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Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.714 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-385-of-1984 / Section 207.714
Revocation of certificate; grounds; effect of noncompliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The legislative body of the local governmental unit, by resolution, may revoke a certificate if it finds any of the following:

Completion of the facility does not occur within 2 years after the effective date of the certificate or a greater time as authorized by the legislative body of the local governmental unit for good cause.

The holder of the certificate, not due to circumstances beyond his or her control, fails to proceed in good faith with the operation or use of the facility in a manner consistent with the purposes of this act and in accordance with the application.

The holder of the certificate does not pay the technology park facilities tax by December 31 next following the year in which the tax was due and payable.

If a certificate is issued or transferred or a district created in noncompliance with this act, the certificate in noncompliance or any certificate issued for property in a district that does not comply with this act shall not be considered to have been effective for purposes of this act, including section 9. A local governmental unit that transfers a certificate in noncompliance with this act is subsequently required to receive the approval of the department before transferring a certificate under this act.

History: 1984, Act 385, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1984; Am. 1990, Act 151, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.13h — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.13h
Provisions applicable to reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions and reimbursing employers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13h.

Except where otherwise provided or where the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms, conditions, rules and regulations which apply to contributions and contributing employers under this act shall also apply to reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions and reimbursing employers.

History: Add. 1974, Act 104, Eff. June 9, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 28 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 28
Administrative action, review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

All final decisions, findings, rulings and orders of any administrative officer or agency existing under the constitution or by law, which are judicial or quasi-judicial and affect private rights or licenses, shall be subject to direct review by the courts as provided by law. This review shall include, as a minimum, the determination whether such final decisions, findings, rulings and orders are authorized by law; and, in cases in which a hearing is required, whether the same are supported by competent, material and substantial evidence on the whole record. Findings of fact in workmen's compensation proceedings shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud unless otherwise provided by law.

In the absence of fraud, error of law or the adoption of wrong principles, no appeal may be taken to any court from any final agency provided for the administration of property tax laws from any decision relating to valuation or allocation.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 28, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.20a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.20a
Minimum retirement allowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20a.

After July 1, 1968 a retirant or a member who subsequently retires under the provisions of this act and who has completed at least 10 years of service shall receive a total retirement allowance of not less than $60.00 multiplied by his or her total number of years, but not to exceed 30 years of service credited to his or her account. Effective January 1, 1988, if the annual retirement allowance of a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary of a retirant who has 20 or more years of credited service, after recalculation as provided by sections 19(2), 20(6), and 20h, is less than $3,000.00, then the annual retirement allowance shall be increased to $3,000.00.

History: Add. 1957, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1968, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1968; Am. 1987, Act 57, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1445 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-159-of-2012 / Section 722.1445
Determination of paternity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) If an action is brought by an alleged father who proves by clear and convincing evidence that he is the child's father, the court may make a determination of paternity and enter an order of filiation as provided for under section 7 of the paternity act, 1956 PA 205, MCL 722.717.

(2) If an action is brought by a mother who, after a fact-finding hearing, proves by clear and convincing evidence that the child was conceived as a result of nonconsensual sexual penetration, the court shall do 1 of the following:

(a) Revoke an acknowledgment of parentage for an acknowledged father.

(b) Determine that a genetic father is not the child's father.

(c) Set aside an order of filiation for an affiliated father.

(d) Make a determination of paternity regarding an alleged father and enter an order of revocation of parentage for that alleged father.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if, after the date of the alleged nonconsensual sexual penetration described in subsection (2), the biological parents cohabit and establish a mutual custodial environment for the child.

(4) As used in this section, "sexual penetration" means that term as defined in section 520a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520a.

History: 2012, Act 159, Imd. Eff. June 12, 2012; Am. 2016, Act 178, Eff. Sept. 12, 2016; Am. 2024, Act 29, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 478.7 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 478.7
Conduct of operations by UCR motor carrier, broker, freight forwarder, leasing company, or other person subject to federal unified carrier registration act of 2005; meeting obligations of unified carrier registration plan and agreement required; deposit in truck safety fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) A UCR motor carrier, motor private carrier, broker, freight forwarder, leasing company, or other person subject to the requirements of section 4305 of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a, shall not conduct operations or otherwise provide transportation services in this state without first having registered under, and met the obligations imposed by, the unified carrier registration plan and agreement.

(2) Not less than $750,000.00 or 10% of the fees collected pursuant to this section, whichever is greater, shall be deposited in the truck safety fund established in section 25 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.675.

History: Add. 1988, Act 347, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1988; Am. 1989, Act 221, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 1989; Am. 2008, Act 584, Imd. Eff. Jan. 16, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.402 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-26-of-1921-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 397.402
Library commission; annual budget.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The annual budget of any said commission shall be prepared in manner and time provided by the charter of any said city concerning the budget thereof and shall be submitted to and passed upon by the officers and boards of any said city as are the items in the budget thereof.

History: 1921, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 26, Eff. Sept. 19, 1921; CL 1929, 8106; CL 1948, 397.402
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1048 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1048
Military court; contempt power; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48.

A military court may punish for contempt an individual subject to this code who willfully and unlawfully refuses to be sworn or to affirm as a witness, or who refuses to answer a legal or proper question, or who uses a menacing word, sign, or gesture in the court's presence, or who disturbs the court proceedings by riot or disorder. The punishment for contempt in a summary court-martial proceeding must be confinement for not more than 25 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both. The punishment for contempt in any other military court must be confinement for not more than 100 days or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 2024, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2013 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2013
Total debt owed to fund; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The total debt owed to the fund, excluding rights and royalties under a venture capital agreement or obligations to the fund resulting from an industrial development revenue bond or note, in relation to any 1 project shall at no time exceed 5% of the total assets of the fund, except that upon approval by a 2/3 vote of the board this amount may be increased to not to exceed 10% of the assets of the fund. This section does not apply to a program or activity authorized under chapter 8A.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1987, Act 278, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1988; Am. 2005, Act 225, Imd. Eff. Nov. 21, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.1309 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-89-of-1986 / Section 487.1309
License; issuance; posting; nontransferable and nonassignable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 309.

If an application for a license is approved and all conditions precedent to the issuance of that license are fulfilled, the commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant. A licensee shall post the license in a conspicuous place in the licensee's principal office. A license is not transferable or assignable.

History: 1986, Act 89, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.476 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-264-of-1987 / Section 141.476
Distribution under MCL 141.475(b)(ii) and 141.475(c).
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A distribution to a county under section 5(b)( ii ) and 5(c) shall be included for purposes of calculations required to be made by section 24e of the general property tax act, Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, being section 211.24e of the Michigan Compiled Laws. If the governing body of a county approves the additional millage rate under section 24e of the general property tax act, Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, that is due to distributions under section 5(b)( ii ) and 5(c), then the distributions under section 5(b)( ii ) and 5(c) shall be used for the purposes specified in that section.

History: 1987, Act 264, Eff. Apr. 11, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8179 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8179
Contractual benefits; specifying persons covered in rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8179.

A society may provide in any form the following contractual benefits:

Death benefits.

Endowment benefits.

Annuity benefits.

Temporary or permanent disability benefits.

Hospital, medical, or nursing benefits.

Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members.

Other benefits authorized for life insurers and not inconsistent with this chapter.

A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits listed in subsection (1), consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A society may provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult membership upon application of an adult.

History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.835 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-285-of-1965 / Section 338.835
Nonassignability of license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

A license issued under the provisions of this act is not assignable, and is personal to such licensee.

History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1048 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-330-of-2016 / Section 700.1048
Qualified trustee; successor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) If a person serving as qualified trustee ceases to meet the requirements of a qualified trustee and there remains no trustee that meets the requirements of a qualified trustee, the person serving as qualified trustee is considered to have resigned as of the time of the cessation, and the successor qualified trustee provided for in the trust instrument becomes a qualified trustee of the trust on the successor qualified trustee's acceptance of trusteeship, or in the absence of a successor qualified trustee provided for in the trust instrument, the probate court shall, on petition of a qualified trust beneficiary, appoint a successor qualified trustee.

(2) A disposition that was a qualified disposition does not cease to be considered a qualified disposition as a result of a subsequent vacancy in the position of qualified trustee if a successor qualified trustee is appointed or a proceeding for the appointment of a successor qualified trustee is commenced within a reasonable time after a person with authority to appoint a qualified trustee or commence a proceeding to appoint a qualified trustee knows of the vacancy.

History: 2016, Act 330, Eff. Mar. 8, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.302 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-298-of-1992 / Section 14.302
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Contribution" means the promise, grant, or payment of money or property of any kind or value, including promises to pay made to an organization or professional fund-raiser. Contribution does not include money or property received from a governmental entity or a foundation restricted as to use. Contribution does not include funds collected by an organization exclusively from the members of the organization or payments clearly stated as not being and are not deductible as a charitable contribution for federal income tax purposes by members of an organization for bona fide membership fees, dues, fines, assessments, or for services rendered to individual members, if membership in the organization confers a right, or other direct benefit, other than only membership status.

"Person" means an individual, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, trust, professional fund-raiser, or any combination of those entities.

"Professional fund-raiser" means a person who for compensation or other consideration plans, conducts, manages, or carries on, either directly or through paid individual solicitors, a drive or campaign of soliciting contributions for or on behalf of a public safety organization or person. An officer or employee of a public safety organization is not a professional fund-raiser unless his or her compensation or salary is based in whole or in part on the amount of funds raised through solicitations.

Except for an organization that was created for the purpose of electing a candidate to public office and has complied with the requirements of the Michigan campaign finance act, Act No. 388 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 169.201 to 169.282 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, "public safety organization" or "organization" means any group, organization, association, union, or conference of current or former law enforcement officers, fire fighters, correctional officers, employees thereof or any other entity that represents itself to be affiliated or associated with such organizations that meet both of the following:

The voting membership is comprised of at least 75% of individuals who are currently or formerly law enforcement officers, fire fighters, or correctional officers.

The voting membership consists of at least 25% of all of the individuals the organization claims to represent.

History: 1992, Act 298, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 36.101 — MI Code / Chapter 36 / Act Act-560-of-2016 / Section 36.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan veterans' facility authority act".

History: 2016, Act 560, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.172 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-43-of-1973 / Section 400.172
Food stamps; handling or processing by association, institution, or credit union.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

An association, institution or credit union may handle or process food stamps upon request of the director of the department.

History: 1973, Act 43, Imd. Eff. July 4, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1467 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1467
Responsibility of voting trustee; determination of right to vote and manner of voting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 467.

A trustee who votes shares subject to a voting trust incurs no responsibility as shareholder, trustee or otherwise, except for his malfeasance.

Where 2 or more persons are designated as voting trustees, and the right and method of voting shares in their names at a meeting of shareholders are not fixed by the agreement appointing the trustees, the right to vote and the manner of voting the shares at the meeting shall be determined by a majority of the trustees. If the trustees are equally divided as to how the shares shall be voted, the vote shall be divided equally among the trustees.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4809 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4809
Municipal retirement and insurance programs; participation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 809.

The employees of an authority shall be eligible to participate in municipal retirement and insurance programs of the municipality as if they were civil service employees except that the employees of an authority are not civil service employees.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.243 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-190-of-1867 / Section 46.243
Copies of archives; admissible as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Any copy of any assessment roll, tax roll, township treasurer's return or other paper, made and certified under the provisions of this act, shall be valid and lawful as evidence in any court as the original would have been.

History: 1867, Act 190, Eff. June 27, 1867; CL 1871, 5958; How. 7536; CL 1897, 2510; CL 1915, 2328; CL 1929, 1182; CL 1948, 46.243
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.69 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-141-of-1939 / Section 285.69
Application for license or renewal; financial statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) A grain dealer shall include with an application for a license or renewal a financial statement for the grain dealer's most recent completed fiscal year. The financial statement shall be a reviewed or audited financial statement, prepared by a certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The end of the grain dealer's most recent completed fiscal year shall be within 6 months of the expiration date of the grain dealer's current license. The financial statement shall include at least all of the following:

(a) An accountant's report, a balance sheet, an income statement, and notes and disclosures.

(b) A statement of the grain dealer's allowable net assets for purposes of section 3.

(c) A statement from the certified public accountant that he or she acknowledges that the department is relying on the financial statement in determining whether the grain dealer meets the allowable net asset requirement under section 3(3).

(2) If a financial statement described in subsection (1) discloses that the grain dealer during the preceding fiscal year had a current asset to current liability ratio of less than 1 to 1, the licensee shall include with the application a plan and timetable to increase the current asset to current liability ratio to 1 to 1 or more.

(3) If a financial statement described in subsection (1) is a financial statement of the licensee's parent corporation or a consolidated financial statement of the licensee and its parent corporation, the application shall include a declaration of liability signed by an authorized representative of the parent corporation, by which the parent corporation assumes all financial obligations incurred by the licensee during the term of the license.

History: 1939, Act 141, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 285.69; Am. 1963, Act 180, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1976, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Aug. 12, 1976; Am. 1979, Act 206, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1980; Am. 2002, Act 80, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003; Am. 2016, Act 263, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1106 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-10-of-2023 / Section 408.1106
Prevailing wages and fringe benefits; failure to pay, termination of contract; contractor's liability and sureties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The contracting agent, by written notice to the contractor and the sureties of the contractor known to the contracting agent, may terminate the contractor's right to proceed with that part of the contract, for which less than the prevailing rates of wages and fringe benefits have been or will be paid, and may proceed to complete the contract by separate agreement with another contractor or otherwise, and the original contractor and the original contractor's sureties shall be liable to the contracting agent for any excess costs occasioned thereby.

History: 2023, Act 10, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.624 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-106-of-1985 / Section 207.624
Excise tax; rates; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) There is hereby levied upon and there shall be collected from any person engaged in the business of providing accommodations to transient guests in a convention hotel, whether or not membership is required, an excise tax at the following rates:

(a) For a convention hotel located within a qualified local governmental unit under section 9(4), the following:

( i ) A rate of 3% of the room charge for accommodations in a convention hotel with 81 to 160 rooms.

( ii ) A rate of 6% of the room charge for accommodations in a convention hotel with more than 160 rooms.

(b) For all other convention hotels not subject to the tax rates imposed by subdivision (a), the following:

( i ) A rate of 1.5% of the room charge for accommodations in a convention hotel with 81 to 160 rooms.

( ii ) A rate of 5% of the room charge for accommodations in a convention hotel with more than 160 rooms.

(2) Beginning with the state fiscal year 1987, a person engaged in the business of providing accommodations to transient guests in a convention hotel is exempt from the tax imposed by this act for any state fiscal year in which appropriations of the tax collections pursuant to this act from that convention hotel have not been made for distributions pursuant to section 9 that would be received by a qualified local governmental unit from the collections of the tax under this act or section 1207 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, that the qualified local governmental unit is eligible to receive.

History: 1985, Act 106, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1985; Am. 2009, Act 61, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1838 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1838
Redetermination of ability to pay; charge for higher amount.
Status: in_force

Sec. 838.

If the department or a community mental health services program redetermines a responsible party's ability to pay and the amount the responsible party is determined to be able to pay is higher than the amount under previous determinations, the department or community mental health services program shall charge the higher amount only for financial liability that is incurred after the date of the redetermination.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.64 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.64
“Street or highway” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 64.

"Street or highway" means the entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949