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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.460 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-246-of-1965 / Section 38.460
Classified civil service; qualifying and competitive examinations required; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

All appointive officers and employees of the township or any department thereof at the time this act takes effect, and who have been such for more than 2 years prior thereto, whose positions are included in the classified civil service, shall hold their positions without examination until discharged, reduced, promoted or transferred, in accordance with the provisions of this act. All appointive officers and employees of the township or any department thereof included in the classified civil service by this act, who shall have been so employed for more than 1 year and less than 2 years prior to the time this act takes effect, shall be required to take qualifying examinations, and all such appointive officers and employees who shall have been so employed for less than 1 year prior to the effective date of this act shall be required to take competitive examinations. All employees now authorized by law to be employed in any township office or department for seasonal or temporary employment, who have been in such employment of the township for 2 successive seasons immediately prior to the time this act takes effect, shall be included in the classified civil service and be eligible for appointment to such seasonal or temporary occupation without examination.

History: 1965, Act 246, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.515 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.515
Fourteenth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 515.

(1) The fourteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Muskegon and has 4 judges.

(2) Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 2023. If this judgeship is added to the fourteenth judicial circuit, the initial term of office of the judgeship is 8 years.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1968, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1978; Am. 2022, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.41101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.41101
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41101.

As used in this part:

"Area" means the whole of the state and the whole or any designated portion of any township or townships or county or counties within the state.

"Waters" means any inland lake, stream, river, pond, or other body of water including the Great Lakes and connecting waters, any part or portion of such waters, and any and all chains, systems, or combinations of such waters, in any township or townships or county or counties, within this state, and in which any species of fish or waterfowl are protected by the laws of this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.497 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.497
Detouring traffic as public safety measure; notices, posting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 497.

Detouring traffic as public safety measure-Whenever in the opinion of the state highway commissioner a condition arises or is about to arise upon any of the highways of the state occasioned by the condition of said highway or by any approaching public gathering likely to bring unusual congestion of traffic thereon, and the public safety of persons using or about to use said highway is put in jeopardy, the state highway commissioner is hereby authorized by an appropriate order, to detour the traffic from or upon, provide the direction for any or all traffic, close to any or all traffic, or limit the traffic on said highway to certain classes of vehicles, under such conditions as he may in such order provide on any of the highways of the state of Michigan for such length of time as he may deem necessary.

Whenever the state highway commissioner shall make any order in any way regulating or closing traffic on any highways of this state under the authority of this section, he shall cause to be posted upon said highway in conspicuous places at each terminal of the restricted or closed highway, conspicuous notices of such regulations or closing order.

Any person violating any of the provisions of said order, or using said highway in any manner prohibited in said order after and during the time that notices of said order shall be properly posted as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than 10 dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 10 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1937, Act 221, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 750.497
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.3 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 85.3
Appointment, powers, and duties of city officers; availability of writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A city attorney, city marshal, street commissioner, city surveyor, a city assessor when provided for, and a chief engineer of the fire department shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the consent of the council. The council may also provide by ordinance for the appointment of, for the term prescribed in the ordinance, other officers whose election or appointment is not specially provided for in this act, as the council considers necessary for the execution of the powers granted by this act. These appointments shall be made by the mayor, by and with the consent of the council, and their powers and duties shall be prescribed by ordinance. The mayor shall not have a vote in the council regarding mayoral appointments of those officers.

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

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 2990; CL 1915, 2906; CL 1929, 1830; CL 1948, 85.3; Am. 1978, Act 222, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.32b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.32b
"Moped" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32b.

(1) "Moped" means a 2- or 3-wheeled vehicle to which both of the following apply:

(a) It is equipped with a motor that does not exceed 100 cubic centimeters piston displacement and cannot propel the vehicle at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour on a level surface.

(b) Its power drive system does not require the operator to shift gears.

(2) Moped does not include an electric bicycle.

History: Add. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1983, Act 91, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1983; Am. 2012, Act 424, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2012; Am. 2017, Act 139, Eff. Jan. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1231 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1231
Hiring of teachers; teachers' contracts generally; teacher of record; dropout recovery program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1231.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (5) and (6), the board of a school district shall hire and contract with qualified teachers. Contracts with teachers must be in writing and signed on behalf of the school district by a majority of the board, by the president and secretary of the board, or by the superintendent of schools or an authorized representative of the board. The contracts must specify the wages agreed upon.

(2) The board of a school district shall file a teacher's contract with the secretary of the board and shall furnish a duplicate copy of the contract to the teacher.

(3) Except as otherwise provided under this act, a contract with a teacher is not valid unless the individual holds a valid teaching certificate or is engaged to teach under section 1233b at the time the contractual period begins or the individual is engaged to teach in a community district under section 1233c. A contract terminates if the certificate expires by limitation and is not renewed immediately or if it is suspended or revoked by proper legal authority.

(4) The board of a school district, after a teacher has been employed at least 2 consecutive years by the board, may enter into a continuing contract with a certificated teacher or a teacher engaged to teach under section 1233b or, for a community district, with an individual engaged to teach in a community district under section 1233c.

(5) The board of a school district that is a community district may employ or contract for, or both, qualified teachers and other qualified instructional personnel at a public school that formerly operated as an achievement school as necessary to carry out the purposes of the community district.

(6) If a school district partners with an education management organization for a dropout recovery program as described under section 23a of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1623a, the teacher of record for that program may be employed by or contracted through the education management organization.

(7) As used in this section:

(a) "Achievement school" means a public school formerly within the education achievement system that was operated, managed, authorized, established, or overseen by the achievement authority.

(b) "Education management organization" means that term as defined in section 23a of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1623a.

(c) "Teacher" does not include a substitute teacher.

(d) "Teacher of record" means that term as defined in section 23a of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1623a.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2002, Act 735, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003; Am. 2016, Act 192, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2016; Am. 2018, Act 235, Eff. Sept. 25, 2018; Am. 2020, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Jan. 31, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2906 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2906
Confession of judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2906.

Judgments may be entered in any circuit court at any time, upon a plea of confession, signed by an attorney of such court, although there is no suit then pending between the parties, if the following provisions are complied with, and not otherwise:

The authority for confessing such judgment shall be in some proper instrument, distinct from that containing the bond, contract or other evidence of the demand for which such judgment was confessed;

Such authority shall be produced to the officer signing each judgment, and shall be filed with the clerk of the court in which the judgment shall be entered, at the time of the filing and docketing of such judgment.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.703 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-339-of-1927 / Section 38.703
Approval of plan by legislative body; commencement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Upon the submission by said library board of a plan for a system of retiring allowances, the local legislative body shall take the same under consideration and shall then, in conference with said library board agree upon the details of said plan and if said plan so agreed upon differs from the one submitted, it shall, before adoption, be submitted to an actuary for report upon its financial and actuarial soundness and, if certified to be sound, may then be adopted. The plan shall then be put into operation at the beginning of the next fiscal year, unless an earlier date is agreed upon.

History: 1927, Act 339, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1927; CL 1929, 8111; CL 1948, 38.703
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1991 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act E-R-O-No-2002-6 / Section 445.1991
Renaming division on deafness to division on deaf and hard of hearing; renaming advisory council on deafness to advisory council on deaf and hard of hearing.
Status: in_force

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 1, of the Constitution of the state of Michigan of 1963 vests the executive power in the Governor; and

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the state of Michigan of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization of the Executive Branch or in the assignment of functions among its units which he considers necessary for efficient administration; and

WHEREAS, Act No. 72 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being Section 408.201 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, created the Division on Deafness and the Advisory Council on Deafness within the Department of Labor; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order 1996-2, being Section 445.2001 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, transferred the Division on Deafness and the Advisory Council on Deafness from the Department of Labor to the Family Independence Agency; and

WHEREAS, the current names of the Division on Deafness and the Advisory Council on Deafness do not accurately describe the entire population served by those entities; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary in the interests of efficient administration and the effectiveness of government to effect changes in the organization of the Executive Branch of government.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, John Engler, Governor of the state of Michigan, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution of the state of Michigan of 1963 and the laws of the state of Michigan, do hereby order the following:

The Division on Deafness is hereby renamed the Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

The Advisory Council on Deafness is hereby renamed the Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

History: 2002, E.R.O. No. 2002-6, Eff. July 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1852 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-162-of-1995 / Section 445.1852
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Borrower" means a person who obtains an extension of credit from a regulated lender.

"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the financial institutions bureau of the department of consumer and industry services.

"Credit card arrangement" means an extension of credit that is not secured by real property made to a cardholder of a credit card or charge card issued by a regulated lender under an arrangement that gives to a cardholder the privilege of obtaining credit from the regulated lender or any other person in purchasing or leasing property or services, obtaining credit or loans, or otherwise.

"Credit sale" means an extension of credit for the sale of goods or services by a seller that is subject to the home improvement finance act, Act No. 332 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 445.1101 to 445.1431 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or the motor vehicle sales finance act, Act No. 27 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1950, being sections 492.101 to 492.141 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

"Depository institution" means a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or a credit union chartered under state or federal law which maintains a principal office or branch in this state.

"Excessive fee or charge" means a fee or charge that exceeds the amount allowed in section 6(1), (2), or (3), section 7, or any other applicable law or statute of this state.

"Extension of credit" means a loan or credit sale made by a regulated lender. An extension of credit does not include an extension of credit described in section 501(a)(1) of title V of the depository institutions deregulation and monetary control act of 1980, Public Law 96-221, 12 U.S.C. 1735f-7 nt.

"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity.

"Regulated lender" means a depository institution, a licensee under the consumer financial services act, Act No. 161 of the Public Acts of 1988, being sections 487.2051 to 487.2072 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, Act No. 379 of the Public Acts of 1984, being sections 493.101 to 493.114 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the motor vehicle sales finance act, Act No. 27 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1950, Act No. 125 of the Public Acts of 1981, being sections 493.51 to 493.81 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or the regulatory loan act of 1963, Act No. 21 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 493.1 to 493.26 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a seller under the home improvement finance act, Act No. 332 of the Public Acts of 1965.

History: 1995, Act 162, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 85, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 419, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.668 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.668
Delivery of voter registration list, forms, and other supplies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 668.

Before the polls open, the city, township, or village clerk shall deliver to the board of election inspectors of each precinct the voter registration list, the forms for poll lists and returns, and any other supplies necessary to conduct the election.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955; Am. 2004, Act 96, Imd. Eff. May 7, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.154 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-181-of-1859 / Section 449.154
Settlements with creditors; contribution between partners.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Such settlement or compromise of 1 or more members of such firm or copartnership with a creditor of such firm or copartnership shall in no wise affect the right of the other partners to demand and recover from their copartners making such settlement or compromise their ratable portions of such firm or copartnership debt in the same manner and to the same extent as if this act had not been passed.

History: 1859, Act 181, Eff. May 18, 1859; CL 1871, 6202; How. 7786; CL 1897, 10452; CL 1915, 14584; CL 1929, 9938; CL 1948, 449.154
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.1156 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-108-of-2023 / Section 211.1156
Issuance of certificate; effective date; maintenance of records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) Not more than 90 days after receipt of a copy of a complete application and resolution approving the application adopted under section 5, the commission shall approve the application if it determines that the qualified facility complies with all provisions of this act. Placement of a qualified facility in service after the date of application under section 4 does not disqualify the facility from receiving approval by a qualified local governmental unit under section 5 or by the commission under this section.

(2) Following approval of the application by the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit and the commission, the commission shall issue to the applicant a certificate in the form the commission determines, which must contain all of the following:

(a) The address of the real property on which the qualified facility is located.

(b) The time schedule for undertaking and completing the qualified facility.

(c) A statement that unless revoked as provided in this act, the certificate will remain in force for the period stated in the certificate.

(d) A statement of the estimated taxable value of the qualified facility for the tax year immediately preceding the effective date of the certificate after deducting the taxable value of the land as determined under section 4(4).

(3) The effective date of the certificate is the December 31 immediately following the date of issuance of the certificate.

(4) The commission shall file with the clerk of the qualified local governmental unit a copy of the certificate, and the commission shall maintain a record of all certificates filed. The commission shall also send, by certified mail, a copy of the certificate to the applicant and the assessor of the local tax collecting unit in which the qualified facility is located.

History: 2023, Act 108, Imd. Eff. July 27, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1326 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-25-of-2007 / Section 141.1326
State funds prohibited; disposition of money; disbursement; financial statements; audit; mailing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The assessment revenues collected pursuant to this act shall not be state funds. The money shall be deposited in a bank or other depository in this state, in the name of the bureau, and disbursed only for the expenses properly incurred by the bureau with respect to the marketing programs developed by the bureau under this act.

(2) The financial statements of the bureau shall be audited at least annually by a certified public accountant. A copy of the audited financial statements shall be mailed to each owner not more than 150 days after the close of the bureau's fiscal year. The financial statements shall include a statement of all assessment revenues received by the bureau during the fiscal year in question and shall be accompanied by a detailed report, certified as correct by the chief operating officer of the bureau, describing the marketing programs implemented or, to the extent then known, to be implemented by the bureau.

(3) Copies of the audited financial statements and the certified report shall simultaneously be mailed to the director.

History: 2007, Act 25, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.651 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-208-of-1895 / Section 457.651
Rathbone Sisters; incorporation of temples.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That the grand temple and subordinate temples of Rathbone Sisters of the state of Michigan may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.

History: 1895, Act 208, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1895; CL 1897, 8010; CL 1915, 10482; CL 1929, 10803; CL 1948, 457.651
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.215 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.215
“Correctional facility” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

As used in this act, "correctional facility" means a facility or institution which is maintained and operated by the department.

History: Add. 1980, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Nov. 26, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1465 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1465
Clear and convincing evidence required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 465.

A judge or jury shall not find that an individual is a person requiring treatment unless that fact has been established by clear and convincing evidence.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1291 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-153-of-2010 / Section 125.1291
Allocation and reallocation of federal law bond limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Unless prohibited by applicable federal law, the state treasurer shall allocate and reallocate any federal law bond limitation allocated, reallocated, or waived to the state of Michigan for any of the following in accordance with the federal law establishing the bond limitation:

(a) Qualified school construction bonds.

(b) Recovery zone economic development bonds.

(c) Recovery zone facility bonds.

(d) Qualified energy conservation bonds.

History: 2010, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Aug. 23, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.1e — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 769.1e
Violations of criminal law; licensing sanctions; report of finding to secretary of state; "license" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1e.

(1) If a law of this state requires the court to deny the issuance of a license to a person, or revoke, suspend, or restrict the license of a person, for a violation of a criminal law of this state or a local ordinance that substantially corresponds to a criminal law of this state, the court shall impose the licensing sanctions as provided by law for the violation.

(2) A court shall report a finding made by a jury or the court to the secretary of state as required under section 625 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625.

(3) As used in this section, "license" means that term as defined in section 25 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.25.

History: Add. 1993, Act 360, Eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Am. 2000, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Am. 2020, Act 381, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021