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Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.51 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-156-of-1917 / Section 123.51
Public recreation system; powers of municipality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any city, village, county or township may operate a system of public recreation and playgrounds; acquire, equip and maintain land, buildings or other recreational facilities; employ a superintendent of recreation and assistants; vote and expend funds for the operation of such system.

History: 1917, Act 156, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 2389; CL 1948, 123.51
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.632 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.632
Exemption from speed limitations; police vehicles, fire department or fire patrol vehicles, and ambulances; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 632.

The speed limitation set forth in this chapter shall not apply to vehicles when operated with due regard for safety under the direction of the police when traveling in emergencies or in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of persons charged with or suspected of a violation, nor to fire department or fire patrol vehicles when traveling in response to a fire alarm, nor to public or private ambulances when traveling in emergencies. This exemption shall apply only when the driver of the vehicle while in motion sounds an audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary or when the vehicle is equipped with at least 1 lighted lamp displaying a flashing, oscillating or rotating red or blue light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicles, unless the nature of the mission requires that a law enforcement officer travel without giving warning to suspected law violators. This exemption shall not however protect the driver of the vehicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1976, Act 164, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.41329 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.41329
Sale or possession of nonnative aquatic species without registration prohibited; exceptions; applicability of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41329.

(1) A person shall not sell or offer for sale or possess for the purpose of sale or offering for sale a live, nonnative aquatic species except as authorized by a registration issued by the department of natural resources pursuant to part 13. A registration is nontransferable and expires on December 31 of the year for which issued. A separate registration is required for each place where an activity described in this subsection occurs.

(2) In addition to the exemption provided in section 41309(14), this section and section 41335 do not apply to any of the following:

(a) Activities authorized under part 459.

(b) The sale or offering for sale of aquatic species, other than prohibited species or restricted species, for human consumption.

(c) The 1-time sale or offering for sale of aquatic species if the sale or offering for sale involves not more than 20 organisms of a single species.

History: Add. 2018, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 21, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.4a — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.4a
Proceedings before trial; unlawful use or possession of testimony, exhibits or proceedings; exceptions, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to possess, use, publish, or make known to any other person any testimony, exhibits or secret proceedings obtained or used in connection with any grand jury inquiry conducted prior to the effective date of this act, except in the manner specifically provided herein, and also excepting any information heretofore disclosed before any investigating committee of the Congress of the United States or any agency of the federal government. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony.

History: Add. 1951, Act 276, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.277 — MI Code / Chapter 54 / Act Act-345-of-1990 / Section 54.277
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement this act.

(2) In promulgating rules under this section, or in adopting a guideline related to the administration of this act, the department shall consult with and consider recommendations provided to it by the commission.

(3) After the enactment of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the department shall promulgate rules to implement this act as amended by that amendatory act. Before the promulgation of rules under this subsection, the department may continue to administer this act under previously promulgated rules to the extent that the rules do not conflict with this act as amended by that amendatory act.

History: 1990, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Am. 2014, Act 166, Imd. Eff. June 12, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.76 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.76
Township treasurer; duties generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 76.

The township treasurer shall receive and take charge of money belonging to the township, or that is by law required to be paid into the township treasury, and shall pay over and account for the money, according to the order of the township board, or the authorized officers of the township.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 568; CL 1871, 712; Am. 1877, Act 124, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 751; CL 1897, 2353; CL 1915, 2133; CL 1929, 1016; Am. 1933, Act 43, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; Am. 1935, Act 16, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935; CL 1948, 41.76; Am. 1972, Act 177, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3614 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3614
Special personal representative; appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3614.

A special personal representative may be appointed in any of the following circumstances:

(a) Informally by the register on the application of an interested person if necessary to protect the estate of a decedent before the appointment of a general personal representative or if a prior appointment is terminated as provided in section 3609.

(b) By the court on its own motion or in a formal proceeding by court order on the petition of an interested person if in either case, after notice and hearing, the court finds that the appointment is necessary to preserve the estate or to secure its proper administration, including its administration in circumstances in which a general personal representative cannot or should not act. If it appears to the court that an emergency exists, the court may order the appointment without notice.

(c) By the court on its own motion or on petition by an interested person to supervise the disposition of the body of a decedent if section 3206(8) applies. The duties of a special personal representative appointed under this subdivision must be specified in the order of appointment and may include making arrangements with a funeral home, securing a burial plot if needed, obtaining veteran's or pauper's funding if appropriate, and determining the disposition of the body by burial or cremation. The court may waive the bond requirement under section 3603(1)(a). The court may appoint the county public administrator if the county public administrator is willing to serve. If the court determines that it will not be necessary to open an estate, the court may appoint a special fiduciary under section 1309 instead of a special personal representative to perform duties under this section.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 343, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2004; Am. 2006, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006; Am. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1716 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-295-of-1972 / Section 338.1716
Duration of licenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Licenses shall be issued for terms as follows:

Temporary examiner's licenses issued to applicants who qualify under section 9 and examiner's licenses shall be issued for the term of 1 calendar year, or such portion thereof as remains at the time issued. Each license shall be renewed during the month of December of each year. A license not renewed shall expire at midnight on December 31. A license which has expired may be renewed in accordance with the requirements of the board and payment of the required fee.

Temporary examiner's licenses issued to persons who do not satisfy the residence requirements in section 10 shall be issued for a specific term as determined by the fee paid and may be renewed in accordance with the requirements of the board.

Intern licenses shall be issued for the term of 6 calendar months and may be renewed for additional 6-month terms, if the intern satisfies the requirements of the board regarding the internship.

History: 1972, Act 295, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2102 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2102
Conveyance of tax reverted land to public agency without monetary consideration; reverter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2102.

Notwithstanding section 2101, the department may convey tax reverted land to a public agency described in section 2101 without monetary consideration but subject to a reverter to this state upon termination of the use of the land for which the conveyance was approved by the department or upon any use of the land other than the use for which the conveyance was approved.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.32 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.32
Unrecorded deed of defeasance; validity against person without notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

When a deed purports to be an absolute conveyance in terms, but is made or intended to be made defeasible by force of a deed of defeasance or other instrument for that purpose, the original conveyance shall not be thereby defeated or affected, as against any person other than the maker of the defeasance, or his heirs or devisees, or persons having actual notice thereof, unless the instrument of defeasance shall have been recorded in the registry of deeds of the county where the lands lie.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2751; CL 1871, 4234; How. 5686; CL 1897, 8991; CL 1915, 11723; CL 1929, 13306; CL 1948, 565.32
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.311 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-9-of-1955-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 390.311
Highway traffic safety center; establishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state board of agriculture is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a highway traffic safety center at Michigan state university.

History: 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 9, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.352 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-125-of-1963 / Section 550.352
Subscriber contract payment regulations; prohibited provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

No contract shall provide for the payment of any cash or other material benefits to a subscriber or to his estate on account of death, illness or injury, or be in any way related to the payment of any such benefit by any other agency.

History: 1963, Act 125, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 444.101 — MI Code / Chapter 444 / Act Act-147-of-1905 / Section 444.101
Warehouse receipts for certain merchandise; issuance, terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

All persons, firms or corporations owning or dealing in flour, grains, beans, seeds or other farm products, or engaged in the business of slaughtering cattle, sheep or hogs, and dealing in the various products therefrom, or buying or selling sugar, butter, eggs, cheese, dressed poultry or any other merchandise, who own or control the structures wherein any such business is conducted, or such commodities stored, may issue elevator or warehouse certificates or receipts for any such commodities actually on hand and in store, the property of such person, firm or corporation, and may, by the issue of such certificates, sell, sign, encumber or pledge such commodities. Such certificate or receipt shall contain the date of its issue, the name and address of the person, firm or corporation issuing the same, and the name and address of the party to whom issued, the location of the elevator, warehouse or structure wherein the commodity therein described is stored, the quantity of each commodity mentioned therein, the brands or marks of identification thereon, if any, and shall be signed by the person, firm or corporation issuing the same.

History: 1905, Act 147, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 6622; CL 1929, 9650; CL 1948, 444.101
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.14103 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.14103
Drafts or bills of exchange.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4103.

A bank may accept drafts or bills of exchange drawn upon it having not more than 6 months' sight to run, exclusive of days of grace, if 1 or more of the following apply:

The drafts or bills of exchange grow out of transactions involving the importation or exportation of goods.

The drafts or bills of exchange grow out of transactions involving the domestic shipment of goods.

The drafts or bills of exchange are secured at the time of acceptance by a warehouse receipt or other document conveying or securing title covering readily marketable staples.

Except as provided in subsection (3), a bank shall not accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in bills of exchange, in an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than 150% of its capital and surplus.

The commissioner, under conditions as the commissioner may prescribe, may authorize by order or declaratory ruling any bank to accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in bills of exchange, in an amount not exceeding at any time in the aggregate 200% of its capital and surplus.

Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), with respect to any bank, the aggregate acceptances, including obligations for a participation share in acceptances, growing out of domestic transactions shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate of all acceptances, including obligations for a participation share in acceptances, authorized for the bank under this section.

A bank shall not accept bills, or be obligated for a participation share in bills of exchange, whether in a foreign or domestic transaction, for any 1 person, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity in an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than 10% of its capital and surplus, unless the bank is secured either by attached documents or by some other actual security growing out of the same transaction as the acceptance.

With respect to a bank that issues an acceptance, the limitations contained in this section do not apply to that portion of an acceptance that is issued by the bank and that is covered by a participation agreement sold to another bank, out-of-state bank, or national bank.

In order to carry out the purposes of this section, the commissioner may define any of the terms used in this section.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.107 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-313-of-1929 / Section 286.107
Right of entry by commissioner of agriculture.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The commissioner and his agents shall have the right to enter upon any private or public lands to determine the presence or the absence of white pine blister rust in any of its stages and to carry out measures for its control.

History: 1929, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1929; CL 1929, 5137; CL 1948, 286.107
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17116 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17116
Nonrenewable temporary license; term; failure to comply with requirements; application fee for initial license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17116.

(1) If the department receives a completed application and an application fee and temporary license fee described in section 16326, the board shall grant a nonrenewable temporary license under this part to an individual who holds a credential of certified professional midwife from a midwifery education program that does not meet the requirements of section 17115(1)(a). An individual who holds a temporary license under this section must hold a midwifery bridge certificate awarded by the North American Registry of Midwives, or an equivalent credential approved by the board, to qualify for a license when his or her temporary license expires.

(2) The term of a temporary license under this section is 24 months.

(3) An applicant who is granted a temporary license under this section is subject to all other requirements of this part and rules promulgated under this part, and the department may automatically void the temporary license if the applicant fails to comply with those requirements.

(4) An individual who paid an application fee under section 16326 in connection with an application for a temporary license under this section is not required to pay an application fee in connection with an application for an initial license under this part if the department receives the application within 60 days after the expiration of the temporary license.

History: Add. 2016, Act 417, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.702 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-385-of-1984 / Section 207.702
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 and 4 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1984, Act 385, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.48723 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.48723
Purchase, sale, transportation or possession of certain fish prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48723.

A person shall not purchase, buy, or sell, attempt to purchase, buy, or sell, transport to any point outside of this state at any time, or possess during the periods in which the taking or catching of the fish is prohibited, any species of fish taken on a sport fishing license or any species of fish taken without a commercial fishing license. Any lawfully taken fish may be possessed for 60 days after the close of the respective open seasons. A person possessing a nonresident fishing license may take from this state a day's legal catch of fish in accordance with his or her license. This section does not apply to or conflict with the possession, sale, or transportation of fish taken legally under the commercial fishing laws and regulations of this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.451 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.451
State transportation commission as policy making body.
Status: in_force

Sec. 351.

The policy making body of the department of transportation is the state transportation commission.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1975, Act 70, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 483, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.388a — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-224-of-1969 / Section 287.388a
Offering of laboratory animal for adoption; requirement; exception; animal protection shelter; written agreement; "Teddy's law".
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

(1) Before euthanizing a laboratory animal no longer needed for laboratory research that the attending veterinarian, as that term is defined in 9 CFR 1.1, determines is suitable for adoption, a research facility shall offer the laboratory animal directly to its employees or to an animal protection shelter located in this state for adoption.

(2) A research facility that provides a former laboratory animal to an animal protection shelter may enter into a written agreement to carry out the purpose of subsection (1). A written agreement under this subsection may include an acknowledgment that the animal protection shelter accepts and takes responsibility for any and all risks that may be associated with the former laboratory animal and an agreement to waive the right to hold the research facility liable for behavioral or health issues.

(3) An animal protection shelter that places a laboratory animal received from a research facility under subsection (1) for adoption shall enter into a written agreement with the individual that adopts the former laboratory animal. A written agreement under this subsection must include an acknowledgment that the adopting individual understands that the animal was a former laboratory animal. A written agreement under this subsection may also require that the adopting individual accepts any and all risks that may be associated with the former laboratory animal and an agreement to waive the right to hold the animal protection shelter liable for behavioral or health issues.

(4) This section may be known as "Teddy's law".

History: Add. 2023, Act 315, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.121 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-276-of-2014 / Section 28.121
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "methamphetamine abuse reporting act".

History: 2014, Act 276, Eff. Jan. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.848 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-448-of-1976 / Section 460.848
Annual audit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48.

The joint agency shall annually cause an audit of its books of records and accounts by a certified public accountant, and the cost of the audit may be treated as part of the cost of construction of a project or projects, or as part of the expense of administration of a project covered by the audit.

History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1810 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1810
Collaboration and cooperation with 4-year universities, local employers, students, and other community colleges; equivalency standards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 210.

(1) Recognizing the critical importance of education in strengthening Michigan's workforce, each community college shall explore ways of increasing collaboration and cooperation with 4-year universities, particularly in the areas related to training, instruction, and program articulation.

(2) Recognizing the central role of community colleges in responding to local employment needs and challenges, community colleges shall develop and continue efforts to collaborate with local employers and students to identify local employment needs and strategies to meet them.

(3) Community colleges shall collaborate with each other on innovations to identify and meet local employment needs.

(4) Community colleges shall work with universities to develop equivalency standards of core college courses and identify equivalent courses offered by postsecondary institutions.

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. 2015, Act 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Am. 2025, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025