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Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.343 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-330-of-2008 / Section 285.343
Assistance to department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Except as otherwise provided by law and so far as compatible with other duties, the department of environmental quality, the department of labor and economic growth, and the Michigan economic development corporation shall give the department any necessary assistance requested by the department for the fulfillment of its duties under this act.

History: 2008, Act 330, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.155 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.155
Trustee corporations; circuit courts, petition; jurisdiction of court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 155.

Same; petition of trustees to circuit court; jurisdiction of court. In any case where the trustees of any such trustee corporation are in honest doubt and unable to agree as to the construction of any of the terms or conditions of any such trust instrument or their powers or duties thereunder, any or all of such trustees may file his or their petition in the circuit court in chancery for the county in which the registered office of such corporation is located, asking for the construction of the said court upon the whole or any part of such instrument, under and by the same procedure as is provided by law for the construction of wills. In case any public interest is involved, the prosecuting attorney of such county shall enter his appearance therein, and shall do so in all cases involving hospitals or charitable homes or similar institutions to which the general public may be admitted on application. If less than the entire board of trustees joins in such petition, the remaining members shall become defendants and shall be served with such notice or other process as the rules of the court may require. Such court shall have jurisdiction to determine every doubtful, or disputed question raised by such petition, and the opinion and directions of such court, when filed, shall be binding upon such corporation and the trustees thereof.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 450.155
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.141 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-89-of-1927 / Section 285.141
Upper Peninsula state fair; board of managers; creation; appointment and terms of members; vacancies; compensation and expenses; chairman; appointment and salaries of secretary and treasurer; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

There is created a board of managers of the Upper Peninsula state fair, which board shall consist of 5 members to be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Upon the expiration of these terms, successors shall be appointed in a similar manner for terms of 5 years each, expiring on September 30, and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as is provided for appointment in the first instance. The per diem compensation of the board of managers and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature. The compensation and expenses shall be paid out of the general fund of the Upper Peninsula state fair. The board of managers shall at their first meeting select from 1 of their number a chairperson who shall serve for 2 years and shall also appoint a secretary and treasurer who may or who may not be members of the board of managers, and may adopt rules governing its organization and procedure and fix the salaries of its secretary and treasurer.

History: 1927, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1927; CL 1929, 5644; Am. 1939, Act 260, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1939; CL 1948, 285.141; Am. 1951, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1951; Am. 1975, Act 62, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1975; Am. 1980, Act 183, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.61 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.61
Governor and lieutenant governor; certificate of determination by board of state canvassers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

The board of state canvassers shall determine which candidates for governor and lieutenant governor have received the greatest number of votes and shall declare such candidates to be duly elected. The said board shall forthwith make and subscribe on its statement of return a certificate of such determination and deliver the same to the secretary of state.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7714 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7714
Liability for unpaid assessments of insureds on impaired or insolvent insurer operating under plan with assessment liability; records of negotiations and meetings; report; association as creditor of impaired or insolvent insurer; “assets attributable to covered policies” defined; disbursement of assets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7714.

(1) This chapter shall not be construed to reduce the liability for unpaid assessments of the insureds on an impaired insurer or insolvent insurer operating under a plan with assessment liability.

(2) Records shall be kept of all meetings of the board of directors to discuss the activities of the association in carrying out powers and duties under section 7708. Association records concerning an impaired insurer or an insolvent insurer shall not be disclosed before the termination of a liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation proceeding involving an impaired insurer or insolvent insurer, or before the termination of the impairment or insolvency of the insurer, or upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. This subsection does not limit the duty of the association to render a report of association activities under section 7715.

(3) For the purpose of carrying out obligations under this chapter, the association shall be considered a creditor of the impaired insurer or insolvent insurer to the extent of assets attributable to covered policies reduced by any amounts to which the association is entitled as subrogee pursuant to section 7708(16). Assets of the impaired insurer or insolvent insurer attributable to covered policies shall be used to continue all covered policies and pay all contractual obligations of the impaired insurer or insolvent insurer as required by this chapter. As used in this subsection, "assets attributable to covered policies" means that proportion of the assets which the reserves that should have been established for the covered policies bear to the reserves that should have been established for all policies of insurance written by the impaired insurer or insolvent insurer.

(4) As a creditor of an impaired insurer or insolvent insurer as provided in subsection (3) and consistent with chapter 81, the association and other similar associations are entitled to receive a disbursement of assets out of the marshaled assets, from time to time as the assets become available to reimburse it, as a credit against contractual obligations under this act. If the liquidator has not, within 120 days of a final determination of insolvency of an insurer by the receivership court, made an application to the court for the approval of a proposal to disburse assets out of marshaled assets to guaranty associations having obligations because of the insolvency, then the association may make application to the receivership court for approval of its own proposal to disburse assets.

History: Add. 1982, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1982; Am. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 2006, Act 671, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.58c — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.58c
“Serious impairment of a body function” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58c.

"Serious impairment of a body function" includes, but is not limited to, 1 or more of the following:

Loss of a limb or loss of use of a limb.

Loss of a foot, hand, finger, or thumb or loss of use of a foot, hand, finger, or thumb.

Loss of an eye or ear or loss of use of an eye or ear.

Loss or substantial impairment of a bodily function.

Serious visible disfigurement.

A comatose state that lasts for more than 3 days.

Measurable brain or mental impairment.

A skull fracture or other serious bone fracture.

Subdural hemorrhage or subdural hematoma.

Loss of an organ.

History: Add. 2001, Act 134, Eff. Feb. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3311 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3311
Applicability of provisions to voting stock.
Status: in_force

Sec. 311.

Whenever a vote of the holders of shares of stock is required by this act, those provisions shall apply only to the voting stock of the savings bank, bank, out-of-state bank, national bank, or association.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.126 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.126
Education to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

The department shall provide continuous education to the public in regard to the requirements of this act through the ongoing use of mass media and other methods as are considered appropriate.

History: 1973, Act 116, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974; Am. 2017, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7701 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7701
Short title of chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7701.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan life and health insurance guaranty association act".

History: Add. 1982, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.66 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-39-of-1889 / Section 455.66
Assessment of association.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Whenever the board of trustees of any such association shall serve upon the assessing officer of the township, city or village in which its real estate is situated a notice in writing, signed by its secretary and under its corporate seal, requesting that all of the cottages and buildings owned by its lessees, situate upon the lands of the association, and not exempt from taxation as hereinbefore provided, be assessed to the association as a part of its real estate, the same as if owned by it, then and thereafter all such real estate and cottages, and buildings thereon, shall be assessed to such association as real estate and taxes paid thereon, by the association the same as if in fact the owner thereof, and no lease had been made.

History: Add. 1901, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1901; CL 1915, 10077; CL 1929, 10342; CL 1948, 455.66
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.287 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-78-of-1971 / Section 14.287
Interpretation of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

This act shall be interpreted to effectuate the intent of this state to preserve, foster and encourage gifts to or for the benefit of public charitable organizations.

History: 1971, Act 78, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.588 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-78-of-1891 / Section 457.588
Commanderies; incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Any grand commanderies of the Knights of the Golden Eagle of the state of Michigan, and subordinate commanders thereof, having been duly chartered, may be incorporated in like manner as grand and subordinate castles of the Knights of the Golden Eagle and enjoy the same powers and privileges and benefits under the provisions of this act.

History: 1891, Act 78, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8096; CL 1915, 10570; CL 1929, 10771; CL 1948, 457.588
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.736 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-152-of-1985 / Section 450.736
Notice of decision to close or relocate operations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The department shall encourage those business establishments considering a decision to effect a closing or relocation of operations relative to an establishment located in this state to give notice of that decision as early as possible to the department, the employees of the affected establishment, any employee organization representing the employees, and the community in which the affected establishment is located.

History: 1985, Act 152, Eff. Jan. 10, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.726 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.726
Ballots; delivery to elector.
Status: in_force

Sec. 726.

No ballots shall be delivered to an elector by any person other than 1 of the inspectors of election and only within the polling place, except as provided in this act for absent voters' ballots.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1360 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1360
Purchase of service credit; 2 years service credit required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60.

Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, on and after July 1, 2008, a member shall not purchase service credit under this act unless the member has been granted at least 2 years of service credit under section 68.

History: Add. 2007, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.5 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.5
Bureau of state lottery; creation; transfer of bureau to department of management and budget as autonomous entity; commissioner as head of bureau; commissioner exempt from civil service; legislative intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A bureau is created to be known as the bureau of state lottery. The bureau of state lottery created by this act in 1972, with all its authority, powers, duties, and functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds, including the functions of budgeting and procurement and management related functions, is transferred to and shall be an autonomous entity in the department of management and budget.

The head of the bureau is the commissioner. The commissioner shall be exempt from civil service. It is the intent of the legislature that the commissioner should be responsible directly to the governor to ensure accountability and integrity of the bureau and accordingly should be 1 of the positions within the department of management and budget which is exempt from the classified state civil service.

History: 1972, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1972; Am. 1974, Act 210, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 177, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1976; Am. 1980, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 27, 1980; Am. 1984, Act 144, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984; Am. 1987, Act 62, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1108 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1108
Definitions; N to P.
Status: in_force

Sec. 108.

(1) "Nonprofit corporation" or "domestic nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit, corporation subject to the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192.

(2) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a domestic or foreign corporation, a limited liability company, or any other association, corporation, trust, or legal entity.

(3) "Professional corporation" means a corporation incorporated under former 1962 PA 192, or a corporation incorporated under this act and governed by chapter 2A.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 477.9 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 477.9
Liability of motor carrier of household goods; limitation; recovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) If a motor carrier of household goods does or causes or permits to be done any act or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or omits to do any act or thing required to be done under this act or under any lawful order made under this act by the commission, the carrier is liable to the person, firm, or corporation injured to the extent of the actual amount of damages sustained in consequence of the violation, except when liability of the carrier is limited to a value established by written agreement between the carrier and the shipper.

(2) Unless the liability of a motor carrier of household goods is limited as provided in subsection (1), the maximum liability of a motor carrier of household goods for household goods that are lost, damaged, destroyed, or otherwise not delivered to their final destination is equal to the replacement value of those goods, not to exceed a maximum of the declared value of the shipment and the applicable tariff.

(3) A recovery as provided in this section does not affect a recovery by this state of the penalty prescribed for the violation.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 477.9; Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982; Am. 2014, Act 493, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.10 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-385-of-1927 / Section 26.10
Advertisement for bids for printing on thin paper; contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The board of state auditors in advertising for bids as provided for in section 3 of this act shall also ask for bids for the bound volumes of Michigan reports printed on thin opaque paper equivalent to a paper 25 by 38, weighing about 40 pounds to the ream, such volumes to contain not less than 1400 pages of text, and in case the said board and the justices of the supreme court shall determine that it is in the public interest to have such reports printed on thin paper, the said board may enter into a contract therefor in like manner as provided for in section 8 of this act, except that each volume shall contain 1400 pages instead of 700 pages as therein provided.

History: 1927, Act 385, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 532; CL 1948, 26.10
Mich. Comp. Laws § 249.33 — MI Code / Chapter 249 / Act Act-96-of-1931 / Section 249.33
Disbursements of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The state treasurer is authorized to pay out money under the provisions of this act under orders of the director of the state transportation department, and the state treasurer is authorized to receive any and all money due the state of Michigan under the provisions of this act.

History: 1931, Act 96, Imd. Eff. May 11, 1931; CL 1948, 249.33; Am. 2002, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.503d — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.503d
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3d.

A petition under section 3, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: Add. 1998, Act 156, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.146 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.146
Right to equal public accommodations; separation of facilities according to sex.
Status: in_force

Sec. 146.

All persons within the jurisdiction of this state shall be entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, hotels, motels, government housing, restaurants, eating houses, barber shops, billiard parlors, stores, public conveyances on land and water, theatres, motion picture houses, public educational institutions, in elevators, on escalators, in all methods of air transportation and all other places of public accommodation, amusement, and recreation, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all citizens and to all citizens alike, with uniform prices. Rooming facilities at educational, religious, charitable or nonprofit institutions or organizations, and restrooms and locker room facilities in places of public accommodation may be separated according to sex.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1937, Act 117, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 750.146; Am. 1952, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952; Am. 1956, Act 182, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956; Am. 1972, Act 116, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1514 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1514
Appeal; selection and qualifications of hearing officer; consolidation; annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 514.

All appeals under this part shall be held before an independent hearing officer. The state court administrator shall compile and maintain a list of individuals possessing all of the following qualifications:

Is a retired circuit court judge.

Is a resident of this state.

Is not engaged in the provision of health care services.

Is not an officer or employee of a health care provider, health care corporation, or an employee of this state. For purposes of this subdivision, an employee of an educational institution shall not be considered to be employed by this state.

The hearing officer shall be selected at random by the commissioner from the list described in subsection (1), on a per appeal basis. If the individual selected is performing judicial duties, another individual shall be selected.

The hearing officer shall have the power to consolidate appeals related to a provider class.

The commissioner shall prepare and file with the appropriate standing committees of the legislature an annual report regarding the operation of the appeals procedure prescribed in this part, including data regarding the identity of individuals available to serve as independent hearing officers whose names are on the administrator's list; the number of appeals heard; the nature of the controversy involved; the disposition of the appeal; and whether a judicial appeal was subsequently taken, and the disposition of that appeal.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.908 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.908
Granting immunity to witness in lawyer disciplinary proceeding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 908.

Upon application filed by the attorney grievance commission, and after affording the witness, the attorney general, and the prosecuting attorney of the county where the alleged violation occurred the opportunity to be heard regarding any objections which any may have, the supreme court may grant immunity to a witness in a lawyer disciplinary proceeding in a manner described in this section.

An order granting immunity shall not be issued if the supreme court determines, based on information supplied by the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county where the alleged violation occurred, that an order of immunity would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation.

The application shall set forth the proposed questions to be asked and shall be served on the witness, the attorney general, and the prosecuting attorney of the county where the alleged violation occurred.

An order granting immunity shall not extend beyond answers reasonably encompassed within the questions set forth in the application or beyond the scope of the disciplinary proceeding.

A true copy of the order granting immunity shall be delivered to the witness before he or she answers a question which is the subject of the grant of immunity.

A witness granted immunity as provided by this section has the right to be represented by counsel at all times at his or her request.

A person required to answer the questions pursuant to an order granting immunity shall not be prosecuted thereafter for an offense concerning which an answer may have tended to incriminate that person.

A witness who wilfully swears falsely under oath in regard to any matter upon which he or she is being examined under a grant of immunity commits perjury and is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years.

The refusal of a witness to answer a question which is the subject of a grant of immunity shall constitute a contempt punishable by the circuit court of the county in which the refusal occurred or by the supreme court.

A copy of the transcript of the questions and answers subject to the grant of immunity shall be delivered to the witness as soon as practicable. The copy of the transcript shall be certified as true by a person authorized to administer oaths in the proceeding.

History: Add. 1982, Act 166, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1982