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Mich. Comp. Laws § 55.273 — MI Code / Chapter 55 / Act Act-238-of-2003 / Section 55.273
Filing; oath; bond; fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) Within 90 days before filing an application for a notary public appointment, a person shall file with the county clerk of his or her residence or expected appointment a proper surety bond and an oath taken as prescribed by the constitution.

(2) The bond shall be in the sum of $10,000.00 with good and sufficient surety by a surety licensed to do business in this state. The bond shall be conditioned upon indemnifying or reimbursing a person, financing agency, or governmental agency for monetary loss caused through the official misconduct of the notary public in the performance of a notarial act. The surety is required to indemnify or reimburse only after a judgment based on official misconduct has been entered in a court of competent jurisdiction against the notary public. The aggregate liability of the surety shall not exceed the sum of the bond. The surety on the bond may cancel the bond 60 days after the surety notifies the notary, the secretary, and the county clerk of the cancellation. The surety is not liable for a breach of a condition occurring after the effective date of the cancellation. The county clerk shall not accept the personal assets of an applicant as security for a surety bond under this act.

(3) Each person who files an oath and, if applicable, a bond with a county clerk as required in subsection (1) shall pay a $10.00 filing fee to the county clerk. Upon receipt of the filing fee, the county clerk shall give an oath certificate of filing and a bond, if applicable, to the person as prescribed by the secretary. A charter county with a population of more than 2,000,000 may impose by ordinance a fee for the county clerk's services different than the amount prescribed by this subsection. Two dollars of each fee collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the notary education and training fund established in section 17 on a schedule determined by the secretary.

History: 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004; Am. 2006, Act 426, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006; Am. 2006, Act 510, Eff. Apr. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.625 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.625
Partial business activity in city; substitute methods.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

An alternative method of accounting shall be used if the taxpayer or the administrator demonstrates that the net profits of the taxpayer allocable to the city cannot be justly and equitably determined under the separate accounting method or the business allocation percentage method, or if undue expense to the taxpayer would result from complying therewith because of the taxpayer's manner of operations and methods of accounting. In such case the administrator, upon application of the taxpayer or upon his own initiative, may approve or specify factors or methods of determination as will effect a just, nondiscriminatory and reasonable result. Application to the administrator to substitute other factors in the formula or to use a different method to allocate net profits shall be made in writing and state the specific grounds on which the substitution of factors or use of a different method is requested and the relief sought. No specific form need be followed in making the application. Once a taxpayer has filed under a substitute method, he shall continue so to file until given permission by the administrator to change.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9704 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9704
Security interest unperfected before effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9704.

All of the following apply to a security interest that is enforceable immediately before this amendatory act takes effect but which would be subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time:

The security interest remains an enforceable security interest for 1 year after this amendatory act takes effect.

The security interest remains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes enforceable under section 9203 when this amendatory act takes effect or within 1 year thereafter.

The security interest becomes perfected under 1 of the following:

Without further action, when this amendatory act takes effect if the applicable requirements for perfection under this amendatory act are satisfied before or at that time.

When the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.

History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1099m — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1099m
Disposition of funds; report; advisory committee; training and technical assistance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1099m.

(1) The supreme court is responsible for the expenditure of state funds for the establishment and operation of juvenile mental health courts.

(2) Each juvenile mental health court shall report quarterly to the state court administrative office in a manner prescribed by the state court administrative office on the state funds received and expended by that juvenile mental health court.

(3) The state court administrative office may establish an advisory committee. If established, this committee must be separate from and independent of the state's drug treatment court advisory committee.

(4) As directed by the supreme court, the state court administrative office shall, in conjunction with the department of health and human services, assure that training and technical assistance are available and provided to all juvenile mental health courts.

History: Add. 2018, Act 590, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1009 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-191-of-1968 / Section 123.1009
Review of proposed incorporation; criteria.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Criteria to be considered by the commission in arriving at a determination shall be:

Population; population density; land area and land uses; assessed valuation; topography, natural boundaries and drainage basins; the past and probable future urban growth, including population increase and business, commercial and industrial development in the area. Comparative data for the incorporating municipality, and the remaining portion of the unit from which the area will be detached shall be considered.

Need for organized community services; the present cost and adequacy of governmental services in the area to be incorporated; the probable future needs for services; the practicability of supplying such services in the area to be incorporated; the probable effect of the proposed incorporation and of alternative courses of action on the cost and adequacy of services in the area to be incorporated and on the remaining portion of the unit from which the area will be detached; the probable increase in taxes in the area to be incorporated in relation to the benefits expected to accrue from incorporation; and the financial ability of the incorporating municipality to maintain urban type services in the area.

The general effect upon the entire community of the proposed action; and the relationship of the proposed action to any established city, village, township, county or regional land use plan.

History: 1968, Act 191, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.237 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-99-of-1954 / Section 254.237
Powers; supplemental and additional.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws: Provided, however, That the issuance of revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, none of the powers granted to the authority under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the supervision or regulation or require the approval or consent of any municipality or political subdivision or any commission, board, bureau, official or agency thereof or of the state.

History: 1954, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1954
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.206 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-220-of-1935 / Section 400.206
Committed children; temporary residential facilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The commission shall maintain at Ann Arbor and at such other places as may be made available to the commission, temporary residential facilities for the reception of children sent to the institute under sections 3 or 4 of this act, or for their care between placements in family homes, or for other temporary purposes. Such facilities may include office space for employees of the commission engaged in the maintenance of the facilities or who work in their vicinity.

History: Add. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.24 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 87.24
Constables; powers, duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

The constables of the city shall have the like powers and authority in matters of civil and criminal nature, and in relation to the service of all manner of criminal process, as are conferred by law upon constables in townships, and shall receive the like fees for their services. They shall have power also to serve all process issued for breaches of ordinances of the city.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3046; CL 1915, 2962; CL 1929, 1886; CL 1948, 87.24
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.798 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-291-of-2012 / Section 400.798
Report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Not later than December 1, 2013 and December 1 of each fiscal year after that, the departments shall provide a collaborative report on home visitation to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department of community health, state school aid, and the department of human services, to the state budget director, and to the house and senate fiscal agencies. The report provided under this section shall include, but not be limited to, the goals and achieved outcomes of the home visiting system with data on cost per family served, number of families served, and demographic data on families served; the number of evidence-based programs that shall include the total as well as a percentage of overall funding for home visiting; and the number of promising programs that shall include the total as well as a percentage of overall funding for home visiting. The report shall include model descriptions and model-specific outcomes.

History: 2012, Act 291, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.511 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.511
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 511.

Whenever used in this chapter, except when otherwise indicated by the context:

"State" means this state.

"Public corporation" includes this state, counties, cities, villages, townships, metropolitan districts and authorities created by or pursuant to state statutes.

"Agencies" includes those officers, boards, commissions and other bodies created by public corporations or by the federal government, which are authorized to act in their own names.

"Director of agriculture" means the director of the state department of agriculture.

"Intercounty drain" means any drain, irrespective of size, carrying drainage water or sewage originating in more than 1 county, and includes drains located, established and constructed by a county drain commissioner or drainage board, by a city, village or township.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1971, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1733 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-11-of-2014 / Section 691.1733
Operator; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

An operator shall do all of the following:

(a) Post the duties of trampoliners and spectators as prescribed in this act and the duties, obligations, and liabilities of operators as prescribed in this act in conspicuous places.

(b) Comply with the safety standards specified in ASTM F2970 - 13, "Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture, Installation, Operation, Maintenance, Inspection and Major Modification of Trampoline Courts" published in 2013 by the American society for testing and materials.

(c) Maintain the trampoline court according to the safety standards cited in subdivision (b).

(d) Maintain the stability and legibility of all required signs, symbols, and posted notices.

History: 2014, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 62.3 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 62.3
Appointments; time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Except for an appointment to fill a vacancy or unless a different time is prescribed in the ordinance or resolution creating the office, an appointment to a village office shall be made at the first village council meeting after the qualification of a council member who is elected at the village's regular election. If, for any cause, an appointment is not made at that meeting or on the day prescribed in the ordinance or resolution creating the office, the appointment may be made at a subsequent regular or special meeting of the council.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2701; CL 1915, 2571; CL 1929, 1481; CL 1948, 62.3; Am. 2003, Act 305, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1211 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1211
Solicitation and collection on behalf of licensed insurance producer; authorization; contract; agent of the insured; agent of the insurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1211.

(1) A natural person may solicit applications for insurance and collect premiums on behalf of a licensed insurance producer resident in this state if he or she is so authorized to act by a written contract with the insurance producer, and the contract specifies the extent of his or her authority to act, he or she is licensed to act as a solicitor in accordance with this chapter, and the insurance producer has notified the director of the contract.

(2) An agent of the insured may obtain coverage for a consumer through an agent of the insurer if all of the following apply:

(a) The agent of the insured is licensed to act as an insurance producer in accordance with this chapter.

(b) The agent of the insured has a relationship with the agent of the insurer under a written contract. The written contract under this subdivision must specify the extent of the agent of the insured's authority to act and require the maintenance of an amount of professional liability insurance, commonly known as errors and omissions insurance.

(c) The coverage being obtained is not a health insurance policy or a health maintenance contract.

History: Add. 2001, Act 228, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002; Am. 2018, Act 449, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.6007 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.6007
Enforcement of construction codes; participation of advisory boards; review and approval of educational and training programs, tests, and instructors; recommendation of criteria for approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1007.

(1) The commission shall promote effective and uniform enforcement of construction codes in the state by improving the competence of building officials, plan reviewers, and inspectors.

(2) The advisory boards shall participate in and work with the commission to establish both of the following:

(a) Minimum training and experience standards, qualifications, and classifications of responsibility applicable to individuals who are engaged in the enforcement of codes and plan reviews.

(b) Minimum criteria for the approval of educational or training programs and tests.

(3) The commission may review and approve prepared educational and training programs, tests, and instructors. The examination and evaluation of training and educational programs, instructors, and tests shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Construction code administration.

(b) Specialty aspects of code program parts, including all of the following:

( i ) Prohibited appliances.

( ii ) Premanufactured units.

( iii ) Approval of materials, products, and methods.

( iv ) Barrier free design.

( v ) Energy conservation.

(c) Inspection techniques.

(d) Communication skills.

(e) Human and public relations.

(f) Report writing.

(g) Plans and specifications reading.

(h) Pertinent laws, ordinances, rules, and policies.

(i) Construction practices.

(4) If the commission finds that proposed educational or training courses or programs are acceptable under minimum requirements established under this section, the commission shall give approval to the courses or programs for a limited period of time and with any appropriate qualifications established by the commission.

(5) An advisory board shall recommend to the commission criteria for approval that relate to the advisory board's function and are required under subsection (2). The commission shall give consideration to any submission by an advisory board, but the commission has final responsibility and authority for the approval of training standards and programs.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.951 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-190-of-2000 / Section 287.951
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "privately owned cervidae producers marketing act".

History: 2000, Act 190, Eff. June 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.251 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.251
Credit for taxes withheld; election to treat as total tax.
Status: in_force

Sec. 251.

(1) The amount withheld under section 703 shall be allowed to the recipient of the compensation as a credit against the tax imposed on him or her by this part.

(2) The amount so withheld during any calendar year shall be allowed as a credit for the taxable year beginning in such calendar year. If more than 1 taxable year begins in a calendar year, such amount shall be allowed as a credit for the last taxable year so beginning.

History: 1967, Act 281, Eff. Oct. 1, 1967; Am. 1969, Act 332, Imd. Eff. Nov. 4, 1969; Am. 2011, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Am. 2011, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.440a — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.440a
Credit against tax imposed by MCL 500.476a; claim; refund; retroactive application.
Status: in_force

Sec. 440a.

(1) Beginning August 3, 1987, an insurer that is subject to the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941, may credit against the tax imposed by section 476a an amount equal to the amount paid during that tax year by the insurer under section 352 of the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.352, as certified by the director of the bureau of worker's disability compensation under section 391 of the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.391.

(2) The credit under this section shall be claimed in the manner prescribed by the revenue commissioner.

(3) A taxpayer claiming a credit under this section shall claim a portion of the credit allowed by this section equal to the payments made during a calendar quarter pursuant to section 352 of the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.352, against the quarterly payments required under section 443. The state treasurer shall refund a credit in excess of a quarterly payment to the taxpayer on a quarterly basis within 60 days after receipt of a properly completed quarterly filing as required by this act. A subsequent increase or decrease in the amount claimed for payments made by the insurer or self-insurer shall be reflected in the amount of the credit taken for the calendar quarter in which the amount of the adjustment is finalized.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the state treasurer shall refund, without interest, a credit under this section that is in excess of the insurer's tax liability for the calendar year to the insurer within 60 days after receipt of a properly completed annual tax return as required by this act. The state treasurer shall only make a refund to an insurer whose tax liability or fee amount under this act is greater than its tax liability under the former single business tax act, 1975 PA 228, or the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601.

(5) This section shall be applied retroactively to August 3, 1987.

History: Add. 1990, Act 256, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 1990; Am. 2007, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 52.212 — MI Code / Chapter 52 / Act Act-181-of-1953 / Section 52.212
County medical examiner and deputies; testimony, expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Any and all medical examiners or their deputies may be required to testify in behalf of the state in any matter arising as the result of any investigation required under this act, and shall testify in behalf of the state and shall receive such actual and necessary expenses as the court shall allow.

History: 1953, Act 181, Eff. Jan. 1, 1954; Am. 1969, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.3502 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.3502
Iron ore mining in Upper Peninsula; issuance of water permits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3502.

Substantial deposits of low-grade iron ore are located in the Upper Peninsula of this state. The development and continuation of the industry of mining and beneficiating low-grade ores will provide employment and generally improve economic conditions in that area and will be in the public interest and for the public welfare of this state. As the mining and beneficiating of the low-grade iron ore requires considerable quantities of water, it is necessary that persons engaged in or about to engage in the mining and beneficiation of low-grade iron ores be assured of an adequate and continuing supply of water for the operations to protect the large capital expenditures required for mills, plants, and other improvements. Therefore, the use of water in connection with the mining and beneficiation of low-grade iron ores is in the public interest, for the public welfare, and for a public purpose, and permits for the use of water or waters may be issued by the department in connection with the mining and beneficiation of low-grade iron ores as provided in this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18106 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18106
Supervision of limited licensed counselor; training required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18106.

A licensed professional counselor shall not supervise a limited licensed counselor without completing training in supervision as required by rules promulgated by the department in consultation with the board.

History: Add. 2019, Act 96, Eff. Jan. 27, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 119.62 — MI Code / Chapter 119 / Act Act-147-of-1939 / Section 119.62
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

A petition under section 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: Add. 1998, Act 170, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1412 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1412
Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

This act, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the citizens of the state, shall be liberally construed to effect its public purposes.

History: Add. 1987, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47305 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47305
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47305.

For the purpose of carrying out this section and sections 47302 and 47303, the department may promulgate rules as may be necessary.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995