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Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.854 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.854
Certification of number of registered general electors; basis for determining required number of signatures; registration after date of certification; effect of additional registrations; eligibility to sign petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 854.

Immediately upon receipt of the approval of the state board to the consolidation, the intermediate superintendent shall request the school district filing official to certify the number of registered general electors residing in each of the affected school districts. The number of registered general electors certified is the basis for determining the required number of signatures for calling an election on the question of consolidation.

The signature of a person registering after the date of certification by the school district filing official is a valid signature if the person is registered at the time of signing the petition. Additional registrations do not affect the number of registered general electors originally certified. Only a registered school elector is eligible to sign a petition and to vote on the question of consolidation.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1992, Act 263, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Am. 2003, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.186 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-368-of-1925 / Section 247.186
Public utility; placing poles, fixtures, wires, or cables.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

In no case shall any poles or other structures be placed above the ground or road grade between the curb or road shoulder lines, or closer than 15 feet from the center line of the roadway; and in no case shall any wires, cables or other fixtures be placed, or be permitted to remain, at less height than 15 feet above any part of the traveled portion of the road.

History: 1925, Act 368, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 4056; CL 1948, 247.186
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.111 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-269-of-1909 / Section 390.111
State board of agriculture; vesting of certain swamp lands.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

All swamp lands in the townships of Lansing and Meridian, in the county of Ingham, and in the townships of DeWitt and Bath, in the county of Clinton, hitherto granted and vested in the state board of agriculture, for the exclusive use and benefit of the Michigan agricultural college, shall, so far as they remain unsold, continue to vest in said board for the purpose above mentioned.

History: 1909, Act 269, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 1243; CL 1929, 7865; CL 1948, 390.111
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17744 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17744
Designation of agent by prescriber; issuance of prescription; limitation; transmission of prescription to pharmacy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17744.

(1) A prescriber may designate an agent to act on behalf of or at the discretion of that prescriber. A designation of an agent by a prescriber under this section is not required to be in writing to be a valid designation. If a designation of an agent by a prescriber under this section is contained in a written document, the prescriber or the agent may transmit that document to a pharmacy that will dispense a prescription issued by that prescriber.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this part, only a prescriber who is acting within the scope of the prescriber's practice may issue a prescription. An agent may prepare and transmit a prescription that has been signed by the prescriber, including a signature that meets the requirements of section 17754 or 17754a. The prescriber issuing a prescription and the pharmacist issuing a prescription in accordance with this part or dispensing a drug or device under a prescription is responsible for all of the requirements of state and federal law, rules, and regulations regarding the issuance of prescriptions and dispensing of drugs or devices under prescriptions.

(3) A prescriber or the prescriber's agent may transmit to a pharmacy a prescription that is contained within a patient's chart in a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 or other medical institution. A prescription that is contained within a patient's chart in a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 or other medical institution and that is created in an electronic format may contain more than 6 prescriptions and may contain prescriptions for schedule 3 to 5 controlled substances and noncontrolled substances on the same form.

History: Add. 2012, Act 209, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2012; Am. 2020, Act 136, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2020; Am. 2024, Act 242, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.41337 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.41337
Violation; penalties; suspension or revocation of registration; disposal of aquatic species.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41337.

(1) A person who violates sections 41329 to 41335 or rules promulgated under this part to implement those sections may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00.

(2) A person who violates sections 41329 to 41335 or rules promulgated under this part to implement those sections a second or subsequent time is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(3) In addition to the sanctions under subsections (1) or (2), the court may suspend or revoke any registration issued to the person under section 41329.

(4) If a person violates sections 41329 to 41335 or rules promulgated under this part to implement those sections, the department of natural resources may suspend or revoke the person's registration required under section 41329 or refuse to register the person after providing an opportunity for a hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(5) If a registration is suspended or revoked under this section, the aquatic species held under the registration shall be disposed of only in a manner approved by the department of natural resources.

History: Add. 2018, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 21, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1414 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-203-of-1999 / Section 141.1414
Use of funds received pursuant to section 301 of 1999 PA 137.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Funds received by the authority pursuant to section 301 of 1999 PA 137 shall not be used by the authority to defray costs incurred before the date on which the funds are released by the state treasurer.

History: 1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.763 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-258-of-2003 / Section 124.763
Property of authority as public property; exemption from taxes, special assessments, and user fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) Property of an authority is public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose. Income of the authority is considered to be for a public and governmental purpose.

(2) The property of the authority and its income and operation are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of this state or a local unit of government of this state.

(3) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, in addition to the exemptions under subsection (2), property of the authority and its income and operation are exempt from any user fees imposed by a local unit of government of this state. This act does not prevent an authority from contracting with a local unit of government of this state for services. If an authority, or its tenant, enters into an express contract for services with a local unit of government of this state, a user fee may be charged for those services. A local unit of government of this state shall not provide services to an authority, or its tenant, unless an express contract is entered into for those services.

(4) Bonds or notes issued by the authority, and the interest on and income from those bonds and notes, are exempt from all taxation of this state or a local unit of government.

History: 2003, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2004; Am. 2024, Act 204, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112e[1] — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.112e[1]
Payments not required; amounts constituting payment in full.
Status: in_force

Sec. 112e.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law and through September 30, 1998, the department is not required to pay deductible, coinsurance, or copayment medicare cost-sharing for a service to the extent that the payment, when combined with a payment made under title XVIII for the service, would exceed the payment amount otherwise required under the state plan for the service to be provided to an eligible recipient who is not a medicare beneficiary.

Except for a state plan-approved medical services copayment, the amounts paid by title XVIII and under the state plan for a service, if any, shall constitute payment in full for the service through September 30, 1998.

History: Add. 1997, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.62 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-221-of-1999 / Section 3.62
Enactment of redistricting plan for congressional districts apportioned to Michigan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Not later than November 1, 2001, and every 10 years thereafter, the legislature shall enact a redistricting plan for congressional districts apportioned to Michigan.

History: 1999, Act 221, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.661d — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.661d
Report to legislature on changes in department's accounting system.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11d.

Within 6 months following the effective date of this section, the state transportation department shall report to the legislature on changes in the department's accounting system to implement the provisions of section 11(2) and (3).

History: Add. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1614 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1614
Hearings; date and place; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 614.

Upon the filing of a petition, the court shall fix a date and a place for a hearing to be held within 30 days after the filing date of the petition.

Hearings may be held either within or without the county in which the court has its principal office, and in quarters as the court directs, including a facility or other convenient place.

Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to the petitioner, to the respondent, to the respondent's presumptive heirs, to the preparer of the report or another appropriate person who performed an evaluation, to the director of any facility in which the respondent may be residing, to the respondent's guardian ad litem if one has been appointed, and to the respondent's legal counsel.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21420 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21420
Exemption of hospices from license fees and certificate of need fees; period.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21420.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, all hospices shall be exempt from license fees and certificate of need fees for 3 years after the first hospice is licensed under this article.

History: Add. 1980, Act 293, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 245, Imd. Eff. Sept. 23, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.581 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-4-of-1955 / Section 123.581
Great lakes submerged lands; annexation to cities and villages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any incorporated city or village in this state, which has a boundary on waters of any of the great lakes, shall have the power to annex lands submerged by said waters if said lands are adjacent to its said boundary, the title to which is vested in a private owner pursuant to an act of the legislature of this state, which have no inhabitants, and are not at the time of the conveyance located in any township, city or village.

History: 1955, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.1b — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.1b
Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1b.

Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an emergency financial manager has been appointed under the local government fiscal responsibility act, Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1988, being sections 141.1101 to 141.1118 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, with respect to a city governed by this act, then that emergency financial manager may exercise the authority and responsibilities provided in this act to the extent authorized by Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1988.

History: Add. 1988, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 325.1008 — MI Code / Chapter 325 / Act Act-399-of-1976 / Section 325.1008
Design and operation standards of public water supplies; considerations; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The department shall give due consideration to the size, type, location, and other conditions at public water supplies for the purpose of specifying design and operation standards, and for the purpose of establishing criteria for capacity assessments.

History: 1976, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1977; Am. 1998, Act 56, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.66 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.66
Refund beneficiary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66.

A qualified participant or former qualified participant may nominate 1 or more individuals as a refund beneficiary by filing written notice of nomination with the state treasurer. If the qualified participant or former qualified participant is married at the time of the nomination and the participant's spouse is not the refund beneficiary for 100% of the account, the nomination is not effective unless the nomination is signed by the participant's spouse. However, the state treasurer may waive this requirement if the spouse's signature cannot be obtained because of extenuating circumstances.

History: Add. 1996, Act 487, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.627a — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-238-of-1975 / Section 722.627a
Availability of information, reports, and records to legislature; disclosure of or keeping confidential information as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

The department shall make information contained in the central registry and reports and records made pursuant to this act available to a standing or select committee or appropriations subcommittee of either house of the legislature having jurisdiction over protective services matters for children subject to all of the following:

The department shall not provide confidential information protected by section 7 to the committee unless the committee members appointed and serving agree by roll call vote that the information is essential for the protection of Michigan children or for legislative oversight of the protective services program and that the confidential information will only be considered at a closed session of the committee. The affirmative vote required by this subdivision shall be by not less than the super majority required by section 7 of the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.267 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and may serve as the vote required under that section for holding a closed session.

In addition to compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, a closed session held under this section shall comply with all of the following:

Tape recording, camera, or other electronic equipment for documenting the proceedings shall not be permitted in the closed session.

Attendance at the closed session shall be limited to committee members, other members of the legislature and legislative staff at the discretion of the chairperson, and staff members from the department designated by the director.

A person who discloses or causes to be disclosed confidential information to which the person has gained access at a meeting held under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who keeps a confidential record or file, or a copy of a confidential record or file, at the conclusion of a closed session held under this section, which record or file is obtained at that meeting, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: Add. 1993, Act 251, Imd. Eff. Nov. 24, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.31 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 769.31
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

As used in this section and section 34 of this chapter:

(a) "Departure" means a sentence imposed that is not within the appropriate minimum sentence range established under the sentencing guidelines set forth in chapter XVII.

(b) "Intermediate sanction" means probation or any sanction, other than imprisonment in a county jail, state prison, or state reformatory, that may lawfully be imposed. Intermediate sanction includes, but is not limited to, 1 or more of the following:

( i ) Inpatient or outpatient drug treatment or participation in a drug treatment court under chapter 10A of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1060 to 600.1082.

( ii ) Probation with any probation conditions required or authorized by law.

( iii ) Residential probation.

( iv ) Probation with special alternative incarceration.

( v ) Mental health treatment.

( vi ) Mental health or substance abuse counseling.

( vii ) Participation in a community corrections program.

( viii ) Community service.

( ix ) Payment of a fine.

( x ) House arrest.

( xi ) Electronic monitoring.

(c) "Offender characteristics" means only the prior criminal record of an offender.

(d) "Offense characteristics" means the elements of the crime and the aggravating and mitigating factors relating to the offense that the legislature determines are appropriate. For purposes of this subdivision, an offense described in section 33b of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.233b, that resulted in a conviction and that arose out of the same transaction as the offense for which the sentencing guidelines are being scored shall be considered as an aggravating factor.

(e) "Prior criminal record" means all of the following:

( i ) Misdemeanor and felony convictions.

( ii ) Probation and parole violations involving criminal activity.

( iii ) Dispositions entered under section 18 of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.18, for acts that would have been crimes if committed by an adult.

( iv ) Assignment to youthful trainee status under sections 11 to 15 of chapter II.

( v ) A conviction set aside under 1965 PA 213, MCL 780.621 to 780.624.

( vi ) Dispositions described in subparagraph ( iii ) that have been set aside under section 18e of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.18e, or expunged.

History: Add. 1994, Act 445, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 31, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 220, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2020, Act 395, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.171 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-124-of-1960 / Section 3.171
Limited agreements for partial reciprocity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

To the extent another jurisdiction is not fully reciprocal as to taxes or fees on vehicles in international or interstate commerce, the board may make a limited agreement with the jurisdictions covering only part of the fees, taxes and charges otherwise applicable, or the board may require the owners or operators of the foreign registered vehicles to pay a tax in an amount equal to the tax of whatever character assessed by the other jurisdiction against vehicles registered in this state and operated in international or interstate commerce in that jurisdiction. Owners or operators of foreign registered vehicles which are subject to registration under the provisions of this section shall make application for a permit in which shall be set forth the conditions for operation of the vehicles in this state. The board may examine the laws of other jurisdictions and determine what taxes or fees shall be payable to this state by the owners or operators of foreign registered vehicles.

History: 1960, Act 124, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 55.303 — MI Code / Chapter 55 / Act Act-238-of-2003 / Section 55.303
Reapplication after revocation; unpaid fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

Cancellation of a commission is without prejudice to reapplication at any time. Except as otherwise provided for in section 41(3), a person whose commission is revoked is ineligible for the issuance of a new commission for at least 5 years.

A fine imposed under this act that remains unpaid for more than 180 days may be referred to the department of treasury for collection. The department of treasury may collect the fine by deducting the amount owed from a payroll or tax refund warrant. The secretary may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of a civil fine.

History: 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.302 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-21-of-1837 / Section 565.302
Record of patent as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The record of a patent, recorded in the register's office or a transcript of such record certified by the register in whose office the same may be recorded, under his hand, may be read in evidence, in any court in this state, without further proof thereof.

History: 1837, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Feb. 23, 1837; CL 1857, 2765; CL 1871, 4258; How. 5680; CL 1897, 8985; CL 1915, 11718; CL 1929, 13345; CL 1948, 565.302
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.112a — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-90-of-1978 / Section 409.112a
Employment of minor in occupation involving a cash transaction after sunset or 8 p.m. at fixed location; condition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12a.

A minor who would otherwise be permitted under this act to be employed in an occupation subject to this act shall not be employed in an occupation that involves a cash transaction subject to this act after sunset or 8 p.m., whichever is the earlier, at a fixed location unless an employer or other employee 18 years of age or older is present at the fixed location during those hours.

History: Add. 1980, Act 436, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.458 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-138-of-1966 / Section 552.458
Fees and costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

No filing, order or stenographer's fees shall be required for an action or proceedings under this act, but the court may assess any such costs, service costs and attorney fees against the defendant in the order of support or any modification thereof.

History: Add. 1970, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970