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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2012 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.2012
Activities not constituting transaction of business; applicability of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1012.

Without excluding other activities which may not constitute transacting business in this state, a foreign corporation is not considered to be transacting business in this state, for the purposes of this act, solely because it is carrying on in this state any 1 or more of the following activities:

Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding.

Holding meetings of the board of directors or shareholders or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs.

Maintaining bank accounts.

Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the corporation's own securities or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities.

Selling through independent contractors.

Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.

Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property.

Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts.

Owning, without more, real or personal property.

Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 30 days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of like nature.

Transacting business in interstate commerce.

This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities which may subject a foreign corporation to service of process or taxation in this state or to regulation under any other act of this state.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1973, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Aug. 8, 1973; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 71.9 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 71.9
Water works; use of street or highway.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

For the purpose of operating or constructing and maintaining such water works, the village may, after obtaining appropriate rights as provided by law, use the ground or soil under any street, highway, or road for the purpose of introducing water into and through any and all portions of the village, and repairing and relaying water pipes.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2898; CL 1915, 2772; CL 1929, 1681; CL 1948, 71.9; Am. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1017 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1017
Independent public accountant; communicating unremediated material weaknesses; description.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1017.

(1) In addition to the annual audited financial report, each insurer shall furnish the commissioner with a written communication as to any unremediated material weaknesses in the insurer's internal controls over financial reporting noted during the audit. This communication shall be prepared by the accountant within 60 days after the filing of the annual audited financial report and shall contain a description of any unremediated material weaknesses, as of the December 31 immediately preceding, in the insurer's internal control over financial reporting noted by the accountant during the course of his or her audit of the financial statements. The communication shall also state if no unremediated material weaknesses were noted.

(2) The insurer shall provide to the commissioner a description of remedial actions taken or proposed to correct unremediated material weaknesses, if the actions taken or proposed are not described in the accountant's communication.

History: Add. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Am. 2008, Act 342, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.589 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-378-of-2004 / Section 28.589
Jurisdiction of law enforcement agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the jurisdiction of law enforcement officers appointed under section 3 is limited to property owned or leased by the public body, wherever situated in this state, and shall extend to any public right-of-way traversing or immediately contiguous to the property. The jurisdiction of those law enforcement officers may be extended by state law governing peace officers or through deputization by a county sheriff if authorized by the governing entity.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the jurisdiction of law enforcement officers who are granted powers and authority under section 3 and are employed by a school district shall include all territory within the boundaries of the school district and all property outside the boundaries of the school district that is owned, leased, or rented by or is otherwise under the legal control of the school district that employs the public safety officers.

(3) A public law enforcement agency established under section 3 and each local law enforcement agency with which it has overlapping jurisdiction shall enter into a memorandum of understanding that establishes reasonable communication and coordination efforts between those law enforcement agencies. If the public law enforcement agency is a qualifying school district under section 2(b)( ii ), the memorandum of understanding shall also establish jurisdiction of the public law enforcement agency.

(4) This act does not limit the jurisdiction of state, county, or municipal peace officers.

History: 2004, Act 378, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.30 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 552.30
Legitimacy of issue; dissolution of marriage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

Upon the dissolution of a marriage because of a party's non-age at the time of the marriage, or because a party was otherwise not capable in law of contracting at the time of the marriage, the issue of the marriage are in all respects the legitimate issue of the parent who, at the time of the marriage, was capable of contracting.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84; CL 1857, 3251; CL 1871, 4762; How. 6250; CL 1897, 8643; CL 1915, 11419; CL 1929, 12750; CL 1948, 552.30; Am. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.286a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.286a
State board of education; election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 286a.

Eight members of the state board of education shall be elected at the general election in 1964. Two members shall be elected for 2-year terms, 2 for 4-year terms, 2 for 6-year terms, and 2 for 8-year terms. Two members of the state board of education shall be elected for 8-year terms at the general election in 1966 and in every general election thereafter.

History: Add. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 5, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article III § 3 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article III § 3
Great seal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

There shall be a great seal of the State of Michigan and its use shall be provided by law.

History: Const. 1963, Art. III, § 3, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1501 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-427-of-1984 / Section 38.1501
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "municipal employees retirement act of 1984".

History: 1984, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.45 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-300-of-1909 / Section 462.45
Substantial compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45.

A substantial compliance with the requirements of this act shall be sufficient to give effect to all rules, acts and regulations of the commission, and they shall not be declared inoperative, illegal or void for any omission of a technical nature in respect thereto.

History: 1909, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 8153; CL 1929, 11061; CL 1948, 462.45
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712A.3 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712A.3
Criminal charge against person under age 17 for offense occurring before October 1, 2021 or age 18 for offense occurring on or after October 1, 2021; transfer of case to family division of circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) For an offense occurring before October 1, 2021, if during the pendency of a criminal charge against an individual in any other court it is ascertained that the individual was under the age of 17 at the time of the commission of the offense, the other court shall transfer the case without delay, together with all the papers, documents, and testimony connected with that case, to the family division of the circuit court of the county in which the other court is situated or in which the individual resides. For an offense occurring on or after October 1, 2021, if during the pendency of a criminal charge against an individual in any other court it is ascertained that the individual was under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of the offense, the other court shall transfer the case without delay, together with all the papers, documents, and testimony connected with that case, to the family division of the circuit court of the county in which the other court is situated or in which the individual resides.

(2) The court making the transfer shall order the individual to be taken promptly to the place of detention designated by the family division of the circuit court or to that court itself or release the juvenile in the custody of some suitable person to appear before the court at a time designated. The court shall then hear and dispose of the case in the same manner as if it had been originally instituted in that court.

History: Add. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 54, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1944; Am. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 22, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1946; CL 1948, 712A.3; Am. 1961, Act 54, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1972, Act 175, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1972; Am. 1972, Act 235, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1972; Am. 1996, Act 409, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Am. 2019, Act 109, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Am. 2021, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.751 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-387-of-1984 / Section 400.751
Short title; applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state food stamp distribution act".

This act applies to the distribution of food stamps through the issuance of paper coupons. It does not apply to distribution by means of an electronic benefit transfer system, except as provided by federal law.

History: 1984, Act 387, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1999, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3965 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3965
Regular reports to be provided to department of health and human services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3965.

An insurer that issues a partnership policy shall provide copies of the regular reports described in 45 CFR 144.200 to 144.214 to the state department of health and human services.

History: Add. 2015, Act 198, Eff. Feb. 22, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5272 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5272
Domestic fire insurance company; deficiency of assets; notice; cessation of business; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5272.

Whenever it shall appear to the commissioner, from examination of any domestic fire insurance company that the assets of the company are insufficient to justify the continuance in business of such company, he may direct the officers thereof to require the stockholders to pay in the amount of such deficiency within such period as he may designate in such requisition, and in case any such company shall fail to pay in and make good the full amount of such deficiency within 30 days after such requisition and direction as aforesaid, the commissioner shall give notice of such failure in some newspaper published in the county where the office of such company is located by its charter. Such notice shall contain a brief statement of the fact of such failure to comply with this section, and shall be published in such paper once in each week for 3 successive weeks.

It shall not be lawful after the first publication of such notice for such company to issue any policy of insurance, or to make any contract for the same, or to transact any business under its charter, except to close up its business; and all contracts of insurance and policies issued after such first publication of such notice shall be void and of no binding force, and the person or persons making such contracts or issuing such policy shall be liable, in an action of trover, to the person insured, in double the sum named as premium in such contract or policy.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.277 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-220-of-1982 / Section 285.277
Tax exemptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

The property of the authority and its income and operation shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions and all bonds and notes of the authority shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions.

History: 1982, Act 220, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.433 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-372-of-1927 / Section 28.433
Unlawful possession of weapon; complaint, search warrant, seizure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

When complaint shall be made on oath to any magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that any pistol or other weapon or device mentioned in this act is unlawfully possessed or carried by any person, such magistrate shall, if he be satisfied that there is reasonable cause to believe the matters in said complaint be true, issue his warrant directed to any peace officer, commanding him to search the person or place described in such complaint, and if such pistol, weapon or device be there found, to seize and hold the same as evidence of a violation of this act.

History: 1927, Act 372, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 16762; CL 1948, 28.433
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.1 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 85.1
Election of certain city officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

In cities incorporated under this act, a mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer shall be elected by the qualified voters of the whole city.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 2988; CL 1915, 2904; CL 1929, 1828; Am. 1931, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 85.1; Am. 1978, Act 539, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.667 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-387-of-2008 / Section 445.667
Violations; penalties; restitution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) A person who violates section 11 or 13(1) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (1), and subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person that violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

(3) A dealer or reverse vending machine manufacturer is not considered in violation of section 7(1) or 9(1) if the department has not made money available to the reverse vending machine manufacturer under the beverage container redemption antifraud act to update the dealer's reverse vending machines.

(4) A dealer is not considered in violation of the requirements imposed on a dealer in section 7(1) or 9(1) if the dealer is using the reverse vending machines of a reverse vending machine manufacturer and the reverse vending machines of that reverse vending machine manufacturer cannot be retrofitted due to the lack of technology to meet the standards described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 7(1) or 9(1).

(5) In addition to the penalty imposed under subsection (1) or (2), a court shall order a person convicted of a violation of this act to make restitution to this state and to any dealer or distributor for any loss caused by the violation.

History: 2008, Act 387, Eff. Dec. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.81 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.81
Number and gender; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81.

The singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular; the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter, as requisite.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71504 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71504
Bonds negotiable; tax exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71504.

Bonds issued under part 713 shall be fully negotiable under the uniform commercial code, Act No. 174 of the Public Acts of 1962, being sections 440.1101 to 440.11102 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 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. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2055 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2055
Insurance, guarantees, or letters of credit; limitation; paramount priority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

Insurance, guarantees, or letters of credit provided or procured pursuant to section 53 shall be provided or procured only for economic development projects within this state which otherwise are consistent with the purposes and objectives of the fund and this chapter, including the requirements of section 12.

The fund shall give paramount priority in providing or procuring insurance, guarantees, and letters of credit to economic development projects which have the greatest potential for creating new jobs or retaining current jobs within this state.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.505 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.505
Use of certificated teachers; use of noncertificated individuals by public school academy run by state public university or community college; report of new or revised teaching techniques.
Status: in_force

Sec. 505.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a public school academy shall use certificated teachers according to state board rule.

(2) A public school academy authorized by a state public university or community college may use noncertificated individuals to teach as follows:

(a) If the public school academy is authorized by a state public university, the public school academy may use as a classroom teacher in any grade a faculty member who is employed full-time by the state public university and who has been granted institutional tenure, or has been designated as being on tenure track, by the state public university.

(b) For a public school academy authorized by a community college, the public school academy may use as a classroom teacher a full-time member of the community college faculty who has at least 5 years' experience at that community college in teaching the subject matter that he or she is teaching at the public school academy.

(c) In any other situation in which a school district is permitted under this act to use noncertificated teachers.

(3) A public school academy may develop and implement new teaching techniques or methods or significant revisions to known teaching techniques or methods, and shall report those to the authorizing body and state board to be made available to the public. A public school academy may use any instructional technique or delivery method that may be used by a school district.

History: Add. 1993, Act 362, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 416, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2011, Act 277, Eff. Mar. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2311 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2311
Proposed health services as basic health services; revision, publication, and dissemination of list and program statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2311.

Those health services proposed under this part which are funded by appropriations to the department or which are made available through other arrangements approved by the legislature in the appropriations process are basic health services for purposes of this code. The department shall revise the proposed list of basic health services and the program statement to reflect funds actually appropriated and shall cause the list and program statement, as revised, to be published and widely disseminated.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.533 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-280-of-1996 / Section 289.533
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.

History: 1996, Act 280, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1444f — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1444f
Loan for housing project in effectively treatable area; demonstration of community support; return on investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44f.

(1) The authority may make a loan to any person or entity, whether for profit or not for profit, for predevelopment costs, or for the construction or rehabilitation, and for the long-term financing, of a 2 to 49 unit housing project located in an effectively treatable area, which project meets the 20-50 or 40-60 test established in section 142 of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 142. For rehabilitation of a housing project in an effectively treatable area by more than 1 owner, the 20-50 or 40-60 test may be met on an aggregate basis.

(2) For purposes of this section, an effectively treatable area is an area that includes or is in close proximity to a downtown or traditional commercial center and for which the authority has received a plan, to be known as a neighborhood partnership plan, from a municipality or neighborhood organization, or both. The plan shall establish as a goal that at least 75% of the property in the area will be brought to a safe and sanitary condition and shall enable the authority to determine that available private, public, and authority resources will be combined in such a manner as to assure that a majority of the housing in the area will be brought to a safe and sanitary condition. To qualify as an effectively treatable area, the area shall be in a qualified local governmental unit as defined in section 2 of the obsolete properties rehabilitation act, 2000 PA 146, MCL 125.2782, or a county seat and either be within a census tract having a serious housing need or in an area that meets all of the following criteria:

(a) The increase in the state equalized value of real and personal property in the area is less than the increase in the municipality-wide or statewide average, whichever is the lesser increase.

(b) The poverty rate in the area is greater than the statewide average as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.

(c) The average income of the area is less than 80% of the statewide or area median, whichever is greater, as determined using the most recent federal decennial census.

(d) The percentage of overcrowded or underutilized housing units in the area is greater than the municipality-wide average.

(3) The authority shall provide technical assistance to help develop neighborhood partnership plans. The municipality or neighborhood organization that submits the plan shall demonstrate that community support exists and that the provision of a loan under this section will contribute to the larger effort to revitalize the area.

(4) The return on investment to the owner of a project financed under this section is not restricted as long as the housing remains in compliance with all applicable state and local codes and ordinances.

History: Add. 1987, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1987; Am. 2004, Act 535, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005