duties that contains all the substantive statements contained in the optional template "Agent's Acknowledgment" provided in section 302 in substantially the form of that optional template.

(3) An agent's failure to comply with subsection (2) does not affect the agent's authority to act for the principal as provided in the durable power of attorney or this act, does not alter the agent's duties under the power and this act, and does not mitigate the agent's potential liability for breach of those duties.

History: 2023, Act 187, Eff. July 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.216 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.216
Insurance commissioner and employees; traveling and other expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 216.

The necessary traveling and other necessary and actual expenses of the commissioner, his deputies, examiners, actuaries or other employees, in discharging the duties imposed by this code, shall in all cases be allowed and audited by the accounting division of the department of administration, upon the approval of the commissioner, in accordance with the accounting laws of this state.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.432 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.432
Candidates for probate judge; nomination at general nonpartisan primary election; omission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 432.

A general nonpartisan primary election shall be held in every county of this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in August preceding every general November election at which judges of probate are to be elected, at which time the qualified and registered electors may vote for nonpartisan candidates for the office of judge of probate. If upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions or incumbency affidavits of candidacy for the primary election of said probate judges in any county it shall appear that there are not to exceed twice the number of candidates as there are persons to be elected, then the county clerk shall certify to the county board of election commissioners the name of such candidate for probate judge whose petitions have been properly filed and such candidate shall be the nominee for the judge of probate and shall be so certified. As to such office, there shall be no primary election and this office shall be omitted from the judicial primary ballot.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 58, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.178 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-352-of-1925 / Section 213.178
Petition; order for hearing, service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall make an order fixing a day for the hearing on such petition, which shall not be less than 15 days thereafter. Such order shall recite the names of the persons mentioned in the petition and the descriptions of each piece or parcel of property and shall state the purpose of the petition. A copy of such order shall be served at least 10 days before the day of hearing, upon each person named therein as being interested in the property to be taken, who is a resident of the county in which the property is located, and also upon the person or persons in possession of such property, if other than the owner. Such service may be made as provided in section 29 of this act. Service may also be made upon persons interested in the property who are non-residents of the county.

History: 1925, Act 352, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925; Am. 1927, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1927; CL 1929, 3891; Am. 1931, Act 216, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1941, Act 279, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 213.178
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2641 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2641
Integrating provisions of articles into single instrument; adoption of restated articles of incorporation; adoption before first meeting; amendments subject to other provisions of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 641.

(1) A corporation may integrate into a single instrument the provisions of its articles of incorporation that are then in effect and operative, as amended, and at the same time may also further amend its articles of incorporation by adopting restated articles of incorporation.

(2) All of the incorporators may adopt restated articles of incorporation before the first meeting of the board by complying with sections 611(1)(a), 642, and 643(1).

(3) Other restated articles of incorporation shall be approved as follows:

(a) If the restated articles of incorporation merely restate and integrate, but do not further amend the articles of incorporation as previously amended, the board may adopt the restated articles of incorporation without a vote of the shareholders or members, or the shareholders or members may adopt them, in which case the procedure and vote required under section 611(3) are applicable.

(b) If the restated articles of incorporation restate, integrate, and also further amend the articles of incorporation, but those amendments include only amendments adopted under section 611(1)(b) or (2), the board may adopt the restated articles of incorporation without a vote of the shareholders or members.

(c) If the restated articles of incorporation restate and integrate and also further amend in any material respect the articles of incorporation, as previously amended, in a way that is not previously addressed under this section, a vote of the shareholders, members, or directors under section 611(3) is required to adopt restated articles of incorporation.

(4) An amendment that is adopted in connection with the restatement of the articles of incorporation is subject to any other provision of this act, not inconsistent with this section, that would apply if a certificate of amendment were filed to effect that amendment.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.251 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-201-of-1986 / Section 3.251
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "property rights acquisition act".

History: 1986, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 25, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.2067 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.2067
"Gold Star Mothers Memorial Highway".
Status: in_force

Sec. 1067.

Highway M-55 from the point of beginning in Manistee county and continuing east to the intersection of M-55 and M-115 in Wexford county shall be known as the "Gold Star Mothers Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2008, Act 409, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 119.10 — MI Code / Chapter 119 / Act Act-312-of-1929 / Section 119.10
Charter amendment; submission to governor; procedures after submittal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Every amendment to a district charter before its submission to the electors and every charter before final adjournment of the commission, shall be transmitted to the governor of the state. If he shall approve it, he shall sign it; if not, he shall return the charter to the commission and the amendment to the legislative body of the district with his objection thereto, which shall be spread at large on the journal of the body receiving them, and if it be an amendment proposed by the legislative body, such body shall reconsider it and if 2/3 of the members agree to pass it, it shall be submitted to the electors. If it be an amendment proposed by an initiatory petition it shall be submitted to the electors notwithstanding such objections.

History: 1929, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2284; CL 1948, 119.10
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5408 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5408
Prerequisites to granting certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5408.

No certificate of authority shall be granted such insurer to issue policies until all of the following conditions have been met:

At least 500 persons have subscribed in the aggregate for at least $1,000,000.00 of insurance if organized for the purpose of transacting life insurance, or if organized for the purpose of transacting both life and disability insurances, until 500 persons have subscribed for $1,000,000.00 of each kind of insurance as if corporations had been formed separately for each such purpose and shall each have paid in 1 full annual premium in cash upon the insurance subscribed for. No application shall exceed in amount $5,000.00 of insurance on the life of any individual or individuals jointly.

The insurer has deposited with the state treasurer securities as required under section 411.

The requirements of this chapter have been complied with and certified under oath to the commissioner by at least 3 of the incorporators and then not until he is satisfied that the membership list and applications are genuine and the premiums paid in cash and the applicants have agreed to accept the policies within 30 days after such certificate shall have been issued. No policy of insurance shall be issued until the commissioner has issued a certificate of authority to transact insurance.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1972, Act 360, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.322 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-90-of-1905 / Section 457.322
Grand lodge; articles of association, execution, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any 5 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of any grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the state of Michigan, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seal, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of the state having authority to take acknowledgment of deeds, and shall set forth:

First, The name of persons associating in the first instance, and their places of residence;

Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law, and the place of its business office;

Third, The object and purpose of such association, which shall be to promote the general welfare of the order or fraternity, known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to perform the functions ordinarily and properly to be performed by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the state of Michigan as the governing body of the Odd Fellow lodges in Michigan, to make laws for the government of such lodges, to acquire, own and convey real and personal property of any kind, in its own right for its own use or in trust for the benefit of Odd Fellow lodges in the state of Michigan, or for any other purposes compatible with the purposes of the corporation, to own and operate a home or homes for the members of Odd Fellow lodges in the state of Michigan or the female members of Rebekah lodges in Michigan, and to own and operate a camp or camps for the members of such lodges and the children or orphans of such members, or other children, to create corporations not for profit for such purposes, to provide and maintain an endowment fund for the benefit of any activity of the corporation or any corporation created by this corporation, and to do every other lawful thing that shall be for the welfare and benefit of the Odd Fellow lodges in Michigan, or the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Michigan, a Michigan corporation, and to join with others in any of the above enumerated activities.

History: 1905, Act 90, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1905; CL 1915, 10451; CL 1929, 10654; CL 1948, 457.322; Am. 1961, Act 79, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.3001 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.3001
Foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this state on January 1, 1983; rights and privileges; duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1001.

A foreign corporation that was authorized to conduct affairs in this state on January 1, 1983, for a purpose for which a corporation might secure authority to conduct affairs in this state under this act, has the rights and privileges applicable to a foreign corporation that receives a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state under this act. Beginning on January 1, 1983, the corporation is subject to the duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities under this act that are applicable to a foreign corporation that receives a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state under this act.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2671 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2671
Public health and welfare dependent on humane use of animals for certain purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2671.

The public health and welfare depend on the humane use of animals for the diagnosis and treatment of human and animal diseases; the advancement of veterinary, dental, medical, and biological sciences; and the testing, diagnosis, improvement, and standardization of laboratory specimens, biologic products, pharmaceuticals, and drugs.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.251d — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.251d
Renting, leasing, or furnishing motorcycle; license to operate as condition of use by third party.
Status: in_force

Sec. 251d.

A person to whom a motorcycle is rented, leased, or furnished, shall not rent, sublease, or otherwise authorize the use of the motorcycle on public streets and highways to a person who is not licensed to operate a motorcycle in this state, if a resident, and by the state in which the person resides, if a nonresident.

History: Add. 1966, Act 207, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1969, Act 134, Eff. June 1, 1970; Am. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2008, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 15, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47360 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47360
Construction of part.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47360.

Nothing contained in this part authorizes the taking, selling, or transporting of fish, the use of illegal nets, or the setting of nets at a place or places or at times otherwise forbidden by law.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1105 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-88-of-1961 / Section 38.1105
Credited service generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A member of a reciprocal retirement system who has 30 months or more of credited service acquired as a member of the system and who has attained the age but has not met the service requirements for age and service retirement shall be entitled to use his or her credited service in force previously acquired as a member of governmental unit retirement systems in meeting the service requirements of the system from which he or she retires. Beginning September 1, 2006, if the member has a break in governmental unit employment for a period longer than 20 years, his or her service rendered in the employ of the governmental units prior to his or her last break in service shall not be used in satisfying the service requirement for age and service retirement in the system from which he or she retires. Except as provided in section 6, credited service acquired in a governmental unit in which the member was previously employed shall not be used in determining the amount of his or her retirement allowance payable by the reciprocal retirement system from which he or she retires unless otherwise provided by the retirement system.

History: 1961, Act 88, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1965, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1965; Am. 1990, Act 274, Imd. Eff. Dec. 3, 1990; Am. 2008, Act 502, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.332 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.332
Department of economic expansion; transfer; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 232.

The department of economic expansion created under Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1963, being sections 125.1201 to 125.1208 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is transferred by a type II transfer to the department of commerce, except for those powers, duties and functions transferred to the executive office of the governor by section 13.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 11, Eff. Mar. 22, 1968