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Mich. Comp. Laws § 92.4a — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 92.4a
Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

A police officer of a city or, if authorized by the city council, a constable of a city has the same authority within the city as a deputy sheriff to execute a bench warrant for arrest issued by a court of record or a municipal court.

History: Add. 1992, Act 49, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 566.221 — MI Code / Chapter 566 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 566.221
Acts to hinder or defraud creditors; invalidity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Every conveyance or assignment, in writing or otherwise, of any estate or interest in lands, or in goods or things in action, or of any rents or profits issuing therefrom, and any charge upon lands, goods or things in action, or upon the rents or profits thereof, made with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors or other persons of their lawful suits, damages, forfeitures, debts or demands, and every bond or other evidence of debt given, suit commenced, decree or judgment suffered, with the like intent, as against the persons so hindered, delayed or defrauded, shall be void.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 82; CL 1857, 3198; CL 1871, 4713; How. 6203; CL 1897, 9533; CL 1915, 11998; CL 1929, 13434; CL 1948, 566.221
Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.221a — MI Code / Chapter 169 / Act Act-388-of-1976 / Section 169.221a
Expenditure for incidental expense by candidate committee; legal costs; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21a.

(1) A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or appointed to an elective office may make an expenditure for an incidental expense for the elective office to which that candidate was elected or appointed. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, an expenditure for an incidental expense by a candidate committee under this section is an expenditure under this act.

(2) A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or appointed to an elective office shall not make an expenditure to defend the elected or appointed official in a civil or criminal action or to pay legal costs unless the action or legal costs do any of the following:

(a) Relate to a recall election.

(b) Relate to a recount of votes as provided in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

(c) Relate to compliance with this act or the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

(d) Tangibly benefit the nomination or election of a candidate.

(3) Any legal costs not authorized under subsection (2) shall be paid from a legal defense fund as provided in the legal defense fund act, 2008 PA 288, MCL 15.521 to 15.539.

(4) In addition to any other requirements of this act, a campaign statement of a candidate committee shall contain the purpose of any expenditure for legal costs made by that committee as described in subsection (2).

(5) An individual who violates subsection (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.

History: Add. 1994, Act 411, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1994; Am. 2012, Act 275, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.63 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-118-of-1923 / Section 141.63
Board's resolution; required notices; election procedure; construed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The county clerk shall, at least 30 days before any election at which the electors are to vote on any county bond issue, serve a copy of said resolution on the sheriff of the county and the sheriff shall, at least 20 days before said election, cause to be posted in 2 of the most public and conspicuous places in each election precinct or district in the county notices of said election containing the full text of the resolution aforesaid. The county clerk shall also cause to be published in at least 1 newspaper having a general circulation in the county, one published in the county, if such there be, a like notice for 3 successive weeks immediately prior to said election. The county clerk shall also cause to be served on the clerk of each city, village and township a copy of said resolution, at least 30 days before the time fixed for the holding of said election. All municipal and township authorities shall take such action relating to said election as shall be necessary to provide for the holding thereof but no election called under the provisions of this act shall be construed as a special municipal election within the limitations of Act No. 278 or Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909 and amendments thereto. The notice required to be posted by the sheriff and published by the county clerk shall be deemed sufficient notice of said election. All elections herein provided for shall be conducted, all votes shall be received and counted, and all returns shall be made in accordance with the general election laws of the state of Michigan, unless herein otherwise provided: Provided, Where in any bond issues heretofore approved, the giving and posting of the notices required by this section have been made in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 351 of the Public Acts of 1925, rather than as heretofore provided for in this section, the said bond issues and all bonds issued thereunder are hereby validated, approved and confirmed as to the giving and posting of such notices.

History: 1923, Act 118, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923; Am. 1929, Act 243, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1929; CL 1929, 2349; CL 1948, 141.63
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.424a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.424a
Primary and general election for 2 or more judgeships; listing categories of candidates on ballot; validity of filed petitions; death or disqualification of incumbent judge; filing for election to more than 1 circuit judgeship; withdrawal; office designation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 424a.

In the primary and general election for 2 or more judgeships of the circuit court, each of the following categories of candidates shall be listed separately on the ballot, consistent with subsection (3):

The names of candidates for the judgeship or judgeships for which the incumbent is seeking election.

The names of candidates for an existing judgeship or judgeships for which the incumbent is not seeking election.

The names of candidates for a newly created judgeship or judgeships.

Nominating petitions filed under section 413 are valid only if they clearly indicate for which of the following offices the candidate is filing, consistent with subsection (3):

An unspecified existing judgeship for which the incumbent judge is not seeking election.

A new judgeship.

An unspecified existing judgeship for which the incumbent judge is seeking election.

If the death or disqualification of an incumbent judge triggers the application of section 415(2), then for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), that judgeship shall be regarded as a judgeship for which the incumbent judge is not seeking election. The application of this subsection includes, but is not limited to, circumstances in which the governor appoints an individual to fill the vacancy and that individual seeks to qualify as a nominee under section 415(2).

A person who files nominating petitions for election to more than 1 circuit judgeship shall have not more than 3 days following the close of filing to withdraw from all but 1 filing.

In a primary and general election for 2 or more judgeships where more than 1 of the categories in subsection (2) could be selected, a candidate shall apply to the bureau of elections for a written statement of office designation to correspond to the judgeship sought by the candidate. The office designation provided by the secretary of state shall be included in the heading of all nominating petitions. Nominating petitions containing an improper office designation are invalid.

The secretary of state shall issue an office designation of incumbent position for any judgeship for which the incumbent judge is eligible to seek reelection. If an incumbent judge does not file an affidavit of candidacy by the deadline, the secretary of state shall notify all candidates for that office that a nonincumbent position exists. All nominating petitions circulated for the nonincumbent position subsequent to the deadline shall bear an office designation of nonincumbent position. All signatures collected prior to the affidavit of candidacy filing deadline may be filed with the nonincumbent nominating petitions.

History: Add. 1977, Act 134, Eff. Mar. 30, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 149, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1982; Am. 1990, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1990; Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.136d — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.136d
Violation of MCL 750.136b in presence of child other than victim; penalty; laws arising out of same transaction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 136d.

(1) A person who violates section 136b in the presence of a child other than the child who is the victim of the violation is guilty of a felony punishable as follows:

(a) If the person violates section 136b(2) in the presence of another child, by imprisonment for life or any term of years.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if the person violates section 136b(4) in the presence of another child, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.

(c) If the person violates section 136b(4) in the presence of another child on a second or subsequent occasion, by imprisonment for not more than 20 years.

(d) If the person violates section 136b(6) in the presence of another child, by imprisonment for not more than 2 years.

(2) A charge and conviction under this section do not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for any other violation of law arising out of the same transaction as the violation of this section.

History: Add. 2012, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3825 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3825
Order of abatement; execution of court order; duties of officer; use of building or place ordered closed; contempt; determination of amount due victim.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3825.

(1) If the existence of the nuisance is established in an action under this chapter, the court shall enter an order of abatement as a part of the judgment in the action. The order of abatement may order all of the following:

(a) The removal from the building or place of all furniture, fixtures, and contents.

(b) The sale of the furniture, fixtures, and contents in the manner provided for the sale of goods under execution.

(c) The effectual closing of the building or place against its use for any purpose, and so keeping it closed for a period of 1 year, unless sooner released as provided in this chapter.

(d) Any other equitable relief the court considers necessary.

(2) Any vehicle, boat, or aircraft found by the court to be a nuisance under this chapter is subject to the same order and judgment as any furniture, fixtures, and contents under subsection (1).

(3) On the sale of any furniture, fixtures, contents, vehicle, boat, or aircraft as provided in this section, the officer executing the order of the court shall do the following in the following order:

(a) Deduct the expenses of keeping the property and the costs of the sale.

(b) Pay all secured interests and liens according to their priorities as established by intervention or otherwise at the hearing or in other proceedings brought for that purpose as being bona fide and as having been created without the secured party or lien holder having any notice that the property was being used or was to be used for the maintenance of a nuisance as described in section 3801.

(c) Subject to subsection (5), pay the costs incurred in the prosecution of the action, including reasonable attorney fees for services necessitated as determined by the court.

(d) Subject to subsection (5), pay the balance to the state treasurer to be credited to the general fund of this state.

(4) If any person uses a building or place ordered to be closed under this section with knowledge that the building or place is closed by order of the court, the person is subject to punishment for contempt as provided in section 3820.

(5) If the court in an action under this chapter declares property to be a nuisance under section 3801(1)(f), the officer executing the order of the court shall first pay from the proceeds any amount determined by the court to be due to the victim. If there is any balance remaining, the officer shall pay the costs of prosecution as provided in subsection (3). For purposes of determining the amount due to a victim under this subsection, the court shall consider the loss suffered by the victim as a proximate result of the conduct and may use as guidance the items of loss enumerated in section 16b of the William Van Regenmorter crime victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87, MCL 780.766b.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 2014, Act 387, Eff. Mar. 18, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.18 — MI Code / Chapter 551 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 551.18
Certificates and records of marriage as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

The original certificates and records of marriage made by the person solemnizing the marriage as prescribed in this chapter, and the record thereof made by the county clerk, or a copy of such record duly certified by such clerk, shall be received in all courts and places, as presumptive evidence of the fact of the marriage.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 83; CL 1857, 3221; CL 1871, 4732; How. 6222; CL 1897, 8601; CL 1915, 11375; CL 1929, 12703; CL 1948, 551.18; Am. 1972, Act 211, Eff. July 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.230 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.230
Equally divided court; affirmance of judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 230.

When the justices of the supreme court are equally divided as to the ultimate decision of any case properly before the court on review, the judgment of the court below shall be affirmed.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3115 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3115
Foreclosure proceeding; sale, time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3115.

Whenever a complaint is filed for the foreclosure or satisfaction of any mortgage on real estate or land contract, the court has power to order a sale of the premises which are the subject of the mortgage on real estate or land contract, or of that part of the premises which is sufficient to discharge the amount due on the mortgage on real estate or land contract plus costs. But the circuit judge shall not order that the lands subject to the mortgage be sold within 6 months after the filing of the complaint for foreclosure of the mortgage or that the lands which are the subject of the land contract be sold within 3 months after the filing of the complaint for foreclosure of the land contract.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.22 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-144-of-1937 / Section 780.22
Application for issuance of requisition; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

Application for issuance of requisition; by whom made; contents.

When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney shall present to the governor his written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged, in which application shall be stated the name of the person so charged, the crime charged against him, the approximate time, place and circumstances of its commission, the state in which he is believed to be, including the location of the accused therein, at the time the application is made and certifying that, in the opinion of the said prosecuting attorney the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state for trial and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.

When the return to this state is required of a person who has been convicted of a crime in this state and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense was committed, the parole board, or the warden of the institution or sheriff of the county, from which escape was made, shall present to the governor a written application for a requisition for the return of such person, in which application shall be stated the name of the person, the crime of which he was convicted, the circumstances of his escape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of his bail, probation or parole, the state in which he is believed to be, including the location of the person therein at the time application is made.

The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in duplicate and shall be accompanied by 2 certified copies of the indictment returned, or information and affidavit filed, or of the complaint made to the judge or magistrate, stating the offense with which the accused is charged, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence. The prosecuting officer, parole board, warden or sheriff may also attach such further affidavits and other documents in duplicate as he or they shall deem proper to be submitted with such application. One copy of the application, with the action of the governor indicated by endorsement thereon, and 1 of the certified copies of the indictment, complaint, information, and affidavits, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state to remain of record in that office. The other copies of all papers shall be forwarded with the governor's requisition.

History: 1937, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 780.22
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.807 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-56-of-1980 / Section 125.807
Eligibility of neighborhood; rules; criteria.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, to determine the eligibility of neighborhoods to participate in this program.

The criteria used to certify an eligible neighborhood shall be made on the basis of federal census studies and current indices of local economic and social conditions, which indicate blight or the threat of a deteriorating environment. Criteria used to determine eligibility for a project shall include at least 1 of the following:

Real per capita income growth.

Rate of unemployment.

Declining state equalized valuation within the project area.

Deterioration of the community's social environment.

Number of minority group residents within the project area.

The department periodically shall issue minimum levels for established criteria which applicants shall meet for eligibility.

History: 1980, Act 56, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.224 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-211-of-1925 / Section 28.224
Training school; diplomas.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

To each person satisfactorily completing the course of study prescribed, the commissioner of public safety shall issue a certificate of graduation or diploma stating that the holder has graduated from the Michigan training school for peace officers.

History: 1925, Act 211, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 566; Am. 1931, Act 322, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1931; CL 1948, 28.224
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57i — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.57i
Rent vendoring program; certification by landlord that requirements met; violation of housing code; termination of participation; eviction prohibited; delinquency or nonpayment of property taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 57i.

(1) If a landlord or provider of housing participates in the department rent vendoring program, the landlord shall certify that the dwelling unit being provided meets all of the following requirements:

(a) The dwelling unit does not have a condition that would facilitate the spread of a communicable disease. As used in this subdivision, "communicable disease" means that term as defined in section 5101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5101.

(b) The dwelling unit is fit for human habitation.

(c) The dwelling unit is not dangerous to life or health due to lack of repair of, a defect in, or the construction of a drainage source or device, plumbing, lighting, ventilation, or a heating source or device.

(2) If the department is notified by an enforcing agency that a landlord or provider of housing has a violation of a housing code that constitutes a hazard to the health or safety of the occupants, the department shall terminate that landlord's or provider's participation in the rent vendoring program for the dwelling unit until the violation is corrected.

(3) A landlord or provider of housing shall not evict an occupant from a dwelling unit based solely on termination of the landlord's or provider's participation in the rent vendoring program due to action taken by the department under subsection (2) or subsection (4). An occupant who is evicted in violation of this subsection may bring an action in any court having jurisdiction to recover treble damages, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney fees.

(4) If the department is notified that a landlord or provider of housing is delinquent on payment of property taxes or if the title of the property reverts to the state for nonpayment of property taxes, the department shall terminate that landlord's or provider of housing's participation in the rent vendoring program for that property.

History: Add. 2000, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001; Am. 2011, Act 131, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.14502 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.14502
Reduction in amount of generated environmental waste; emphasis on pollution prevention; personnel; staff and services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14502.

The department shall inform, assist, educate, and provide funding, as provided in this part, to persons to facilitate a reduction in the amount of environmental waste generated in the state. The department shall place a particular emphasis on in-plant pollution prevention.

The department shall employ personnel and provide staff and services as are necessary to implement this part.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 289, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 477.4a — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 477.4a
Issuance of certificate of authority; findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

The commission shall issue a certificate of authority to an applicant authorizing it to provide transportation as a motor carrier of household goods, subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, if the commission finds all of the following:

(a) The character and condition of the vehicles proposed to be operated by the applicant is such that they may be operated safely upon the public highways.

(b) The applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide the transportation to be authorized by the certificate of authority and to comply with this act and rules and regulations of the commission.

(c) The service proposed is consistent with the transportation policy set forth in section 2 of article I.

(d) The applicant has the required insurance in place to insure the protection of the public.

History: Add. 2014, Act 493, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.652 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-4-of-1943 / Section 35.652
Reserve fund; transfer of funds from general fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purpose of this act, the state administrative board is hereby authorized and directed to take action for the immediate transfer from the general fund of the state the sum of $20,000,000.00 to the post-war reserve fund, and it is hereby made the duty of the state treasurer to make such transfer. The state administrative board and the state treasurer are hereby further directed to transfer from the general fund to the post-war reserve fund accruing surplus revenues as promptly as accruing unappropriated revenues shall warrant, until the additional transfers shall bring the post-war reserve fund up to a total of $50,000,000.00.

History: 1943, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Feb. 16, 1943; CL 1948, 35.652