FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2764 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-128-of-1999 / Section 125.2764
Acquisition of single-family public housing property; homestead agreement; criteria; substance abuse testing; verification of school attendance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

An applicant who meets all the following criteria is eligible to enter into a homestead agreement to acquire single-family public housing property as a qualified buyer under this act:

The applicant is employed and has been employed for the immediately preceding 1-year period or is otherwise able to meet the financial commitments under this act as determined by the administrator.

The applicant does not meet any of the following criteria:

The applicant has been sentenced or imprisoned within the immediately preceding 1-year period for a felony conviction.

The applicant is currently on probation or parole for a felony conviction.

The applicant has been sentenced, imprisoned, on probation, or on parole in the immediately preceding 5-year period for a felony violation of section 7401, 7401a, 7402, 7410, or 7410a of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401, 333.7401a, 333.7402, 333.7410, and 333.7410a.

The applicant has been convicted of a violation or attempted violation of section 520b, 520c, 520d, or 520g of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, and 750.520g.

All school age children of the applicant who will reside in the single-family public housing property attend school regularly. A child who has more than 10 unexcused absences per semester as determined by the local school or appropriate governing body is not considered to be attending school regularly.

The applicant has income below the median for the state of Michigan as determined by the United States department of housing and urban development, for families with the same number of family members of the applicant.

The applicant is drug free as determined by the administrator.

The applicant agrees to file an affidavit each year certifying that they meet the criteria described in this act, excluding subdivision (d).

The applicant meets all other criteria as determined by the housing commission operating the program.

The administrator may require substance abuse testing of an applicant as a condition of entering into a homestead agreement. If the applicant tests positive for substance abuse, then that individual shall enter into a substance abuse treatment program, as determined by the administrator. The continuing substance abuse treatment and successful completion shall be part of the homestead agreement. The administrator may contract with and seek assistance from the local governmental unit, this state, the department of community health, or any other entity to implement this subsection.

An applicant who has 1 or more school age children described in subsection (1)(c), shall provide verification of school attendance each semester.

History: 1999, Act 128, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2237 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2237
Duties of department as to health education; “health education” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2237.

The department shall:

Exercise overall leadership in recognizing the importance of public health education objectives in the planning, developing, and carrying out of public health programs within the department's jurisdiction.

Encourage local health departments to give priority to community health education activities as an essential part of local health programs.

Develop and apply standards for the evaluation of public health education activities both at the state and local level and in cooperation with other public and private agencies.

Collect and disseminate information about public health education activities and research in this state.

As used in this section, "health education" means that dimension of health care that directs attention of individuals to their health behavior with the goal of enabling the individuals to make reasoned decisions about their own health practices and those within the various communities in which the individuals live, work, and play. The basic components of reasoned health decision-making education include both:

The acquisition of accurate, unbiased, authoritative knowledge of subjects such as human biology, efficacy of early prevention, disease detection and control, nutritional practices, detection and control of environmental hazards, alternative health practices and the consequences of each, and the affective assessment of an individual's own beliefs on health outcomes.

The acquisition of the behavior skills required to carry out the desired alternative.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1011 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1011
Refusal to receive or keep prisoner committed; statement; report to commanding officer of prisoner; taking prisoner from pretrial custody of person other than state military forces; informing prisoner of charges and right to counsel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A provost marshal, commander of a guard, warden, keeper, or officer of a place of confinement described in section 10, shall not refuse to receive or keep a prisoner committed to his or her charge when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by that person, of the offense charged against the prisoner.

Each commander of a guard, warden, keeper, or officer of a place of confinement described in section 10(4), to whose charge a prisoner is committed, not later than 24 hours after that commitment or as soon as he or she is relieved from guard, shall report to the commanding officer of the prisoner, the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against the prisoner, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.

If a prisoner is in pretrial custody of a person other than the state military forces, the commanding officer of the prisoner or his or her duly authorized representative, not later than 24 hours after receipt of notice of the confinement, shall take the prisoner from the custody and inform the prisoner of the charges and of the prisoner's right to counsel.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.844 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-123-of-2010 / Section 565.844
Establishment of standards by electronic recording commission; powers of county register of deeds; acceptance of paper documents; placement of entries in index; verified transactional relationship; electronic documents recorded before establishment of standards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) Except as provided in section 5a, a county register of deeds who implements any of the functions listed in subsection (2) shall do so in compliance with any standards established by the electronic recording commission.

(2) A county register of deeds may do any of the following:

(a) Receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents.

(b) Provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means.

(c) Convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form.

(d) Convert into electronic form information recorded before the county register of deeds began to record electronic documents.

(e) Accept electronically any fee or tax that the county register of deeds is authorized to collect.

(f) Agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision of a state, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees or taxes.

(3) A county register of deeds who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents for recording as authorized by state law. The county register of deeds shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.

(4) Except as provided in section 5a, a county register of deeds shall only accept electronic documents for recording from a person with which the county register of deeds has entered into an agreement establishing a verified transactional relationship.

(5) This act does not invalidate electronic documents recorded under this act, the uniform electronic transactions act, 2000 PA 305, MCL 450.831 to 450.849, or the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 USC 7001 to 7031, before the establishment of standards under this act by the electronic recording commission.

History: 2010, Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2010; Am. 2018, Act 364, Eff. Mar. 12, 2019; Am. 2020, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.20 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-282-of-1905 / Section 207.20
Bribery; forfeiture, criminal prosecution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

If any person, company, association or corporation whose property is subject to assessment under this act shall directly or indirectly promise, offer or give to any member of said board, during his term of office, or to any other person at his request, any gratuity of any kind whatever, such person or corporation shall forfeit to the state the sum of 10,000 dollars for each such offense, to be recovered in an action in the name of the people of the state of Michigan, in any court of competent jurisdiction. And the recovery of such fine under this act shall not constitute a bar to any prosecution of the person or corporation so offending under the criminal laws of this state.

History: 1905, Act 282, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 4232; CL 1929, 3571; CL 1948, 207.20
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.733 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-218-of-1979 / Section 400.733
Local ordinances, regulations, or construction codes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

This act supersedes all local regulations applicable specifically to adult foster care facilities. Local ordinances, regulations, or construction codes regulating institutions shall not be applied to adult foster care large group homes, adult foster care small group homes, or adult foster care family homes. This section shall not be construed to exempt adult foster care facilities from local construction codes which are applicable to private residences.

History: 1979, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.374 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-57-of-1957 / Section 141.374
Local improvement revolving fund; repayment of advances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A local improvement revolving fund established pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be a separate depository account of the city or village. Any local improvement revolving fund shall be used only for the purpose of advancing the costs, either in whole or in part, of any local improvement. Moneys advanced from the fund shall be repaid from the sale of special assessment bonds as authorized by law or charter or collections of special assessments on property specially benefited by any local improvement, the cost of which was advanced in whole or in part from the fund.

History: 1957, Act 57, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.20 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-87-of-1855 / Section 456.20
Saving clause.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Any right that may have accrued to any member, stockholders or lot owner of any burial ground corporation, or public burying ground heretofore existing in this state, shall not be affected or impaired by reason of this act.

History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855; CL 1857, 1736; Am. 1867, Act 99, Eff. June 27, 1867; CL 1871, 3393; How. 4747; CL 1897, 8381; CL 1915, 11141; CL 1929, 10420; CL 1948, 456.20
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.585 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-180-of-1981 / Section 400.585
Office of services to the aging; creation; exercise of powers and functions; appointment of director; exemption; compensation; director as special assistant to governor and liaison to commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The office of services to the aging is created within the department of management and budget. The office shall exercise its powers and functions, including the functions of budgeting and procurement and management-related functions, as an autonomous entity, independent of the director of the department of management and budget. The governor shall appoint a director of the office by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The director shall be exempt from the state classified civil service. The director shall receive compensation as provided by the legislature. The director shall serve as a special assistant to the governor on the problems of aging and older persons. The director or a designee of the director shall serve as office liaison to the commission.

History: 1981, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43528d — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43528d
Commercial hunting guide license application fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43528d.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department shall charge a resident applying for a commercial hunting guide license under section 43528c an application fee of $150.00. The department shall charge a nonresident applying for a commercial hunting guide license under section 43528c an application fee of $300.00. Money collected under this section must be deposited in the game and fish protection account established in section 2010.

History: Add. 2023, Act 221, Eff. Feb. 20, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.11 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-40-of-1932-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 129.11
Public money; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Except as otherwise provided by law, money collected or received by an officer of a local public entity in this state, pursuant to any provision of law authorizing the officer to collect or receive the money, is public money for the purposes of this act. An officer of a local public entity authorized to deposit public money collected or received by the local public entity shall as soon as practicable deposit the public money collected or received in 1 or more financial institutions designated under this act. This section does not prevent a county treasurer from keeping on hand a reasonable amount of money necessary to conduct the affairs of his or her office.

History: 1932, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 40, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1932; CL 1948, 129.11; Am. 2018, Act 462, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.560 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-89-of-1977 / Section 397.560
Fiscal year and funds of cooperative library.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The fiscal year of the cooperative library is October 1 to September 30, except where the cooperative library must conform to the fiscal year fixed by another state law or local charter. The funds of the cooperative library shall be deposited in banks designated by the cooperative library board.

History: 1977, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Aug. 2, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.2 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-385-of-1927 / Section 26.2
Bids for publication, printing, binding, sale; contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The board of state auditors is hereby authorized and directed to solicit bids for the publication, electrotyping, printing, binding and sale of Michigan reports and of the advance sheets of Michigan reports, and to contract therefor in accordance with the provisions of this act.

History: 1927, Act 385, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 524; CL 1948, 26.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.211 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-357-of-1968 / Section 15.211
Commission; assignment to department of civil service; expiration of members' terms; appointment of members; reappointments prohibited; vacancies; ineligibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state officers' compensation commission created by section 12 of article 4 of the state constitution of 1963 is assigned to the department of civil service for the purposes of administration, budgeting, procurement, and related management functions. For members appointed to a new term after December 31, 2007, the members' terms shall expire on January 1 of the fourth year following appointment. For members appointed to a new term after December 31, 2007, the members shall be appointed prior to January 31 of the year of appointment. A member may not be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. A member or employee of the legislative, judicial, or executive branch of government shall not be eligible to be a member of the commission.

History: 1968, Act 357, Eff. Sept. 20, 1968; Am. 1975, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1975; Am. 2006, Act 629, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 43.60 — MI Code / Chapter 43 / Act Act-34-of-1978 / Section 43.60
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

This act shall take effect October 1, 1978.

History: 1978, Act 34, Eff. Oct. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.401a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.401a
“Owner” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 401a.

As used in this chapter, "owner" does not include a person engaged in the business of leasing motor vehicles who is the lessor of a motor vehicle pursuant to a lease providing for the use of the motor vehicle by the lessee for a period that is greater than 30 days.

History: Add. 1988, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.482e — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-259-of-1959 / Section 259.482e
Perimeter of horizontal surface.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2e.

The perimeter of a horizontal surface is constructed by swinging an arc with a radius as specified by this section from the center point of each end of the primary surface of each runway of an airport and connecting adjacent arcs by a line tangent to those arcs. The radius of an arc for a utility runway or for other than a utility runway with a visual approach equals 5,000 feet. The radius of an arc for any other runway equals 10,000 feet. The radius of the arc specified for the end of a runway shall not be less than the longest radius for the other end of the runway. If a 5,000 foot arc is encompassed by a tangent connecting adjacent 10,000 foot arcs, the 5,000 foot arc shall be disregarded in constructing the perimeter of the horizontal surface.

History: Add. 1986, Act 296, Eff. Apr. 1, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8525 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8525
Practice of law prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8525.

An attorney at law who is a magistrate shall be prohibited from the practice of law in the district court for the district in which the attorney serves. A person who is appointed as a magistrate in the thirty-sixth district shall not engage in the practice of law while he or she is a magistrate.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1976, Act 16, Eff. Apr. 1, 1976; Am. 1980, Act 438, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1629 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1629
Routine or emergency medical treatment or surgery or extraordinary procedures; liability of guardian.
Status: in_force

Sec. 629.

A guardian, temporary guardian, plenary, partial, or standby guardian shall not be liable for civil damages by reason of authorizing routine or emergency medical treatment or surgery or extraordinary procedures when previously ordered by the court for his or her ward if the guardian acted after medical consultation with the ward's physician, acted in good faith, was not negligent, and acted within the limits established for the guardian by the court.

A guardian, temporary guardian, plenary, partial, or standby guardian who has been authorized by the court to give medical consent, shall not be liable by reason of his or her authorization for injury to the ward resulting from the negligence or other acts of a third person.

Routine medical services do not include extraordinary procedures. Extraordinary procedures includes, but is not limited to, sterilization, including vasectomy, abortion, organ transplants from the ward to another person, and experimental treatment.

History: Add. 1977, Act 73, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1977; Am. 1978, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2316 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2316
Physical presence of nonresident party; documents admissible as evidence; deposition or testimony.
Status: in_force

Sec. 316.

(1) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.

(2) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, that would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this state.

(3) A copy of the record of child-support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made.

(4) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and customary.

(5) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this state to a tribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.

(6) In a proceeding under this act, a tribunal of this state shall permit a party or witness residing outside this state to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(7) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.

(8) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this act.

(9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship between spouses or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this act.

(10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.713 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-135-of-2017 / Section 123.713
Prohibited acts by local government.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Except as otherwise provided by federal law or a law of this state, a local unit of government shall not do either of the following:

(a) Impose an excise tax on the manufacture, distribution, wholesale sale, or retail sale of food for immediate consumption or nonimmediate consumption.

(b) Enact, enforce, or administer any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, rule, or directive imposing a tax or fee on the manufacture, distribution, wholesale sale, or retail sale of food for immediate consumption or nonimmediate consumption.

History: 2017, Act 135, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2017