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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2794 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-146-of-2000 / Section 125.2794
Report to commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Not later than October 15 each year, each qualified local governmental unit granting an obsolete property rehabilitation exemption shall report to the commission on the status of each exemption. The report must include the current value of the property to which the exemption pertains, the value on which the obsolete property rehabilitation tax is based, a current estimate of the number of jobs retained or created by the exemption, and a current estimate of the number of new residents occupying commercial housing property units covered by the exemption.

History: 2000, Act 146, Imd. Eff. June 6, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32706b — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32706b
Utilization of assessment tool; request for site-specific review; designation of proposed withdrawal; registration; rerun of assessment tool; correction of data.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32706b.

(1) Beginning on the effective date of the implementation of the assessment tool under section 32706a, prior to registering a new or increased large quantity withdrawal under section 32705 for a proposed withdrawal from a stream or river, or from groundwater, the property owner proposing to make the withdrawal shall utilize the assessment tool by entering the data related to the proposed withdrawal into the assessment tool. However, a person who intends to make a new or increased large quantity withdrawal for the purpose of dewatering a mine that has a permit under part 31 and is not regulated under part 631, 632, or 637 may choose to submit a request for a site-specific review rather than utilize the assessment tool.

(2) Upon entry of the relevant data under subsection (1), the assessment tool shall indicate to the user whether or not the proposed withdrawal is likely to cause an adverse resource impact and whether the proposed withdrawal falls into the category of zone A, zone B, zone C, or zone D.

(3) If the assessment tool designates a proposed withdrawal as a zone A withdrawal, or a zone B withdrawal in a cool river system or a warm river system, the property owner may register the withdrawal and proceed to make the withdrawal.

(4) If the assessment tool designates a proposed withdrawal as a zone B withdrawal in a cold-transitional river system, or a zone C or zone D withdrawal, the property owner shall not register the withdrawal or make the withdrawal except in accordance with section 32706c.

(5) After a property owner registers a withdrawal, if, in developing the capacity to make the withdrawal, the conditions of the withdrawal deviate from the specific data that were entered into the assessment tool, the property owner shall rerun the assessment tool and shall enter the corrected data into the assessment tool. The property owner shall notify the department of the corrected data and the corrected results from the assessment tool. If the corrected data do not change the determination of the assessment tool, the property owner may proceed with the withdrawal. If the corrected data change the determination from the assessment tool, the property owner shall proceed under the provisions of this part related to the corrected assessment tool determination.

History: Add. 2008, Act 185, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590c — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.590c
Qualifying petition; filing; time; filing notice of withdrawal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 590c.

A qualifying petition for an office shall be filed with the filing officer authorized to receive a partisan nominating petition or a certificate of nomination for that office.

A qualifying petition for an office elected at the general November election shall be filed not later than 4 p.m. of the one hundred-tenth day before the general election. A qualifying petition for an official elected at an election other than the general November election shall be filed not later than the deadline established by statute or charter for filing a partisan petition or certificate of nomination for the office or at least 90 days before that election, whichever is later.

A candidate who files a qualifying petition shall not be permitted to withdraw his or her candidacy unless a written notice of withdrawal is filed with the filing officer who received the petition. The notice shall be filed not later than 4 p.m. of the third day after the last day for filing a qualifying petition.

History: Add. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.431 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-9-of-2026 / Section 2.431
Chaldean American Month
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

In recognition of Chaldean, Assyrian, and Syriac Americans, who have made significant and valuable contributions to this state and the United States, the legislature declares that the month of May of each year shall be known as "Chaldean American Month".

History: 2026, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.334 — MI Code / Chapter 800 / Act Act-15-of-1968 / Section 800.334
Violation of act; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Any person, firm or corporation who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1968, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1903 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.1903
Certificate of registration; issuance; return to applicant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 903.

If the administrator finds that an application for registration conforms to law and all requisite fees have been paid, he or she shall file in his or her office the application and issue a certificate of registration to transact business in this state.

The certificate of registration, together with a true copy of the application or the original thereof, shall be returned to the person who filed the application or the person's representative.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1129 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-198-of-1965 / Section 257.1129
Coverage by workmen's compensation law; recovery from fund; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

Any person covered with respect to such injury or death by workmen's compensation law or the personal representative of such person shall not be permitted to recover from the fund except for property damage.

History: 1965, Act 198, Eff. Nov. 1, 1965; Am. 1969, Act 103, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.456 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.456
Legal process served on resident agent effective as personal service on company, association, or group; stipulation; filing copy of appointment; fee; duration of appointment; service of process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 456.

Every insurance company, association, risk retention group, or purchasing group not organized under the statutes of this state shall file with the commissioner, as a condition precedent to doing business in this state, the name and address of a resident agent upon which any local process affecting the company, association, or group may be served. Service upon the resident agent designated under this section is service on the company, association, or group. This designation shall remain in force as long as any liability remains within this state.

As a condition of doing business in this state, an unauthorized insurer who does not have a resident agent shall file with the commissioner an irrevocable written stipulation agreeing that any legal process affecting the company, association, or group that is served upon the commissioner or his or her designee has the same effect as if personally served upon the company, association, or group. A copy of the appointment shall be filed with the commissioner. Service upon the commissioner is service upon the company, association, or group and the fee for service is $10.00 payable at time of service. This appointment remains in force as long as any liability remains within this state.

Every insurance company not organized under the statutes of this state that provides a surety bond required or permitted under the laws of the United States shall irrevocably appoint the commissioner or his or her designee as the company's agent to receive service of process in any action in United States district court on the surety bond. Service upon the commissioner is service upon the company, and the commissioner may establish a reasonable fee, payable at the time of service, for the acceptance of service. Upon receipt of service of process, the commissioner or his or her designee shall forward the service of process to the resident agent designated under subsection (1). Service of process on the commissioner under this subsection only applies for a bond provided within this state and is in addition to and not in place of any other method of service authorized by law or court rule.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1981, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1981; Am. 1989, Act 214, Eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Am. 2002, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 2002; Am. 2002, Act 664, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.828 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.828
Statements of votes; certified copy to secretary of state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 828.

The clerk of the board of county canvassers forthwith, and in no case later than 24 hours after the completion of the canvass, on forms provided by the secretary of state, shall deliver in person or send to the secretary of state, by registered or certified mail with return receipt demanded, a certified copy of each of the statements prepared by the board as required by section 824, so far as the statements shall relate to the vote for any state office, electors of President and Vice President of the United States, United States Senator, Representative in Congress, supreme court justices, court of appeals judges, circuit court judges, probate judges, district court judges, state senators and representatives in the state legislature, members of the state board of education, members of the board of regents of the University of Michigan, members of the board of trustees of Michigan State University, members of the board of governors of Wayne State University, and any proposed amendment to the constitution or other question or proposition submitted at the election to the electors of this state at large, together with a certificate of authenticity signed by the clerk and the chairperson of the board of canvassers.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956; Am. 1958, Act 192, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958; Am. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2102 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2102
Definitions; A to D.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2102.

"Affiliate of", or an insurer "affiliated with" an insurer, means an insurer that directly, or indirectly through 1 or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with the insurer specified.

"Automobile insurance" means insurance for private passenger nonfleet automobiles which provides any of the following:

Security required pursuant to section 3101.

Personal protection, property protection, and residual liability insurance for amounts in excess of the amounts required under chapter 31.

Insurance coverages customarily known as comprehensive and collision.

Other insurance coverages for a private passenger nonfleet automobile as prescribed by rule promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A rule proposed for promulgation by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be transmitted in advance to each member of the standing committee in the house and in the senate which has jurisdiction over insurance.

"Automobile insurance package policy" means a policy which includes more than 1 of the automobile insurance coverages described in section 2102(2)(a), (b), (c), or (d), in any combination.

"Declination" means any of the following:

Refusal by an agent to submit an application on behalf of an applicant to any of the insurers represented by the agent.

Refusal by an insurer to issue insurance to a person upon receipt of an application for insurance.

Offering insurance at higher rates with a different insurer than that requested by a person.

Offering coverage with less favorable terms or conditions than those requested by a person.

History: Add. 1979, Act 145, Eff. Jan. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12542 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12542
Public bathing beach; safety and rescue equipment; communication with outside sources of assistance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12542.

The owner or person in charge of a public bathing beach shall provide and maintain suitable and adequate safety and rescue equipment and suitable and adequate means of communication with outside sources of assistance, which shall be available and accessible at the public bathing beach when it is open to bathers.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 79.21 — MI Code / Chapter 79 / Act Act-180-of-1925 / Section 79.21
Sprinkling fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The common council of any incorporated village within this state is hereby authorized and empowered to set aside and expend from and out of the general fund of any such village a sum of money not exceeding 1,500 dollars in any 1 year for the purpose of sprinkling, moistening or in any other manner treating for the purpose of moistening, the traveled portions of any designated street or streets, or parts thereof, in any such village.

History: 1925, Act 180, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1925; CL 1929, 1794; CL 1948, 79.21
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.71 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-159-of-1893 / Section 457.71
French Canadian Society; incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That The Union of the French Canadian Society of the United States may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.

History: 1893, Act 159, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1893; CL 1897, 7855; CL 1915, 10291; CL 1929, 10573; CL 1948, 457.71
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.28 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-11-of-1899 / Section 458.28
Amendment of articles; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a 2/3 vote of the quarterly conference of said church, to alter or amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or the book of discipline of the Methodist Episcopal church; and such alteration or amendment shall become operative when 2/3 of all the members of the quarterly conference shall execute amended articles and the said amended articles are acknowledged in the same manner as stated in section 3 of this act, and the presiding elder has affixed his certificate thereto, as provided in said section, and the same has been recorded or left for record, as provided in section 4 of this act.

History: 1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899; CL 1915, 10922; CL 1929, 10853; CL 1948, 458.28
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5420 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5420
Recording of conservator's letters.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5420.

Letters of conservatorship are evidence of transfer of all of the protected individual's property, or the part of that property specified in the letters, to the conservator. An order terminating a conservatorship is evidence of transfer of the property subjected to the conservatorship from the conservator to the protected individual or that individual's successors.

Subject to the requirements of general statutes governing the filing or recordation of documents of title to land or other property, letters of conservatorship or an order terminating a conservatorship may be filed or recorded to give record notice of title as between the conservator and the protected individual.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.7 — MI Code / Chapter 8 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 8.7
Department of natural resources; references.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Whenever reference is made to the department of conservation or the conservation commission it shall mean the department of natural resources or the natural resources commission.

History: Add. 1969, Act 208, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2109 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2109
Definitions; R.
Status: in_force

Sec. 109.

"Refund beneficiary" means 1 or more persons whom the member, vested former member, or retirant nominates under section 405 for the purpose of being paid accumulated contributions in the event of the death of the member, vested former member, or retirant if a retirement allowance is not payable to a retirement allowance beneficiary.

"Reporting unit" means the unit of government responsible for reporting a member's compensation, contributions, and other information required by the retirement system. Reporting unit includes, but is not limited to, the state court administrator's office, the supreme court finance office, a county, a city, a district control unit, a local unit of government retirement plan, and a department of this state.

"Retirant" means a member who retired with a retirement allowance payable from the reserves of the retirement system under this act, the former judges retirement system, or the former probate judges retirement system.

"Retirement allowance" means a series of monthly payments to a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary from the reserves of the retirement system.

"Retirement allowance beneficiary" means a person who is being paid a retirement allowance from the reserves of the retirement system because of the death of a member, vested former member, or retirant under this act, the former judges retirement system, or the former probate judges retirement system.

"Retirement board" means the Michigan judges retirement board created by section 202.

"Retirement system" means the Michigan judges retirement system created by section 201.

"Revised judicature act" means the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 600.101 to 600.9947 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1313 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1313
Juror qualifications questionnaire; contents; completion; mailing; removal of deceased person from list.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1313.

(1) The board shall supply a juror qualifications questionnaire to each person on the first jury list, regardless of whether the person previously failed to return a juror qualification questionnaire. This questionnaire shall contain blanks for the information the board desires, concerning qualifications for, and exemptions from, jury service. Persons on the first jury list are required to return the questionnaire fully answered to the jury board within 10 days after it is received.

(2) In any county, the jury questionnaire described in this section and the written summons notice described in section 1332 may be provided together in the same mailing.

(3) If a qualifying questionnaire is returned with an indication by the United States postal service that the person to whom the questionnaire is addressed is deceased, the name of the person shall be removed from the first juror list and that name and circumstance may be forwarded to the local clerk.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004; Am. 2012, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.581 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-25-of-1836 / Section 565.581
County attached to another for judicial purposes; record of instruments; copying, copy as evidence; social security number; removal; "books" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) By majority vote, the board of supervisors of an organized county that is attached to another county for judicial purposes may direct the register of deeds of the board's county, either in person or by deputy, to provide sufficient books, and procure and record in those books a complete copy of all deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, or other instruments relating to the title of land belonging to the board's county and on record in the county to which it is attached; and it is the duty of that register or deputy under his or her oath of office to certify each and every copy so taken to be a true copy of the original record; and each copy so certified shall be received as evidence in all courts in this state, in the same manner and for the same purposes as the original record would be received.

(2) Unless state or federal law, rule, regulation, or court order or rule requires that the social security number appear in the instrument or copies of the instrument, if a register of deeds provides a person a copy of an instrument from a book of records that contains a social security number, the register of deeds may obscure or remove all or at least the first 5 digits of the social security number from the copy before providing it.

(3) An individual whose social security number is contained in 1 or more instruments in a county's books of record may request that the register of deeds of that county obscure or remove all or at least the first 5 digits of his or her social security number from copies made of those instruments by recording an affidavit identifying the liber and page of those instruments.

(4) As used in this act, "books" includes a computerized recording system for instruments relating to the title of land.

History: 1836, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 1836; CL 1857, 2766; CL 1871, 4259; How. 5694; CL 1897, 9000; CL 1915, 11732; CL 1929, 13378; CL 1948, 565.581; Am. 2007, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Sept. 12, 2007