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Mich. Comp. Laws § 110.3 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 110.3
Tax revenues; division into funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The revenues raised by general tax upon all the property in the city or by loan to be repaid by a general tax shall be divided into so many of the following general funds as are necessary:

Contingent fund, for the contingent and other expenses of the city for the payment of which from some other fund no provision is made.

Fire department fund, for purchasing grounds, erecting engine houses on the grounds, purchasing engines and other fire apparatus, and other expenses necessary to maintain the fire department of the city.

General street fund, for opening, widening, extending, altering, vacating, grading, paving, curbing, graveling, improving, repairing, and clearing the streets, alleys, and public grounds of the city and for the construction, maintenance, and repair of sidewalks and crosswalks.

General sewer fund, for sewers, drains, ditches, and drainage and for the improvement of watercourses.

Bridge fund, for the construction and maintenance of bridges.

Water fund, for maintaining and extending a system of waterworks, constructing reservoirs and cisterns, and providing other supplies of water.

Public building fund, for providing for public buildings; for the purchase of land for public buildings; and for the erection, preservation, and repair of public buildings that the council is authorized to erect and maintain and that are not otherwise provided for in this act.

Police fund, for the maintenance of the police of the city and for the arrest of or issuance of citations to persons violating the ordinances of the city and the imposition of sanctions on those persons.

Cemetery fund.

Interest and sinking fund, for the payment of the principal of and interest on the public debt of the city.

Park fund, for the purchase of grounds for public parks and the maintenance and improvement of public parks.

Light fund, for the construction, purchase, and maintenance of lights.

Other funds that the council may constitute.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3291; CL 1915, 3213; CL 1929, 2137; CL 1948, 110.3; Am. 1994, Act 19, Eff. May 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 70.12 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 70.12
Watercraft on navigable streams; regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The council of a village located upon any of the navigable waters of the state may by ordinance prescribe regulations, to be observed by owners, masters, and employees of watercraft, necessary to prevent fires in a harbor and to prevent the communication of fire from watercraft, and may prescribe in such an ordinance the manner of collecting any sanction imposed by the ordinance.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2889; CL 1915, 2763; CL 1929, 1672; CL 1948, 70.12; Am. 1994, Act 16, Eff. May 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 774.43 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 774.43
Circuit court; discharge of defendant if found not guilty; entering judgment, sentence, and imposing costs if defendant convicted on appeal; remanding defendant back to county jail; credit for fine paid.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

If the defendant who appeals a conviction in municipal court in a city that does not adopt a resolution of approval under section 23a of the Michigan municipal court act, 1956 PA 5, MCL 730.523, is found not guilty on appeal in circuit court, the circuit court shall discharge the defendant. If the defendant is convicted on appeal to circuit court, the circuit court has the authority to enter judgment, sentence, and impose costs as provided in section 22 of this chapter. If the defendant was released on recognizance as provided in section 34 or 42 of this chapter and is sentenced to jail by the circuit court, the defendant shall be remanded back to the county jail for the length of time determined by the circuit court, less any time served under the sentence imposed by the municipal court and less any time spent in jail awaiting trial. The defendant shall also be given credit for any fine paid under the sentence of the municipal court against any fine imposed by the circuit court on appeal.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17468; CL 1948, 774.43; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981; Am. 1998, Act 407, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.452 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-37-of-2025 / Section 32.452
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Active service" means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan military act, 1967 PA 150, MCL 32.505.

(b) "Adjutant general" means the adjutant general of this state.

(c) "Eligible member" means a member of the Michigan National Guard who meets all of the following conditions:

( i ) Is in active service.

( ii ) Is not absent without leave or under charges described in the Michigan code of military justice of 1980, 1980 PA 523, MCL 32.1001 to 32.1148.

( iii ) Any other criteria determined by the adjutant general consistent with Michigan National Guard recruiting and retention requirements.

(d) "Fund" means the Michigan National Guard member benefit fund created in the Michigan National Guard member benefit fund act.

(e) "Program" means the Michigan National Guard child care assistance program created in section 3.

History: 2025, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2112 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-224-of-1985 / Section 125.2112
Application to have area approved as enterprise zone; filing; form; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

If a local governmental unit qualifies under section 8 and its governing body approves the boundaries of a proposed enterprise zone, the local governmental unit may file with the authority an application, in a form provided by the authority, to have the area approved as an enterprise zone. The application shall contain all of the following:

A description of the commitment by the local governmental unit to improve the efficiency of the local services provided, such as transportation, road improvement or maintenance, police protection, and other similar services and a description of the additional services that will be provided as a result of the area being designated an enterprise zone.

A statement of commitment to apply local ordinances relative to zoning, construction, and safety in a manner that preserves and protects the health, safety, and welfare of residents of the local governmental unit.

A commitment that the local governmental unit's economic development and land use planning resources will be provided to private entities involved with the area proposed as an enterprise zone.

Sufficient evidence for a determination of eligibility by the authority pursuant to section 13.

A map showing the proposed enterprise zone boundaries and the present land use of the area, and information concerning the present physical condition of buildings within the area.

A general description of how approval of the enterprise zone will improve physical conditions in the area, will induce private investment in the area by businesses and industries, and will create jobs in the proposed enterprise zone.

Evidence of support for approval of the enterprise zone by residents and businesses located within the local governmental unit and within the proposed enterprise zone.

The identification of an individual from the local governmental unit who will serve as an enterprise zone contact with the authority.

A general description of the structure, application process, responsibilities, and authority that will be used to manage all zone-related activities, including, but not limited to, how the zone will be promoted and any governing organizations that will be employed to manage the operation of the zone.

Other relevant information from the local governmental unit as required by the authority.

History: 1985, Act 224, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1986; Am. 1994, Act 311, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.505 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-69-of-1929 / Section 460.505
Hearing; matters for consideration; certificate, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

In determining the question of public convenience and necessity the commission shall take into consideration the service being rendered by the utility then serving such territory, the investment in such utility, the benefit, if any, to the public in the matter of rates and such other matters as shall be proper and equitable in determining whether or not public convenience and necessity requires the applying utility to serve the territory. Every certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission, under the authority hereby granted, shall describe in detail the territory in which said applicant shall operate and it shall not operate in or serve any other territory under the authority of said certificate.

History: 1929, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1929; CL 1929, 11091; CL 1948, 460.505
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.279 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-226-of-2005 / Section 129.279
Severability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

This act is declared to be severable. If any portion of this act or the application of this act to any person or circumstances is found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity of that portion or application shall not affect the remaining portions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, provided the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable.

History: 2005, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Nov. 21, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.34132 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.34132
Additional pro rata assessments; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34132.

If the assessments in any special assessment roll prove insufficient for any reason, including the noncollection of the assessments, to pay for the improvement for which they were made or to pay the principal and interest on the bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of the assessments, then the irrigation board shall make additional pro rata assessments to supply the deficiency, but the total amount assessed against any parcel of land shall not exceed the value of the benefits received from the improvement.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.351 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.351
Consideration for employment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 351.

Receiving remuneration, etc., from employe in consideration of employment-Any employer or agent or representative of an employer or other person having authority from his employer to hire, employ, or direct the services of other persons in the employment of said employer, who shall demand or receive directly or indirectly from any person when in the employment of said employer, any fee, gift or other remuneration or consideration, or any part or portion of any tips or gratuities received by such employe while in the employment of said employer, in consideration or as a condition of such employment or hiring or employing any person to perform such services for such employer or of permitting said person to continue in such employment is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to employment agencies or employment agents licensed and operating under the laws of this state.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.351
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.944 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-208-of-1949 / Section 125.944
Acquisition of property; condemnation; proceedings under eminent domain.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) For the accomplishment of the purposes of this act, the municipality may acquire fee simple title in real property by purchase, gift, or exchange and may acquire under this act title to blighted property by condemnation. The municipality shall then apply that blighted property acquired by condemnation under this act and other real property acquired by other means to the expressed purposes of this act.

(2) By authority of this act for blighted property, or by authority of other state law authorizing the condemnation of property for other public uses, the local legislative body may institute and prosecute proceedings under the power of eminent domain in accordance with the state constitution of 1963 and the laws of the state or provisions of any local charter relative to condemnation.

History: 1949, Act 208, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 2006, Act 676, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.242 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.242
Final order of discharge; certificate; period of parole.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.

(1) If a paroled prisoner has faithfully performed all of the conditions and obligations of parole for the period of time fixed in the order of parole, and has obeyed all of the rules and regulations adopted by the parole board, the prisoner has served the full sentence required. The parole board shall enter a final order of discharge and issue the paroled prisoner a certificate of discharge.

(2) Parole shall not be granted for a period less than 2 years in a case of murder, actual forcible rape, robbery armed, kidnapping, extortion, or breaking and entering an occupied dwelling in the nighttime unless the maximum time remaining to be served on the sentence is less than 2 years.

(3) Parole shall only be granted for life for a prisoner sentenced under section 520b(2)(b) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b.

History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1961, Act 92, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 2006, Act 170, Eff. Aug. 28, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.114 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 801.114
Designation of jail of other county; proceedings on revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The clerk of the county shall immediately serve a copy of such revocation upon the sheriff thereof, whose duty it shall be to remove the prisoners belonging to his custody, and so confined without his county, to his proper jail, and if any prisoners shall have been admitted to the liberties of the jail, in such other county, they shall also be removed, and shall be entitled to the liberties of the jail of the county to which they shall be removed, in the same manner as if they had been originally arrested in such county.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 148; CL 1857, 5588; CL 1871, 7375; How. 8952; CL 1897, 10545; CL 1915, 14773; CL 1929, 17710; CL 1948, 801.114
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.1031 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-250-of-2006 / Section 487.1031
Permissible investments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

(1) A licensee shall maintain at all times permissible investments that have a market value computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of not less than the aggregate amount of all of its outstanding payment instruments issued or sold and money transmitted by the licensee.

(2) The commissioner may limit the extent to which a type of investment within a class of permissible investments is considered a permissible investment by any licensee, except for money and certificates of deposit issued by a depository financial institution. The commissioner by order or declaratory ruling may allow other types of investments that the commissioner determines to have a safety substantially equivalent to other permissible investments.

(3) Even if commingled with other assets of a licensee, permissible investments are held in trust for the benefit of the purchasers and holders of the licensee's outstanding payment instruments in the event of bankruptcy or receivership of the licensee.

(4) As used in this section, "permissible investments" means the investments described in section 32 or allowed by the commissioner under subsection (2).

History: 2006, Act 250, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4816 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4816
Authorization, issuance, and sale of tax increment bonds; limitations; pledge; resolution to create lien on revenues; limited tax pledge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 816.

(1) By resolution of its governing body, the authority may authorize, issue, and sell tax increment bonds subject to the limitations set forth in this subsection to finance the development program of the tax increment financing plan. The tax increment bonds issued by the authority under this subsection shall pledge solely the tax increment revenues of a development area in which the project is located or a development area from which tax increment revenues may be used for this project, or both. In addition or in the alternative, the bonds issued by the authority under this subsection may be secured by any other revenues identified in section 811 as sources of financing for activities of the authority that the authority shall specifically pledge in the resolution. However, except as otherwise provided in this section, the full faith and credit of the municipality shall not be pledged to secure bonds issued under this subsection. The bond issue may include a sum sufficient to pay interest on the tax increment bonds until full development of tax increment revenues from the project and also a sum to provide a reasonable reserve for payment of principal and interest on the bonds. The resolution authorizing the bonds shall create a lien on the tax increment revenues and other revenues pledged by the resolution that shall be a statutory lien and shall be a first lien subject only to liens previously created. The resolution may provide the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued of equal standing and parity of lien as to the tax increment revenues and other revenues pledged under the resolution. Bonds issued under this subsection are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

(2) The municipality, by majority vote of the members of its governing body, may make a limited tax pledge to support the authority's tax increment bonds or notes or, if authorized by the voters of the municipality, may pledge its unlimited tax full faith and credit for the payment of the principal of and interest on the authority's tax increment bonds or notes.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3921 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3921
Application; questions relating to health condition; delivery; record of policy rescissions; annual report to commissioner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3921.

All applications for long-term care insurance policies except those that are guaranteed issue shall contain clear and unambiguous questions designed to ascertain the applicant's health condition.

If an application for long-term care insurance contains a question that asks whether the applicant has had medication prescribed by a physician, it shall also ask the applicant to list the medication that has been prescribed.

If any medications listed in an application were known by the insurer or should have been known at the time of application to be directly related to a medical condition for which coverage would otherwise be denied, then the policy shall not be rescinded for that condition.

Except for policies that are guaranteed issue, all of the following apply:

The following language shall be set out conspicuously and in close conjunction with the applicant's signature block on an application for a long-term care insurance policy:

"Caution: If your answers on this application are incorrect or untrue, [company] has the right to deny benefits or rescind your policy."

The following language, or language substantially similar to the following, shall be set out conspicuously on the long-term care insurance policy at the time of delivery:

"Caution: The issuance of this long-term care insurance policy is based upon your responses to the questions on your application. A copy of your [application] [enrollment form] [is enclosed] [was retained by you when you applied]. If your answers are incorrect or untrue, the company has the right to deny benefits or rescind your policy. The best time to clear up any questions is now, before a claim arises! If, for any reason, any of your answers are incorrect, contact the company at this address: [insert address]"

Prior to issuance of a long-term care policy to an applicant age 80 or older, the insurer shall obtain 1 of the following:

A report of a physical examination.

An assessment of functional capacity.

An attending physician's statement.

Copies of medical records.

A copy of the completed application or enrollment form, whichever is applicable, shall be delivered to the insured no later than at the time of delivery of the policy unless it was retained by the applicant at the time of application.

Every insurer or other entity selling or issuing long-term care insurance benefits shall maintain a record of all policy rescissions, both state and countrywide, except those the insured voluntarily effectuated, and shall annually furnish this information to the commissioner.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.555 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-114-of-1965 / Section 290.555
Michigan bean commission; quorum; compensation and expenses; conducting business at public meeting; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and for performing the duties of the commission. A member shall receive a per diem rate to be established by the commission on an annual basis which shall not exceed the rate allowed by law to state officers for each day spent in actual attendance at meetings of the commission, and traveling and other expenses incurred in connection with the business of the commission at the rate allowed by law to state officers, but shall not receive any other compensation or salary.

The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended.

History: 1965, Act 114, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966; Am. 1975, Act 61, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1975; Am. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977; Am. 1978, Act 412, Imd. Eff. Sept. 28, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2066 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2066
Minority venture capital company as certified MESBIC.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66.

A minority venture capital company certified under this chapter that thereafter becomes a MESBIC shall be considered a certified MESBIC under this chapter without separate application.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.569 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.569
Official primary ballots; numbering; separation of columns.
Status: in_force

Sec. 569.

The ballots for each election district shall be numbered consecutively in the manner provided for the preparation of ballots for general election. Said ballot may be in 1 or more columns as may be determined by the board of election commissioners preparing the same. If 2 or more columns are used on the ballots, the columns shall be separated by a heavy black line.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955