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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4352 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4352
Discharge of prisoner; enforcement of order; obedience by sheriff or other custodian.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4352.

If no legal cause is shown for the restraint, or for the continuation thereof, the court or judge shall discharge the person restrained from the restraint under which he is held.

Obedience to any order for the discharge of any prisoner may be enforced by the court or judge granting such order, by arrest in the same manner as is herein provided for disobedience to a writ of habeas corpus, and with like effect in all respects. The person guilty of disobedience to an order for the discharge of any prisoner is liable to the party aggrieved in the sum of $1,000.00 damages, in addition to any special damages the party may have sustained.

No sheriff or other officer is liable to any civil action for obeying any such order of discharge.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article I § 12 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article I § 12
Habeas corpus.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.

History: Const. 1963, Art. I, § 12, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.74a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-344-of-1945 / Section 125.74a
Racial segregation in housing; consultation and assistance of state civil rights commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

No action taken under this act shall have the effect of promoting or perpetuating racial segregation in housing. To secure this objective, the local legislative body, municipal officials and agencies, citizens' district councils, and the coordinating council on urban redevelopment may consult with and seek the assistance of the state civil rights commission.

History: Add. 1968, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 426.158 — MI Code / Chapter 426 / Act Act-238-of-1879 / Section 426.158
Right to search for and examine logs; penalty for obstruction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

It shall be lawful for any person owning any logs, spars, spiles, boomstick, shinglebolt, timber, railroad ties, posts or lumber floating, lying or being in any of the streams or waters in this state, his servants and employes, and for any corporation entitled to the possession thereof and its employes, to search and examine any and all rafts of logs, and all spiles, railroad ties, posts, logs whether in rafts or booms or wherever situate in said waters or on the banks, or shores thereof, and all mills engaged in manufacturing logs into lumber, timber or shingles, situated upon or near such waters, to ascertain whether any log, spar, boomstick, shinglebolt, timber or lumber belonging to such person, or to which such corporation is entitled, may be there found; and any person who shall willfully obstruct or hinder any person engaged in such search or examination, shall be punished by a fine not more than 50 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1879, Act 238, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879; How. 2056; CL 1897, 5096; CL 1915, 6671; CL 1929, 8765; CL 1948, 426.158
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.264 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-288-of-1929 / Section 730.264
Demand for jury trial.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

When any cause shall become at issue, any party thereto shall be entitled to a jury trial by filing with the justice of the peace a demand for a jury, and in case said cause be a civil action, by depositing with the clerk of the justice court the sum of 12 dollars, which sum shall be taxed as costs if the party depositing the same shall prevail on the trial of said cause; and said sum will be returned to the person depositing the same if said cause shall be disposed of without a trial thereof by a jury.

History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 16510; CL 1948, 730.264
Mich. Comp. Laws § 119.2 — MI Code / Chapter 119 / Act Act-312-of-1929 / Section 119.2
Metropolitan district; powers; referendum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any district incorporated under this act shall have the power to acquire, own, operate and maintain within or without its limits, parks or public utilities for supplying sewage disposal, drainage, water or transportation or any combination thereof or such of said powers as may be designated in its charter. Any such district may sell or purchase, either within or without its limits, sewage disposal or drainage rights, water or transportation facilities or any combination thereof if so provided by its charter. Any such district shall have the power to acquire and succeed to any or all of the rights, obligations and property of any city, village or township, or any parts thereof, comprising territory within the limits of the district, respecting, affiliated or connected with such functions or public utilities, or any combination thereof: Provided, That no city, village or township shall surrender any such rights, obligations or property without the approval thereof by a majority vote of the electors of any such city, village or township voting on such proposition.

History: 1929, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2276; CL 1948, 119.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.943 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.943
Filing resolution; hearing; notice; designation of representative.
Status: in_force

Sec. 943.

Upon adoption, a copy of the resolutions adopted by the annexing and the dividing school districts pursuant to section 941 promptly shall be filed with the superintendent of public instruction. Upon receipt of the resolutions, the superintendent of public instruction shall schedule and hold or cause to be held a hearing concerning the division of the school district by annexation and transfer. The hearing shall be held within 30 days after receipt by the superintendent of public instruction of the resolutions from the boards of the annexing and dividing school districts. The superintendent of public instruction shall give 10 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the proposed division and alterations in school district boundaries to be considered by posting notice in at least 5 public places in each of the school districts whose territory will be affected, by publication at least once before the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory of the affected school districts, and by mailing a copy of the notice to the secretary of the board of each school district whose territory will be affected. The board of each school district whose territory will be affected by the proposed division and transfer shall designate a representative to attend the hearing.

History: Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.156 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-147-of-1935 / Section 254.156
Improvement of public works.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Improvement of works purchased. At or before the time any such works shall be acquired by purchase, it shall be the duty of the commission to determine what repairs, replacements, additions or betterments will be necessary to place the works in safe and efficient condition for use, and to cause an estimate of the cost of such improvement to be made, and submitted to the commission by an engineer or engineers appointed by it; such improvements shall be ordered by the commission before the sale of any revenue bonds hereinafter authorized for the acquisition of such works, and shall be paid for out of the proceeds of such bonds.

History: 1935, Act 147, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1935; CL 1948, 254.156
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3813 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3813
Settlement of claims.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3813.

If a claim against the estate is presented in the manner provided in section 3804 and it appears to be in the estate's best interest, the personal representative may settle the claim, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3910b — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3910b
Reduction options; applicability of section to long-term care policies and certificates issued on or after June 1, 2007.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3910b.

(1) A long-term care insurance policy or certificate shall provide that a policyholder or certificateholder who wishes to reduce coverage and lower the policy or certificate premium may choose at least 1 of the following options:

(a) Reducing the lifetime maximum benefit.

(b) Reducing the daily, weekly, or monthly benefit amount.

(2) In addition to the reduction options listed in subsection (1), a long-term care insurer may offer additional reduction options that are consistent with the policy or certificate design or the insurer's administrative processes.

(3) A long-term care insurer shall include in the long-term care insurance policy or certificate a description of the ways in which coverage may be reduced and the process for requesting and implementing a reduction in coverage.

(4) The age to determine the premium for reduced coverage shall be based on the age used to determine the premiums for the coverage currently in force.

(5) A long-term care insurer may limit any reduction in coverage to plans available for that policy form and to those for which benefits will be available after consideration of claims paid or payable.

(6) If a long-term care insurance policy or certificate is about to lapse, the insurer shall provide written notice to the insured of the options in subsection (1) to lower the premium by reducing coverage and of the premiums applicable to the reduced coverage options. The insurer may include in the notice additional options to those required in subsection (1). The notice shall provide the insured at least 30 days in which to elect to reduce coverage, and the policy or certificate shall be reinstated without underwriting if the insured elects the reduced coverage.

(7) This section applies to long-term care policies and certificates issued on or after June 1, 2007.

History: Add. 2006, Act 442, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.175 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-250-of-1990 / Section 28.175
DNA profile or sample; unauthorized dissemination, receipt, or use of information; removal, destruction, or tampering; obtaining, testing, or destroying; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) An individual shall not disseminate, receive, or otherwise use or attempt to use information in the DNA identification profile record knowing that the dissemination, receipt, or use of that information is for a purpose not authorized by law.

(2) An individual shall not willfully remove, destroy, tamper with, or attempt to tamper with a DNA sample, record, or other DNA information obtained or retained under this act without lawful authority.

(3) An individual shall not, without proper authority, obtain a DNA identification profile from the DNA identification profiling system.

(4) An individual shall not, without proper authority, test a DNA sample obtained under this act.

(5) An individual shall not willfully fail to destroy a DNA sample or profile that has been required or ordered to be destroyed under this act.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be considered to prohibit the collection of a DNA sample in the course of a criminal investigation by a law enforcement agency.

(7) An individual who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 2008, Act 535, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009; Am. 2014, Act 457, Eff. July 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3951 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3951
Policy summary; compliance with MCL 500.3933; additional provisions; monthly report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3951.

A policy summary shall be delivered for a life insurance policy or certificate that provides long-term care benefits. The summary shall comply with the requirements in section 3933. For direct response solicitations, the insurer shall deliver the policy summary upon the applicant's request and shall make the delivery no later than at the time of policy delivery. In addition to the policy summary provisions in section 3933, the policy summary shall include all of the following:

An explanation of how the long-term care benefit interacts with other components of the policy, including deductions from death benefits.

An illustration of the amount of benefits, the length of benefit, and the guaranteed lifetime benefits, if any, for each covered person.

Any exclusions, reductions, and limitations on benefits of long-term care.

If applicable to the policy type, the summary shall also include all of the following:

A disclosure of the effects of exercising other rights under the policy.

A disclosure of guarantees related to long-term care costs of insurance charges.

Current and projected maximum lifetime benefits.

If a long-term care benefit, funded through a life insurance vehicle by the acceleration of the death benefit, is in benefit payment status, a monthly report shall be provided to the policyholder. The report shall include all of the following:

Any long-term care benefits paid out during the month.

An explanation of any changes in the policy, for example, death benefits or cash values due to long-term care benefits being paid out.

The amount of long-term care benefits existing or remaining.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.13a — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-282-of-1905 / Section 207.13a
Tax credit; “eligible company,”“eligible expenses,”“qualified rolling stock,” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13a.

Subject to subsection (2), an eligible company is allowed a credit against the tax imposed under this act for the tax year equal to the amount of eligible expenses incurred during the calendar year immediately preceding the tax year for which the credit under this subsection is claimed.

The sum of the credits under subsection (1) and section 13(2) shall not exceed an eligible company's liability for the tax levied under this act in the tax year in which the credit is claimed.

An eligible company may apply for the credit under subsection (1) by submitting to the state board of assessors an application in the form prescribed by the state board of assessors.

If the board determines that for any eligible company the sum of the credits provided in this section and in section 13(2) equals the eligible company's liability for the tax levied under this act before application of the credits, the board may waive the application requirement in subsection (3) and the reports and statements required under sections 6, 7, 8, and 13. A waiver under this subsection does not affect the board's powers under section 3.

As used in this section:

"Eligible company" means railroad companies, union station and depot companies, sleeping car companies, express companies, car loaning companies, stock car companies, refrigerator car companies, fast freight line companies, and all other companies owning, leasing, running, or operating any freight, stock, refrigerator, or any other cars not the exclusive property of a railroad company paying taxes upon its rolling stock under this act, over or upon the line or lines of any railroad in this state.

"Eligible expenses" means 1 or more of the following:

Expenses incurred in this state to maintain or improve an eligible company's qualified rolling stock.

Seventy-five percent of the expenses incurred in this state for maintenance or improvement of rights-of-way, including those items, except depreciation, in the official maintenance-of-way and capital track accounts of the eligible company.

"Qualified rolling stock" means any freight, stock, refrigerator, or other railcars subject to the tax levied under this act.

History: Add. 2000, Act 341, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.141 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-36-of-1917 / Section 46.141
Fairgrounds; appropriations by board of supervisors for improvements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The board of supervisors in any county owning its own fair grounds is hereby authorized to make appropriations for the construction and maintenance of buildings, fences and driveways on said fair grounds.

History: 1917, Act 36, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 1170; CL 1948, 46.141
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.559 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.559
Mutual military assistance agreement with other states or reciprocal agreements for emergency assistance to other states.
Status: in_force

Sec. 159.

(1) The governor may enter into an agreement with the governors of 1 or more other states authorizing the military forces of this state, in time of invasion, rebellion, public disaster, or catastrophe, or to assist a state or local law enforcement agency, at the request of that state or local law enforcement agency, in enforcing a law prohibiting the importation, sale, delivery, possession, or use of a controlled substance as defined in this act or a similar law of the other state, or as necessary to comply with reciprocal agreements for emergency assistance to other states under the interstate emergency management assistance compact, 2001 PA 248, MCL 3.1001 to 3.1004, or with other similar agreements, to be employed within the area of the other states for mutual assistance in the public interest.

(2) A member of the national guard from another state performing support duty to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency in this state has the same immunity from liability and prosecution as does a member of the Michigan national guard in performing support duty to a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency.

(3) The Michigan national guard is a law enforcement agency under this act for the purpose of receiving or using property or money forfeited under section 981(e)(2) of title 18 of the United States Code, 18 USC 981, section 616 of part V of title IV of the tariff act of 1930, 19 USC 1616a, and section 511(e)(1)(A) of part E of the controlled substances act, title II of the comprehensive drug abuse prevention and control act of 1970, 21 USC 881.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967; Am. 1998, Act 212, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1998; Am. 2013, Act 99, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.432 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-2-of-1968 / Section 141.432
Verification of transactions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

For purposes of verifying any transactions disclosed by an audit or investigation, any person or firm authorized to conduct an audit under this act may ascertain the deposits, payments, withdrawals and balances on deposit in any bank account or with any contractor or with any other person having dealings with the local unit.

A bank, contractor or person shall not be held liable for making available any of the information required under this act.

History: 1968, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2704 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2704
Office of child support; duties; available proceedings; security, bond, or deposit as payment guarantee prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 704.

(1) In a support proceeding under this article, the office of child support of this state shall do the following:

(a) Transmit and receive applications.

(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.

(2) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:

(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order.

(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state.

(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.

(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 708(2)(b), (d), or (i).

(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.

(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(3) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state.

(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.

(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(4) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.52 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-325-of-1982 / Section 801.52
Certifying general prisoner population exceeds 100% of rated design capacity of county jail or percentage of rated design capacity set by court; duties of sheriff.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

If the general prisoner population of a county jail exceeds 100% of the rated design capacity of the county jail or a percentage of rated design capacity less than 100% as set by a court before February 8, 1983, for 7 consecutive days or for a lesser number of days as set by a court before February 8, 1983, the sheriff for that county shall certify that fact in writing, by first-class mail, personal delivery, or electronic communications, to the chief circuit judge, the chief district judge, and each municipal court judge in the county in which the county jail is located, the prosecuting attorney for the county, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners, and the county executive in a county in which a county executive is elected.

History: 1982, Act 325, Eff. Feb. 8, 1983; Am. 2007, Act 140, Eff. Feb. 11, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.547 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.547
Protection of customer records and information; adoption of guidelines for administrative, technical, and physical safeguards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 547.

The commissioner shall adopt guidelines for administrative, technical, and physical safeguards that protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer information, pursuant to sections 501, 505(b), and 507 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act, Public Law 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338, 15 U.S.C. 6801, 6805, and 6807.

Each licensee shall adopt policies and procedures for administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the protection of customer records and information. The policies and procedures shall be based on the guidelines adopted under subsection (1) and shall be reasonably designed to do all of the following:

Ensure the security and confidentiality of customer records and information.

Protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of customer records and information.

Protect against unauthorized access to or use of customer records or information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer.

History: Add. 2001, Act 24, Imd. Eff. June 18, 2001