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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1831 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-187-of-1990 / Section 257.1831
Flashing, oscillating, or rotating light; location; color; use; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

A school bus may be equipped with a flashing, oscillating, or rotating light mounted on the roof of the bus approximately 6 feet from the rear of the vehicle which displays a white light to the front, side, and rear of the bus. If a school bus is equipped with such a light, there is no requirement that a driver use it. The light shall not be actuated by the driver unless 1 or more of the following conditions exist:

(a) Inclement weather such as fog, rain, or snow.

(b) When passengers are boarding or being discharged.

(c) From 1/2 hour after sunset until 1/2 hour before sunrise. (d) Where conditions hinder the visibility of the school bus.

History: 1990, Act 187, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990; Am. 2006, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.494 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-167-of-1917 / Section 125.494
Shafts and courts; openings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 94.

Shafts and courts. In every dwelling where there is a court or shaft of any kind, there shall be at the bottom of every such shaft and court a door giving sufficient access to such shaft or court to enable it to be properly cleaned out: Provided, That where there is already a window giving proper access, it shall be deemed sufficient.

In all multiple dwellings of class "b" not of fireproof construction, or not protected with an approved sprinkler system or an approved and self supervised and properly maintained automatic fire alarm system, exceeding 2 stories in height, and having sleeping accommodations for 50 or more persons in which stairways and shafts are not made to comply with sections 39 and 46, the interior stairs, dumb waiters, elevators, clothes chutes, rubbish and all other inside shafts or openings between the various floors or stories of the building shall be enclosed or cut off with a fire resistive enclosure so as to prevent or restrict the vertical spreading of fire or smoke. All stairway shafts or openings between the cellar or basement and the story above in class "b" multiple dwellings shall be enclosed or cut off in the basement or cellar as mentioned above. Such enclosure shall be made of metal lath and 3/4 of an inch of gypsum or portland cement plaster on wood or metal studs, hollow metal, kalomine or other partitions of equivalent fire resistance. Fixed wire glass panels or wire glass windows in steel or metal covered frames may be placed in such enclosures. All door openings in such enclosures shall be protected with self closing fire doors.

History: 1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 2582; Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 125.494
Mich. Comp. Laws § 229.6 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 229.6
Width of road; use, purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Private roads shall not be less than 1 rod in width, and when laid out as above provided, shall be for the use of the applicant, his heirs and assigns, but not to be converted to any other use or purpose than that of a road; but the owner or occupant of the land through which such road shall be laid out shall not be prevented from making use thereof as a road, if he shall signify his intention of so doing to the jury at the time of laying out such road, and before the appraisal of the damages by them.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4452; CL 1929, 4067; CL 1948, 229.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66c — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.66c
Hospitalization; reimbursement of county expense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66c.

The county department shall enter into an agreement signed by the patient or a legally responsible relative or guardian for reimbursement of the net cost to the county in furnishing such hospitalization: Provided, That such an agreement between the patient and the county department shall be deemed to be in existence in respect to an emergency hospitalization. The spouse, parent and adult child or any such patient being of sufficient ability shall be jointly and severally liable to the county department for the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the county in furnishing such hospitalization to the extent that such expenses are not reimbursed from another source. Such liability may be enforced in an action at law.

History: Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.341 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-137-of-1935 / Section 286.341
Chemical laboratories; fruit growing sections; poisonous spray residue; examination, certificate, fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The commissioner of agriculture is hereby empowered to establish temporary chemical laboratories in fruit growing sections during the harvesting and shipping season for the purpose of examining fruit and determining the amount of poisonous spray residue thereon, and in the case of lots of fruit prepared for shipment to collect representative samples from such lots; to cause to be made chemical analyses for poisonous spray residue remaining on the fruit and in the event, as the result of such examination on representative samples, that prohibited poisonous spray residue does not exceed the maximum tolerance allowed therefor by the secretary of agriculture of the United States; to cause to be issued a certificate stating that fact. Certificates issued will be and are applicable only to such designated lots as have been appropriately numbered and identified. The owner of such lot of fruit shall pay such reasonable fees for the examination and issuance of certificate as is determined by the commissioner of agriculture.

History: 1935, Act 137, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1935; CL 1948, 286.341
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.761 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.761
Residential property and small claims division; creation; composition; duties of hearing officers and referees; authority to contract with other persons or referees; consideration of proposed decision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

(1) A residential property and small claims division of the tribunal is created and consists of 1 or more members of the tribunal appointed and serving pursuant to this act and those hearing officers and referees appointed by the tribunal who shall hear and decide proceedings before the residential property and small claims division.

(2) The tribunal may contract with qualified persons other than tribunal employees to act as referees to hear and decide proceedings before the residential property and small claims division.

(3) In matters before the residential property and small claims division, a proposed decision of a hearing officer or referee shall be considered and decided by 1 or more members of the tribunal.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 365, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976; Am. 1992, Act 172, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1992; Am. 2008, Act 126, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3213 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3213
Confidentiality; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 213.

The commissioner and all deputies, agents, and employees of the bureau shall keep secret all facts and information obtained in the course of their duties under this act, except if the person is required under law to report upon, take official action, or testify in any proceedings regarding the affairs of a savings bank. This subsection applies to all former commissioners, deputies, agents, and employees of the bureau.

This section does not apply to, and does not prohibit the furnishing of information or documents to, depository institution regulatory agencies, and is not applicable to disclosures made in the public interest by the commissioner, at his or her discretion.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 830.425 — MI Code / Chapter 830 / Act Act-183-of-1964 / Section 830.425
Advisory opinion as to constitutionality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Pursuant to section 8 of article 3 of the state constitution of 1963, it is the intent of the legislature to request by concurrent resolution the opinion of the supreme court as to the constitutionality of this 1976 amendatory act as amended. Notwithstanding section 5 of chapter 1 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 8.5 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, if the supreme court's advisory opinion finds any portion of this act, as amended, to be invalid, the entire act shall be invalid.

History: Add. 1976, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.552 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-27-of-1984 / Section 4.552
Legislator as party in contested case or other administrative proceeding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A member of the legislature of this state shall not be made a party in a contested case, as defined in section 3 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.203, or any other administrative proceeding for any act committed by that legislator while performing his or her duty as a legislator.

History: 1984, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1984; Am. 2011, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Dec. 8, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.230 — MI Code / Chapter 169 / Act Act-388-of-1976 / Section 169.230
Contributions prohibited under MCL 432.207b.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

A committee shall not knowingly maintain receipt of a contribution from a person prohibited from making a contribution during the prohibited period under section 7b of the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the Initiated Law of 1996, MCL 432.207b.

For purposes of this section, a committee is only considered to have knowingly maintained receipt of a contribution prohibited under subsection (1) and is subject to a penalty for that violation if both of the following circumstances exist:

The secretary of state has, by registered mail, notified the committee that the committee has received a contribution in violation of this section and has specifically identified that contribution.

The committee fails to return the contribution identified under subdivision (a) on or before the thirtieth business day after the date the committee receives the notification described in subdivision (a).

History: Add. 1997, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.701 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.701
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 701.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Casino" means that term as defined in section 110.

(b) "Casino licensee" means a person licensed to operate a casino under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226.

(c) "Eligible production company" means that term as defined under section 455 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1455.

(d) "Flow-through entity" means an entity that for the applicable tax year is treated as an S corporation under section 1362(a) of the internal revenue code, a general partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, or a limited liability company, that for the applicable tax year is not taxed as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. Flow-through entity does not include any entity disregarded or treated as a corporation under section 699.

(e) "Member" means a shareholder of an S corporation, a partner in a general partnership, a limited partnership, or a limited liability partnership, a member of a limited liability company, or a beneficiary of a trust, that is a flow-through entity.

(f) "Nonresident" means an individual who is not a resident of or domiciled in this state, a business entity that does not have its commercial domicile in this state, or a trust not organized in this state.

(g) "Partnership" means a taxpayer that is required to or has elected to file as a partnership for federal income tax purposes.

(h) "Publicly traded partnership" means that term as defined under section 7704 of the internal revenue code.

(i) "Race meeting licensee" and "track licensee" mean a person to whom a race meeting license or track license is issued pursuant to section 8 of the horse racing law of 1995, 1995 PA 279, MCL 431.308.

(j) "S corporation" means a corporation electing taxation under sections 1361 to 1379 of the internal revenue code.

History: Add. 2011, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Am. 2011, Act 194, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Am. 2011, Act 311, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Am. 2022, Act 148, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2022; Am. 2024, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.169 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.169
Forwarding approval and plat copies to state administrator.
Status: in_force

Sec. 169.

Upon approval of the plat by a majority of the county plat board, the chairperson of the board shall forward it with all copies of the plat to the state administrator.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 1991, Act 59, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1991; Am. 1993, Act 67, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1993; Am. 1998, Act 549, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1999; Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1603 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-100-of-2005 / Section 390.1603
False academic credential; issuance or manufacture prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A person shall not knowingly issue or manufacture a false academic credential in this state.

History: 2005, Act 100, Imd. Eff. July 22, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.8 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-129-of-1883 / Section 484.8
Governing laws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Every corporation organized hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 130 of the Compiled Laws of 1871, so far as applicable, and of Act No. 168 of the session laws of 1881, approved May 26, 1881, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of and taxation of telegraph and telephone lines within the state of Michigan and to repeal Act No. 77 of the session laws of 1879, approved May twentieth, 1879."

History: 1883, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1883; How. 3718h; CL 1897, 6695; CL 1915, 8794; CL 1929, 11696; CL 1948, 484.8
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.682 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-289-of-1964 / Section 388.682
State committee for reorganization of school districts; appointments, distribution; vacancies, compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

There is created, for the term of time necessary to complete the requirements of this act, a state committee for the reorganization of school districts, appointed by the governor, and composed of 7 members, at least 1 of whom shall represent the Upper Peninsula, 1 the area above the Bay City-Muskegon line, and 5 shall be appointed in such manner as to represent fairly the remainder of the state. The superintendent of public instruction shall be the nonvoting chairman of the committee. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the governor. Members of the state committee shall serve without compensation. The members of the committee shall be appointed within 60 days after the effective date of this act.

History: 1964, Act 289, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article I § 27 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article I § 27
Human embryo and embryonic stem cell research.
Status: in_force

Section 27.

(1) Nothing in this section shall alter Michigan's current prohibition on human cloning.

(2) To ensure that Michigan citizens have access to stem cell therapies and cures, and to ensure that physicians and researchers can conduct the most promising forms of medical research in this state, and that all such research is conducted safely and ethically, any research permitted under federal law on human embryos may be conducted in Michigan, subject to the requirements of federal law and only the following additional limitations and requirements:

(a) No stem cells may be taken from a human embryo more than fourteen days after cell division begins; provided, however, that time during which an embryo is frozen does not count against this fourteen day limit.

(b) The human embryos were created for the purpose of fertility treatment and, with voluntary and informed consent, documented in writing, the person seeking fertility treatment chose to donate the embryos for research; and

(i) the embryos were in excess of the clinical need of the person seeking the fertility treatment and would otherwise be discarded unless they are used for research; or

(ii) the embryos were not suitable for implantation and would otherwise be discarded unless they are used for research.

(c) No person may, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell human embryos for stem cell research or stem cell therapies and cures.

(d) All stem cell research and all stem cell therapies and cures must be conducted and provided in accordance with state and local laws of general applicability, including but not limited to laws concerning scientific and medical practices and patient safety and privacy, to the extent that any such laws do not:

(i) prevent, restrict, obstruct, or discourage any stem cell research or stem cell therapies and cures that are permitted by the provisions of this section; or

(ii) create disincentives for any person to engage in or otherwise associate with such research or therapies or cures.

(3) Any provision of this section held unconstitutional shall be severable from the remaining portions of this section.

History: Add. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 4, 2008, Eff. Dec. 19, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19604 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.19604
Bonds as negotiable and exempt from taxation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19604.

The bonds shall be fully negotiable under the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1101 to 440.11102. The bonds and the interest on the bonds shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state.

History: Add. 1998, Act 288, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3165 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3165
Sale of premises sufficient to satisfy amount due; judgment as security; default; sale of whole premises.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3165.

If the defendant does not bring into court the amount due, with costs, or if for any other cause a judgment is entered for the plaintiff, and if it appears that the premises can be sold, in parcels, without injury to the interests of the parties, the judgment shall direct as much of the premises subject to the mortgage or land contract to be sold as is sufficient to pay the amount then due on the mortgage or land contract, with costs, and the judgment shall remain as security for any subsequent default.

If there is any default subsequent to the judgment, in the payment of any portion or installment of the principal or of any interest due upon the mortgage or land contract, the court may, upon the petition of the plaintiff, by a further order founded upon the first judgment, direct a sale to be made of as much of the premises subject to the mortgage or land contract as is sufficient to satisfy the amount due, with costs of the petition and subsequent proceedings on it, and the same proceedings may be had as often as a default happens.

If it appears to the court that the premises subject to the mortgage or land contract are so situated that a sale of the whole premises will be most beneficial to the parties the judgment shall be entered for the sale of the whole premises in the first instance. In this case the proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the interests, portion, or installment of the principal due as well as towards the whole or residue of the sum secured by the mortgage or land contract and not due and payable at the time of the sale. And if the residue does not bear interest the court may direct that the residue be paid with a rebate of the legal interest for the time during which the residue will not be due and payable; or the court may direct that the balance of the proceeds of the sale, after paying the sum due with costs, be put out at interest for the benefit of the plaintiff, to be paid to him as the installments or portions of the principal, or the interest become due, and the surplus for the benefit of the defendant, his representatives, or assigns, to be paid to them on the order of the court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3955 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3955
Liability of distributees to claimants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3955.

After estate property is distributed and subject to section 3957, an undischarged claim not barred may be prosecuted in a proceeding against 1 or more distributees. A distributee is not liable to a claimant for an amount received as exempt property or as a homestead or family allowance, or for an amount in excess of the value of the distributee's distribution as of the time of distribution. As between distributees, each shall bear the cost of satisfaction of an unbarred claim as if the claim had been satisfied in the course of administration. If a distributee fails to notify other distributees of the demand made upon the distributee by the claimant in sufficient time to permit them to join in a proceeding in which the claim is asserted, the distributee loses the right of contribution against other distributees.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.712a — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-385-of-1984 / Section 207.712a
Facility subject to technology park facilities exemption certificate; exemption for eligible manufacturing personal property; "eligible manufacturing personal property" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12a.

(1) If a facility was subject to a technology park facilities exemption certificate on December 31, 2012, notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, that portion of the facility that is eligible manufacturing personal property shall remain subject to the technology park facilities tax and shall remain exempt from ad valorem property taxes as provided in section 9 until that eligible manufacturing personal property would otherwise be exempt from the collection of taxes under section 9m, 9n, or 9o of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.9m, 211.9n, and 211.9o.

(2) As used in this subsection, "eligible manufacturing personal property" means that term as defined in section 9m of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.9m.

History: Add. 2012, Act 398, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.285 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.285
Lifetime electronic monitoring program; establishment; implementation; manner of wearing or carrying; reimbursement; "electronic monitoring" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 85.

(1) The lifetime electronic monitoring program is established in the department. The lifetime electronic monitoring program must implement a system of monitoring individuals released from parole, prison, or both parole and prison who are sentenced by the court to lifetime electronic monitoring. The lifetime electronic monitoring program must accomplish all of the following:

(a) By electronic means, track the movement and location of each individual from the time the individual is released on parole or from prison until the time of the individual's death.

(b) Develop methods by which the individual's movement and location may be determined, both in real time and recorded time, and recorded information retrieved upon request by the court or a law enforcement agency.

(2) An individual who is sentenced to lifetime electronic monitoring shall wear or otherwise carry an electronic monitoring device as determined by the department under the lifetime electronic monitoring program in the manner prescribed by that program and shall reimburse the department or its agent as provided under section 36a while the individual is still on parole, and at the rate of $60.00 per month after the individual is discharged from parole but is still subject to electronic monitoring.

(3) As used in this section, "electronic monitoring" means a device by which, through global positioning system satellite or other means, an individual's movement and location are tracked and recorded.

History: Add. 2006, Act 172, Eff. Aug. 28, 2006; Am. 2019, Act 164, Eff. Mar. 19, 2020