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Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.47 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-27-of-1905 / Section 458.47
Board of trustees; election in certain case; dissolution, conference legal successor; sale of property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

If it shall happen that any church organized under the provisions of this act shall, from any cause, be found at any time without trustees, such church shall not for that cause lose its corporate existence, but such church may at any time proceed to elect trustees, as provided in this act: Provided, That whenever any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall be dissolved by the death of all its members, or by the loss of so many of them that it is thereby rendered unable to do any corporate act or to restore itself by proceeding to elect trustees, as provided in this act, the annual conference, within whose bounds such corporation may be situated, shall be held and deemed to be the legal successor of such corporation and shall succeed to, and be vested with, all property rights which were in such corporation at the time it was dissolved; and said annual conference may, by such officer or committee as said annual conference may designate for that purpose, apply to the circuit court in chancery, for the county in which such property may be, for license to sell the same; and such license may be granted by said court after such notice of said application as the court may direct; and thereupon said property may be sold, and the proceeds of such sale applied or used as said annual conference may direct.

History: 1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905; CL 1915, 11050; CL 1929, 10865; CL 1948, 458.47
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.257 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.257
Property held, due, and owing in foreign country; applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

This act does not apply to any property held, due, and owing in a foreign country and arising out of a foreign transaction.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2133 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2133
List of surplus lands.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2133.

(1) Upon request, the department shall furnish a list of surplus lands being offered for sale at public auction. The surplus land sale list shall include all of the following:

(a) The date, time, and place of sale.

(b) Descriptions of surplus lands being offered.

(c) The conditions of sale.

(2) Upon request, the department shall furnish a list of surplus lands being offered in a negotiated sale. The surplus land negotiated sale list shall include both of the following:

(a) The date, time, and place that the department will meet to authorize the sale.

(b) Descriptions of surplus lands being offered.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 240, Eff. Sept. 25, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.825 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-381-of-1998 / Section 289.825
Applicability of state and federal statutes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act does not affect the application of state statutes and federal statutes.

For purposes of this section, "state statutes" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

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.

The city and village zoning act, 1921 PA 207, MCL 125.581 to 125.600.

The natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106.

History: 1998, Act 381, Imd. Eff. Oct. 23, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 5 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article V § 5
Examining or licensing board members, qualifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A majority of the members of an appointed examining or licensing board of a profession shall be members of that profession.

History: Const. 1963, Art. V, § 5, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 53.147 — MI Code / Chapter 53 / Act Act-378-of-1921 / Section 53.147
System of abstracts of title; public inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

All books, records, indexes and memoranda of the systems hereby authorized shall at all reasonable hours be open for inspection by any person lawfully entitled to have access thereto under such reasonable rules and regulations and subject to such fees and charges as may be from time to time established by the abstractor, subject to such limitations and restrictions, if any, as may be from time to time made by the board of supervisors.

History: 1921, Act 378, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 1386; CL 1948, 53.147
Mich. Comp. Laws § 479.6 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 479.6
Commission; forms; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The commission shall prescribe the forms of applications for certificates and permits, and promulgate rules regarding the contents and filing of applicants, and is empowered to administer and enforce this act, and to establish and enforce rules affecting the operations of all motor carriers subject to this act affecting their use of the highways, and affecting the conduct of investigations and hearings authorized in this act, and also with respect to all matters pertaining to the proper enforcement of this act. The rules shall be promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. The rules may be rescinded, suspended, modified, and amended at any time in the discretion of the commission and as provided in the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to effectuate the purposes of this act. All rules promulgated by the commission shall have the force and effect of law.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 479.6; Am. 1954, Act 28, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1954; Am. 1967, Act 27, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1967; Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982; Am. 2014, Act 493, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.301 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.301
Revolving drain fund; creation, use.
Status: in_force

Sec. 301.

At the October session of the board of supervisors, each board shall appropriate and collect by general taxation from the taxable property within their respective counties for the purpose of creating a revolving drain fund, such sum as said board may deem necessary. Said revolving fund when so created shall be used and disposed of solely as provided in this chapter.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1969, Act 90, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1572 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-55-of-1997 / Section 257.1572
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Electric patrol vehicle" means an electrically powered motor vehicle designed to carry not more than 4 persons at a speed of not more than 25 miles per hour and having an unloaded weight of not more than 1,300 pounds.

(b) "Political subdivision" means a village, city, township, county, or a university of this state.

(c) "Sidewalk" means a paved public sidewalk intended for pedestrian use situated outside of and adjacent to the improved portion of a street or highway designed for vehicular travel.

History: 1997, Act 55, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1997; Am. 2018, Act 90, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.805 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.805
Placement in ballots in ballot container; seal; delivery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 805.

After the polls close on election day, the precinct board of election inspectors shall place the ballots in the ballot container provided for ballots under section 669. The board of election inspectors shall securely fasten and seal the ballot container with an approved seal furnished with the election supplies. The seal must be affixed to render it impossible to open the ballot container without breaking the seal. The board of election inspectors shall then deliver the ballot container to the township or city clerk.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1965, Act 206, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1965; Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 207, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2000; Am. 2023, Act 81, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1305 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-365-of-2018 / Section 460.1305
Definitions; C to I.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

As used in this act:

(a) "Colocate" means to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate, or replace wireless facilities on or adjacent to a wireless support structure or utility pole. "Collocation" has a corresponding meaning. Colocate does not include make-ready work or the installation of a new utility pole or new wireless support structure.

(b) "Communications facility" means the set of equipment and network components, including wires, cables, antennas, and associated facilities, used by a communications service provider to provide communications service.

(c) "Communication space" means that term as defined in the "National Electric Safety Code" published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

(d) "Communications service" means service provided over a communications facility, including cable service as defined in 47 USC 522, information service as defined in 47 USC 153, telecommunications service as defined in 47 USC 153, or wireless service.

(e) "Communications service provider" means any entity that provides communications services.

(f) "County road commission" means that term as defined in section 19b of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.19b.

(g) "FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission.

(h) "Fee" means a nonrecurring charge for services.

(i) "Historic district" means a historic district established under section 3 of the local historic districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399.203, or a group of buildings, properties, or sites that are either listed in the National Register of Historic Places or formally determined eligible for listing by the Keeper of the National Register, the individual who has been delegated the authority by the federal agency to list properties and determine their eligibility for the National Register, in accordance with Section VI.D.1.a.i-v of the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement codified at 47 CFR part 1, appendix C.

(j) "Independent transmission company" means that term as defined in section 2 of the electric transmission line certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL 460.562.

History: 2018, Act 365, Eff. Mar. 12, 2019; Am. 2020, Act 360, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.697 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-292-of-1989 / Section 124.697
Articles of metropolitan region council; provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47.

A metropolitan region council's articles shall state the name of the council; the names of the participating counties and cities; the purposes for which the council is formed; the powers, duties, and limitations of the council and its officers; the qualifications, method of selection, and terms of office of delegates sitting on the council and of council officers; the manner in which participating counties and cities shall take part in the governance of the council; the general method of amending the articles; any matter that the participating counties and cities consider advisable; and both of the following, which shall require the adoption of a resolution by a vote of not less than 2/3 of the delegates serving on the council, including at least 1 delegate from each participating qualified county and qualified city:

The method of amending the articles to reflect the addition of a qualified county or qualified city.

The method of amending the articles to reflect a change in the distribution of funds among regional cultural institutions.

Subject to subsection (3) and the requirements of sections 25 and 27, the articles may authorize the metropolitan region council to act in accordance with section 7(3).

The articles of a metropolitan region council shall specify that, as a condition of proceeding under subsection (2), the county commission of each qualified county participating in the council shall place on a countywide ballot the proposal described in section 27(1) at the regularly scheduled county primary or general election that follows the determination to proceed under section 27(3).

The articles of a metropolitan region council shall specify the maximum amount or percentage of revenues received under this act that the council may authorize to be expended annually for administrative costs incurred under this act. The articles shall also specify that not more than 3% of annual revenues received under this act may be expended annually for those administrative costs. Additionally, the articles shall authorize the council to provide funding, supplemental to funding received from other sources, for regional cultural institutions located within the council area that the council serves. However, a council shall not expend money collected under this section unless the specific expenditure is included in the council's annual budget, expressly authorized in the council's articles, or unless the expenditure is approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the council's delegates.

History: Add. 1998, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.429 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-29-of-1970 / Section 290.429
Petition to terminate commission; referendum by mail; conditions for termination of commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

If the director receives a petition, bearing the signatures of not less than 33-1/3% of all growers, to terminate the commission, the director shall conduct a referendum by mail. The commission shall be terminated if 1 of the following occurs:

If more than 50%, by number, of those voting, representing more than 50% of the volume of potatoes sold by those voting, vote to terminate the commission.

If more than 50%, by number, of those voting, representing more than 50% of the volume of potatoes sold by those voting, vote to terminate the commission.

If the referendum in subsection (1) passes, the commission shall request repeal of this act and phase out operations within the ensuing 6 months. Any funds remaining in the commission fund shall be made available to the director for potato research.

History: 1970, Act 29, Imd. Eff. June 10, 1970; Am. 1980, Act 304, Imd. Eff. Nov. 26, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1405 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1405
Violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 105.

A person who, with intent to deceive, makes a false statement in a report or record required under this retirement system, or who, with intent to deceive, violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31108 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31108
River management board; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31108.

A river management board may do any of the following:

Conduct a continuing study of river use requirements and needs for river management within its area of jurisdiction; analyze alternative methods of meeting needs; and develop and adopt a river management program, including plans for constructing, operating, and financing water storage and river control structures and negotiating coordinated policies and programs relating to river use among local units of government within the district.

Impound and control the waters of the river system within the district, subject to minimum levels of stream flow established pursuant to sections 31112 and 31113, through acquisition, construction, maintenance, and/or operation of water storage reservoirs, dams, or other river control structures as necessary to assure adequate quantity, quality, and stability of river flow to protect the public health, welfare, and safety. A river management district shall not release water in such an amount as to produce or increase flooding or otherwise damage downstream interests.

Contract with or enter into agreement with the federal government or any agency or department of the federal government or with other governmental agencies or with private individuals or corporations that may maintain and operate reservoirs and control structures or that may construct, maintain, and operate new reservoirs and control structures as necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.

Perform, with respect to the area within the district, the functions assigned to a watershed council by sections 31102 through 31105 whenever a relevant watershed council has not been formed, or if the appropriate watershed council's failure to act impairs the functions and programs of a district.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.116 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-12-of-1869 / Section 456.116
Non-profit corporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Any corporation organized under this act may, by suitable provision in its articles of association, or by suitable amendment thereto filed in the same manner as required hereunder for the filing of the articles of association, provide that it is a non-profit corporation and may operate and conduct business as such.

History: Add. 1953, Act 167, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.1807 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-89-of-1986 / Section 487.1807
Books, accounts, or other records; false entries; omission of required entry; alteration, concealment, or destruction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 807.

A person shall not, with intent to deceive a director, officer, manager, employee, auditor, or attorney of a licensee, the commissioner, or a governmental agency, make a false entry in the books, accounts, or other records of that licensee, omit to make an entry in those books, accounts, or other records which that person is required to make, or alter, conceal, or destroy any of those books, accounts, or other records.

History: 1986, Act 89, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1986; Am. 1997, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.864 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-45-of-1952 / Section 752.864
Firearms; injury to person or property, suspension of hunting privileges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

In addition to the penalties provided in other sections of this act, the court may suspend the hunting privileges of any person convicted of violating any provision of this act for a period of not to exceed 3 years from the date of conviction.

History: Add. 1958, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.901 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-259-of-1955 / Section 390.901
Junior and community college programs; development.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It is declared to be the policy of the state to further the development of approved junior and community colleges to supplement existing state supported colleges and universities in providing educational programs and facilities for the first 2 years of college study.

History: 1955, Act 259, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80180 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80180
Peace officer; arrest without warrant; reasonable cause; conditions; returning motorboat and occupants to shore; effect of not charging person receiving citation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80180.

(1) A peace officer, without a warrant, may arrest a person if the peace officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person was, at the time of an accident, the operator of a vessel involved in the accident in this state while in violation of section 80176(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 80176(1), (3), or (6).

(2) A peace officer who has reasonable cause to believe that a person was operating a motorboat on the waters of this state, and that, by the consumption of alcoholic liquor, the person may have affected his or her ability to operate a motorboat, may require the person to submit to a preliminary chemical breath analysis. The following apply with respect to a preliminary chemical breath analysis:

(a) Only a peace officer who has successfully completed a training course taught by a state-certified instructor in the administration of the preliminary chemical breath analysis may administer that test.

(b) A peace officer may arrest a person based in whole or in part upon the results of a preliminary chemical breath analysis.

(c) The results of a preliminary chemical breath analysis are admissible in a criminal prosecution for a crime described in section 80187(1) or in an administrative hearing solely to assist the court or hearing officer in determining a challenge to the validity of an arrest. This subdivision does not limit the introduction of other competent evidence offered to establish the validity of an arrest.

(d) A person who submits to a preliminary chemical breath analysis remains subject to the requirements of sections 80187 to 80190 for the purposes of chemical tests described in those sections.

(e) A person who refuses to submit to a preliminary chemical breath analysis upon a lawful request by a peace officer is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00.

(3) A peace officer making an arrest under this part shall take measures to assure that the motorboat and its occupants are safely returned to shore.

(4) If, not more than 60 days after the issuance of a citation for a state civil infraction under this section, the person to whom the citation is issued is not charged with a violation of section 80176(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 80176(1), (3), or (6), the citation issued for the state civil infraction is void. Upon application of the person to whom the citation is issued, money paid by the person as a fine, costs, or otherwise shall be immediately returned.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 174, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1996; Am. 2007, Act 8, Imd. Eff. May 11, 2007; Am. 2014, Act 402, Eff. Mar. 31, 2015