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Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.888 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-383-of-1980 / Section 141.888
Discontinuance of assessment; referendum; proposing new marketing program notice; failure to adopt resolution discontinuing assessment; further referendum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

At any time 2 years or more after the effective date of an assessment, and upon the written request of owners of transient facilities located within the assessment district representing not less than 40% of the total number of owners or not less than 40% of the total number of rooms in all the transient facilities, the bureau shall conduct a referendum on whether the assessment shall be discontinued. The bureau shall cause a written referendum to be held by mail or in person, as the bureau chooses, among all owners of transient facilities in the assessment district within 60 days of the receipt of the requests. For the purposes of the referendum, each owner shall have 1 vote for each room in each of the owner's transient facilities within the assessment district. If a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast at the referendum supports discontinuance of the assessment, the assessment shall be discontinued on the first day of the month following expiration of 90 days after the certification of the results of the referendum by the bureau.

Passage of a resolution discontinuing the assessment shall not prevent a bureau from proposing a new marketing program notice during or after the 90-day period, in which case the procedures set forth in section 3 shall be followed.

If a referendum is conducted under subsection (1), and if a resolution to discontinue the assessment is not adopted, a further referendum on the discontinuation of that assessment shall not be held for a period of 2 years.

History: 1980, Act 383, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.427 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-148-of-1975 / Section 451.427
Examination of licensee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The department may examine, without notice, the condition and affairs of a licensee. In connection with an examination, the department may examine under oath a licensee and any director, officer, employee, customer, creditor, manager, member, partner, or stockholder of a licensee concerning the affairs and business of the licensee. The department shall ascertain whether the licensee transacts its business in the manner required under this act and the rules promulgated under this act. The licensee shall pay an examination fee, in an amount equal to the actual cost of the examination as determined by the department, and the department shall deposit that fee in the state treasury to the credit of the department. Failure to pay the examination fee within 30 days after receiving a demand for payment from the department shall automatically suspend the license of the licensee until the fee is paid.

History: 1975, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976; Am. 2000, Act 255, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2014, Act 362, Eff. Mar. 16, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.626 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.626
Ballots; preparation; consecutive numbering; contents; paper; printing; rotation of names prohibited; delivery; distribution; time; voting machines.
Status: in_force

Sec. 626.

The board of county election commissioners shall prepare separate ballots for each of the several political parties for each election precinct in the county. The ballots shall be numbered consecutively and shall set forth the names of the candidates for delegates who have filed affidavits of identity with the county, city, or township clerk under section 624. The ballot shall be prepared in such a manner that the electors of each political party may write, print, or paste the name of a candidate for delegate on the ballot. The delegate ballot at a partisan primary shall consist of 1 sheet of 70-pound white book paper, machine finished or equivalent, with 1 of the political party tickets printed on each side of the ballot. The names on the delegate ballot shall not be rotated. The ballots shall be delivered to the county clerk for distribution to the election precincts at least 10 days before the primary election. However, if there is located within a county, subject to the provisions of this chapter, 1 or more cities or townships, or parts of cities or townships, in which voting machines are used, the board of county election commissioners may, in its discretion, dispense with the preparation of ballots for the election of delegates to the county convention of the several political parties and provide for their election upon the voting machines.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988; Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 33.27 — MI Code / Chapter 33 / Act Act-184-of-1893 / Section 33.27
Regulations to have force of law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

Regulations to carry out the various provisions of this act, or the requirements of any act of congress, or of the navy department of the United States, may be from time to time prescribed, changed, altered, amended, repealed, or revoked, as deemed requisite, desirable, or necessary, and such regulations and changes therein, when approved by the governor and filed in the office of the secretary of state, shall have the force and effect of law.

History: 1893, Act 184, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1893; CL 1897, 1742; CL 1915, 1024; Am. 1917, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1917; CL 1929, 772; CL 1948, 33.27
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3471 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-161-of-2004 / Section 338.3471
Violations; penalties; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) A person that violates this act is guilty of the following:

(a) In the case of a first conviction, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(b) In the case of a second or subsequent conviction, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

(2) A person that is injured by a violation of this act by an immigration clerical assistant may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for equitable relief or damages, or both. In an action for damages, the court shall award a prevailing plaintiff the amount of actual damages, or, if the court finds that the violation was willful, 3 times the plaintiff's actual damages. The court shall also grant a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney fees and costs.

(3) A person that, on information and belief, claims a violation of this act has been committed by an immigration clerical assistant may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for equitable relief on behalf of the general public. The court shall award a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney fees and costs.

(4) The remedies and penalties in this act are cumulative and use of 1 remedy under this act does not bar the use of any remedy allowed under the Michigan consumer protection act, 1976 PA 331, MCL 445.901 to 445.922, or the use of any other remedy allowed under law.

(5) An immigration clerical assistant that is acting on behalf of a tax-exempt nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 that complies with the service charge requirements of section 11, or an employee or volunteer of such an organization, is exempt from this section.

History: 2004, Act 161, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Am. 2014, Act 174, Imd. Eff. June 17, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1165 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-49-of-2008 / Section 123.1165
Formation; authority as public corporate body; powers; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Any county may form a zoological authority.

(2) A zoological authority is an authority under section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963. A zoological authority is a public corporate body with the power to sue and be sued in any court of this state.

(3) A zoological authority possesses all the powers necessary for carrying out the purposes of its formation. The enumeration of specific powers in this act shall not be construed as a limitation on the general powers of an authority, consistent with its articles.

(4) An authority shall not obtain an interest in real property or participate in the governance of an accredited zoological institution.

History: 2008, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19616 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.19616
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19616.

The department may promulgate rules as are necessary to implement this part.

History: Add. 1998, Act 288, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.676 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-18-of-1933-Ex-Sess- / Section 125.676
Additional bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

Any borrower purchasing, acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, or repairing any such project or combined projects assumed by the provisions of this act, may at the time of the authorization of such bond for any such purpose or purposes, provide in the authorizing ordinance for additional bonds for other extensions and permanent improvements, which additional bonds may be issued and negotiated from time to time as such proceeds for such purpose may be necessary. Such bonds, when so negotiated, shall have equal standing with the bonds of the same issue.

History: 1933, Ex. Sess., Act 18, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1934; CL 1948, 125.676
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.101 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.101
United States senator; certificate of determination by board of state canvassers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 101.

The board of state canvassers shall determine which candidate for United States senator has received the greatest number of votes and shall declare such candidate to be duly elected. The said board shall forthwith make and subscribe on its statement of returns a certificate of such determination and deliver the same to the secretary of state, who shall forthwith deliver a true copy of said certificate to the governor.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.984 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-8-of-1955 / Section 35.984
Aid from Congress; acceptance by state administrative board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

In case the congress of the United States shall adopt measures providing for financial aid or other assistance available to the state of Michigan in the payment of the bonus under the provisions of this act, the state administrative board is hereby authorized on behalf of the state of Michigan to accept any such financial or other assistance.

History: 1955, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.11119 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-47-of-2024 / Section 600.11119
Report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Not later than May 1, 2026, the state court administrative office, under the direction and supervision of the supreme court, shall prepare a report on the costs analysis under section 3 and the legislative changes proposed under section 8. The report must include the median cost of judicial benefits provided by all trial-court funding units. The report must be submitted to the governor, the legislature, the house and senate standing committees and appropriations subcommittees that are responsible for legislation concerning the judicial branch, and the house and senate fiscal agencies.

History: 2024, Act 47, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.104 — MI Code / Chapter 393 / Act Act-123-of-1893 / Section 393.104
School for blind; object; education of pupils.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The object of said school shall be to educate the blind and to afford them instruction in such useful arts and trades as they are best adapted to pursue, and such as will best enable them to maintain themselves. All pupils received in said school shall be educated in the branches usually taught in the common schools, in vocal and instrumental music, and in such other branches of learning as the board of control shall prescribe. They shall also receive instruction in such mechanical trades as said board shall prescribe, and shall have proper physical and moral training.

History: 1893, Act 123, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1893; CL 1897, 2012; CL 1915, 1471; CL 1929, 7987; CL 1948, 393.104
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.4216 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-23-of-1993 / Section 450.4216
Limited liability company; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 216.

Except as otherwise provided in an operating agreement, a limited liability company may do any of the following:

(a) Indemnify, hold harmless, and defend a member, manager, or other person from and against any and all losses, expenses, claims, and demands sustained by that person, except that the company may not indemnify a person for conduct described in section 407(a), (b), or (c).

(b) Purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a member, manager, or other person against any liability or expense asserted against or incurred by that person, whether or not the company may indemnify that person under subdivision (a).

History: Add. 2010, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.7k — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.7k
Tax exemption for facility for which industrial facilities exemption certificate issued.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7k.

A facility for which an industrial facilities exemption certificate issued under Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1974, being sections 207.551 to 207.572 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is in effect, but not the land on which the facility is located or to be located, is exempt from taxation under this act for the period beginning on the effective date of the certificate and continuing as long as the industrial facilities exemption certificate is in force.

History: Add. 1977, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 1977; Am. 1996, Act 476, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1954 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-175-of-1982 / Section 125.1954
Exemption of proprietary information on proposal from disclosure under freedom of information act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Proprietary information on a proposal submitted under this act shall be exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The entities submitting a proposal under this act shall indicate that information on the proposal which they consider to be proprietary information.

The department shall not disclose proprietary information on a proposal without the consent of the entities submitting the proposal.

History: 1982, Act 175, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § Schedule § 9 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Schedule § 9
State board of education; first election, terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The members of the state board of education provided for in Section 3 of Article VIII of this constitution shall first be elected at the first general election after the effective date of this constitution for the following terms: two shall be elected for two years, two for four years, two for six years, and two for eight years as prescribed by law.

The state board of education provided for in the constitution of 1908 is abolished at twelve o'clock noon January 1 of the year following the first general election under this constitution and the terms of members thereof shall then expire.

History: Const. 1963, Schedule, § 9, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.709 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.709
Estimation of claim liabilities; methods.
Status: in_force

Sec. 709.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any generally accepted or reasonable actuarial method or combination of methods may be used to estimate all claim liabilities. The methods used for estimating liabilities generally may be aggregate methods or various reserve items may be separately valued. Approximations based on groupings and averages may also be employed, provided, however, that the adequacy of the claim reserves shall be determined in the aggregate.

History: Add. 1994, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.4503 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-23-of-1993 / Section 450.4503
Members; obtaining certain financial statements and tax returns; inspecting and copying records; obtaining other information; formal accounting of company's affairs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503.

(1) Upon written request of a member, a limited liability company shall send a copy of its most recent annual financial statement and its most recent federal, state, and local income tax returns, and any other returns or filings the limited liability company has submitted or is required to submit to any federal, state, local, or other governmental taxing authority, to the member by mail or electronic transmission.

(2) Upon reasonable request, a member may obtain true and full information regarding the current state of a limited liability company's financial condition.

(3) Upon reasonable written request and during ordinary business hours, a member or the member's designated representative may inspect and copy, at the member's expense, any of the records a limited liability company is required to maintain under section 213, at the location where the records are kept.

(4) Upon reasonable written request, a member may obtain other information regarding a limited liability company's affairs or may inspect, personally or through a representative and during ordinary business hours, other books and records of the limited liability company, as is just and reasonable.

(5) A member may have a formal accounting of a limited liability company's affairs, as provided in an operating agreement or whenever circumstances render it just and reasonable.

History: 1993, Act 23, Eff. June 1, 1993; Am. 1997, Act 52, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1997; Am. 2002, Act 686, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002; Am. 2010, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1647 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-182-of-1986 / Section 38.1647
Repeal of MCL 28.101 to 28.110.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47.

Act No. 251 of the Public Acts of 1935, being sections 28.101 to 28.110 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is repealed.

History: 1986, Act 182, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2610 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.2610
Licensure as limited real estate appraiser, state licensed real estate appraiser, certified residential real estate appraiser, or certified general real estate appraiser.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2610.

The department shall license as a limited real estate appraiser, a state licensed real estate appraiser, a certified residential real estate appraiser, or a certified general real estate appraiser an individual who is at least 18 years of age, is of good moral character, and provides proof of having completed the minimum education, examination, and experience requirements contained in the AQB criteria for the appropriate license category.

History: Add. 2006, Act 414, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1011d — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1011d
"Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway".
Status: in_force

Sec. 11d.

The portion of highway US-31 in Grand Traverse County between Three Mile Road and Bunker Hill Road shall be known as the "Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2025, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Aug. 15, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.12106 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.12106
Commissioner, deputy commissioner, or examiner; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2106.

During his or her term of office or employment, the commissioner, a deputy commissioner, or an examiner of the bureau shall not be a shareholder, either directly or indirectly, of a financial institution, a national bank, federal savings and loan association, or federal savings bank that maintains a main office or branch office in this state, or of any affiliate or subsidiary thereof. The commissioner, a deputy commissioner, or an examiner of the bureau may be a shareholder of a credit union, a mutual savings and loan association, or a mutual savings bank.

During his or her term of office or employment, the commissioner, a deputy commissioner, or an examiner of the bureau shall not be an officer, director, or employee of a financial institution, or of a depository institution, or of any affiliate or subsidiary thereof or receive, either directly or indirectly, anything of value, or other compensation from such entities.

If a deputy commissioner or an examiner of the bureau borrows from, or is or becomes indebted to a financial institution, he or she shall make a written report to the bureau stating the name of the lender, the amount and terms of the loan or indebtedness, the security given on the loan, and the purpose for which the proceeds are to be used.

A deputy commissioner or an examiner of the bureau shall not borrow from or become indebted to a financial institution for which the deputy commissioner or examiner has direct supervisory responsibility, or from a subsidiary or affiliate of such a financial institution, except for installment debt transferred to a financial institution in the regular course of business by a seller of consumer goods. An examiner shall not borrow from or become indebted to a financial institution if the examiner has ever participated in an examination of the financial institution.

The commissioner shall not borrow from or become indebted to a financial institution except for installment debt transferred to a financial institution in the regular course of business by a seller of consumer goods.

Subsections (4) and (5) do not apply to loans made or indebtedness incurred before the commissioner's, deputy commissioner's, or examiner's term of office or made or incurred lawfully before the effective date of this act. If a loan received or indebtedness incurred in conformance with this act subsequently becomes nonconforming due to an event outside the commissioner's, deputy commissioner's, or examiner's control, the loan or indebtedness may be retained. Neither the term nor the amount of a nonconforming loan or indebtedness described in this subsection shall be increased following the event which made the loan or indebtedness nonconforming.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.436 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-23-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 259.436
Political subdivision; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The term "political subdivision", when used in this act means any county, city, village or township of this state, and any other political subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this state which is or may hereafter be authorized by law to construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate and regulate airports.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1950
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.95102 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-284-of-1998 / Section 324.95102
Bonds; limitation on amount; issuance; full faith and credit; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The state shall borrow a sum not to exceed $675,000,000.00 and issue the general obligation bonds of this state, pledging the full faith and credit of the state for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, to finance environmental and natural resources protection programs that would clean up and redevelop contaminated sites, protect and improve water quality, prevent pollution, abate lead contamination, reclaim and revitalize community waterfronts, enhance recreational opportunities, and clean up contaminated sediments in lakes, rivers, and streams.

History: 1998, Act 284, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7511 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.7511
Restraining or enjoining violation; trial by jury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7511.

The circuit court of a county having jurisdiction over an alleged violator of this article has jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin a violation of this article.

The defendant may demand a trial by jury for an alleged violation of an injunction or restraining order issued under this section.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978