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Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.12d — MI Code / Chapter 480 / Act Act-181-of-1963 / Section 480.12d
Person qualified to operate commercial motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2d.

(1) A person shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle unless he or she is qualified to operate that vehicle. A motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle unless that person is qualified to operate that vehicle.

(2) In the case of intrastate transportation, a person is qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle if he or she meets all of the requirements of 49 CFR parts 383 and 391, except all of the following provisions:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the person is at least 18 years old when transporting intrastate property or passengers.

(b) The person is at least 21 years old when transporting hazardous materials in a quantity that requires the vehicle to be marked or placarded under 49 CFR parts 105 to 180.

(c) The person is eligible for and displays a valid medical waiver card, is excepted from the medical waiver card provisions under this act, or, until December 31, 2014, displays a grandfather rights card issued in accordance with this act.

History: Add. 1990, Act 339, Eff. Apr. 2, 1991; Am. 1995, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996; Am. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005; Am. 2011, Act 160, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1144 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1144
Salary; twenty-fourth circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1144.

In the twenty-fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967; Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.4 — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.4
Rules; availability to public on request.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The unemployment insurance agency shall promulgate rules to implement this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(2) The unemployment insurance agency shall make available to the public on request statements of all informal rules or criteria of decision, administrative policies, or interpretations, which may be used by the unemployment insurance agency or any of its agents or employees in any manner, except as provided under section 11.

History: 1936, Ex. Sess., Act 1, Imd. Eff. Dec. 24, 1936; Am. 1943, Act 246, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1943; Am. 1947, Act 360, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1947; CL 1948, 421.4; Am. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951; Am. 1996, Act 498, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1997; Am. 2002, Act 192, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2002; Am. 2024, Act 240, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.437 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.437
Petition for improvement; transmission to proper authorities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

In case a petition is presented to the state highway commissioner where authority to act is hereby vested in the board of county road commissioners of the county wherein such road is situated, such petition shall be immediately transmitted to said board and action thereon is hereby authorized as though the said petition had been properly addressed and presented in the first instance. Should a petition be presented to these county road commissioners for the improvement of any highway, in any county, and in the judgment of the county road commissioners, there should be lands liable to an assessment for benefits situate in any other county, then the county road commissioners shall certify such petition to the state highway commissioner, who shall thereupon proceed to act upon the same as though the said petition had been addressed to him in the first instance.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4707; Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917; CL 1929, 4352; CL 1948, 247.437
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60302 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60302
Soil and economic survey; purpose; direction and control; assistants; compensation; reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60302.

The soil and economic survey provided for in this part shall be conducted by counties; and the order in which the soil and economic survey is conducted shall be determined by the department. The purpose of the work is to procure and make available for public use information and data as to the character of the lands surveyed; their adaptability to agricultural purposes or similar uses; the various crops, if any, that may be profitably raised on those lands; and such other matters as are considered desirable and advantageous. The details of the work shall be under the direction and control of the department, which shall employ assistants as the department considers necessary. The compensation of these persons shall be established by the department, and paid as provided in this part. The employees of the department may be reimbursed only for money actually and necessarily expended in the performance of their duties under this part, such reimbursement to be made out of the fund created by this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.543a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.543a
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 543a.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan anti-terrorism act".

History: Add. 2002, Act 113, Eff. Apr. 22, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.503 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.503
Investigation; petition to issue subpoena.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503.

The department shall conduct the investigation required under section 502. In furtherance of that investigation, the department may request that the attorney general petition the circuit court to issue a subpoena requiring a person to appear before the department and be examined with reference to a matter within the scope of the investigation and to produce books, papers, or documents pertaining to the investigation.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5210 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5210
Order for termination of guardianship of minor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5210.

Upon receipt of a copy of a judgment or an order of disposition in a child custody action regarding a minor that is sent to the court as provided in section 6b of the child custody act of 1970, 1970 PA 91, MCL 722.26b, the court shall terminate the guardianship or limited guardianship for that minor.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.313 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-106-of-1972 / Section 252.313
Signs prohibited on adjacent areas; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A sign shall not be erected or maintained in an adjacent area where the facing of the sign is visible from an interstate highway, freeway, or primary highway except the following:

Directional and other official signs, including, but not limited to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical attractions, which are required or authorized by law, and which comply with rules promulgated by the department relative to the lighting, size, number, and spacing thereof.

Signs advertising the sale or lease of real property upon which they are located.

On-premises signs.

Signs located in a business area or an unzoned commercial and industrial area and that comply with sections 12, 15, 16, and 17 except that a sign not described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c) shall not be erected or maintained beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way.

If the department is authorized by law to designate scenic areas along an interstate highway, freeway, or primary highway, signs shall not be erected or maintained within areas so designated unless located within a business area or an unzoned commercial or industrial area where signs may be erected or maintained in compliance with this act.

History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972; Am. 1976, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1976; Am. 1998, Act 533, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1819 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1819
Statewide P-20 education longitudinal data system reporting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 219.

(1) By October 15 of each year, each community college that receives an appropriation in section 201 shall provide its longitudinal data system data set for the preceding academic year to the center for inclusion in the statewide P-20 education longitudinal data system described in section 94a.

(2) Each community college that receives an appropriation in section 201 shall report to the center by October 15 of each year the numbers and type of associate degrees and other certificates awarded by the community college during the previous academic year for inclusion in the statewide P-20 longitudinal data system.

(3) Using the data provided by the community colleges as required under this section, the center shall use the P-20 longitudinal data system to inform interested Michigan high schools and the public of the aggregate academic status of its students for the previous academic year. The center shall work with the Michigan Community College Association and in cooperation with the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals. Community colleges shall cooperate with the center to maintain a systematic approach for accomplishing this work.

History: Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Am. 2023, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 1, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.359 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-125-of-1963 / Section 550.359
Corporation examination by insurance commissioner; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The commissioner of insurance, or any deputy, examiner, or other person whom the commissioner appoints, may visit and examine into the affairs of a corporation, have free access to all of the books, papers, and documents that relate to the business of the corporation, may summon and qualify witnesses under oath, and examine corporation officers, agents, employees, or other persons having knowledge of the corporation's affairs, transactions, and conditions. Except as provided in section 9a, per diem, travel, and other necessary expenses in connection with an examination under this section shall be paid by the corporation.

History: 1963, Act 125, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1994, Act 168, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.714 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-195-of-1972 / Section 16.714
Investigation; primary duty of commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The commission shall investigate problems common to Indian residents of this state. The primary duty of the commission shall be to assist tribal governments, Indian organizations and individuals with problems of education, employment, civil rights, health, housing, treaty rights and any other right or service due Indians of this state.

History: 1972, Act 195, Eff. July 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.136 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.136
Aliens; effect of prior deals in realty on title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36.

The title to any lands heretofore conveyed shall not be questioned, nor in any manner affected, by reason of the alienage of any person from or through whom such title may have been derived.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66; CL 1857, 2809; CL 1871, 4306; How. 5776; CL 1897, 9259; CL 1915, 11814; CL 1929, 13494; CL 1948, 554.136
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1498g — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1498g
Examination, tests, and evaluations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 498g.

If a minor is admitted to a hospital pursuant to this chapter, the director of the hospital shall cause the minor to be examined by a child psychiatrist within 48 hours after the admission of the minor and shall immediately initiate any of the following tests and evaluations of the minor pursuant to section 498j which, in the hospital director's opinion may aid in the preparation of a treatment plan for the minor:

A comprehensive social and family history including family relationships.

A comprehensive educational test and an assessment of educational development.

Psychological testing.

An evaluation by the staff participating in the treatment of the minor.

Any relevant test, assessment, or study of, or related to, the minor.

History: Add. 1984, Act 186, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 55.297 — MI Code / Chapter 55 / Act Act-238-of-2003 / Section 55.297
Misconduct; civil liability; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

For the official misconduct of a notary public, the notary public and the sureties on the notary public's surety bond are liable in a civil action for the damages sustained by the persons injured. The employer of a notary public is also liable if both of the following conditions apply:

The notary public was acting within the actual or apparent scope of his or her employment.

The employer had knowledge of and consented to or permitted the official misconduct.

A notary public and the notary public's sureties are not liable for the truth, form, or correctness of the contents of a record upon which the notary public performs a notarial act.

History: 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1707 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-84-of-2020 / Section 390.1707
Appropriation for grants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Subject to appropriation, the department may expend Michigan reconnect grant program money to award grants and support its other duties as described in section 5.

History: 2020, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.181a — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.181a
Promotional material; labeling structure or improvement “need not be built.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 81a.

If any structure or improvement proposed in a condominium project is labeled pursuant to section 66 "need not be built", or is to be located within a portion of the condominium project with respect to which the developer has reserved a development right, promotional material may not be displayed or delivered to prospective purchasers which describes or portrays that structure or improvement unless the description or portrayal of the structure or improvement in the promotional material is conspicuously labeled "need not be built".

History: Add. 1982, Act 538, Imd. Eff. Jan. 17, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1117 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-10-of-2023 / Section 408.1117
Statute of limitations; complaint.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The commissioner must not accept or investigate complaints received more than 3 years after the date of the alleged violation or the last date on which a violation could have occurred, whichever is later.

History: 2023, Act 10, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1901a — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1901a
Conversion therapy with minor by mental health professional; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 901a.

A mental health professional shall not engage in conversion therapy with a minor. A mental health professional who violates this section is subject to disciplinary action and licensing sanctions as provided under sections 16221(a) and 16226 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16221 and 333.16226.

History: Add. 2023, Act 117, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30512 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30512
Rules; enforcement; promulgation; variance; existing use.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30512.

The department shall prescribe administrative procedures and rules and provide personnel as it considers necessary for the enforcement of a zoning ordinance or rule enacted in accordance with this part. A circuit court, upon petition and a showing by the department that there exists a violation of a rule properly promulgated under this part, shall issue any necessary order to the defendant to correct the violation or to restrain the defendant from further violation of the rule.

The department shall promulgate a zoning rule to implement this part. The rule shall include procedures for receiving and acting upon applications from local units of government or landowners for change of boundaries or change in permitted uses in accordance with chapter 4 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.271 to 24.287. An aggrieved party may seek judicial review under chapter 6 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.301 to 24.306.

A variance from a zoning rule promulgated by the department to implement this part may be applied for and granted pursuant to section 4 of the uniform condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.54, and the variance provisions of the zoning rule.

The lawful use of any building or structure and of any land or premise as existing and lawful at the time of enactment of a zoning ordinance or rule or of an amendment of a zoning ordinance or rule may be continued although the use does not conform with the ordinance, rule, or amendment. The ordinance or rule shall provide for the completion, restoration, reconstruction, extension, or substitution of nonconforming uses upon reasonable terms as set forth in the zoning ordinance or rule.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2000, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.486 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-390-of-1978 / Section 408.486
Issuance of check or other order for payment of wages; violation; penalty; prima facie evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

An employer who issues a check or other order for the payment of wages and who, at the time of issuance, knows or should know that the check or other order shall not be paid, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

Any of the following is prima facie evidence that the person at the time of issuance of the check or other order for the payment of wages, knew or should have known it should not be paid:

Proof that, at the time of issuance, there was not an account with the drawee.

Proof that, at the time of issuance, there were not sufficient funds or credit with the drawee and that the employer failed within 5 days after receiving notice of nonpayment or dishonor to pay the check or other order.

Proof that even though presentment was made within a reasonable time, the employer did not have sufficient funds or credit with the drawee, and failed within 5 days after receiving notice of nonpayment or dishonor to pay the check or other order.

History: 1978, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21901 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21901
General definitions and principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21901.

(1) For purposes of this part, the words and phrases defined in sections 21903 to 21905 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

(2) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code, and part 201 contains definitions applicable to this part.

History: Add. 2017, Act 172, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.711 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-278-of-1965 / Section 390.711
Saginaw valley state university; establishment; location; maintenance; equal availability of facilities; powers of board of control.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

There is established a state institution of higher education known as Saginaw valley state university to be located in a 3-county area comprising the counties of Bay, Midland, and Saginaw. The institution shall be maintained by the state and its facilities shall be made equally available and upon the same basis to all qualified residents of this state. The conduct of its affairs and control of its property shall be vested in a board of control, the members of which shall constitute a body corporate.

In addition to any other powers granted by law, the board has all of the following powers:

General supervision of the university.

Control and direction of all expenditures from the university's funds.

The right to sue and be sued.

Adoption of a seal and altering of a seal.

As used in this act, "board" means the board of control of Saginaw valley state university.

History: 1965, Act 278, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965; Am. 1966, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1966; Am. 1975, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1975; Am. 1987, Act 155, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 317.221 — MI Code / Chapter 317 / Act Act-80-of-1925 / Section 317.221
Pine Lake wild life sanctuary; territory.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The territory situated in the county of Ingham, described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the line between the counties of Clinton and Ingham where the north and south quarter line of section 3 in township 4 north, range 1 west, intersects said county line; thence running east on said county line to a point where the north and south eighth line in the northeast quarter of section 2, township 4 north, range 1 west, intersects the county line; thence running south along said eighth line to a point where said line intersects what has heretofore been known as the right-of-way of the Michigan United Railway; thence running southwesterly along said right-of-way to a point where the right-of-way would have intersected with the road or street running east and west through the village of Haslett; thence running west along said street to where it intersects a portion of a certain improved gravel road; thence running north along said highway and the east side of what is shown on the plat of the village of Haslett as the farm of Charles Benson, and continuing along said road until it intersects the north and south quarter line of section 3 as aforesaid; thence running north along the road and the said quarter line to the place of beginning, shall be and constitute a refuge for wild game animals and game birds known as “Pine Lake Wild Life Sanctuary.”

History: 1925, Act 80, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 6123; CL 1948, 317.221; Am. 1955, Act 12, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7034 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7034
Trustee or officer; prohibited conduct; violation as felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7034.

A trustee or officer of a MEWA shall not knowingly and intentionally, directly or indirectly, receive any money or valuable thing for negotiating, procuring, recommending, or aiding in any purchase by or sale to the MEWA of any property or any loan from the MEWA, or be pecuniarily interested, either as principal, co-principal, agent, or beneficiary in any such purchase, sale, or loan.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2237 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2237
Policy issued under chapter 34; prohibited restriction of liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2237.

An insurer shall not deliver in this state an insurance policy issued under chapter 34, or issue the policy for delivery in this state, if the policy contains a provision that restricts the liability of the insurer to pay expenses because the expenses are incurred while the insured is in a hospital, institution, or other facility operated by this state or a political subdivision of this state if the insured would be legally required to pay the expenses in the absence of insurance.

History: Add. 1961, Act 133, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016