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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2454 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-173-of-1992 / Section 125.2454
Land reclamation and improvement authority; establishment; petition requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A person seeking to establish a land reclamation and improvement authority shall file a petition with the department. The petition shall meet all of the following requirements:

Include all of the following:

The name and address of the person filing the petition.

The name of the proposed authority, which shall not be similar to the name of the county within which the proposed authority district is located or to the name of a local unit of government all or part of which is located within that county.

The boundaries of the proposed authority district.

A description of a blighted area within the proposed authority district.

A general description of anticipated improvements, including a preliminary estimate of costs and schedule of completion.

A request that the department approve the establishment of the authority.

Be signed by the record owners of all of the land within the proposed authority district.

Be accompanied by a written nomination of 1 individual for appointment to a 4-year term and 1 individual for appointment to a 6-year term on the authority board.

A copy of the petition, with copies of all items listed in subdivision (a), shall be filed with the director of the department of natural resources at the same time as the petition is filed with the department.

History: 1992, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80148 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80148
Operating motorboat at more than slow-no wake speed; prohibitions; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80148.

Subject to the exceptions described in subsection (2), a person shall not operate a motorboat at more than slow-no wake speed if any of the following circumstances exist:

A person is located on or in the bow of the motorboat, and that motorboat is not manufactured to provide bow seating.

A person or a portion of a person's body extends beyond the exterior port or starboard walls of the hull of the motorboat.

This section does not apply to either of the following:

A person engaged in the operation of a sailboat that is not being powered by a motor.

A person on board a vessel who is attempting to anchor, moor, dock, or otherwise secure the vessel.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.942a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-235-of-1969 / Section 257.942a
Designation of parking spaces for persons with disabilities; ordinance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

The governing body of a city or village, or the board of a township, shall provide, by local ordinance, for parking spaces specifically designated for persons with disabilities in numbers to conform with the requirements of section 2 of 1966 PA 1, MCL 125.1352, in each shopping center parking area within its jurisdiction. If on the effective date of this section a shopping center is in compliance with a local ordinance relating to the number of parking spaces that the shopping center is required to provide, the shopping center shall not be held in violation of that ordinance if the designation of parking space required by this section reduces the number of parking spaces below the minimum number required by the local ordinance.

History: Add. 1978, Act 88, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979; Am. 1998, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1448k — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1448k
Personal liability on land contract or for mortgage debt; original judgment; deficiency; delivery of premises to purchaser; order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48k.

In the original judgment in foreclosure cases the court shall determine and adjudge which defendants, if any, are personally liable on the land contract or for the mortgage debt. The judgment shall provide that upon the confirmation of the report of sale that if either the principal, interest, or costs ordered to be paid, is left unpaid after applying the amount received upon the sale of the premises, the clerk of the court shall issue execution for the amount of the deficiency, upon the application of the attorney for the authority without notice to the defendant or his or her attorney. The court may order and compel the delivery of the possession of the premises to the purchaser at the sale.

History: Add. 1981, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Dec. 10, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1080 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-330-of-1968 / Section 338.1080
Private security police officers; arrest powers; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

A private security police officer, as described in section 29, who is properly licensed under this act has the authority to arrest a person without a warrant as set forth for public peace officers in section 15 of chapter IV of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 764.15, when that private security police officer is on the employer's premises. Such authority is limited to his or her hours of employment as a private security police officer and does not extend beyond the boundaries of the property of the employer and while the private security police officer is in the full uniform of the employer.

History: Add. 1969, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969; Am. 2000, Act 411, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1945 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1945
Process; order for substituted service; contents; unknown defendants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1945.

The order shall contain the name of the court, the names of the parties, directions as to where and when to answer or take such other action as may be permitted by law, a statement describing the nature of the proceedings, and a statement as to the effect of failure to take the indicated steps. If the names of some or all of the defendants are unknown, the order shall describe the relationship of the unknown defendants to the matter to be litigated in the best way possible, as for example, unknown claimant, unknown owners, unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, or assigns of a named person.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2090p — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2090p
Annual report; compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 90p.

(1) A rural jobs and capital investment fund shall submit an annual report to the fund on or before the last day of February of each year until the rural jobs and capital investment fund has exited the program in accordance with this chapter. The annual report shall provide documentation as to the rural jobs and capital investment fund's growth investments and include all of the following:

(a) A bank statement evidencing each growth investment.

(b) The name, location, and industry of each qualified business receiving a growth investment, including either the determination letter set forth in section 90o or evidence that the business was a qualified business at the time the growth investment was made.

(c) The number of new full-time equivalent employees and the corresponding earned job factor at the qualified business in this state.

(d) The number of full-time equivalent employees at the qualified business on the date of receipt of the initial growth investment in this state.

(e) Any other information required by the fund.

(2) Within 60 days of receipt of an annual report, the fund shall provide written confirmation to the rural jobs and capital investment fund of the new full-time equivalent employees the rural jobs and capital investment fund has been credited for that year.

(3) By the fifth business day after the third anniversary of the closing date, a rural jobs and capital investment fund shall submit a report to the fund evidencing its compliance with the investment requirements of this chapter.

(4) The fund may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.

(5) The fund shall submit an annual report to each house of the legislature on or before April 1, 2020. The annual report shall include all of the following:

(a) The name and number of all the rural jobs and capital investment funds approved to participate in the program.

(b) The amount of investment authority awarded to each rural jobs and capital investment fund.

(c) Any investments made by the rural jobs and capital investment funds, including the location of the investments.

(d) Whether the rural jobs and capital investment funds are in compliance with this chapter.

(e) Any other information required by the fund.

History: Add. 2018, Act 423, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2862 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2862
Implied warranty of merchantability; other implied warranties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A212.

Except in a finance lease, a warranty that the goods will be merchantable is implied in a lease contract if the lessor is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind.

Goods to be merchantable must be at least all of the following:

Pass without objection in the trade under the description in the lease agreement.

In the case of fungible goods, are of fair average quality within the description.

Are fit for the ordinary purposes for which goods of that type are used.

Run, within the variation permitted by the lease agreement, of even kind, quality, and quantity within each unit and among all units involved.

Are adequately contained, packaged, and labeled as the lease agreement may require.

Conform to any promises or affirmations of fact made on the container or label.

Other implied warranties may arise from course of dealing or usage of trade.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.601 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.601
Drain commissioner; interest in contract prohibited; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.

If any commissioner is interested directly or indirectly in the profits of any contract, job, work or services, other than official services, to be performed for the drainage district, he is deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the office of such commissioner shall be deemed vacant and the commissioner so convicted shall be incapable of again holding the office of county drain commissioner.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1965, Act 98, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1462 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1462
Continuance or adjournment; grounds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 462.

Requests for continuances for any reasonable time shall be granted for good cause.

Unless the subject of a petition or his or her attorney objects, the failure to timely notify a spouse, guardian, relative, or other person determined by the court to be entitled to notice shall not be cause to adjourn or continue a hearing.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21755 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21755
Grounds for refusal to issue license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21755.

The department may refuse to issue a license to establish or maintain and operate, or both, a nursing home to an applicant if any of the following are met:

(a) An occupational, professional, or health agency license held by the applicant was revoked during the 5 years before the date of application.

(b) The department finds that the applicant is not suitable to operate a nursing home because of financial incapacity or a lack of good moral character or appropriate business or professional experience. As used in this subdivision, "good moral character" means good moral character as defined in, and determined under, 1974 PA 381, MCL 338.41 to 338.47.

History: Add. 1978, Act 493, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979; Am. 2020, Act 371, Eff. Apr. 4, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2846 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2846
Failure to register death within prescribed time period; filing, registering, and marking certificate; evidentiary requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2846.

When a death occurring in this state is not registered within the time period prescribed by section 2843, a certificate may be filed in accordance with department procedures. The certificate shall be registered subject to evidentiary requirements the department prescribes to substantiate the alleged facts of death.

A certificate of death registered 1 year or more after the date of death shall be marked "delayed" and shall show on its face the date of the delayed registration.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3885 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-33-of-2008 / Section 125.3885
Repeal of certain acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 85.

(1) The following acts are repealed:

(a) 1931 PA 285, MCL 125.31 to 125.45.

(b) 1945 PA 282, MCL 125.101 to 125.115.

(c) 1959 PA 168, MCL 125.321 to 125.333.

(2) Any plan adopted or amended under an act repealed under subsection (1) is subject to section 81(1).

History: 2008, Act 33, Eff. Sept. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4123 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4123
Annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4123.

An insurer shall annually provide their contract holders with a report showing both the account value and the cash surrender value. The report shall clearly indicate that the account value is prior to the application of any surrender charges or market-value adjustment formula and shall specify the surrender charge and market-value adjustment used to determine the cash surrender value.

History: Add. 1991, Act 85, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2824 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2824
Registering name of spouse as parent of child; registering surname of child; consent; acknowledgment of parentage; designating surname of child; entering name of other parent and surname of child on birth certificate; other parent not named on birth registration; reference to legitimacy or illegitimacy prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2824.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the name of the spouse at the time of conception or, if none, the spouse at birth must be registered as the other parent of the child. The surname of the child must be registered as designated by the child's parents.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, if the child's mother was not married at the time of conception or birth, the name of the other parent must not be entered on the certificate of birth without the written consent of the mother and without the completion, and filing with the state registrar, of an acknowledgment of parentage by the mother and the individual to be named as the other parent. The acknowledgment of parentage must be completed in the manner provided in the acknowledgment of parentage act. For a certificate of birth completed under this subsection and on the written request of both parents, the surname of the child must be designated by the child's parents.

(3) If the name of the child's other parent cannot be shown under subsection (1) or (2), the child must be given the surname designated by the mother.

(4) If the parentage of a child is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, the name of a parent must be entered on the certificate of birth as found and ordered by the court. The surname of the child must be entered on the certificate of birth as designated by the child's mother.

(5) If the child's other parent is not named on the birth registration, no other information about the other parent may be entered on the registration.

(6) After May 30, 1979, a birth certificate must not contain a reference to the legitimacy or illegitimacy of a child.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1979, Act 23, Imd. Eff. May 30, 1979; Am. 1993, Act 115, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1993; Am. 1996, Act 307, Eff. June 1, 1997; Am. 2024, Act 25, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.385 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.385
Malicious destruction of property; signs, bills and notices placed on private property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 385.

Destroying and injuring signs, bills and notices placed on private property-Any person who shall wilfully tear down, destroy or in any manner deface any signs, bill or notices on any private lands of this state, or on any lots or premises in any township, city or village shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That such signs, bill or notices are not in violation of any general law of the state or municipal ordinance, and were placed by the owner or lessee or by their consent.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.385
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.785 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-274-of-1975 / Section 752.785
Persons to whom act inapplicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act does not apply to a person who transfers or causes to be transferred sound:

Intended for or in connection with radio or television broadcast transmission or related uses.

For archival, library, or educational purposes.

Solely for the personal use of the person transferring or causing the transfer and without any compensation being derived by the person from the transfer.

History: 1975, Act 274, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3959 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3959
Long-term care partnership program policy; applicability of chapter and applicable sections of chapter 39.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3959.

Pursuant to section 6021 of the deficit reduction act of 2005, Public Law 109-171, and section 112c of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.112c, this chapter applies to a long-term care partnership program policy. The applicable sections of chapter 39 also apply to a long-term care partnership program policy.

History: Add. 2015, Act 198, Eff. Feb. 22, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1138 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-314-of-1965 / Section 38.1138
Investment in real estate or mortgages on certain leased real property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

An investment fiduciary may invest in real estate or mortgages on real property leased or to be leased to the United States government, or to a state, territory, agency, authority, or public instrumentality of the United States, if the investment does not exceed 100% of the appraised value of the property subject to the mortgage and if all of the following requirements are met:

The lease has an unexpired term exclusive of optional renewal terms equal to or greater than the remaining term of the investment.

The lease provides for net rental payments equal to or greater than the periodic payments on the investment.

The lease and the lease payments are assigned to the system.

History: Add. 1982, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1208 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-34-of-1984 / Section 400.1208
Annual consumption cap; establishment; conditions requiring payments in excess of limits; lowering or raising consumption caps.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) An annual consumption cap is established for all assisted households. The department shall be responsible for payment of heating bills of assisted households up to the annual consumption cap. Subject to subsections (2), (3), and (4) and the available appropriation for each fiscal year, the annual assistance cap for full program years is as follows:

1984-1985 300,000 cubic feet 1985-1986 300,000 cubic feet 1986-1987 250,000 cubic feet 1987-1988 200,000 cubic feet

1984-1985

300,000 cubic feet

1985-1986

300,000 cubic feet

1986-1987

250,000 cubic feet

1987-1988

200,000 cubic feet

(2) As part of the energy program created by this act, the department, subject to available funding, shall make payments in excess of the limits established in section 10 or 53 of Act No. 171 of the Public Acts of 1983, as appropriate to recipients of public assistance, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) The recipient to which the payment is to be made is, at the time of requesting the additional payment, paying to a heating fuel provider, or permitting the department to directly pay to a heating fuel provider, or has agreed to permit the department to directly pay to a heating fuel provider, the monthly basic heating allowance included in the recipient's grant and appropriate special needs allowances.

(b) The recipient has agreed to participate in the weatherization-related service offered by the state and to accept weatherization when designated by the department to receive that service.

(c) If weatherization has been determined to be inappropriate for the residence of the recipient, the recipient has agreed to relocate to reasonable alternative housing, when the housing is available.

(3) If the department determines that the consumption caps in subsection (1) can be lowered while still meeting payment obligations and providing shut-off protection, the department may lower the caps.

(4) If the average winter temperature in a program year is colder than normal by 5% or more, the department shall seek legislative approval to raise the annual assistance cap as the department considers necessary.

History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7912 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7912
Protection of person dealing with trustee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7912.

(1) A person other than a trust beneficiary who in good faith assists a trustee, or who in good faith and for value deals with a trustee, without knowledge that the trustee is exceeding or improperly exercising the trustee's powers is protected from liability as if the trustee properly exercised the power.

(2) A person other than a trust beneficiary who in good faith deals with a trustee is not required to inquire into the extent of the trustee's powers or the propriety of the exercise of the powers.

(3) A person who in good faith delivers assets to a trustee need not ensure the proper application of the assets.

(4) A person other than a trust beneficiary who in good faith assists a former trustee, or who in good faith and for value deals with a former trustee, without knowledge that the trusteeship has terminated is protected from liability as if the former trustee were still a trustee.

(5) Comparable protective provisions of other laws relating to commercial transactions or transfer of securities by fiduciaries prevail over the protection provided by this section.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.824 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-26-of-1987 / Section 3.824
Deferred installment payment schedule; interest; request for full payment; deferred payment agreement assignable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

At the option of the seller, the commission shall purchase property under section 12 and provide farmland equity adjustment payments under section 13 on a deferred installment payment schedule not to exceed 10 years after the date of purchase. However, the commission shall receive title of the property at the time the deferred payment agreement is entered into. If property is purchased on a deferred payment schedule pursuant to this section, the commission shall pay interest on the balance owing to the seller at the same rate as the state's rate of return on its investments in the common cash fund.

If property is purchased on a deferred payment schedule pursuant to this section, the seller may request, at any time, full payment of the outstanding principal, plus any accrued interest, owing to him or her. The state may grant the sellers request under this subsection in the event of financial hardship or other reasonable cause. In the event of death of the seller, the state shall grant the request.

A deferred payment agreement entered into under this section shall be assignable.

History: Add. 1988, Act 274, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.863 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-50-of-1921 / Section 35.863
Veterans' memorials on township lands; custody, management and control.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The custody, management and control of such memorial and all property belonging thereto or intended to be used in connection therewith, shall be vested in the township board of such township.

History: 1921, Act 50, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 946; CL 1948, 35.863