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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1237 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-46-of-1966 / Section 125.1237
Applications for state or federal grants; acceptance, expenditures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Upon the request of the governing body of any city, village or township located within the county or region, the commission may apply for and accept grants from the state or the federal government for assistance for the local units of government, which includes but is not limited to surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans and technical services. County costs shall be reimbursed to the county or counties by the local units of government. The commission may accept and expend grants from the state and the federal government and other public or private sources, contract with reference thereto, and enter into other contracts and exercise all other powers necessary to carry out the purpose of this act.

History: 1966, Act 46, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.653 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-4-of-1943 / Section 35.653
Reserve fund; appropriations and disbursements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Appropriations or disbursements from the post-war reserve fund provided for in this act may be made from time to time as authorized by the legislature in regular or special session.

History: 1943, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Feb. 16, 1943; CL 1948, 35.653
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7603 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7603
Conflicting claims; interpleader.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7603.

If more than 1 person claims title to or possession of the goods, the bailee is excused from delivery until the bailee has had a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claims or to commence an action for interpleader. The bailee may assert an interpleader either in defending an action for nondelivery of the goods or by original action.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2982 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2982
Additional damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A532.

In addition to any other recovery permitted by this article or other law, the lessor may recover from the lessee an amount that will fully compensate the lessor for any loss of or damage to the lessor's residual interest in the goods caused by the default of the lessee.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.281 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-62-of-1877 / Section 565.281
Acknowledgment by married woman.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That hereafter the acknowledgment of any married woman to a deed of conveyance or other instrument affecting real property, may be taken in the same manner as if she were sole.

History: 1877, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1877; How. 5662; CL 1897, 8966; CL 1915, 11698; CL 1929, 13337; CL 1948, 565.281
Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.3 — MI Code / Chapter 558 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 558.3
Dower in mortgaged lands; mortgage before marriage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

When a person seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, shall have executed a mortgage of such estate before marriage, his widow shall be entitled to a dower out of the lands mortgaged, as against every person except the mortgagee and those claiming under him.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66; CL 1857, 2774; CL 1871, 4271; How. 5735; CL 1897, 8920; CL 1915, 11656; CL 1929, 13074; CL 1948, 558.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.455 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-143-of-1881 / Section 457.455
Control of property and business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The management, direction and control of the property and business of such corporations shall be vested in such of its officers and persons as a majority of the members present and acting thereon shall from time to time determine.

History: 1881, Act 143, Imd. Eff. May 11, 1881; How. 4577; CL 1897, 8030; CL 1915, 10502; CL 1929, 10707; CL 1948, 457.455
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.733 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-267-of-2001 / Section 288.733
Supplying processed cheese to filler or slice former; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 173.

Hot fluid cheese from cookers may be held in hotwells or hoppers to assure a constant and even supply of processed cheese to the filler or slice former. A person that manufactures or processes cheese shall ensure all of the following:

That filler valves effectively measure the desired amount of product into a pouch or container in a sanitary manner and shall cut off sharply without drip or drag of cheese across the opening.

That an effective system is used to maintain accurate and precise weight control.

That damaged or unsatisfactory packages are removed from production and that cheese is, at the plant's option, salvaged into sanitary containers and added back to the cookers.

That pouches, liners, or containers having product contact surfaces after filling are folded or closed and sealed in a sanitary manner approved by the department to prevent contamination.

That, in addition to other required labeling, each container is coded in a manner as to be easily identified as to date of manufacture by lot or sublot number.

History: 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1459 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1459
Documents, witnesses, and cross-examination; rules of evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 459.

The parties in a proceeding under this chapter have the right to present documents and witnesses and to cross-examine witnesses.

The court shall receive all relevant, competent, and material evidence which may be offered. The rules of evidence in civil actions are applicable, except to the extent that specific exceptions have been provided for in this chapter or elsewhere by statute or court rule.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4637 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4637
Limited certificate of authority; suspension or revocation; findings; best interest of public and policyholders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4637.

(1) The limited certificate of authority of a captive insurance company to conduct an insurance business in this state may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner for any of the following:

(a) Insolvency or impairment of capital or retained earnings.

(b) Failure to meet the requirements of section 4611.

(c) Refusal or failure to submit an annual report, as required by section 4621, or any other report or statement required by law or by order of the commissioner.

(d) Failure to comply with its own charter, bylaws, or other organizational document.

(e) Failure to submit to examination or any legal obligation relative to an examination, as required by section 4625.

(f) Refusal or failure to pay the cost of examination as required by section 4625.

(g) The company is no longer safe, reliable, or entitled to public confidence or is unsound, or is using financial methods and practices in the conduct of its business that render further transaction of insurance by the company in this state hazardous to policyholders, creditors, or the public.

(h) The certificate of authority or equivalent authorization of a branch captive insurance company has been suspended or revoked in the jurisdiction in which the company was formed.

(i) For a captive insurer formed as a limited liability company, the captive insurer is no longer in good standing under the Michigan limited liability company act, 1993 PA 23, MCL 450.4101 to 450.5200.

(j) The company has failed, after written request by the commissioner, to remove or discharge an officer or director whose record of business conduct does not satisfy the requirements of section 4603 or who has been convicted of any crime involving fraud, dishonesty, or like moral turpitude.

(k) The company has failed, within 30 days after notice of delinquency from the commissioner, to cure its failure to pay taxes, fees, assessments, or expenses required by this act.

( l ) The captive insurance company has failed for an unreasonable period to pay any final judgment rendered against it in this state on any policy, bond, recognizance, or undertaking issued or guaranteed by it.

(m) Failure otherwise to comply with the laws of this state.

(2) If the commissioner finds, upon examination, hearing, or other evidence, that a captive insurance company has committed any of the acts specified in subsection (1), the commissioner may suspend or revoke the captive insurance company's limited certificate of authority if the commissioner considers it in the best interest of the public and the policyholders of the captive insurance company, notwithstanding any other provision of this act.

History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 3 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 3
Property taxation; uniformity; assessments; limitations; classes; approval of legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The legislature shall provide for the uniform general ad valorem taxation of real and tangible personal property not exempt by law except for taxes levied for school operating purposes. The legislature shall provide for the determination of true cash value of such property; the proportion of true cash value at which such property shall be uniformly assessed, which shall not, after January 1, 1966, exceed 50 percent; and for a system of equalization of assessments. For taxes levied in 1995 and each year thereafter, the legislature shall provide that the taxable value of each parcel of property adjusted for additions and losses, shall not increase each year by more than the increase in the immediately preceding year in the general price level, as defined in section 33 of this article, or 5 percent, whichever is less until ownership of the parcel of property is transferred. When ownership of the parcel of property is transferred as defined by law, the parcel shall be assessed at the applicable proportion of current true cash value. The legislature may provide for alternative means of taxation of designated real and tangible personal property in lieu of general ad valorem taxation. Every tax other than the general ad valorem property tax shall be uniform upon the class or classes on which it operates. A law that increases the statutory limits in effect as of February 1, 1994 on the maximum amount of ad valorem property taxes that may be levied for school district operating purposes requires the approval of 3/4 of the members elected to and serving in the Senate and in the House of Representatives.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IX, § 3, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. S.J.R. S, approved Mar. 15, 1994, Eff. Apr. 30, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4504 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4504
Bonds; issuance in series; resolution of administrative board; sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4504.

The bonds shall be issued in 1 or more series, each series to be in the principal amount, to be dated, to have the maturities that may be either serial, term, or term and serial, to bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 6% per annum if issued before September 19, 1982 and not to exceed 18% per annum if issued on or after September 19, 1982, to be subject or not subject to prior redemption and, if subject to prior redemption with call premiums, to be payable at a place or places, to have or not have the provisions for registration as to principal only or as to both principal and interest, and to be in the form and to be executed in the manner as determined by resolution to be adopted by the administrative board. The administrative board may in the resolution provide for the investment and reinvestment of bond sales proceeds and any other details for the bonds and the security of the bonds considered necessary and advisable. The bonds or any series of the bonds shall be sold for not less than the par value of the bonds and may be sold, as authorized by the state administrative board, either at a public sale or at a publicly negotiated sale.

Bonds issued under this part are not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

The issuance of bonds under this part is subject to the agency financing reporting act.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2002, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1401g — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1401g
Health care corporation; access to pediatric care services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 401g.

A health care corporation certificate that requires a member to designate a participating primary care provider and provides for dependent care coverage shall permit a dependent minor member to select and access a pediatrician for general pediatric care services.

A health care corporation shall not require prior authorization or referral for access under subsection (1) to a pediatrician who participates with the health care corporation. A health care corporation may require prior authorization or referral for access to a nonparticipating pediatrician.

History: Add. 1999, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Nov. 16, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2051 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.2051
Action or proceeding by or against foreign corporation without certificate of authority; order of dismissal; recommencement of action; validity of corporate contracts or acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1051.

A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority shall not maintain an action or proceeding in any court of this state until the corporation has obtained a certificate of authority. An action commenced by a foreign corporation having no certificate of authority shall not be dismissed if a certificate of authority has been obtained before the order of dismissal. Any such order of dismissal shall be without prejudice to the recommencement of such action or proceeding by the foreign corporation after it obtains a certificate of authority. This prohibition applies to:

A successor in interest of the foreign corporation, except a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or other representative of creditors of the corporation.

An assignee of the foreign corporation, except an assignee for value who accepts an assignment without knowledge that the foreign corporation should have but has not obtained a certificate of authority in this state.

Failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the corporation, and does not prevent the corporation from defending an action or proceeding in a court of this state.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1982, Act 407, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1514 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1514
Removal of director by court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 514.

The circuit court of the county in which the principal place of business or registered office of the corporation is located may remove a director of the corporation from office in a proceeding commenced either by the corporation or by its shareholders holding at least 10% of the outstanding shares of any class if the court finds that the director engaged in fraudulent, illegal, or dishonest conduct, or gross abuse of authority or discretion, with respect to the corporation, and removal is in the best interest of the corporation.

The court that removes a director may bar him or her from serving as a director of the corporation for a period prescribed by the court.

If shareholders commence a proceeding under subsection (1), they shall make the corporation a party defendant.

History: Add. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.6022 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.6022
Appointment of electrical inspector by governmental subdivision; qualification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1022.

In addition to the requirements of section 1021, a governmental subdivision shall only appoint as an electrical inspector an individual who is licensed as an electrical journeyman or master electrician under article 7.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.77701 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.77701
Michilimackinac state park; control; name change.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77701.

The Mackinac Island state park commission shall have the control and management of the site formerly occupied as a military post under the name of Fort Michilimackinac, in the village of Mackinaw City, county of Cheboygan and state of Michigan, previously conveyed by the village of Mackinaw City to the state of Michigan, under and by virtue of Act No. 520 of the local acts of 1903, conveyed as Wawatam park, by deed dated January 27, 1904, which deed is recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Cheboygan county in liber 26 of deeds on page 588. Though conveyed as "Wawatam Park," the park shall hereafter be known as "Michilimackinac state park".

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.509 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-134-of-1966 / Section 207.509
Revenue, disposition; credit to general fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

All revenue received under this act shall be deposited in the treasury of the county where the tax is collected to the credit of the general fund.

History: 1966, Act 134, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.717 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-53-of-1978 / Section 487.717
Withdrawals of funds; liability of financial institution; deposits subject to setoff.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Financial institutions shall honor withdrawals of funds pursuant to the withdrawal provisions of the statutory joint account contract. In so doing, they shall be relieved of liability to persons having a claim to ownership of the funds. A financial institution shall not be chargeable with changes in rights of withdrawal due to death or incompetency in absence of actual knowledge thereof.

Deposits in statutory joint accounts shall be subject to setoff for obligations to the financial institution by persons designated in the statutory joint account contract as owners of the funds to the extent of the ownership at the date of setoff.

History: 1978, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1179 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-502-of-1996 / Section 691.1179
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

This act shall take effect June 1, 1997.

History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 200.252 — MI Code / Chapter 200 / Act Act-43-of-1954 / Section 200.252
Act supplemental.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

This act is hereby declared to be supplemental to the election law of the state.

History: 1954, Act 43, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3338 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3338
Unlimited amounts or share of deposits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 338.

There shall be no limit upon the amount or share of deposits held or controlled in this state by any savings bank or holding company on a consolidated basis.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2106 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2106
Contract, agreement, contract for sale, sale, present sale; definitions of certain terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2106.

In this article unless the context otherwise requires "contract" and "agreement" are limited to those relating to the present or future sale of goods. "Contract for sale" includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. A "sale" consists in the passing of title from the seller to the buyer for a price (section 2401). A "present sale" means a sale which is accomplished by the making of the contract.

Goods or conduct including any part of a performance are "conforming" or conform to the contract when they are in accordance with the obligations under the contract.

"Termination" occurs when either party pursuant to a power created by agreement or law puts an end to the contract otherwise than for its breach. On "termination" all obligations which are still executory on both sides are discharged but any right based on prior breach or performance survives.

"Cancellation" occurs when either party puts an end to the contract for breach by the other and its effect is the same as that of "termination" except that the cancelling party also retains any remedy for breach of the whole contract or any unperformed balance.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2472 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2472
Services eligible for cost sharing; criteria and procedures for additional services; minimum standards for delivery of services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2472.

Services which a local health department is required to provide under the program plan described in part 23 are eligible for cost sharing under this part.

The department shall prescribe criteria and procedures for designating additional services proposed by a local health department as allowable services.

The department shall establish minimum standards of scope, quality, and administration for the delivery of required and allowable services not inconsistent with sections 2471 to 2498.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.312g — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.312g
Transportation of hazardous material; hazardous material endorsement on operator's or chauffeur's license required; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 312g.

A person shall not transport or require, permit, or knowingly allow to be transported a hazardous material for which a placard is required under 49 CFR parts 100 to 199 in a commercial motor vehicle if the operator of the vehicle does not have a hazardous material endorsement on his or her operator's or chauffeur's license. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

History: Add. 2005, Act 179, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2569 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-75-of-1995 / Section 125.2569
Articles of incorporation; filing; validity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

If the governing body approves both the application to incorporate the corporation and the articles of incorporation, the clerk of the municipality shall file the original of the articles of incorporation with the department of commerce and 1 copy in his or her office after certifying that the copy is a true and accurate copy of the original articles of incorporation.

The corporation is incorporated at the time the articles of incorporation are filed with the department of commerce. The validity of the incorporation shall be conclusively presumed unless challenged in a court of competent jurisdiction not more than 60 days after the incorporation.

History: 1995, Act 75, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.31 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-44-of-1899 / Section 24.31
Reports of public institutions; number of copies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to advise with the several officers, boards of officers and public institutions making reports as to the number of copies of their reports necessary. And it shall be the duty of the state printer or binder to deliver at the office of the secretary of state, or at such other place or places as he may direct, all the books or pamphlets to be printed and bound, as mentioned in this act.

History: 1899, Act 44, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899; CL 1915, 849; CL 1929, 514; CL 1948, 24.31; Am. 1958, Act 161, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.279a — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-339-of-1919 / Section 287.279a
Killing dog or other animal; use of high altitude decompression chamber or electrocution prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19a.

An animal control officer or other person killing a dog or other animal pursuant to the laws of this state shall not use a high altitude decompression chamber or electrocution for that killing.

History: Add. 1980, Act 382, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981