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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43513 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43513
Carrying, transporting, or possessing firearm, slingshot, bow, or crossbow; hunting license not required; hunting on game bird hunting preserve; carrying or possessing unloaded and uncocked weapon.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43513.

(1) An individual may carry, transport, or possess a firearm without a hunting license if the firearm is unloaded and either enclosed in a case or carried in a vehicle in a location that is not readily accessible to any occupant of the vehicle. An individual may carry, transport, or possess a slingshot, bow, or crossbow without a hunting license if the slingshot, bow, or crossbow is unloaded and uncocked, enclosed in a case, or carried in a vehicle in a location that is not readily accessible to any occupant of the vehicle.

(2) Regardless of whether the individual has a license or it is open season for the taking of game, an individual may carry, transport, possess, or discharge a firearm, a bow, or a crossbow if all of the following apply:

(a) The individual is not taking or attempting to take game but is engaged in 1 or more of the following activities:

( i ) Target practice using an identifiable, artificially constructed target or targets.

( ii ) Practice with silhouettes, plinking, skeet, or trap.

( iii ) Sighting-in the firearm, bow, or crossbow.

(b) The individual is, or is accompanied by or has the permission of, either of the following:

( i ) The owner of the property on which the activity under subdivision (a) is taking place.

( ii ) The lessee of that property for a term of not less than 1 year.

(c) The owner or lessee of the property does not receive remuneration for the activity under subdivision (a).

(3) An individual may carry, transport, or possess a firearm, slingshot, bow, or crossbow without a hunting license if the individual is hunting on a game bird hunting preserve licensed under part 417.

(4) An individual may carry or possess an unloaded weapon at any time if the individual is traveling to or from or participating in a historical reenactment.

(5) As used in this section:

(a) "Uncocked" means the following:

( i ) For a bow, that the bow is not in the drawn position.

( ii ) For a crossbow, that the crossbow is not in the cocked position.

( iii ) For a slingshot, that the slingshot is not in the drawn position.

(b) "Unloaded" means the following:

( i ) For a firearm, that the firearm does not have ammunition in the barrel, chamber, cylinder, clip, or magazine when the barrel, chamber, cylinder, clip, or magazine is part of or attached to the firearm.

( ii ) For a bow, that an arrow is not nocked.

( iii ) For a crossbow, that a bolt is not in the flight groove.

( iv ) For a slingshot, that the slingshot does not have ammunition in the projectile pocket.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 585, Eff. Mar. 1, 1997; Am. 1998, Act 129, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999; Am. 2006, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006; Am. 2013, Act 108, Imd. Eff. Sept. 17, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 272, Eff. Sept. 27, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 561.6 — MI Code / Chapter 561 / Act Act-52-of-1944-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 561.6
Court determination of interest in, or title to, land not covered by decree or order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

After 3 years from the entering of the decree provided for in section 2 of this act, and no petition having been filed under section 5 of this act with respect to any particular parcel of land which is or may be owned by the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof, the circuit court may, on its own motion or on motion of the prosecuting attorney, determine interests in or title to any parcel of land not covered by any decree or order of the court. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney to furnish the court with such evidence as shall be available. The prosecuting attorney shall serve personally or by registered mail all parties in interest as shown by the public records.

History: 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1944; CL 1948, 561.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6125 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6125
Injunction; vacation; bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6125.

Any person restrained by any injunction under this chapter from transferring or disposing of any property or paying any moneys or indebtedness, may move to vacate the injunction. The court shall vacate the injunction if the person gives bond with sureties approved by the court, the bond containing conditions specified by the court including:

An undertaking to pay the judgment and costs of the proceeding if the judgment creditor or receiver is successful; or

An undertaking in the sum equal to the value of the property or moneys to be released from restraint, to be paid to the judgment creditor or receiver if they are successful.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.553 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.553
Occupancy of building without consent; violation; penalty; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 553.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an individual who occupies a building that is a single-family dwelling or 1 or both units in a building that is a 2-family dwelling and has not, at any time during that period of occupancy, occupied the property with the owner's consent for an agreed-upon consideration is guilty of a crime as follows:

(a) For a first offense, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 per dwelling unit occupied or imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both.

(b) For a second or subsequent offense, a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 per dwelling unit occupied or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a guest or a family member of the owner of the dwelling or of a tenant.

History: Add. 2014, Act 224, Eff. Sept. 24, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.364 — MI Code / Chapter 51 / Act Act-298-of-1966 / Section 51.364
Appointment or selection contrary to rules; refusal to comply to or violates act; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Whoever makes an appointment to office, or selects a person for employment contrary to the provisions of the rules and regulations as adopted under the authority of this act, or wilfully refuses or neglects otherwise to comply with or conform to any of the provisions of this act, or violates any of such provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Misdemeanors under the provisions of this act shall be punishable by a fine of not less $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in a state prison for a term not exceeding 2 years, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1966, Act 298, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 10.126 — MI Code / Chapter 10 / Act Act-279-of-1988 / Section 10.126
Dissemination of order or amended order; filing of order; notice to legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

An order or amended order issued under this act shall be disseminated by the governor promptly by means calculated to bring its contents to the attention of the general public and shall be filed promptly with the secretary of state and the departments of state police, public health, and agriculture.

The governor shall notify the legislature promptly of an order, amended order, or rescinded order issued under this act.

History: 1988, Act 279, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.207 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-267-of-1947 / Section 2.207
Governor to execute final draft and affix seal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The governor of Michigan is authorized and directed to witness the ratification of this compact by executing the final draft thereof in his own name and on behalf of the state of Michigan and affixing the seal of the state of Michigan.

History: 1947, Act 267, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 2.207
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.335 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-96-of-1959 / Section 247.335
Bus passenger shelters; convenience of public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The construction and maintenance of all such bus passenger shelters shall be deemed to be for the use and convenience of the public, but nothing in this section or in sections 2, 3 or 4 shall be construed to grant any rights whatsoever to any person, firm, corporation or municipality whatsoever or to impair in any way any existing rights granted in accordance with the constitution or laws of this state, but shall be construed as a regulation of the exercise of all such rights.

History: 1959, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1959
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.151 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.151
State plan for approach protection areas.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.

The commission may create and establish a state plan for approach protection areas surrounding airports, landing fields, and other aeronautical facilities, by establishing standards of height and use to which any structure or obstruction, whether natural or human-made, may be erected or maintained within a distance from the boundaries of any airport, landing field or other aeronautical facility necessary for public safety.

The airport manager of an airport licensed under this act shall promptly file all of the following with any city, village, township, or county that is located in whole or in part within the approach protection area:

A copy of the airport approach plan for the airport, if any.

A copy of the airport layout plan for the airport, if any.

A registration of the airport's name and mailing address for the purposes of receipt of notice under section 4 of the city and village zoning act, 1921 PA 207, MCL 125.584, section 9 of the county zoning act, 1943 PA 183, MCL 125.209, or section 9 of the township zoning act, 1943 PA 184, MCL 125.279.

The filing under subsection (2) shall be made with the zoning board, zoning commission, or other commission appointed to recommend zoning regulations or, if there is no body exercising the powers of such a commission, with the legislative body of the city, village, township, or county.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.151; Am. 1996, Act 370, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 382, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2001; Am. 2002, Act 35, Eff. May 15, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1505 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1505
Premium finance company; license; revocation or suspension; grounds; hearing; penalty; appeal; remuneration; applicability of subsection (4).
Status: in_force

Sec. 1505.

(1) The commissioner may revoke or suspend the license of a premium finance company if after investigation it appears to the commissioner that any of the following has occurred:

(a) Any license issued to the company was obtained by fraud.

(b) There was any misrepresentation in the application for the license.

(c) The holder of the license has otherwise shown himself or herself untrustworthy or incompetent to act as a premium finance company.

(d) The company has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the company has remunerated any insurance producer or any employee of an insurance producer or any other person as an inducement to the financing of any insurance policy with the premium finance company. Except, that if the insurance producer prepares the premium finance agreement, the premium finance company may pay him or her a service fee not to exceed $2.00.

(2) Before the commissioner revokes, suspends, or refuses to renew the license of a premium finance company, he or she shall give to the person an opportunity to be fully heard and to introduce evidence on its behalf. Instead of revoking or suspending the license for any of the reasons listed in subsection (1), after a hearing, the commissioner may subject the company to a penalty of not more than $200.00 for each offense with a total not to exceed $1,000.00 when in his or her judgment the commissioner finds that the public interest would not be harmed by the continued operation of the company. The amount of any penalty shall be paid by the company through the office of financial and insurance regulation to the state treasury. At any hearing provided by this section, the commissioner shall have authority to administer oaths to witnesses. Anyone testifying falsely, after having been administered an oath, is subject to the penalty of perjury.

(3) If the commissioner refuses to issue or renew a license or if an applicant or licensee is aggrieved by any action of the commissioner, the applicant or licensee shall have the right to a hearing and court proceeding as provided for in section 244.

(4) Subsection (1)(e) does not prohibit a premium finance company that is majority owned by insurance producers from remunerating any of its insurance producer owners. This subsection does not apply to a premium finance company that is involved in any manner in financing life insurance or annuity policies or contracts.

History: Add. 1968, Act 352, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 2011, Act 75, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7509 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7509
Documents of title; adequacy as contract for sale, lease, or conditions of a credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7509.

Whether a document of title is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract for sale, a contract for lease, or the conditions of a letter of credit is determined by article 2, 2A, or 5.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.328 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.328
Death due to explosives; placed with intent to destroy building or object.
Status: in_force

Sec. 328.

Death from explosives placed with intent to destroy, etc., building or object-Any person who with intent to destroy, throw down or injure the whole or any part of any building or object, places or causes to be placed in, upon, under, against or near such building or object any gun powder or other explosive substance which upon explosion causes the death of any person, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life or any term of years.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.328
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1565 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-524-of-1980 / Section 125.1565
Construction contracts to which act applicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Except as provided in subsection (2), this act shall apply only to a construction contract entered into after the effective date of this act.

For a construction contract entered into before the effective date of this act, the provisions of this act may be implemented by a public agency, through a contract amendment, upon the written request of the contractor, with such consideration as the public agency considers adequate.

History: 1980, Act 524, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.36203 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.36203
Purchase of agricultural conservation easements; establishment of grant program; application; eligibility; form; contents; forwarding to board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36203.

The department shall establish a grant program to provide grants to eligible local units of government for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements.

A grant application shall be submitted by the local unit of government applying for the grant. A local unit of government is eligible to submit a grant application under this section if both of the following requirements have been met:

The local unit of government has adopted a development rights ordinance providing for a purchase of development rights program pursuant to the county zoning act, 1943 PA 183, MCL 125.201 to 125.240, the township zoning act, 1943 PA 184, MCL 125.271 to 125.310, or the city and village zoning act, 1921 PA 207, MCL 125.581 to 125.600, that contains all of the following:

An application procedure.

The criteria for a scoring system for parcel selections within the local unit of government.

A method to establish the price to be paid for development rights, which may include an appraisal, bidding, or formula-based process.

The local unit of government has adopted, within the last 10 years, a comprehensive land use plan that includes a plan for agricultural preservation or the local unit of government is included within a regional plan that was prepared within the last 10 years that includes a plan for agricultural preservation.

An application for a grant shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the department. The grant application shall include at a minimum a list of the parcels proposed for acquisition of agricultural conservation easements, the size and location of each parcel, the amount of local matching funds, and the estimated acquisition value of the agricultural conservation easements.

Upon receipt of grant applications pursuant to subsection (3), the department shall forward those grant applications to the board for consideration under section 36205.

History: Add. 2000, Act 262, Imd. Eff. June. 29, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7074 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7074
Written findings of violation; issuance and service of findings and cease and desist order; additional orders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7074.

If, after a hearing, the commissioner determines that a MEWA is violating or has violated a provision of this chapter, the commissioner shall reduce his or her findings and decision to writing, and shall issue and cause to be served upon the MEWA a copy of the findings and an order requiring the MEWA to cease and desist from engaging in the prohibited activity, and the commissioner may order any of the following:

Payment of a monetary penalty of not more than $500.00 for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of $5,000.00, unless the MEWA knew or reasonably should have known it was in violation of this chapter, in which case the penalty shall not be more than $2,500.00 for each violation and shall not exceed an aggregate penalty of $25,000.00 for all violations committed in a 6-month period.

Suspension or revocation of the MEWA's certificate of authority if the plan knowingly and persistently violated a provision of this chapter.

Restitution or refund to an aggrieved person.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21707 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21707
Prescribing course of medical treatment; limitations on authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21707.

The course of medical treatment provided to a patient in a nursing home shall be prescribed by the patient's physician.

This part does not:

Authorize the supervision, regulation, or control of the practice of any method of healing.

Authorize the medical supervision, regulation, or control of the remedial care or nonmedical nursing care of patients in a nursing home operated for the adherents of a bona fide church or religious denomination who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means only in accordance with the creed or tenets of that church or denomination. The residents, patients, personnel, or employees, other than food handlers, of the home are not required to submit to a medical or physical examination. However, the nursing home shall be inspected and licensed under laws pertaining to fire, safety, sanitation, and building construction.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1978, Act 493, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.69 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.69
Township clerk; bond; deputy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 69.

Each township clerk, within the time limited for filing the oath of office and before entering upon the duties of the office, shall give a bond to the township in the sum and with sureties that the township board requires and approves, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office according to law, including the safekeeping of the records, books, and papers of the township in the manner required by law, and for their delivery on demand to the township clerk's successor in office. The bond shall be filed in the office of the supervisor. The township clerk shall appoint a deputy, who shall serve at the pleasure of the clerk. The deputy shall take an oath of office and file the oath with the clerk. In case of the absence, sickness, death, or other disability of the clerk, the deputy shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the clerk, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board. The deputy shall be paid by salary or otherwise as the township board determines. With the approval of the township clerk, the deputy may assist the township clerk in the performance of the township clerk's duties at any additional times agreed upon between the board and the clerk, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 561; CL 1871, 705; Am. 1875, Act 178, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1875; How. 743; CL 1897, 2342; CL 1915, 2121; CL 1929, 1009; CL 1948, 41.69; Am. 1977, Act 33, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1977; Am. 1982, Act 230, Imd. Eff. Sept. 16, 1982; Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.32a — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.32a
Notification of name and identification information to department of human services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32a.

Within 7 days after paying a prize of $1,000.00 or more, the bureau shall notify the department of human services of the name of and other available identifying information regarding the winner of the prize and the amount of the prize.

History: Add. 2012, Act 77, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VII § 9 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VII § 9
Compensation of county officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Boards of supervisors shall have exclusive power to fix the compensation of county officers not otherwise provided by law.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 9, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1086 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1086
Failure to go to, or going or remaining absent from, place of duty; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 86.

A person subject to this code who, without proper authority, fails to go to his or her appointed place of duty at the time prescribed, goes from that place, absents himself or herself or remains absent from the person's unit, organization, or other place of duty at which the person is required to be at the time prescribed shall be punished as a court-martial directs.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.261 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.261
Liability of railroad company for death or injury to passenger.
Status: in_force

Sec. 261.

If a passenger on a train is killed or injured while on the platform of a car, or while in or on a baggage or freight car, in violation of the printed regulations of the company, posted up at the time in a conspicuous place inside its passenger cars then in the train, the company shall not be liable for the injury, if the injury occurs due to the person being improperly on the platform or within the baggage or freight car, or after having been notified by the conductor or any other person having charge of the train, that the person is not in the proper place if the company at the time furnished room and seats inside its passenger cars sufficient for the proper accommodation of its passengers.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.3m — MI Code / Chapter 8 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 8.3m
“Preceding” and “following” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3m.

The words "preceding" and "following", when used by way of reference to any title, chapter or section of the statutes of this state, shall be construed to mean the title, chapter or section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made, unless when some other title, chapter or section is expressly designated in such reference.

History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959