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Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.509 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-325-of-1990 / Section 399.509
Railroad history museum trust fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 209.

The money collected under this section and sections 205 and 208 shall be credited to a revolving fund that is created in the state treasury and shall be known as the Michigan railroad history museum trust fund. Except as provided in subsection (3), money deposited in the railroad history museum trust fund may be used to do any of the following:

Defray the costs of operating the railroad history museum.

Purchase artifacts, engines, and rolling stock for the collection of the railroad history museum.

Restore artifacts, engines, and rolling stock in the collection of the railroad history museum.

Advertise and pay for educational programs, special exhibits, and special events, including performers, presented at the railroad history museum.

Provide free materials to school groups.

Purchase items offered for sale at the railroad history museum store.

Make capital and other substantial improvements to the railroad history museum facilities.

The department shall administer the railroad history museum trust fund. The money in the railroad history museum trust fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund for use in a subsequent year and may not be expended for any purpose other than those enumerated in this act.

The sum of not to exceed $37,500.00 is appropriated from the general fund to the department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, for operational expenses of the Michigan railroad history museum.

History: 1990, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1759 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-175-of-2018 / Section 550.1759
Records; failure to file return or keep proper records; right of department to impose assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) An insurance provider liable for the assessment under this act shall keep accurate and complete records and pertinent documents as may be required by the department. Records required by the department shall be retained for a period of 4 years after the assessment imposed under this act to which the records apply is due or as otherwise provided by law.

(2) If the department considers it necessary, the department may require a person, by notice served upon that person, to make a return, render under oath certain statements, or keep certain records the department considers sufficient to show whether that person is liable for the assessment under this act.

(3) If an insurance provider fails to file a return or keep proper records as may be required under this section, or if the department has reason to believe that any records kept or returns filed are inaccurate or incomplete and that additional assessments are due, the department may compute the amount of the assessment due from the insurance provider based on information that is available or that may become available to the department. An assessment under this subsection is considered prima facie correct under this act, and an insurance provider has the burden of proof for refuting the assessment.

History: 2018, Act 175, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21335 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21335
Requirement of emergency generator system in home for the aged.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21335.

(1) Except as provided under subsection (2), a home for the aged seeking a license or a renewal of a license under this article shall have, at a minimum, an emergency generator system that during an interruption of the normal electrical supply is capable of both of the following:

(a) Providing not less than 4 hours of service.

(b) Generating enough power to provide lighting at all entrances and exits and to operate equipment to maintain fire detection, alarm, and extinguishing systems, telephone switchboards, heating plant controls, and other critical mechanical equipment essential to the safety and welfare of the residents, personnel, and visitors.

(2) A home for the aged that is licensed under this article on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section is not required to comply with subsection (1) until that home for the aged undergoes any major building modification. As used in this section, "major building modification" means an alteration of walls that creates a new architectural configuration or revision to the mechanical or electrical systems that significantly revises the design of the system or systems. Major building modification does not include normal building maintenance, repair, or replacement with equivalent components or a change in room function.

(3) A home for the aged that is exempt from compliance under subsection (2) shall notify the local medical control authority and the local law enforcement agency that it does not have an emergency generator on site. Until a home for the aged undergoes any major building modification as provided under subsection (2), a home for the aged that is exempt from compliance under subsection (2) shall file with the department a copy of the home for the aged's written policies and procedures and existing plans or agreements for emergency situations, including in the event of an interruption of the normal electrical supply.

(4) A home for the aged that fails to comply with this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $2,000.00 for each violation. Each day a violation continues is a separate offense and shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than $500.00 for each day during which the failure continues.

History: Add. 2004, Act 397, Eff. Apr. 15, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.200k — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.200k
Applicability of MCL 750.200h to 750.200j; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 200k.

Sections 200h to 200j do not apply to any of the following:

A member of the military forces of the United States or of this state acting under a lawful order or while engaged in a lawful military activity.

A law enforcement officer enforcing the laws of the United States or of this state or while engaged in a lawful law enforcement activity.

A person engaged in self-defense or the lawful defense of another person.

Unless acting with an unlawful purpose, a person acting within the scope of his or her employment under a rule or a permit or license of the United States or of this state.

Unless acting with an unlawful purpose, a person who within the scope of his or her employment violates a rule or a provision of a permit or license issued by the United States or this state to manufacture, deliver, possess, transport, place, classify, label, use, or release a substance or device shall not be prosecuted under this chapter.

This chapter does not prohibit the possession and use of a device that uses electro-muscular disruption technology as permitted under section 224a.

History: Add. 1998, Act 207, Eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Am. 2003, Act 257, Eff. Jan. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.1719 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-89-of-1986 / Section 487.1719
Violation of act; amount and disposition of civil penalty; applicability of section; provisions cumulative; liability for certain violations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 719.

If, after notice and a hearing, the commissioner finds that a person has violated this act, the commissioner may order that person to pay to the commissioner a civil penalty in the amount the commissioner specifies. However, the amount of the civil penalty shall not exceed $1,000.00 for each violation, or in the case of a continuing violation, $1,000.00 for each day for which the violation continues. Money collected for a civil penalty under this section shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the general fund of this state.

This section does not apply to any act committed or omitted in good faith in conformity with an order, rule, declaratory ruling, or written interpretative opinion of the commissioner, notwithstanding that the order, rule, declaratory ruling, or written interpretative opinion is later amended, rescinded, or repealed, or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.

The provisions of subsection (1) are additional to, and not alternative to, other provisions of this act which authorize the commissioner to issue orders or to take other action on account of a violation of this act. A person who is convicted under section 819 on account of a violation of article 8 shall not be liable to pay a civil penalty under subsection (1) on account of that violation. A person who pays a civil penalty under subsection (1) on account of a violation of article 8 shall not be liable to prosecution under section 819 on account of that violation.

History: 1986, Act 89, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61523 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.61523
Confiscation of illegal oil or gas, oil or gas products, conveyances, and containers; notice; seizure; sale; intervention.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61523.

All illegal oil or gas, products derived from illegal oil or gas, conveyances used in the transportation of illegal oil or gas or oil or gas products, and containers used in their storage, except railroad tank cars and pipelines, are subject to confiscation, and the supervisor may seize such illegal oil or gas, oil or gas products, conveyances, and containers. The supervisor shall immediately upon such seizure institute a proceeding in rem to confiscate the oil or gas, oil or gas products, conveyances, and containers in the circuit court of the county in which the seizure was made or in the circuit court of Ingham county. Upon commencement of these proceedings, notice shall be given to all known interested persons in the manner as directed by the court. The court, upon finding that the oil or gas, oil or gas products, conveyances, or containers seized are illegal, shall order those items to be sold under the terms and conditions as it directs. Any person claiming an interest in any oil or gas, oil or gas product, conveyance, or container that is seized has the right to intervene in the proceedings, and the rights of that person shall be determined by the court as justice may require.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.532 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-280-of-1996 / Section 289.532
Enforcement of act; issuance and use of seal of quality or other logo.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The department of agriculture shall enforce this act in the same manner as the Michigan food law of 1968, Act No. 39 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 289.701 to 289.727 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The department of agriculture may provide for the issuance of a seal of quality or other described logo for maple syrup meeting or exceeding the standards imposed in this act.

If the department of agriculture provides for the issuance of a seal of quality or logo for maple syrup, use of the seal of quality or logo in a manner inconsistent with the use prescribed by the department of agriculture is considered a violation of this act.

History: 1996, Act 280, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1044 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-153-of-1966 / Section 388.1044
Feasibility study; appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

There is hereby appropriated to the state board of education $50,000.00 from the general fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, to conduct such a feasibility study in conjunction with federal funds as might be available.

History: 1966, Act 153, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21720a — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21720a
Director of nursing; nursing personnel; effective date of subsection (1); natural disaster or other emergency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21720a.

A nursing home shall not be licensed under this part unless that nursing home has on its staff at least 1 registered nurse with specialized training or relevant experience in the area of gerontology, who shall serve as the director of nursing and who shall be responsible for planning and directing nursing care. The nursing home shall have at least 1 licensed nurse on duty at all times and shall employ additional registered and licensed practical nurses in accordance with subsection (2). This subsection shall not take effect until January 1, 1980.

A nursing home shall employ nursing personnel sufficient to provide continuous 24-hour nursing care and services sufficient to meet the needs of each patient in the nursing home. Nursing personnel employed in the nursing home shall be under the supervision of the director of nursing. A licensee shall maintain a nursing home staff sufficient to provide not less than 2.25 hours of nursing care by employed nursing care personnel per patient per day. The ratio of patients to nursing care personnel during a morning shift shall not exceed 8 patients to 1 nursing care personnel; the ratio of patients to nursing care personnel during an afternoon shift shall not exceed 12 patients to 1 nursing care personnel; and the ratio of patients to nursing care personnel during a nighttime shift shall not exceed 15 patients to 1 nursing care personnel and there shall be sufficient nursing care personnel available on duty to assure coverage for patients at all times during the shift. An employee designated as a member of the nursing staff shall not be engaged in providing basic services such as food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, or maintenance services, except in an instance of natural disaster or other emergency reported to and concurred in by the department. In a nursing home having 30 or more beds, the director of nursing shall not be included in counting the minimum ratios of nursing personnel required by this subsection.

In administering this section, the department shall take into consideration a natural disaster or other emergency.

History: Add. 1978, Act 493, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2941 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2941
Artesian or flowing well; certain condition deemed nuisance; abatement; damages; unreasonable or unnecessary waste; order or judgment; reopening.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2941.

Any artesian or flowing well, the water of which is unnecessarily allowed to run to waste in an unreasonable manner to the depletion or lowering of the head or reservoir thereof to the detriment or damage of other wells supplied from the same head or reservoir, is a nuisance, and its owner and the owner of the land on which it is situated are subject to all the actions for abatement and damages in favor of the person or persons injured, as provided by law for other nuisances or tortious acts.

Where any well is supplied by a head, reservoir, stratum, or vein or by percolating waters common to other springs or wells, and the owner thereof or his lessee or licensee puts its waters to a use unreasonable or unnecessary, in view of the condition and situation of the land on which it is situated, and through such unreasonable or unnecessary use, lowers or depletes the head, pressure, or supply of water of any spring or well dependent on the same head, vein, or stratum, to the detriment or injury of the owner or any person entitled to the use thereof, the well so unreasonably and unnecessarily used, is a nuisance, and its owner and the owner of the land on which it is situated are subject to all the actions for abatement and damages in favor of the person or persons injured, as provided by law for other nuisances or tortious acts.

Where any order or judgment is rendered under this section, declaring any well a nuisance because of the waste or unreasonable use of its waters and directing the abatement thereof, such order or judgment shall specify in some practicable manner the daily amount or volume of water that may be used or allowed to flow therefrom without violating such order or judgment, and specify such reasonable time as to the court shall seem just within which the provisions thereof shall be carried into effect. Any such order or judgment may be reopened at any time after entry on the question of reasonable use on a proper showing of change of circumstances or other equitable reason therefor.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1392 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1392
Long-term care insurance; withholding from retirement allowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 92.

Beginning on July 1, 2004, upon written application of a retirant, the retirement system shall withhold from the retirant's retirement allowance the entire monthly premium for voluntary long-term care insurance for the retirant, the retirement allowance beneficiary, and health insurance dependents, as that term is defined in section 91, who elect coverage in a long-term care insurance plan that is authorized by the retirement system. If the entire monthly premium for retirants, retirement allowance beneficiaries, and health insurance dependents is greater than the retirement allowance, the retirement system shall withhold the entire retirement allowance and apply it to the premium balance.

History: Add. 2003, Act 17, Imd. Eff. June 10, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.683 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-18-of-1933-Ex-Sess- / Section 125.683
Operating year.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

The ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall definitely determine whether such project or combined projects shall be operated upon a calendar, operating or fiscal year basis, and the dates of the beginning and ending of the same.

History: 1933, Ex. Sess., Act 18, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1934; CL 1948, 125.683
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.924 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-74-of-1955 / Section 388.924
School loans; repayment, reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Any moneys repaid by school districts on loans made from the school bond loan fund shall first be used to pay principal and interest on outstanding bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this act, and shall next be used to reimburse the general fund of the state to the extent of any appropriations made therefrom for the administration of acts pursuant to section 27 of article 10 of the state constitution. Any moneys remaining after the satisfaction of these 2 priorities may be deposited in the state bond loan fund and used for the purpose for which such fund is established, but the aggregate of all loans made pursuant to said section 27 of article 10 and laws enacted pursuant thereto shall not exceed $100,000,000.00.

History: 1955, Act 74, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1955; Am. 1956, Act 192, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.31 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-49-of-1895 / Section 128.31
Removal of private cemetery; complaint; grounds; proceedings to vacate; power of circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

When a complaint is made in writing to the board of trustees of a township in this state, by 10 or more residents of the township, setting forth the fact that a private cemetery within the bounds of the township should be removed for the reason that the cemetery has become commons, has become neglected or abandoned by its owner or owners, has become a public nuisance, or shall impede the growth of a city or village in the township, or when a private cemetery endangers the health of the people living in the immediate vicinity of the private cemetery, the township board of trustees immediately shall institute proceedings to vacate the cemetery in the manner provided in this act. The circuit court for the county in which the cemetery is located may vacate the private cemetery, or a part of the private cemetery, on petition made to the court as provided in this act.

History: 1895, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 2387; CL 1915, 2163; CL 1929, 2657; CL 1948, 128.31; Am. 1980, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544f — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.544f
Number of signatures required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 544f.

The number of signatures of qualified and registered electors necessary for nominating petitions under this act, based upon the population of the district involved according to the most recent federal census, is as follows:

Partisan Petition Non Partisan Petition Qualifying Petition Population Min Max Min Max Min Max 0 - 9,999 3 10 6 20 9 30 10,000 - 24,999 20 50 40 100 60 150 25,000 - 49,999 50 100 100 200 150 300 50,000 - 74,999 100 200 200 400 300 600 75,000 - 99,999 200 400 400 800 600 1,200 100,000 - 199,999 300 500 600 1,000 900 1,500 200,000 - 499,999 500 1,000 1,000 2,000 1,500 3,000 500,000 - 999,999 1,000 2,000 2,000 4,000 3,000 6,000 1,000,000 - 1,999,999 2,000 4,000 4,000 8,000 6,000 12,000 2,000,000 - 4,999,999 4,000 8,000 6,200 12,000 12,000 24,000 Over 5 million (statewide) 15,000 30,000 30,000 60,000 30,000 60,000

Partisan Petition

Non Partisan Petition

Qualifying Petition

Population

Min

Max

Min

Max

Min

Max

0 - 9,999

3

10

6

20

9

30

10,000 - 24,999

20

50

40

100

60

150

25,000 - 49,999

50

100

100

200

150

300

50,000 - 74,999

100

200

200

400

300

600

75,000 - 99,999

200

400

400

800

600

1,200

100,000 - 199,999

300

500

600

1,000

900

1,500

200,000 - 499,999

500

1,000

1,000

2,000

1,500

3,000

500,000 - 999,999

1,000

2,000

2,000

4,000

3,000

6,000

1,000,000 - 1,999,999

2,000

4,000

4,000

8,000

6,000

12,000

2,000,000 - 4,999,999

4,000

8,000

6,200

12,000

12,000

24,000

Over 5 million (statewide)

15,000

30,000

30,000

60,000

30,000

60,000

History: Add. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000