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Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.2507 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-551-of-2008 / Section 451.2507
Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 507.

A broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser, or investment adviser representative is not liable to another broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser, or investment adviser representative for defamation relating to a statement that is contained in a record required by the administrator, or designee of the administrator, the securities and exchange commission, or a self-regulatory organization, unless the person knew, or should have known at the time that the statement was made, that it was false in a material respect or the person acted in reckless disregard of the statement's truth or falsity.

History: 2008, Act 551, Eff. Oct. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3404 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3404
Purchase of stock, or loans to, Michigan business development corporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 404.

Except as otherwise provided by this act or in its articles of incorporation, a savings bank may purchase the shares of stock of, or make loans to, the Michigan business development corporation.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3109 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3109
Subtraction of other benefits from personal protection benefits; injured person defined; deductible provision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3109.

(1) Benefits provided or required to be provided under the laws of any state or the federal government shall be subtracted from the personal protection insurance benefits otherwise payable for the injury under this chapter.

(2) An injured person is a natural person suffering accidental bodily injury.

(3) An insurer providing personal protection insurance benefits under this chapter may offer, at appropriately reduced premium rates, a deductible of a specified dollar amount. This deductible may be applicable to all or any specified types of personal protection insurance benefits, but shall apply only to benefits payable to the person named in the policy, his or her spouse, and any relative of either domiciled in the same household.

History: Add. 1972, Act 294, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2012, Act 454, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.609 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.609
Delegates to city or county convention; proxy prohibited; vacancies in delegation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 609.

No delegate elected to any city or county convention shall give a proxy to represent him at such convention. All vacancies occurring in any delegation to any convention shall be filled by a majority vote of such delegation: Provided, That such delegation shall not be permitted to fill any vacancy which may occur in its number by any person not a resident of the ward, district, township or precinct, as the case may be, from which such absent delegate was chosen.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.931 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-316-of-2000 / Section 286.931
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

This act takes effect October 1, 2001.

History: 2000, Act 316, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.209 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-44-of-1982 / Section 37.209
Conditional effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

This act shall not take effect unless the following House Bills of the 81st Legislature are enacted into law:

House Bill No. 4403.

House Bill No. 4404.

History: 1982, Act 44, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.4117 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.4117
Dairy and food safety fund; credit of money collected; creation; investment; lapse; administration; consumer food safety education fund; industry food-safety education fund; creation; use and carrying forward of funds; "fee-exempt food establishment" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4117.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), money collected under this chapter by the department must be credited to the dairy and food safety fund that is created as a restricted fund within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets, from appropriations or from any other source, for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The money in the fund does not lapse to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year and carries over to the following fiscal years. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. The department shall administer the fund and shall expend money from the fund for the purpose of administering this act and enforcing the provisions of this act, the grade A milk law of 2001, 2001 PA 266, MCL 288.471 to 288.540, and the manufacturing milk law of 2001, 2001 PA 267, MCL 288.561 to 288.740. The department shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(2) A consumer food safety education fund is created as a revolving fund in the department of treasury. The consumer food safety education fund must be administered by the department and funded by adding $3.00 to the fee for each food establishment license in all categories except vending machines and in cases of fee-exempt food establishments. The money in the fund must be used to provide statewide training and education to consumers on food safety. Money remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year carries forward into the next fiscal year.

(3) An industry food-safety education fund is created as a revolving fund in the department of treasury. The industry food-safety education fund must be administered by the department and funded by adding $2.00 to the fee for each food service establishment license in all categories except vending machines and in cases of fee-exempt food establishments. The money in the fund must be used to provide food safety training and education to food service establishment employees and agents of the director who enforce this act. Money remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year carries forward into the next fiscal year.

(4) As used in this section, "fee-exempt food establishment" means a food establishment exempt from all state and local food establishment license fees under section 3119(3) combined with an exemption from the local health department sanitation service fee under section 2444 of the public health code, MCL 333.2444.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000; Am. 2002, Act 487, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2002; Am. 2007, Act 114, Eff. Apr. 1, 2008; Am. 2012, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2023, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.626b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.626b
Careless or negligent operation of vehicle as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 626b.

A person who operates a vehicle upon a highway or a frozen public lake, stream, or pond or other place open to the general public including an area designated for the parking of vehicles in a careless or negligent manner likely to endanger any person or property, but without wantonness or recklessness, is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: Add. 1965, Act 262, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.223 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Initiated-Law-1-of-1996 / Section 432.223
Shipment of gambling devices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

All shipments of gambling devices, including slot machines, to licensed casinos in this state, the registering, recording, and labeling of which have been completed by the manufacturer or dealer thereof in accordance with chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. 1171 to 1178, are legal shipments of gambling devices into the state of Michigan.

History: Add. 1997, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1505 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.1505
Duties at inception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1505.

Within a reasonable time after accepting appointment as a fiduciary or receiving fiduciary assets, a fiduciary shall review the assets, and make and implement decisions concerning the retention and disposition of assets, in order to bring the fiduciary portfolio into compliance with the purposes, terms, distribution requirements expressed in the governing instrument, and other circumstances of the fiduciary estate, and with the requirements of the Michigan prudent investor rule.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.9 — MI Code / Chapter 31 / Act Act-202-of-1959 / Section 31.9
Emergency successor; notice of designation or removal; form, publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

All notices to the secretary of state provided for in this act shall be in writing and signed and sworn to by the designating authority. The secretary of state shall inform the governor, the director of the state office of civil defense, the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate and all emergency interim successors of all the designations, removals and changes. The clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate shall publish the notices of designations, removals and changes in the journals of their respective houses, and shall publish therein a complete list of all current designations at the beginning of each legislative session.

History: 1959, Act 202, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5717 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5717
Birth defects registry; establishment; purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5717.

The department shall establish a birth defects registry for all of the following purposes:

To provide information on the incidence and trends of birth defects among Vietnam-era veterans and their families, and among the general population.

To provide information to determine whether environmental hazards such as exposure to agent orange or chemical agents are associated with birth defects and to provide information as to other possible causes of birth defects among Vietnam-era veterans and among the general population.

To develop prevention strategies for reducing the incidence of birth defects among Vietnam-era veterans and their families, and among the general population.

History: Add. 1987, Act 48, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.419 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-179-of-1951 / Section 730.419
List filed before act effective.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

This act shall not go into effect in any city to which it applies unless the judge or judges, or justice or justices, notify the city clerk and city assessor or assessing officer in writing to prepare and file lists of names as is provided for herein. The first list shall be filed as soon as it is prepared and may be used to draw juries at the expiration of 2 months from the date of filing and until the first regular annual list provided for herein goes into effect.

History: 1951, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 490.601 — MI Code / Chapter 490 / Act Act-215-of-2003 / Section 490.601
Repeal of MCL 490.1 to 490.31.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.

1925 PA 285, MCL 490.1 to 490.31, is repealed.

History: 2003, Act 215, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.164 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-189-of-1979 / Section 141.164
Unlimited tax pledges for payment of tax obligations; resolution submitting question to vote of electors; election; approval; binding unlimited tax pledges; tax levy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

If a public corporation is authorized by statute or charter to issue or incur tax obligations which under the terms of section 6 of article 9 of the state constitution of 1963 may be secured by unlimited tax pledges of the public corporation if approved by its electors, the legislative body of the public corporation may by resolution submit the question of making 1 or more unlimited tax pledges in support of 1 or more tax obligations to a vote of its electors at a regularly scheduled election to be held in the public corporation or at a special election which may be called for this purpose by the legislative body.

An election authorized under this section shall be called and conducted pursuant to Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Upon the approving vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the public corporation voting on the question, the public corporation may make 1 or more binding unlimited tax pledges for the payment of 1 or more tax obligations referred to in the ballot. After this vote of approval the public corporation may levy, for payment of these obligations, ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within its boundaries without regard to a charter, statutory, or constitutional tax limitation, and in addition to other taxes which the public corporation may be authorized to levy. However, the tax which may be levied shall not be excess of a rate or amount sufficient for payment of the obligations.

History: 1979, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.277 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-478-of-2012 / Section 37.277
Duties not created by act; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) This act does not create a duty for an employer or educational institution to search or monitor the activity of a personal internet account.

(2) An employer or educational institution is not liable under this act for failure to request or require that an employee, a student, an applicant for employment, or a prospective student grant access to, allow observation of, or disclose information that allows access to or observation of the employee's, student's, applicant for employment's, or prospective student's personal internet account.

History: 2012, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.82 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.82
Constables; service of warrants, notices, and process; duties; ordinance restricting or limiting powers; compliance with minimum employment standards; cost of compliance; appointment as district court officer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 82.

Constables shall serve all warrants, notices, and process lawfully directed to them by the township board, or the township clerk, or another officer, and shall perform other duties as are required of them by law. A township board, by ordinance, may restrict or limit the powers of a township constable prescribed by state law. If the township requires the constable to perform both statutory criminal and civil duties, a person elected or appointed to the office of township constable shall comply with the minimum employment standards established by the law enforcement officer training council pursuant to section 9 of Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being section 28.609 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The cost of complying with these standards shall be borne by the township.

A township constable may be appointed as a district court officer by the district court and may perform the duties permitted pursuant to chapter 83 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended, being sections 600.8301 to 600.8395 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The employment standards of subsection (1) shall not apply when a township constable is appointed as a district court officer.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 574; CL 1871, 725; How. 764; CL 1897, 2366; CL 1915, 2146; CL 1929, 1022; CL 1948, 41.82; Am. 1976, Act 426, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.2105 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-430-of-2000 / Section 445.2105
Contract for payment of royalties; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A contract for the payment of royalties between a proprietor and a performing rights society executed, issued, or renewed in this state shall comply with all of the following:

Be in writing.

Be signed by both parties to the contract.

Include at least the following information:

The proprietor's name and business address and the name and location of each place of business to which the contract applies.

The name and business address of the performing rights society.

The duration of the contract.

The schedule of rates and terms of royalties to be collected under the contract including, but not limited to, any sliding scale, discount, or schedule for any increase or decrease of those rates for the duration of the contract.

A contract between a performing rights society and a proprietor for the payment of royalties shall be offered for a term of 1 year but the parties may agree to a contract for a term other than 1 year. This section does not apply to a contract for a term negotiated between a performing rights society and a bona fide trade association representing a substantial percentage of proprietors of the same type.

History: 2000, Act 430, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.591 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.591
Commencement of state convention in even numbered years; date, time, and location; issuance of calls.
Status: in_force

Sec. 591.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and section 532, the state convention of all political parties for the nomination of candidates for state offices in the even numbered years shall commence not less than 60 days before the general November election. The date, time, and location of the state convention shall be designated by the state central committees of the various political parties in their call for a state convention. The calls shall be issued at least 60 days before the August primaries.

(2) In 2012 only, the state convention of all political parties for the nomination of candidates for state offices shall commence not less than 58 days before the general November election. The date, time, and location of the state convention shall be designated by the state central committees of the various political parties in their call for a state convention. The calls shall be issued at least 60 days before the August primaries.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955; Am. 1973, Act 28, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1973; Am. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983; Am. 1988, Act 116, Eff. Nov. 9, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990; Am. 2012, Act 128, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.101 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-124-of-1907 / Section 752.101
Corn husker with unprotected feeder; unlawful sale.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association or corporation, or for any officer or agent thereof, to sell or offer for sale, or to use within the state of Michigan, the machine commonly known as a corn husker, unless the same is safeguarded by an automatic feeder or other safety device, that shall compel the person, or persons, feeding said machine, to stand at a reasonably safe distance from the snapping rollers, and designed effectually to protect the person or persons operating the same from bodily injury while engaged in such operation.

History: 1907, Act 124, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907; CL 1915, 15268; CL 1929, 16807; CL 1948, 752.101
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1857 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1857
Availability of data.
Status: in_force

Sec. 257.

To enable the legislature and the state budget director to evaluate the appropriation needs of higher education, each independent college and university shall make available to the legislature or state budget director, upon request, data regarding grants for the preceding, current, and future fiscal years.

History: Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.174a — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-352-of-1925 / Section 213.174a
Determination of necessity by circuit court commissioner if board or commissioner is disqualified.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

In the event the board or commissioner shall for any reason be disqualified to hear and determine the matter of necessity, as provided in this act, such matter of necessity only shall be heard by a circuit court commissioner of the county in which the property sought to be condemned is located or by a circuit court commissioner acting in such county, as provided by law, and in case any disqualification shall be alleged against any board or commissioner before or during such hearing on necessity, such board or commissioner if they deem such allegation well-founded, may call upon a circuit court commissioner, qualified as hereinbefore provided, to hear the matter and make the determination herein prescribed, and on the day set for hearing a continuance for such purpose to a day certain, may be had if necessary. Upon the day fixed by the notice or the day certain set by such continuance, or upon such other date as said matter may be continued to, such circuit court commissioner shall hear the issue of necessity involved. Any determination on the matter of necessity made hereunder by a circuit court commissioner shall have the same force and effect and shall be filed with and acted upon by the board or commissioner in the same manner and be subject to all the provisions of this act, as are determinations made by such board or commissioner.

History: Add. 1931, Act 216, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1937, Act 237, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; Am. 1941, Act 279, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 213.174a
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.133 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-316-of-1993 / Section 12.133
Agreement; provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

An agreement entered into under this act shall provide for at least all of the following:

Assignment to the state for collection by the department of amounts that have been due and owing the court for not less than 180 days, including, but not limited to, any or all of the following:

Fees, including reinstatement fees.

Fines.

Forfeitures.

Penalties and costs assessed for criminal offenses, including the costs of prosecution and providing court-ordered legal assistance to the defendant.

Penalties and costs assessed for civil infractions, civil violations, and parking violations.

Penalties and costs assessed for ordinance violations.

Forfeited recognizances.

Late penalties assessed pursuant to section 4803 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.4803 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Provision of the information necessary for the department to identify, locate, and collect delinquent accounts.

Accounting for, settlement of, and transmission to the court of money collected pursuant to the agreement.

Collection of a fee by the state treasurer to recoup costs associated with the collection services.

History: 1993, Act 316, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.117 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-491-of-2006 / Section 408.117
Designation of Michigan works areas.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The governor shall designate Michigan works areas in the state in accordance with section 116 of the workforce investment act, 29 USC 2831.

History: 2006, Act 491, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.516 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-537-of-2008 / Section 28.516
Application form; signature; providing false or misleading information as felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The commission shall create an application form for certification under this act. The applicant shall sign the application acknowledging that all information contained in the application is true and accurate.

(2) An applicant who knowingly provides false or misleading information on the application, in whole or in part, is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.

History: 2008, Act 537, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009