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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6205 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6205
Payment of judgment in installments; notice; petition; affidavit; garnishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6205.

At any time after the rendition of a judgment or the filing of a transcript of a judgment the defendant may file a petition with the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered, or transcript filed, requesting the clerk to issue a notice, directed to the plaintiff personally, or if plaintiff's action was filed by an agent or attorney or acted upon by an agent or attorney either at the time of the rendition of the judgment, or after, as shown by the court files in the cause, the notice may be directed to the plaintiff with the name of the agent or attorney designated, and served on the agent or attorney of record and have the same force and effect as a notice served on the plaintiff personally.

The notice shall notify the plaintiff that on a certain day and time to be therein specified, the defendant will move the court for an order permitting the payment of the judgment in installments.

The petition of the defendant shall be supported by the affidavit of the moving party setting forth his inability to pay the judgment with funds other than those earned by him as wages, and setting forth the name and address of his employer, the amount of the wages and the date of payment thereof.

A garnishment shall not issue on the judgment after the filing of the petition herein mentioned excepting upon the written order of the judge or justice.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 33.23 — MI Code / Chapter 33 / Act Act-184-of-1893 / Section 33.23
Commissioned officers; appointment, commission, discharge, extension of commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Commissioned officers shall be appointed or selected as prescribed from time to time in regulations. Commissioned officers shall be commissioned by the governor. Any person now commissioned under the provisions of this act for a period of 5 years or more is discharged and relieved from his commission upon the effective date of this 1969 amendatory act unless a request is made in writing for an extension of the commission and the request is granted and the extension given.

History: 1893, Act 184, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1893; CL 1897, 1738; CL 1915, 1020; Am. 1917, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1917; CL 1929, 771; CL 1948, 33.23; Am. 1969, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.45 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.45
“Proof of financial responsibility” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45.

"Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of the proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, in the amount of $20,000.00 because of bodily injury to or death of 1 person in any one accident, and, subject to said limit for 1 person, in the amount of $40,000.00 because of bodily injury to or death of 2 or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount of $10,000.00 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1958, Act 155, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958; Am. 1971, Act 191, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.5115 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.5115
Commencement of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5115.

An action to enforce a right or obligation arising under this article must be commenced within 1 year after the expiration date of the relevant letter of credit or 1 year after the cause of action accrues, whichever occurs later. A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party's lack of knowledge of the breach.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1998, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.180 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.180
State senators and representatives; recall.
Status: in_force

Sec. 180.

Any person elected to the office of state senator or representative shall be subject to recall as provided in chapter 36 of this act and in section 8 of article 2 of the state constitution.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 63, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.2003 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.2003
False or fraudulent statements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1003.

A person who makes a false or fraudulent statement to the commission, orally or in writing, for the purpose of inducing the commission to act or refrain from taking action or for the purpose of enabling or assisting a person to evade the provisions of this act is guilty of a violation of this act and is punishable in the manner provided for in section 909.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.262a — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-7-of-1981 / Section 801.262a
Cell phone or wireless device; selling, giving, or furnishing to prisoner prohibited; possession by prisoner prohibited; confiscation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

(1) A person shall not sell, give, or furnish, or aid in the selling, giving, or furnishing of, a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device to a prisoner in a jail or a building appurtenant to a jail or on grounds used for jail purposes, or dispose of a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device in a jail or a building appurtenant to a jail or on grounds used for jail purposes.

(2) A prisoner shall not possess or use a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device in a jail or a building appurtenant to a jail or on grounds used for jail purposes except as authorized by the person in charge of the jail.

(3) A cellular telephone or other wireless communication device sold, given, furnished, possessed, or used in violation of this section is subject to confiscation and disposal under this section as contraband. If a cellular telephone or other wireless communication device is confiscated under this section, and the cellular telephone or other wireless device is serviceable but no longer needed for purposes of a criminal prosecution under this section, the cellular telephone or other wireless device shall be donated to a nonprofit organization that provides cellular telephones and other wireless communication devices to military personnel, or to any other charity approved by the warden of the facility where the device was confiscated.

History: Add. 2012, Act 256, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.115l — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.115l
Person making report, cooperating in investigation, or assisting in other requirement; immunity from liability; confidentiality; anonymous complaint; false report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5 l .

(1) A person acting in good faith who makes a report, cooperates in an investigation, or assists in any other requirement of this act is immune from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred by that action. A person making a report or assisting in any other requirement of this act is presumed to have acted in good faith. This immunity from civil or criminal liability extends only to an act performed according to this act for reporting a potential violation or assisting or cooperating with the department in an investigation conducted by the department.

(2) Except as provided in section 10(3), the identity of a person making a report and cooperating with or assisting the department relative to that report under this act is confidential, subject only to disclosure with the consent of that person or by judicial process.

(3) If the department receives a complaint by an individual remaining anonymous, the department may take no action on the complaint if the complaint does not include sufficient information to reasonably investigate.

(4) A person who intentionally makes a false report to the department regarding a child care organization that causes the department to initiate a special investigation that the department classifies as high-risk for which the child care organization is required to send notice under section 3f is guilty of a crime as follows:

(a) If the incident reported would not constitute a crime or would constitute a misdemeanor if the report were true, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.

(b) If the incident reported would constitute a felony if the report were true, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by the lesser of the following:

( i ) The penalty for the incident falsely reported.

( ii ) Imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 2008, Act 15, Eff. June 1, 2008; Am. 2017, Act 256, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2811 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-182-of-2006 / Section 125.2811
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "inclusive home design act".

History: 2006, Act 182, Imd. Eff. June 9, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2231 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-296-of-2003 / Section 125.2231
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan early stage venture investment act of 2003".

History: 2003, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63304 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63304
Decree of court; distribution of proceeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63304.

If the court finds that the material assertions of the complaint are true and that the plaintiffs do own the required interest in the land or mineral rights as joint tenants, tenants in common, co-tenants, or co-parceners, or that the required proportion in interest of such owners consent to the granting of the relief prayed in the complaint, the court shall enter a decree authorizing the plaintiffs to lease for exploring, drilling, mining, and operating the land for mining purposes, except for oil and gas, and to remove the minerals or mineral products from the land and sell or dispose of the minerals or mineral products so as to realize the full value of the minerals or mineral products for the benefit of all entitled parties. The defendants and minority interest holders, whether owner of fee or royalty interests or their lessees, shall participate in their proportionate share of the proceeds derived from the sale of minerals or mineral products produced from the land. If the court finds that a lease of a royalty interest should be granted, the terms and conditions of the lease shall be fixed by the court in its decree, but the royalty payable to the royalty interest shall not be less than 1/10 of the minerals or mineral products or the value of the minerals or mineral products as produced and severed from the land at the point of production. The court shall provide by decree for the disposition by the plaintiffs of the proportionate part of the proceeds from the sale of the defendants' portion of the minerals or mineral products produced and shall provide for the payment and distribution of the proceeds to the defendants as their respective interests may appear, after deduction of the proportionate costs of the proceedings and those other expenses incurred by the plaintiffs that are approved by the court.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4722 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4722
Dissolution of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 722.

An authority that has completed the purposes for which it was organized shall be dissolved by ordinance of the governing body. The property and assets of the authority remaining after the satisfaction of the obligations of the authority belong to the municipality.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.107 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.107
Medically indigent; financial eligibility; income.
Status: in_force

Sec. 107.

(1) In establishing financial eligibility for the medically indigent, income shall be disregarded in accordance with standards established for the related categorical assistance program. For medical assistance only, income shall include the amount of contribution that an estranged spouse or parent for a minor child is making to the applicant according to the standards of the department of community health, or according to a court determination, if there is a court determination. Nothing in this section eliminates the responsibility of support established in section 76 for cash assistance received under this act.

(2) The department of community health shall apply a modified adjusted gross income methodology in determining if an individual's annual income level is below 133% of the federal poverty guidelines.

History: Add. 1966, Act 321, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966; Am. 1967, Act 289, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1967; Am. 2006, Act 144, Imd. Eff. May 22, 2006; Am. 2013, Act 107, Eff. Mar. 14, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.1061 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-259-of-2018 / Section 206.1061
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kiwanis fund act".

History: 2018, Act 259, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.417 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-116-of-1923 / Section 41.417
Use of building by township for public purposes where real property becomes part of incorporated village or city.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

If a township is the owner of real property within the township where a building used for township purposes is located and, subsequent to the erection of the building, the real property becomes part of an incorporated village or city, the township may use the building for township purposes, including the holding of an election and the adoption of a resolution or other action by the township or its officers. The use of the building for township purposes is valid in all respects as though the building were located within the corporate limits of the township.

History: Add. 1989, Act 82, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.14 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-46-of-1963-2nd-Ex-Sess- / Section 4.14
Secretary of state as secretary of commission; duties; election of chairman or co-chairmen; rules; compensation; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The secretary of state shall be secretary of the commission without vote and shall keep a public record of all its proceedings. He shall furnish, under the direction of the commission, all necessary technical services. The commission shall elect its own chairman or co-chairmen and make its own rules of procedure. The per diem compensation of the commission and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature.

History: 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 46, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1971, Act 137, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 1971; Am. 1975, Act 53, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1322 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1322
Juror names; depositing; withdrawal; record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1322.

The first deposit of names shall take place as soon as the second jury list is prepared. Subsequent deposits shall be made when the supply of names is exhausted. An earlier deposit may be ordered by the chief circuit judge. The board shall keep a record of the number of names deposited, and the number withdrawn, and upon request shall inform the chief circuit judge of the number of names remaining. Nothing in this section affects the validity of a panel of jurors that was drawn for a term of court before the first deposit of names as provided in this section.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.16 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-141-of-1982 / Section 445.16
Report of state agency required to review, approve, or grant permits; information file on state agency permits; list of permits; availability and contents; preparation and distribution of information explaining permit requirements affecting businesses; report of new or modified permit; effective date; recommendations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this act, each state agency required to review, approve, or grant permits shall report to the office, in a form prescribed by the office, on each type of such review, approval, and permit administered by the state agency. The report of each state agency shall include specific application forms, any applicable rules, and the time period necessary for permit application consideration, based upon experience and statutory requirement.

The office shall prepare an information file on state agency permits and permit requirements upon receipt of the information required by subsection (1).

Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this act, the office shall make available to the public at the offices of the department and through distribution to appropriate local governmental offices a list of all permits issued by each state agency. The list shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the permit, the division of the state department that issues the permit, the cost of the original and renewal fees of the permit, the frequency of renewal, and whether a physical or record inspection is required before approval of the permit application. The office also shall prepare and distribute information explaining permit requirements affecting businesses, including requirements having multiple permit or multiple state agency aspects.

Each state agency required to review, approve, or grant permits shall provide the office with a report of any new permit or modification of any existing permit, together with applicable forms, rules, and information required by subsection (1). A new or modified permit shall not become effective until 20 working days after the office has received the report. However, the 20-working day period may be dispensed with for any new or modified permit adopted as an emergency rule pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The office shall make recommendations as to the modification of permits or permit requirements to the affected state agency.

History: 1982, Act 141, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.941 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-233-of-1964 / Section 390.941
State higher education facilities commission; establishment; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; ex officio members; removal; vacancy; designation of chairperson; conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state higher education facilities commission is established consisting of 11 members, 9 of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: 1 member representing public colleges and universities in the state, 1 member representing private colleges and universities in the state, 1 member representing public community colleges and junior colleges in the state, and 6 residents of the state who are interested in higher education but are not officially associated with a public or private university, college, community college, or junior college in the state. The superintendent of public instruction and the director of the department of management and budget shall be ex officio members without vote.

The term of office of the appointed members shall be 4 years and until a successor is appointed and qualified except that of the members first appointed, 3 each shall serve for 2, 3, and 4 years. A member may be removed in the manner provided for by law for removal of public officers. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner and for the same class as the original appointment. The governor shall designate 1 of the appointed members as chairperson of the commission.

The business which the state higher education facilities commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.

A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the state higher education facilities commission in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1964, Act 233, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964; Am. 1967, Act 101, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1967; Am. 1978, Act 204, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.205 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-213-of-1963 / Section 129.205
Filing of bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The bonds shall be filed in the office of the governmental unit awarding the contract.

History: 1963, Act 213, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.863 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-224-of-1966 / Section 445.863
Retail installment contracts or charge agreements; insurance included in cost; requirements; minimum charges; refunds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

If the cost of insurance is included in the retail installment contract or the retail charge agreement and a separate charge is made to the buyer for the insurance:

The contract or agreement shall state the nature, purpose and the amount of the insurance.

The contract or agreement shall state whether the insurance is to be procured by the buyer or the seller.

The amount included for the insurance may not exceed the premiums chargeable in accordance with the rate fixed for the insurance by the insurer except where the amount is less than $1.00; and if the insurance is cancelled or terminated for any reason, any refund for unearned insurance premiums received by the seller or the holder, shall be credited to the final maturing installments of the retail installment contract or retail charge agreement, and any remaining balance of the unearned insurance premiums shall be refunded to the buyer. No credit or cash refund shall be required if the amount thereof is less than $1.00.

If the insurance is to be procured by the seller or holder, within 45 days after delivery of the goods or furnishing of the services under the contract or agreement he shall deliver, mail, or cause to be delivered or mailed to the buyer at his address as specified in the contract or agreement, a notice that the insurance is procured, a copy of the policy or policies of insurance, or a certificate of the insurance so procured.

History: 1966, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.421 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-429-of-2008 / Section 445.421
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "scrap metal regulatory act".

History: 2008, Act 429, Eff. Apr. 1, 2009; Am. 2014, Act 99, Eff. July 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.133 — MI Code / Chapter 51 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 51.133
Former sheriff; delivery of jail, process documents and prisoners, refusal or neglect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

If any former sheriff shall neglect or refuse to deliver to his successor, the jail, process documents and prisoners in his charge, as herein required, such successor may notwithstanding take possession of such jail, and take the custody of the prisoners therein confined, and may compel the delivery of such process and documents, in the manner prescribed in the one hundred and thirty-third chapter of these Revised Statutes.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 147; CL 1857, 432; CL 1871, 574; How. 602; CL 1897, 2605; CL 1915, 2468; CL 1929, 1360; CL 1948, 51.133