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Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.526 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-148-of-1985 / Section 570.526
Action for damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A tenant who suffers damages because of an owner's failure to comply with this act may bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction for the actual amount of the damages or $250.00, whichever is greater, together with reasonable attorney fees.

This act shall not be construed in any manner that impairs or affects the rights of parties to create liens by special contract or agreement, or that affects any other lien arising at common law, in equity, or by any statute of this state or any other lien not provided for under this act.

Except for actions that an owner is permitted to take under this act or under a rental agreement concerning personal property stored in a self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit, an owner does not have care, custody, or control of a tenant's personal property.

History: 1985, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 31, 1986; Am. 2000, Act 443, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.827 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-239-of-1992 / Section 287.827
Pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

There is created within the department of treasury a pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication fund which shall be administered by the director. Fees assessed and collected pursuant to this act shall be remitted to the state treasury for credit to the pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication fund. Money in the pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication fund shall be used for the control, eradication, and surveillance of pseudorabies and swine brucellosis as determined by the director, with advice from the pseudorabies advisory committee. The pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication fund shall consist of money appropriated by the legislature and gifts, grants, fees, and charges from any source. A fee for the testing of swine for pseudorabies and brucellosis shall be determined by the commission of agriculture. Money placed into this fund shall not revert to the general fund and shall be carried forward in the fund from year to year.

History: 1992, Act 239, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1782 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1782
Summary report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 782.

The executive director, hospital director, or director of a state facility shall submit a written summary report to the complainant and recipient, if different than the complainant, within 10 business days after the executive director, hospital director, or director of the state facility receives a copy of the investigative report under section 778(5). The summary report shall include all of the following:

Statement of the allegations.

Statement of issues involved.

Citations to relevant provisions of this act, rules, policies, and guidelines.

Summary of investigative findings.

Conclusions.

Recommendations made by the office.

Action taken, or plan of action proposed, by the respondent.

A statement describing the complainant's right to appeal and the grounds for an appeal.

Information in the summary report shall be provided within the constraints of sections 748 and 750 and shall not violate the rights of any employee.

History: Add. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.618 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.618
Allocation of delegates to national convention; qualifications of delegates; selection procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 618.

The allocation of all delegates and alternates to a national convention shall be made by the state central committee of each party. All delegates shall be registered electors of this state. Delegates elected from congressional districts shall be registered electors of those districts. All national convention delegates shall be chosen according to procedures and any other qualifications as may be established by the state central committee of that political party. The procedures and qualifications may include, but are not necessarily limited to guarantees that discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, or economic status does not occur.

History: Add. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972; Am. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976; Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1185 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-591-of-2002 / Section 390.1185
Scholarship amount; determination; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Subject to subsection (2), each scholarship recipient shall receive a $4,000.00 scholarship for 1 academic year of full-time enrollment, or a partial scholarship for part-time enrollment, in a nursing program. The authority shall determine the amount of a partial scholarship by multiplying $4,000.00 by the number of credit hours for which a student enrolls in an academic year, and dividing the product by 30 if the nursing program uses semester credits or by 45 if the nursing program uses term credits.

A scholarship described in subsection (1) shall not exceed an amount equal to the recipient's eligible costs minus any other grants or scholarships the recipient receives in any academic year in a nursing program.

An individual shall not receive scholarship assistance for more than 4 academic years.

History: 2002, Act 591, Imd. Eff. Oct. 17, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.502 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-251-of-1972 / Section 390.502
Department of labor and economic growth authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The department of labor and economic growth is the state agency to enter into reciprocal agreements with public educational agencies in other states.

History: 1972, Act 251, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1972; Am. 2005, Act 34, Imd. Eff. June 7, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.16702 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.16702
Plan to promote recycling of motor oil; public education program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16702.

The department shall implement a plan to promote the recycling of motor oil by the public and private sectors. The department shall conduct a public education program to inform the public and private sectors of the need for, and benefit of, collecting and recycling used oil in order to conserve resources and protect the natural resources of this state.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1767 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1767
Severability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1767.

If in a final decision a court holds section 1761 of this chapter to be invalid, that section is not severable, and the entire chapter is void as of the date of the court decision.

History: Add. 2018, Act 520, Eff. Jan. 1, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.62503 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.62503
Supervisor of mineral wells; appointment of assistants; salaries; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 62503.

The supervisor of mineral wells shall appoint, with the approval of the department, assistants as necessary to implement this part. The supervisor of mineral wells and assistants, in addition to salaries, shall receive reasonable traveling expenses while on business connected with their duties pursuant to standard travel regulations of the department of management and budget.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.81 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-141-of-1939 / Section 285.81
Price later agreement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

If there is no other disposition within 30 days after the delivery of farm produce to a grain dealer, the farm produce transaction is a price later agreement transaction.

Title of farm produce subject to a price later agreement is transferred to the grain dealer at the time the price later agreement is executed.

A grain dealer shall maintain a separate file in numerical sequence of noncanceled price later agreements that is available for inspection during normal business hours by the department. The grain dealer shall include in the records an account of any information required by the director to document the grain dealer's obligation to a depositor under a price later agreement.

A grain dealer shall not include a charge for storage in any transaction that includes a price later agreement.

The form and content of a price later agreement shall be approved by the department. Each price later agreement must contain blank lines or spaces for inserting all of the following information, statements, and provisions, as applicable:

The date of receipt of the farm produce.

The grain dealer's handling charge rates and the calculation of the depositor's charges.

The net weight, type, and grade factors of the farm produce.

The signature of the grain dealer or his or her authorized agent.

The name and address of the depositor.

The signature of the depositor or, if signed by an authorized agent of the depositor, the name and signature of the depositor's authorized agent. This subdivision does not apply to a transaction described in subsection (1).

An expiration date.

A statement that the price later agreement is issued subject to this act and rules promulgated under this act.

A person shall not knowingly deposit farm produce under a price later agreement without disclosing any lien on or lack of title to the farm produce.

A price later agreement shall not be converted to a warehouse receipt.

At the expiration date of a price later agreement, a grain dealer shall settle at market price or renegotiate.

History: Add. 1996, Act 311, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1996; Am. 2002, Act 80, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.254 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-139-of-1961 / Section 18.254
Federal surplus property; permissible action by department of administration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The department may make such certifications, take such action, make such expenditures, require such reports and make such investigations as may be required by law or regulation of the United States in connection with the disposal of real property, and the receipt, warehousing and distribution of personal property received by the department from the United States. The department may enter into contracts, agreements and undertakings for and in the name of the state, including cooperative agreements with any federal agencies providing for utilization by and exchange between them, without reimbursement, of the property, facilities, personnel and services of each by the other, and agreements with other state agencies for surplus property and with associations or groups of state agencies.

History: 1961, Act 139, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.264 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-63-of-1917 / Section 457.264
Officers; board of directors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The officers of said corporation shall be: the worthy grand matron, the worthy grand patron, the associate grand matron, the associate grand patron, the grand secretary, the grand treasurer, the grand conductress, and the associate grand conductress, for the time being, and they shall constitute the board of directors of said corporation for the transaction of all business authorized by this act.

History: 1917, Act 63, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 10631; CL 1948, 457.264
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.563 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-152-of-2011 / Section 15.563
Public employer contribution to medical benefit plan; limitation on amount; allocation of payments; adjustment of maximum payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a public employer that offers or contributes to a medical benefit plan for its employees or elected public officials shall pay no more of the annual costs or illustrative rate and any payments for reimbursement of co-pays, deductibles, or payments into health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, or similar accounts used for health care costs, than a total amount equal to $5,500.00 times the number of employees and elected public officials with single-person coverage, $11,000.00 times the number of employees and elected public officials with individual-and-spouse coverage or individual-plus-1-nonspouse-dependent coverage, plus $15,000.00 times the number of employees and elected public officials with family coverage, for a medical benefit plan coverage year beginning on or after January 1, 2012. A public employer may allocate its payments for medical benefit plan costs among its employees and elected public officials as it sees fit. By October 1 of each year after 2011 and before 2019, the state treasurer shall adjust the maximum payment permitted under this subsection for each coverage category for medical benefit plan coverage years beginning the succeeding calendar year, based on the change in the medical care component of the United States Consumer Price Index for the most recent 12-month period for which data are available from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. By April 1 of each year after 2018, the state treasurer shall adjust the maximum payment permitted under this subsection for each coverage category for medical benefit plan coverage years beginning the succeeding calendar year, based on the change in the medical care component of the United States Consumer Price Index for the most recent 12-month period for which data are available from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

(2) For a medical benefit plan coverage year beginning January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, the multiplier used to calculate the maximum public employer payment under subsection (1) is $12,250.00 for employees and elected public officials with individual-and-spouse coverage or individual-plus-1-nonspouse-dependent coverage. The state treasurer shall adjust the multiplier each year as provided in subsection (1).

(3) For purposes of calculating a public employer's maximum total annual medical benefit plan costs under subsection (1), "employee or elected public official" does not include an employee or elected public official who declines the medical benefit plan offered or contributed to by the public employer.

History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011; Am. 2013, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 477, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.532 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.532
Thirty-first judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 532.

The thirty-first judicial circuit consists of the county of St. Clair and has 3 judges.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.301 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-100-of-1927 / Section 445.301
Purchasing poultry for resale; record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing poultry for the purpose of resale shall keep a record of the date of each such purchase, the name and residence of the seller, kind of poultry purchased and the description and number thereof, whether such poultry was raised by the seller or purchased from others, and if purchased from others, then the name of the person from whom the same was purchased by the seller and the date of such purchase, and if the seller delivers such poultry by means of automobile or other vehicle having a license thereon, then the number of such license.

History: 1927, Act 100, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 9732; CL 1948, 445.301
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.34138 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.34138
Suspension of water delivery; delinquent irrigation taxes; right-of-way for laterals; condemnation; payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34138.

The irrigation board may, by the adoption of an appropriate order, provide for the suspension of water delivery to any land in the district upon which the irrigation taxes levied and assessed remain due and unpaid for 2 years. The irrigation board shall make all arrangements for right-of-way for laterals from the main drain or canal to each tract of land subject to assessment, and when necessary the board shall condemn to procure right-of-way for laterals and make such rules in regard to the payment for the right-of-way as it considers just and equitable.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 431.319a — MI Code / Chapter 431 / Act Act-279-of-1995 / Section 431.319a
Surrender, revocation, or escrow of license; transfer of purse pool money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19a.

If a track license is surrendered, revoked, or escrowed, or a licensed track is closed, the racing commissioner shall order the horsemen's purse pool money from the track be transferred to a depository designated by a race meeting licensee on written direction of the affected certified horsemen's organization regardless of whether there was racing at the race meeting licensee's location during the previous year. The money must be transferred to the horsemen's simulcast purse account at any licensed racetrack in this state where the affected certified horsemen's organization subsequently obtains a written contract for live horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering. If the affected certified horsemen's organization does not enter into a written contract for live horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering at a track in this state within 36 months after the date when the horsemen's simulcast purse account money can be transferred under this section, the money must be equally divided between the horsemen's simulcast purse accounts at the licensed tracks in this state conducting pari-mutuel wagering on the results of horse races. The racing commissioner may rescind or modify any existing escrow orders to carry out this section.

History: Add. 1998, Act 408, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1998; Am. 2016, Act 271, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016; Am. 2019, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.6119 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.6119
Master plumber; inactive license; issuance as active; holding active master and journey plumber license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1119.

(1) An individual who is licensed as a master plumber may request that the master plumber license be retained by the department as an inactive license for a period that does not exceed 3 years.

(2) The department shall issue an inactive master plumber license as an active license if requested by the licensee, the licensee pays the relicensure fee described in article 4 at the time of the request, the licensee holds a journey plumber license, and the licensee has renewed his or her journey plumber license each year since the license has been inactive.

(3) An individual shall not simultaneously hold an active master plumber license and journey plumber license. An individual who holds an active master plumber license may work as a journey plumber.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.1 — MI Code / Chapter 42 / Act Act-359-of-1947 / Section 42.1
Short title; charter townships; incorporation; powers, privileges, immunities and liabilities; petition; special census; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as “the charter township act”.

A township, having a population of 2,000 or more inhabitants according to the most recent regular or special federal or state census of the inhabitants of the township may incorporate as a charter township. The charter township shall be a municipal corporation, to be known and designated as the charter township of ............................, and shall be subject to this act, which is the charter of the charter township. The charter township, its inhabitants, and its officers shall have, except as otherwise provided in this act, all the powers, privileges, immunities, and liabilities possessed by a township, its inhabitants, and its officers by law and under chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being sections 41.1a to 41.110c of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

A special census of the inhabitants of a township desiring to incorporate under this act shall be taken by the secretary of state upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than 100 registered electors of the township. Within 5 days after receipt of the petition, the secretary of state shall appoint an enumerator or enumerators. An enumerator shall qualify for the office of enumerator, enumerate the inhabitants of the township, and make a return in the manner provided in section 6 of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 117.6 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The census, when accepted by the secretary of state, shall fix the population of any township so enumerated for the purposes of this act. All expenses incident to the census shall be paid for by the township.

History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 42.1; Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1967, Act 238, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1994, Act 82, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2653 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2653
Calculation and submission of cost savings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 703.

After consulting the retirement system's actuary, the department of management and budget shall calculate for each fiscal year any cost savings that have accrued to this state as a result of the implementation of the amendatory act that added this section over the costs that would have been incurred by this state to fund this retirement system had the amendatory act that added this section not been implemented. The total amount of such cost savings shall be submitted in the executive budget to the legislature for appropriation in the next succeeding state fiscal year to the reserve for health benefits created by section 214. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this section and accumulated earnings on those amounts shall not be expended until the actuarial accrued liability for health benefits under section 509 is 100% funded.

History: Add. 1996, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6866 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6866
Uniform farm mutual fire policy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6866.

On and after January 1, 1946, no company organized or operating under the provisions of this chapter shall issue fire insurance policies on farm property in this state other than those of the standard form as set forth in section 6868.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.109 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-271-of-1941 / Section 445.109
Unlawful trade practices; sale of product by employer to employee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Nothing in this act shall be deemed to prohibit the sale by an employer to his employees of his own products or property at any price.

History: 1941, Act 271, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 445.109