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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43525c — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43525c
Pheasant hunting license; fees; deposit of funds into pheasant subaccount in the game and fish protection account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43525c.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual 18 years of age or older shall not hunt pheasants without a current annual pheasant hunting license issued by this state. The annual pheasant hunting license requirement is in addition to the requirements for a base license. The fee for the pheasant hunting license is $25.00. The following individuals are not required to obtain an annual pheasant hunting license under this section:

(a) An individual only hunting pheasants at a game bird hunting preserve licensed under part 417.

(b) An individual hunting pheasants on private land, except for individuals hunting on land enrolled in the hunting access program.

(c) An individual hunting pheasants on public land in the Upper Peninsula.

(d) An individual who holds a lifetime small game license, lifetime sportsperson's license, or a comprehensive lifetime hunting and fishing license issued under section 44102.

(2) If issued as a stamp, a pheasant hunting license must be affixed to the base license of the individual and signed across the face of the stamp by the individual to whom it is issued.

(3) A collector may purchase a pheasant hunting license, if it is issued as a stamp, without being required to place it on a base license, sign across its face, or provide proof of competency under section 43520(2). However, a license described in this subsection is not valid for hunting pheasants.

(4) Except as provided in sections 43541 and 43555, the department shall deposit the fee collected for each pheasant hunting license in the pheasant subaccount of the game and fish protection account for the purposes stated in subsection (5).

(5) The pheasant subaccount is created in the game and fish protection account. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the subaccount. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the subaccount. The state treasurer shall credit to the subaccount interest and earnings from subaccount investments. Money in the subaccount at the close of the fiscal year remains in the subaccount and does not lapse to the game and fish protection account or the general fund. The department is the administrator of the subaccount for auditing purposes. The department shall expend money from the subaccount, on appropriation, only for costs associated with the purchase and release of live pheasants on state-owned land suitable for pheasants.

History: Add. 2020, Act 262, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021; Am. 2021, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 2021; Am. 2025, Act 47, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1422 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1422
Irrevocable proxy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 422.

A proxy which is entitled "irrevocable proxy", and which 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 pledgee of or other holder of a security interest in the shares.

A person who has purchased or agreed to purchase the shares.

A creditor of the corporation who extends or continues credit to the corporation in consideration of the proxy.

A person 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.

A person designated by or under an agreement under section 461.

A holder of any other proxy coupled with an interest.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.981b — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-112-of-1961 / Section 388.981b
Security for payment or purchase of bonds, notes, or commercial paper; authorization and approval by state administrative board; authority of state treasurer or deputy treasurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1b.

The state administrative board may authorize and approve insurance contracts; agreements for lines of credit; letters of credit; commitments to purchase bonds, notes, or commercial paper; and any other transaction to provide security to assure timely payment or purchase of any bonds, notes, or commercial paper issued under this act. The state administrative board may authorize and approve an interest rate exchange or swap, hedge, or similar agreement or agreements in connection with the issuance of bonds, notes, or commercial paper issued under this act or in connection with outstanding bonds, notes, or commercial paper, or other obligations or evidence of indebtedness of this state under this act.

The state administrative board may authorize the state treasurer or a deputy treasurer, but only within limitations that are contained in the authorizing resolution of the state administrative board, to do 1 or more of the following:

Sell and deliver and receive payment for bonds, notes, or commercial paper issued under this act.

Deliver bonds, notes, or commercial paper partly to refund bonds, notes, or commercial paper and partly for other authorized purposes.

Select which outstanding bonds, notes, or commercial paper will be refunded, if any, by the new issue of bonds, notes, or commercial paper.

Buy bonds, notes, or commercial paper issued under this act.

Approve interest rates, if any, or methods for determining interest rates, including fixed or variable rates; prices; discounts; maturities; principal amounts; purchase prices; purchase dates; remarketing dates; denominations; dates of issuance; interest payment dates; redemption rights at the option of the state or the owner; the place and time of delivery and payment; and other matters and procedures necessary to complete the authorized transactions.

Execute, deliver, and pay the cost of remarketing agreements; insurance contracts; agreements for lines of credit; letters of credit; commitments to purchase bonds, notes, or commercial paper; and any other transaction to provide security to assure timely payments or purchase of any bonds, notes, or commercial paper issued under this act.

Determine the details of, execute, deliver, and pay the cost of any interest rate exchange or swap, hedge, or similar agreement or agreements.

History: Add. 2000, Act 245, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 106.2 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 106.2
Types of waterworks; construction; maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Such city may acquire, purchase, erect and maintain such reservoirs, canals, aqueducts, sluices, buildings, engines, water wheels, pumps, hydraulic machines, distributing pipes and other apparatus, appurtenances and machinery, and may acquire, purchase, appropriate and own such grounds, real estate, rights and privileges as may be necessary and proper for the securing, construction and maintenance of such waterworks.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3248; CL 1915, 3166; CL 1929, 2090; CL 1948, 106.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.33a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.33a
“New motor vehicle” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33a.

"New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle which is not and has not been a demonstrator, executive or manufacturer's vehicle, leased vehicle, or a used or secondhand vehicle.

History: Add. 1975, Act 314, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.6 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 88.6
Election returns; qualification of membership; meetings, notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The council shall be judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members. It shall hold regular stated meetings for the transaction of business, at such times and places within the city as it shall prescribe, not less than 2 of which shall be held in each month. The mayor or any 3 members of the council may call special meetings thereof, notice of which, in writing, shall be given to each alderman, or be left at his place of residence at least 6 hours before the meeting.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3067; CL 1915, 2983; CL 1929, 1907; CL 1948, 88.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.3403 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.3403
Unauthorized signature; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3403.

Unless otherwise provided in this article or article 4, an unauthorized signature is ineffective except as the signature of the unauthorized signer in favor of a person who in good faith pays the instrument or takes it for value. An unauthorized signature may be ratified for all purposes of this article.

If the signature of more than 1 person is required to constitute the authorized signature of an organization, the signature of the organization is unauthorized if 1 of the required signatures is lacking.

The civil or criminal liability of a person who makes an unauthorized signature is not affected by any provision of this article which makes the unauthorized signature effective for the purposes of this article.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.952 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-289-of-1977 / Section 141.952
Payments to municipalities with state-owned facilities; plan; report; date of valuation; consultations; furnishing local assessor and state tax commission with copies of director's report; recommendations for adjustments to proposed valuations; date of final determination; notice of final estimated value and final estimated equalized value.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1977, the director shall present to the house and senate appropriations committees a plan for the distribution of those funds appropriated in Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1977 for payments to municipalities with state owned facilities in lieu of taxes for services rendered. The payments to municipalities shall be made before July 1, 1978.

For state fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1978, the director shall, annually by the preceding July 1, prepare a report for each municipality in which a state facility is located listing each state facility and the value of each state facility. The date of valuation shall be December 31 of the prior year. The director shall consult with the state tax commission, the director of the bureau of facilities in the department of management and budget, and with the assessor of the affected municipality.

Copies of the director's report shall be furnished to the local assessor and the state tax commission, who may submit recommendations for adjustments to the proposed valuations within 30 days.

By September 1 of each year the director shall make a final determination of value which may not be further appealed. The director shall notify the assessor, the state agency, and the treasurer of the municipality of the final estimated value for that year, and the final estimated equalized value for that year.

History: 1977, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1223 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-167-of-1976 / Section 390.1223
Disclosure of restrictive policies or practices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

If a lender follows or adopts a policy or practice with respect to loans which restricts a repayment option or condition permitted to be made available on the loan, the lender shall disclose this in the manner prescribed in section 2(1) and shall describe how the lender's policy or practice is more restrictive than that permitted.

History: 1976, Act 167, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1817 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-187-of-1990 / Section 257.1817
Signal lights; stoplights; flasher lamps; applicability to school buses manufactured before October 1, 1990; conformance with federal regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

This section applies to school buses manufactured before October 1, 1990 that have not been retrofitted to meet the requirements of section 19.

A school bus shall be equipped with signal lights mounted as high and widely spaced laterally as practicable that are capable of displaying to the front 2 overhead alternately flashing red lights located at the same level and to the rear 2 overhead alternately flashing red lights located at the same level. These lights shall have sufficient intensity to be visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet in normal sunlight.

Overhead alternately flashing stoplights shall be operated by a manually operated switch and detached from any other instrument on the bus. A flashing light shall not be connected to the brakes or the service door on school buses manufactured before October 1, 1990. A 3-inch black area shall be provided around flasher lamps front and rear. Lamps indicating alternating flashing light operation shall be visible to the driver when in a normal seated position.

Signal lights and stoplights under this section shall be in conformance with current United States department of transportation federal motor vehicle safety regulations found in 49 CFR part 571.

History: 1990, Act 187, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990; Am. 2000, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 231, Imd. Eff. July 21, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 441.112 — MI Code / Chapter 441 / Act Act-239-of-1959 / Section 441.112
Effective date of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

This act shall take effect January 1, 1960.

History: 1959, Act 239, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 97.2 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 97.2
Authority of council; construction of wharves.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The council shall have authority also to require and cause all docks, wharves and landings, whether upon public grounds or upon the property of private individuals, to be constructed of such material and in such manner and maintained in conformity with such grade as may be established therefor by the council, and prescribe the line beyond which any such wharf, dock or landing shall not be constructed or maintained.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3144; CL 1915, 3058; CL 1929, 1982; CL 1948, 97.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.106 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 433.106
Delivery of beasts by poundmaster.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The pound keeper shall not deliver the beasts to the owner, until such owner shall pay him his fees, and the expense of keeping such beasts, together with the sum so demanded by the distrainer, and the expense of advertising such beasts, if they shall have been advertised, and all other legal costs and expenses.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 125; CL 1857, 5051; CL 1871, 6772; How. 8360; CL 1897, 10693; CL 1915, 14784; CL 1929, 9066; CL 1948, 433.106
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1014i — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1014i
Plan for executing responsibilities of organized fire department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14i.

The chief of each organized fire department shall prepare and disseminate to each fire fighting employee of the organized fire department a plan for executing the department's responsibilities with respect to each site within the organized fire department's jurisdiction where hazardous chemicals are used or produced.

History: Add. 1986, Act 80, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.274 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-68-of-1963 / Section 207.274
Minimum tax.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

During the first year in which any property is subject to a specific tax under this act, the amount of the tax shall be not less than 75% of the ad valorem taxes levied and assessed against the property in the last year in which ad valorem taxes were levied and assessed against it; and during the second year in which the property is subject to the specific tax, the amount of tax shall be not less than 50% of the ad valorem taxes.

History: 1963, Act 68, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.375 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.375
Death of injured employee; death benefits in lieu of further disability indemnity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 375.

The death of the injured employee before the expiration of the period within which he or she would receive weekly payments shall be considered to end the disability and all liability for the remainder of such payments which he or she would have received in case he or she had lived shall be terminated, but the employer shall thereupon be liable for the following death benefits in lieu of any further disability indemnity.

If the injury received by such employee was the proximate cause of his or her death, and the deceased employee leaves dependents, as hereinbefore specified, wholly or partially dependent on him or her for support, the death benefit shall be a sum sufficient, when added to the indemnity which at the time of death has been paid or becomes payable under the provisions of this act to the deceased employee, to make the total compensation for the injury and death exclusive of medical, surgical, hospital services, medicines, and rehabilitation services, and expenses furnished as provided in sections 315 and 319, equal to the full amount which such dependents would have been entitled to receive under the provisions of section 321, in case the injury had resulted in immediate death. Such benefits shall be payable in the same manner as they would be payable under the provisions of section 321 had the injury resulted in immediate death.

If an application for benefits has been filed but has not been decided by a worker's compensation magistrate, or on appeal and the claimant dies from a cause unrelated to his or her injury, the proceedings shall not abate but may be continued in the name of his or her personal representative. In such case, the benefits payable up to time of death shall be paid to the same beneficiaries and in the same amounts as would have been payable if the employee had suffered a compensable injury resulting in death.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969; Am. 1985, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1985; Am. 1994, Act 271, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.652 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-162-of-1990 / Section 554.652
Removal of occupant, guest, or other individual from campground; grounds; civil rights.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The operator of a campground may remove or cause to be removed from the campground, in the manner provided in this section, any occupant of the campground or guest of an occupant or other individual who, while on the premises of the campground, disturbs the peace and comfort of other occupants, who causes physical harm to the campground facilities, or who fails to pay rent at the rental rate agreed upon by the time agreed upon. However, admission to, or removal from, any campground shall not be based upon a person's religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, or marital status as prohibited under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act, Act No. 453 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 37.2101 to 37.2804 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1990, Act 162, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.7 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-21-of-1939 / Section 493.7
Changing name or place of business; procedure; activities at more than 1 place of business; ceasing to engage in activities subject to act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A licensee under this act may change its name or place of business shown on the license by giving prior written notice to the commissioner and returning the license to the commissioner. The commissioner shall amend the license certificate to show the new name or the new place of business and the date of the new certificate.

A licensee may engage in activities for which a license is required at more than 1 place of business by providing not less than 30 days' written notice to the commissioner before opening each additional place of business. This subsection does not apply to any place of business listed in the licensee's approved application for licensure.

A licensee that ceases engaging in business activities that are subject to this act at a place of business shall provide written notice to the commissioner within 30 days.

History: 1939, Act 21, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 493.7; Am. 1971, Act 168, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972; Am. 1991, Act 14, Eff. Oct. 1, 1991; Am. 1992, Act 71, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992; Am. 2001, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 64.11 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 64.11
Treasurer; vouchers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The treasurer shall take vouchers for all money paid from the treasury, showing the amount and fund from which payment was made. Upon settlement of the vouchers with the proper officers of the village, the treasurer shall file the vouchers with the clerk.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2737; CL 1915, 2607; CL 1929, 1517; CL 1948, 64.11; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.1118 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-497-of-1980 / Section 570.1118
Action to enforce construction lien through foreclosure; circuit court; equitable nature of action; enforcement of lien by cross-claim or counterclaim filed in pending action; duties of court; attorneys' fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 118.

(1) An action to enforce a construction lien through foreclosure shall be brought in the circuit court for the county where the real property described in the claim of lien is located. If the real property is located in more than 1 county or judicial circuit, the action may be brought in any of the counties where the real property is located. An action to enforce a construction lien through foreclosure is equitable in nature. A construction lien also may be enforced by a cross-claim or counterclaim timely filed in a pending action involving title to, or foreclosure of mortgages or encumbrances on, real property.

(2) In an action to enforce a construction lien through foreclosure, the court shall examine each claim and defense that is presented and determine the amount, if any, due to each lien claimant or to any mortgagee or holder of an encumbrance and their respective priorities. The court may allow reasonable attorneys' fees to a lien claimant who is the prevailing party. The court also may allow reasonable attorneys' fees to a prevailing defendant if the court determines the lien claimant's action to enforce a construction lien under this section was vexatious.

History: 1980, Act 497, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Am. 1982, Act 17, Eff. Mar. 1, 1982; Am. 2010, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Aug. 23, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1267 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-392-of-2012 / Section 123.1267
Alteration of laws and regulations of utility franchise.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Nothing in this act shall be considered to alter the laws and regulations regarding utility franchises unless explicitly stated. The creation of an authority shall not be considered to create a new franchise as long as the authority only provides service within its own territory, which shall be composed of the territory within the local government and any area that the local government may be serving or permitted to serve under law on the effective date of this act.

History: 2012, Act 392, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.339 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-107-of-1941 / Section 41.339
Excess money; deposit in contingent fund; applicability of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Money that is paid in to the township treasurer for private connection rights under section 5 on or before the date specified pursuant to section 5(b) which creates an excess over the percentage of the net cost remaining after application of section 3 and money that is paid into the township treasurer for the rights after that date is excess money and shall be deposited in the contingent fund. This section applies to all money received by the township treasurer after May 19, 1941, in cases in which water mains, prior to May 20, 1941, were extended or installed in accordance with a plan substantially similar to that contemplated by section 5.

History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941; CL 1948, 41.339; Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989