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Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.2506 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-42-of-2003 / Section 445.2506
Notice of requirements; dispute resolution process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

An e-mail service provider may design its software so that a sender of unsolicited commercial e-mail is given notice of the requirements of this act each time the sender requests delivery of e-mail. The existence of such software shall constitute actual notice to the sender of the requirements of this act.

An e-mail service provider that designs and implements a dispute resolution process for a sender who believes the sender's e-mail message has been improperly blocked, and makes contact information accessible on its website, is not liable under this act for blocking the receipt or transmission of the e-mail.

History: 2003, Act 42, Eff. Sept. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.232 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-198-of-1895 / Section 565.232
Seal of court, public officer, or corporation; methods of affixing; execution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) A seal of a court, public officer, or corporation may be affixed in any of the following ways:

(a) Impressed directly upon the instrument or writing to be sealed.

(b) Impressed upon wafer, wax, or other adhesive substance affixed to the instrument or writing or upon paper or other similar substance affixed to the instrument or writing by an adhesive substance.

(c) Affixed electronically upon the instrument or writing to be sealed, or affixed electronically upon an electronic document.

(2) An instrument or writing duly executed in the corporate name of a corporation that has not adopted a corporate seal, if executed by the proper officers of the corporation under any seal, shall be considered to have been executed under the corporate seal.

History: 1895, Act 198, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 9019; CL 1915, 11754; CL 1929, 13329; CL 1948, 565.232; Am. 2010, Act 56, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.53 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.53
Arrest of persons; seizure of animals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.

Arrest of persons and seizure of animals-Persons found violating any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this chapter may be arrested and held without warrant, in like manner as in the case of persons found breaking the peace, and it shall be the duty of the person making the arrest to seize all animals and fowls found in the keeping or custody of the person arrested, and which are then being used, or held for use in violation of any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this chapter, and the person making such seizure shall cause such animals or fowls to be at once delivered to a poundmaster of the city, village or township in which the same may be, and it shall be the duty of such poundmaster to receive such animals or fowls, and to hold the same and proceed in regard to them in all respects as provided by law in other cases of animals impounded.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.53
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.27603 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-281-of-2016 / Section 333.27603
Regulatory assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 603.

(1) A regulatory assessment is imposed on certain licensees as provided in this section. All of the following shall be included in establishing the total amount of the regulatory assessment established under this section:

(a) The department's costs to implement, administer, and enforce this act, except for the costs to process and investigate applications for licenses supported with the application fee described in section 401.

(b) Expenses of medical-marihuana-related legal services provided to the department by the department of attorney general.

(c) Expenses of medical-marihuana-related services provided to the department by the department of state police.

(d) Expenses of medical-marihuana-related services provided by the department of treasury.

(e) $500,000.00 to be allocated to the department for expenditures of the department for licensing substance use disorder programs.

(f) An amount equal to 5% of the sum of the amounts provided for under subdivisions (a) to (d) to be allocated to the department of health and human services for substance-abuse-related expenditures including, but not limited to, substance use disorder prevention, education, and treatment programs.

(g) Expenses related to the standardized field sobriety tests administered in enforcing the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

(h) An amount sufficient to provide for the administrative costs of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards.

(2) The regulatory assessment is in addition to the application fee described in section 401, the tax described in section 601, and any local licensing fees.

(3) The regulatory assessment shall be collected annually from licensed growers, processors, provisioning centers, and secure transporters. The regulatory assessment for a class A grower license shall not exceed $10,000.00.

(4) Beginning in the first year marihuana facilities are authorized to operate in this state, and annually thereafter, the department, in consultation with the board, shall establish the total regulatory assessment at an amount that is estimated to be sufficient to cover the actual costs and support the expenditures listed in subsection (1).

(5) On or before the date the licensee begins operating and annually thereafter, each grower, processor, provisioning center, and secure transporter shall pay to the state treasurer an amount determined by the department to reasonably reflect the licensee's share of the total regulatory assessment established under subsection (4).

History: 2016, Act 281, Eff. Dec. 20, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2130 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2130
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2130.

As used in this subpart:

(a) "Board" means the Michigan natural resources trust fund board established in section 1905.

(b) "Fund", unless the context implies otherwise, means the land exchange facilitation and management fund created in section 2134.

(c) "Land" includes lands, tenements, and real estate and rights to and interests in lands, tenements, and real estate.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 238, Eff. Sept. 25, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.552a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-345-of-1937 / Section 38.552a
Compliance with requirements under protecting local government retirement and benefits act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

A retirement board under this act, a retirement system under this act, and a city, village, or municipality that is the custodian of funds of a retirement system under this act shall comply with any applicable requirements under the protecting local government retirement and benefits act.

History: Add. 2017, Act 211, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.828 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-26-of-1987 / Section 3.828
Cost of water systems, sewers, waste disposal systems, or preparation of new property tax descriptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

Local governments shall not be responsible for the cost of water systems, sewers, waste disposal systems, or preparing new property tax descriptions associated with the construction and operation of the superconducting super collider.

History: Add. 1988, Act 274, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9318 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9318
No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9318.

A debtor that has sold an account, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory note does not retain a legal or equitable interest in the collateral sold.

For purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of an account or chattel paper from, a debtor that has sold an account or chattel paper, while the buyer's security interest is unperfected, the debtor is deemed to have rights and title to the account or chattel paper identical to those the debtor sold.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1978, Act 369, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Am. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.928 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-204-of-1994 / Section 722.928
Department, child placing agency, and residential facility; duties; information to be provided to biological parent, adoptive parent, or foster parent; access to departmental computer networks.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) The department, a child placing agency, and a residential facility must do all of the following:

(a) Upon the child advocate's request, grant the child advocate or his or her designee access to all information, records, and documents in the possession of the department, child placing agency, or residential facility that the child advocate considers relevant and necessary in an investigation.

(b) Assist the child advocate to obtain the necessary releases of those documents that are specifically restricted.

(c) Upon the child advocate's request, provide the child advocate with progress reports concerning the administrative processing of a complaint.

(d) Upon the child advocate's request, provide the child advocate information he or she requests under subdivision (a) within 10 business days after the request. If the department determines that release of the information would violate federal or state law, the child advocate must be notified of that determination within the same 10-day deadline.

(2) The department, an attorney involved with an adoption, a child placing agency, and a residential facility must provide information to a biological parent, legal guardian, prospective adoptive parent, or foster parent regarding the provisions of this act.

(3) The child advocate, the department, and the department of technology, management, and budget must ensure that the child advocate has access, in the child advocate's own office, to departmental computer networks pertaining to protective services, foster care, adoption, juvenile delinquency, the central registry, and juvenile justice services, unless otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, or the release of the information to the child advocate would jeopardize federal funding. The cost of implementing this subsection must be negotiated among the office of the child advocate, the department, and the department of technology, management, and budget.

(4) A residential facility must conspicuously post in an area accessible to residents, employees, and visitors a description of the office of child advocate services and the contact information for the purpose of filing a complaint.

(5) During the course of an investigation conducted by the child advocate, the residential facility must ensure that a resident has anonymity, privacy, and procedures in place to accommodate interviews conducted by the office of child advocate.

History: 1994, Act 204, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 560, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005; Am. 2013, Act 38, Imd. Eff. June 4, 2013; Am. 2023, Act 303, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.287 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.287
Rehearings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 87.

An agency may order a rehearing in a contested case on its own motion or on request of a party.

Where for justifiable reasons the record of testimony made at the hearing is found by the agency to be inadequate for purposes of judicial review, the agency on its own motion or on request of a party shall order a rehearing.

A request for a rehearing shall be filed within the time fixed by this act for instituting proceedings for judicial review. A rehearing shall be noticed and conducted in the same manner as an original hearing. The evidence received at the rehearing shall be included in the record for agency reconsideration and for judicial review. A decision or order may be amended or vacated after the rehearing.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1970, Act 40, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.77 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-141-of-1939 / Section 285.77
Notice of intent to discontinue business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

If a grain dealer intends to discontinue his or her farm produce handling business at or before the expiration of his or her license, at least 30 days before the date the grain dealer intends to discontinue the business, the grain dealer shall by registered or certified mail provide notice of intent to discontinue business to the director, each person storing farm produce in a facility of the grain dealer, and each known holder of a warehouse receipt, acknowledgment form, or open storage or price later agreement issued by the grain dealer. If the holder of a warehouse receipt, acknowledgment form, or open storage or price later agreement is not known, the grain dealer shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which a facility is located.

If a grain dealer has provided or published a notice of intent to discontinue business under subsection (1) and the department determines that there is sufficient farm produce to cover warehouse receipts and open storage arrangements, a depositor of farm produce under a warehouse receipt or open storage arrangement in a facility of the grain dealer may remove or direct the removal of the farm produce from the facility before the expiration of the 30-day period described in subsection (1).

Within 14 days of discontinuing his or her farm produce handling business, the grain dealer shall file a list of all farm produce liabilities assumed by a purchaser of the business, or any person other than the licensee, with the department.

History: Add. 2002, Act 80, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.3 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 67.3
Animal pound.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The council may maintain an animal pound and provide for all of the following:

The impoundment of animals at large contrary to the terms of an ordinance.

The destruction of animals not retrieved or for their sale to recover expenses.

The payment by the owner of fees, charges, and penalties incurred for retrieval of the animal.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2771; CL 1915, 2642; CL 1929, 1551; CL 1948, 67.3; Am. 1994, Act 16, Eff. May 1, 1994; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.2a — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-207-of-1941 / Section 29.2a
Rules; promulgation; ad hoc committees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

(1) Rules promulgated under this act shall be promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(2) The state fire marshal, after consultation with the board, may appoint ad hoc committees to assist the bureau, including the board and the state fire marshal, in promulgating rules under this act. The committees shall consist of as many members as the state fire marshal considers necessary, but shall include at least 2 persons who are representatives of 1 or more fire associations having a direct interest in the rules and at least 1 person who is representative of the persons owning facilities regulated by this act.

(3) The committees appointed under subsection (2) shall serve during the promulgation of the rules, may make recommendations on the content of the rules, and may recommend revisions in the rules.

(4) The board shall make recommendations on the content of the rules promulgated under this act and may recommend revisions in proposed rules or existing rules.

History: Add. 1978, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 247, Eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Am. 2006, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.151 — MI Code / Chapter 557 / Act Act-212-of-1927 / Section 557.151
Evidence of indebtedness payable to husband and wife; ownership in joint tenancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

All bonds, certificates of stock, mortgages, promissory notes, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness hereafter made payable to persons who are husband and wife, or made payable to them as endorsees or assignees, or otherwise, shall be held by such husband and wife in joint tenancy unless otherwise therein expressly provided, in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions, consequences and conditions as are incident to the ownership of real estate held jointly by husband and wife under the laws of this state, with full right of ownership by survivorship in case of the death of either.

History: 1927, Act 212, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 13071; CL 1948, 557.151
Mich. Comp. Laws § 401.3 — MI Code / Chapter 401 / Act Act-146-of-1925 / Section 401.3
Failure of relative to provide support; application for order to compel relief; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Upon the failure of any relative of a poor person to relieve and maintain the poor person, the county department of social services in the county in which the poor person resides, shall apply with the advice and assistance of the prosecuting attorney to the probate court of the county where the poor person or relative dwells or the poor person has a legal settlement, for an order to compel the relief. Upon application for an order to compel relief, notice shall be given to necessary parties, as provided by law.

History: 1925, Act 146, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; Am. 1929, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 8210; CL 1948, 401.3; Am. 1953, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1953; Am. 1980, Act 313, Imd. Eff. Dec. 5, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 483.102 — MI Code / Chapter 483 / Act Act-9-of-1929 / Section 483.102
Condemnation to acquire rights-of-way, use of highways; limitation to intrastate transportation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purpose of acquiring necessary right-of-ways, every such corporation, association or person is hereby granted the right of condemnation by eminent domain, and the use of the highways in this state, for the purpose of transporting natural gas by pipe lines, and for locating, laying, constructing, maintaining and operating the same; and such condemnation proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure and in the same manner as is provided by the laws of this state for the condemnation of right-of-ways by railroad companies: Provided, however, That no corporation, association or person shall be granted such right of condemnation by eminent domain or the right to use the highways of this state to lay or construct, maintain or operate a pipe line or lines for the transmission or transportation of natural gas unless and except such pipe line or lines are to be used solely and exclusively for the transmission, transportation and distribution of natural gas within the state of Michigan.

History: 1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929; CL 1929, 11633; CL 1948, 483.102
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.535 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.535
Time of control; holding constituting single custodianship.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

A transferor shall place the custodian in control of the custodial property as soon as practicable.

A transfer shall be made only for 1 minor, and only 1 person shall be the custodian. Custodial property held under this act by the same custodian for the benefit of the same minor constitutes a single custodianship.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.9130 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.9130
Perinatal quality collaboratives.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9130.

(1) The department shall maintain a perinatal quality collaborative to support and improve maternal and infant health outcomes in this state by doing all of the following:

(a) Promoting quality improvement efforts.

(b) Identifying processes and mobilizing resources.

(c) Advancing equity.

(d) Implementing and expanding care for families affected by perinatal substance use disorder.

(e) Expanding and improving access to quality and respectful care and support throughout the pregnancy and postpartum period.

(2) The perinatal quality collaborative shall establish regional perinatal quality collaboratives for prosperity regions in this state. Each regional perinatal quality collaborative shall designate a lead agency within its region to invite qualified persons within the region to participate in the regional perinatal quality collaborative. Subject to appropriation, the department shall provide resources to each regional perinatal quality collaborative and require each regional perinatal quality collaborative to do all of the following:

(a) Convene qualified persons and other interested persons within the region for regular meetings to review qualitative and quantitative data within the region on maternal and infant health outcomes.

(b) Develop plans of action to improve birth outcomes for pregnant individuals, infants, and families using strategies proven to address the prosperity region's primary perinatal challenges.

(c) Engage families and communities in developing the plans of action described in subdivision (b).

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Prosperity region" means each of the 10 prosperity regions identified by the department on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.

(b) "Qualified person" means a person or governmental entity that provides services and supports to individuals during the perinatal period, including, but not limited to, health facilities or agencies, health professionals, local health departments, home visitation programs, insurers, families, community-based organizations, and federally recognized tribes.

History: Add. 2024, Act 243, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.221 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-318-of-1941 / Section 3.221
Federal payments in lieu of taxes, definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this act:

"Agreement" shall mean "contract" and shall include renewals and alterations of a contract.

"Political subdivision" shall mean any agency or unit of this state which now is, or hereafter shall be, authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied.

"Services" shall mean such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in, and for persons residing within, a political subdivision.

"Project" shall mean any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within a political subdivision, and shall include the persons inhabiting such project.

"Governing body" shall mean the board, body, or persons in which the powers of a political subdivision as a body corporate, or otherwise, are vested.

History: 1941, Act 318, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 3.221
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1634 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-338-of-1974 / Section 125.1634
Corporations organized and incorporated pursuant to MCL 450.62 to 450.192; validation, force, and effect of prior actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

A corporation organized and incorporated pursuant to section 5 and Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being sections 450.62 to 450.192 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, before the effective date of this section, is subject to this act, as amended, without formal reorganization and the corporation shall be deemed to exist solely under this act, as amended. Actions taken under this act by a person, municipality, or corporation in good faith before the effective date of this section and which would have been valid under this act before sections 28 to 36 were added are hereby validated and shall have the same force and effect as if those actions were taken under this act, as amended by the act which added this section.

History: Add. 1976, Act 175, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1976