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Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.261 — MI Code / Chapter 169 / Act Act-388-of-1976 / Section 169.261
State campaign fund; creation; administration; tax designation; appropriation; distribution of money; transfer to general fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

(1) The state campaign fund is hereby created. The state treasurer shall administer the state campaign fund in accordance with this act.

(2) An individual whose tax liability under the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.532, for a taxable year is $3.00 or more may designate that $3.00 be credited to the state campaign fund. In the case of a joint return of husband and wife having an income tax liability of $6.00 or more, each spouse may designate that $3.00 be credited to the state campaign fund.

(3) The tax designation authorized in this section shall be clearly and unambiguously printed on the first page of the state individual income tax return.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an amount equal to the cumulative amounts designated under subsection (2) each year shall be appropriated annually from the general fund of this state to the state campaign fund to be available beginning January 1 and continuing through December 31 of each year in which a governor is elected. Except as otherwise provided in this section, money appropriated under this section shall not lapse to the general fund but shall remain in the state campaign fund for distribution without fiscal year limitation except that any money remaining in the state campaign fund in excess of $10,000,000.00 on December 31 immediately following a gubernatorial general election shall lapse to the general fund.

(5) Before the distribution of money under this act to qualifying primary election candidates, the state treasurer shall set aside sufficient money from the state campaign fund to fully implement the formula for distributing money to qualifying general election candidates. If there is insufficient money in the state campaign fund to provide full funding to eligible primary election candidates, the available money shall be distributed to those candidates on a pro rata basis.

(6) For fiscal year 2006-2007 only, $7,200,000.00 shall be transferred from the state campaign fund to the general fund of this state.

History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976; Am. 1989, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 262, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1993; Am. 2007, Act 66, Imd. Eff. Sept. 28, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.602 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-438-of-1976 / Section 207.602
Approval of certificate; condition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A local governmental unit, by resolution of its legislative body, may approve commercial housing facilities exemption certificates, if at the time of adoption of the resolution the local governmental unit has established a downtown development district pursuant to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1975, as amended, and levies an income tax.

History: 1976, Act 438, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.502 — MI Code / Chapter 393 / Act Act-204-of-1982 / Section 393.502
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Appointing authority" means a court or a department, board, commission, agency, or licensing authority of this state or a political subdivision of this state or an entity that is required to provide a qualified interpreter in circumstances described under section 3a.

(b) "Deaf person" means a person whose hearing is totally impaired or whose hearing, with or without amplification, is so seriously impaired that the primary means of receiving spoken language is through other sensory input; including, but not limited to, lip reading, sign language, finger spelling, or reading.

(c) "Deaf-blind person" means a person who has a combination of hearing loss and vision loss, such that the combination necessitates specialized interpretation of spoken and written information in a manner appropriate to that person's dual sensory loss.

(d) "Division" means the division on deaf and hard of hearing of the department of labor and economic growth.

(e) "Intermediary interpreter" or "deaf interpreter" means any person, including any deaf or deaf-blind person, who is able to assist in providing an accurate interpretation between spoken English and sign language or between variants of sign language by acting as an intermediary between a deaf or deaf-blind person and a qualified interpreter.

(f) "Qualified interpreter" means a person who is certified through the national registry of interpreters for the deaf or certified through the state by the division.

(g) "Qualified oral interpreter" means a qualified interpreter who is able to convey information through facial and lip movement.

(h) "Qualified sign language interpreter" means a qualified interpreter who uses sign language to convey information.

History: 1982, Act 204, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1982; Am. 2007, Act 24, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.550 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.550
Department of social services; creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 450.

There is hereby created a department of social services.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.9d — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 764.9d
Complaint; filing; contents; dismissal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9d.

Except as otherwise provided by sections 9f and 9g, a police officer or other public servant who has issued and served an appearance ticket, at or before the time the appearance ticket is returnable, shall file or cause to be filed in the local criminal court in which it is returnable a complaint charging the person named in the appearance ticket with the offense specified therein.

If the complaint is not sufficient on its face, and if the court is satisfied that a complaint sufficient on its face cannot be drawn and filed on the basis of the available facts or evidence, it shall dismiss the complaint.

History: Add. 1968, Act 147, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1970, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Sept. 1, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.454 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.454
Name of insurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 454.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department shall not authorize an insurer to do business in this state if its name is the same as or closely resembles the name of another insurer organized under or authorized to do business under the laws of this state. However, the department may authorize an insurer to do business in this state if it adds to its corporate name a word, abbreviation, or other distinctive and distinguishing element.

(2) The department shall issue a certificate of authority to an insurer in the name applied for, and the insurer shall use that name in all its dealings with the department and in the conduct of its affairs in this state. An insurer shall identify the incorporated name of the insurer in any document used or advertising offered in this state.

(3) The director may disapprove the use of a name of an insurer or health maintenance organization if the director determines that the name is deceptive or misleading.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1987, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Nov. 9, 1987; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.12 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 111.12
Ward supervisors; delivery of roll to city clerk; amounts charged to treasurer, bond; collection procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Each supervisor [upon] on completing his roll shall certify to the city clerk the amounts of taxes levied in the roll for the state and county purposes, and for city and school taxes, special assessments and other purposes, and the clerk shall charge the said amounts to the city treasurer. The city treasurer shall give bond to the county treasurer in the same manner as township treasurers are required to do; and thereupon, and on or before the first Monday in December, and in case the city have 2 tax rolls, and the roll be the July roll, such roll shall be delivered to the city treasurer on or before the first day of July, each supervisor shall deliver a certified copy of the December tax roll, with the taxes extended therein as aforesaid, to the city treasurer, with his warrant for the collection of the taxes therein, annexed thereto.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; Am. 1897, Act 239, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1897; CL 1897, 3329; CL 1915, 3253; CL 1929, 2175; CL 1948, 111.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.120 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 801.120
Conveyance of prisoners through other counties; prisoner not deemed escaped; civil arrest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Such conveyance shall not be deemed an escape; nor shall the prisoner so conveyed, or the officers having them in their custody, be liable to arrest on any civil process, while passing through such other county or counties.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 148; CL 1857, 5594; CL 1871, 7381; How. 8958; CL 1897, 10551; CL 1915, 14778; CL 1929, 17715; CL 1948, 801.120
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.358 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 322.358
State lands; sale according to United States survey; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.

All sales of lands by the commissioner, shall be made according to the subdivisions thereof by the United States surveys, unless the same shall have been laid off into smaller lots as provided in this chapter, or unless in the opinion of the commissioner any of said lands can be more advantageously disposed of according to other divisions to be ascertained and distinctly described by law.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 60; CL 1857, 2500; CL 1871, 3873; How. 5318; CL 1897, 1391; CL 1915, 574; CL 1929, 5942; CL 1948, 322.358
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1906 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1906
Books and records of surplus lines licensee; examination; access.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1906.

If the commissioner considers it necessary, he or she may examine the books and records of a surplus lines licensee to determine whether the licensee is conducting its business in accordance with this chapter. For the purpose of facilitating the examination, the licensee shall allow the commissioner free access, at reasonable times, to all of the licensee's books and records relating to transactions to which this chapter applies.

History: Add. 1980, Act 341, Eff. June 23, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2406 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2406
Definitions; L.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2406.

"Local governing entity" means:

In case of a single county health department, the county board of commissioners.

In case of a district health department, the county boards of commissioners of the counties comprising the district.

In case of a district health department which includes a single city health department, the county boards of commissioners of the counties comprising the district and the mayor and city council of the city.

In case of a single city health department, the mayor and city council of the city.

In the case of a local health department serving a county within which a single city health department has been created pursuant to section 2422, the county board of commissioners elected from the districts served by the county health department.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.423 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-157-of-1905 / Section 41.423
Board of commissioners; election of officers; employees; record of transactions; treasurer, bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The said board of commissioners shall annually elect 1 of its members as president. It shall elect a secretary and treasurer, and may appoint such other officers or employes as it may deem necessary. The secretary shall keep a correct record of all the transactions of the board of commissioners, which shall be a public record, and may be inspected at all times by any taxpayer residing in any township owning an interest in any such park or resort as a grantee. The treasurer shall give a bond in the penal sum of 6,000 dollars.

History: 1905, Act 157, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 2194; CL 1929, 2402; CL 1948, 41.423
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.233b[1] — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.233b[1]
“Major controlled substance offense” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33b. As used in section 34, "major controlled substance offense" means any of the following:

A violation of section 7401(2)(a)( i ) or ( ii ) of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.7401 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

A violation of section 7403(2)(a)( i ) or ( ii ) of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.7403 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Conspiracy to commit an offense listed in subdivision (a) or (b).

History: Add. 1978, Act 81, Eff. Sept. 1, 1978; Am. 1988, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.236 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-235-of-1849 / Section 457.236
Amendment or repeal of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act.

History: 1849, Act 235, Eff. Apr. 2, 1849; CL 1915, 10420; CL 1929, 10621; CL 1948, 457.236
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30720 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30720
Unauthorized change of level; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30720.

A person who is not authorized by a delegated authority or the department to operate a dam or other normal level control facility and who changes, or causes to change, the level of an inland lake, the normal level of which has been established under this part or any previous act governing lake levels, and for which the delegated authority or the department has taken steps to maintain the normal level, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, and shall be required to pay the actual cost of restoration or replacement of the dam and any other property including any natural resource that is damaged or destroyed as a result of the violation.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20170 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20170
Medical records access; compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20170.

A health facility or agency shall comply with the medical records access act.

History: Add. 2004, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.460 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-23-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 259.460
Appeals; petitions for review by circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

Any person, including the commission, on behalf of and in the name of the state, aggrieved by any decision of a board of appeals, or any governing body of a political subdivision or any joint airport zoning board who is of the opinion that a decision of a board of appeals is erroneous, after first exhausting the remedies provided by such board, may present to the circuit court in any county in which the board transacts its business, a verified petition setting forth that the decision is erroneous, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the error. Such petition shall be presented to the court within 30 days after the decision is filed in the office of the board. When petitions for review are filed in qualified courts located in different counties, the court in which a petition is filed first shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the matter.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1950
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.35302 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.35302
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35302.

The legislature finds that:

(a) The critical dune areas of this state are a unique, irreplaceable, and fragile resource that provide significant recreational, economic, scientific, geological, scenic, botanical, educational, agricultural, and ecological benefits to the people of this state and to people from other states and countries who visit this resource.

(b) The purpose of this part is to balance for present and future generations the benefits of protecting, preserving, restoring, and enhancing the diversity, quality, functions, and values of the state's critical dunes with the benefits of economic development and multiple human uses of the critical dunes and the benefits of public access to and enjoyment of the critical dunes. To accomplish this purpose, this part is intended to do all of the following:

( i ) Ensure and enhance the diversity, quality, functions, and values of the critical dunes in a manner that is compatible with private property rights.

( ii ) Ensure sound management of all critical dunes by allowing for compatible economic development and multiple human uses of the critical dunes.

( iii ) Coordinate and streamline governmental decision-making affecting critical dunes through the use of the most comprehensive, accurate, and reliable information and scientific data available.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2012, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Aug. 7, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1492 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1492
Court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1492.

A court reporter, court recorder, or stenomask reporter shall do all of the following in the performance of his or her duties:

Deliver a transcript or statement of facts to a client or court in a timely manner as determined by law, by court order, or by agreement of the parties.

Produce an accurate transcript or statement of facts.

Produce complete transcripts or statements of facts, unless an excerpt of a transcript is authorized by court order, agreement of the parties, or request of a party.

Before accepting an assignment as an independent contractor or employee to provide court reporting or recording services, request information from the person, employer, or entity engaging his or her services as to the existence and nature of the contract between the person, employer, or entity and the client to confirm that the contract is not a blanket contract in violation of section 1491(1)(b). A person, employer, or entity who is party to a blanket contract and who knowingly provides false information in reply to an inquiry required under this subdivision shall be considered to have committed an act that is grounds for discipline or censure under section 1493. This subdivision does not apply to contracts for court reporting or recording services for the courts, agencies, or instrumentalities of local units of government, this state, or the United States.

Advertise or represent truthfully that he or she is a certified court reporter, court recorder, or stenomask reporter and that only a certified individual will be making the record.

Charge all parties or their attorneys to an action the same price for an original transcript or statement of facts and charge all parties or their attorneys the same price for a copy of a transcript or statement of facts or for like services performed in an action.

Stay "on the record" during a deposition unless agreed to by all parties or their attorneys or unless otherwise ordered by the court.

All court reporting firms and court reporters, recorders, and stenomask reporters, including out-of-state court reporting firms and court reporters, recorders, and stenomask reporters, shall register with the state court administrative office by completing an application in a form adopted by the state court administrative office. Rules applicable to court reporters and court recorders are also applicable to court reporting firms. If a court reporting firm or a court reporter, recorder, or stenomask reporter fails to comply with this subsection, the state court administrative office may assess a reasonable administrative fine that is prescribed by rule of the supreme court, that does not exceed $500.00, and that is payable to the state general fund.

History: Add. 1998, Act 249, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1818 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1818
Adult inpatient psychiatric services less than 61 days, nonresidential services, and services to minors; provisions applicable to ability to pay; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 818.

(1) The department and community mental health services programs shall determine an adult responsible party's ability to pay for adult inpatient psychiatric services of less than 61 days, all nonresidential services, and all services to minors, in accordance with the requirements of the federal sliding fee discount program under 42 USC 254g and related guidance. Eligibility for the sliding fee discount program must be based solely on family size and income in accordance with the most current federal poverty guidelines published annually in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under its authority to revise the poverty line under 42 USC 9902.

(2) The amendatory act that added this sentence is effective immediately. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, any administrative rules promulgated under this section before that date are unenforceable. The department shall rescind any administrative rule promulgated under this section before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence. The department may promulgate new administrative rules or establish policy, contract requirements, or guidance to carry out the provisions of this section.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1981, Act 91, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1981; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2022, Act 91, Imd. Eff. June 6, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 762.10a — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 762.10a
Violation of MCL 750.219a and 750.540g; jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10a.

A violation of section 219a or 540g of the Michigan penal code, Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being sections 750.219a and 750.540g of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction in which the telecommunication or telecommunications service originated or terminated or in the jurisdiction to which the bill for the telecommunications service was or would have been sent.

History: Add. 1996, Act 331, Eff. Apr. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.94u — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-94-of-1937 / Section 205.94u
Storage, use, or consumption of investment coins and bullion; applicability of tax; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4u.

Beginning July 7, 1999, the tax under this act does not apply to the storage, use, or consumption of investment coins and bullion.

As used in this section:

"Bullion" means gold, silver, or platinum in a bulk state, where its value depends on its content rather than its form, with a purity of not less than 900 parts per 1,000.

"Investment coins" means numismatic coins or other forms of money and legal tender manufactured of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, or other metal and issued by the United States government or a foreign government with a fair market value greater than the face value of the coins.

History: Add. 1999, Act 225, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.523 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.523
Consumer's opt out direction; compliance requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 523.

A licensee shall comply with a consumer's opt out direction as soon as reasonably practicable after the licensee receives it.

A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. A consumer's direction to opt out under this subsection is effective until the consumer revokes it in writing or, if the consumer agrees, revokes it electronically.

If a customer relationship terminates, the customer's opt out direction shall continue to apply to the nonpublic personal financial information that the licensee collected during or related to that relationship. If the individual subsequently establishes a new customer relationship with the licensee, the opt out direction that applied to the former relationship does not apply to the new relationship.

History: Add. 2001, Act 24, Imd. Eff. June 18, 2001