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Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.705a — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-72-of-1857 / Section 390.705a
Board of trustees; custodians of endowment funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5-a.

The said board of trustees shall be the custodians of the endowment fund of said college and shall control the investment of the funds held for endowment purposes, whether general or special. Said board, in its management of said funds, may employ committees, individuals, banks, trust companies or other agents and may fix the compensation to be paid for services and the guaranties to be required.

History: Add. 1923, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 16, 1923; CL 1929, 8133; CL 1948, 390.705a
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13105 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13105
Bank as body corporate; authorization.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3105.

If the commissioner approves the articles of incorporation as required by this act, the bank shall become a body corporate. A bank shall not transact any business, except as is incidental and necessarily preliminary to its organization, until it has been authorized by the commissioner to commence the business of banking.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1206a — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1206a
Designation of racial or ethnic classification in writing developed by state agency; transmission of information to federal agency; “writing” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 206a.

A state agency shall do both of the following if that state agency lists racial or ethnic classifications in a writing developed or printed 90 or more days after the effective date of this section, and if that state agency requests that an individual select a classification to designate his or her race or ethnicity:

Include in the writing the term "multiracial" as a classification, and a definition of that term that substantially provides that "multiracial" means having parents of different races.

Exclude from the writing the term "other" as a classification.

If a federal agency requires a state agency to transmit information obtained from an individual pursuant to a writing described in subsection (1), but rejects the classification "multiracial", the state agency shall redesignate the individuals identified as multiracial by allocating those individuals to racial or ethnic classifications approved by the federal agency in the same ratio that those classifications occur within the general population of the group from which the information was solicited.

As used in this section, "writing" means that term as defined in section 2 of the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.232 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1995, Act 89, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.2 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.2
Definitions; A.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Accident" means an event involving an aircraft that is in-flight or taxiing, resulting in death or injury to any person, damage to the aircraft affecting its ability to safely operate, or damage to public property or property of another person.

"Aeronautical facilities" means any device, physical or otherwise, that is an object of nature or that is human-made, that aids and is used in aeronautics.

"Aeronautics" means any act or matter that treats or deals with flight in the airspace.

"Air navigation" means the operation or navigation of aircraft in the airspace over the land and waters of this state.

"Aircraft" means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.

"Aircraft, civil" means any aircraft other than a public aircraft.

"Aircraft, public" means any aircraft used exclusively in the service of any government or of any political subdivision of a government, including the government of any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, but not including any government-owned aircraft engaged in carrying persons or property for commercial purposes.

"Airman" means any individual, including the 1 in command, and any pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, who engages in the navigation of aircraft while under way, and any individual who is in charge of the inspection, overhauling, or repair of aircraft, and any individual who serves in the capacity of aircraft dispatcher or air traffic control tower operator.

"Airport" means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft, and includes the buildings and facilities, if any, on that location.

"Airport approach plan" means a plan, or an amendment to a plan, adopted under section 12 of the airport zoning act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 23, MCL 259.442.

"Airport layout plan" means a plan, or an amendment to a plan, that shows current or proposed layout of an airport and that is approved by the commission.

"Airport manager" means any individual who is properly appointed and designated by the airport owner as the airport manager, and who is responsible for the supervision and operation of the airport to the airport owner.

"Airspace approval" means that approval issued by the appropriate federal authority pertaining to the safe and efficient use of airspace by aircraft for an established or proposed airport or landing field.

"Airspace, navigable" means airspace at and above the minimum flight altitudes prescribed in the federal air regulations including airspace needed for safe takeoff and landing.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.2; Am. 1996, Act 370, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996; Am. 2002, Act 35, Eff. May 15, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31505 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31505
Definitions; R to T.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31505.

"Removal" means the physical elimination of a dam or impoundment.

"Repair" means to substantially restore a dam to its original condition and includes only such restoration as may directly affect the structural integrity of the dam.

"Riparian owner" means a person who has riparian rights.

"Riparian rights" means rights which accrue by operation of law to a landowner on the banks of an inland lake or stream.

"Significant hazard potential dam" means a dam located in an area where its failure may cause damage limited to isolated inhabited homes, agricultural buildings, structures, secondary highways, short line railroads, or public utilities, where environmental degradation may be significant, or where danger to individuals exists.

"Spillway" means a waterway in or about a dam designed for the discharge of water.

"Spillway capacity" means the maximum rate of discharge that will pass through a spillway at design flood elevation.

"Two-hundred year flood" means a flood that has a 0.5% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.103 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-639-of-1978 / Section 120.103
Port authority; exercise of powers and duties; jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

An authority may exercise and apply any or all of its powers and duties as prescribed and set forth in this act, within the respective boundaries of the county or counties creating a port authority under this act, including jurisdiction over commercially navigable water lying therein.

History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.315 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.315
Failure to receive licensure, approval, or recognition; protest; review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 315.

A school, institution, or other person which fails to receive licensure or approval, or approval or recognition of a program offered by the school, institution, or person may protest that decision and be granted an opportunity for review of that decision by the department under section 520 or 521.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2156 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2156
Minister, priest, or Christian Science practitioner; nondisclosure of confessions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2156.

No minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, or duly accredited Christian Science practitioner, shall be allowed to disclose any confessions made to him in his professional character, in the course of discipline enjoined by the rules or practice of such denomination.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1962, Act 187, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1962
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1522 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-448-of-1978 / Section 691.1522
Removal of food lodged in throat; liability of employee or owner of restaurant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A restaurant or an employee or owner of a restaurant shall not be liable for civil damages if an employee or owner of a restaurant in good faith attempts to remove, removes, or assists in the removal or attempted removal of food which is lodged in an individual's throat, unless the employee or owner was grossly negligent in his or her actions.

History: 1978, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21110 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21110
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21110.

A person shall not knowingly deliver a regulated substance into an underground storage tank system that is not registered under this part.

A person shall not repair or test an underground storage tank system that is not registered under this part.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.51h — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.51h
Michigan taxpayer rebate fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51h.

(1) The Michigan taxpayer rebate fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the Michigan taxpayer rebate fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the Michigan taxpayer rebate fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the Michigan taxpayer rebate fund interest and earnings from those fund investments.

(2) Money in the Michigan taxpayer rebate fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in that fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. However, any money in the Michigan taxpayer rebate fund after all rebates have been issued in accordance with section 476 shall lapse to the general fund at the close of that fiscal year.

(3) The department shall be the administrator of the Michigan taxpayer rebate fund.

(4) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection, if the amendatory act that added this section takes effect before April 18, 2023, the department shall, upon appropriation as provided in section 695, expend money from the Michigan taxpayer rebate fund to issue the advance refund payments in accordance with the rebate and credit authorized under section 476. The department shall not issue any advance refund payments after December 31, 2023.

History: Add. 2023, Act 4, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1613 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1613
Evidence of insurance coverage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1613.

Creditor-placed insurance shall be set forth in an individual policy or certificate of insurance. A copy of the individual policy, certificate of insurance coverage, or other evidence of insurance coverage shall be mailed, first-class mail, or delivered in person to the last known address of the debtor.

History: Add. 2002, Act 655, Eff. Mar. 23, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.443 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.443
Board of review; duty, limitation, oath.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

At such hearing the board of review shall have the right, and it shall be their duty to review and equalize all assessments of per cent of benefits made by the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, for such improvement upon the county at large, or upon any city, and the total assessment made upon the several townships, including the total per cent assessed upon lands benefited therein. Such board shall not review or equalize the assessment for benefits upon particular lands. The persons so appointed as such board of review shall be sworn to faithfully discharge the duties of such board of review.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4713; Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917; Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 4358; CL 1948, 247.443
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1139a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-314-of-1965 / Section 38.1139a
State treasurer as investment fiduciary; investments in private equity; limitation; investment fiduciary not state treasurer; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19a.

(1) If the investment fiduciary is the state treasurer, investments in private equity shall not be more than 30% of the system's total assets. If the investment fiduciary is not the state treasurer and the system has assets of $1,000,000,000.00 or more, investments in private equity shall not be more than 10% of the system's total assets. An investment fiduciary described in this subsection may invest not more than an additional 5% of the system's assets in Michigan private equity only.

(2) An investment fiduciary of a system that has assets of $250,000,000.00 or more but less than $1,000,000,000.00 shall not invest more than 5% of the system's assets in Michigan private equity. An investment fiduciary may otherwise invest in private equity under section 20d.

History: Add. 2008, Act 425, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009; Am. 2012, Act 347, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2308 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2308
Offsetting benefits against amounts owed; forfeiture of service credit for transfer to federal agency; rights subject to public employee retirement benefit protection act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 308.

The retirement system may offset retirement benefits or refunds payable under this act against amounts owed to the retirement system by a member, vested former member, retirant, retirement allowance beneficiary, or refund beneficiary.

If the retirement system is required by the federal government pursuant to a court order to transmit a part of a member's accumulated contributions to a federal agency, the service credit that is covered by the payment shall be forfeited in the same manner as if the employee had requested and been paid a refund of the member's most recent contributions.

The right of a person to a retirement allowance, to the return of accumulated contributions, to an optional benefit, to any other right accrued or accruing to a member or beneficiary under this act, and to the money belonging to the retirement system is subject to the public employee retirement benefit protection act.

History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993; Am. 2002, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.35 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-83-of-1867 / Section 35.35
County record book for discharges from armed forces; certified copy admissible as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Certified copies of such record, under the seal of the circuit court of the county in which such discharge is recorded, shall be received as evidence of the contents of the original discharge, in all cases where such evidence may be required.

History: 1867, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Mar. 23, 1867; CL 1871, 549; How. 984; CL 1897, 1708; CL 1915, 1078; CL 1929, 898; CL 1948, 35.35
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.8206 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.8206
Application to existing relationships.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8206.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in article VII, all of the following apply on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section:

(a) The amendments and additions to article VII enacted by the amendatory act that added this section apply to all trusts created before, on, or after that effective date.

(b) The amendments and additions to article VII enacted by the amendatory act that added this section apply to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after that effective date.

(c) The amendments and additions to article VII enacted by the amendatory act that added this section apply to judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced before that effective date unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of the amendments and additions would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in which case the particular provision of the amendments and additions does not apply and the superseded provisions apply.

(d) Any rule of construction or presumption provided in the amendments and additions to article VII enacted by the amendatory act that added this section applies to trust instruments executed before that effective date unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the trust.

(2) The amendments and additions to article VII enacted by the amendatory act that added this section do not impair an accrued right or affect an act done before that effective date. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period that has commenced to run under any other statute before that effective date, that statute continues to apply to the right even if it has been repealed or superseded.

(3) If any provision of the amendments and additions to article VII enacted by the amendatory act that added this section conflicts with any provision of 1846 RS 63, MCL 555.1 to 555.27, the provision of article VII prevails.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11563 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11563
Sale of general use compost; labeling requirements; management of restricted use compost.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11563.

(1) General use compost offered for sale shall be accompanied by a label, in the case of bagged compost, or an information sheet in the case of bulk sales. The label or information sheet shall contain all of the following information:

(a) The name and generator of the compost.

(b) The feedstock and bulking agents used to produce the compost.

(c) Use instructions, including application rates and any restrictions on use.

(d) If the compost is marketed as a fertilizer, micronutrient, or soil conditioner, the label shall list the applicable parameters under section 11565 and comply with the requirements of part 85, if applicable.

(e) If the compost is marketed as a liming material, the label shall list the applicable parameters under section 11565 and shall include a statement indicating that the generator of the compost is in compliance with the applicable requirements of 1955 PA 162, MCL 290.531 to 290.538. The label shall specify the generator's liming license number.

(f) A statement indicating how the user of the compost can obtain the results of all testing, including test parameters and concentration levels.

(2) Restricted use compost shall be managed as provided in any of the following:

(a) Disposed of at a properly licensed landfill.

(b) Stockpiled on-site until the generator petitions the department under section 11562 and the department reclassifies the compost as provided in that section.

(c) Used for a use specified by the department under section 11553(3).

(d) If offered for sale, accompanied by a label, in the case of bagged compost, or an information sheet in the case of bulk sales. The label or information sheet shall contain both of the following:

( i ) The information required by subsection (1).

( ii ) A statement that the compost has been approved for use by this state and further indicating how the user of the compost may obtain the results of all testing including test parameters, concentration levels, and the applicable standards.

(3) The department may impose conditions for use of restricted use compost to ensure the protection of the environment, natural resources, or the public health, safety, or welfare.

History: Add. 2022, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1004c — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1004c
"Trooper Craig A. Scott Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 4c.

The portion of highway US-127 beginning at exit 56 in Ingham County and extending south to the Jackson County line shall be known as the "Trooper Craig A. Scott Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2018, Act 470, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.670 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-18-of-1933-Ex-Sess- / Section 125.670
Receiver; appointment; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

If there shall be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any such bonds authorized pursuant to this act, any court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the project or combined projects on behalf of the borrower, under the direction of the court and by and with the approval of the court, to fix and charge rents and collect revenues sufficient to provide for the payment of any bonds or other obligations outstanding against the project or combined projects and for the payment of the expense of operating and maintaining the same and to apply the revenues of the project or combined projects in conformity with this act and the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds and in accordance with such orders as the court shall make.

History: 1933, Ex. Sess., Act 18, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1934; CL 1948, 125.670; Am. 1970, Act 249, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.552a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.552a
Validity of petition or signature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552a.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, a petition or a signature is not invalid solely because the designation of city or township has not been made on the petition form if a city and an adjoining township have the same name.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, if a person who signs a petition uses his or her mailing address on the petition and that mailing address incorporates the political jurisdiction in which the person is registered to vote, that signature shall be counted if the signature is otherwise determined to be genuine and valid under this act.

History: Add. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.616 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-173-of-1958 / Section 550.616
Papers filed with commissioner of issuing state; use after withdrawal of approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

It is not lawful for the insurer to issue such forms or use them after the effective date of such withdrawal of approval.

History: 1958, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.7aa — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.7aa
Exemption of real property leased, loaned, or otherwise made available to municipal water authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7aa.

Real property which would be exempt from taxation under this act if the property was used by the lessor and which is leased, loaned, or otherwise made available to a municipal water authority created under Act No. 196 of the Public Acts of 1952, being sections 124.251 to 124.262 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, whose members consist solely of a political subdivision, a combination of political subdivisions, or a combination of 1 or more political subdivisions and the state, and which is used to carry out a public purpose itself or on behalf of a political subdivision, a combination of political subdivisions, or a combination of 1 or more political subdivisions and the state is exempt from taxation under this act.

History: Add. 1982, Act 516, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.901 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-236-of-2022 / Section 207.901
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act may be cited as the "attainable housing facilities act".

History: 2022, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022