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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1201 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-429-of-1978 / Section 38.1201
Applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act applies to employees of the state who are not classified state civil service employees. This act does not apply to employees in the legislative and judicial branches of government, those elected by popular election, employees of state institutions of higher education, persons in the armed forces of the state, employees who serve without salary, or to members of boards or commissions who are paid at a per diem rate.

History: 1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.662 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-232-of-1965 / Section 290.662
Referendum; director to establish procedures for determination of volume.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The director shall establish procedures for determination of volume for the conduct of referendums and other necessary procedures. For the purpose of referendums under this act, a producer is entitled to 1 vote representing a single firm, individual proprietorship, corporation, company, association, partnership, husband-wife or family ownership.

History: 1965, Act 232, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11115 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11115
Permits and licenses for treatment, storage, or disposal facility; determination; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11115.

After the updated plan is adopted, the department shall not issue a permit or license under this part for a treatment, storage, or disposal facility until the department has made a determination that the action is consistent with the updated plan. This section does not apply to a treatment, storage, or disposal facility granted a construction permit or a license under this part before the final adoption of the updated plan. However, such a facility shall be consistent with the state hazardous waste management plan adopted by the commission on January 15, 1982.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.55 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.55
“Roadway” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

"Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. In the event a highway includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term "roadway", as used herein, shall refer to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways collectively.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.567 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-319-of-1929 / Section 125.567
Underground tanks incased.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Underground tanks located within 10 feet of a basement or pit lower than the top of such tank, shall be completely incased in 6 inches of concrete of a 1, 3 and 5 mixture.

History: 1929, Act 319, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2624; CL 1948, 125.567
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3321 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3321
Automobiles not included in MCL 500.3320; insurance required; equitable distribution of applicants to participating members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3321.

The facility shall provide, with respect to all automobiles not included in section 3320:

Only the insurance required by law or required by the commissioner of insurance. The commissioner may only require insurance for which a rate has been filed by an insurance rating organization or insurer and which rate is in effect and which the commissioner finds, after a public hearing, to be reasonable, necessary, and in the public interest. The temporary provision of insurance may be required pending the public hearing if the commissioner determines it necessary to do so.

The equitable distribution of applicants to participating members in accordance with the participation ratios defined in section 3303.

History: Add. 1969, Act 346, Eff. Apr. 1, 1970; Am. 1977, Act 53, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.40107b — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.40107b
Taking of live raptors for use in falconry; order; establishment of season; scope of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40107b.

(1) The department shall issue an order in the manner provided in section 40107(2) establishing a season or seasons for falconers to take live raptors for use in falconry. The order shall designate the numbers of raptors that may be taken and possessed and any other conditions pertaining to the taking and possession of raptors that the department considers advisable.

(2) This section does not, and an order issued under this section shall not, designate any species of raptor as game. This section does not prohibit the department from determining that any species of raptor is a protected animal.

History: Add. 2009, Act 36, Imd. Eff. June 4, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2203 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2203
Retirement board member; oath; quorum; unexcused absences; election of chairperson and vice chairperson.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203.

Each appointed retirement board member, before assuming office, shall take an oath of office. An appointed retirement board member shall immediately file the oath of office with the secretary of state. A retirement board member is a trustee of the retirement system.

A majority of the retirement board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the retirement board. An appointed retirement board member who fails to attend 2 consecutive, regularly scheduled meetings of the retirement board and whose absence is not excused by the retirement board is considered to have resigned from retirement board membership. The retirement board shall declare the appointed retirement board member's office vacated as of the date of adoption of a proper resolution.

The retirement board shall elect from its membership a chairperson and vice chairperson. The chairperson and vice chairperson of the retirement board shall take office immediately upon election and serve until a successor is elected.

History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.645 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-31-of-1915 / Section 722.645
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "youth tobacco act".

History: Add. 1988, Act 314, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.233 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.233
Property held in fiduciary capacity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 17a, property and any income or increment derived therefrom held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within 3 years after it has become payable or distributable, has increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, communicated concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by the fiduciary.

(2) Funds in an individual retirement account or a qualified retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar account or qualified plan established under the internal revenue code are not payable or distributable within the meaning of subsection (1) unless, under the terms of the account or qualified plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory.

(3) For the purpose of this section, an individual who holds property as an agent for a business association is deemed to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless the agreement between the individual and the business association provides otherwise.

(4) For the purposes of this act, a person that is deemed to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property insofar as the interest of any other person in the property is concerned.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2010, Act 197, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2010; Am. 2024, Act 101, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.273 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-74-of-1997 / Section 432.273
Casino interest registration; form; late registration fee; violation of section as misdemeanor; penalty; notice of termination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Not later than 5 days after obtaining a casino interest, the person who holds the casino interest shall file a registration form with the secretary of state. The registration shall contain the following information:

The name and office address of the person holding the casino interest.

A description of the casino interest.

A person who fails to register under subsection (1) shall pay a late registration fee of $10.00 for each day the person remains not registered in violation of subsection (1), not to exceed $300.00. A person who is in violation by failing to register as required by this section more than 30 days is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,000.00.

A person holding a casino interest shall file a notice of termination with the secretary of state within 30 days after the person ceases to hold a casino interest.

History: 1997, Act 74, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2921 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2921
Survival of actions; death of injured person during pendency of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2921.

All actions and claims survive death. Actions on claims for injuries which result in death shall not be prosecuted after the death of the injured person except pursuant to the next section. If an action is pending at the time of death the claims may be amended to bring it under the next section. A failure to so amend will amount to a waiver of the claim for additional damages resulting from death.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.331 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-221-of-1951 / Section 484.331
Actions for damages against owners, operators or licensees of radio broadcasting stations for defamatory statements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast, by one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, unless it shall be alleged and proved by the complaining party that such owner, licensee, operator or such agent or employee has failed to exercise due care to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement in such broadcast.

History: 1951, Act 221, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.253 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-150-of-1962 / Section 423.253
Strikes or lockouts; hiring and importing strikebreakers prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

No person, partnership, firm or corporation, or officer or agent thereof, involved in a lawful strike or lockout shall hire and import or contract or arrange with any other person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation to hire and import from another state or country, for the purpose of strikebreaking, persons for employment in place of employees involved in the strike or lockout.

History: 1962, Act 150, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963; Am. 1965, Act 18, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.81112 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.81112
Manufacturing requirements for ORV certificate of title; uniform method of numbering; contents; prohibited acts; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81112.

(1) An ORV certificate of title shall be manufactured in a manner to prevent as nearly as possible the reproduction, alteration, counterfeiting, forging, or duplication of the certificate without ready detection. An ORV certificate of title shall contain on its face the information set forth in the application, including a notation of all secured interests in the ORV, the date on which the application was filed, and other information required by the department of state.

(2) The department of state shall prescribe a uniform method of numbering ORV certificates of title.

(3) An ORV certificate of title shall contain a form for assignment and warranty of title by the owner with space for the notation of a security interest in the ORV. The ORV certificate of title may also contain other forms that the department of state considers necessary to facilitate the effective administration of this part. The certificate shall bear the coat of arms of this state.

(4) A person shall not do any of the following:

(a) Reproduce, alter, counterfeit, forge, or duplicate an ORV certificate of title or hold or use an ORV certificate of title knowing it is reproduced, altered, counterfeited, forged, or duplicated.

(b) Fraudulently indicate on an ORV certificate of title that there is no security interest on record for the ORV.

(c) Forge or counterfeit a letter, receipt, or other document from the holder of a security interest in an ORV indicating that the security interest has been released.

(5) A person who violates subsection (4) is subject to the following penalties:

(a) If the intent of the violation was to commit or aid in the commission of an offense punishable by imprisonment for 1 or more years, the person committing the violation is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period equal to that which could be imposed for the commission of the offense the person had the intent to aid or commit or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

(b) If the intent of the violation was to commit or aid in the commission of an offense punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, the person committing the violation is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(6) A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection (4)(b) or (c), in addition to any other penalty, shall pay restitution to the holder of a security interest in the ORV in the amount of the outstanding lien on the ORV.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2005, Act 271, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2005; Am. 2018, Act 519, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.679 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.679
Counting board; membership; appointment; duties; applicability of MCL 168.662 to place of performance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 679.

(1) The legislative body of a city or township, by resolution, may provide that for an election in a precinct of the city or township, there shall be an additional board of election inspectors, known as the counting board. The counting board must consist of 3 or more election inspectors. Sections 673a and 674 apply to the appointment of election inspectors to counting boards under this section. The counting board shall count the ballots cast in the precinct at an election and make a statement of returns of that count. The provisions of this chapter relative to the appointment, qualifications, privileges, powers, duties, and oaths of office of election inspectors apply to the members of a counting board, to the extent that they apply to the counting of the votes cast at and the making of the statement of returns of an election.

(2) In a precinct for which a counting board has been provided, the duties of the election inspectors who have conducted the election during the day cease on the closing of the polls and, upon the closing of the polls, the counting board assumes charge and control of the place of voting, the ballot boxes, the ballots, and all other equipment of the polling place and shall proceed with the counting of votes. The counting board shall perform all duties required by this act to be performed after the closing of the polls at an election by the board of election inspectors in a precinct that does not have a counting board, as provided in this section.

(3) Section 662 applies to the designation and prescribing of the place or places in which the counting board performs its duties under this section.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.562a — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-114-of-1965 / Section 290.562a
Assessment on beans grown and produced; payment; report; use; research advisory board; referendum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12a.

An assessment of 1 cent per hundredweight is levied and imposed upon all beans grown and produced in this state in the year 1974, and annually thereafter. The first receiver who purchases or receives beans from growers shall pay the assessment. The assessment paid by the first receiver shall be reported and remitted to the commission in the same manner as the grower assessment. The first receiver assessment shall be used solely for the funding of dry edible bean research by the commission in cooperation with the Michigan bean shippers association. The commission shall appoint a research advisory board to aid in administration of funding of the research. At least 1/2 of the advisory board shall be dealer members of the Michigan bean shippers association. Moneys generated by the first receiver assessment shall be deposited in such banks as the commission designates but this fund shall be kept separate from other moneys or funds received by the commission. Three years after the effective date of this section, the commission, upon receipt of a petition bearing the signatures of at least 25% of the first receivers, but with not more than 1/2 of them from 1 district, the commission shall conduct a referendum to determine whether or not the commission shall continue to levy the first receiver assessment for research. If a majority of the first receivers voting, vote against assessment of first receivers for research, the commission shall discontinue the first receiver assessment. The referendum shall be conducted by the commission within 60 days after receipt of a petition.

History: Add. 1974, Act 117, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2652 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2652
Receiving and allocating bodies or parts; purpose; records of receipt and disposition; universities designated to perform duties and responsibilities; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2652.

(1) The department shall receive dead human bodies, or parts of dead human bodies, designated for scientific uses and allocate the bodies or parts to hospitals and educational institutions requiring them for use in medical instruction or for the purpose of instruction, study, and use in the promotion of education in the health sciences in this state. The department shall keep permanent records of the receipt and disposition of dead bodies and parts.

(2) The department may designate Michigan state university, Wayne state university, or the university of Michigan to perform the duties and responsibilities of this section and sections 2653 to 2663.

(3) A university designated under subsection (2) may exercise all of the powers of the department contained in this section and sections 2653 to 2663 as delegated by the department.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2006, Act 301, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2422 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2422
Irrevocable proxy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 422.

A proxy that is entitled "irrevocable proxy", and that states that it is irrevocable, is irrevocable when it is held by any of the following or a nominee of any of the following:

(a) In the case of shares or memberships that are transferable, a holder of a pledge or other security interest in the shares or membership.

(b) In the case of shares or memberships that are transferable, a person that has purchased or agreed to purchase the shares or membership.

(c) A creditor of the corporation that extends or continues credit to the corporation in consideration of the proxy.

(d) An individual who has contracted to perform services as a director, officer, or employee of the corporation, if a proxy is required by the contract of employment.

(e) A person designated by or under an agreement under section 461.

(f) A holder of any other proxy coupled with an interest.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.79507 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.79507
Recovery of costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 79507.

The department and the department of attorney general may recover costs expended pursuant to section 79502(1)(a) and all other costs recoverable under part 201 from persons who are liable under part 201. Actions to recover costs shall proceed in the manner provided in part 201.

History: Add. 1998, Act 285, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.112 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-94-of-1933 / Section 141.112
Bonds; discount; sale price; interest; competitive or negotiated sale; notice; publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Bonds issued under this act may be sold at a discount but may not be sold at a price that would make the interest cost on the money borrowed after deducting any premium or adding any discount exceed 10% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, whichever is greater, and may bear a stated rate of interest or no rate of interest.

A public corporation may sell bonds at a competitive sale or a negotiated sale as determined in the authorizing ordinance. If a public corporation determines to sell a bond at a negotiated sale, the governing body shall expressly state the method and reasons for choosing a negotiated sale instead of a competitive sale in the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance or sale of the bonds.

Bonds sold at a competitive sale shall not be sold until notice by publication at least 7 days before the sale in a publication printed in the English language and circulated in this state that carries as a part of its regular service notices of the sale of municipal bonds.

A public corporation shall award a bond sold at a competitive sale to the bidder whose bid meets all specifications and requirements and results in the lowest interest cost to the public corporation, unless all bids are rejected.

A public corporation may accept bids for the purchase of a bond made in person, by mail, by facsimile, by electronic means, or by any other means authorized by the public corporation.

History: 1933, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1933; Am. 1941, Act 210, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941; Am. 1943, Act 219, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1943; Am. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 7, 1946; Am. 1947, Act 204, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1947; CL 1948, 141.112; Am. 1949, Act 244, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1968, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1968; Am. 1973, Act 40, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1973; Am. 1974, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974; Am. 1978, Act 216, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 485, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1982; Am. 1983, Act 76, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1983; Am. 1985, Act 26, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1985; Am. 2002, Act 465, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2002