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Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1281 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1281
State board; duties generally; examination and audit of official records and accounts; action to compel accounting; waiver from compliance with rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1281.

The state board shall:

Require each board, each public school academy board of directors, each intermediate school board, and the officers of each of those boards to observe the laws relating to schools.

Require each board to maintain school or to provide educational opportunities for resident children for the statutory period.

Prescribe appropriate uniform pupil and finance accounting records for use in school districts, public school academies, and intermediate school districts and promulgate rules for their adoption.

Require each board, each public school academy board of directors, and each intermediate school board to carry out the state board's recommendations relative to the safety of school buildings, equipment, and appurtenances, including any condition that may endanger the health or life of pupils.

The state board may examine and audit the official records and accounts of school districts, public school academies, and intermediate school districts, and may compel proper accounting by legal action instituted by direction of the attorney general.

Upon application by a school district, public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district, the state board may grant to the school district, public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district a limited time waiver from a state board or department rule interpreting or implementing a provision of this act. The state board may grant a waiver only if the school district, public school academy, university school, or intermediate school district demonstrates that it can address the intent of the rule in a more effective, efficient, or economical manner or that the waiver is necessary to stimulate improved pupil performance. A waiver shall not be granted for more than 3 years, but may be renewed. The state board may place conditions on a waiver or its renewal. The state board may revoke a waiver if it determines that the waiver no longer meets the criteria of this subsection, compromises equal opportunities for learning, or is detrimental to the educational interests of pupils. The state board may not grant a waiver from the duty to comply with a provision of this act, and may not grant a waiver from the duty to comply with another state statute unless and to the extent that a waiver is specifically allowed by that other state statute.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1994, Act 416, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1643 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-181-of-2014 / Section 141.1643
Court of claims; jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Each commission is a state commission, and the members are state officers for the purposes of section 6419 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.6419. The court of claims shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any and all actions challenging the validity of this act.

History: 2014, Act 181, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.21 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-234-of-1897 / Section 26.21
Reprinting of former volumes of supreme court reports; sale, distribution, price.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That whenever a majority of the justices of the supreme court shall deem it necessary to republish any volume or volumes of the reports of the supreme court of this state, they shall so certify to the board of state auditors, and it shall be the duty of the said board of state auditors to cause the same to be reprinted under any contract which the state may have for doing its printing and binding and in such quantity, number and quality as such board may direct, and to provide for the sale, distribution and disposition of such reports as the interests of the state may require at a price not to exceed 25 per cent in excess of the cost thereof, the proceeds of all such sales to be paid into the general fund.

History: 1897, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 30, 1897; CL 1897, 1571; CL 1915, 869; CL 1929, 538; CL 1948, 26.21
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.683 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-267-of-2001 / Section 288.683
Notice to producers of type of security device used; form; qualifications for dairy plant license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 123.

The department shall notify producers delivering dairy products to a licensed dairy plant that produces manufactured dairy products of the type of security device used for the benefit of producers and shall notify producers any time a license is issued, renewed, or modified. The notice sent by the department shall substantially conform to the following:

"Michigan law requires dairy plant licensees to demonstrate a reasonable degree of financial responsibility to the Michigan department of agriculture. This act is designed to provide reasonable assurance that producers will be paid for their milk; however, it does not guarantee that producers will be paid. Each producer has some responsibility for determining the credit-worthiness of the dairy plant to which the producer is selling milk. A dairy plant licensee may qualify for a license by doing 1 of the following:

Filing financial statements audited by a certified public accountant with the department demonstrating that the dairy plant meets the minimum liquidity requirement.

Filing security with the department in an amount determined by the department to be the greater of the following:

The value of the greatest milk receipts that the dairy plant received within a consecutive 30-day period during that dairy plant's most recent fiscal year.

The greatest milk receipts that the dairy plant is anticipated to receive during a 30-day period within the licensing period.

____________________, (name of dairy plant licensee) is currently licensed on the basis of its audited financial statement meeting the minimum liquidity requirement of a current ratio of at least 1.20 to 1 current assets to current liabilities. The licensee's most recent year-end financial statement audited by the firm of ______________________________ (auditor's name) meets the following minimum liquidity requirement,

(or)

____________________ (name of dairy plant licensee) has filed security with the department to secure payment to producers. The maximum amount of security is the amount determined to be the greater of the following:

The value of the greatest milk receipts that the dairy plant received within a consecutive 30-day period during that dairy plant's most recent fiscal year.

The greatest milk receipts that the dairy plant is anticipated to receive within a 30-day period within the licensing period, whichever is greater.

The security filed is in the following form or forms and in the amount of: _______________________________________________________".

History: 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.235 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-99-of-1954 / Section 254.235
Authorization for action; project maintenance and operation, report to governor, failure to pay tolls, surveying.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Any action taken by the authority under the provisions of this act may be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting, and each such resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted.

The project, when constructed and opened to traffic, shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the authority. The project shall be operated by such force of toll-takers and other operating employees as the authority may in its discretion employ and shall be policed in such manner as the authority may determine.

All private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by this act shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable or adequate compensation made thereof out of funds provided under the authority of this act.

Within the first 90 days of each fiscal year of the authority, the authority shall make an annual report to the governor of its activities for the preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operation during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction or operation.

Any person who uses the project and fails or refuses to pay the toll provided therefor shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, and in addition thereto the authority shall have a lien upon the vehicle driven by such person for the amount of such toll and may take and retain possession thereof until the amount of such toll and all charges in connection therewith shall have been paid.

The authority and its authorized agents and employees may enter upon any lands, waters and premises in the state for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations as they may deem necessary or convenient for the purpose of this act, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor shall an entry for such purposes be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The authority shall make reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands, waters and premises as a result of such activities. The state hereby consents to the use of all lands owned by it, including lands lying under water, which are deemed by the authority to be necessary for the construction or operation of the project.

Each member of the authority shall be reimbursed for his actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties.

History: 1954, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1954
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.102 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act Act-174-of-1941 / Section 555.102
Funds; financial institution may establish, maintain, and administer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A financial institution may establish, maintain, and administer 1 or more funds.

History: 1941, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 555.102; Am. 2004, Act 586, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.48705 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.48705
Reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and crustaceans; manner and times of taking; fishing license; taking for commercial purposes prohibited; taking for scientific or educational purposes; permit required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48705.

(1) Reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and crustaceans may only be taken in a manner and during those times prescribed by the commission. An individual taking, trapping, catching, or fishing for reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, or crustaceans for his or her personal use shall have a valid fishing license issued under part 435.

(2) An individual shall not take, trap, catch, or fish for reptiles or amphibians for commercial purposes.

(3) The department may issue permits under part 13 to take amphibians and reptiles at any season of the year for scientific or educational purposes. The department may revoke a permit issued under this subsection.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 36, Imd. Eff. Feb. 21, 2018; Am. 2018, Act 529, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9801 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9801
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9801.

As used in this part:

(a) "Pre-effective-date financing statement" means a financing statement filed before the effective date of this amendatory act.

(b) "This amendatory act" means the amendatory act that added this part.

(c) "This amended article" means this article as amended by this amendatory act.

History: Add. 2012, Act 88, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.731 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-218-of-1979 / Section 400.731
Violation as misdemeanor; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

Except as otherwise provided in section 13 or section 22, a person, adult foster care facility, agency, or representative or officer of a corporation, association, or organization who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

A person convicted of a misdemeanor under this act or under chapter XXA of the Michigan penal code, Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being sections 750.145m to 750.145r of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall not be involved with an adult foster care facility for a period of 5 years after the conviction in any of the following ways:

Participate in the administration or operation of the facility.

Have a financial interest in the operation of the facility.

Provide care to residents of the facility.

Have contact with residents or staff on the premises of the facility.

Be employed by the facility.

Reside in the facility.

A person convicted of a felony under this act or under chapter XXA of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931 shall not be involved with an adult foster care facility in any of the following ways:

Participate in the administration or operation of the facility.

Have a financial interest in the operation of the facility.

Provide care to residents of the facility.

Have contact with residents or staff on the premises of the facility.

Be employed by the facility.

Reside in the facility.

History: 1979, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980; Am. 1990, Act 262, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991; Am. 1994, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.803s — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.803s
Legacy registration plates; application; fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 803s.

(1) Not later than 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the secretary of state shall develop and issue the following legacy registration plates:

(a) A blue registration plate that replicates a registration plate issued by this state during the years 1983 to 2007 as determined by the secretary of state.

(b) A black registration plate that replicates a registration plate issued by this state during the years 1979 to 1983 as determined by the secretary of state.

(c) Only available for issue in the year 2026 to celebrate the United States' semiquincentennial, a red, white, and blue registration plate that replicates a registration plate issued by this state during the year 1976 as determined by the secretary of state.

(2) An application for a legacy registration plate must be submitted to the secretary of state pursuant to the procedures prescribed in section 217. In addition to the regular registration fee, an application for a legacy registration plate under this section must be accompanied by the following, as applicable:

(a) For a new legacy registration plate, a service fee of $5.00.

(b) For a new legacy registration plate, an additional fee of $50.00. The additional fee must be deposited in the Michigan transportation fund established under section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.

(c) For a registration renewal of an existing legacy registration plate, an additional fee of $10.00. The additional fee must be deposited in the Michigan transportation fund established under section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.

(3) A legacy registration plate expires as provided in section 226.

(4) The secretary of state shall determine the number of each legacy registration plate to be manufactured and issued under this section.

(5) The secretary of state may, as determined necessary by the secretary of state, cease to issue legacy registration plates and duplicate replacements of legacy registration plates for use on vehicles. If the secretary of state ceases to issue legacy registration plates and duplicate replacements of legacy registration plates, the secretary of state may continue to renew legacy registration plates already issued.

History: Add. 2023, Act 317, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.659 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.659
Tentative system of streets; official name; establishment and certification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

All roads, streets and highways included in the major street system of any municipality shall be officially known as city or village major streets as the case may be, and all roads, streets and highways included in the local street system of any municipality shall be officially known as city or village local streets, as the case may be. For a period of 2 years after the effective date of this act, the major street system and the local street system in each city and village, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as determined by the state highway commissioner, and thereafter the major street system and the local street system in each city and village, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as established by certification to and approval by the state highway commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act.

History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3958 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3958
Certificate of completion.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3958.

If an objection to the closing statement is not filed within 28 days after the filing date, the personal representative, the personal representative's sureties, or a successor of either is entitled to receive a certificate from the register that the personal representative appears to have fully administered the estate in question. The certificate is evidence of discharge of a lien on property given to secure the personal representative's obligation in lieu of bond or a surety. The certificate does not preclude action against the personal representative or the surety.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.412 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-138-of-2014 / Section 408.412
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Commissioner" means the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

(b) "Employ" means to engage, suffer, or permit to work.

(c) "Employee" means an individual not less than 16 years of age employed by an employer on the premises of the employer or at a fixed site designated by the employer, and includes a minor employed subject to section 15(1) of the youth employment standards act, 1978 PA 90, MCL 409.115.

(d) "Employer" means a person, firm, or corporation, including this state and its political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities, and a person acting in the interest of the employer, who employs 2 or more employees at any 1 time within a calendar year. An employer is subject to this act during the remainder of that calendar year. Except as specifically provided in the franchise agreement, as between a franchisee and franchisor, the franchisee is considered the sole employer of workers for whom the franchisee provides a benefit plan or pays wages.

History: 2014, Act 138, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014; Am. 2016, Act 19, Eff. May 23, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1155 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-35-of-1984 / Section 400.1155
Payment for home repair work and weatherization measures performed; selection of assisted households.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The department of social services shall pay for home repair work performed pursuant to this act. The department of labor shall pay for weatherization measures performed pursuant to this act. Assisted households which annually consume in excess of 200,000 cubic feet of natural gas or an equivalent dollar value of other heating fuels shall be selected by the department for installation of home repair and weatherization measures. Assisted households shall be selected in the order of greatest to least consumption of natural gas or other heating fuels, except that all assisted households whose annual consumption exceeds 130% of the annual consumption caps specified in section 8 of the Michigan low income heating assistance and shut-off protection act, or the dollar equivalent in other heating fuels, shall be weatherized before September 30 of the state fiscal year in which the households were selected.

History: 1984, Act 35, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.212 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.212
References to plat descriptions; use; plats as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 212.

Reference to any land, as it appears on a recorded assessor's plat is sufficient for purposes of assessment and taxation. Conveyance may be made by reference to the plat and shall be as effective to pass title to the land so described as it would be if the premises had been described by metes and bounds. The plat or record thereof shall be received in evidence in all courts and places as correctly describing the several parcels of land therein designated. After an assessor's plat has been made and recorded with the register of deeds, all conveyances of lands included in the assessor's plat shall be by reference to the plat. Any instrument dated and acknowledged after January 1, 1968, purporting to convey or mortgage any such lands except by reference to such assessor's plat may not be recorded by the register of deeds.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5838 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5838
Claim based on malpractice; accrual; commencement of action; burden of proof; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5838.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 5838a or 5838b, a claim based on the malpractice of a person who is, or holds himself or herself out to be, a member of a state licensed profession accrues at the time that person discontinues serving the plaintiff in a professional or pseudoprofessional capacity as to the matters out of which the claim for malpractice arose, regardless of the time the plaintiff discovers or otherwise has knowledge of the claim.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in section 5838a or 5838b, an action involving a claim based on malpractice may be commenced at any time within the applicable period prescribed in sections 5805 or 5851 to 5856, or within 6 months after the plaintiff discovers or should have discovered the existence of the claim, whichever is later. The plaintiff has the burden of proving that the plaintiff neither discovered nor should have discovered the existence of the claim at least 6 months before the expiration of the period otherwise applicable to the claim. A malpractice action that is not commenced within the time prescribed by this subsection is barred.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1975, Act 142, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1975; Am. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986; Am. 2012, Act 582, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13705 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13705
Regulatory responsibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13705.

Subject to any limitations in this part, the department shall have the regulatory responsibility that is held by this state in all matters related to the generating, storage, processing, handling, transporting, possession, or disposal of waste.

History: Add. 1987, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4304 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4304
Mortgage bonds; manner of payment; sinking fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4304.

Bonds that are issued and secured by a mortgage on the utility as provided in this part shall not be a general obligation of the local unit of government, but shall be paid only out of revenues received from the service charges as provided in section 4303 or from a sale of the property and franchises under a foreclosure of the mortgage. If a service rate is charged, a sufficient portion shall be set aside as a sinking fund for the payment of the interest on the bonds and the principal of the bonds at maturity.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995