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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.423 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.423
Perjury; penalty; "record" and "signed" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 423.

(1) Any person authorized by a statute of this state to take an oath, or any person of whom an oath is required by law, who willfully swears falsely in regard to any matter or thing respecting which the oath is authorized or required is guilty of perjury, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to a person who willfully makes a false declaration in a record that is signed by the person and given under penalty of perjury. As used in this subsection:

(a) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(b) "Signed" means the person did either of the following to authenticate or adopt the record:

( i ) Executed or adopted a tangible symbol.

( ii ) Attached to or logically associated with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.423; Am. 2012, Act 360, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.1 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 801.1
County jails; use as prisons.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The common jails in the several counties of this state in charge of the respective sheriffs shall be used as prisons:

First, For the detention of persons charged with offenses and duly committed for trial;

Second, For the confinement of persons committed pursuant to a sentence upon conviction of an offense, and of all other persons duly committed for any cause authorized by law; and the provisions of this section shall extend to persons detained in or committed to any such jail when duly authorized by or under the authority of any court or officer of the United States, as well as by the courts and magistrates of this state: Provided, however, That all persons detained or committed to such jails by the authority of the courts of the United States, or any officer of the United States, shall be received in said county jails only in cases where the cost of the care and maintenance of such persons shall be paid by the United States, at actual cost thereof, to be fixed and determined by the Michigan welfare commission upon application of the sheriffs of the respective counties of this state, and not otherwise.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 171; CL 1857, 6129; CL 1871, 8018; Am. 1875, Act 125, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 9634; CL 1897, 2650; CL 1915, 2522; Am. 1927, Act 67, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1927; CL 1929, 17668; CL 1948, 801.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.191 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-287-of-1913 / Section 400.191
Sale of certain land by state public school; tract, description.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The board of control of the state public school is hereby authorized to sell a certain tract of land now owned by the said school, devised to it by one Truman Cobb, and described as follows:

That part of the west half of the northwest quarter of section 23 in town 5 south of range 7 west, Branch county, Michigan, lying north of the Coldwater river, containing 50 acres more or less, subject, however, to rights of flowage; said board of control being authorized to sell said lands either as a whole or subdivided into smaller tracts, whichever, in the judgment of said board, may be most advantageous, and to give a warranty deed or deeds for said tract or tracts.

History: 1913, Act 287, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 1531; CL 1929, 7955; CL 1948, 400.191
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.941 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-235-of-1969 / Section 257.941
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Parking area" means an area used by the public as a means of access to and egress from, and for the free parking of motor vehicles by patrons of a shopping center, business, factory, hospital, institution, or similar building or location.

"Shopping center" means a minimum area of 3 acres of land on which there is located 1 or more stores or business establishments, and where there is provided a parking area.

History: 1969, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969; Am. 1978, Act 630, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.8305 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.8305
Facility as profit or nonprofit entity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8305.

A pharmaceutical-grade cannabis licensed facility may be a profit or nonprofit entity.

History: Add. 2013, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.116 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.116
Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; procedure; subpoenas; fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

(1) The commissioner may deny, suspend, summarily suspend, or revoke a license issued under this article if the licensee or an officer, director, agent, member, or employee of the licensee violates this article or a rule promulgated under this article. The commissioner may summarily suspend a license for a period of not more than 60 days pending prosecution, investigation, or public hearing.

(2) A proceeding to suspend or revoke a license under this article is a contested case governed by the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(3) On petition of the commissioner, the circuit court after a hearing may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records, and other evidence before it in a matter over which it has jurisdiction, control, or supervision. If a person subpoenaed to attend in any such proceeding or hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance in any such proceeding or hearing refuses, without lawful cause, to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question or to exhibit a book, account, record, or other document when ordered to do so by the court, that person may be punished as being in contempt of the court.

(4) With approval of the commissioner, a bingo hall licensee, in lieu of a suspension of its license, may elect to pay a fine equal to the amount of rent that would have been paid by bingo licensees during the period of the suspension. The bingo hall licensee shall pay this fine to the bureau on or before the date agreed to in the suspension agreement entered into by the bureau and the bingo hall licensee.

History: 1972, Act 382, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973; Am. 1999, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.488 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-95-of-1981 / Section 445.488
Violation of MCL 445.483(7) or (8) or 445.484(1)(e), (3), (4), or (5) as misdemeanor or felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

A dealer who knowingly violates section 3(7), 3(8), 4(1)(e), 4(3), 4(4), or 4(5) is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of $1,000.00, or both.

A dealer who violates section 3(7), 3(8), 4(1)(e), 4(3), 4(4), or 4(5) a subsequent time is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or a fine of $5,000.00, or both.

History: 1981, Act 95, Eff. Sept. 11, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.718 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.718
Width of load carried on passenger type vehicle; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 718.

A passenger type vehicle shall not be operated on a highway with a load carried on the vehicle extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of the vehicle nor extending more than 6 inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side of the vehicle.

A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.503 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-6-of-1956-Ex-Sess- / Section 486.503
Great Lakes waters; construction of works.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Such corporation may take water from any of the Great Lakes and from Lake St. Clair, or any of the bays thereof and divert and conduct such water to any such township or townships. Such corporation shall have the right to construct and maintain such intakes, cribs and other machinery, and works on or in said waters as may be necessary to divert said water, and may lay and construct any pipes, conduits, aqueducts, wells or reservoirs or other works and machinery necessary for or incident to said purposes.

History: 1956, Ex. Sess., Act 6, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.720
Polls; times of opening and closing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 720.

On the day of any election, the polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, and shall be continuously open until 8 o'clock in the afternoon and no longer. Every qualified elector present and in line at the polls at the hour prescribed for the closing thereof shall be allowed to vote.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1807 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-239-of-1995 / Section 550.1807
Eligibility of parent for dependent coverage; health coverage of child through noncustodial parent; duties of plan administrator; court or administrative order and notice required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

If a parent is eligible for dependent coverage through a plan, the plan administrator shall:

Permit the parent to enroll, under the dependent coverage, a child who is otherwise eligible for coverage without regard to any enrollment season restrictions.

If the parent is enrolled but fails to make application to obtain coverage for the child, enroll the child under dependent coverage upon application by the friend of the court or by the child's other parent through the friend of the court.

Not eliminate the child's coverage unless premiums have not been paid as required by the plan or the plan administrator is provided with satisfactory written evidence of either of the following:

The court or administrative order is no longer in effect.

The child is or will be enrolled in comparable health coverage through another plan, insurer, health care corporation, or health maintenance organization that will take effect not later than the effective date of the cancellation of the existing coverage.

If a child has health coverage through the plan of a noncustodial parent, that plan administrator shall do all of the following:

Provide the custodial parent with information necessary for the child to obtain benefits through that coverage.

Permit the custodial parent or, with the custodial parent's approval, the provider to submit a claim for covered services without the noncustodial parent's approval.

Make payment on claims submitted under subdivision (b) directly to the custodial parent or medical provider.

This section applies only if a parent is required by a court or administrative order to provide health coverage for a child and the plan is notified of that court or administrative order.

History: 1995, Act 239, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30113 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30113
Land and water management permit fee fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30113.

(1) The land and water management permit fee fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. The state treasurer shall annually present to the department an accounting of the amount of money in the fund. The department shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only to implement this part and the following:

(a) Sections 3104, 3107, and 3108.

(b) Part 303.

(c) Part 315.

(d) Part 323.

(e) Part 325.

(f) Part 339.

(g) Part 353.

(h) Section 117 of the land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL 560.117.

(5) The department shall annually report to the legislature how money in the fund was expended during the previous fiscal year.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1995, Act 171, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 246, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004; Am. 2006, Act 496, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006; Am. 2014, Act 253, Imd. Eff. June 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32501 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32501
Additional definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32501.

As used in this part:

(a) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.

(b) "Director" means the director of the department.

(c) "Marina purposes" means an operation making use of submerged bottomlands or filled-in bottomlands of the Great Lakes for the purpose of service to boat owners or operators, which operation may restrict or prevent the free public use of the affected bottomlands or filled-in lands.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2003, Act 14, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2003; Am. 2012, Act 247, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.3704 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.3704
Exemption of facility from real and personal property taxes; exemption of certain tangible personal property from sales and use taxes; statement in certificate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3704.

For the period subsequent to the effective date of the certificate and continuing as long as the certificate is in force, a facility covered by the certificate is exempt from real and personal property taxes imposed under the general property tax act, Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, being sections 211.1 to 211.157 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Tangible personal property purchased and installed as a component part of the facility shall be exempt from both of the following:

Sales taxes imposed under the general sales tax act, Act No. 167 of the Public Acts of 1933, being sections 205.51 to 205.78 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Use taxes imposed under the use tax act, Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1937, being sections 205.91 to 205.111 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The certificate shall state the total acquisition cost of the facility entitled to exemption.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.132 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-31-of-1947 / Section 565.132
Validation of executed discharges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any such discharge heretofore executed by the state administrative board is hereby validated.

History: 1947, Act 31, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 1947; CL 1948, 565.132
Mich. Comp. Laws § 454.2 — MI Code / Chapter 454 / Act Act-188-of-1857 / Section 454.2
Incorporation of mechanics' association; execution and acknowledgment of articles of agreement; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; signers of articles and associates as body politic and corporate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

That any 6 or more persons residents of this state desirous to become incorporated for the above named objects may execute under their hands and acknowledge before some officer of this state having authority to take the acknowledgment of deeds articles of agreement as hereinafter specified a copy whereof verified by the affidavit of 2 or more of the trustees shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce; and upon the execution of such articles of agreement, the acknowledgment thereof and the filing of such copies as aforesaid the parties signing the same and those who may thereafter become associated with them shall become a body politic and corporate for the purpose aforesaid.

History: 1857, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1857; CL 1857, 1789; CL 1871, 2796; How. 3925; CL 1897, 7424; CL 1915, 9796; CL 1929, 10263; CL 1948, 454.2; Am. 1982, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1077 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1077
Person subject to code as principal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77.

A person subject to this code is a principal if the person commits 1 of the following acts:

An offense punishable by this code or aids, abets, counsels, commands, or procures the commission of the offense.

Causes an act to be done which if directly performed by the person would be punishable by the code.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.34133 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.34133
Invalid assessments; validation procedure; payments applied to reassessments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34133.

If, in the opinion of the irrigation board, a special assessment is invalid by reason of irregularities or informalities in the proceedings, or if any court of competent jurisdiction adjudges an assessment illegal, the irrigation board, whether the improvement has been made or not and whether any part of the assessment has been paid or not, may proceed from the last step at which the proceedings were legal and cause a new assessment to be made for the same purpose for which the former assessment was made. All proceedings on the reassessment and for the collection of the reassessment shall be conducted in the same manner as provided for the original assessment. Whenever an assessment or any part of an assessment levied upon any premises has been set aside in such a manner, if the assessment or part of an assessment has been paid and not refunded, the payment made shall be applied upon the reassessment.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1826e — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1826e
Postsecondary education goals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 226e.

It is the goal of the governor and legislature to ensure that 60% of Michigan's residents achieve a postsecondary credential, high-quality industry certification, associate degree, or bachelor's degree by 2030.

History: Add. 2022, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 1, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.125 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-224-of-1967 / Section 556.125
Suspension or postponement of vesting of future interests; time period when trust creator reserves power to amend or revoke.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

When the creator of a trust reserves to himself an unqualified power to amend or revoke, the period during which the vesting of a future interest may be suspended or postponed begins when the unqualified power to amend or revoke terminates, whether by reason of the death of the trust creator, by release or otherwise; or on the effective date of the instrument exercising the power to revoke.

History: 1967, Act 224, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1450a — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1450a
Tax credit under section 34 of former 1975 PA 228; tax credit under MCL 208.1450; tax credit under MCL 208.1405.
Status: in_force

Sec. 450a.

(1) A taxpayer that qualified to claim the credit under section 34 of former 1975 PA 228 may claim the credit under section 450 for the total number of years designated in the agreement, reduced by the number of years the taxpayer claimed the credit under section 34 of former 1975 PA 228, or until January 1, 2016, whichever occurs first.

(2) A taxpayer that claims a credit under section 450 is not prohibited from claiming a credit under section 405. However, the taxpayer shall not claim a credit under section 450 and section 405 based on the same research and development.

History: Add. 2007, Act 208, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.120 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-299-of-1972 / Section 460.120
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

This act shall take effect when Senate Bill No. 699 of 1971 is enacted and becomes effective.

History: 1972, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 490.363 — MI Code / Chapter 490 / Act Act-215-of-2003 / Section 490.363
Payment to general administrator or executor of deceased out-of-state resident.
Status: in_force

Sec. 363.

If a deceased individual who resided in another state or country owns a share or deposit account in a domestic credit union, the credit union may pay all or part of the balance of the account to the special or general administrator or executor appointed in the state or country where the account holder resided at the time of death if the administrator or executor provides both of the following to the credit union:

Authenticated copies of the letter or order of appointment authorizing him or her to collect, receive, and remove assets of the estate of the decedent.

An affidavit by the administrator or executor that he or she is the representative of the estate of the decedent, that no proceeding is pending in any state with respect to the question of domicile of the decedent, and that to his or her knowledge and belief no letters or orders of appointment are outstanding in this state, no proceeding is pending in this state for the appointment of a fiduciary for the estate in this state, and there are no creditors of the estate in this state.

A credit union that makes a payment to an administrator or executor under this section after receiving the affidavit and authenticated copies described in subsection (1) is released and discharged from liability to the same extent as if the credit union made the payment to a legally qualified resident executor or administrator.

History: 2003, Act 215, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.408 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-167-of-1917 / Section 125.408
Minimum requirements; law not to be modified.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Minimum requirements; law not to be modified. The provisions of the act shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the protection of health, welfare and safety of the community. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to invalidate existing ordinances or regulations of any city or organized village or the board of health of any such city or village imposing requirements higher than the minimum requirements laid down in this act relative to light, ventilation, sanitation, fire prevention, egress, occupancy, maintenance and uses for dwellings; nor be deemed to prevent any city or organized village or the board of health of any such city or village from enacting and putting in force from time to time ordinances and regulations imposing requirements higher than the minimum requirements laid down in this act; nor shall anything herein contained be deemed to prevent such cities and organized villages or the board of health of any such city or village from prescribing for the enforcement of such ordinances and regulations, remedies and penalties similar to those prescribed herein. And every such city and organized village or the board of health of any such city or village is empowered to enact such ordinances and regulations and to prescribe for their enforcement. No ordinance, regulation, ruling or decision of any municipal body, officer of authority of the board of health of any such city or village shall repeal, amend, modify or dispense with any of the said minimum requirements laid down in this act; except that, in order that the provisions of this act may be reasonably applied, public health and safety secured, and substantial justice done in instances where practical difficulties are encountered or unnecessary and unreasonable hardship result from the application of the strict letter of the law, the decision of a board of appeals, as hereinafter provided and regulated shall be considered as the reasonable application of the intent of this act.

History: 1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; Am. 1925, Act 371, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 2494; CL 1948, 125.408
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.135 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-347-of-1966 / Section 252.135
Effective date of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act shall become effective July 1, 1967.

History: 1966, Act 347, Eff. July 1, 1967