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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.373 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-78-of-1958 / Section 38.373
Retirement allowance; payment after July 1, 1958.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Wayne retirement allowances on account of Wayne service not terminated prior to July 1, 1958, shall cease to be the obligation of the retirement system on July 1, 1958, and shall become the sole obligation of the board of governors. If any person included in the foregoing provisions has also continued in the employ of the board of education, the respective obligations of the retirement commission and the board of governors shall be settled by their mutual agreement, or if unable to agree, by the actuary hereinafter designated.

Establishment of retirement program.

In fulfillment of the obligations herein placed on it, the board of governors shall provide a retirement program with benefits for Wayne service prior to July 1, 1958, substantially equal to those provided in chapter 2 of Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945, as amended, to June 30, 1956, or in the alternative the board of governors at its option shall provide total benefits at termination of employment substantially equal to those which would have been payable had the entire Wayne service been under the provisions of the aforesaid act and the retirement system which it established. Wayne service after July 1, 1958, shall be counted towards fulfillment of conditions applicable to the period of employment required for the vesting of rights and benefits under the provisions of said act.

History: 1958, Act 78, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.9 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-129-of-1883 / Section 484.9
Lines in lower peninsula; location.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Whenever any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall desire to construct a line of public telephones in the lower peninsula of this state, the same shall in all cases, when not located upon the public places, streets and highways of the said lower peninsula, or within the corporate limits of cities and villages, be located along side of and adjacent to the railway right of way in cases where the railway right of way lies adjacent to the lands sought to be acquired.

History: Add. 1899, Act 93, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1899; CL 1915, 8795; CL 1929, 11697; CL 1948, 484.9
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7503 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7503
Trust for support.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7503.

(1) The interest of a trust beneficiary that is subject to a support provision may not be transferred and the trust property is not subject to the enforcement of a judgment until income or principal, or both, is distributed directly to the trust beneficiary. After a distribution to a trust beneficiary whose interest is subject to a support provision, the income and principal distributed are subject to the enforcement of a judgment only to the extent that the income or principal, or both, is not necessary for the health, education, support, or maintenance of the trust beneficiary.

(2) The use or enjoyment of trust property by a trust beneficiary whose interest is subject to a support provision may not be transferred and is not subject to the enforcement of a judgment against the trust beneficiary.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply under circumstances described in section 7504, 7506, or 7507.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 177, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2000; Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.41 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.41
Expectant estates; time of creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

The delivery of the grant, where an expectant estate is created by grant; and where it is created by devise, the death of the testator, shall be deemed the time of the creation of the estate.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2625; CL 1871, 4108; How. 5557; CL 1897, 8823; CL 1915, 11559; CL 1929, 12961; CL 1948, 554.41
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.503a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.503a
Environmental protection fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503a.

The environmental protection fund is created within the state treasury.

The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the environmental protection fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the environmental protection fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the environmental protection fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

Money in the environmental protection fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

Money in the environmental protection fund shall be expended, upon appropriation, only for such purposes as are specifically provided by law.

History: Add. 1996, Act 133, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2426 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2426
Real and personal property of village or township board or department of health; title; use and administration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2426.

The title to real and personal property of a village or township board or department of health, including cemetery and trust property, shall vest in the village or township and be held in its name as of the effective date of the repeal by this code of provisions authorizing the creation of boards or departments of health. The property shall be used and administered by the village or township, or appropriate agency thereof, as provided by law.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1034 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-62-of-2016 / Section 752.1034
Posting of human trafficking notice; manner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The human trafficking notice required under this act shall be posted in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public and employees within each facility operated by an entity described in section 3 that is open to use by the public.

History: 2016, Act 62, Eff. July 4, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.109a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.109a
Unauthorized possession; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 109a.

Any person who, wilfully and without authority, takes possession of or uses any vessel, as defined in Act No. 245 of the Public Acts of 1959, being sections 281.651 to 281.669 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and any person who wilfully and without authority assists in or is a party to such taking possession of or use of a vessel belonging to another, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: Add. 1961, Act 217, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5040 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5040
Examination; certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5040.

Upon the petition of the incorporators of such company, the commissioner shall cause an examination to be made in respect to the capital stock and shall see that the requirements as to the same have been fully complied with; and if the company is organized to do business on the mutual or cooperative assessment plan, the commissioner shall similarly determine that the company is in the actual possession of the applications for insurance required of it, and the amount of premiums, assessments, reserve, surplus, or other resources required of it, as the case may be, and that it was shown to him by the affidavit of the president and secretary of the company that any required applications have been taken in good faith and not merely colorably. The commissioner may perform such examination by deputy or by any examiner in his office, or by the appointment of a special examiner, who shall certify to the facts as found. Upon being satisfied that all requirements of this code precedent to commencing business have been fully complied with, applicable to such company, the commissioner shall deliver to such company a certificate of authority to commence business and issue policies.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.536a — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-251-of-1968 / Section 456.536a
Preconstruction sales of crypts or niches.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16a.

A person shall not develop or build a mausoleum or columbarium and engage in preconstruction sales of crypts or niches in a mausoleum or columbarium unless that person does both of the following:

Agrees to complete the mausoleum or columbarium within 4 years after the date of the first sale of an entombment or inurnment right in the proposed mausoleum or columbarium or, if construction is not completed within that time and upon the request of the purchaser, agrees to offer to the purchaser a refund of 100% of the purchase price with interest calculated at the rate of 4% per annum.

Agrees that if the person for whom the entombment or inurnment right in the proposed mausoleum or columbarium dies before completion of the mausoleum or columbarium, an alternative disposition of the remains shall be provided until completion of the mausoleum or columbarium or until a refund is made of 100% of the purchase price with interest calculated at the rate of 4% per annum.

History: Add. 2004, Act 22, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2421b — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2421b
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2421b.

"Costs and fees" means the normal costs incurred in being a party in a civil action after an action has been filed with the court, those provided by law or court rule, and include all of the following:

The reasonable and necessary expenses of expert witnesses as determined by the court.

The reasonable cost of any study, analysis, engineering report, test, or project which is determined by the court to have been necessary for the preparation of a party's case.

Reasonable and necessary attorney fees including those for purposes of appeal.

"Party" means a named plaintiff or defendant involved in the particular civil action, but does not include any of the following:

An individual whose net worth was more than $500,000.00 at the time the civil action was commenced.

The sole owner of an unincorporated business or any partnership, corporation, association, or organization whose net worth exceeded $3,000,000.00 at the time the civil action was commenced and which is not either exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code or a cooperative association as defined in section 15(a) of the agricultural marketing act, 12 U.S.C. 1141j(a).

The sole owner of an unincorporated business or any partnership, corporation, association, or organization that had more than 250 full-time equivalent employees as determined by the total number of employees multiplied by their working hours divided by 40, at the time the civil action was commenced.

As used in this subsection "net worth" means the amount remaining after the deduction of liabilities from assets as determined according to generally accepted accounting principles.

"Prevailing party" means as follows:

In an action involving several remedies, or issues or counts which state different causes of actions or defenses, the party prevailing as to each remedy, issue, or count.

In an action involving only 1 issue or count stating only 1 cause of action or defense, the party prevailing on the entire record.

"State" means an agency or department of the state, 1 or more members of an agency or department of the state, or any official of the state or of an agency or department of the state acting in his or her official capacity, but does not include an institution of higher education established pursuant to article 8 of the state constitution of 1963; the department of labor as administrator of the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 418.101 to 418.941 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the Michigan employment security act, Act No. 1 of the Public Acts of Extra Session of 1936, being sections 421.1 to 421.72 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and Act No. 176 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 423.1 to 423.30 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; or the department of corrections.

History: Add. 1984, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1568 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-436-of-2012 / Section 141.1568
Imposition of taxes; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

This act does not give the emergency manager or the state financial authority the power to impose taxes, over and above those already authorized by law, without the approval at an election of a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question.

History: 2012, Act 436, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1024 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1024
Summary court-martial; convening authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops are on duty, or of a division, brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, detached squadron, detached company, or other detachment, may convene a summary court-martial consisting of 1 commissioned officer who meets the qualifications of section 16(c). A commanding officer shall not convene a summary court-martial without the written consent of the adjutant general.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 2024, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.81 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-29-of-1901 / Section 458.81
Free Methodist church; incorporators.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It shall be lawful for any number of members of the Free Methodist church, of full age, not less than 5, with the consent of the district elder of the district in which the proposed church is to be located, to organize and procure the incorporation of a Free Methodist church.

History: 1901, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901; CL 1915, 11003; CL 1929, 10888; CL 1948, 458.81
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.525 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 450.525
Attorney general and legislature; examination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

It shall be the duty of the attorney general whenever and as often as he shall be required by the governor, to examine into the affairs and conditions of any bank or banks or other corporations in this state, and report such examination in writing, together with a detailed statement of facts, to the governor, who shall lay the same before the legislature, and for that purpose the said attorney general shall have power to administer all necessary oaths to the directors and officers of any such bank or other corporation and to examine them on oath in relation to the affairs and conditions thereof, and to examine the vaults, books, papers and documents belonging to such bank, or pertaining to its affairs and condition; and the legislature, or either branch thereof shall have full power to examine into the affairs and condition of any bank or other corporation in this state at all times and for that purpose any committee appointed by the legislature or either branch thereof, shall have full power to administer all necessary oaths, to the directors, officers and stockholders of such bank or other corporation, and to examine them on oath in relation to the affairs and condition thereof, and to examine the vaults, safes, books, papers and documents belonging to such corporation or pertaining to its affairs and conditions, and to compel the production of all keys, books, papers, and documents by summary process to be issued on application to any court of record, or any judge thereof, under such rules and regulations as the said court may prescribe.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 55; CL 1857, 2167; CL 1871, 3452; How. 4884; CL 1897, 8551; CL 1915, 11342; CL 1929, 10167; CL 1948, 450.525
Mich. Comp. Laws § 434.154 — MI Code / Chapter 434 / Act Act-238-of-1957 / Section 434.154
Lost, unclaimed or abandoned personal property in custody of state; professional opinion as to intrinsic value; appraiser's opinion as to value.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Should the said appraisers be unable to decide whether or not certain articles of lost or abandoned property are of intrinsic or commercial value, professional opinion may be sought. No fee shall be payable for such opinion. Whether or not professional opinion is sought as to the value of any article of lost or abandoned property, the opinion of the said appraisers, made in the exercise of ordinary care and pursuant to this act, shall be prima facie evidence of the value of such property.

History: 1957, Act 238, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.36 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-44-of-1899 / Section 24.36
State publications; loss of books by fire, etc.; replacement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36.

In cases of loss by fire, or in any manner whatsoever beyond his control, of a book or books by an officer, who is required to transmit them to his successor, or if the same is so worn as to become useless said officer shall make a statement setting forth all the circumstances under which the loss occurred, which statement shall be sworn and subscribed to before an officer entitled to administer oaths, and certified to by the clerk of the county under his hand and seal of the court, and forward the same to the secretary of state, who, after examination of said affidavit, he being convinced that the facts as set forth in the affidavit are true, and that in his judgment the officer is not responsible for the loss of the book or books, is hereby empowered and authorized to replace the book or books lost as claimed, and in his discretion may send the book or books either to the county clerk or to the township clerk in whose township the loss occurred.

History: 1899, Act 44, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899; CL 1915, 854; CL 1929, 519; CL 1948, 24.36
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.108 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-379-of-1984 / Section 493.108
Subpoena of witnesses and evidence; oaths and affirmations; noncompliance; order; contempt.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The commissioner may subpoena witnesses and documents, papers, books, records, and other evidence, in any matter over which the commissioner has jurisdiction, control, or supervision. The commissioner may administer oaths and affirmations to a person whose testimony is required.

If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued by the commissioner or to testify with respect to any matter concerning which the person may be lawfully questioned, the circuit court for Ingham county, on application of the commissioner, may issue an order requiring the attendance of the person and the giving of testimony or production of evidence. The court may punish by contempt a person who fails to obey the court's order.

History: 1984, Act 379, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1231 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-615-of-2012 / Section 400.1231
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan energy assistance act".

History: 2012, Act 615, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4851 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4851
County law library fund; maximum sums credited from library fund; payment upon order of circuit judge or presiding judge; annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4851.

In each county the county treasurer shall credit semiannually to a fund to be known as the county law library fund, from the library fund, an amount as follows:

In counties having a population of 250,000 or more, but less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, the sum credited shall not exceed:

For 1981, $4,000.00.

For 1982, $6,250.00.

For 1983 and each year thereafter, $8,500.00.

In counties having a population of 50,000 or more, but less than 250,000 inhabitants, the sum credited shall not exceed:

For 1981, $3,000.00.

For 1982, $4,750.00.

For 1983 and each year thereafter, $6,500.00.

In counties of 35,000 or more, but less than 50,000 inhabitants, the sum credited shall not exceed:

For 1981, $2,000.00.

For 1982, $3,250.00.

For 1983 and each year thereafter, $4,500.00.

In counties of 20,000 or more, but less than 35,000 inhabitants, the sum credited shall not exceed:

For 1981, $1,500.00.

For 1982, $2,500.00.

For 1983 and each year thereafter, $3,500.00.

In counties of 10,000 or more, but less than 20,000 inhabitants, the sum credited shall not exceed:

For 1981, $1,000.00.

For 1982, $1,750.00.

For 1983 and each year thereafter, $2,500.00.

In counties of less than 10,000 inhabitants, the sum credited shall not exceed:

For 1981, $750.00.

For 1982, $1,375.00.

For 1983 and each year thereafter, $2,000.00.

All money credited to the county law library fund shall be paid out by the county treasurer only upon the order of the circuit judge in multiple county circuits or upon the order of the presiding judge in single county circuits for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a law library for the use of the circuit, district, and probate courts in the county and for the officers of the courts and persons having business in the courts.

The county law librarian, or other person as the circuit or presiding judge shall designate, shall make a detailed report before January 2 of each year of the sums expended for books for the county law library. The annual report shall be filed with the county clerk.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1982, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 1982; Am. 1982, Act 173, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.801 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.801
Effect of failure to provide right, privilege, or notice to victim.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.

The failure to provide a right, privilege, or notice to a victim under this article shall not be grounds for the juvenile to seek to have any proceeding set aside.

History: Add. 1988, Act 22, Eff. June 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 65.7 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 65.7
Village council; audit of accounts; procedure; defenses to action or proceeding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The council shall audit and allow all accounts chargeable against the village. An account or claim or contract shall not be received for audit or allowance unless it is accompanied with a certificate of an officer of the village, or an affidavit of the person rendering it, that the services therein charged have been actually performed or the property delivered for the village, that the sums charged therefor are reasonable and just, and that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, no set-off exists, and no payment has been made on account thereof, except such set-offs or payments as are endorsed or referred to in the account or claim. Each account shall exhibit in detail all the items making up the amount claimed, and the date of each. The council may adopt a different procedure for the audit and allowance of accounts, claims, and contracts than that provided by this subsection.

It shall be a sufficient defense in any court, to an action or proceeding for the collection of any claim against the village for personal injuries or otherwise that it has never been presented, certified to, or verified to the council for allowance as provided in this section or as may be required under different procedures adopted by the council; or, if the claim is founded on contract, that the claim was presented without the certificate or affidavit required by this section and was rejected for that reason; or, that the action or proceeding was brought before the council had a reasonable time to investigate and pass upon it.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2754; CL 1915, 2625; CL 1929, 1534; CL 1948, 65.7; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998