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Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.2183 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-580-of-2012 / Section 338.2183
System provider; requirements; wrongful act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) A person shall not act as a system provider in this state without first doing both of the following:

(a) Filing a registration statement with the department that meets the requirements of section 4. A person that acts as a system provider in multiple locations in this state is only required to file 1 registration statement with the department.

(b) Meeting 1 of the following:

( i ) Providing a bond to the department that is in the principal amount of $25,000.00; is conditioned on the applicant's or registrant's compliance with this act; is acceptable to the department; and is for the benefit of the residents of this state.

( ii ) Providing a policy of insurance to the department, in the amount of $25,000.00 for property damages, $100,000.00 for injury to or death of 1 person, and $200,000.00 for injuries to or deaths of more than 1 person arising out of the operation of the licensed activity, that is issued by an insurer authorized to do business in this state and names the applicant or registrant and the state as coinsureds.

( iii ) Demonstrating to the department that the applicant or registrant, or an affiliate of the applicant or registrant, is licensed as a basic local exchange provider under the Michigan telecommunications act, 1991 PA 179, MCL 484.2101 to 484.2603.

( iv ) Demonstrating to the department that the applicant or registrant, or an affiliate of the applicant or registrant, has annual revenue of $10,000,000.00 or more.

(2) An individual injured by the willful, malicious, and wrongful act of an applicant or registrant, or any agent or employee of an applicant or registrant, may bring an action on a bond or insurance policy provided under subsection (1)(b) in his or her own name to recover damages suffered by reason of the wrongful act.

History: 2012, Act 580, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.519 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.519
Eighteenth judicial circuit; Bay county.
Status: in_force

Sec. 519.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Bay and has 3 judges.

(2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the eighteenth judicial circuit has 2 judges:

(a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of circuit judge in the eighteenth judicial circuit.

(b) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent circuit judge in the eighteenth judicial circuit no longer seeks election or reelection to that office.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1978; Am. 2012, Act 38, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.951 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-203-of-1994 / Section 722.951
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "foster care and adoption services act".

History: 1994, Act 203, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.14d — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.14d
Applicability of chapter to certain felonies; MCL 431.257 to 432.513.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14d.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapters 422 to 432 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 431.257 Pub trst G Horse racing - delivery of unclaimed winnings 2 431.307(8) Pub trst G Horse racing - testifying falsely to commissioner while under oath 4 431.317(9) Pub trst E Horse racing - accepting wagers on live or simulcast horse races without a license 5 431.330(6) Pub trst G Horse racing - administering a drug that could affect racing condition 5 431.332 Pub trst G Horse racing - influencing or attempting to influence result of race 5 432.30 Property G Lottery - forgery of tickets 5 432.218 Pub ord D Casino gaming offenses 10 432.313 Pub ord D Internet gaming offenses 10 432.413 Pub ord D Sports betting offenses 10 432.513 Pub ord E Fantasy contest offenses - third or subsequent violation 5

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

431.257

Pub trst

G

Horse racing - delivery of unclaimed winnings

2

431.307(8)

Pub trst

G

Horse racing - testifying falsely to commissioner while under oath

4

431.317(9)

Pub trst

E

Horse racing - accepting wagers on live or simulcast horse races without a license

5

431.330(6)

Pub trst

G

Horse racing - administering a drug that could affect racing condition

5

431.332

Pub trst

G

Horse racing - influencing or attempting to influence result of race

5

432.30

Property

G

Lottery - forgery of tickets

5

432.218

Pub ord

D

Casino gaming offenses

10

432.313

Pub ord

D

Internet gaming offenses

10

432.413

Pub ord

D

Sports betting offenses

10

432.513

Pub ord

E

Fantasy contest offenses - third or subsequent violation

5

History: Add. 2002, Act 29, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002; Am. 2016, Act 272, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016; Am. 2019, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019; Am. 2019, Act 151, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019; Am. 2020, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Jan. 27, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.563 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-30-of-1995 / Section 460.563
Transmission as essential service; act as controlling.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Transmission of electricity is an essential service.

This act shall control in any conflict between this act and any other law of this state.

History: 1995, Act 30, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1233c — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1233c
Engagement of noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher to teach in community district schools; conditions; waiving of student teaching.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1233c.

(1) Beginning after an initial elected school board for the community district has been elected and takes office under section 384, a community district may engage a full-time or part-time noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher to teach in its schools if the appropriate official of the community district determines that, due to the individual's combination of education and experience, it would be appropriate and in the best interests of the pupils of the community district.

(2) If a noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher engaged to teach under this section completes 3 years of successful classroom teaching, as determined by regular observation and review by school district and teacher preparation institution personnel, the department and a teacher preparation institution shall utilize the teaching experience of the noncertificated, nonendorsed teacher for the purpose of waiving student teaching as a condition for receiving a provisional teaching certificate.

History: Add. 2016, Act 192, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.862a — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-224-of-1966 / Section 445.862a
Submission of invoice evidencing credit card sale.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12a.

If a retail seller elects to accept a credit card issued by a bank, the retail seller shall not submit an invoice evidencing such credit card sale to the card issuer until the goods or services purchased with the credit card have been delivered to the purchaser.

History: Add. 1978, Act 120, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 772.14 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 772.14
Forfeiture of recognizance; remission of part of penalty; petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

If the court finds by admission or after a hearing that the conditions of the recognizance were violated, the court shall order the recognizance forfeited. The court may also require an additional recognizance with sufficient sureties to secure the peace. If the person fails to recognize, the court shall proceed as set forth in section 6 of this chapter. If a recognizance is forfeited, the court, upon a petition by the person, may remit a portion of the penalty, as the circumstances render just and reasonable.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17401; CL 1948, 772.14; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981; Am. 1994, Act 71, Eff. July 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1585 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-198-of-1984 / Section 125.1585
Annual appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The legislature annually shall appropriate a sum sufficient to implement this act.

History: 1984, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1772 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1772
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 772.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Allegation" means an assertion of fact made by an individual that has not yet been proved or supported with evidence.

(b) "Appeals committee" means a committee appointed by the director or by the board of a community mental health services program or licensed hospital under section 774.

(c) "Appellant" means the recipient, complainant, parent, or guardian who appeals a recipient rights finding or a respondent's action to an appeals committee.

(d) "Complainant" means an individual who files a rights complaint.

(e) "Investigation" means a detailed inquiry into and systematic examination of an allegation raised in a rights complaint.

(f) "Office" means all of the following:

( i ) With respect to a rights complaint involving services provided directly by or under contract with the department, unless the provider is a community mental health services program, the state office of recipient rights created under section 754.

( ii ) With respect to a rights complaint involving services provided directly by or under contract with a community mental health services program, the office of recipient rights created by a community mental health services program under section 755.

( iii ) With respect to a rights complaint involving services provided by a licensed hospital, the office of recipient rights created by a licensed hospital under section 755.

(g) "Rights complaint" means a written or oral statement that meets the requirements of section 776.

(h) "Respondent" means the service provider that had responsibility at the time of an alleged rights violation for the services with respect to which a rights complaint has been filed.

History: Add. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2020, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 438.1 — MI Code / Chapter 438 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 438.1
Money of account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The money of account of this state, shall be the dollar, cent, and mill; and all accounts in the public offices, and all other public accounts, and all proceedings in courts, shall be kept and had in conformity with this regulation.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 34; CL 1857, 1312; CL 1871, 1630; How. 1592; CL 1897, 4854; CL 1915, 5993; CL 1929, 9235; CL 1948, 438.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2224 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2224
Promotion of local health services; coordination and integration of public health services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2224.

Pursuant to this code, the department shall promote an adequate and appropriate system of local health services throughout the state and shall endeavor to develop and establish arrangements and procedures for the effective coordination and integration of all public health services including effective cooperation between public and nonpublic entities to provide a unified system of statewide health care.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1307e — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1974 / Section 257.1307e
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7e.

A motor vehicle repair facility that is subject to this act, or a person that is an owner or operator of a motor vehicle repair facility that is subject to this act, shall not, directly or through an agent or employee, do any of the following:

(a) Unless legally waived by the customer, fail to give the customer a written estimate before beginning work on a motor vehicle.

(b) Charge for work done or parts supplied in excess of the estimated price without the knowing consent, orally or in writing, of the customer.

(c) Fail to give a customer an estimate for the cost, if any, of reassembly, disassembly, or diagnosis.

(d) Fail to inform a customer, at a time before the customer executes a document or engages the facility for the work, by the use of a notice required under section 33, of his or her right to receive or inspect replaced parts for which he or she will be charged in the repair of his or her motor vehicle.

(e) Fail to retain a customer waiver with the records retained by the facility concerning the transaction.

(f) Charge a customer storage charges if there is a dispute concerning repair charges. If a delay in repairs is caused by a lack of parts, a facility may charge for storage after informing the customer of the approximate length of the anticipated delay and of the daily storage charge rate and obtaining the customer's consent to the delay and the storage charges.

(g) Fail to comply with the truth in lending act, 15 USC 1601 to 1667f, and the retail installment sales act, 1966 PA 224, MCL 445.851 to 445.873, if the customer finances repairs through the facility.

(h) Fail in practice to comply with advertised or stated payment policies.

(i) Conspire with another to fix prices.

(j) Conspire with another to allocate the market between them.

(k) Fail to notify a customer of an exchange agreement and charges for exchange parts if the customer wishes to have those parts returned.

( l ) Fail to disclose, on the customer's request, the method used by a facility to compute labor charges.

History: Add. 2016, Act 430, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.534 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-136-of-1891 / Section 457.534
Evidence of existence and incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A copy of the record of such articles of association, under the seal of the Department of Commerce, duly certified, according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation.

History: 1891, Act 136, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8061; CL 1915, 10535; CL 1929, 10740; CL 1948, 457.534; Am. 1982, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2114a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-224-of-1985 / Section 125.2114a
Certification as qualified business; application; eligibility; time period; revocation; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14a.

This section applies only to a business that applies for certification as a qualified business in an enterprise zone that was created after 1993.

The owner or lessee of a facility may file an application for certification as a qualified business within the enterprise zone with the clerk of the local governmental unit that established the zone. The application shall be filed in the manner and form prescribed by the authority. The application shall contain or be accompanied by a general description of the facility, a general description of the proposed use of the facility, and a time schedule for undertaking and completing renovation of the facility.

Upon receipt of an application for certification as a qualified business, the clerk of the local governmental unit shall notify in writing the citizens' council and the assessor of the assessing unit in which the zone is located of the application.

If the citizens' council does not take action to disapprove the application within 30 days after receipt of the application, the application is automatically approved. A copy of the approved application shall be filed with the authority.

If the citizens' council rejects the application for certification of a business as a qualified business, the citizens' council shall notify that business and the authority of its rejection. A business whose application is rejected may submit another application to the clerk of the local governmental unit or may appeal the rejection to the authority.

If a business appeals to the authority and meets the conditions for a qualified business prescribed by this act, the authority shall approve the certification of that business as a qualified business. If the authority rejects the application or appeal, the authority shall return the application or appeal to the business with a written explanation of the reasons for rejection. A business whose application is rejected by the authority may resubmit the application to the authority.

A facility is not eligible for certification as a qualified business if the facility is to be built solely on property that has never had a structure on it.

A local governmental unit or the authority shall not certify a business as a qualified business after 6 years after the date on which the authority approves the first area in that local governmental unit as an enterprise zone.

A local governmental unit or the authority may revoke the certification of a qualified business for noncompliance with the act, including the failure to pay the tax levied under section 21a. Revocation by a local governmental unit may be appealed to the authority which shall then approve or disapprove the revocation.

A local governmental unit shall not certify a business as a qualified business if that business employs more than 5 employees at an individual average annual base salary, excluding stock options, greater than $2,000,000.00.

History: Add. 1994, Act 311, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16216a — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16216a
Member of disciplinary subcommittee; conflict of interest; disclosure; "conflict of interest" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16216a.

(1) A member of a disciplinary subcommittee shall not participate in making a decision of that subcommittee that 1 or more of the grounds listed in section 16221 exist, in any investigation, or in the imposition of sanctions under section 16226, concerning a licensee or registrant if that subcommittee member has a conflict of interest.

(2) A member of a disciplinary subcommittee shall disclose a potential conflict of interest described in subsection (1) before that subcommittee takes any action described in subsection (1).

(3) As used in this section, "conflict of interest" means any of the following:

(a) Has a personal or financial interest in the outcome of the investigation of or the imposition of disciplinary sanctions on the licensee, registrant, or applicant for licensure or registration.

(b) Had a past or has a present business or professional relationship with the individual that the disciplinary subcommittee is investigating or against whom the disciplinary subcommittee is considering sanctions.

(c) Has given expert testimony in a medical malpractice action against or on behalf of the individual that the disciplinary subcommittee is investigating or against whom the disciplinary subcommittee is considering sanctions.

(d) Has other interest or relationship designated as a conflict of interest in a rule promulgated or order issued under this act.

History: Add. 2014, Act 95, Eff. July 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.4 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-151-of-1851 / Section 390.4
Board of regents; body corporate; rights, seal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The board of regents shall constitute the body corporate, with the right, as such, of suing and being sued, of making and using a common seal, and altering the same.

History: 1851, Act 151, Eff. July 5, 1851; CL 1857, 2186; CL 1871, 3484; How. 4908; CL 1897, 1784; CL 1915, 1159; CL 1929, 7767; CL 1948, 390.4
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8805 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8805
Issuance of grants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8805.

Upon receipt of a grant application pursuant to section 8804, the department, in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development, shall consider the projects proposed to be funded and the extent that money is available for grants under this part, and shall issue grants for projects that the department determines will assist in the prevention or control of pollution from nonpoint sources or will provide for wellhead protection.

History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998; Am. 2011, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 474.137 — MI Code / Chapter 474 / Act Act-432-of-1982 / Section 474.137
Violation or evasion of act prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

A person shall not violate or evade the provisions of this act through any device or arrangement.

History: 1982, Act 432, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.366 — MI Code / Chapter 393 / Act Act-260-of-1978 / Section 393.366
Transfer of personnel, equipment, and unexpended appropriations; transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

The personnel serving in and the equipment and unexpended appropriations of the office of services to the blind in the department of social services is transferred to the commission.

All powers, duties, and functions vested by law in the department of social services relative to the office of services to the blind are transferred to the commission.

History: 1978, Act 260, Eff. Oct. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.414 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-472-of-1978 / Section 4.414
Additional definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) "Gift" means a payment, advance, forbearance, or the rendering or deposit of money, services, or anything of value, the value of which exceeds $25.00, as adjusted under section 19a, in any 1-month period, unless consideration of equal or greater value is received therefor. Gift includes a payment, advance, forbearance, or the rendering or deposit of money, services, or anything of value to aid the defense of an official in the legislative branch or an official in the executive branch against a legal action not directly related to the governmental duties of the official. Gift does not include the following:

(a) A campaign contribution otherwise reported as required by the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282.

(b) A loan made in the normal course of business by an institution as defined in chapter 1 of the banking code of 1999, 1999 PA 276, MCL 487.11101 to 487.11203, a national bank, a branch bank, an insurance company issuing a loan or receiving a mortgage in the normal course of business, a premium finance company, a mortgage company, a small loan company, a state or federal credit union, a savings and loan association chartered by this state or the federal government, or a licensee as defined by the motor vehicle sales finance act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 27, MCL 492.101 to 492.141.

(c) A gift received from a member of the person's immediate family, a relative of a spouse, a relative within the seventh degree of consanguinity as computed by the civil law method, or from the spouse of the relative.

(d) A breakfast, luncheon, dinner, or other refreshment consisting of food and beverage provided for immediate consumption.

(e) A contribution to a legal defense fund that is registered with the secretary of state under the legal defense fund act and whose purpose is to defend an elected official against any criminal, civil, or administrative action, that arises directly out of the conduct of the elected official's governmental duties.

(2) "Immediate family" means a child residing in an individual's household, a spouse of an individual, or an individual claimed by that individual or that individual's spouse as a dependent for federal income tax purposes.

(3) "Loan" means a transfer of money, property, or anything of ascertainable value in exchange for an obligation, conditional or not, to repay in whole or in part.

History: 1978, Act 472, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1978; Am. 2008, Act 289, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008