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Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.905 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-23-of-2025 / Section 205.905
Sale or transfer of marihuana; excise tax; rate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

In addition to all other taxes, beginning January 1, 2026, an excise tax is levied and imposed on the wholesale price of the sale or other transfer of marihuana at the following rates in the following circumstances:

(a) For the first sale or other transfer of marihuana from a marihuana establishment to a marihuana retail licensee, a tax is levied on the marihuana establishment at the rate of 24% of the wholesale price of the marihuana sold or otherwise transferred.

(b) For the sale of marihuana that is cultivated and processed for retail sale by the marihuana retail licensee, a tax is levied on the marihuana retail licensee at the rate of 24% of the wholesale price on the aggregate amount or quantity of marihuana that is cultivated or processed for retail sale by that marihuana retail licensee.

(c) For the sale or transfer of marihuana from a provisioning center to a marihuana retail licensee, a tax is levied on the provisioning center at the rate of 24% of the wholesale price of marihuana sold or otherwise transferred to the marihuana retail licensee.

History: 2025, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 766.11 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 766.11
Subpoena of witnesses; taking down evidence in shorthand; appointment, oath, and fees of stenographer; signing of testimony not required; testimony to be typewritten, certified, received, and filed; testimony as prima facie evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Witnesses may be compelled to appear before the magistrate by subpoenas issued by the magistrate, or by an officer of the court authorized to issue subpoenas, in the same manner and with the same effect and subject to the same penalties for disobedience, or for refusing to be sworn or to testify, as in cases of trials in the circuit court.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the evidence given by the witnesses examined in a municipal court shall be taken down in shorthand by a county stenographer where one has been appointed under the provision of a local act of the legislature or by the county board of commissioners of the county in which the examination is held, or the magistrate for cause shown may appoint some other suitable stenographer at the request of the prosecuting attorney of the county with the consent of the respondent or the respondent's attorney to act as official stenographer pro tempore for the court of the magistrate to take down in shorthand the testimony of an examination. A stenographer so appointed shall take the constitutional oath as the official stenographer and shall be entitled to the following fees: $6.00 for each day and $3.00 for each half day while so employed in taking down the testimony and 10 cents per folio for typewriting the testimony taken down in shorthand, or other compensation and fees as shall be fixed by the county board of commissioners appointing the stenographer.

The fees may be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the county in which the testimony is taken. It shall not be necessary for a witness or witnesses whose testimony is taken in shorthand by the stenographer to sign the testimony. Except as provided in section 15 of this chapter, the testimony so taken under this subsection, shall be typewritten, certified, received, and filed in the court to which the accused is held for trial.

Testimony taken by a stenographer appointed pursuant to subsection (2) or taken by shorthand or recorded by a court stenographer or district court recorder as provided by law, when transcribed, shall be considered prima facie evidence of the testimony of the witness or witnesses at the examination.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17203; CL 1948, 766.11; Am. 1954, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1954; Am. 1978, Act 155, Eff. July 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.74 — MI Code / Chapter 446 / Act Act-469-of-2008 / Section 446.74
Violation; fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment that violates section 2 is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $100.00.

History: 2008, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 100.2 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 100.2
Council; grounds for prisons; hospitals outside city limits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

When the council shall deem it for the public interest, grounds and buildings for city prisons, workhouses and other necessary public uses, may be purchased, erected and maintained beyond the corporate limits of the city; and in such cases the council shall have authority to enforce, beyond the city limits and over such lands, buildings and property in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were situated within the city, all such ordinances and police regulations as may be necessary for the care and protection thereof and for the management and control of the persons kept or confined in such prisons, workhouses or hospitals.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3153; CL 1915, 3067; CL 1929, 1991; CL 1948, 100.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6119 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6119
Transfer of property by third party; prohibition; violation; contempt; liability; transfer of property apparently belonging to others; duration of restraint.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6119.

When a third party having in his or its possession property or moneys belonging to the judgment debtor or who is indebted to the judgment debtor is subpoenaed or ordered to attend and be examined as authorized in this chapter, such third party is hereby forbidden to make or suffer any transfer or other disposition of, or to interfere with, any property belonging to the judgment debtor or to which he may be entitled or which may thereafter be acquired by or become due to said judgment debtor, or to pay over or otherwise dispose of any moneys due or to become due to such judgment debtor, not exempt by law from application to the satisfaction of the judgment, until the further order of the court except that such third party is not obliged to withhold the payment of any moneys beyond double the amount claimed in such subpoena by the judgment creditor. To effect such restraining provision, a copy of this section must be indorsed on or attached to the copy of the subpoena or order served on the third party.

Any person served with said subpoena or order, who violates the provisions of such restraining provision, is subject to punishment by the court for contempt, and is liable to the judgment creditor for any damages sustained.

The restraining effect of a subpoena served upon a third party shall not, however, apply to any property, money or indebtedness which appears from the books or records of the third party to belong to or to be due to a person or corporation other than the judgment debtor, unless the third party has knowledge or reason to believe that such property, money or indebtedness belongs to or is due to the judgment debtor; but the court may by order at any stage of the proceeding grant a restraining provision applicable to any such property, money or indebtedness, which is specified in the order, where it is shown to the court's satisfaction by affidavit or other written proof that there is reason to believe that such property, money or indebtedness belongs to or is due to the judgment debtor.

Unless previously vacated by order of the court or unless released in writing filed in the cause by the judgment creditor, a restraining provision as herein provided shall remain in full force and effect for a period of 2 years from the date of the service of the subpoena, at which time it is deemed vacated for all purposes unless extended by order of the court for good cause shown.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.508 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-299-of-1947 / Section 331.508
Inventory and survey of hospitals; construction program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The director is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals, including public, non-profit and proprietary hospitals, to survey the need for construction of hospitals, and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, to develop a program for the construction of such public and other non-profit hospitals as will, in conjunction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate hospital, clinic and similar services to all the people of the state.

History: 1947, Act 299, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 331.508
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.372 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-362-of-1998 / Section 570.372
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Boat" and "vessel" mean boat and vessel as those words are defined in sections 80101 and 80104 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.80101 and 324.80104.

(b) "Default" means the failure to pay obligations incurred for labor, repairs, maintenance services, materials, supplies, or the storage of a boat, boat motor, boat cradle, or boat trailer.

(c) "Facility" means a marina, boatyard, boat or yacht club, or marine repair facility that provides, as part of its commercial operation, for the storage or repair of boats, boat motors, boat cradles, or boat trailers.

(d) "Fair market value" means the value of the property as determined by the current issue of a nationally recognized used vessel guide at the time of the notice to the property owner and any lienholder under section 5(5)(a).

(e) "Lienholder" or "lienholder of record" means a person to whom either of the following applies:

( i ) The person has filed a lien notation on the title of a boat or boat trailer.

( ii ) The person claims an interest in a boat motor or boat cradle under a financing statement or other marine documentation filed with the secretary of state or under another public filing, other than a filing with a register of deeds in this state.

(f) "Person" means an individual, association, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, boat or yacht club, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

(g) "Property" means a boat, boat motor, boat cradle, or boat trailer in storage at a facility for or following service, repair, or storage.

History: 1998, Act 362, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998; Am. 2016, Act 286, Eff. Dec. 26, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5519a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5519a
Asbestos inspection fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5519a.

(1) The asbestos inspection fund is created in the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the asbestos inspection fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund and credit to the fund interest and earnings from the investments.

(3) The department is the administrator of the asbestos inspection fund for audits of the fund. The department shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only to conduct inspections and related activities under section 5519.

History: Add. 2024, Act 56, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.1414 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-230-of-1987 / Section 331.1414
Notes and corporation obligations as investment securities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 414.

The notes and corporation obligations of any corporation or subsidiary issued pursuant to this act are securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities, municipal subdivisions, and public bodies corporate, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on the insurance business, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, savings and loan associations, credit unions, investment companies, personal representatives, administrators, conservators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.

History: 1987, Act 230, Eff. Feb. 27, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8104 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8104
“District funding unit” or “district control unit” defined; responsibilities; agreement to share expenses; supplying law books and legal reference resources.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8104.

The term "district funding unit" or "district control unit" means:

The county in districts of the first and second class.

The city or the township in districts of the third class except as provided in subdivision (c).

The city or the incorporated village in districts of the third class in which portions of 2 townships comprise an incorporated village.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, a district funding unit shall be responsible for maintaining, financing, and operating the court only within its political subdivision. In districts of the third class a political subdivision shall not be responsible for the expenses of maintaining, financing, or operating the district court, traffic bureau, or small claims division incurred in any other political subdivision except as provided by section 8621 and other provisions of this act.

One or more district funding units within any district may agree among themselves to share any or all of the expenses of maintaining, financing, or operating the district court. To become effective such agreements must be approved by resolution adopted by the governing body of the respective political subdivisions entering into the agreement, and upon approval such agreements shall become effective and binding in accordance with, to the extent of, and for such period stated in that agreement.

The district funding unit shall supply such law books and legal reference resources as it deems necessary. No subsidy from state funds shall be required to stock any district court created by this act with law books or other legal reference works.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1970, Act 235, Eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Am. 1980, Act 127, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1980; Am. 1996, Act 374, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.558 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-198-of-1974 / Section 207.558
Exemption of facility and certain persons from ad valorem taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

A facility or that portion of a facility described in section 7a, for which an industrial facilities exemption certificate is in effect, but not the land on which the facility is located or to be located or inventory of the facility, for the period on and after the effective date of the certificate and continuing so long as the industrial facilities exemption certificate is in force, is exempt from ad valorem real and personal property taxes and the lessee, occupant, user, or person in possession of that facility for the same period is exempt from ad valorem taxes imposed under Act No. 189 of the Public Acts of 1953, being sections 211.181 and 211.182 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1974, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1974; Am. 1993, Act 334, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 513, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.2502 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-42-of-2003 / Section 445.2502
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Commercial e-mail" means an electronic message, file, data, or other information promoting the sale, lease, or exchange of goods, services, real property, or any other thing of value that is transmitted between 2 or more computers, computer networks, or electronic terminals or within a computer network.

"Computer network" means 2 or more computers that are, directly or indirectly, interconnected to exchange electronic messages, files, data, or other information.

"E-mail address" means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, to which e-mail may be sent or delivered.

"E-mail service provider" means a person that is an intermediary in the transmission of e-mail or provides to end users of e-mail service the ability to send and receive e-mail.

"Internet domain name" means a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an internet host or service, assigned through centralized internet authorities, comprising a series of character strings separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying the top of the hierarchy.

"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity.

"Preexisting business relationship" means a relationship existing before the receipt of an e-mail formed voluntarily by the recipient with another person by means of an inquiry, application, purchase, or use of a product or service of the person sending the e-mail.

"Unsolicited" means without the recipient's express permission. An e-mail is not unsolicited if the sender has a preexisting business or personal relationship with the recipient. An e-mail is not unsolicited if it was received as a result of the recipient opting into a system in order to receive promotional material.

History: 2003, Act 42, Eff. Sept. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 119.1 — MI Code / Chapter 119 / Act Act-312-of-1929 / Section 119.1
Metropolitan districts; purposes; body corporate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any 2 or more cities, villages or townships or any combination or parts thereof, may incorporate into a metropolitan district or districts comprising territory within their respective limits for the purpose of acquiring, owning, operating and maintaining either within or without their limits, as may be established hereunder, parks or public utilities for supplying sewage disposal, drainage, water or transportation or any combination thereof. Each organized district hereunder shall be a body corporate.

History: 1929, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2275; CL 1948, 119.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.209 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.209
Offensive or injurious substance or compound; placing with intent to injure, coerce, or interfere with person or property; violation; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 209.

(1) A person who places an offensive or injurious substance or compound in or near to any real or personal property with intent to wrongfully injure or coerce another person or to injure the property or business of another person, or to interfere with another person's use, management, conduct, or control of his or her business or property is guilty of a crime as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) to (e), the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

(b) If the violation damages the property of another person, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine of not more than $15,000.00, or both.

(c) If the violation causes physical injury to another individual, other than serious impairment of a body function, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 25 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.

(d) If the violation causes serious impairment of a body function to another individual, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or for any term of years or a fine of not more than $25,000.00, or both.

(e) Except as provided in sections 25 and 25a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.25 and 769.25a, if the violation causes the death of another individual, the person is guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for life without eligibility for parole and may be fined not more than $40,000.00, or both.

(2) A person who places an offensive or injurious substance or compound in or near to any real or personal property with the intent to annoy or alarm any person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $3,000.00, or both.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1937, Act 41, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 750.209; Am. 1967, Act 177, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1998, Act 208, Eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Am. 2003, Act 257, Eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Am. 2014, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19504 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.19504
Bonds negotiable; tax exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19504.

Bonds issued under former Act No. 326 of the Public Acts of 1988 or part 193 shall be fully negotiable under the uniform commercial code, Act No. 174 of the Public Acts of 1962, being sections 440.1101 to 440.11102 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The bonds and the interest on the bonds shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivisions of the state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13907 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13907
Other rights to indemnification or advancement; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3907.

The indemnification or advancement of expenses provided by or granted under sections 3904, 3905, and 3906 are not exclusive of other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, or a contractual agreement. The total amount of expenses advanced or indemnified from all sources combined shall not exceed the amount of actual expenses incurred by the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses. The indemnification provided for in sections 3904, 3905, and 3906 continues as to a person who ceases to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of the person.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3905 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3905
Long-term care coverage; requirements; certain coverages requiring care recommendations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3905.

Long-term care coverage shall meet all of the following requirements:

Shall include coverage for intermediate/basic care, which shall not be significantly less than the coverage provided for skilled nursing care.

Shall not limit or exclude coverage by type of illness, type of provider, territorial limitations, treatment, medical condition, or accident other than a motor vehicle accident, except as follows:

Preexisting conditions.

Mental or nervous disorders; however, this shall not be defined to include more than neurosis, psychoneurosis, psychopathy, psychosis, or mental or emotional disease or disorder and shall not permit exclusion or limitation of benefits on the basis of Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.

Alcoholism or drug addiction.

Illness, treatment, or medical condition arising out of any of the following:

War or act of war, whether declared or undeclared.

Participation in a felony, riot, or insurrection.

Service in the armed forces or units auxiliary to the armed forces.

Suicide, whether or not the individual was sane or insane at the time of the suicide, attempted suicide, or intentionally self-inflicted injury.

Long-term care coverage other than home care coverage may provide that before certain coverages in the policy take effect, care must first be recommended by a person or persons as provided in the policy and approved by the commissioner or prescribed by a licensed treating physician. Long-term care coverage for home care may provide that before coverage for home care in the policy takes effect, care must first be prescribed or recommended by a person or persons as provided in the policy and approved by the commissioner.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992