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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1810a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-187-of-1990 / Section 257.1810a
Contract with motor carrier; authorization.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10a.

(1) A school may contract with a licensed motor carrier of passengers for a motor bus to be used for occasional transportation of pupils to or from school-related events. A school shall not directly operate a motor bus for the use of pupil transportation to and from school or school-related events. A motor carrier certified by the state transportation department shall not use a motor bus to transport pupils to and from school.

(2) Before the effective date of the amendatory act that amended this section, the department of education may authorize the use of a motor bus for the regular route transportation of pupils to or from school or home. The authorization shall be in writing and shall include conditions or restrictions that are necessary to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the pupils. Any authorization that is entered into before the effective date of the amendatory act that amended this subsection shall remain in effect for the time it is authorized.

(3) A motor bus built to school bus specifications that complies with the applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards shall comply with the requirements of this act.

History: Add. 1990, Act 322, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1990; Am. 2000, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 2000; Am. 2006, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 108.8 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 108.8
Moneys received; disposition; statement, filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The board of public works shall on the first Monday of each month pay into the city treasury to the credit of the water, light, sewer or other fund, as the case may be, all moneys received by them and belonging to any such fund, and shall file a detailed statement thereof, together with the receipt of the treasurer attached thereto, with the city clerk, who shall report the filing of such statement and receipt to the council.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3274; CL 1915, 3192; CL 1929, 2116; CL 1948, 108.8
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.350a — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-107-of-1941 / Section 41.350a
Powers conferred by MCL 41.331 to 41.350.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20a.

Sections 1 to 20 constitute a new and independent authority for the exercise of the powers granted in those sections. The powers conferred by sections 1 to 20 are not affected or limited by any other statute, except as expressly provided in those sections. Sections 1 to 20 create a full and complete additional and alternate method for the exercise of the powers conferred in those sections.

History: Add. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.6504 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.6504
Definitions; P to T.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6504.

"Pollutants" means nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and other toxic substances emitted from the operation of a motor vehicle.

"Tamper with" means to remove or render inoperative, to cause to be removed or rendered inoperative, or to make less operative an emission control device or an element of an emission control device that is required by the clean air act to be installed in or on a motor vehicle.

"Test cycle" means a 12-month period corresponding with the expiration date for registration of the vehicle.

"Testing station" means a facility for motor vehicle inspection as provided in this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5810 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5810
Domestic mutual insurers; qualification for certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5810.

No such insurer shall issue policies or transact any business of insurance unless it shall hold a certificate of authority from the commissioner authorizing the transaction of such business, which certificate shall not be issued until and unless the insurer shall comply with the following conditions:

It shall hold bona fide applications for insurance upon which it shall issue simultaneously, or it shall have in force at least 20 policies to at least 20 members for the same kind of insurance upon not less than 200 separate risks, each within the maximum single risk described herein.

(2) The "maximum single risk" shall not exceed 20% of the admitted assets or 3 times the average risk or 1% of the insurance in force, whichever is the greater, any reinsurance taking effect simultaneously with the policy being deducted in determining such maximum single risk.

It shall have collected from each applicant in cash a premium upon each application which premium shall be held in cash or securities in which insurers are authorized to invest and shall be equal to at least $25,000.00: Provided, however, The cash assets of such insurer shall be not less than $50,000.00, 1/2 of which shall be derived from cash premium payments from the original applicants, and the balance may come from premiums on additional applications or contributions as provided in section 5836, and in case of workmen's compensation insurers, the minimum premiums required to be collected from original applicants shall be $50,000.00 with minimum cash assets of $100,000.00 created as heretofore provided in this subdivision.

For the purpose of transacting employers' liability and workmen's compensation insurance the applications shall cover not less than 20 employers having employees of not less than 5,000, each such employee being considered as a separate risk for determining the maximum single risk.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.930 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-12-of-1947 / Section 35.930
Payments deemed gifts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The payments herein provided for are declared by the legislature to be in the form of gifts or gratuities and shall not be deemed to be pay for services rendered.

History: 1947, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1947; CL 1948, 35.930
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1571 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-198-of-1984 / Section 125.1571
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan business incubation act".

History: 1984, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.210 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.210
Corrections commission; bond of officers and employees, purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The commission may require a bond from any officer or employee appointed by or subject to the control of the commission, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the accounting for all money and property within his control.

History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1142 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-321-of-2000 / Section 123.1142
Preferences or benefits to be offered to residents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

If a majority of electors in each of the participating municipalities of the authority voting on the question of a tax as provided in section 11 approve the tax, the authority shall consider offering preferences or benefits for the residents of the participating municipalities that include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

(a) Discounted admission fees.

(b) Discounted membership fees.

(c) Discounts for school children.

(d) Access to educational programs.

History: Add. 2016, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 12, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.61 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.61
Violations; penalties; cessation of payments during imprisonment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person who violates this act for which a penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced as provided in the laws of this state. If a person receiving aid, relief, or assistance is convicted of an offense under this act, or of another crime or offense and punished by imprisonment for 1 month or longer, the county board may direct that payments for aid, relief, or assistance under this act shall cease and shall not be made during the period of that person's imprisonment.

A member of the Michigan social welfare commission, a county social services board, or the parole and review board who intentionally violates section 2(3), 46(2), or 121(2), shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.

If the Michigan social welfare commission, a county department of social services, a county social services board, district department of social welfare, district social welfare board, or the parole and review board arbitrarily and capriciously violates section 2(6), 45(6), 46(6), or 64(3) the commission, department, or board shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.61; Am. 1978, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.405 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-541-of-1978 / Section 18.405
Committee on juvenile justice; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; chairperson; vacancy; quorum; duties of committee; conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a committee on juvenile justice consisting of 21 members. The members of the committee shall be appointed for terms of 3 years, except that of the members first appointed, 7 members shall serve for 1 year, 7 members shall serve for 2 years, and 7 members shall serve for 3 years, as designated by the governor. The governor shall designate a chairperson of the committee. Not more than 14 members shall be of the same gender. Not more than 11 members shall be from the same political party. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A quorum shall consist of 11 members.

Members of the committee on juvenile justice appointed pursuant to subsection (1) shall include representatives of all of the following:

Local units of government.

Law enforcement.

Probate judges involved in juvenile justice matters.

Public agencies concerned with the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency.

Private organizations concerned with the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency.

A majority of the committee members shall not be full-time employees of the federal, state, or local government. The chairperson of the committee shall not be a full-time employee of the federal, state, or local government. Not less than 4 of the members of the committee shall be less than 24 years of age at the time of being appointed to the committee. Not less than 3 members of the committee shall have been or shall be at the time of appointment under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system.

The committee shall advise the office, the governor, and the legislature at least annually on matters relative to the juvenile justice system in this state. The committee shall establish goals, priorities, and standards for the juvenile justice system, conduct studies, adopt resolutions and policy statements, and approve plans regarding juvenile justice.

The business of the committee shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, place, and date of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the committee in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1978, Act 541, Eff. Dec. 31, 1978; Am. 1984, Act 171, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.81146 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.81146
Failure or refusal to obey signal or request to stop; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81146.

(1) An operator of an ORV, who is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren a visual or audible signal by a peace officer acting in the lawful performance of the peace officer's duty, directing the operator to bring the vehicle to a stop, and who willfully fails to obey the signal by increasing speed, extinguishing lights, or otherwise attempting to flee or elude the officer, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The peace officer giving the signal must be in uniform, and the peace officer's vehicle must be easily identifiable as an official law enforcement vehicle.

(2) The operator of a vehicle on the private premises of another, when visibly hailed by the owner or the owner's authorized agent, shall bring the vehicle to an immediate stop and provide personal identification. Refusal to obey such a request to stop or subsequent escape or attempt to escape is a misdemeanor.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2023, Act 210, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80318 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80318
Prohibited conduct generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80318.

A person shall not do any of the following:

Operate in this state a watercraft for which a certificate of title is required without having a certificate as prescribed by this part.

Operate in this state a watercraft for which a certificate of title is required for which the certificate of title is canceled.

Fail to surrender a certificate of title upon cancellation of the certificate by the secretary of state and notice of the cancellation as prescribed in this part.

Fail to surrender the certificate of title to the secretary of state, as provided in this part, if the watercraft is destroyed, dismantled, or changed in such manner that it is not the watercraft described in the certificate of title.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2618 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2618
Failure of filing to meet requirements; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2618.

If at any time after the applicable review period provided for in section 2616, the commissioner finds that a filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall, after a hearing held upon not less than 10 days' written notice, specifying the matters to be considered at the hearing, to every insurer and rating organization that made the filing, issue an order specifying in what respects the commissioner finds that the filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, that filing shall be considered no longer effective. A copy of the order shall be sent to every insurer and rating organization subject to the order. The order shall not affect any contract or policy made or issued before the date the filing becomes ineffective as indicated in the commissioner's order.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 2008, Act 241, Imd. Eff. July 17, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 760.1 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 760.1
Code of criminal procedure; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Code of Criminal Procedure".

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; Am. 1929, Act 47, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 17116; CL 1948, 760.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.535 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-266-of-2001 / Section 288.535
Farm tank; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 65.

A farm tank on a dairy farm shall be installed so as to remain level at all times.

A farm tank shall have an accurate indicating thermometer stored in the milkhouse which may be either an integral thermometer in the farm tank or an approved thermometer acceptable to the director.

A farm tank shall have a calibrated means of measurement and an accurate and legible volume to weight conversion chart unless the farm tank is mounted on an accurate scale. All measuring devices must be in compliance with the weights and measures act of 1964, 1964 PA 283, MCL 290.601 to 290.634.

A conversion chart shall bear the same serial number as that found on the farm tank and measuring rod.

The producer is responsible for recalibrating a farm tank that does not have an accurate conversion chart. A recalibration must be in compliance with the weights and measures act of 1964, 1964 PA 283, MCL 290.601 to 290.634. A person shall not adjust, alter, or change a conversion chart unless the change, alteration, or adjustment is made strictly according to the requirements of the weights and measures act of 1964, 1964 PA 283, MCL 290.601 to 290.634.

A farm tank shall not be filled to a capacity that exceeds the calibrated limits as indicated by the conversion chart. If the producer wishes to fill the tank nearer to the top, the tank shall be calibrated to an additional height that still permits proper agitation without spillage.

Milk to be offered for sale shall be cooled and stored in the farm tank equipped with cooling and agitation. Other cooling and storage vessels may be used when approved in writing by the director on a case-by-case basis.

Milk production shall be of sufficient quantity so that it can be properly agitated not later than at the completion of the first milking into the farm tank.

Facilities for effectively sanitizing farm tanks shall be provided by the producer.

Nonelectric farms shall provide battery powered lighting for farm tanks that will adequately illuminate each farm tank opening. Fuels used for milkhouse operations shall not cause odors that may impart off-flavors.

History: 2001, Act 266, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.1005 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-6-of-2022 / Section 565.1005
First-time home buyer savings program; establishment; savings account designation; form of contribution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The first-time home buyer savings program is established in the department. The purposes, powers, and duties of the first-time home buyer savings program are vested in and shall be exercised by the treasurer or the designee of the treasurer.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026, any individual may open an account with a financial institution and designate the account, in its entirety, as a first-time home buyer savings account to be used to pay or reimburse a qualified beneficiary's eligible costs for the purchase of a single-family residence in this state. An account holder shall designate a first-time home buyer as the qualified beneficiary of the first-time home buyer savings account. The account holder may designate himself or herself as the qualified beneficiary and may change the designated qualified beneficiary at any time, but there may not be more than 1 qualified beneficiary at any 1 time.

(3) An individual may jointly own a first-time home buyer savings account with another person if the joint account holders file a joint return under part 1 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.532. An individual may be the account holder of more than 1 first-time home buyer savings account. However, an account holder cannot have multiple accounts that designate the same qualified beneficiary. An individual may be designated as the qualified beneficiary on more than 1 first-time home buyer savings account.

(4) Only cash and marketable securities may be contributed to a first-time home buyer savings account. Subject to the limitation under section 11, persons other than the account holder may make contributions to a first-time home buyer savings account.

History: 2022, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2011 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.2011
Certificate of authority as prerequisite to transacting business; scope of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1011.

A foreign corporation shall not transact business in this state until it has procured a certificate of authority to transact business from the administrator. A foreign corporation may be authorized to transact business in this state that may be transacted lawfully in this state by a domestic corporation, to the extent that it is authorized to transact that business in the jurisdiction where it is organized, but no other business.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8391 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8391
Traffic bureau; establishment; administration; purpose; authority over personnel; location and number of offices; appeals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8391.

With the approval of the governing body of a district control unit, the district court may establish within the court a traffic bureau which may be administered by clerks or other personnel of the district court to accept, as authorized by the judges of the district, admissions for civil infractions under Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a local ordinance corresponding thereto, and to collect civil fines and costs as prescribed by the judges of the district. Beginning August 1, 1979, a traffic bureau may also accept pleas of guilty for such traffic offenses as authorized by the judges of the district, except for violations of sections 625, 625b, 626, 626b, and 904 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended, or a local ordinance corresponding thereto, and collect fines and costs as prescribed by the judges of the district, if the offense occurred before August 1, 1979 and if the maximum permissible punishment for the offense at the time the offense was committed did not exceed 90 days in jail or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both. The presiding judge of the district, subject to the supervision of the supreme court, shall have authority over the personnel and determine the location and number of traffic bureau offices. Appeals as of right may be taken from the traffic bureau to the district court. Appeals shall be taken within 7 days after the entry of the civil infraction admission and shall be heard de novo.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 511, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1979, Act 67, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.97a — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-20-of-1943 / Section 129.97a
Investment of assets of special revenue fund by investment officer; resolution granting authority; annual special revenue fund report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

(1) Notwithstanding any law or charter to the contrary, if a public corporation has a special revenue fund consisting of payments for park operations and maintenance, the governing body of the public corporation may by resolution provide its investment officer with the same authority to invest the assets of the special revenue fund as is granted an investment fiduciary under the public employee retirement system investment act, 1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1132 to 38.1140m.

(2) The investment officer shall prepare and issue an annual special revenue fund report. The investment officer shall make the annual special revenue fund report available to the citizens of the public corporation. The annual special revenue fund report shall include all of the following:

(a) The name of the special revenue fund.

(b) The special revenue fund's investment fiduciaries.

(c) The special revenue fund's assets and liabilities.

(d) The special revenue fund's funded ratio.

(e) The special revenue fund's investment performance.

(f) The special revenue fund's expenses.

History: Add. 2008, Act 404, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009