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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.634 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.634
Driving on right half of roadway; exceptions; driving on roadway having 2 or more lanes for travel in 1 direction; traveling on freeway having 3 or more lanes for travel in same direction; ordinance regulating same subject matter prohibited; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 634.

(1) Upon each roadway of sufficient width, the driver of a vehicle shall drive the vehicle upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows:

(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing that movement.

(b) When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair or when an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway. A driver who is driving on the left half of a roadway under this subdivision shall yield the right-of-way to an oncoming vehicle traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the roadway.

(c) When a vehicle operated by a state agency or a local authority or an agent of a state agency or local authority is engaged in work on the roadway.

(d) Upon a roadway divided into 3 marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable on the roadway.

(2) Upon a roadway having 2 or more lanes for travel in 1 direction, the driver of a vehicle shall drive the vehicle in the extreme right-hand lane available for travel except as otherwise provided in this section. However, the driver of a vehicle may drive the vehicle in any lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction of travel when the lanes are occupied by a streetcar or vehicles moving in substantially continuous lanes of traffic and in any left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction of travel for a reasonable distance before making a left turn or to avoid blocking, delaying, or otherwise interfering with the movement of a streetcar on a streetcar track.

(3) This section must not be construed to prohibit a vehicle traveling in the appropriate direction from traveling in any lane of a freeway having 3 or more lanes for travel in the same direction. However, a city, village, township, or county may not enact an ordinance that regulates the same subject matter as any provision of this subsection. The driver of a truck with a gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds, a truck tractor, or a combination of a vehicle and trailer or semitrailer shall drive the vehicle or combination of vehicles only in either of the 2 lanes farthest to the right, except for a reasonable distance when making a left turn or where a special hazard exists that requires the use of an alternative lane for safety reasons.

(4) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1968, Act 260, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1976, Act 170, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1988, Act 346, Eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Am. 2021, Act 43, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5080 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5080
Vacation or modification of award concerning child support, custody, or parenting time; standards and procedures regarding review of arbitration awards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5080.

Subject to subsection (2), the circuit court shall not vacate or modify an award concerning child support, custody, or parenting time unless the court finds that the award is adverse to the best interests of the child who is the subject of the award or under the provisions of section 5081.

A review or modification of a child support amount, child custody, or parenting time shall be conducted and is subject to the standards and procedures provided in other statutes, in other applicable law, and by court rule that are applicable to child support amounts, child custody, or parenting time.

Other standards and procedures regarding review of arbitration awards described in this section are governed by court rule.

History: Add. 2000, Act 420, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.964 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-92-of-1993 / Section 565.964
Transfer not invalidated by noncompliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

A transfer subject to this act shall not be invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply with a provision of this act.

History: 1993, Act 92, Eff. Jan. 10, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.10 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 87.10
Deputy; appointment, duties; responsibility of clerk.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The clerk may, subject to the approval of the council, appoint a deputy, who shall possess all the powers and authority of the city clerk, and may exercise all the duties thereof, subject to the control of such clerk, and such deputy shall be paid for his services by the clerk, unless otherwise provided by the council. The clerk shall be responsible for all the acts and defaults of such deputy, and he may remove such deputy at his pleasure.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3032; CL 1915, 2948; CL 1929, 1872; CL 1948, 87.10
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.138 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-316-of-1993 / Section 12.138
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act shall take effect January 1, 1994.

History: 1993, Act 316, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1015 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-287-of-1964 / Section 388.1015
State board of education; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The state board of education shall prescribe rules and regulations that it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, in accordance with Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.82 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: 1964, Act 287, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.201 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-267-of-1947 / Section 2.201
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan interstate boundary compact; boundaries.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The following compact is hereby ratified and approved:

A COMPACT

A COMPACT

Entered into by and between the state of Minnesota, the state of Wisconsin and the state of Michigan, state signatories hereto.

The contracting states solemnly agree:

That the boundary between the state of Michigan and the state of Wisconsin in the center of lake Michigan be and it hereby is finally fixed and established as the line marked A-B-C-D-E-F-G on the map, which line is more particularly described as follows:

Starting at Point A, a point equidistant from either shore on the line which is the eastward continuation of the boundary line between Wisconsin and Illinois or latitude 42° 29' 37" north;

Thence to Point B, a point equidistant from either shore on the line drawn through the Port Washington fog signal and storm signal and the White lake storm signal, on a true azimuth of 354° 12' 00", a distance of 61.55 statute miles;

Thence to Point C, a point equidistant from either shore on a line drawn through the Sheboygan coast guard storm signal, fog signal, radio beacon and Little Sable Point light, on a true azimuth of 03° 01' 15", a distance of 22.18 statute miles;

Thence to Point D, a point equidistant from either shore on a line drawn through the Twin River Point light and fog signal and Big Sable fog and light signal, on a true azimuth of 10° 04' 30", a distance of 30.33 statute miles;

Thence to Point E, a point equidistant from either shore on a line from Bailey's Harbor inland light and Point Betsie fog signal, radio beacon, and distance finding station, on a true azimuth of 17° 09' 55", a distance of 54.20 statute miles;

Thence to Point F, a point equidistant from either shore on a line drawn through the Pilot Island light and fog signal and Sleeping Bear Point light, on a true azimuth of 33° 29' 10", a distance of 17.24 statute miles;

Thence to Point G, the point determined by the United States supreme court decree of March 12, 1936, which is a point 45,600 meters from the center of Rock Island passage on a bearing of south 60° east, on a true azimuth of 49° 34' 10", a distance of 15.66 statute miles.

The latitude and longitude of the named control points is as follows:

Point A: Latitude 42°29'37" Point E: Latitude 44°52'50" Longitude 87°01'15" Longitude 86°41'10" Point B: Latitude 43°22'50" Point F: Latitude 45°05'20" Longitude 87°08'50" Longitude 86°29'30" Point C: Latitude 43°42'00" Point G: Latitude 45°14'10" Longitude 87°07'20" Longitude 86°14'55" Point D: Latitude 44°07'55" Longitude 87°00'45"

Point A:

Latitude

42°29'37"

Point E:

Latitude

44°52'50"

Longitude

87°01'15"

Longitude

86°41'10"

Point B:

Latitude

43°22'50"

Point F:

Latitude

45°05'20"

Longitude

87°08'50"

Longitude

86°29'30"

Point C:

Latitude

43°42'00"

Point G:

Latitude

45°14'10"

Longitude

87°07'20"

Longitude

86°14'55"

Point D:

Latitude

44°07'55"

Longitude

87°00'45"

History: 1947, Act 267, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 2.201
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.505 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-187-of-2023 / Section 556.505
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 405.

This act takes effect July 1, 2024.

History: 2023, Act 187, Eff. July 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.531 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-125-of-2003 / Section 791.531
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "local corrections officers training act".

History: 2003, Act 125, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.428 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-302-of-1982 / Section 18.428
Grant award; records of revenues and expenditures; funds received from Michigan justice training fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) A grantee receiving a grant award as provided in this act shall maintain records of grant revenues and expenditures separate from other funding sources.

(2) A grantee receiving a grant award as provided in this act shall report to the commission all expenditures of funds received from the Michigan justice training fund, in a manner and at intervals prescribed by the commission. Each training program financed in whole or in part by a grant award from the Michigan justice training fund shall be separately identified in the report.

History: 1982, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1982; Am. 2016, Act 290, Eff. Jan. 2, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.59 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.59
Indictment; unnecessary formal words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 59.

The indictment need not allege that the offense was committed or the act done "feloniously" or "traitorously" or "unlawfully" or "with force of arms" or "with a strong hand," nor need it use any phrase of like kind otherwise than to characterize the offense, nor need it allege that the offense was committed or the act done "burglariously", "wilfully", "knowingly", "maliciously", "negligently" nor need it otherwise characterize the manner of the commission of the offense unless such description is necessary to indicate the offense. The indictment need not contain the words "contrary to the statute", "as appears by the record", or any other words of similar import.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17273; CL 1948, 767.59
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.59 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-39-of-1883 / Section 486.59
Corporate powers; liabilities and restrictions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Every such corporation organized as hereinbefore prescribed, shall have the following powers and be subject to the liabilities and restrictions following, that is to say:

First, To cause such examination and surveys for the proposed improvements whether of dams, canals or digging or deepening of channels to be made, as may be necessary to prepare for the work to be done;

Second, To purchase and by voluntary grants and donations to receive, enter upon, take, hold and use, all such lands and real estate and other property as may be necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of dry docks, canals and all other works proposed in the approved plans of such company, and to lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of real or personal property;

Third, To divert into any canal excavated or constructed under the provisions of this act, water from Lake Superior or St. Mary's river to flood lands belonging to said company, subject to the consent of the board of supervisors of the proper county in which waters so diverted are situated, and to erect such docks in Lake Superior or St. Mary's river as may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of such company.

History: 1883, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 1883; How. 3895i; CL 1897, 6797; Am. 1899, Act 231, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899; CL 1915, 8897; CL 1929, 11832; CL 1948, 486.59
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1410 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1410
Legal impediment to marriage as bar to action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1410.

If 2 person have lived together as husband and wife, and a legal impediment existed to the marriage of either of the persons, their issue and the person that entered the relation in the good faith belief that the marriage was lawful are entitled to the same damages in a civil action as though no such impediment existed, when the other of such persons or their issue is injured or dies as a result of the negligent act or omission of another.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.2111 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.2111
Evaluation of food establishment by director; access; securing samples of food; examination of records; photographs or copies of records as evaluation; confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2111.

(1) The director shall have free access at reasonable hours to any food establishment, including a vehicle used to transport or hold food, for the purpose of evaluating that food establishment or vehicle to determine if this act or rules promulgated under this act are being violated. The director may secure samples of any food, after paying or offering to pay for the samples, to determine if this act or rules promulgated under this act are being violated.

(2) The director may examine the records of the food establishment to obtain pertinent information about food, supplies, and equipment purchased, received, or used by, or persons employed by, the food establishment or location.

(3) The director may take photographs or copy records as part of an evaluation. If a food establishment identifies by written document or mark that a certain area or record contains visible trade secrets, the director shall identify any photographs of that area or copies of that record as being confidential and shall diligently protect the confidentiality.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000; Am. 2007, Act 113, Eff. Apr. 1, 2008; Am. 2015, Act 61, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.308a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.308a
Disposition of articles or property seized.
Status: in_force

Sec. 308a.

On application of a sheriff, chief of police of a police department, commissioner of the Michigan state police, or other peace officer, a court or magistrate of competent jurisdiction may upon due notice and hearing turn over to said sheriff, chief of a police department, commissioner of the Michigan state police, or peace officer, any articles or property listed under the provisions of section 308 of this chapter lawfully seized by any such peace officer for such disposition as the court or magistrate shall prescribe, or said court or magistrate may provide for the destruction or other disposition of said articles or property.

Any funds derived from the disposition of any such articles or property shall be turned over to the treasurer of the city, township or county whose law enforcement officer made application for the disposition of such articles or property, or to the state treasurer if such application is made by the commissioner of the Michigan state police.

History: Add. 1953, Act 64, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 95.1 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 95.1
City ownership of cemetery; regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any city may acquire, hold and own such cemetery or public burial place or places, either within or without the limits of the corporation, as in the opinion of the council shall be necessary for the public welfare, and suitable for the convenience of the inhabitants, and may prohibit the interment of the dead within the city, or may limit such interments therein to such cemetery or burial place as the council may prescribe; and the council may cause any bodies buried within the city in violation of any rule or ordinance made in respect to such burials to be taken up and buried elsewhere.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3132; CL 1915, 3046; CL 1929, 1970; CL 1948, 95.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2450 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2450
Rating organizations; deviation from filings, procedure, termination of deviation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2450.

Every member of or subscriber to a rating organization shall adhere to the filings made on its behalf by such organization except that any such insurer may make written application to the commissioner to file a deviation from the class rates, schedules, rating plans or rules respecting any kind of insurance, or class of risk within a kind of insurance, or combination thereof. Such application shall specify the basis for the modification and a copy shall also be sent simultaneously to such rating organization. In considering the application to file such deviation the commissioner shall give consideration to the available statistics and the principles for rate making provided in section 2403. The commissioner shall issue an order permitting the deviation for such insurer to be filed if he finds it to be justified and it shall thereupon become effective. He shall issue an order denying such application if he finds that the deviation applied for does not meet the requirements of this chapter.

Each deviation permitted to be filed shall remain in effect for a period of not less than 1 year from the effective date unless sooner withdrawn by the insurer with the approval of the commissioner or until terminated in accordance with the provisions of sections 2418 or 2420.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1964, Act 146, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.714 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.714
Delivery of ballots and supplies to township and city clerks; receipt of delivery; deadlines.
Status: in_force

Sec. 714.

(1) The county clerk of each county, at the earliest possible time and at least 45 days before a regular election or special election in the county, shall cause to be delivered to the clerk of each township and city in the county the absent voter ballots for each precinct.

(2) The county clerk of each county shall cause to be delivered ballots, other than absent voter ballots, and election supplies to the clerk of each township and city in the county at least 10 days before any election or primary election.

(3) The county clerk shall take receipt from each township and city clerk for all ballots and supplies delivered to that clerk.

(4) Each city, township, and village clerk shall adhere to the deadlines provided in this section for elections in which the county does not print the ballots.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1956, Act 171, Imd. Eff. Apr. 16, 1956; Am. 1981, Act 61, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1981; Am. 1981, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 1981; Am. 1981, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1981; Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990; Am. 2010, Act 43, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8907 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8907
Powers of municipalities not limited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8907.

This part does not affect or in any way limit the powers of municipalities to enact and enforce ordinances for the control and elimination of litter.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.232 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-181-of-1973 / Section 397.232
Operation and maintenance of library by governing body of city.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The governing body of the city may continue to operate and maintain the library in accordance with appropriate statutes of this state or the charter of that governmental unit.

History: 1973, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.154 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.154
Violation by corporation forfeits charter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 154.

Violation by corporation forfeits charter-Any corporation now or hereafter organized under the laws of this state, which shall enter into any contract, agreement, understanding or combination declared illegal and criminal by the first section of this chapter, or shall do any act towards or for the purpose of carrying the same into effect in whole or in part, and which shall not within 30 days from the time when this chapter shall take effect, withdraw its assent thereto and repudiate the same and file in the office of the secretary of state such refusal and repudiation under its corporate seal, shall forfeit its charter and all its rights and franchises thereunder.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.154
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.113a — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.113a
Visiting child at child care center, group child care home, or family child care home; effect of court order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

(1) A parent or legal guardian of a child at a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home may visit the child at the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home at any time.

(2) A parent or legal guardian who wishes to enroll a child at a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home may visit the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home before the child's enrollment during the hours of operation of the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home.

(3) This section does not permit parenting time with a child in violation of a court order.

History: Add. 1986, Act 140, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1986; Am. 1997, Act 165, Eff. Mar. 31, 1998; Am. 2017, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.683 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-16-of-1997 / Section 408.683
Public playground equipment; liability as to state civil infraction; separate civil action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The standards identified in section 4 determine responsibility for a state civil infraction under this act and do not establish liability in a separate civil action that is brought to recover damages caused by the maintenance, repair, upkeep, manufacture or assembly of public playground equipment.

The standards identified in section 4 shall have only the relevance as allowed by law or court rule in a separate civil action.

History: 1997, Act 16, Eff. May 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 47.14 — MI Code / Chapter 47 / Act Act-275-of-1913 / Section 47.14
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

In the event that the board of supervisors shall submit the question of the appointment of a county auditor as provided in section 1 of this act, then all the provisions of this act shall be construed so as to permit the carrying out of the provisions of this act by an individual qualified as herein provided, to be known as county auditor.

History: 1913, Act 275, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 2358; CL 1929, 1216; CL 1948, 47.14