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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3142 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3142
Personal protection insurance benefits payable as loss accrues; overdue benefits; interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3142.

(1) Personal protection insurance benefits are payable as loss accrues.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), personal protection insurance benefits are overdue if not paid within 30 days after an insurer receives reasonable proof of the fact and of the amount of loss sustained. Subject to subsection (3), if reasonable proof is not supplied as to the entire claim, the amount supported by reasonable proof is overdue if not paid within 30 days after the proof is received by the insurer. Subject to subsection (3), any part of the remainder of the claim that is later supported by reasonable proof is overdue if not paid within 30 days after the proof is received by the insurer. For the purpose of calculating the extent to which benefits are overdue, payment must be treated as made on the date a draft or other valid instrument was placed in the United States mail in a properly addressed, postpaid envelope, or, if not so posted, on the date of delivery.

(3) For personal protection insurance benefits under section 3107(1)(a), if a bill for the product, service, accommodations, or training is not provided to the insurer within 90 days after the product, service, accommodations, or training is provided, the insurer has 60 days in addition to 30 days provided under subsection (2) to pay before the benefits are overdue.

(4) An overdue payment bears simple interest at the rate of 12% per annum.

History: Add. 1972, Act 294, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2019, Act 21, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.670 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.670
Operating or moving certain vehicles or equipment upon or across steam railroad tracks at grade level; notice of intended crossing; stopping, listening, and looking; warning; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 670.

(1) A person shall not operate or move a caterpillar tractor, shovel, derrick, roller, boiler, machinery, or other structure or object upon rollers, or other equipment or structure, which, because of its limited power, or weight, character, or load, has a normal operating speed of 4 miles per hour or less, or which has a vertical load or body clearance of less than 9 inches above the level surface of the roadway, upon or across the tracks of a railroad at grade level without first complying with this section, except this section shall not apply to the movement of electrically propelled cars on fixed rails or to their loads.

(2) Notice of the intended crossing described in subsection (1) shall be given to the nearest agent or officer of the railroad in time to afford protection to its locomotives, trains, or cars at the crossing.

(3) Before making the crossing, the person operating or moving the vehicle or equipment shall first stop not less than 15 feet or more than 50 feet from the nearest rail of the track and while stopped 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 crossing can be made safely.

(4) A crossing shall not be made when warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagman or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or car.

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

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 2002, Act 534, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Am. 2018, Act 392, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.398 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-139-of-1972 / Section 247.398
Repeal of MCL 247.371 to 247.375.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Act No. 234 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 247.371 to 247.375 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.

History: 1972, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1218 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1218
Termination of solicitor's authority to represent agent; notice; disclosure; liability of agent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1218.

An agent shall immediately notify the commissioner of the termination of a solicitor's authority to represent the agent. The notice shall include full disclosure, with supporting evidence, of acts or omissions by the solicitor which reasonably may be construed to be a violation of this act or of any other statute and any act or omissions that may reflect on his qualification as a solicitor or which adversely affect the public interest. There shall not be any liability on the part of, and a cause of action of any nature shall not arise against, an agent for any statements or evidence provided in compliance with this section.

History: Add. 1972, Act 133, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2014 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2014
Loans and transactions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

A loan made by the fund pursuant to this act or through any of its centers shall not be considered a loan proscribed by section 11 of Act No. 472 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 4.421 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. In addition, any transaction of the fund pursuant to this act or through any of its centers shall be considered a financial transaction in the ordinary course of business of the fund for purposes of Act No. 472 of the Public Acts of 1978, being sections 4.411 to 4.431 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.14l — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.14l
Replacement cost of electronic benefits transfer card.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14 l .

A recipient shall not be charged for the replacement cost of an electronic benefits transfer card the first time the card is replaced. A recipient is responsible for payment of the actual replacement cost and administrative cost of the electronic benefits transfer card for each subsequent time the card is replaced.

(2) The payment required under subsection (1) shall be deducted from the recipient's benefits.

History: Add. 2012, Act 196, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1006 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1006
State staff judge advocate; appointment; eligibility; inspections; communications; individual acting in court-martial case prohibited from acting as staff judge advocate or judge advocate to, or as a member of, reviewing authority or military appeals tribunal on same case.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The adjutant general shall appoint an officer of the state military forces as state staff judge advocate. To be eligible for appointment, an officer must be licensed to practice law in this state, and have practiced law in this state for at least 5 years, and must be a commissioned officer of the rank of lieutenant colonel or higher in the judge advocate general's corps.

(2) The state staff judge advocate or the state staff judge advocate's delegate shall make frequent inspections in the field in the supervision of the administration of military justice.

(3) Each convening authority shall communicate directly with its staff judge advocate or judge advocate in matters relating to the administration of military justice. The staff judge advocate or judge advocate of a command is entitled to communicate directly with the staff judge advocate or judge advocate of a superior or subordinate command, or with the state staff judge advocate.

(4) An individual who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer in a court-martial case shall not act later as staff judge advocate or judge advocate to a reviewing authority or to the military appeals tribunal or be a member of a reviewing authority or a member of the military appeals tribunal on the same case.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 2024, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2954 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2954
Form and procedure; additional recommendations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2954.

To further assure an international will's acceptance, in addition to the section 2953 requirements, all of the following are recommended regarding form and procedure:

The testator's, witnesses', and authorized individual's signatures should be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of several sheets, the testator should sign each sheet. If the testator is unable to sign, the individual signing on the testator's behalf should sign each sheet or, if there is no such individual, the authorized individual should sign each sheet. In addition, each sheet should be consecutively numbered.

The will's date is the date of its signature by the authorized individual. The authorized individual should note that date at the end of the will.

The authorized individual should ask the testator whether he or she wishes to make a declaration concerning the will's safekeeping. If so and at the testator's express request, the place where the testator intends to have the will kept should be mentioned in the certificate provided for in section 2955.

A will executed in compliance with section 2953 is not invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1032 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1032
Use of motor fuel for nontaxable purpose; refund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

If a person pays the tax imposed by this act and uses the motor fuel for a nontaxable purpose as described in sections 33 to 47, the person may seek a refund of the tax. To obtain a refund, the person shall comply with the requirements set forth in section 48.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20971 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20971
Emergency preparedness act and MCL 30.261 not affected by part; references to former laws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20971.

This part does not supersede, limit, or otherwise affect the emergency preparedness act, Act No. 390 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 30.401 to 30.420 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or Act No. 151 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 30.261 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, dealing with licenses for professional, mechanical, or other skills for persons performing civil defense, emergency, or disaster functions under those acts.

A reference in any law to former Act No. 290 of the Public Acts of 1976; former Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1976; former Act No. 330 of the Public Acts of 1976; or former part 32, 203, or 207 of this act shall be considered a reference to this part.

History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.76 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-141-of-1939 / Section 285.76
Records and accounts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

A licensee shall keep a complete and accurate set of records and accounts of all transactions pertaining to the operation of each facility, including, but not limited to, records and accounts of all farm produce received in or withdrawn from a facility, of all unissued warehouse receipts and acknowledgment forms in the grain dealer's possession, and of all issued warehouse receipts and acknowledgment forms, copies of all contracts, and any warehouse receipts and acknowledgment forms returned to and settled by the licensee. A grain dealer shall retain a paper copy or a copy stored in electronic or other form of a warehouse receipt, acknowledgment form, or other document evidencing ownership of any farm produce or liability as a grain dealer for at least the period that the document is outstanding, and if the document has been canceled, for a period of not less than 3 years from the date of cancellation. A grain dealer shall retain any other records and the accounts for at least 7 years.

A licensee shall keep its records and accounts concerning its farm produce handling business separate and distinct from the records and accounts of any other business conducted by the licensee.

The department may examine the records and accounts pertaining to the grain dealer's farm produce handling business at any time during normal business hours.

A grain dealer shall not intentionally maintain false or misleading books and records. A grain dealer who violates this subsection is subject to the penalty described in section 23.

History: 1939, Act 141, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 285.76; Am. 1976, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Aug. 12, 1976; Am. 2002, Act 80, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5418 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5418
Accounts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5418.

A conservator shall account to the court for administration of the trust not less than annually unless the court directs otherwise, upon resignation or removal, and at other times as the court directs. On termination of the protected individual's minority or disability, a conservator shall account to the court or to the formerly protected individual or that individual's successors. Subject to appeal or vacation within the time permitted, an order, after notice and hearing, allowing an intermediate account of a conservator adjudicates as to liabilities concerning the matters considered in connection with the accounts, and an order, after notice and hearing, allowing a final account adjudicates as to all previously unsettled liabilities of the conservator to the protected individual or the protected individual's successors relating to the conservatorship. In connection with any account, the court may require a conservator to submit to a physical check of the estate to be made in any manner the court specifies.

The conservator shall provide a copy of an account to the protected individual if the individual can be located and is 14 years of age or older and to interested persons as specified in the Michigan court rules.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.323b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.323b
Cancellation of minor's license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 323b.

The license of a minor shall be canceled by the secretary of state upon the written request of the custodial parent or parents or legal guardian of the minor. The secretary of state may reduce the graduated driver license level or delay advancement to the next level of a minor upon the written request of the custodial parent or parents or legal guardian of the minor.

History: Add. 1965, Act 306, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1972, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1972; Am. 2000, Act 456, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63101
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63101.

As used in this part:

(a) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.

(b) "Ferrous mineral" or "mineral" means ferrous ore or material mined for its ferrous content.

(c) "Ferrous mineral operator" or "operator" means a person who owns or leases the plant and equipment utilized in a mining area and is engaged in the business of mining ferrous minerals or preparing to engage in mining operations.

(d) "Ferrous product" means a commercially salable ferrous mineral in its final marketable form or state.

(e) "Life of the mine" means the period of time from issuance of a permit under this part through the completion of reclamation as required by this part.

(f) "Mining area" or "area subjected to mining" means land from which material is removed in connection with the production or extraction of ferrous minerals by surface or open pit mining methods, on which material from that mining is deposited, on which beneficiating or treatment plants and auxiliary facilities are located, or on which the water reservoirs used in the mining operation are located, and includes auxiliary land that is used for these purposes.

(g) "Mining operation" means a ferrous mineral mining operation.

(h) "Stockpile" means material, including, but not limited to, surface overburden, rock, or lean ore, that in the process of ferrous mineral mining and beneficiation or treatment has been removed from the earth and stored on the surface. However, stockpile does not include materials that are being treated in the production of mineral products and the mineral product that has been produced by that operation.

(i) "Supervisor of reclamation" means the department.

(j) "Surface or open pit mining" means the mining of more than 10,000 tons of a ferrous mineral or disturbing more than 1 acre of land a year in the regular operation of a business either by removing the overburden lying above a natural deposit of a ferrous mineral and mining directly from the natural deposit exposed or by mining directly from a deposit lying exposed in the ferrous mineral's natural state. Surface or open pit mining includes all ferrous mineral mining below the water table or which will upon cessation of mining result in creating a body of water of any size. Surface or open pit mining does not include excavation or grading preliminary to a construction project.

(k) "Tailings basin" means land on which is deposited, by hydraulic or other means, the material that is separated from the mineral product in the beneficiation or treatment of ferrous minerals including any surrounding dikes constructed to contain the material.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1997, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1997; Am. 2004, Act 449, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2004; Am. 2011, Act 214, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1401e — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1401e
Surcharge; assessment; submission of certain information to commission; review and approval or disapproval of surcharge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 401e.

(1) No later than February 15, 2008, each county that decides to assess a surcharge under section 401b shall with the assistance of the state 9-1-1 office submit to the commission all of the following:

(a) The initial county 9-1-1 surcharge for each 9-1-1 service district to be effective July 1, 2008.

(b) The estimated amount of revenue to be generated in each 9-1-1 service district for 2007.

(c) Based on the surcharge established under this subsection, the estimated amount of revenue to be generated for 2008.

(2) If the amount to be generated in 2008 exceeds the amount received in 2007 plus an amount not to exceed 2.7% of the 2007 revenues, the commission, in consultation with the committee, shall review and approve or disapprove the county 9-1-1 surcharge adopted under section 401b. If the commission does not act by March 17, 2008, the county 9-1-1 surcharge shall be deemed approved. If the surcharge is rejected, it shall be adjusted to ensure that the revenues generated do not exceed the amounts allowed under this subsection. In reviewing the surcharge under this subsection, the commission shall consider the allowable and disallowable costs as approved by the committee on June 21, 2005.

History: Add. 2007, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.371 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-213-of-1925 / Section 397.371
Privately owned libraries; public support, limitation, conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any township, city or village within this state, having within its limits a library that had been open to the public upon the payment of dues, may appropriate not to exceed 1/2 of 1 mill on its assessed valuation for the support of such library, and such sum or sums shall be raised by taxation in the ordinary way: Provided, That any library so receiving support from any municipality shall be kept open for the convenience of the public not less than the afternoons and evenings of 3 days of each week, and the books therein shall be for the free use of the public under such reasonable restrictions as such library shall prescribe.

History: 1925, Act 213, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1925; CL 1929, 8102; CL 1948, 397.371
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2673 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2673
Animal research advisory board; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2673.

The animal research advisory board may regulate and establish standards pursuant to section 2678 controlling the humane use of animals for the diagnosis and treatment of human and animal diseases; the advancement of veterinary, dental, optometrical, medical, and biological sciences; and the testing, diagnosis, improvement, and standardization of laboratory specimens, biologic products, pharmaceuticals, and drugs.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.12 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-42-of-1913 / Section 141.12
County sinking fund commissioners; handling of fund, investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The said board of sinking fund commissioners shall from time to time upon the best terms it can make, purchase or pay the outstanding bonded debt of the county, or such part thereof as it may be able to purchase or pay, until the full amount thereof be fully purchased or paid. Whenever it cannot arrange for the purchasing or paying of said debt, or any part thereof, it shall temporarily and until it can so arrange, invest the moneys belonging to the sinking fund in such interest bearing securities as it may deem advisable; and all matured bonds or evidences of debt so purchased shall be delivered to the county treasurer and shall become and be the property of the county, held and controlled by said board of sinking fund commissioners, and the interest thereon as it thereafter becomes due shall be credited and belong to the sinking fund.

History: 1913, Act 42, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 2387; CL 1929, 1236; CL 1948, 141.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.728 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.728
Inclusion of civilian positions and personnel of military establishment in classified state civil or state senior service; calling officers and enlisted personnel to special duty; pay and allowances of special duty personnel; charging leave against federal military pay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 328.

(1) The adjutant general shall request civilian positions and personnel of the military establishment, as he or she considers necessary, to be included in the classified state civil or state senior service. He or she also has the authority to call officers and enlisted personnel, as he or she may designate, to special duty in the military department. Officers and enlisted personnel called to special duty shall receive pay and allowances equal to that of active army or air force personnel of like grade and service.

(2) When special duty personnel receive military pay from the federal government for services performed during the hours of an actual workday, as designated by the adjutant general under section 114, they shall be charged with a day of leave or a day of leave without pay.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967; Am. 1975, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1975; Am. 1988, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 2013, Act 99, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.6527 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.6527
Inspection appointment; issuance of certificate of compliance; report describing reason for rejection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6527.

A person shall not be required to make an appointment for a vehicle inspection.

A testing station shall inspect and reinspect motor vehicles in accordance with this part and the rules promulgated under this part by the department. The station shall issue a certificate of compliance for a motor vehicle that has been inspected and determined to comply with the standards and criteria of the department pursuant to the rules promulgated under this part. If a certificate of compliance is not issued, the inspection station shall provide a written inspection report describing the reason for rejection.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995