FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.140 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.140
Bona fide members; presence required; duties of members; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40.

(1) The executive director shall not require more than 2 bona fide members of the millionaire party licensee, not including any bona fide member acting as a dealer, to be present at all times during an event.

(2) If fewer than 2 bona fide members are present at any time during an event, the millionaire party licensee shall immediately report this to the executive director. The executive director may require the licensee to stop conducting the event.

(3) One of the bona fide members listed on the application for the millionaire party license shall act as the millionaire party chairperson. An individual shall not serve as chairperson of millionaire parties conducted by more than 1 qualified organization during a calendar year.

(4) A bona fide member of a millionaire party licensee who is present at the event shall wear a vest, button, or other distinctive apparel to identify the bona fide member as a member of the millionaire party licensee and as not being an employee or agent of the location owner, lessor, or supplier.

(5) Unless permitted by this act, a rule promulgated under this act, or written authorization of the executive director, only a bona fide member of the millionaire party licensee may perform any of the following duties at an event conducted under the license:

(a) Monitoring a game or verifying that the game is conducted in conformance with the rules of the game.

(b) Verifying the age of a player.

(6) A bona fide member of a millionaire party licensee shall not play a game at an event at which the bona fide member is working or assisting.

(7) A bona fide member of a millionaire party licensee shall not share in a prize awarded at an event at which the bona fide member is working or assisting.

(8) A bona fide member of a millionaire party licensee shall not purchase, play, or accept a charity game ticket or numeral game ticket offered for sale by the licensee at an event at which the bona fide member is working or assisting.

(9) A bona fide member of a millionaire party licensee shall not split a prize with a player or accept a tip of any kind at an event conducted under the license, unless the tip is a cash tip given to the bona fide member for serving as a dealer at the event.

History: Add. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1851 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1851
State competitive scholarship program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 251.

(1) Payments of the amounts included in section 236e for the state competitive scholarship program must be distributed pursuant to 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.

(2) Pursuant to section 6 of 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.976, the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall determine an actual state competitive scholarship award per student, which must be $1,500.00, that ensures that the aggregate payments for the state competitive scholarship program do not exceed the appropriation contained in section 236e for the state competitive scholarship program. If the department determines that insufficient funds are available to establish an award amount equal to $1,500.00, the department shall immediately report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director regarding the estimated amount of additional funds necessary to establish a $1,500.00 award amount. For the purpose of determining a student's financial need under section 6 of 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.976, the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall presume that a student who receives a Michigan achievement scholarship under section 248 has no need for a state competitive scholarship under this section. It is the intent of the legislature that 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981, will be amended to end competitive scholarship eligibility of students enrolling in college for the first time after the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2023, as those students may be eligible for the Michigan achievement scholarship.

(3) The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall implement a proportional competitive scholarship award level for recipients enrolled less than full-time in a given semester or term.

(4) If the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential increases the award per eligible student from that provided in the previous fiscal year, it must not have the effect of reducing the number of eligible students receiving awards in relation to the total number of eligible applicants. Any increase in the award must be proportional for all eligible students receiving awards.

(5) Veterans Administration benefits must not be considered in determining eligibility for the award of scholarships under 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.

History: Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Am. 2017, Act 108, Eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Am. 2018, Act 265, Eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Am. 2019, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Am. 2019, Act 162, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019; Am. 2022, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Am. 2022, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2022; Am. 2023, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Am. 2024, Act 120, Eff. Oct. 1, 2024; Am. 2025, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.159i — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.159i
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 159i.

A person employed by, or associated with, an enterprise shall not knowingly conduct or participate in the affairs of the enterprise directly or indirectly through a pattern of racketeering activity.

A person shall not knowingly acquire or maintain an interest in or control of an enterprise or real or personal property used or intended for use in the operation of an enterprise, directly or indirectly, through a pattern of racketeering activity.

A person who has knowingly received any proceeds derived directly or indirectly from a pattern of racketeering activity shall not directly or indirectly use or invest any part of those proceeds, or any proceeds derived from the use or investment of any of those proceeds, in the establishment or operation of an enterprise, or the acquisition of any title to, or a right, interest, or equity in, real or personal property used or intended for use in the operation of an enterprise.

A person shall not conspire or attempt to violate subsection (1), (2), or (3).

History: Add. 1995, Act 187, Eff. Apr. 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.109 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.109
Use of net proceeds of event; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the entire net proceeds of an event conducted under a license issued under this article must be devoted exclusively to the lawful purposes of the licensee. A licensee shall not incur or pay an item of expense in connection with holding, operating, or conducting an event except the following expenses in amounts that the commissioner determines to be reasonable:

(a) The purchase or rental of equipment necessary for conducting an event and payment of services reasonably necessary for the repair of equipment.

(b) Cash prizes or the purchase of prizes of merchandise.

(c) Rental of the location at which the event is conducted.

(d) Janitorial services.

(e) The fee required for issuance or reissuance of a license to conduct the event.

(f) Other reasonable expenses incurred by the licensee, not inconsistent with this article, as permitted by rule of the commissioner.

(2) A qualified organization described in section 3a(d)( ii ) shall use the entire net proceeds of an event, after paying items of expense incurred in reasonable amounts in connection with the holding, operating, or conducting of the event and listed in subsection (1), only for the expense of training or purchasing goods or services for the support of the activities of the component.

History: 1972, Act 382, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973; Am. 1976, Act 193, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1976; Am. 1981, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1982; Am. 1999, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2008, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009; Am. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7208 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.7208
Authority to control; exclusions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7208.

Authority to control under this article does not extend to distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco.

Except as provided in section 7220(1)(c), the administrator shall exclude a nonnarcotic substance from a schedule if the substance, under the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act of 1938, 21 U.S.C. 301 to 392, and the laws of this state, may be lawfully sold over the counter without a prescription.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1999, Act 144, Eff. Jan. 21, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.822 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.822
Board of county canvassers; canvass of returns, conclusion; failure to certify election results.
Status: in_force

Sec. 822.

(1) The board of county canvassers shall then proceed without delay to canvass the returns of votes cast for all candidates for offices voted for and all questions voted on at the election, according to the precinct returns, early voting returns, and absent voter counting board returns filed with the probate judge or presiding probate judge by the county, city, and township clerks, or for local elections according to the precinct returns filed with the county clerk, and must conclude the canvass at the earliest possible time and, except as otherwise provided in section 842(2), in every case no later than the fourteenth day after the election.

(2) Subject to section 842(2), if the board of county canvassers fails to certify the results of any election for any officer or proposition by the fourteenth day after the election as provided, the board of county canvassers shall immediately deliver to the secretary of the board of state canvassers all records and other information pertaining to the election. Subject to section 842(2) and (3), the board of state canvassers shall meet immediately and make the necessary determinations and certify the results not later than the twentieth day after the election. The board of county canvassers and all other county staff necessary to complete the canvass must be present at all times during the completion of the canvass by the board of state canvassers. All costs associated with the completion of the canvass must be borne by the county involved.

(3) It is the ministerial, clerical, and nondiscretionary duty of each board of county canvassers, and each of the members of the board of county canvassers, to certify election results based solely on the statements of returns from the election day precincts, early voting sites, and absent voter counting boards in the county and any corrected returns.

(4) As used in this section and section 842, "to certify" means to make a signed, written statement.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1958, Act 192, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 38, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1968, Act 65, Eff. July 1, 1968; Am. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 614, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019; Am. 2023, Act 269, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024; Am. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1307a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1974 / Section 257.1307a
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

A motor vehicle repair facility that is subject to this act, or a person that is an owner or operator of a motor vehicle repair facility that is subject to this act, shall not, directly or through an agent or employee, do any of the following:

(a) Charge for repairs that are in fact not performed.

(b) Perform repairs that are in fact not necessary, unless the customer insists that the facility perform the repair and disregards the facility's advice that the repair is unnecessary.

(c) Represent, directly or indirectly, that repairs are necessary when in fact they are not.

(d) Perform and charge for repairs that are not specifically authorized.

(e) Fail to perform promised repairs within the period of time agreed, or within a reasonable time, unless circumstances beyond the control of the facility prevent the timely performance of the repairs and the facility did not have reason to know of those circumstances at the time the contract was made.

(f) Represent, either directly or indirectly, that a replacement part used in the repair of a vehicle is new or of a particular manufacture when in fact it is used, rebuilt, reconditioned, deteriorated, or of a different manufacture, or otherwise fail to disclose in writing, before beginning a repair, the use of used, rebuilt, or reconditioned parts.

(g) Subsequent to a diagnosis requested by a customer for which a charge is made, fail to disclose a diagnosed or suspected malfunction, the recommended remedy for the malfunction, and any test, analysis, or other procedure employed to determine the malfunction.

History: Add. 2016, Act 430, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 453.352 — MI Code / Chapter 453 / Act Act-8-of-1862 / Section 453.352
Agricultural and horticultural societies; former mortgages, validity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any mortgage which may have been heretofore executed by any such society, under its corporate seal, and under the hands of its president and secretary, in accordance with any vote or by-laws of such society, shall be valid and binding to all the intents and purposes in such mortgage expressed.

History: 1862, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1862; CL 1871, 2179; How. 2327; CL 1897, 5975; CL 1915, 7853; CL 1929, 10249; CL 1948, 453.352
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2138 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2138
Sale or lease of certain land; notice of proposed sale or lease; disposition of proceeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2138.

(1) Upon request, the department shall consider selling or leasing land if both of the following requirements are met:

(a) The prospective buyer or lessee is an existing business located adjacent to state land and is limited from expansion because of adjacent state land.

(b) The sale or lease will result in a net economic benefit or other benefit for a local unit of government or region.

(2) The department shall give notice of the proposed sale or lease of the land as provided in section 2165.

(3) In making its decision on the request under subsection (1), the department shall consider both of the following:

(a) Any comments on the proposed sale or lease from local units of government or other persons.

(b) The impact on natural resources and outdoor recreation in this state, giving due regard to the variety, use, and quantity of lands then under control of the department.

(4) The price for sale of the land shall be established using a method determined appropriate by the department and agreed to by the applicant, such as those listed in section 2132(1).

(5) Proceeds from sale of the land shall be deposited in the fund that provided the revenue for the acquisition of the land by the department. If there is more than 1 such fund, the revenue shall be deposited in the funds in amounts proportionate to their respective contributions for the department's acquisition of the land. To the extent that the land was in whole or in part acquired other than with restricted fund revenue, a proportionate amount of proceeds of the sale of the land shall be deposited in the land exchange facilitation and management fund created in section 2134.

History: Add. 2018, Act 238, Eff. Sept. 25, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.501 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-6-of-1956-Ex-Sess- / Section 486.501
Corporations to supply water to townships; incorporators.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Whenever the township board of a township or the township boards of 2 or more townships shall, by resolution, declare that it is expedient to have constructed a works, plant or system for the supplying of water to such township or townships or the inhabitants thereof, but that it is inexpedient for such township or townships to build such works, plant and system, or either of the same, or some part or parts thereof, it shall be lawful for one or more persons to form a corporation to construct such waterworks, plant and system or some part or parts thereof under the provisions of this act, and any corporation so formed may incorporate under the provisions of, be subject to all of the provisions of, and carry on its business pursuant to the provisions of, the general corporation laws of this state pertaining to corporations for pecuniary profit.

History: 1956, Ex. Sess., Act 6, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.721 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-292-of-1989 / Section 124.721
Metropolitan arts council; adoption or amendment of articles.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71.

(1) The articles of a metropolitan arts council shall be adopted and may be amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county commissioners.

(2) Before the articles or amendments are adopted by the county commission, the articles or amendments shall be published by the county clerk. The clerk shall publish the articles or amendments at least once in a newspaper generally circulated within the county.

(3) The adoption of articles or amendments by the county commission shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the articles or amendments by the county clerk in a form substantially as follows:

These articles of incorporation (or amendments) were adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members serving on the county commission of ___________________________, _________________ at a meeting duly held on the _____ day of _______________, A.D., ____.

________________________________________ ____________________

________________________________________

____________________

(4) Upon adoption of the articles or amendments, a printed copy of the articles or the amended articles shall be filed by the clerk of the county and with the secretary of state.

History: Add. 1998, Act 373, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.18 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.18
Regular community college district elections; when held; special propositions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

Regular elections of the community college district shall be held on the same date as the general state elections. At regular elections, in addition to the election of trustees, special propositions may be submitted to the vote of the electors when authorized by the board of trustees.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.271 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-223-of-1913 / Section 458.271
Conveyances to bishops of Protestant Episcopal church in trust for certain purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances wherein or whereby any lands, tenements or other property within this state, or any personal property the donor or grantor of which resided in this state at the time such conveyance or will became effective, have been given, granted, devised or bequeathed, or in any manner conveyed by any person or persons whatever, unto any person or persons by the name, style or title of bishop of any diocese of said church in this state or his successors, or to any of such bishops in his individual name without the expression or designation of any title, upon the trust expressed or implied to take hold and receive the same for the use and benefit of any congregation or society of the Protestant Episcopal church, or for the support, aid and maintenance of any school, hospital, church, parish house, burial ground, parsonage or rectory, or other religious or charitable purposes within this state, and all such gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances which may hereafter be so made, shall vest the legal title of, in and to said lands, tenements and personal property, in the said bishop and in his successor or successors forever, in trust for the uses and purposes for which said property is, or may be hereafter acquired, granted or devised: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be taken or construed to give, or grant to the said bishop or bishops, or his or their successor or successors, the right to hold real estate in trust for any society except for charitable, religious or educational purposes, as provided for in this act.

History: 1913, Act 223, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 10941; CL 1929, 10949; Am. 1937, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1937; CL 1948, 458.271
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 35 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 35
Publication and distribution of laws and judicial decisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35.

All laws enacted at any session of the legislature shall be published in book form within 60 days after final adjournment of the session, and shall be distributed in the manner provided by law. The prompt publication of judicial decisions shall be provided by law. All laws and judicial decisions shall be free for publication by any person.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 35, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2661 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-381-of-1996 / Section 125.2661
Financing sources of authority activities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The activities of the authority must be financed from 1 or more of the following sources:

(a) Contributions, contractual payments, or appropriations to the authority for the performance of its functions or to pay the costs of a brownfield plan of the authority.

(b) Revenues from a property, building, or facility owned, leased, licensed, or operated by the authority or under its control, subject to the limitations imposed on the authority by trusts or other agreements.

(c) Subject to the limitations imposed under sections 8, 13, 13b, and 15, 1 or both of the following:

( i ) Tax increment revenues received under a brownfield plan established under sections 13 and 14.

( ii ) Proceeds of tax increment bonds and notes issued under section 17.

(d) Proceeds of revenue bonds and notes issued under section 12.

(e) Revenue available in the local brownfield revolving fund for the costs described in section 8.

(f) Construction period tax capture revenues, withholding tax capture revenues, income tax capture revenues, and sales and use tax capture revenues received under a transformational brownfield plan established under sections 13c and 14a.

(g) Money obtained from all other sources approved by the governing body of the municipality or otherwise authorized by law for use by the authority or the municipality to finance activities authorized under this act.

History: 1996, Act 381, Eff. Sept. 16, 1996; Am. 2016, Act 471, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017; Am. 2017, Act 46, Eff. July 24, 2017; Am. 2023, Act 89, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2023; Am. 2023, Act 90, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61737 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.61737
Violation of part; aiding or abetting; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61737.

A person aiding or abetting in the violation of this part, or any rule, regulation, or order made under this part, is subject to the same penalties as are prescribed in this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995