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Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.204 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-72-of-1937 / Section 408.204
Duties of division; fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) Under the supervision of the department, the division shall do all of the following:

(a) Advocate for deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons who encounter communication and other difficulties in employment, education, public accommodation, public service, and housing.

(b) Work closely with all public and privately funded organizations that provide developmental, educational, financial, preventative, protective, placement, recreational, rehabilitative, or health services to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons.

(c) Encourage providers of services to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons to improve the quality and coordination of their delivery systems.

(d) Provide information on deafness to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons and the public.

(e) Provide information and referral services to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons to ensure that their rights are protected.

(f) Provide information to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons on programs and services provided for them by each level of government.

(g) Promote new services, when necessary, for deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons.

(h) Sponsor or cosponsor conferences, workshops, or seminars to educate deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons and the public about deafness.

(i) Maintain statistics, facts, and data pertaining to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons of all ages and degrees of hearing loss.

(j) Provide technical assistance to state agencies and the public regarding communication accessibility for deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons.

(k) Coordinate with state agencies, the legislature, and the governor on requests for direct interpreter services.

( l ) Fulfill its duties under the deaf persons' interpreters act, 1982 PA 204, MCL 393.501 to 393.509.

(2) The division may assess reasonable fees for conferences sponsored or cosponsored by the division, the use of materials developed by the division, and for services provided by the division.

History: 1937, Act 72, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 408.204; Am. 1988, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989; Am. 2016, Act 135, Eff. Aug. 24, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.156 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.156
Trustee corporations; act amendment of trustee agreement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 156.

Same; amendment of trust agreement. If the donor or grantor in any such trust instrument, shall desire to alter, amend, enlarge or restrict the gift or grant or any of the terms or conditions thereof, and does so, it shall be the duty of such trustees to forthwith file a verified copy of such amended trust instrument in the same manner as provided for original articles, and any amendments to such articles occasioned by such amended trust instrument shall likewise be forthwith made and so filed by such trustees, but no such amendments to the articles shall be valid that change the original purposes of the corporation in their entirety.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 450.156
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1890 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1890
New degree programs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 290.

By March 1 of each year, the Michigan Association of State Universities shall provide a listing of new degree programs for which enrollment information will be reported to HEIDI under sections 241 and 289, as well as a listing of degree programs that institutions of higher education will no longer offer in subsequent academic years, to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

History: Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2013, Act 60, Eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 775.6 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 775.6
Fees; to be county charges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The fees hereinbefore in this chapter allowed for services, except those which are otherwise provided for by law, shall be county charges, and shall be audited by the board of supervisors of the county in which the services are rendered, and shall be paid in the same manner as other contingent charges of the county.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17476; CL 1948, 775.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.632a — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-238-of-1975 / Section 722.632a
Investigations by hospital, school, or other agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12a.

This act does not preclude or hinder a hospital, school, or other agency from investigating reported claims of child abuse or neglect by its employees or from taking disciplinary action based upon that investigation against its employees.

History: Add. 1988, Act 372, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1685 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-371-of-2012 / Section 691.1685
Request for judicial relief.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 28, a request for judicial relief under this act must be made by motion to the court and heard in the manner provided by court rule for making and hearing motions.

(2) Unless a civil action is already pending between the parties, a complaint regarding the agreement to arbitrate must be filed and served as in other civil actions. Notice of an initial motion under this act may be served with the summons and complaint in the manner provided by court rule for the service of a summons in a civil action. Otherwise, notice of the motion must be given in the manner provided by court rule for serving motions in pending actions.

History: 2012, Act 371, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3951 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3951
Notice of continued administration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3951.

If the personal representative does not complete estate administration within 1 year after the original appointment by petitioning for a settlement order under section 3952 or 3953 or by filing a sworn statement under section 3954, the personal representative shall file with the court and send to all interested persons a notice that the estate remains under administration and specifying the reason for continuation of administration. This notice of continued administration must be filed not later than 28 days after the anniversary of the personal representative's appointment and, if administration remains incomplete, not later than 28 days after each subsequent anniversary of the appointment.

If the notice described in subsection (1) is not filed, an interested person may petition the court for a hearing on the necessity for continued administration or petition for a settlement order under either section 3952 or 3953. In response to such a petition, the court may issue appropriate orders to assure prompt estate settlement.

If the notice described in subsection (1) is not filed and an interested person's petition is not pending, the court may notify the personal representative and all interested persons that the court will close the estate administration and terminate the personal representative's authority within 63 days unless within that time period any of the following occur:

The personal representative files a notice under subsection (1), a petition for settlement under either section 3952 or 3953, or a sworn statement under section 3954.

An interested person files a petition requesting a hearing on the necessity for continued administration or a petition for an order of settlement under either section 3952 or 3953.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.40a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.40a
“Pickup camper” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40a.

"Pickup camper" means a nonself-propelled recreational vehicle, without wheels for road use, that is designed to rest all of its weight upon, and be attached to, a motor vehicle, and is primarily intended for use as temporary living quarters in connection with recreational, camping, or travel purposes. A pickup camper does not include truck covers or caps consisting of walls and a roof but that do not have floors and facilities for using the camper as a dwelling.

History: Add. 1990, Act 98, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2604 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-453-of-1976 / Section 37.2604
Findings of fact and conclusions of law; final order dismissing complaint; copies of order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 604.

If the commission, after a hearing on a charge issued by the department, determines that the respondent has not engaged in a discriminatory practice prohibited by this act, the commission shall state its findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall issue a final order dismissing the complaint. The commission shall furnish a copy of the order to the claimant, the respondent, the attorney general, and other public officers and persons as the commission deems proper.

History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.552 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.552
Water management; petition for flood control or drainage project, filing, signatures, contents, map.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.

Whenever it shall be necessary for the public health, safety or welfare to establish a water management district to undertake a project in all or part of 3 or more contiguous counties in this state for purposes of flood control or drainage, a petition therefor may be filed with the director of agriculture, signed by 3 or more public corporations, and, if a district with 8 or more counties, by 3 or more counties, which will be subject to assessments to pay the cost of such project. Such petition shall state that it is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall set forth the proposed name of the district and the necessity for the project in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare; and shall contain a general description of the type, purpose and location of the proposed project, which description need be only sufficiently accurate as to determine with reasonable certainty the waters, works and territory involved in the project and the public corporations to be benefited thereby. A map showing the boundaries of the proposed district and a certified copy of the resolution of the governing body of each public corporation, authorizing its signature thereto, shall be attached to the petition. Such petition may be filed in more than 1 counterpart.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.21 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.21
Duty disability retirement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Except as may be provided otherwise in sections 33 and 34, a member who becomes totally incapacitated for duty because of a personal injury or disease shall be retired, if all of the following apply:

The member, the member's personal representative or guardian, the member's department head, or the state personnel director files an application on behalf of the member with the retirement board no later than 1 year after termination of the member's employment.

The retirement board finds that the member's personal injury or disease is the natural and proximate result of the member's performance of duty.

A medical advisor conducts a medical examination of the member and certifies in writing that the member is mentally or physically totally incapacitated for further performance of duty, that the total incapacitation is probably permanent, and that the member should be retired.

The retirement board concurs in the recommendation of the medical advisor.

Upon appeal to the retirement board, the retirement board, for good cause, may accept an application for a disability retirement allowance not later than 2 years after termination of the member's state employment.

History: 1943, Act 240, Eff. July 30, 1943; Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 25, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 1944; CL 1948, 38.21; Am. 1951, Act 200, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1951; Am. 2002, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 17.54 — MI Code / Chapter 17 / Act Act-279-of-1984 / Section 17.54
Past due payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Except as provided in section 5, if a payment owed by a principal executive department to a private enterprise for goods or services is past due, the principal executive department shall pay an additional amount equal to 0.75% of the payment to the private enterprise to which payment is due. The principal executive department shall pay an additional amount equal to 0.75% of the payment due for the first month and each succeeding month or portion of a month the payment remains past due.

A principal executive department shall not require a private enterprise to submit a petition, bill, statement, or other additional notice in order to collect an amount due under subsection (1).

History: 1984, Act 279, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17421 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17421
Michigan board of optometry; creation; membership; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17421.

(1) The Michigan board of optometry is created in the department and shall consist of the following 9 voting members who shall meet the requirements of part 161: 5 optometrists and 4 public members.

(2) The terms of office of individual members of the board created under subsection (1), except those appointed to fill vacancies, expire 4 years after the appointment on June 30 of the year in which the term expires.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994; Am. 2006, Act 410, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1129 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1129
Amendment or repeal of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 129.

This act may be supplemented, altered, amended or repealed by the legislature and every corporation, domestic or foreign, to which this act applies is bound thereby.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.420 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.420
Record maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 420.

Unless an alternate method of record maintenance is approved by the county clerk as part of a plan of concurrent jurisdiction, the records of the circuit court, probate court, and district court shall continue to be maintained by that respective county clerk, probate register, or district court clerk in the same manner as the method employed for record management before the plan of concurrent jurisdiction is adopted.

History: Add. 2002, Act 678, Eff. Apr. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.79503 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.79503
Waterfront redevelopment plan; preparation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 79503.

A local unit of government that wishes to apply for a grant shall prepare a waterfront redevelopment plan that provides for the improvement of the waterfront. The waterfront redevelopment plan, at a minimum, shall do both of the following:

Clearly designate the geographic area included within the waterfront planning area.

Identify the economic impact on the improved area, the surrounding neighborhood, and the region in which the waterfront planning area is located.

History: Add. 1998, Act 285, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.216 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-187-of-2023 / Section 556.216
Judicial relief; dismissal of petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 116.

(1) Without precluding other bases on which such matters may properly be brought before the court, any of the following persons may petition a court to construe a power of attorney or review the agent's conduct and grant appropriate relief:

(a) The principal or the agent.

(b) A guardian, conservator, or other fiduciary acting for the principal.

(c) A person that, at the time of the petition, is exercising authority to make health care decisions for the principal.

(d) An individual who, at the time of the petition, would be an heir of the principal if the principal were to die intestate at that time.

(e) A person named as a beneficiary to receive any property, benefit, or contractual right on the principal's death or as a beneficiary of a trust created by or for the principal the trustee of which has a financial interest in the principal's estate.

(f) The personal representative of the principal's estate.

(g) Adult protective services.

(h) A caregiver or another person that demonstrates sufficient interest in the principal's welfare.

(i) A person asked to accept the power of attorney.

(2) Upon motion by the principal, the court shall dismiss a petition filed under subsection (1) unless the court finds 1 of the following:

(a) That the principal lacks capacity to revoke the agent's authority or the power of attorney.

(b) That the motion is the effect of undue influence, fraud, or duress.

(3) Without precluding other bases on which such matters may properly be brought before the court, any of the following persons may petition a court to review conduct regulated by this act on the part of a person to whom a power of attorney is presented for acceptance and to grant appropriate relief:

(a) The principal or the agent.

(b) A guardian, conservator, or other court-appointed fiduciary acting for the principal.

History: 2023, Act 187, Eff. July 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2242 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2242
Change of registered office or resident agent; statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 242.

(1) A domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this state may change its registered office or change its resident agent, or both, by filing a statement with the department. The statement may be executed by any of the individuals described in section 132 or by the secretary or assistant secretary of the corporation. The statement shall provide all of the following information:

(a) The corporate name.

(b) The street address of the corporation's registered office at the time of filing, and its mailing address if different from its street address.

(c) If the address of the corporation's registered office is changed, the street address and the mailing address, if different from the street address, to which the registered office is to be changed.

(d) The name of the corporation's resident agent at the time of filing.

(e) If the corporation's resident agent is changed, the name of its successor resident agent.

(f) That the address of the corporation's registered office and the address of its resident agent, as changed, will be identical.

(g) That the change was authorized by resolution duly adopted by the corporation's board, or, if no board has been appointed, by the incorporators.

(2) If a resident agent changes its business or residence address to another place within this state, the resident agent may change the address of the registered office of any domestic or foreign corporation of which the person is a resident agent by filing the statement required under subsection (1), except that the statement need only be signed by the resident agent, need not be responsive to subsection (1)(e) or (g), and shall recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to the corporation.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.889 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-515-of-2012 / Section 3.889
Workers' compensation and death benefits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Each participating jurisdiction shall provide, in accordance with its own laws, for the payment of workers' compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency contingent of that participating jurisdiction and to representatives of deceased members of the deployed contingent if the members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid to another participating jurisdiction pursuant to this agreement in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own jurisdiction.

History: 2012, Act 515, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.675 — MI Code / Chapter 256 / Act Act-384-of-2006 / Section 256.675
Instruction to adult or commercial vehicle driver training student; verification of valid temporary instruction permit or out-of-state commercial learner's permit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

(1) Before a driver education provider provides behind-the-wheel driver education course instruction to an adult or commercial vehicle driver training student, the provider shall verify that the student has a valid temporary instruction permit issued by the secretary of state under section 306 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.306, or that the student has a valid commercial learner's permit issued by another state.

(2) The secretary of state may prescribe the method and manner that a driver education provider uses to verify a student's temporary instruction permit under this section.

History: 2006, Act 384, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Am. 2016, Act 322, Eff. Feb. 20, 2017; Am. 2022, Act 192, Imd. Eff. Oct. 4, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4361 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4361
Remanding or commitment of prisoner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4361.

If the prisoner is not entitled to his discharge, and is not bailed, the court or judge shall place him under the restraint from which he was taken, if the person under whose restraint he was is legally entitled thereto. If not so entitled, the court or judge shall commit the prisoner to the custody of such officer or person as by law is entitled thereto.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6051 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6051
Execution against real estate; effect; notice; invalid after 5 years.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6051.

No levy by execution on real estate is valid:

Against bona fide conveyances made subsequent to such levy, until a notice thereof, containing the names of the parties to the execution, a description of the premises levied upon, and the date of such levy, is filed by the officer making the levy in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the premises are situated. Such levy is a lien thereon from the time when notice is deposited; and the lien thus obtained is, from the filing of such notice, valid against all prior grantees and mortgagees of whose claims the party interested has neither actual nor constructive notice. The register shall record the same in full upon the records of that office, and make an index to the record, in a manner convenient for public reference, of the names of the parties to the execution as stated in the notice. The officer shall receive for making and recording the notice, the sum of 50 cents, and the register of deeds shall receive the same fee as is allowed by law for recording deeds, which fee the serving officer shall add to the costs to be collected by the execution and in like manner, collect the same. When the execution is fully paid, satisfied or discharged, the clerk of the court who issued execution, shall give to the defendant a certificate, signed by the sheriff and under seal of the court, that the execution is satisfied or discharged; and the certificate may be recorded in the same manner as is notice.

After the expiration of 5 years from making the levy, unless the real estate is sold thereon or within such period.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1965, Act 284, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965; Am. 1967, Act 278, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967