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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1504f — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-230-of-1972 / Section 125.1504f
Single-family or multifamily dwelling; installation of operational and approved carbon monoxide device; requirements; failure to comply; penalty; liability; definitions; name of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4f.

(1) The director may provide for, at the time of initial construction of a single-family dwelling or a multifamily dwelling, or at the time of renovation of any existing single-family dwelling in which a permit is required, or upon the addition or creation of a bedroom, the installation of at least 1 operational and approved carbon monoxide device within the single-family dwelling or within each unit of the multifamily dwelling. A carbon monoxide device shall be located in the vicinity of the bedrooms, which may include 1 device capable of detecting carbon monoxide near all adjacent bedrooms; in areas within the dwelling adjacent to an attached garage; and in areas adjacent to any fuel-burning appliances.

(2) The carbon monoxide device described in subsection (1) may be battery-powered, plug-in with or without battery backup, wired into the dwelling's AC power line with secondary battery backup, or connected to a system by means of a control panel. If the international residential code is adopted by the director as part of a code adopted after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, those requirements apply and shall be followed upon the effective date of the code.

(3) An enforcing agency shall not impose a penalty for the failure of a person to comply with subsection (1) until the effective date of the code that may be adopted after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section that incorporates that requirement.

(4) A person licensed under article 24 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2401 to 339.2412, who is in compliance with this section or rules promulgated under the code and installs, in accordance with manufacturer's published instructions at the time of installation, a carbon monoxide device shall have no liability, directly or indirectly, to any person with respect to the operation, maintenance, or effectiveness of the carbon monoxide device.

(5) As used in this section:

(a) "Approved" means a carbon monoxide device that is listed as complying with either ANSI/UL 2034 or ANSI/UL 2075 and that is installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

(b) "Carbon monoxide device" means a device that detects carbon monoxide and alerts occupants via a distinct and audible signal that is either self-contained in the unit or activated via a system connection.

(c) "Operational" means working and in service.

(6) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Overbeck law".

History: Add. 2008, Act 377, Eff. Mar. 23, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.849 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.849
Validity of order or decree.
Status: in_force

Sec. 849.

When the validity of any order or sentence of the probate court is in question in any other action or proceeding, everything necessary to have been done or proved to render the order or decree valid, and which might have been proved by parol at the time of making the order or sentence, and was not required to be recorded, shall, after 20 years from such time, be presumed to have been done or proved, unless the contrary appears on the same record.

History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.115 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 801.115
Fire; removal of prisoners; prisoner not deemed escaped.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Whenever by reason of any jail being on fire, or any building contiguous, or near to a jail, being on fire, there shall be reason to apprehend that the prisoners confined in such jail may be injured or endangered by such fire, the sheriff or keeper of such jail may, at his discretion, remove such prisoners to some safe and convenient place, and there confine them, so long as may be necessary to avoid such danger; and such removal and confinement shall not be deemed an escape of such prisoners.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 148; CL 1857, 5589; CL 1871, 7376; How. 8953; CL 1897, 10546; CL 1915, 14774; CL 1929, 17711; CL 1948, 801.115
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 8 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 8
Court of appeals; election of judges, divisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The court of appeals shall consist initially of nine judges who shall be nominated and elected at non-partisan elections from districts drawn on county lines and as nearly as possible of equal population, as provided by law. The supreme court may prescribe by rule that the court of appeals sit in divisions and for the terms of court and the times and places thereof. Each such division shall consist of not fewer than three judges. The number of judges comprising the court of appeals may be increased, and the districts from which they are elected may be changed by law.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 8, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2250 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2250
Binders or other contracts for temporary insurance; applicability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2250.

Binders or other contracts for temporary insurance shall be considered to include all of the terms and conditions of the policy for which application is made. This section does not apply to a life insurance policy.

History: Add. 1990, Act 305, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990; Am. 1991, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.360a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.360a
Electronic or magnetic theft detection; shielding merchandise prohibited; violation as crime.
Status: in_force

Sec. 360a.

A person shall not do any of the following:

Possess a laminated or coated bag or device that is intended to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft detection device with the intent to commit or attempt to commit larceny.

Manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or distribute, or attempt to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or distribute, a laminated or coated bag or device that is intended to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft detection device knowing or reasonably believing that the bag or device will be used to commit or attempt to commit larceny.

Possess a tool or device designed to allow the deactivation or removal of a theft detection device from any merchandise with the intent to use the tool or device to deactivate a theft detection device on, or to remove a theft detection device from, any merchandise without the permission of the merchant or person owning or lawfully holding that merchandise with the intent to commit or attempt to commit larceny.

Manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or distribute a tool or device designed to allow the deactivation or removal of a theft detection device from any merchandise without the permission of the merchant or person owning or lawfully holding that merchandise knowing or reasonably believing that the tool or device will be used to commit or attempt to commit larceny.

Deactivate a theft detection device or remove a theft detection device from any merchandise in a retail establishment prior to purchasing the merchandise with the intent to commit or attempt to commit a larceny.

A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a crime as follows:

Except as provided in subdivision (b), a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

If the person has a prior conviction for violating subsection (1), a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $4,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 2002, Act 101, Eff. July 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.71 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-26-of-1907 / Section 458.71
Amendment of articles; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

It shall be lawful for any church society incorporated under the provisions of this act, at a meeting called for that purpose, of which 4 weeks' notice shall have been given by announcement at a regular service, by a vote of 2/3 of all the qualified members present and voting, to amend its articles of association in any way not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or the book of discipline of the Methodist Protestant church; and such amendment shall become operative when said amended articles are executed and acknowledged in the same manner as stated in sections 2 and 3 of this act and the same has been recorded, or left for record as provided in section 4 of this act.

History: 1907, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1907; CL 1915, 11069; CL 1929, 10884; CL 1948, 458.71
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.182 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-8-of-1952 / Section 780.182
Adjudicating issue of support only; jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

A proceeding under this act shall adjudicate only the issue of support and shall not adjudicate an issue of custody or parenting time.

Nothing in this act shall prevent a court which has prior continuing jurisdiction over the parties in matters of support, custody, and parenting time from exercising its jurisdiction over those matters.

History: Add. 1985, Act 172, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986; Am. 1996, Act 4, Eff. June 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.60a — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.60a
Protection of deaf.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60a.

The commission shall exercise and perform all the powers and duties in relation to the protection of the deaf and deafened, as are presently held and exercised by the department of labor under the provisions of Act No. 72 of the Public Acts of 1937, being sections 408.201 to 408.205 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: Add. 1957, Act 311, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.686 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-16-of-1997 / Section 408.686
Public playground equipment; responsibility for maintenance, repair, and upkeep.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the local unit of government, school district, or governmental entity that owns and operates the public playground equipment shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and upkeep of the public playground equipment according to the standards identified by this act.

For the maintenance, repair, and upkeep of public playground equipment that existed before the effective date of this act, the standards required by section 4 shall apply only to the extent that such application is possible without requiring substantial alteration, removal, or replacement of the existing equipment.

History: 1997, Act 16, Eff. May 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1485 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1485
Internal control system; establishment and maintenance; elements; duties of head of principal department; reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 485.

(1) The department head of each principal department shall establish and maintain an internal control system within that principal department using the generally accepted accounting principles as developed by the accounting profession and in conformance with directives issued pursuant to section 141(d).

(2) Each internal control system shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following elements:

(a) A plan of organization that provides separation of duties and responsibilities among employees.

(b) A plan that limits access to that principal department's resources to authorized personnel whose use is required within the scope of their assigned duties.

(c) A system of authorization and record-keeping procedures to control assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenditures.

(d) A system of practices to be followed in the performance of duties and functions in each principal department.

(e) Qualified personnel that maintain a level of competence.

(f) Internal control techniques that are effective and efficient.

(3) Each head of a principal department shall document the system, communicate system requirements to employees of that principal department, assure that the system is functioning as prescribed, and modify as appropriate for changes in condition of the system.

(4) The head of each principal department shall provide a biennial report on or before May 1 of each odd numbered year to the governor, the auditor general, the senate and house appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. The department director shall attach a letter from the internal auditor certifying the department's conformance to the evaluation and reporting requirements in the general framework referenced in section 484. For the period reviewed, the report shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following:

(a) A description of any material inadequacy or weakness discovered in connection with the evaluation of the department's internal control system as of October 1 of the preceding year and the plans and a time schedule for correcting the internal control system, described in detail.

(b) A listing of each audit or investigation performed by the internal auditor pursuant to sections 486(4) and 487.

History: Add. 1986, Act 272, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1986; Am. 1999, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1999; Am. 2018, Act 389, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.201 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-35-of-1994 / Section 12.201
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "the forensic laboratory funding act".

History: 1994, Act 35, Eff. June 6, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.82 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-38-of-1969 / Section 331.82
Nondiscrimination provision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52.

The authority shall require that use of hospital facilities assisted under this act shall be open to all regardless of race, religion, sex, or creed and that contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction or alteration of hospital facilities assisted under this act shall provide an equal opportunity for employment, without discrimination as to race, religion, sex, or creed. The hospital to which any hospital loan is made shall covenant with the authority that the nondiscrimination provision shall be enforced.

History: 1969, Act 38, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1969; Am. 1983, Act 206, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2701 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-453-of-1976 / Section 37.2701
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 701.

Two or more persons shall not conspire to, or a person shall not:

Retaliate or discriminate against a person because the person has opposed a violation of this act, or because the person has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this act.

Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in a violation of this act.

Attempt directly or indirectly to commit an act prohibited by this act.

Willfully interfere with the performance of a duty or the exercise of a power by the commission or 1 of its members or authorized representatives.

Willfully obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this act or an order issued or rule promulgated under this act.

Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with a person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of his or her having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this act.

History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1992, Act 124, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.53 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.53
Meanings of words and phrases; definitions; A to C.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.

For the purposes of this section and sections 54 to 69, the words and phrases defined in this section and sections 54 to 69 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

"Accumulated balance" means the total balance in a qualified participant's, former qualified participant's, or refund beneficiary's individual account in Tier 2.

"Compensation" means the remuneration paid a participant on account of the participant's services rendered to his or her employer equal to the sum of the following:

A participant's W-2 earnings for services performed for the employer excluding part B annual leave hours paid at separation.

Any amount contributed or deferred at the election of the participant which is excluded from gross income under section 125, 132(f)(4), 401(k), 403(b), or 457 of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 125, 132, 401, 403, and 457.

Beginning October 1, 2003, the value of any unpaid furlough hours and the value of any unpaid hours exchanged for part B annual leave hours calculated at the participant's then current hourly rate or rates of pay for a period during which a participant is participating in the banked leave time program.

The value of hours not worked during which a participant is in a voluntary or involuntary pay reduction plan A or on 1-day layoff or designated temporary layoff calculated at the participant's then current hourly rate or rates of pay.

History: Add. 1996, Act 487, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 2004, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.133 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.133
Final plat; caption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 133.

The caption of the final plat shall be printed at the top of the plat in large, bold letters, and shall include:

Name of the plat.

Part of section, number of section, town and range, municipality and county.

If a private claim, the number of the claim and the municipality in which the land is situated.

If a tract of land that is not a section or part of a section, the name by which the tract is legally known and the town and range and municipality in which the land is situated.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.33924 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.33924
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33924.

As used in this part:

(a) "Department" means the department of natural resources unless expressly indicated otherwise.

(b) "Possession", "occupancy", and "improvement" include dredging or ditching, the throwing up of embankments, sheetpiling, filling in, the erection of fences, a boathouse, land made by dredging and filling, or building structures.

(c) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other nongovernmental legal entity.

(d) "Well maintained" means that any structure on the land complies with township building codes and current county and state sanitation codes and part 325 and that the land is adequately protected from erosion.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2006, Act 496, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.1055 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-92-of-2014 / Section 211.1055
State essential services assessment; levy; calculation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2016, the state essential services assessment is levied on all eligible personal property as provided in this section.

(2) The assessment under this section is a state specific tax on the eligible personal property owned by, leased to, or in the possession of an eligible claimant on December 31 of the year immediately preceding the assessment year and shall be calculated as follows:

(a) For eligible personal property acquired by the first owner in a year 1 to 5 years before the assessment year, multiply the acquisition cost of the eligible personal property by 2.4 mills.

(b) For eligible personal property acquired by the first owner in a year 6 to 10 years before the assessment year, multiply the acquisition cost of the eligible personal property by 1.25 mills.

(c) For eligible personal property acquired by the first owner in a year more than 10 years before the assessment year, multiply the acquisition cost of the eligible personal property by 0.9 mills.

History: 2014, Act 92, Eff. Aug. 22, 2014; Am. 2015, Act 120, Imd. Eff. July 10, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.755 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.755
Victim to be given notice of availability of pretrial release, telephone number of sheriff or juvenile facility, and notice of right to contact sheriff or juvenile facility; revocation of bond or personal recognizance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Not later than 24 hours after the arraignment of the defendant for a crime, the law enforcement agency having responsibility for investigating the crime shall give to the victim notice of the availability of pretrial release for the defendant, the telephone number of the sheriff or juvenile facility, and notice that the victim may contact the sheriff or juvenile facility to determine whether the defendant has been released from custody. The law enforcement agency having responsibility for investigating the crime shall promptly notify the victim of the arrest or pretrial release of the defendant, or both, if the victim requests or has requested that information. If the defendant is released from custody by the sheriff or juvenile facility, the sheriff or juvenile facility shall notify the law enforcement agency having responsibility for investigating the crime.

Based upon any credible evidence of acts or threats of physical violence or intimidation by the defendant or at the defendant's direction against the victim or the victim's immediate family, the prosecuting attorney may move that the bond or personal recognizance of a defendant be revoked.

History: 1985, Act 87, Eff. Oct. 9, 1985; Am. 1988, Act 21, Eff. June 1, 1988; Am. 1993, Act 341, Eff. May 1, 1994; Am. 2000, Act 503, Eff. June 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.112 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-88-of-1875 / Section 128.112
Private burial grounds; exemptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Such land so laid out and described in said deed, when recorded in the register's office of the county where such land lies, shall operate as a grant forever of the land described in such deed to said trustees and their successors forever, for the purposes described in said deed, and no sale, judgment, or decree shall be made which shall have the effect to divert the same from the objects of said grant, set forth in such deed, and the same shall not be taxed for any purpose, or be subject to any sale for taxes or any execution, attachment, or other order of sale made by any court, and any deed made by said trustees or their successors, or upon any sale made for taxes, or upon any execution, or decree, or order of sale made by any court of said lands or any part thereof, or any tenements, tombs, or other structures, thereon and appurtenant thereto, shall be void and shall convey no interest or title to the grantee named in such deed.

History: 1875, Act 88, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4789; CL 1897, 8417; CL 1915, 11204; CL 1929, 2689; CL 1948, 128.112
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.764 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.764
Absent voter ballot; instructions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 764.

In addition to the instructions provided to an absent voter under section 764a, the following ballot marking instructions for an absent voter concerning the method of voting shall be included with each absent voter ballot furnished an absent voter:

(a) For a primary election, the ballot marking instructions as provided in section 736b.

(b) For a general election, the ballot marking instructions as provided in section 736c.

(c) For a nonpartisan election, the ballot marking instructions as provided in section 736d.

(d) For a special election, the ballot marking instructions as provided in section 736e.

History: Add. 2012, Act 128, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2012