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Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1947 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-33-of-2009 / Section 445.1947
Violation of act; civil action; attorney fees; venue; mediation; written demand; service; selection of mediator; filing of complaint, petition, protest, or other action; order suspending action; costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

(1) A dealer, manufacturer, or warrantor injured by another party's violation of this act may bring a civil action in circuit court to recover its actual damages. The court shall award attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party in a civil action under this section.

(2) The venue for a civil action under this section involving 1 dealer is the county in which the dealer's business is located. In an action involving more than 1 dealer, any county in which the business of any dealer that is party to the action is located is a proper venue for that action.

(3) Before bringing a civil action under this section, the party bringing suit for an alleged violation of this act shall serve a written demand for mediation on the offending party. The demand for mediation shall include a brief statement of the dispute and the relief sought by the party making the demand. The party making the demand for mediation shall serve the demand by certified mail to 1 of the following addresses:

(a) In an action between a dealer and a manufacturer, the address stated in the dealer agreement between the parties.

(b) In an action between a dealer and a warrantor that is not a manufacturer, the address stated in any agreement between the parties.

(c) In an action between 2 dealers, the address of the offending dealer in the records of the department.

(4) Within 20 days after a demand for mediation is served under subsection (3), the parties shall mutually select an independent mediator who is approved by the department, and meet with that mediator for the purpose of attempting to resolve the dispute at a location in this state selected by the mediator. The mediator may extend the date of the meeting for good cause shown by either party or if the parties agree to the extension.

(5) The service of a demand for mediation under subsection (3) tolls the time for the filing of any complaint, petition, protest, or other action under this act until representatives of both parties have met with the mediator selected under subsection (4) for the purpose of attempting to resolve the dispute. If a complaint, petition, protest, or other action is filed before that meeting, the court shall enter an order suspending the proceeding or action until the mediation meeting has occurred and may, if all of the parties to the proceeding or action stipulate in writing that they wish to continue to mediate under this section, enter an order suspending the proceeding or action for as long a period as the court considers appropriate. The court may modify, extend, or revoke a suspension order issued under this subsection if it considers that action appropriate.

(6) Each of the parties to the mediation under this section is responsible for its own attorney fees. The parties shall equally divide the cost of the mediator.

History: 2009, Act 33, Eff. Dec. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 766.5 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 766.5
Bail; commitment to jail; release on own recognizance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

If it appears that a felony has been committed and that there is probable cause to believe that the accused is guilty thereof, and if the offense is bailable by the magistrate and the accused offers sufficient bail, it shall be taken and the prisoner discharged until trial. If sufficient bail is not offered or the offense is not bailable by the magistrate, the accused shall be committed to jail for trial. This section shall not prevent the magistrate from releasing the accused on his own recognizance where authorized by law.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17197; CL 1948, 766.5; Am. 1974, Act 63, Eff. May 1, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.28 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-176-of-1939 / Section 423.28
Determination of appropriate unit for collective bargaining.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

The commission shall decide in each case, in order to insure employees the full benefit of their right to self-organization, to collective bargaining and otherwise to effectuate the policies of this act, the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining as provided in section 9e.

History: Add. 1965, Act 282, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965; Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.943 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-232-of-1978 / Section 487.943
Determination not to open or to close office of financial institution during emergency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

If the commissioner has not made a determination under section 2(1) and the chief executive officer of a financial institution or another officer designated by the financial institution for purposes of this act determines that an emergency exists or is impending, the officer may order that an office or offices of the financial institution be closed or not open.

History: 1978, Act 232, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1978; Am. 2006, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 12, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.17 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-42-of-1913 / Section 141.17
Tax levy; bond sale proceeds, interest, deposit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The board of supervisors shall in each year levy and collect a tax for the benefit of the sinking fund. Whenever any bonds of the county shall be sold for more than par value all of the premium or amount received on such sale more than the par face value of the bonds sold, not including interest accrued upon said bonds that may be paid by the purchaser, shall be credited and belong to the sinking fund. All of the interest paid to the county on the securities held by the county shall belong to and be placed in the sinking fund.

History: 1913, Act 42, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 2392; CL 1929, 1241; CL 1948, 141.17
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1803 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1803
Apportionment and distribution of money collected or received.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1803.

Money collected or received by a township or city treasurer under sections 1801 and 1802 shall be apportioned and distributed to the school district entitled thereto, in the manner and proportion that money lost by the neglect or refusal would have been apportioned and distributed.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.523 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.523
Riots and unlawful assemblies; refusal to aid officer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 523.

Refusal to aid officer to disperse or arrest rioters-If any person present, being commanded by any of the magistrates or officers aforesaid, to aid and assist in seizing and securing such rioters, or persons so unlawfully assembled, or in suppressing such riot or unlawful assembly, shall refuse or neglect to obey such command, or when required by any such magistrate or officer to depart from the place of such riotous or unlawful assembly, shall refuse or neglect so to do, he shall be deemed to be 1 of the rioters or persons unlawfully assembled, and shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.523
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.434 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-148-of-1975 / Section 451.434
Violations; penalties; jurisdiction; remedies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

A licensee who violates a provision of this act is guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than $5,000.00, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

A person who violates an injunction or a cease and desist order issued pursuant to this act shall be guilty of criminal contempt. For the purpose of this act the court issuing an injunction shall retain jurisdiction, and the cause shall be continued, and in those cases the attorney general acting in the name of the state may seek appropriate remedies.

History: 1975, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.79111 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.79111
Consideration for issuance of lease; reduction of initial financial burden.
Status: in_force

Sec. 79111.

A lease entered into by the department under this part shall not be issued without consideration. However, the department may establish annual lease payments, which reduce the initial financial burden on the lessee as much as is reasonably possible, with subsequent payments to be appropriately increased to assure payment of the total lease obligation prior to the termination of the lease.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.691 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-153-of-1975 / Section 290.691
Deduction and remittance of marketing fees by purchaser of fruits and vegetables; statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

An agricultural producer and member of an agricultural cooperative marketing association organized under Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being sections 450.62 to 450.192 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may, by a membership and marketing agreement or by separate written authorization, authorize a processor, handler, distributor, dealer, broker or agent thereof, each of which is hereinafter referred to as a purchaser, to make deductions from any money due the member for fruits and vegetables received or purchased from the member. The amount or rate of the deductions and the names of the members from whose accounts deductions are authorized to be made shall be set forth in a written statement, filed by the association with the purchaser of the members' fruits or vegetables on or before delivery of the members' produce. The purchaser shall deduct from moneys due members of the association the amounts authorized to be deducted and shall forward the moneys deducted to the designated association on or before the fifteenth day of the month after the month for which payment is due or within 30 days after the harvest season of each commodity, together with a summary statement showing the producer's name, quantity purchased, the grades thereof, the gross sales proceeds of each commodity due the grower, and the amount deducted therefrom pursuant to the authorization.

History: 1975, Act 153, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.953a — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.953a
Transfer of territory; basis for decision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 953a.

In making a decision on a proposed transfer of territory under this part, the intermediate school board, or the intermediate school boards meeting jointly, shall consider the welfare of the affected pupil, including, but not limited to, the length of the pupil's commute to and from school, on a school bus or otherwise.

History: Add. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.17 — MI Code / Chapter 42 / Act Act-359-of-1947 / Section 42.17
Construction of buildings; powers and liabilities of charter townships as to public health and safety.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Charter townships shall have and possess and may exercise the same powers and shall be subject to the same liabilities as are possessed by cities to regulate the construction of buildings for the preservation of public health and safety, to regulate the conduct of business, and to provide for the public peace and health and for the safety of persons and property.

History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 42.17
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.935 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-337-of-2018 / Section 408.935
Wage deviation board; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; chairperson; commissioner as secretary; quorum; vote on recommendation or report; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of writings to public; compensation and expenses; obtaining data from employer; report to commissioner; reconsideration of rate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a wage deviation board composed of 3 representatives of the employers, 3 representatives of the employees, and 3 persons representing the public. One of the 3 persons representing the public shall be designated as chairperson. Members shall serve for terms of 3 years, except that of the members first appointed, 1 from each group shall be appointed for 1 year, 1 for 2 years, and 1 for 3 years. The commissioner shall be secretary of the wage deviation board.

(2) A majority of the members of the board constitute a quorum, and the recommendation or report of the board requires a vote of not less than a majority of its members. The business which the wage deviation board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by that act.

(3) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the wage deviation board in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(4) The per diem compensation of the board and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature.

(5) The wage deviation board may request data of any employer, subject to the provisions of this act, as to the wages paid and hours worked by the employer's employees and may hold hearings as necessary in the process of obtaining this information.

(6) The wage deviation board shall submit its report to the commissioner, who shall file it in his or her office as a public record together with the regulations established by the board.

(7) At any time after a deviated wage rate has been in effect for 6 months or more, the wage deviation board may reconsider the rate.

History: 2018, Act 337, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.915 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-193-of-1964 / Section 390.915
State board for public community and junior colleges; general supervision and planning, appropriations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The state board for public community and junior colleges, at least once each year, shall advise the state board of education concerning general supervision and planning for such colleges and requests for annual appropriations for their support.

History: 1964, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Jan. 1, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2121 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2121
Home insurance; criteria for selecting dwellings for inspection; inspection program; filing inspection criteria; disapproval of inspection criteria; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2121.

(1) If an insurer uses an inspection of a dwelling to determine whether the insured or applicant is an eligible person for home insurance, criteria for selecting dwellings for inspection shall not be based on race, color, creed, marital status, sex, national origin, residence, age, disability, or lawful occupation.

(2) If an insurer establishes an inspection program that provides for inspection of a portion of its existing business on a periodic basis, the inspection program shall not be based on any of the criteria in subsection (1).

(3) Criteria for selecting dwellings for inspection shall be filed with the commissioner for informational purposes only. The commissioner, after a hearing held pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, shall disapprove the further use of inspection criteria if the commissioner finds that the criteria are inconsistent with this chapter.

(4) There is no civil liability, other than contractual liability, if applicable, on the part of, and a cause of action of any nature does not arise against, the commissioner, an insurer, an inspection bureau, an authorized representative, agent, employee, or affiliate of the commissioner, an insurer, or an inspection bureau, or any licensed insurance agent for acts or omissions related solely to the physical condition of the property in an inspection conducted for insurance purposes under this chapter.

History: Add. 1979, Act 145, Eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Am. 1980, Act 461, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1981; Am. 1998, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 492, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003; Am. 2012, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.181 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-566-of-1978 / Section 15.181
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Governing board" means a board of regents, board of trustees, board of governors, board of control, or other governing body of an institution of higher education.

"Incompatible offices" means public offices held by a public official which, when the official is performing the duties of any of the public offices held by the official, results in any of the following with respect to those offices held:

The subordination of 1 public office to another.

The supervision of 1 public office by another.

A breach of duty of public office.

"Institution of higher education" means a college, university, community college, or junior college described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article 8 of the state constitution of 1963 or established under section 7 of article 8 of the state constitution of 1963.

"Public employee" means an employee of this state, an employee of a city, village, township, or county of this state, or an employee of a department, board, agency, institution, commission, authority, division, council, college, university, school district, intermediate school district, special district, or other public entity of this state or of a city, village, township, or county in this state, but does not include a person whose employment results from election or appointment.

"Public officer" means a person who is elected or appointed to any of the following:

An office established by the state constitution of 1963.

A public office of a city, village, township, or county in this state.

A department, board, agency, institution, commission, authority, division, council, college, university, school district, intermediate school district, special district, or other public entity of this state or a city, village, township, or county in this state.

History: 1978, Act 566, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2431 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2431
Inspectors at shareholders' or members' meeting; waiver; appointment and duties; failure to appoint; vacancy; report; evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 431.

If the bylaws require inspectors at a shareholders' or members' meeting, the requirement is waived unless compliance therewith is requested by a shareholder or member present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, the board, in advance of a shareholders' or members' meeting, may appoint 1 or more inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at a shareholders' or members' meeting may, and on request of a shareholder or member entitled to vote shall, appoint 1 or more inspectors. In case a person appointed fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding.

The inspectors shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each or the members entitled to vote, the shares or members entitled to vote represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders or members. On request of the person presiding at the meeting or a shareholder or member entitled to vote, the inspectors shall make and execute a written report to the person presiding at the meeting of any of the facts found by them and matters determined by them. The report is prima facie evidence of the facts stated and of the vote as certified by the inspectors.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 106.4 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 106.4
Constructing, purchasing, or extending waterworks; estimate of expense; special assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Before any money shall be borrowed, appropriated, raised, or expended for the purchase, construction, or extension of waterworks in any city, the council shall direct the board of public works to cause to be made an estimate of the expense thereof. The council may determine to specially assess any portion of the cost of water improvements to property especially benefited thereby pursuant to this act.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3250; CL 1915, 3168; CL 1929, 2092; CL 1948, 106.4; Am. 1969, Act 88, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970; Am. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.525 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 752.525
Religious meeting, disturbance, carrying on certain business within two miles, obstruction of highway; prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

No person shall wilfully disturb, interrupt, or disquiet any assembly of people met for religious worship, by profane discourse, by rude and indecent behavior, or by making a noise either within the place of worship, or so near it as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting; nor shall any person within 2 miles of the place where any religious society shall be actually assembled for religious worship, expose to sale or gift, any ardent or distilled liquors, wine, beer, cider, fruit, or any other article of food or merchandize, or keep open any huxter shop in any other place, inn, stand or grocery, than such as shall be, or have been duly licensed, or in which such person shall have usually carried on such business; nor shall any person within the distance aforesaid, exhibit any shows, or plays, unless the same shall have been duly licensed by the proper authority; nor shall any person within the distance aforesaid, promote, aid, or be engaged in any racing of any animals, or in any gaming of any description; nor shall any person obstruct the free passage of any highway to any place of public worship, within the distance aforesaid.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 158; CL 1857, 5880; CL 1871, 7714; How. 9300; CL 1897, 11713; CL 1915, 15488; CL 1929, 16839; CL 1948, 752.525
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.27a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.27a
Retirement allowances granted under MCL 38.27; adjustment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27a.

Beginning with retirement allowance payments due on or after June 1, 2004, retirement allowances granted under section 27 that began before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section shall be adjusted as provided in this section.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a retirement allowance shall not be less than $6,000.00 per year.

A portion of a retirement allowance payable to a surviving child or parent shall not be less than that portion of a retirement allowance that the child or parent was entitled to receive under section 27 before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.

History: Add. 2004, Act 109, Imd. Eff. May 20, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16294 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16294
Unlawful conduct; felony.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16294.

Except as provided in section 16215, an individual who practices or holds himself or herself out as practicing a health profession regulated by this article without a license or registration or under a suspended, revoked, lapsed, void, or fraudulently obtained license or registration, or outside the provisions of a limited license or registration, or who uses as his or her own the license or registration of another person, is guilty of a felony.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994