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Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.687 — MI Code / Chapter 256 / Act Act-384-of-2006 / Section 256.687
Deceptive or unconscionable methods, acts, or practices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

A driver education provider or instructor shall not engage in a deceptive or unconscionable method, act, or practice. The following are deceptive or unconscionable methods, acts, or practices:

(a) Using, adopting, or conducting business under a name that is the same as, like, or deceptively similar to, the name of another driver education provider.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, using the word "state", "government", "municipal", "city", or "county" as part of the name of the driver education provider. This provision does not apply to an educational institution or a governmental agency.

(c) Advertising, representing, or implying that a driver education provider is supervised, recommended, or endorsed by, or affiliated or associated with, or employed by, or an agent or representative of this state, the secretary of state, or a bureau of the secretary of state.

(d) Advertising or publicizing under a name other than the provider's full business name as identified on the provider's application for a driver education provider certificate.

(e) Advertising that the provider is open for business before the secretary of state issues a driver education provider certificate to the provider.

(f) Soliciting business on the premises of any facility rented, leased, owned, or used by the secretary of state.

(g) Misrepresenting the quantity or quality of the instruction provided or the requirements for a driver license, endorsement, minor restricted or temporary permit, or driver education certificate.

(h) Failing to promptly restore any deposit, down payment, or other payment that a person is entitled to after an agreement is rescinded, canceled, or otherwise terminated as required under the agreement or applicable law.

(i) Taking advantage of a student's or potential student's inability to reasonably protect his or her interest because of a disability, illiteracy, or inability to understand the language of an agreement, if the driver education provider knows or reasonably should have known of the student's or potential student's inability.

(j) Failing to honor a term of a student's, parent's, or legal guardian's agreement.

(k) Falsifying a document, agreement, record, report, or certificate required under this act or a rule promulgated under this act.

( l ) Causing or allowing a student, parent, or legal guardian to sign a document in blank.

History: 2006, Act 384, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3107 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3107
Proceedings; scope; independence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3107.

Unless a proceeding involves supervised administration as described in part 5 of this article, the following apply:

Each proceeding before the court or register is independent of any other proceeding involving the same estate.

A petition for a formal court order may combine various requests for relief in a single proceeding if the order sought may be a final order and may be granted without delay.

Except as required in this article for another proceeding, the following apply:

A petition is not defective because it fails to embrace all matters that might then be the subject of a final order.

A proceeding for probate of a will or an adjudication of no will may be combined with a proceeding for appointment of a personal representative.

A proceeding for appointment of a personal representative is concluded by an order making or declining the appointment.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.614 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.614
Marine insurance; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 614.

"Marine" insurance is insurance against any and all kinds of loss of or damage to:

Vessels, craft, aircraft, cars, automobiles and vehicles of every kind, as well as all goods, freights, cargoes, merchandise, effects, disbursements, profits, moneys, bullion, precious stones, securities, choses in action, evidences of debt, valuable papers, bottomry and respondentia interests, and all other kinds of property and interests therein, in respect to, appertaining to, or in connection with any and all risks or perils of navigation, transit, or transportation, including war risks, on or under any seas or other waters, on land or in the air, or while being assembled, packed, crated, baled, compressed, or similarly prepared for shipment, or while awaiting the same, or during any delays, storage, transshipment, or reshipment incident thereto, including marine builders' risks and all personal property floater risks.

Person or to property in connection with or appertaining to a marine, inland marine, transit, or transportation insurance, including liability for loss of or damage to either, arising out of or in connection with the construction, repair, operation, maintenance, or use of the subject matter of such insurance (but not including life insurance or surety bonds), but shall not mean insurances against loss by reason of bodily injury to the person arising out of the maintenance, operation or use of motor vehicles.

Precious stones, jewels, jewelry, gold, silver, and other precious metals whether used in business or trade or otherwise and whether the same be in course of transportation or otherwise, which shall include jeweler's block insurance.

Bridges, tunnels, and other instrumentalities of transportation and communication (excluding buildings, their furniture and furnishing, fixed contents, and supplies held in storage) unless fire, tornado, sprinkler leakage, hail, explosion, earthquake, riot and/or civil commotion are the only hazards to be covered. Piers, wharves, docks and slips, excluding the risks of fire, tornado, sprinkler leakage, hail, explosion, earthquake, riot and/or civil commotion. Other aids to navigation and transportation, including dry dock and marine railways, against all risks.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.589 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-66-of-1959 / Section 322.589
Animals impounded; sale; disposition of proceeds; claim by owner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

All money received by the director from the sale provided for in section 5 shall be deposited with the state treasurer in accordance with established accounting procedure and law and, after all costs and expenses for rounding up, impounding, caring for, feeding, advertising, and selling the animal as certified by the director have been paid therefrom, the balance remaining shall be held in trust by the state treasurer for a period of 90 days. If within 90 days after the sale the previous owner of the animal at the time of seizure establishes to the satisfaction of the director his or her previous ownership of the animal, the balance held in trust shall be paid to the previous owner by the state treasurer. If the previous owner does not appear within the 90-day period, then the state treasurer shall credit the balance held in trust to the general fund of this state. All money received by the director under section 6 shall be deposited with the state treasurer in accordance with the law and established accounting procedure and credited to the general fund of this state.

History: 1959, Act 66, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 2010, Act 70, Imd. Eff. May 13, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1078 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1078
Receiving, comforting, or assisting offender; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 78.

A person subject to this code who, knowing that an offense punishable by this code has been committed, receives, comforts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent the offender's apprehension, trial, or punishment shall be punished as a court-martial directs.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.314 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-106-of-1972 / Section 252.314
Signs on land leased from state; conditions; terms; cancellation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The state highway commission may lease land owned by the department along an interstate highway, freeway or primary highway in business areas or unzoned, commercial or industrial areas, to the owner or operator of any gasoline station, repair garage, restaurant, lodging facility, retail store, tourist attraction or to sports, cultural, educational, charitable, service, religious or civic organizations, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a sign, the advertising copy of which publicizes or calls attention only to goods, services or facilities available on, or events or attractions on, the premises of the owner or operator. Signs may be permitted if all of the following conditions exist:

The advertised premises of the owner or operator are located within 5 miles of the land so leased.

There is no business area or unzoned commercial or industrial area available for outdoor advertising along the interstate highway, freeway or primary highway within 5 miles of the advertised premises of the owner or operator.

The inability to publicize or call attention to goods, services or facilities available on, or events or attractions on, the premises of the owner or operator except by a sign erected and maintained pursuant to this section would work a financial hardship upon the owner or operator under such reasonable criteria as may be determined by the state highway commission.

The leasing of such land and the erection and maintenance of such sign would not be cause for the reduction of federal aid highway funds to the state, pursuant to section 131 of title 23 of the United States code, as amended.

Any signs so erected or maintained shall be subject to the provisions of sections 15, 16 and 17 and if erected or maintained by a permittee under this act, to the provisions of section 12.

The leases made pursuant to this section shall be on a year to year term and shall be subject to cancellation at any time the signs erected or maintained on the leased property cease to meet the requirements of this section. The signs shall be subject to removal pursuant to section 19 upon cancellation of the lease.

History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.717 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.717
Contract reserves; required for certain policies and certificates; exception; addition to claim and premium reserves; methods and procedures; date of incurral defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 717.

Except as otherwise provided for in subsection (2), contract reserves are required for both of the following:

All health insurance policies and certificates that use level premiums.

All health insurance policies and certificates with respect to which, due to the gross premium pricing structure at issue, the value of the future benefits at any time exceeds the value of any appropriate future valuation net premiums at that time. The values specified in this subdivision shall be determined in the manner provided for in section 719.

Health insurance policies and certificates not requiring a contract reserve include the following:

Policies and certificates that cannot be continued after 1 year from issue.

Policies and certificates already in force on the effective date of this chapter for which a contract reserve was not required under standards in effect before the effective date of this chapter.

The contract reserve is in addition to claim reserves and premium reserves.

The methods and procedures for contract reserves shall be consistent with those methods and procedures for claim reserves for any health insurance policy or certificate, or else appropriate adjustment shall be made when necessary to assure provision for the aggregate liability. The definition of the date of incurral shall be the same in both determinations.

History: Add. 1994, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.258 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-288-of-1929 / Section 730.258
Drawing of jurors; time, number.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

At least 10 days and not more than 20 days before the holding of any term for the trial of jury cases in the justice court in any such city, the clerk of the justice court shall draw the names of 10 persons and any additional number that may be ordered by the justices of the peace of the city. Additional jurors may be drawn from time to time to fill vacancies in the jury panel for any term of court upon the order of the justices of the peace.

History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 16504; CL 1948, 730.258
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2476 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-173-of-1992 / Section 125.2476
Special assessment; certification of delinquency; reassessment on annual township tax roll.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

If, pursuant to section 25, the township treasurer reports as delinquent any assessment or part of an assessment, the authority board shall certify the delinquent sum to the supervisor of the township where the parcel is located. The supervisor shall reassess on the annual township tax roll for the year in a column headed "special assessments" the delinquent sum, with interest and penalties to September 1 of that year, and an additional penalty of 6% of the total amount. The statutes relating to township taxes are applicable to the reassessments.

History: 1992, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.454a — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-23-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 259.454a
Constructing, establishing, rebuilding, or changing, altering, or repairing structure or replanting tree; permit or variance considered as granted.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24a.

An application for a permit or variance under section 23 or 24, respectively, to construct, establish, rebuild, or substantially change, alter, or repair a structure or to replant a tree or allow a tree to grow tall shall be considered to be granted if all of the following apply:

(a) The applicant has been granted a permit for the activity under the tall structure act, 1959 PA 259, MCL 259.481 to 259.493.

(b) The applicant has been granted any necessary permits or other approvals for the activity from the federal aviation administration.

(c) Ninety days have elapsed since the application was filed pursuant to the procedures specified in the applicable airport zoning regulations and the administrative agency authorized to enforce the airport zoning regulations has neither granted nor denied the application.

History: Add. 2009, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.211a — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-164-of-1877 / Section 397.211a
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11a.

A petition under section 10, 10a, or 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: Add. 1998, Act 177, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.249a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.249a
Use or employment of tool or instrument to make counterfeit financial transaction device.
Status: in_force

Sec. 249a.

A person who casts, stamps, engraves, makes, or mends, or knowingly has in his or her possession a mold, pattern, die, puncheon, engine, press, or other tool or instrument adapted and designed for making a false, forged, altered, or counterfeit financial transaction device, as defined in section 157m, with the intent to use or employ or cause or permit the same to be used or employed in making a counterfeit financial transaction device is guilty of a felony.

History: Add. 1987, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 30, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.831 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.831
Profit from sale of recollections of thoughts and feelings of person convicted; misdemeanor; forfeiture; escrow account; distribution of proceeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81.

(1) A person convicted of a serious misdemeanor shall not derive any profit from the sale of any of the following until the victim receives any restitution or compensation ordered for him or her against the defendant, expenses of incarceration are paid under subsection (3), and any balance in the escrow account created under subsection (2) is paid under subsection (4):

(a) The person's recollections of or thoughts or feelings about the offense committed by the person.

(b) Memorabilia related to the offense committed by the person.

(c) The person's property if its value has been enhanced or increased by the person's notoriety.

(2) Upon the conviction of a defendant for a serious misdemeanor involving a victim, and after notice to all interested parties, an attorney for the county in which the conviction occurred or the attorney general may petition the court in which the conviction occurred to order that the defendant forfeit all or any part of proceeds received or to be received by the defendant or the defendant's representatives or assignees from any of the following:

(a) Contracts relating to the depiction of the crime or the defendant's recollections, thoughts, or feelings about the crime, in books, magazines, media entertainment, or live entertainment.

(b) The sale of memorabilia relating to the crime.

(c) The sale of property of the defendant, the value of which has been enhanced or increased by the defendant's notoriety arising from the crime.

(3) Proceeds ordered forfeited under subsection (2) shall be held in an escrow account for a period of not more than 5 years.

(4) During the existence of an escrow account created under subsection (3), proceeds in the account shall be distributed in the following priority to satisfy the following:

(a) An order of restitution entered under section 76.

(b) Any civil judgment in favor of the victim against the defendant.

(c) Any reimbursement ordered under the prisoner reimbursement to the county act, 1984 PA 118, MCL 801.81 to 801.93, or ordered under the state correctional facility reimbursement act, 1935 PA 253, MCL 800.401 to 800.406.

(d) Fines, costs, and other assessments ordered against the defendant.

(5) A balance remaining in an escrow account created under subsection (3) at the end of the escrow period shall be paid to the crime victim's rights fund created in section 4 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.904.

History: Add. 1988, Act 21, Eff. June 1, 1988; Am. 1996, Act 562, Eff. June 1, 1997; Am. 2005, Act 184, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.602 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.602
Violation of act, rule, or order; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 602.

A person, school, or institution that violates this act or a rule or order promulgated or issued under this act shall be assessed 1 or more of the following penalties:

(a) Placement of a limitation on a license or certificate of registration for an occupation regulated under articles 8 to 25.

(b) Suspension of a license or certificate of registration.

(c) Denial of a license, certificate of registration, or renewal of a license or certificate of registration.

(d) Revocation of a license or certificate of registration.

(e) In the case of a person licensed or registered under this act and except as otherwise provided in this act, an administrative fine to be paid to the department of not more than $10,000.00.

(f) Censure.

(g) Probation.

(h) A requirement that restitution be made, based on proofs submitted to and findings made by the hearing examiner after a contested case.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1981, Act 83, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1981; Am. 2005, Act 278, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2005; Am. 2007, Act 155, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007; Am. 2007, Act 157, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007; Am. 2012, Act 505, Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1851 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-162-of-1995 / Section 445.1851
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "credit reform act".

History: 1995, Act 162, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.25201 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.25201
Continuation of statutory provisions and rules; submission of proposed rules to public hearing; nomination and appointment of agency members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25201.

Where a section of this code authorizes or directs the promulgation of rules, including rules fixing fees, but rules dealing with the subject matter do not exist when the section takes effect, a statutory provision covering the matter, which is repealed by this code, shall nevertheless continue in effect until rules covering the matter take effect or for 3 years, whichever is sooner.

Rules in effect on the effective date of this code shall continue to the extent that they do not conflict with this code, and shall be considered as rules promulgated under this code.

An agency which is required to promulgate rules under this code shall submit the proposed rules to public hearing within 2 years after the effective date of this code.

Rules and regulations adopted by a district or county board of health which are in effect on the effective date prescribed in section 25211 continue to the extent that they do not conflict with this code, and are considered as local health department regulations promulgated under this code.

On the date this code is enacted into law procedures for the nomination and appointment of members of agencies created or continued by this code may be commenced, but the appointments shall not take effect before the effective date of the section providing for the appointment.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.1026 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-250-of-2006 / Section 487.1026
Disclosure of information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

(1) The commissioner, each former commissioner, and each current and former deputy, agent, and employee of the agency shall keep secret all facts and information obtained in the course of their duties, unless that person is required under law to report on, take official action concerning, or testify in any proceedings regarding a licensee or the activities of a licensee.

(2) This section does not apply to, and does not prohibit the furnishing of information or documents to, any federal, foreign, or out-of-state regulatory agency with jurisdiction over a licensee and is not applicable to any disclosure made in the public interest by the commissioner, at his or her discretion.

History: 2006, Act 250, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2006