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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.488 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.488
Applicability of MCL 168.544c and 168.482(1), (4), (5), and (6).
Status: in_force

Sec. 488.

Section 544c applies to a nominating petition for an office in a political subdivision under a statute that refers to this section, and to the circulation and signing of the petition.

Section 482(1), (4), (5), and (6) apply to a petition to place a question on the ballot before the electorate of a political subdivision under a statute that refers to this section, and to the circulation and signing of the petition.

A person who violates a provision of this act applicable to a petition pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in this act.

History: Add. 1998, Act 142, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1905 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-258-of-2000 / Section 388.1905
Intercollegiate athletics; participation prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an eligible student enrolled in a career and technical preparation program under this act shall not participate in intercollegiate athletics while he or she is enrolled in the career and technical preparation program under this act. An eligible student who violates this section forfeits his or her eligibility under this act.

(2) This section does not apply to an eligible student to whom all of the following apply:

(a) The eligible student is enrolled in an early middle college program.

(b) The eligible student is in his or her fifth year of high school in the early middle college program described in subdivision (a).

(c) The eligible student is not eligible to participate in interscholastic athletic activities in the high school, but not because of academic ineligibility.

(3) As used in this section, "early middle college program" means a 5-year high school program.

History: 2000, Act 258, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001; Am. 2022, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 95.6 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 95.6
Board of cemetery trustees; necessary employees; ordinances, enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Said board shall appoint the necessary superintendents and employes for the cemetery; expend the money provided for the care and improvement of the grounds; enforce the ordinances of the city made for the management and care thereof and make such regulations for the burial of the dead, the care and protection of the grounds, monuments and appurtenances of the cemetery, and the orderly conduct of persons visiting the grounds, as may be consistent with the ordinances of the city and the laws of the state.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3137; CL 1915, 3051; CL 1929, 1975; CL 1948, 95.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5409 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5409
Appointment of conservator.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5409.

The court may appoint an individual, a corporation authorized to exercise fiduciary powers, or a professional conservator described in section 5106 to serve as conservator of a protected individual's estate. The following are entitled to consideration for appointment in the following order of priority:

A conservator, guardian of property, or similar fiduciary appointed or recognized by the appropriate court of another jurisdiction in which the protected individual resides.

An individual or corporation nominated by the protected individual if he or she is 14 years of age or older and of sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice, including a nomination made in a durable power of attorney.

The protected individual's spouse.

An adult child of the protected individual.

A parent of the protected individual or a person nominated by the will of a deceased parent.

A relative of the protected individual with whom he or she has resided for more than 6 months before the petition is filed.

A person nominated by the person who is caring for or paying benefits to the protected individual.

If none of the persons listed in subdivisions (a) to (g) are suitable and willing to serve, any person that the court determines is suitable and willing to serve.

A person named in subsection (1)(a), (c), (d), (e), or (f) may designate in writing a substitute to serve instead, and that designation transfers the priority to the substitute. If persons have equal priority, the court shall select the person the court considers best qualified to serve. Acting in the protected individual's best interest, the court may pass over a person having priority and appoint a person having a lower priority or no priority.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 463, Eff. June 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.473c — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-93-of-1981 / Section 286.473c
Property subject to disclosure; contents of statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3c.

Certain real property is subject to those disclosures described in section 7 of the seller disclosure act, Act No. 92 of the Public Acts of 1993, being section 565.957 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A seller of real property located within 1 mile of the property boundary of a farm or farm operation may voluntarily make available to the buyer the following statement: "This notice is to inform prospective residents that the real property they are about to acquire lies within 1 mile of the property boundary of a farm or farm operation. Generally accepted agricultural and management practices may be utilized by the farm or farm operation and may generate usual and ordinary noise, dust, odors, and other associated conditions, and these practices are protected by the Michigan right to farm act.".

Certain subdivided land is subject to those disclosures described in section 8 of the land sales act, Act No. 286 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 565.808 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1995, Act 94, Eff. Sept. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2506 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2506
Choice of law as to execution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2506.

A written will is valid if executed in compliance with section 2502 or 2503, with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed, or with the law of the place where, at the time of execution or at the time of death, the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2711 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2711
Modification of foreign Convention child-support order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 711.

(1) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless 1 of the following applies:

(a) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity.

(b) The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

(2) If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this state, section 708(3) applies.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.5i — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.5i
Snow removal from streets, mosquito abatement, and security services provided by private contractors; special assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5i.

(1) Whether or not authorized by its charter, a city with a population of more than 600,000 may provide by ordinance a procedure to finance by special assessments the provision by private contractors of snow removal from streets, mosquito abatement, and security services. The ordinance shall authorize the use of petitions to initiate the establishment of a special assessment district. The record owners of not less than 51% of the land comprising the actual special assessment district must have signed the petitions.

(2) A service instituted under this section may be discontinued upon petition by the record owners of 51% of the land comprising the special assessment district.

History: Add. 1994, Act 431, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995; Am. 2001, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Dec. 11, 2001; Am. 2011, Act 287, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80207 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80207
Liability of personal watercraft owner; negligence; presumption of consent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80207.

The owner of a personal watercraft is liable for any injury occasioned by the negligent operation of the personal watercraft, whether the negligence consists of a violation of the statutes of this state, or in the failure to observe the ordinary care in the operation that the rules of the common law require. The owner is not liable unless the personal watercraft is being used with his or her expressed or implied consent. It shall be rebuttably presumed that the personal watercraft is being operated with the knowledge and consent of the owner if it is driven at the time of the injury by his or her son, daughter, spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, or other immediate member of the owner's family.

History: Add. 2000, Act 229, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.872 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-98-of-2011 / Section 408.872
Intent of legislature; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The legislature intends this act to provide for more economical, nondiscriminatory, neutral, and efficient procurement of construction-related goods and services by this state and political subdivisions of this state as market participants, and providing for fair and open competition best effectuates this intent.

History: Add. 2012, Act 238, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.3153 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.3153
Affiliation with another organization; section inapplicable to allocations of net savings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1153.

A vote of the membership shall be required to affiliate with another organization involving the investment of more than 30% of the assets of the cooperative, if the affiliation is not in the usual and regular course of its business. This section shall not apply to any allocations of net savings to the cooperative by any person.

History: Add. 1984, Act 209, Eff. Nov. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.243 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.243
Nonresident owner of foreign vehicle; registration; exemption; transportation for compensation; temporary permit; agent for secretary of state; pleasure vehicle; business vehicle.
Status: in_force

Sec. 243.

A nonresident owner, except as otherwise provided in this section, owning any foreign vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration under this act may operate or permit the operation of the vehicle within this state without registering the vehicle in, or paying any fees to, this state if the vehicle at all times when operated in this state is duly registered in, and displays upon it a valid registration certificate and registration plate or plates issued for the vehicle in the place of residence of the owner.

A nonresident owner of a foreign vehicle operated within this state for the transportation of persons or property for compensation shall register the vehicle and pay the same fees for its registration as is required with reference to like vehicles owned by residents of this state, except that the department may issue to the nonresident owner a temporary permit authorizing the operation of the foreign vehicle within this state for a period of 72 hours, without registering the vehicle, on the payment of a fee as provided in section 802a of this act. The temporary permit shall be in a form as prescribed by, and shall be displayed on a foreign vehicle in a manner determined by the secretary of state. Each request for a temporary permit under this subsection shall be based on emergency or infrequent need for the permit. The secretary of state may refuse to issue a permit if he or she has reason to believe the applicant has previously forged or misused a permit, has attempted to circumvent the registration laws of this state, or has not demonstrated an emergency or infrequent use.

The secretary of state may designate an owner or registrant having a fleet of motor vehicles currently registered under this act to act as an agent for the secretary of state for the purpose of issuing to himself or herself a temporary registration under this section.

A nonresident owner of a pleasure vehicle otherwise subject to registration under this act shall not operate the vehicle for a period exceeding 90 days without securing registration in this state.

Every nonresident, including any foreign corporation carrying on business within this state and owning and operating in that business any vehicle subject to registration as provided in this chapter, shall register the vehicle and pay the same fee for the registration as is required with reference to like vehicles owned by residents of this state, except as otherwise provided by law.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1960, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1960; Am. 1989, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.44 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-27-of-1905 / Section 458.44
Articles of association; execution and acknowledgment; filing articles with department of commerce; members of church as body politic or corporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Said articles of association shall be executed in duplicate, and acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds. One of such duplicate copies shall be retained by such corporation and 1 copy shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. When said articles of association shall have been filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the said persons so signing the said articles of association, and their associates and fellow members of said church, and all who may thereafter become members of said church, according to the discipline, rules, and usages of the Wesleyan Methodist connection or church, shall thereby become, and thenceforth be, a body politic or corporation, by the name expressed in said articles of association, with all the powers, rights, and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the laws of this state.

History: 1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905; CL 1915, 11047; CL 1929, 10862; CL 1948, 458.44; Am. 1982, Act 75, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.547 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.547
Surplus construction funds; use; transfer; provisions of contract with public corporation; return of funds; applicability of MCL 280.547a; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 547.

The drainage board shall use any surplus construction funds remaining in the construction fund after completion of the project for the inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 or shall authorize the transfer of the funds to the bond and interest account, if bonds were issued, in the amounts the drainage board considers proper.

The drainage board shall contract with a public corporation if that public corporation has been assessed for all or part of the cost of the drain or if land in a city, village, township, or combination thereof has been assessed for all or any part of the cost of a drain. The contract shall provide that after all outstanding drain orders or bonds are paid on a drainage district project, the drainage board shall authorize the county treasurers to pay over any portion of the surplus not needed for more than the cost of inspection, repair and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 to the county, township, city, or village in which the drain was located or in which assessments for benefits have been assessed and collected. The payments shall be on a pro rata basis in direct proportion to the amounts assessed and collected from each county, township, city, or village. The contract shall also provide that upon receipt of the surplus funds the county, city, village, or township shall utilize the surplus funds to alleviate drainage problems in their respective jurisdictions.

If state highway funds are involved in a project, the drain commissioner or the drainage board, upon completion of a construction project, and after all outstanding drain orders or bonds are paid on the project shall return, on a pro rata basis, surplus construction funds in excess of the amount necessary to pay for inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 to the state transportation department for the construction, maintenance, and administration of state highways.

A drainage board may apply section 547a to surplus construction funds in place of this section.

As used in this section and section 547a, "public corporation" includes a city, village, township, or county, or the state.

History: Add. 1970, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970; Am. 1988, Act 34, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1988; Am. 1989, Act 149, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3305 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3305
Informal probate; register not satisfied.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3305.

If the register is not satisfied that a will is entitled to be probated in informal proceedings because of failure to meet the requirements of section 3303 or 3304 or for another reason, the register may deny the application. A register's denial of informal probate is not an adjudication and does not preclude formal probate proceedings. If the application is denied, the register shall clearly state the reason for denial.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.15a — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-21-of-1939 / Section 493.15a
Regulatory loan contract; nonperformance by borrower; advances by licensee; termination of insurance upon reinstatement of contractual duties by borrower.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15a.

If a regulatory loan contract contains obligations by the borrower to perform certain duties pertaining to insuring or preserving collateral and the licensee, because of the borrower's failure to perform these duties, pays for performance of the duties on behalf of the borrower, the licensee may add the amounts paid to the debt and collect interest at the contract rate on the amounts.

Within 30 days after advancing any sums under this section, the licensee shall notify the borrower in writing of the amount of the sums advanced, any charges with respect to this amount, any revised payment schedule, and a brief description of the services or products paid for by the licensee, including the type and amount of insurance coverages, if applicable.

The licensee shall promptly terminate insurance or other services procured under this section once the borrower provides evidence that the performance of contractual duties have been reinstated.

History: Add. 2001, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.499e — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.499e
Same day voter registration; application approval; receipt.
Status: in_force

Sec. 499e.

(1) The clerk of a city or township shall be present or have a deputy clerk be present at the clerk's office at all times a polling place is open on election day to receive and process voter registration applications.

(2) Immediately after approving a voter registration application under this section, the clerk or deputy clerk shall prepare a registration card or an insert to a registration list in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. In addition, the clerk or deputy clerk shall provide to the individual registering to vote a voter registration receipt that is in a form as approved by the secretary of state.

(3) The clerk shall prepare and send a voter identification card in the manner prescribed for corrected voter identification cards in section 499 as soon as practical after the election.

History: Add. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.212 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-62-of-1933 / Section 211.212
Tax levies; statement in rates; limits; debt service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Tax levies to be in rates. In order that the maximum tax rates ordered by the board and tax levies pursuant thereto may not be invalidated by any process of determination or review of assessments subsequent to the allocation of the net limitation tax rate, all tax levies shall hereafter be made by prescribing the rate of taxes and the sums of money to be raised thereby, which shall be imposed upon property. No such levy shall be a rate in excess of the maximum tax rate ordered by the board or by the state tax commission in case of appeal: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to limit or restrict the power of the state or local units to make tax levies separately in excess of such maximum tax rates for the purpose of payment of interest and principal on obligations incurred prior to December eighth, 1932.

History: 1933, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1933; Am. 1934, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 30, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1934; Am. 1945, Act 161, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1945; CL 1948, 211.212
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.423 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-29-of-1970 / Section 290.423
Powers and duties of commission; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) The commission shall foster, develop, and promote the potato industry through research, promotion, advertising, market expansion, development of new markets, education, and the development and dissemination of market and industry information. The commission may develop procedures and carry out any other activity necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act.

(2) To accomplish its purpose, the commission shall collect, prepare, and disseminate information relating to all of the following:

(a) The importance of potatoes in human nutrition.

(b) The manner, method, and means used and technology employed in the production, transportation, marketing, processing, and grading of potatoes.

(c) The laws of this state relating to the production, transportation, marketing, processing, and grading of potatoes, to insure a pure and wholesome product.

(d) Factors affecting the potato industry, such as unbalanced production, effect of the weather, influence of consumer purchasing power, and price relative to the cost of other foods.

(e) Branding, labeling, stenciling, sealing, or packaging potatoes to protect their identity.

(f) Other information as may be necessary to promote increased consumption of potatoes, and a better understanding and more efficient cooperation between producers, dealers, and the consuming public.

(3) The commission may promulgate rules to implement this act.

(4) The commission may appoint committees to carry out the various projects covered under this act.

(5) The commission may employ personnel and incur other expenses necessary to carry out this act. A member, employee, or agent of the commission is not liable personally for the contracts of the commission. All salaries, expenses, obligations, and liabilities incurred by the commission are payable only from the funds collected under this act.

History: 1970, Act 29, Imd. Eff. June 10, 1970; Am. 1976, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976; Am. 1980, Act 304, Imd. Eff. Nov. 26, 1980; Am. 2013, Act 202, Eff. Mar. 14, 2014