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Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.195 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.195
Revision of condominium subdivision plan; altering percentage of value; revisions in percentage of value per condominium unit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 95.

If the condominium subdivision plan is revised subsequent to its initial filing, and the revisions would alter the percentage of value per condominium unit when applied to the formula used to derive the percentage of value, then the percentage of value shall be altered by the developer to reflect the revisions. If the percentage of value is not altered to reflect these revisions, then a co-owner may bring an action or initiate a proceeding to require revisions in the percentage of value per condominium unit, without the consent of the co-owners, mortgagees, or other interested parties, as are determined to be fair, just, and equitable in accordance with the basic formula used to originally establish the percentage of value for the project.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 538, Imd. Eff. Jan. 17, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.12a — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-35-of-1951 / Section 124.12a
Violation; notice of complaint; notice of hearing; summary disposal of matter; action for damages; hearing; findings and decision; cease and desist order; other orders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12a.

When the commissioner has probable cause to believe that a group self-insurance pool or other person is violating, or has violated any of the provisions provided in sections 5 to 12, he or she shall give written notice to the pool or person, pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, setting forth the general nature of the complaint against the pool or person and the proceedings contemplated under this section. Before the issuance of a notice of hearing, the staff of the bureau of insurance responsible for the matters which would be at issue in the hearing shall give the pool or person an opportunity to confer and discuss the possible complaint and proceedings in person with the commissioner or a representative of the commissioner, and the matter may be disposed of summarily upon agreement of the parties. This subsection shall not be construed to create or diminish any right of a person to bring an action for damages.

A hearing held pursuant to subsection (1) shall be held pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969. If, after the hearing, the commissioner determines that the pool or person is violating, or has violated, any of the provisions provided in sections 5 to 12, the commissioner shall reduce his or her findings and decision to writing, and shall issue and cause to be served upon the pool or person a copy of the findings and an order requiring the pool or person to cease and desist from engaging in the prohibited activity, and the commissioner may order any of the following:

Payment of a monetary fine of not more than $500.00 for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate fine of $5,000.00, unless the pool or person knew or reasonably should have known it was in violation of this act, in which case the fine shall not be more than $2,500.00 for each violation and shall not exceed an aggregate fine of $25,000.00 for all violations committed in a 6-month period.

Suspension, limitation, or revocation of the pool's right to continue to do business in this state, including, but not limited to, the liquidation and receivership of the pool in the same manner as under chapter 78 of the insurance code of 1956, Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956, being sections 500.7800 to 500.7868 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The commissioner of insurance has the same authority to act as custodian or receiver of a group self-insurance pool as the commissioner has to act under chapter 78 of the insurance code of 1956, Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956.

Restitution or refund to an aggrieved person.

History: Add. 1988, Act 36, Eff. July 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.699 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.699
Multiple beam road lighting equipment; requirements and limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 699.

Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps, or the auxiliary driving lamps, or combinations thereof, on motor vehicles shall be so arranged that selection may be made between distributions of light projected to different elevations, subject to the following requirements and limitations:

Head lamps shall in all cases emit a white light. Auxiliary lamps may emit either a white or amber light.

There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of an intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 350 feet ahead for all conditions of loading.

There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead; and under any condition of loading none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.

Every new motor vehicle except motorcycles and mopeds registered in this state which has multiple beam road lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted when the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamps is in use and shall not otherwise be lighted. The indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1954, Act 101, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954; Am. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30721 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30721
Establishment of normal inland lake level prohibited in certain cases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30721.

A normal level shall not be established for an inland lake in either of the following cases:

The inland lake is used as a reservoir for a municipal water supply system, unless a normal level determination is petitioned for by the governing body of the municipality.

The state has title, flowage rights, or easements to all riparian land surrounding the inland lake, unless a normal level determination is petitioned for by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1008 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-305-of-1996 / Section 722.1008
Acknowledgment of parentage; preparation or approval of form; availability to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The state registrar shall prepare or approve the form used for acknowledgment of parentage. The form shall conform as closely as possible to section 7, federal requirements, and the needs of other appropriate state agencies. The state registrar shall make the form available to the public through the family independence agency, prosecuting attorneys, and hospitals as provided in section 21532 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.21532 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1996, Act 305, Eff. June 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.14809a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.14809a
Authority of other provisions not limited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14809a.

Except for the immunity provided in section 14809, this part does not limit or affect the authority of any other provision of this act or any other provision of law.

History: Add. 1996, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.911 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-250-of-1941 / Section 125.911
Regulation of corporation by supervising agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Regulation of redevelopment corporations by supervising agency.

A redevelopment corporation shall:

Furnish to the supervising agency from time to time, as required by it, but with respect to regular reports not more often than once every 6 months, such financial information, statements, audited reports or other material as such supervising agency shall require, each of which shall conform to such standards of accounting and financial procedure as the supervising agency may by general regulation prescribe.

Establish and maintain such depreciation and other reserves, surplus and other accounts as the supervising agency may reasonably require.

Any provision of the general corporation law to the contrary notwithstanding, 1 member of the board of directors of a redevelopment corporation shall be a designee of the supervising agency, as long as any of the real property of the redevelopment corporation is entitled to the tax exemption provided for in section 12 of this act.

History: 1941, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941; CL 1948, 125.911
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.579 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.579
Intercounty drain; construction or improvement for flood control project.
Status: in_force

Sec. 579.

Any intercounty drain or any portion thereof now or hereafter existing may be constructed, cleaned out, relocated, widened, deepened, straightened, tiled or otherwise improved when necessary for the public health, as a part of any flood control project under the provisions of this chapter.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.9c — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.9c
Exemption of personal property from tax collection; “heavy earth moving equipment” and “inventory” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9c.

Personal property that is inventory is exempt from the collection of taxes under this act.

As used in this section:

"Heavy earth moving equipment" means industrial construction equipment that meets all of the following criteria:

Is self-propelled.

Weighs 10,000 pounds or more.

Is designed and principally intended to move, transport, or reconfigure dirt, earth, soil, or other construction material at a construction site.

"Inventory" means 1 of the following:

The stock of goods held for resale in the regular course of trade of a retail or wholesale business.

Finished goods, goods in process, and raw materials of a manufacturing business.

Materials and supplies, including repair parts and fuel.

On and after December 31, 2000, heavy earth moving equipment subject to 1 or more lease agreements with the same person totaling not more than 1 year and principally intended for sale rather than lease. A lease agreement used to support this exemption shall be made available to the assessor on request and shall be considered confidential information to be used for assessment purposes only.

Inventory does not include the following:

Before December 31, 2000, any of the following:

Personal property under lease or principally intended for lease rather than sale.

Personal property allowed a deduction or allowance for depreciation or depletion under the internal revenue code of 1986.

On and after December 31, 2000, any of the following:

Personal property, other than heavy earth moving equipment, under lease or principally intended for lease rather than sale.

Heavy earth moving equipment subject to 1 or more lease agreements with the same person totaling more than 1 year or principally intended for lease rather than sale.

Personal property for which a deduction or allowance for depreciation, depletion, or amortization is allowed or has been taken under the internal revenue code of 1986.

History: Add. 1975, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Aug. 27, 1975; Am. 2000, Act 317, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.162 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-178-of-1939 / Section 123.162
Municipality operating water distribution system or sewage system; lien as security for collection of assessments, charges, or rentals; effective date and enforceability of lien.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A municipality that has operated or operates a water distribution system or a sewage system for the purpose of supplying water or sewage system services to the inhabitants of the municipality has as security for the collection of water or sewage system rates, or any assessments, charges, or rentals due or to become due, respectively, for the use of sewage system services or for the use or consumption of water supplied to any house or other building or any premises, lot or lots, or parcel or parcels of land, a lien upon the house or other building and upon the premises, lot or lots, or parcel or parcels of land upon which the house or other building is situated or to which the sewage system service or water was supplied. This lien becomes effective immediately upon the distribution of the water or provision of the sewage system service to the premises or property supplied, but shall not be enforceable for more than 5 years after it becomes effective.

History: 1939, Act 178, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939; CL 1948, 123.162; Am. 1981, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1981; Am. 2016, Act 421, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8120 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8120
Fourteenth, fourteenth-a, fourteenth-b, and fifteenth districts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8120.

The fourteenth district consists of the county of Washtenaw except the city of Ann Arbor, is a district of the second class, and has 4 judges. If the township of Ypsilanti approves the formation of the fourteenth-b district and district judgeship subject to section 8176, effective on January 1, 1985 and through December 31, 1986, the fourteenth-a district consists of the county of Washtenaw, except the city of Ann Arbor and the township of Ypsilanti, is a district of the second class, and has 4 judges. Effective on January 1, 1987, the fourteenth-a district consists of the county of Washtenaw, except the city of Ann Arbor and the township of Ypsilanti, is a district of the second class, and has 3 judges.

If the township of Ypsilanti approves the formation of the fourteenth-b district and district judgeship subject to section 8176, effective on January 1, 1985, the fourteenth-b district consists of the township of Ypsilanti, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

The fifteenth district consists of the city of Ann Arbor, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges. Subject to section 8175, this district may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 1993.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1974, Act 145, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1974; Am. 1984, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1984; Am. 1988, Act 135, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5202 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5202
Strategic water quality initiatives loan program; establishment; purpose; asset management program; content; criteria; interest rate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5202.

(1) The authority in consultation with the department shall establish a strategic water quality initiatives loan program. This loan program shall provide low interest loans to municipalities to provide assistance for 1 or more of the following:

(a) Improvements to reduce or eliminate the amount of groundwater or storm water entering a sanitary sewer lead or a combined sewer lead.

(b) Upgrades or replacements of failing on-site septic systems that are adversely affecting public health or the environment, or both.

(c) Project costs of the municipality related to testing, demonstration, and construction activities as defined in section 5301(d) for innovative wastewater and storm water technologies approved by the department.

(d) Assistance for construction activities as defined in section 5301(d) designed to protect water quality, including improvements that are water or energy efficient, where feasible, when identified through an asset management program or a project identified in an approved storm water management plan.

(2) The department shall develop criteria specifying the content of an asset management program.

(3) In implementing the loan program, the department shall annually establish the interest rate that will be charged for loans.

History: Add. 2002, Act 397, Eff. Nov. 5, 2002; Am. 2012, Act 511, Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.273 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-119-of-1967 / Section 752.273
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Except as provided in section 2a, a person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.

History: 1967, Act 119, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 2000, Act 299, Eff. Jan. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.61a — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.61a
Indictment; offense committed by sexually delinquent person; prosecution; expert testimony provided; examination of witnesses; testimony in open court; record; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61a.

In any prosecution for an offense committed by a sexually delinquent person for which may be imposed an alternate sentence to imprisonment for an indeterminate term, the minimum of which is 1 day and the maximum of which is life, the indictment shall charge the offense and may also charge that the defendant was, at the time said offense was committed, a sexually delinquent person. In every such prosecution the people may produce expert testimony and the court shall provide expert testimony for any indigent accused at his request. In the event the accused shall plead guilty to both charges in such indictment, the court in addition to the investigation provided for in section 35 of chapter 8 of this act, and before sentencing the accused, shall conduct an examination of witnesses relative to the sexual delinquency of such person and may call on psychiatric and expert testimony. All testimony taken at such examination shall be taken in open court and a typewritten transcript or copy thereof, certified by the court reporter taking the same, shall be placed in the file of the case in the office of the county clerk. Upon a verdict of guilty to the first charge or to both charges or upon a plea of guilty to the first charge or to both charges the court may impose any punishment provided by law for such offense.

History: Add. 1952, Act 234, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.8301 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.8301
Physical location.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8301.

A pharmaceutical-grade cannabis licensed facility shall establish legal control of its physical location. The physical location shall meet all applicable state and local zoning laws.

History: Add. 2013, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.401 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-82-of-1899 / Section 458.401
Reformed church or congregation; trustees; execution and acknowledgment of articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; trustees and successors as body politic.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That the minister or ministers and elders and deacons, and if during any time there be no minister, then the elders and deacons during such time, of every reformed church or congregation now or hereafter to be established in this state, and elected according to the rules and usages of such churches within this state, shall be trustees for every such church or congregation, and it shall be lawful for the said trustees, if not already incorporated, to assemble together as soon as they shall deem it convenient, and execute under their hands and seals articles of association, in duplicate, and acknowledge before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds. One of such duplicate copies shall be retained by such corporation and 1 copy shall be filed in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. And such trustees and their successors shall thereupon, by virtue of this act, be a body corporate by the name or title expressed in such articles of association.

History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899; CL 1915, 10954; CL 1929, 10966; CL 1948, 458.401; Am. 1982, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.114 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-161-of-1967 / Section 780.114
Orders directing witness to attend and testify; contents; production of witness.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

If at the hearing the judge determines (1) that the witness may be material and necessary, (2) that his attending and testifying are not adverse to the interests of this state or to the health or legal rights of the witness, (3) that the laws of the state in which he is requested to testify will give him protection from arrest and the service of civil and criminal process because of any act committed prior to his arrival in the state under the order, and (4) that as a practical matter the possibility is negligible that the witness may be subject to arrest or to the service of civil or criminal process in any state through which he will be required to pass, the judge shall issue an order, with a copy of the certificate attached, (a) directing the witness to attend and testify, (b) directing the person having custody of the witness to produce him, in the court where the criminal action is pending, or where the grand jury investigation is pending, at a time and place specified in the order, and (c) prescribing such conditions as the judge shall determine.

History: 1967, Act 161, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967