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Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1026 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1026
General or special court-martial; military judge; requirements; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

(1) Subject to this section, a military judge must be detailed to each general or special court-martial.

(2) A military judge must be a commissioned officer who is licensed to practice law in this state and who is certified to be qualified, by reason of education, training, experience, and judicial temperament, for duty as a military judge by the state staff judge advocate.

(3) A military judge must be detailed by the state staff judge advocate.

(4) The convening authority and any member of the staff of the convening authority shall not prepare or review any report concerning the effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency of the military judge detailed under subsection (1) that relates to the military judge's performance of duty as a military judge.

(5) An individual is not eligible to act as military judge in a case if that individual is the accuser, is a witness for the prosecution, or has acted as investigating officer or as a counsel in that same case.

(6) A military judge shall not consult with the members of the court except in the presence of the accused, trial counsel, and defense counsel, and shall not vote with the members of the court.

(7) A military judge shall rule finally on all matters of law, rule finally on all motions, and except as otherwise provided, decide all other questions raised at the trial of the accused.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 2005, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 2005; Am. 2024, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.67 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-398-of-1919 / Section 254.67
Recovery of damages; tax levy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The damages awarded by the jury in such cause, and the expenses thereof shall be paid by such county, to be raised by a general tax to be levied and collected according to the law with reference to general taxes in such county.

History: 1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919; CL 1929, 4570; CL 1948, 254.67
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.3 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.3
Quit claim deed; estate passed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A deed of quit claim and release, of the form in common use, shall be sufficient to pass all the estate which the grantor could lawfully convey by a deed of bargain and sale.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2722; CL 1871, 4205; How. 5653; CL 1897, 8957; CL 1915, 11689; CL 1929, 13279; CL 1948, 565.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.2a — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 89.2a
Recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; prohibited operation of vehicle as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway.

The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by an ordinance is a municipal civil infraction, whether or not so designated by the ordinance. A civil fine ordered for a municipal civil infraction described in this subsection shall not exceed the maximum amount of a fine provided by the ordinance or $500.00, whichever is less. An act or omission described in this subsection is not a municipal civil infraction if that act or omission constitutes a violation or crime that section 2 prohibits an ordinance from designating as a civil infraction.

History: Add. 1994, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2203 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2203
State tribunal serving as initiating and responding tribunal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203.

Under this act, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 483.3 — MI Code / Chapter 483 / Act Act-16-of-1929 / Section 483.3
Control, investigation, and regulation by Michigan public service commission; private business excepted.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the commission is granted the power to control, investigate, and regulate a person doing any of the following:

(a) Exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, by or through pipe line or lines, for hire, compensation, or otherwise within this state.

(b) Exercising or claiming the right to engage in the business of piping, transporting, or storing crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances within this state.

(c) Engaging in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances within this state.

(2) Producers or refiners of crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances or operators of private trunk or gathering lines or other methods of conveying those products, are not subject to this act if the nature and extent of their business is private and no public interest is involved in the conduct of the business.

History: 1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929; CL 1929, 11654; CL 1948, 483.3; Am. 2014, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.96 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.96
Candidate for United States senator; write-in.
Status: in_force

Sec. 96.

If for any reason there is no candidate of a political party for the office of United States senator, a blank space shall be provided on each of the official primary ballots that affords every elector of the political party an opportunity to vote for a candidate for that office by writing in the name of his or her selection.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 64, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1964, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.687 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.687
Jeopardy assessment; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 87.

If the administrator or the department believes that collection of the tax withheld from an employee's compensation as imposed under this ordinance will be jeopardized by delay, the administrator or the department, whether or not the time otherwise prescribed by the ordinance for making the return and paying the tax has expired, shall immediately assess the tax and interest and additions provided by the ordinance. The tax, interest, and additions shall become immediately due and payable, and the administrator or the department shall make an immediate notice and demand for payment, notwithstanding when the withheld tax is otherwise due and payable.

If the administrator or the department finds that a person liable for the tax administered under this ordinance intends quickly to depart from the city or to remove property from this city, to conceal the person or the person's property in the city, or to do any other act tending to render wholly or partly ineffectual proceedings to collect the tax unless proceedings are brought without delay, the administrator or the department of treasury shall give notice of the findings to the person, together with a demand for an immediate return and immediate payment of the tax. A warrant or warrant-notice of levy may issue immediately upon issuance of a jeopardy assessment. When the warrant or warrant-notice is issued, the tax shall become immediately due and payable. If the person is not in default in making a return or paying a tax prescribed by this ordinance, and furnishes evidence satisfactory to the administrator or the department that the return will be filed and the tax to which the finding relates will be paid, then the tax shall not be payable before the time otherwise fixed for payment.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964; Am. 1996, Act 478, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.11103 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.11103
Filing of documents as constructive notice of contents; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1103.

The filing of documents under this act does not provide constructive notice of the contents of the documents except as to shareholders, directors, and officers of the institution or depository institution on behalf of which the documents are filed.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3406b — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3406b
Coverage for mental health services by mental health care provider.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3406b.

A policy or certificate which provides coverage for mental health services shall provide coverage for mental health services provided to an individual by a mental health care provider operated by or under contract with the department of mental health or a county community mental health board in those instances when appropriate mental health services cannot be delivered otherwise, or if the provider of the mental health services is designated by an order of a court; provided that the mental health provider meets the standards set by the insurer for all other providers of the type.

History: Add. 1984, Act 280, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.259 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-201-of-1986 / Section 3.259
Conditions to approval of acquisition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The legislature of this state shall not approve the acquisition of property rights by the United States under this act unless both of the following have occurred:

The United States, by a statute then in force and effect, must have provided for, and must be ready, able, and willing to make tax payments, or payments in lieu of taxes, upon the premises, including the improvements to be placed on the premises, at the rate that other similar property in the county is taxed. Payments required by this subdivision shall continue as long as United States ownership continues, and shall be apportioned among the state and all political subdivisions which otherwise would have had the right to tax the property from time to time if the property had been privately owned. A tax, or payments in lieu of taxes, shall not be demanded upon a right of way for a public road or post office or for any purpose expressly stated in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the constitution of the United States. A payment in lieu of taxes shall be made as provided in Act No. 318 of the Public Acts of 1941, being sections 3.221 to 3.229 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The United States has agreed in writing to pay to the affected political subdivisions a specified portion of any profit derived directly or indirectly by the United States or any other entity from the acquisition of property rights.

History: 1986, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 25, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.942 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.942
Resolution; minimum specifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 942.

The resolution adopted by the boards of the school district being divided and the annexing school district pursuant to section 941 shall specify at a minimum all of the following:

The effective date of the division, annexation, and transfer.

The territory that is to be annexed to the annexing school district.

The territory or territories that are to be transferred and the school districts to which they are to be transferred.

A finding that the division, annexation, and transfer are in the best interests of the education of the pupils within the affected school districts.

The manner in which the annexing and dividing school districts propose to assign employees of the dividing school district to bargaining units pursuant to section 948.

History: Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6536 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6536
Appeal; payment of costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6536.

In every appeal from a district, municipal, or common pleas court, the appellant shall pay to the clerk of the trial court the taxable costs of the prevailing party, together with $25.00.

History: Add. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975; Am. 1993, Act 189, Eff. Oct. 8, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71607 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71607
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71607.

The department may promulgate rules to implement this part.

History: Add. 1998, Act 286, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2013 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.2013
Loans.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1013.

A foreign corporation may acquire or, through another person entitled to transact business in this state, may make loans, or participations or interests therein, insured or guaranteed in whole or in part by the federal housing administration or the veterans' administration or a successor or similar agency of the federal government, which are secured in whole or in part by mortgages of real property located in this state, and a foreign corporation may purchase a loan, or participation or interest therein, secured in whole or in part by a mortgage of real property located in this state, without maintaining authority to transact business in this state under this act or any other law of this state relating to such qualification or authority and without paying fees with respect thereto. Neither the failure, heretofore or hereafter, of such a foreign corporation to qualify or maintain authority to transact business in this state under this act or any such other law of this state nor its failure, heretofore or hereafter, to pay fees with respect thereto affects or impairs its ownership of such loans or participations or interests therein, whether heretofore or hereafter made or acquired, or its right to collect and service the same through another person entitled to transact business in this state, or its right to enforce the same or to acquire, hold, protect, convey, lease and otherwise contract and deal with respect to the property mortgaged as security therefor.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.803q — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.803q
Special registration plate; “honorary consul” designation; fee; tax; prohibited use; violation as misdemeanor; expiration; status or immunity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 803q.

A person who is designated an honorary consul by a diplomatic corps of a nation other than the United States that is recognized by the government of the United States and who is assigned or stationed in Michigan may make application to the secretary of state for a set of 2 special registration plates. Each special registration plate shall have the words "honorary consul" inscribed on the plate.

Application for the set of 2 special registration plates described in subsection (1) shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant is designated as an honorary consul. The application for the set of 2 special registration plates shall also be accompanied by payment of a $35.00 consulate identification fee for the set of 2 special registration plates. The consulate identification fee shall be deposited in the state treasury and be credited to the Michigan transportation fund. It shall be used first to defray the expenses of the secretary of state in issuing these plates.

Upon proper application and payment of the appropriate consulate identification fee required under subsection (2), the secretary of state shall issue a set of 2 special registration plates described in subsection (1) for each applicant for use on a passenger vehicle. A person issued a set of 2 special registration plates under this section shall be assessed the applicable tax under section 801.

The use of a special registration plate described in subsection (1) on a vehicle other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a person who does not qualify under this section, is a misdemeanor.

A special registration plate issued under this section shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner.

The issuance of a set of 2 special registration plates to an applicant under this section does not confer diplomatic status or diplomatic immunity upon the applicant.

History: Add. 2000, Act 119, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2505 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-129-of-1994 / Section 125.2505
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The department shall promulgate, as necessary, rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1994, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2143 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2143
Subscribing witness to instrument need not be called; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2143.

Whenever upon the trial of any action, civil or criminal, or upon the hearing of any judicial proceedings, a written instrument is offered in evidence, to which there is a subscribing witness, it shall not be necessary to call such subscribing witness, but such instrument may be proved in the same manner as it might be proved if there were no subscribing witness thereto, except in cases of written instruments to the validity of which 1 or more subscribing witnesses are required by law.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1001 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1001
Short title; purpose and goal of act; compliance costs and savings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) This act may be cited as the "clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act".

(2) The purpose of this act is to promote the development and use of clean and renewable energy resources and the reduction of energy waste through programs that will cost-effectively do all of the following:

(a) Diversify the resources used to reliably meet the energy needs of consumers in this state.

(b) Provide greater energy security through the use of indigenous energy resources available within this state.

(c) Encourage private investment in renewable energy and energy waste reduction.

(d) Coordinate with federal regulations to provide improved air quality and other benefits to energy consumers and citizens of this state.

(e) Provide more reliable and resilient energy supplies during periods of extreme weather.

(3) Pursuant to the reconciliation processes provided for in this act, the commission shall determine the costs and savings resulting from compliance with the renewable energy, clean energy, and energy waste reduction programs required under this act and include those costs and savings in the determination of the rates charged to customers of the electric and natural gas providers. This section does not prohibit the commission from authorizing shared savings or incentive programs as provided for in this act.

History: 2008, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008; Am. 2016, Act 342, Eff. Apr. 20, 2017; Am. 2023, Act 235, Eff. Feb. 27, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.669 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.669
Vehicles required to activate hazard warning lights and stop at railroad track grade crossing; driver to listen and look in both directions; shifting gears prohibited; exceptions; "inactive railroad track" defined; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 669.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4), the driver of a motor vehicle transporting 16 or more passengers including the driver, a motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or a motor vehicle that is required to be marked or placarded under 49 CFR parts 100 to 180, before crossing a railroad track at grade, shall activate the vehicle hazard warning lights and stop the vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail. While stopped, the driver shall listen and look in both directions along the track for an approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment and for signals indicating the approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment, and shall not proceed until the driver can do so safely. After stopping as required in this subsection, and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of the vehicle shall cross only in a gear of the vehicle that does not require changing gears while traversing the crossing. The driver shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.

(2) A stop need not be made at a railroad track grade crossing where a police officer or a traffic-control signal directs traffic to proceed.

(3) A stop need not be made at an inactive railroad track grade crossing. As used in this subsection, "inactive railroad track" means a railroad track that meets all of the following requirements:

(a) The track has been covered or removed.

(b) All signs, signals, and other warning devices are removed.

(4) A stop shall not be made at a railroad grade crossing marked with a sign reading "exempt". Exempt signs may be erected only by or with the consent of the state transportation department after notice to and an opportunity to be heard by the primary railroad operating over that crossing.

(5) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1965, Act 235, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1965; Am. 1967, Act 99, Eff. Sept. 1, 1967; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1978, Act 612, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979; Am. 1988, Act 383, Eff. Apr. 1, 1989; Am. 1990, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990; Am. 1995, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1995; Am. 2002, Act 534, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Am. 2015, Act 128, Imd. Eff. July 15, 2015; Am. 2018, Act 394, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.456 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-23-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 259.456
Airport zoning regulations; administration and enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

All airport zoning regulations adopted under this act shall provide for the administration and enforcement of such regulations by an administrative agency which may be an agency created by such regulations or any official, board, or other existing agency of any political subdivision adopting the regulations or one of the political subdivisions which participated in the creation of the joint zoning board adopting the regulations, if satisfactory to that political subdivision; but in no case shall such administrative agency be or include any member of the board of appeals. The duties of any administrative agency designated pursuant to this act shall include that of hearing and deciding all permits under section 23 but such agency shall not have or exercise any of the powers herein granted to the board of appeals.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1950