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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61733 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.61733
Fees and travel expense of witnesses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61733.

Any witness summoned by subpoena or by written request of the supervisor and attending any hearing called by the supervisor is entitled to the same fees and travel expense as provided by law for attending the circuit court in any civil matter or proceeding. The fees and travel expense of witnesses subpoenaed at the instance of the supervisor shall be paid by the persons filing the petition.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.1211 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-230-of-1987 / Section 331.1211
Availability of writings to public; confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 211.

A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by a board of trustees or subsidiary board in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. This section does not abrogate any confidentiality provisions established by state or federal law, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the provision or review of health services.

History: 1987, Act 230, Eff. Feb. 27, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.671 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1956 / Section 123.671
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "The market authority act of 1956".

History: 1956, Act 185, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.180 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-368-of-1925 / Section 247.180
Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; notice to remove; removal; removal by commissioner, sale; proceeds, disposition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

In case any saw logs, cordwood, or other loose obstruction shall be upon any highway, the commissioner or commissioners may notify the owner, if known, to remove the same within 2 days, and if not so removed, or the owner is unknown, the commissioner or commissioners may remove such obstruction to some convenient place, and if it has a value he or they shall hold it for 30 days subject to the order of the owner upon payment of the necessary expenses of removal, after which time he or they may sell the property removed, and such sale, notice of sale and application of the proceeds thereof shall be the same as is now required by law of constables' sale under execution, and the expense of removal, care of property and sale shall be deducted from the proceeds of sale, and the balance paid to the owner of such property, or deposited with the township clerk to be by him paid to the owner.

History: 1925, Act 368, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 4050; CL 1948, 247.180
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1126 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-10-of-2023 / Section 408.1126
Severability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

If any portion of this act is declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

History: 2023, Act 10, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.4301 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.4301
Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4301.

A foreign personal representative submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in a proceeding relating to the estate by doing any of the following:

Filing an authenticated copy of appointment as provided in section 4203.

Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property under section 4201.

Doing an act as a personal representative in this state that would give the state jurisdiction over an individual.

Jurisdiction under subsection (1)(b) is limited to the money or value of personal property collected.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1403 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1403
Persons not considered managing general agents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1403.

For the purposes of the chapter, the following persons are not considered managing general agents:

An employee of the insurer.

A United States manager of the United States branch of an alien insurer.

An underwriting manager who pursuant to contract manages all the insurer's insurance operations, is under common control with the insurer, is subject to chapter 13, and whose compensation is not based on the volume of premiums written.

An attorney-in-fact for a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange.

History: Add. 1990, Act 350, Eff. June 1, 1991; Am. 1991, Act 57, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.32 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-48-of-2019 / Section 445.32
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Mail" means a letter, postal card, package, bag, or any other article or thing contained therein, or other sealed article addressed to a person.

(b) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other legal entity.

History: 2019, Act 48, Eff. Dec. 16, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.241 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act E-R-O-No-1973-7 / Section 125.241
Transfer of responsibility for review and approval of county zoning ordinances.
Status: in_force

WHEREAS, Act 183, P.A. of 1943, Section 11, requires approval by the Michigan Department of Economic Development, now the Office of Economic Expansion of the Department of Commerce, of all County Zoning Ordinances; and

WHEREAS, the focus and importance of zoning has broadened since the inception of the County Zoning Act for achieving effective land use objectives extending to all aspects of a community's development; and

WHEREAS, in recognition of the changing role of County Zoning and the importance of centralizing responsibility to strengthen the state's capability in planning and efficient land use development;

THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN, Governor of the State of Michigan, by virtue of the power vested in me by Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of 1963, do hereby order the following:

1. The state's responsibility for review and approval of County Zoning Ordinances pursuant to Section 11, Act 183, of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, is hereby transferred from the Office of Economic Expansion, Department of Commerce, to the Department of Natural Resources.

2. All records, files and pending county zoning ordinances are hereby transferred from the Office of Economic Expansion to the Department of Natural Resources.

3. The Director of the Department of Natural Resources shall assign the responsibilities for administering the County Zoning Enabling Act to the proper division within the Department and the Director's signature shall evidence the state function of approval of the individual county zoning ordinance.

4. In fulfillment of the requirements of Article V, Section 2, of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, the provision of this Order shall become effective January 1, 1974.

History: 1973, E.R.O. No. 1973-7, Eff. Jan. 1, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.10 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 67.10
Sidewalks; failure of abutting owner; assessment; collection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

If the owner or occupant of a lot or premises fails to construct or maintain a sidewalk, to keep the sidewalk in repair, to remove the snow, ice, and filth from the sidewalk, or to remove and keep the sidewalk free from obstructions, encroachments, incumbrances, or other nuisances, as required under section 8 or 9 of this chapter, or to perform any other duty required by the council in respect to a sidewalk, the council may cause the work to be done at the expense of the owner or occupant, and may cause the amount of the expenses incurred, together with a penalty of 10% to be levied by them as a special assessment upon the lot or premises adjacent to and abutting upon the sidewalk. The special assessment is subject to review after proper notice has been given as in all other cases of special assessments provided for by law. When confirmed, the assessment shall be a lien upon the lot or premises the same as other special assessments, and the council shall order the treasurer of the village to spread the amount, together with the penalty, upon the roll as a special assessment upon the lot or premises. The assessment shall be collected in the same manner as other village taxes. The village may instead collect the amount, together with the penalty in a civil action, together with costs of suit.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2778; CL 1915, 2649; CL 1929, 1558; CL 1948, 67.10; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.45902 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.45902
Game fish; license for propagation for sale.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45902.

A person shall not propagate, rear, or have in possession for the purpose of offering for sale or selling any kind of game fish except as authorized by a license issued by the department pursuant to part 13. A license is nontransferable and expires on December 31 of the year for which issued. A separate license is required for each place of business where game fish are propagated, reared, or possessed for the purpose of sale or offering for sale.

This part does not apply to the following:

The sale, offering for sale, or possession of dead, fresh, or frozen brook trout, brown trout, or rainbow trout lawfully taken in and exported from another state or country or that have been procured from a licensed dealer within this state.

The propagation, rearing, possession, or sale of game fish pursuant to a registration or permit issued pursuant to the Michigan aquaculture development act, 1996 PA 199, MCL 286.871 to 286.884.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 200, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1996; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.251 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-319-of-1968 / Section 28.251
Uniform crime reports; duties of police departments to file, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The police department of each city or village, any duly constituted police department of a township, and the sheriff's department of each county, once each month upon a date and form prescribed and furnished by the director of the department of state police, shall forward to the department of state police a crime report. Each reporting department shall report only on cases within its jurisdiction and upon which it is making, or has made, the primary police investigation. The report shall be called the uniform crime report and shall cover crimes reported and otherwise processed during the month preceding the month of the report. It shall contain the number and nature of offenses committed, the disposition of such offenses and such other information as the director of state police shall specify relating to the method, frequency, cause and prevention of crime. Under no circumstances shall the name of any person be reported.

History: 1968, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.503 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-325-of-1990 / Section 399.503
Project director of railroad history museum to become employee of department; plan; appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203.

At the time of transfer, a project director who is under contract with the union station corporation and works at the railroad history museum on the effective date of this act shall become an employee of the department in accordance with a plan prepared by the department and approved by the department of civil service. The plan shall relate to compensation, classification, status, probationary periods, seniority, longevity, annual and sick leave, group insurance coverages, retirement, and other terms and conditions of employment.

The sum of not to exceed $25,000.00 is appropriated from the general fund to the department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and 2 full-time equated positions are authorized for the purposes of this section.

Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed to restrict the department from assigning new duties to, or otherwise transferring, a former project director at the railroad history museum after the person becomes an employee of the department.

History: 1990, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.624a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.624a
Transportation or possession of alcoholic liquor in open or uncapped container open or upon which seal broken; violation as misdemeanor; exception; subsections (1) and (2) inapplicable to passenger in commercial quadricycle; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 624a.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (5), a person who is an operator or occupant shall not transport or possess alcoholic liquor in a container that is open or uncapped or upon which the seal is broken within the passenger area of a vehicle upon a highway, or within the passenger area of a moving vehicle in any place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles, including an area designated for the parking of vehicles, in this state.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), a person may transport or possess alcoholic liquor in a container that is open or uncapped or upon which the seal is broken within the passenger area of a vehicle upon a highway or other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles, including an area designated for the parking of vehicles in this state, if the vehicle does not have a trunk or compartment separate from the passenger area, and the container is in a locked glove compartment, behind the last upright seat, or in an area not normally occupied by the operator or a passenger.

(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. As part of the sentence, the person may be ordered to perform community service and undergo substance abuse screening and assessment at his or her own expense as described in section 703(1) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703. A court shall not accept a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for a violation of this section from a person charged solely with a violation of section 625(6).

(4) This section does not apply to a passenger in a chartered vehicle authorized to operate by the state transportation department.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, unless prohibited by local ordinance, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a passenger in a commercial quadricycle. A passenger in a commercial quadricycle shall not transport or possess alcoholic liquor other than beer, wine, spirits, or a mixed spirits drink.

(6) As used in this section:

(a) "Glove compartment" means a recess with a hinged and locking door in the dashboard of a motor vehicle.

(b) "Passenger area" means the area designed to seat the operator and passengers of a motor vehicle while it is in operation and any area that is readily accessible to the operator or a passenger while in his or her seating position, including the glove compartment.

History: Add. 1991, Act 98, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Am. 1994, Act 211, Eff. Nov. 1, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 493, Eff. Apr. 1, 1997; Am. 1998, Act 349, Eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Am. 2012, Act 306, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2015, Act 126, Imd. Eff. July 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.79 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-344-of-1945 / Section 125.79
Modification of plan; hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

If previous to the lease, sale or exchange of any real property in the development area, the local legislative body desires to modify the development plan, it shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of such hearing to be given as provided in section 4 of this act. If the modification be approved by the local legislative body, it shall become a part of the approved development plan.

The part of a development plan which directly applies to a parcel of real property in the area, may be modified by the local legislative body at any time or times after the transfer or lease or sale of the parcel of real property in the area provided that the modification be consented to by the lessee or purchaser.

History: 1945, Act 344, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1945; CL 1948, 125.79
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.137 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.137
Candidates for representative in congress; nomination, certification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 137.

The candidate of each political party for the office of representative in congress receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates for said office, as set forth in the report of the board of state canvassers, based on the returns from the various boards of county canvassers, or as determined by the board of state canvassers as the result of a recount, shall be declared the nominee of that political party for said office at the next ensuing November election. The board of state canvassers shall forthwith certify such nomination to the secretary of state.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2182 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2182
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2182.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Boundaries of the United States" means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(b) "Law" includes the federal or a state constitution, a federal or state statute, a judicial decision or order, a court rule, an executive order, and an administrative rule, regulation, or order.

(c) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(d) "Sign" means to do either of the following with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

( i ) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.

( ii ) Attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.

(e) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(f) "Sworn declaration" means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. Sworn declaration includes a sworn statement, verification, certificate, and affidavit.

(g) "Unsworn declaration" means a declaration or other affirmation of truth in a signed record that is not given under oath, but is given under penalty of perjury.

History: Add. 2012, Act 361, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.502 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.502
Income tax; prohibited to villages; uniform city income tax ordinance; prior ordinance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

No village shall impose and collect any excise tax levied on or measured by income after January 1, 1964. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no city shall impose an excise tax levied on or measured by income until the lawful adoption by the city of the entire uniform city income tax ordinance as hereinafter set forth. No city shall impose and collect such an excise tax prior to January 1, 1965, except that a city which on January 1, 1964 had in effect a valid ordinance levying and imposing such an excise tax may continue to levy and impose the tax under such ordinance until the uniform city income tax ordinance becomes effective in such city, but in no case shall such ordinance or any other income tax ordinance, in effect in such city prior to the effective date of the uniform city income tax ordinance, continue in effect later than December 31, 1964. The enforcement, collection and refund provisions with respect to liabilities incurred under such prior income tax ordinance shall continue in effect for the period provided for in such prior ordinance.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.79 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-159-of-1893 / Section 457.79
Principal business office; location.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The principal business office of the union of the French Canadian society of the United States shall follow and be located at the place where the secretary thereof shall reside; and immediately after each election of officers of said corporation the secretary elect shall certify, under the corporate seal, his name, residence and location of such principal business office to the secretary of state.

History: Add. 1901, Act 119, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901; CL 1915, 10299; CL 1929, 10581; CL 1948, 457.79
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47348 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47348
Les Cheneaux channels.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47348.

A person shall not fish with seines, gill nets, or any form of trap nets, or in any manner except by hook and line, the channels known as the Les Cheneaux channels, in Mackinac county, or in the entrances to the channels or in the waters adjacent to the channels, within a line drawn as follows: Beginning at the southerly extremity of the point of land on the easterly side of Dudley bay; running thence southwesterly in a straight line to the southeasterly extremity of Beaver Tail Point; thence westerly in a straight line to the southeasterly point of Crow island; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the extreme southeasterly point of Boot island; thence southwesterly in a straight line to Point Fuyards; thence northwesterly in a straight line to the extreme southerly part of St. Martin's Point. However, pound nets of legal mesh and size, for the taking of whitefish and lake trout, may be set and used in any place in the protected waters, except in that portion of Prentice bay lying north of a line drawn from the south end of Scotty's Point to the south end of Whitefish Point and in the channels known as the Les Cheneaux channels, in Mackinac county, or in the entrances to the channels, lying west of the east line of section 34, in town 42 north, range 1 east, said line running north and south. Gill nets of not more than 150 feet in length and of the size mesh established in section 47309 for taking herring and menominees may be legally used and set in the protected waters, at any place or places where nets for the taking of whitefish and lake trout are permitted by this part, during the months of January, February, and March of each year, for the purpose of taking herring and menominees for commercial purposes. A person may use spears through the ice of such waters during the months of January and February for taking carp, suckers, mullet, redhorse, sheepshead, lake trout, smelt, northern pike, muskellunge, whitefish, ciscoes, pilot fish or menominee whitefish, catfish, bullheads, herring, perch, pike-perch, shad, dogfish, and garpike. If perch, black bass, northern pike, or pike-perch are taken in any of the nets described in this section used for the taking of whitefish and lake trout, menominee, or herring, as permitted by this part, they shall be immediately released and placed back in the water.

A person shall not take more than 50 perch by hook and line and spear from waters described in this section, in any 1 day, and the sale of any perch, black bass, northern pike, or pike-perch caught or taken from those protected waters by hook and line and spear, is unlawful.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.217 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.217
Action for noncompliance with site selection process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

A person who resides in the city, village, or township in which the department has determined a need for a correctional facility may bring an action in a court of proper jurisdiction against the department if the department is not abiding by the site selection process provided in section 16.

An action brought under this section shall not be maintained if it is filed more than 45 days after the commission sends notification of the final site selected to the officials as required in section 16(9).

History: Add. 1980, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Nov. 26, 1980