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Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.11 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-46-of-1963-2nd-Ex-Sess- / Section 4.11
Commission on legislative apportionment; number, selection, regional distribution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The commission on legislative apportionment established by the 1963 state constitution shall consist of 8 electors, 4 of whom shall be selected by the state central committee of each of the 2 political parties whose candidates for governor received the highest vote at the last general election at which a governor was elected preceding each apportionment. If a candidate for governor of a third political party has received at such election more than 25% of such gubernatorial vote, the commission shall consist of 12 members, 4 of whom shall be selected by the state central committee of the third political party. One resident of each of the following 4 regions shall be selected by each state central committee: (a) the Upper Peninsula; (b) the northern part of the Lower Peninsula, north of a line drawn along the northern boundaries of the counties of Bay, Midland, Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo and Oceana; (c) southwestern Michigan, those counties south of region (b) and west of a line drawn along the western boundaries of the counties of Bay, Saginaw, Shiawassee, Ingham, Jackson and Hillsdale; and (d) southeastern Michigan, the remaining counties of the state.

History: 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 46, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.46 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.46
Property obtained, damaged, lost, or destroyed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

(1) Offense variable 16 is property obtained, damaged, lost, or destroyed. Score offense variable 16 by determining which of the following apply and by assigning the number of points attributable to the one that has the highest number of points:

(a) For a conviction under section 50 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.50, the property was 25 or more animals 25 points (b) For a conviction under section 50 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.50, the property was 10 or more animals but fewer than 25 animals 10 points (c) Wanton or malicious damage occurred beyond that necessary to commit the crime for which the offender is not charged and will not be charged 10 points (d) The property had a value of more than $20,000.00 or had significant historical, social, or sentimental value 10 points (e) The property had a value of $1,000.00 or more but not more than $20,000.00 5 points (f) The property had a value of $200.00 or more but not more than $1,000.00 1 point (g) No property was obtained, damaged, lost, or destroyed or the property had a value of less than $200.00 0 points

(a) For a conviction under section 50 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.50, the property was 25 or more animals

25 points

(b) For a conviction under section 50 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.50, the property was 10 or more animals but fewer than 25 animals

10 points

(c) Wanton or malicious damage occurred beyond that necessary to commit the crime for which the offender is not charged and will not be charged

10 points

(d) The property had a value of more than $20,000.00 or had significant historical, social, or sentimental value

10 points

(e) The property had a value of $1,000.00 or more but not more than $20,000.00

5 points

(f) The property had a value of $200.00 or more but not more than $1,000.00

1 point

(g) No property was obtained, damaged, lost, or destroyed or the property had a value of less than $200.00

0 points

(2) All of the following apply to scoring offense variable 16:

(a) In multiple offender or victim cases, the appropriate points may be determined by adding together the aggregate value of the property involved, including property involved in uncharged offenses or charges dismissed under a plea agreement.

(b) In cases in which the property was obtained unlawfully, 28 lost to the lawful owner, or destroyed, use the value of the property in scoring this variable. If the property was damaged, use the monetary amount appropriate to restore the property to pre-offense condition in scoring this variable.

(c) The amount of money or property involved in admitted but uncharged offenses or in charges that have been dismissed under a plea agreement may be considered.

History: Add. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998; Am. 1999, Act 227, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999; Am. 2018, Act 652, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.26 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-176-of-1939 / Section 423.26
Collective bargaining representatives; duties; grievances by individual employee; adjustment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

Representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes, shall be the exclusive representatives of all the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment or other conditions of employment, and shall be so recognized by the employer: Provided, That any individual employee at any time may present grievances to his employer and have the grievances adjusted, without intervention of the bargaining representative, if the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, if the bargaining representative has been given opportunity to be present at such adjustment.

History: Add. 1965, Act 282, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.813 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.813
Construction of chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 813.

This chapter shall not be construed to affect the terms of those judges of probate elected before the effective date of this section or appointed before that date to fill a vacancy in the office of judge of probate.

This chapter shall not be construed to rescind or repeal those probate court districts created before the effective date of this section.

History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.274 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-267-of-2011 / Section 12.274
Resolution; bond issue; payment; terms and conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The board of the authority shall authorize a bond issue by resolution. The authority may issue bonds, including refunding bonds, without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of this state and without any proceedings or conditions other than those specifically required by this act. Every bond issue is a special revenue obligation payable from and secured by a pledge of revenues or funds available for that purpose under the Michigan employment security act, 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, MCL 421.1 to 421.75, and other assets, including without limitation the proceeds of the bonds deposited in a reserve fund for the benefit of the owners of the bonds, earnings on funds from bonds issued under this act, and other available funds. The bonds are payable upon the terms and conditions specified by the authority in the resolution under which the authority issues the bonds or in a related trust agreement or trust indenture.

(2) The authority may issue bonds to refund any bonds by issuing new bonds if it considers the refunding expedient, whether or not the bonds to be refunded have matured, and may issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for restructuring or any of the authority's other authorized purposes.

History: 2011, Act 267, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.13 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.13
Board of supervisors; division of county into state legislature representative districts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The said respective boards of supervisors in each county, entitled to more than 1 representative in the state legislature, shall have power and it shall be their duty, at their annual meeting in the year 1851, and at their annual meeting next after each subsequent apportionment of such representatives by the legislature, to divide their respective counties into representative districts, equal in number to the number of representatives to which such county is entitled by law, in accordance with section 3 of article 4 of the constitution of this state; and they shall cause to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and in the office of the clerk of such county, within 30 days after such division, a description of such representative districts, specifying the number of each district, and the population thereof, according to the last preceding enumeration.

History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851; CL 1857, 347; CL 1871, 479; How. 485; CL 1897, 2486; CL 1915, 2276; CL 1929, 1133; CL 1948, 46.13
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.459 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1986 / Section 124.459
Tax limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A public authority is intended to and shall be considered to be an authority the tax limitations of which are provided by charter or general law within the meaning of section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

History: 1986, Act 196, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.1152 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-108-of-2023 / Section 211.1152
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Applicant" means an owner or lessee of a qualified facility.

(b) "Commission" means the state tax commission created by 1927 PA 360, MCL 209.101 to 209.107.

(c) "Construction in progress" means a facility not yet placed in service but for which on-site delivery of any component described in subdivision (f) has been delivered to the site as of December 31 of that year. Construction in progress does not include land improvements or site preparation.

(d) "Department" means the department of treasury.

(e) "Qualified local governmental unit" means a city, village, or township.

(f) "Qualified solar energy facility" or "qualified facility" means a facility, whether owned or leased, that when constructed and placed in service is located in a solar energy district and that uses or will use solar energy as the sole source for the generation of at least 2 megawatts of nameplate capacity, alternating current, including any solar modules, inverter, racks, tracking, on-site battery storage systems if identified in the application pursuant to section 4(1)(a), controls, electric interface, and all components that are positioned up to, and including, the inversion of the current delivered from the facility. Qualified solar energy facility or qualified facility also includes all land improvements, except buildings, exclusively used for the generation of solar energy at the facility, including access roads, security fences, and communication facilities. Qualified solar energy facility or qualified facility does not include any distribution or transmission lines.

(g) "Solar energy district" or "district" means an area in a qualified local governmental unit established as provided in section 3(1).

(h) "Solar energy facilities tax" or "specific tax" means the specific tax levied under this act.

(i) "Solar energy facility exemption certificate" or "certificate" means a certificate issued under section 6.

(j) "Taxable value" means the value determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.27a.

(k) "Unzoned qualified local governmental unit" means a qualified local governmental unit that has no zoning ordinance within its zoning jurisdiction.

History: 2023, Act 108, Imd. Eff. July 27, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2121 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-244-of-2005 / Section 487.2121
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "deferred presentment service transactions act".

History: 2005, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Nov. 28, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 771.6 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 771.6
Probation; record of discharge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

When a probationer is discharged upon the expiration of the probation period, or upon its earlier termination by order of the court, entry of the discharge shall be made in the records of the court, and the probationer shall be entitled to a certified copy thereof.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17376; CL 1948, 771.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.562b — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-114-of-1965 / Section 290.562b
Changing method or amount of assessment; referendum; implementation of proposed change.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12b.

The commission may change the method or the amount of the assessment imposed in section 12, or both, by complying with this section.

If the commission proposes a change as described in subsection (1), then it shall conduct a referendum of growers relative to any such change.

After a referendum, the commission shall implement a proposed change if more than 50% of the growers voting approve any proposed change and those voters represent more than 50% of the hundredweight voting.

History: Add. 1989, Act 144, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.17 — MI Code / Chapter 480 / Act Act-181-of-1963 / Section 480.17
Violation of act or rules; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) Except as provided in sections 7b, 7c, and 7d, any person, driver, or motor carrier as defined by 49 CFR 390.5 who violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act, or permits or requires any person to violate this act or a rule promulgated under this act, is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a fine of not more than $250.00 for each violation.

(2) A peace officer or an enforcement member of the motor carrier division of the department of state police, upon probable cause to believe that a motor vehicle is being operated in violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act, may stop the motor vehicle and inspect the motor vehicle. If a violation is found, the officer may issue a notice to appear for that violation.

(3) An enforcement member of the motor carrier division of the department of state police, upon notification of a valid out-of-service order upon a motor carrier issued by the United States department of transportation, by a state or a political subdivision of a state, by the Canadian or Mexican government, or by the government of a province of Canada, may stop and detain any vehicle operated by the motor carrier and place the vehicle and driver out of service pursuant to the order. A driver or motor carrier operating a vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order is responsible for a state civil infraction and shall be assessed a fine of not more than $500.00.

History: 1963, Act 181, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1973, Act 171, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974; Am. 1984, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1984; Am. 1988, Act 353, Eff. Apr. 1, 1989; Am. 1988, Act 360, Imd. Eff. Dec. 7, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 339, Eff. Apr. 2, 1991; Am. 1995, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 98, Imd. Eff. May 15, 2000; Am. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 20 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 20
Open meetings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The doors of each house shall be open unless the public security otherwise requires.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 20, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.650a — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-44-of-1984 / Section 290.650a
Violation; administrative fine; hearing; judicial review; action brought by attorney general; payment and disposition of fine, costs, and economic benefit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10a.

A person who individually, or by the action of his or her agent or employee, or as the agent or employee of another violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is subject to an administrative fine. Upon the request of a person to whom an administrative fine is issued, the director shall conduct a hearing conducted pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. A fine authorized by this section shall be as follows:

For a first violation, not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00, plus actual costs of the investigation and double the amount of any economic benefit associated with the violation.

For a second violation within 5 years after the first violation, not less than $500.00 or more than $1,000.00, plus actual costs of the investigation and double the amount of any economic benefit associated with the violation.

For a third violation within 5 years after the date of the first violation, not less than $1,000.00 or more than $2,000.00, plus actual costs of the investigation and double the amount of any economic benefit associated with the violation.

A decision of the director under this section is subject to judicial review as provided by law.

The director shall advise the attorney general of the failure of any person to pay an administrative fine imposed under this section. The attorney general shall bring an action in court of competent jurisdiction to recover the fine.

Any administrative fine, costs, and the recovery of any economic benefit associated with a violation collected under this section shall be paid to the state treasury and deposited into the gasoline inspection and testing fund.

History: Add. 1993, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1993; Am. 2002, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.558 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-48-of-1963-2nd-Ex-Sess- / Section 390.558
Boards of control; borrowing powers; pledge of revenues; approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

A board of control shall not borrow money on its general faith and credit, nor create any liens upon its property. A board, after approval by the legislature, may acquire land or acquire or erect buildings, or alter, equip or maintain them, to be used as residence halls, apartments, dining facilities, student centers, health centers, stadiums, athletic fields, gymnasiums, auditoriums, parking structures and other educational facilities. A board may borrow money under such terms and provisions as it deems best to finance such facilities, and shall obligate itself for the repayment thereof, together with interest thereon, solely out of the income and revenues from such facilities, or other such facilities heretofore or hereafter acquired, or from special fees and charges required to be paid by the students deemed by it to be benefited thereby, or any combination thereof.

History: 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 48, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1964, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1964; Am. 1969, Act 16, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3305 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-110-of-2006 / Section 125.3305
Recommendations of zoning commission; adoption and filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 305.

The zoning commission shall adopt and file with the legislative body the following recommendations:

(a) A zoning plan for the areas subject to zoning of the local unit of government.

(b) The establishment of zoning districts, including the boundaries of those districts.

(c) The text of a zoning ordinance with the necessary maps and zoning regulations to be adopted for a zoning district or the zoning jurisdiction as a whole.

(d) The manner of administering and enforcing the zoning ordinance.

History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.668 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-255-of-1978 / Section 207.668
Limitation on new exemptions; continuation of exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

A new exemption shall not be granted under this act after December 31, 2025, but an exemption then in effect shall continue until the expiration of the exemption certificate.

History: 1978, Act 255, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1978; Am. 1983, Act 252, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1983; Am. 1984, Act 342, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1984; Am. 2008, Act 227, Imd. Eff. July 17, 2008; Am. 2020, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2084 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2084
Product development program account; utilization of money; purpose; terms and conditions of financial aid; condition to financial aid.
Status: in_force

Sec. 84.

The fund may utilize the money held in the product development program account to provide financial aid to applicants when financial aid would not otherwise be available on reasonable terms from other sources and shall enter into venture agreements whereby the fund will obtain royalties, rights, or other benefits from or in a targeted invention, product, device, or technique; a related or derivative invention, product, device, or technique; or other applicant revenues, which royalties, rights, and other benefits are obtained in exchange for the granting of financial aid to the applicant.

Financial aid provided from the product development program account shall be for the purpose of financing any new process, technique, product, or device which is or may be exploitable commercially, which has advanced beyond the theoretical state, and which is capable of being or has been reduced to practice without regard to whether a patent has or could be granted.

Financial aid provided and venture agreements made by the fund may be on the terms and conditions the fund, in its sole discretion, determines to be reasonable, appropriate, and consistent with the purposes and objectives of the fund and this chapter, including the requirements of section 12.

Financial aid provided and venture agreements made pursuant to this section shall be made on the condition that the benefits of increasing employment and tax revenues remain in the state.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1987, Act 278, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43101
Foxes in captivity as domestic animals; protection; construction of part.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43101.

Silver, silver-black, black, and cross foxes, which of their nature, in the absence of efforts for their domestication, were known as wild, which are brought into or born in captivity upon a farm or ranch for the purpose of cultivating or pelting their furs, together with their offspring and increase, are domestic animals for the purpose of any statute or law relating generally to domestic animals, other than dogs and cats or other pets, or relating to farming or to animal husbandry or to the encouragement of agriculture, unless any such statute or law is impossible to apply to such fur-bearing animals. Such fur-bearing animals, together with their offspring and increase, are the subjects of ownership, lien, and all other property rights, in the same manner as purely domestic animals, in whatever situation, location, or condition the fur-bearing animals may be, and regardless of whether they remain in or escape from captivity. Such fur-bearing animals shall receive the same protection of law as, and in the same way and to the same extent are the subject of trespass or larceny as, other personal property. This part shall not be construed to include silver, silver-black, black, and cross foxes within the definition of livestock, or give any person any right to recovery for damage or destruction of the animal under the dog law of 1919, Act No. 339 of the Public Acts of 1919, being sections 287.261 to 287.290 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2901 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2901
Actions abolished; alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction, and breach of contract to marry.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2901.

The following causes of action are abolished:

alienation of the affections of any person, animal, or thing capable of feeling affection, whatsoever;

criminal conversation;

seduction of any person of the age of 18 years or more;

breach of contract to marry.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963