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Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.508 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-294-of-1982 / Section 552.508
Expediting relief; methods.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The circuit court shall utilize referees and take other appropriate action to expedite obtaining relief in the form of child or spousal support in domestic relations matters, including the entry and enforcement of child support orders and the enforcement of spousal support orders, as necessary to obtain dispositions of petitions for relief within the following time frames:

Ninety percent of dispositions within 3 months after filing a petition.

Ninety-eight percent of dispositions within 6 months after filing a petition.

One hundred percent of dispositions within 12 months after filing a petition.

History: Add. 1985, Act 208, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.13 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-144-of-1937 / Section 780.13
Arrest without warrant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Arrest without a warrant. The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in the preceding section; and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.

History: 1937, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 780.13
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.333 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-71-of-1877 / Section 565.333
Notice of application; personal service, publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

No conveyance shall be made under this act, excepting upon notice of the application, which notice shall be by personal service thereof, except where the opposite party or parties are non-residents of the state, in which latter case, the court may order publication of such notice in 1 or more newspapers published in the county where the court may be held and the land may be situated, for such time as the court may order, not less than once a week for 4 successive weeks.

History: 1877, Act 71, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 5720; CL 1897, 9034; CL 1915, 11769; CL 1929, 13349; CL 1948, 565.333
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17094 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17094
Genetic counselor; temporary license; interim requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17094.

A temporary licensed genetic counselor shall work under the supervision of a qualified supervisor at all times during which the temporary licensed genetic counselor engages in the practice of genetic counseling.

History: Add. 2018, Act 624, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.163 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.163
Drain commissioner; approval procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 163.

Within 10 days after the date of receiving the plat under section 161(2)(a), the drain commissioner shall do 1 of the following:

(a) Approve the plat and notify the proprietor of his or her approval.

(b) Reject the plat, give his or her reasons in writing, and return it to the proprietor. The drain commissioner shall send a copy of the letter of rejection to the clerk of the governing body and the chairperson of the county plat board.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1045 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1045
Charges for electric provider's tariffs that permit recovery of incremental costs of compliance; calculation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45.

(1) For an electric provider whose rates are regulated by the commission, the commission shall determine a revenue recovery mechanism, subject to section 47, for the electric provider's tariffs that permit recovery of the incremental cost of compliance to implement the amended renewable energy plan.

(2) An electric provider's incremental cost of compliance shall be recovered through a revenue recovery mechanism that is designed consistent with the production allocation approved in the provider's most recent general rate case under section 6a of 1939 PA 3, MCL 460.6a. An electric provider may propose a revenue recovery mechanism in an amended renewable energy plan to include all or a portion of the electric provider's incremental cost of compliance in base rates. If an electric provider proposes to include all or a portion of the incremental cost of compliance in base rates, the commission shall review and approve, approve with modifications, or deny the revenue recovery mechanism proposed by the electric provider.

(3) The incremental cost of compliance shall be calculated for a 20-year period beginning with approval of the amended renewable energy plan and may be recovered on a levelized basis.

History: 2008, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008; Am. 2016, Act 342, Eff. Apr. 20, 2017; Am. 2023, Act 235, Eff. Feb. 27, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1952 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1952
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1952.

A person who knowingly and wilfully violates or aids or abets directly or indirectly in a violation of this chapter 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.

History: Add. 1980, Act 341, Eff. June 23, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.361 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-13-of-1966 / Section 254.361
Refunding bonds; issuance, purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state may borrow money and issue its refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding the following outstanding bonds issued by the Mackinac bridge authority, and agency and instrumentality of this state created by Act No. 21 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1950, being sections 254.301 to 254.304 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, pursuant to Act No. 214 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 254.311 to 254.331 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and a certain indenture between the Mackinac bridge authority and the Detroit trust company, dated July 1, 1953:

Bridge revenue bonds, series A (Mackinac straits bridge), dated July 1, 1953, in the principal sum of $79,800,000.00;

Bridge revenue bonds, series B (Mackinac straits bridge), dated July 1, 1953, in the principal sum of $20,000,000.00.

History: 1966, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1966; Am. 1967, Act 112, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1406 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1406
Saving clause.
Status: in_force

Sec. 106.

All proceedings pending and all rights and liabilities existing, acquired, or incurred under former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945 at the time this act takes effect are saved. Those proceedings shall be consummated pursuant to the law in effect when the proceedings were commenced. Those rights and liabilities shall be preserved pursuant to the law in effect on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this act. To the extent that either the kinds of benefits available under the applicable chapter of former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945 as in effect on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this act or the manner of calculating those benefits under former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945 results in a greater benefit of any kind than would otherwise be available under this act or include a benefit not otherwise available under this act, the determinations of those kinds of benefits available and the manner of calculating those benefits shall be made pursuant to former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945 for those members who participated in the retirement system as set forth in former Act No. 136 of the Public Acts of 1945 before the effective date of this act.

History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 6.5 — MI Code / Chapter 6 / Act Act-62-of-1872 / Section 6.5
Impeachment; appearance and answer of accused.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The senate when so organized shall forthwith cause the person impeached to appear and to answer the charge exhibited against him and upon his appearance, he shall be entitled to a copy of the articles of impeachment, and to a reasonable time to answer the same.

History: 1872, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1872; How. 54; CL 1897, 22; CL 1915, 36; CL 1929, 63; CL 1948, 6.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.854 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-306-of-1937 / Section 388.854
Violation of act; penalty; injunction proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The license or registration of an architect or engineer convicted of violating this act shall be revoked. A school officer, member of a school board, or other person who neglects or refuses to do or perform any act required by this act, or who violates or knowingly permits or consents to any violation of this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 3 months, or both. Any violation of this act may be enjoined in an action brought by the bureau of fire services created in section 1b of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, in the circuit court for the county in which the school buildings are or will be situated.

History: 1937, Act 306, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1937; Am. 1941, Act 148, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 388.854; Am. 2006, Act 199, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.17 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-151-of-1851 / Section 390.17
Interest on university fund; use for improvement of grounds and purchase of apparatus.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The board of regents shall have power to expend so much of the interest arising from the university fund, as may be necessary for the improving and ornamenting the university grounds, for the purchase of philosophical, chemical, meteorological, and other apparatus and to keep the same in good condition.

History: 1851, Act 151, Eff. July 5, 1851; CL 1857, 2199; CL 1871, 3497; How. 4921; CL 1897, 1797; CL 1915, 1172; CL 1929, 7780; CL 1948, 390.17
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4501 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4501
“Municipality” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4501.

The term "municipality" or "municipalities" as used in this part means and includes a county, city, village, township, school district, metropolitan district, port district, drainage district, authority, or other governmental authority, agency, or department within or of the state with power to acquire, construct, improve, or operate facilities for the prevention or abatement of water pollution, or any combination of such governmental agencies.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.503 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-232-of-1937 / Section 445.503
Resolution, rules and regulations; posting, affidavit; township clerk, filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Said resolution, and the rules, regulations and conditions enacted hereunder shall, within 5 days after their adoption and before the same shall take effect, be published by posting the same in 3 conspicuous places in the township and an affidavit of said posting shall be filed in the office of the township clerk.

History: 1937, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 445.503
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.2 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-232-of-1863 / Section 486.2
Articles of association; signing, filing, evidence; body corporate, powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Each subscriber to such articles of association shall subscribe thereto his name and place of residence. The said articles of association shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and thereupon the persons who have so subscribed, and all persons who from time to time shall associate with them, shall be a body corporate, by the name specified in such articles, and as such shall be capable of suing and being sued, in all courts, and in all manner of actions, and may have a common seal. A copy of any articles of association, filed in pursuance of this section, with a copy of an affidavit, made by at least 2 of the directors named therein, setting forth that all prior proceedings of said association, had been in strict conformity with all the provisions of this act endorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, and certified by the secretary of state, to be a true copy of the whole of such articles of association, and of such affidavit, shall be in all courts and places presumptive evidence of the incorporation of such company, and the facts therein stated.

History: 1863, Act 232, Eff. June 22, 1863; CL 1871, 2746; How. 3875; CL 1897, 6768; CL 1915, 8868; CL 1929, 11803; CL 1948, 486.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1085 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-455-of-2012 / Section 752.1085
Violation arising out of same criminal transaction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act does not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any violation of law arising out of the same criminal transaction that violates this act.

History: 2012, Act 455, Eff. Mar. 31, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.157 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-181-of-1962 / Section 400.157
Board of county institutions; responsibility to board of supervisors; budgets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The board of county institutions will be responsible to the board of supervisors for the administration and management of different county institutions placed under the responsibility of the board.

The board of county institutions may not be required, if it operates as a single institution to prepare separate budgets for each hospital or institution, but may prepare 1 budget for the operation of the single institution.

History: 1962, Act 181, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963; Am. 1968, Act 149, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11564 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11564
Testing of finished compost; compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11564.

(1) The following sites shall test their finished compost in compliance with the US Composting Council's Seal of Testing Assurance, unless the department has approved an alternate procedure:

(a) Class 1 composting facilities that produce over 2,000 cubic yards of finished compost per year. The finished compost shall be analyzed for the parameters listed in section 11565.

(b) Class 2 composting facilities. The finished compost shall be analyzed for the parameters listed in section 11565 and, if the compost is produced from class 2 compostable material, other parameters identified in the facility's general permit.

(2) All sites not listed in subsection (1) shall test at least 1 sample of finished compost per 4,000 cubic yards or 2,000 tons per year for the parameters listed in section 11565, unless the department has approved an alternate procedure.

History: Add. 2022, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.12 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.12
Specification of time; directory or mandatory.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Except as provided in section 8, when a time is specified in this act in which the drain commissioner or a drainage board shall take a specified administrative action or a procedural step, the specification of time shall be considered directory and not mandatory and failure to take the action or step within the time specified shall not affect the legality and validity of a drain proceeding. Where the specification of time relates to the giving of notice, the filing of objections, the taking of an appeal, the commencement of an action in a court, the taking of an action or step in the assessment, levy, or collection of drain assessments, taxes or other charges, or to a requirement of due process, the specification of time shall be considered mandatory if so provided in this act.

History: Add. 1969, Act 90, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969; Am. 1978, Act 235, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5611 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5611
Action in name of state; intervention by attorney general; action by department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 611.

(1) The department may bring any appropriate action, including mediation or other alternative dispute resolution, in the name of the people of this state to carry out this act and to enforce this act.

(2) If the attorney general considers it necessary, the attorney general shall intervene in and prosecute any case that arises under this act.

(3) This section does not prohibit the department from bringing any civil, criminal, or administrative action for the enforcement of section 601.

(4) The department has standing to bring an administrative action or to directly bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction regarding the unlicensed practice of an occupation regulated under this act.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1095 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1095
"Matt Urban Memorial Bridge."
Status: in_force

Sec. 95.

The bridge on highway US-24 in Monroe county between North Custer road and South Custer road shall be known as the "Matt Urban Memorial Bridge".

History: Add. 2014, Act 435, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1923 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1923
Process; service on partnership association or unincorporated voluntary association.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1923.

Service of process upon a partnership association or unincorporated voluntary association may be made by leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with any officer, director, trustee, agent, or person in charge of an office or business establishment, and sending a summons and a copy of the complaint by registered mail, addressed to any office of the partnership association or unincorporated voluntary association. If no office can be found, a summons and a copy of the complaint shall be mailed by registered mail to a member of such association other than the person with whom a summons and complaint was left.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.8104 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.8104
Security or interest in security; financial asset; security entitlement; acquisition; placing security or financial asset in possession of another person.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8104.

A person acquires a security or an interest in a security under this article in either of the following situations:

The person is a purchaser to whom a security is delivered pursuant to section 8301.

The person acquires a security entitlement to the security pursuant to section 8501.

A person acquires a financial asset, other than a security, or an interest in the security, under this article, if the person acquires a security entitlement to the financial asset.

A person who acquires a security entitlement to a security or other financial asset has the rights specified in part 5, but is a purchaser of any security, security entitlement, or other financial asset held by the securities intermediary only to the extent provided in section 8503.

Unless the context shows that a different meaning is intended, a person who is required by other law, regulation, rule, or agreement to transfer, deliver, present, surrender, exchange, or otherwise put in the possession of another person a security or financial asset satisfies that requirement by causing the other person to acquire an interest in the security or financial asset pursuant to subsection (1) or (2).

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1987, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 1987; Am. 1998, Act 278, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.775 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-428-of-1980 / Section 450.775
Violating or conspiring to violate act; fraudulent procurement of contract; felony; penalty; barring violator from obtaining future contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A person who knowingly violates or conspires to violate this act, or who knowingly and fraudulently procures or attempts to procure a contract with this state as a minority owned or woman owned business is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or a fine of not less than $5,000.00, or both. A person who violates this act shall be barred from obtaining future contracts with the state.

History: 1980, Act 428, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.41 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-381-of-1974 / Section 338.41
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) The phrase "good moral character", when used as a requirement for an occupational or professional license or when used as a requirement to establish or operate an organization or facility regulated by this state in a statute of this state or administrative rules promulgated under a statute of this state, means the propensity on the part of an individual to serve the public in the licensed area in a fair, honest, and open manner.

(2) As used in this act:

(a) "Felony" means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law as a felony.

(b) "License" includes a registration.

(c) "Licensing board or agency" means a principal department, or a board or agency within a principal department, that issues occupational or professional licenses.

(d) "Principal department" means a department that has jurisdiction over a licensing board or agency.

History: 1974, Act 381, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 294, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1978; Am. 2020, Act 368, Eff. Apr. 4, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1205 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-220-of-1976 / Section 37.1205
Apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining programs; discrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 205.

An employer, labor organization, or joint labor management committee controlling apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining programs shall not discriminate against an individual because of a disability in admission to, or employment or continuation in, a program established to provide apprenticeship or other training.

History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1779 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1779
Definitions; V.
Status: in_force

Sec. 779.

"Valuation date" means:

In a business combination voted upon by shareholders, the day prior to the date of the shareholders vote or the day which is 20 calendar days prior to the consummation of the business combination, whichever is later.

In a business combination not voted upon by shareholders, the date of the consummation of the business combination.

"Voting shares" means those shares of a corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

History: Add. 1984, Act 115, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1984