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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6007 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6007
Reorganization plan; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6007.

A plan of reorganization shall include all of the following:

The reasons for the proposed reorganization.

The effect of the reorganization on existing policies including all of the following:

A provision that all policies in force on the effective date of the reorganization continue to remain in force under the terms of those policies, except that any voting or other membership rights of the policyholders provided for under the policies or under this act, and any contingent liability policy provisions permitted by this act are extinguished on the effective date of the reorganization.

A provision that holders of participating policies in effect on the date of reorganization continue to have the right to receive dividends as provided in the participating policies, if any.

A provision that, except for a mutual company's life policies, guaranteed renewable accident and health policies, and noncancelable accident and health policies, the converted company may issue the insured a nonparticipating policy as a substitute for the participating policy upon the renewal date of a participating policy.

The detailed plans for granting membership interests to current and future policyholders of the converted company.

Information sufficient to demonstrate that the financial condition of the converted company will not be diminished by the plan.

A description of any current plans or any proposal approved by the mutual company board to issue shares of an intermediate holding company or shares of the converted company to the public or to other persons who are not direct or indirect subsidiaries of the mutual holding company.

The identity of the proposed officers and directors of the mutual holding company and each intermediate holding company, if any, together with other biographical information as the commissioner requests.

Other information as the commissioner requests or prescribes by rule.

History: Add. 2000, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 108.13 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 108.13
Board of public works abolished; re-establishment procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

In a city subject to this act, and in which the board of public works has been abolished as provided in this chapter, the council, on petition to them of 100 registered electors of the city praying for the re-establishment of the board of public works in the city, shall, by resolution, submit to the qualified electors of the city at the city election held in the month of April next following the proposition to re-establish the board of public works. If 2/3 of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of the board of public works, then the board of public works is re-established in the city and shall be constituted and selected in the same way and have the same qualifications, powers, and duties provided for boards of public works in the act of which this act is amendatory.

History: Add. 1899, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1899; CL 1915, 3197; CL 1929, 2121; CL 1948, 108.13; Am. 1998, Act 149, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.107 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-639-of-1978 / Section 120.107
Advisory committees and councils.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

An authority may organize and create advisory committees and councils to serve at the pleasure of the authority for terms and purposes considered to be in the best interest of furthering the intent and purpose of this act. The committees and councils shall be made up of persons especially skilled, knowledgeable, or experienced in international trade, finance, commerce, transportation, or labor. Members of the committees or councils shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.

History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.38 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-91-of-1915 / Section 285.38
Commissioner of agriculture; inspection, certificates; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The commissioner of agriculture, in person or by some person authorized by him, shall have free access to any place or conveyance wherein farm products are being marketed, transported or held for commercial purposes. The commissioner of agriculture, in person or by some person authorized by him, shall have power to open any bag, crate or other container of such farm products and examine the contents thereof, and may, upon tendering the market price, take samples therefrom. The commissioner of agriculture may employ inspectors to inspect farm products in accordance with established official grades or standards for the purpose of determining and certifying the quality and condition thereof and other material facts relative thereto. Certificates issued in pursuance of such inspection and executed by the inspector shall state the date and place of inspection, the grade, condition and approximate quality of the farm products inspected and any other pertinent facts that the commissioner may require. Such a certificate and all federal certificates relative to the condition or quality of such farm products shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the state of the facts required to be stated therein: Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the grower in the sale of farm products grown by himself when made direct to the consumer.

History: Add. 1937, Act 322, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 285.38
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.154 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-181-of-1962 / Section 400.154
Board of county institutions; members; compensation; meetings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Not more than 4 members of the county board of commissioners shall be members of the board of county institutions. They shall be entitled, for attending meetings, to per diem compensation and other expenses in the same manner as members of the county board of commissioners. The members of the board of county institutions who are not members of the county board of commissioners shall also be entitled to per diem compensation and other expense for attending meetings the same as members of the board of county institutions who are members of the county board of commissioners. The board shall meet at least once a month. However they may not claim reimbursement for attending more than 36 meetings a year.

History: 1962, Act 181, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963; Am. 1966, Act 88, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1966; Am. 1976, Act 304, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.95204 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-396-of-2002 / Section 324.95204
Disposition of bond proceeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The proceeds of the sale of any series of the bonds, any premium and accrued interest received on the delivery of the bonds, and any interest earned on the proceeds of the bonds shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a restricted fund as provided by law and shall be disbursed from that fund only for the purposes for which the bonds have been authorized, including the expense of issuing the bonds. The proceeds of sale of any series of the bonds, any premium and accrued interest received on the delivery of the bonds, and any interest earned on the proceeds of the bonds shall be expended for the purposes set forth in this act in a manner as provided by law.

History: 2002, Act 396, Imd. Eff. May 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1403 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-332-of-1965 / Section 445.1403
Payment in full; acknowledgment, release of collateral.
Status: in_force

Sec. 403.

After the payment of all sums for which the buyer is obligated under a home improvement installment contract and upon demand made by the buyer, the holder shall deliver, or mail to the buyer at his last known address, such 1 or more good and sufficient instruments as may be necessary to acknowledge payment in full and to release all collateral.

History: 1965, Act 332, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.302a — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-164-of-1975 / Section 18.302a
Conducting business of commission or council at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

The business which the commission or council created pursuant to this act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission or council 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.

A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission, council, or office created pursuant to this act in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1979, Act 170, Imd. Eff. Dec. 11, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.146 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.146
Restrictions and covenants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

The developer or a co-owner may impose reasonable restrictions or covenants running with the land upon a condominium unit in the condominium project, in addition to the reasonable restrictions and covenants as may be contained in the condominium documents, so long as such restrictions and covenants are not otherwise prohibited by law and as long as they are consistent with the condominium documents. The restrictions and covenants may include provisions governing the joint or common ownership of condominium units in the condominium project and the basis upon which the usage of the condominium unit or condominium units may be shared from time to time by the joint or common owners thereof.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1813 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1813
False statement or breach of authority; cancellation of insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 813.

No false statement or breach of authority or act or omission on the part of the insured shall vitiate this insurance, unless the intention of the insured to conceal a hazard of perpetrating fraud is proven; and this policy cannot be cancelled by the insured or the company without first giving thirty days' written notice to the commission in Lansing, Michigan.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1438 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-159-of-2012 / Section 722.1438
Action for order determining genetic father not child's father.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) The mother, the genetic father, an alleged father, or a prosecuting attorney may file an action for an order determining that a genetic father is not a child's father. An action under this section shall be filed within 3 years after the child's birth or within 1 year after the date that the genetic father was established as a child's father, whichever is later.

(2) An action under this section shall be supported by an affidavit signed by the person filing the action that states facts constituting 1 of the following:

(a) The genetic tests that established the man as a child's father were inaccurate.

(b) The man's genetic material was not available to the child's mother.

(c) A man who has DNA identical to the genetic father is the child's father.

(3) If the court in an action under this section finds that an affidavit under subsection (2) is sufficient, the court shall order blood or tissue typing or DNA identification profiling as required under section 13(5). The person filing the action has the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the genetic father is not the father of the child. The court may order the person filing the action to repay the cost of the genetic test to the state.

(4) If a genetic father has been reported to the state registrar as a child's father, the clerk of the court shall forward a copy of an order determining that the genetic father is not a child's father to the state registrar. The state registrar shall remove the genetic father as the child's father and may amend the birth certificate as prescribed by the order.

(5) Whether an action filed under this section is brought by a complaint in an original action or by a motion in an existing action, the prosecuting attorney, an attorney appointed by the county, or an attorney appointed by the court is not required to represent any party regarding the action.

History: Add. 2014, Act 376, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7202 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7202
Reciprocal insurance exchanges; insuring powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7202.

Individuals, partnerships and public or private corporations of this state, hereby designated subscribers, are hereby authorized to exchange reciprocal or interinsurance contracts with each other or with individuals, partnerships and corporations of other states and countries providing indemnity among themselves and from any loss which may be insured against under other provisions of the laws, including employers' liability, workmen's compensation and accident insurance, and excepting life and health insurance.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1957, Act 91, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.356 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-111-of-1956 / Section 247.356
Townships and boards of county road commissioners; enlargement of powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The powers herein granted shall be deemed an enlargement of any power granted to townships and boards of county road commissioners.

History: 1956, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1131 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-321-of-2000 / Section 123.1131
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act may be cited as the "recreational and natural resources authority act".

History: 2000, Act 321, Eff. Dec. 1, 2000; Am. 2026, Act 13, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.1
Short title; meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state employees' retirement act".

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 1a to 1i have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1943, Act 240, Eff. July 30, 1943; Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 25, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 1944; Am. 1947, Act 351, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; Am. 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 41, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948; CL 1948, 38.1; Am. 1951, Act 200, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1951; Am. 1955, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1955; Am. 1958, Act 207, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1958; Am. 1962, Act 233, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963; Am. 1968, Act 111, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1981, Act 157, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 450, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1982; Am. 1985, Act 151, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 1985; Am. 1987, Act 57, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1987; Am. 1988, Act 338, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 119, Eff. Apr. 1, 1991; Am. 1990, Act 177, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990; Am. 1995, Act 176, Imd. Eff. Oct. 17, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.963 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-88-of-2013 / Section 206.963
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of treasury.

(b) "Fund" means the Michigan Alzheimer's association fund created in section 5.

History: 2013, Act 88, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.815 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-239-of-1992 / Section 287.815
Definitions; S to V.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

"Sow" means any female swine that has farrowed or given birth to or aborted 1 litter or more.

"State veterinarian" means the chief animal health official of the state as appointed by the director in accordance with section 7 of the animal industry act of 1987, Act No. 466 of the Public Acts of 1988, being section 287.707 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

"Swine premises" means any land together with buildings, enclosures, and facilities that may be used for swine housing and production.

"Vaccinated feeder pig monitored herd" means a swine breeding herd meeting the requirements of a feeder pig monitored herd in which all breeding swine are vaccinated with a single manufacturer's approved differential vaccine and that has been tested negative using an approved differential test or official test.

"Veterinarian" means a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine under article 15 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being sections 333.16101 to 333.18838 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or under a state or federal law applicable to that person.

"Veterinary biological" means a product of biological origin used in the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of animal disease, including, but not limited to, serums, vaccines, antitoxins, bacterins, and antigens.

History: 1992, Act 239, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.221 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.221
Blank forms; printing, cost.
Status: in_force

Sec. 221.

The bureau shall print and furnish free of charge to any employer or employee such blank forms as the director deems requisite to facilitate or promote the efficient administration of this act.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1837 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1837
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1837.

The commissioner may use any of the powers established under this act to enforce the laws of this state so long as those powers have not been specifically preempted by the liability risk retention act of 1986. For risk retention groups, the commissioner's injunctive authority is restricted by the requirement that an injunction be issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

History: Add. 1989, Act 214, Eff. Jan. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.206 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.206
County offices; vacancy, creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 206.

The office of county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, drain commissioner, surveyor or coroner in any county in this state shall become vacant upon the happening of any of the following events: Death of the incumbent; his resignation; his removal from office for cause; his ceasing to be a resident of the county in which his office is located; his conviction of an infamous crime or an offense involving the violation of his oath of office; the decision of a competent tribunal declaring his election or appointment void; his refusal or neglect to take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and deposit the same in the manner and within the time prescribed by law; or his refusal or neglect to give bond in the amount and manner and within the time prescribed by law.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1118 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1118
Official name of facility; terminology.
Status: in_force

Sec. 118.

The department shall designate an official name for each of its facilities that is of sufficient size or scope. No official name shall contain terminology that from a public standpoint could be reasonably regarded as stigmatizing or denigrating.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.70 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.70
Appropriation for expenses by county board of supervisors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 70.

The county board of supervisors shall, within its discretion, make such appropriations as are necessary to maintain the various welfare services within the county, as provided in this act, and to defray the cost of administration of these services. In the case of a district department of social welfare the county board of supervisors of each county forming a part of said district shall appropriate funds necessary to care for the welfare services of such county, and the administrative expenses of the district department shall be defrayed by all of the counties in said district in the proportion that the population of each county, according to the last federal census, bears to the population of the entire district.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.70; Am. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.516 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-299-of-1947 / Section 331.516
State budget director; authorization to receive federal funds; hospital construction planning fund, deposit, disbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

The state budget director is hereby authorized to receive federal funds in behalf of applicants and to authorize the director of the division of hospital survey and construction to transmit them to such applicants. There is hereby established, separate and apart from all public moneys and funds of this state, a hospital construction and planning fund. Money received from the federal government for a construction project approved by the surgeon general shall be deposited to the credit of this fund and shall be used solely for payments due applicants for work performed, or purchases made, in carrying out approved projects.

History: 1947, Act 299, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 331.516
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.869 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-224-of-1966 / Section 445.869
Violation of act; actions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney for the county where an alleged violation occurred, or a borrower may bring an action against a retail seller to do 1 or more of the following:

Obtain a declaratory judgment that a method, act, or practice of a retail seller is a violation of this act.

Enjoin a retail seller who is engaging or about to engage in a method, act, or practice that is a violation of this act.

Recover $1,000.00 and actual damages if the alleged violation of this act was committed by a retail seller for a noncredit card arrangement or $1,500.00 and actual damages if the alleged violation involved any other credit arrangements.

Recover reasonable attorney fees and the costs in connection with bringing an action under this act if the retail seller is found to have violated this act.

In an action brought by the attorney general or a county prosecutor, recover a civil fine of not more than $10,000.00 if the retail seller is found to have willfully and knowingly violated this act and $20,000.00 if the retail seller is found to have persistently violated this act.

Except for a violation described in section 12, a retail seller who violates this act in the extension of credit to a borrower or buyer shall not recover any interest or other charges in connection with the extension of credit. The borrower or buyer may recover reasonable attorney fees and court costs for enforcing this subsection or in defending against a cause of action brought by a retail seller who has violated this act.

The attorney general or a borrower may bring a class action on behalf of persons injured by a violation of this act.

History: 1966, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1995, Act 167, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.710b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.710b
Safety belts; bolts and brackets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 710b.

A private passenger vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1965 shall not be offered for sale in this state unless the vehicle is equipped with safety belts for the use of the driver and 1 other front seat passenger. All safety belts and bolts and brackets used in the installation of the safety belts shall meet the minimum specifications of the society of automotive engineers as prescribed on April 1, 1963. This section shall not apply to trucks, buses, hearses, motorcycles, or mopeds.

History: Add. 1961, Act 163, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1963, Act 212, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977