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Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.307b — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-106-of-1972 / Section 252.307b
Directional sign for publicly or privately owned activity or attraction; permit; limitations; display of message.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7b.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in this act to the contrary, the department may issue a permit for a directional sign for a publicly or privately owned activity or attraction that is nationally known or regionally known, that is of outstanding interest to the traveling public, and that is generally considered to be 1 of the following:

(a) A natural phenomenon.

(b) A scenic attraction.

(c) A historic, educational, cultural, scientific, or religious site.

(d) An outdoor recreational area.

(2) A permit issued under this section is exempt from section 7a, is not transferable, and is not eligible to be surrendered for an interim permit.

(3) A permit issued under this section shall be for a sign that is no larger than 150 square feet in size, no more than 20 feet high, and no more than 20 feet long, including border and trim and excluding supports.

(4) A sign for which a permit is issued under this section shall not be any of the following:

(a) Closer than 2,000 feet to an interchange, rest area, park land, scenic area, or intersection at-grade along the interstate system, a freeway, or a primary highway, as measured from the nearest point of the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit from, or entrance to, the main-traveled way.

(b) Closer than 1 mile to another directional sign on either side of the road facing the same direction.

(c) Located adjacent to a regulated route at a distance greater than 50 air miles from the activity or attraction.

(5) The department shall not issue a permit under this section if there are more than 3 signs identifying the same activity or attraction facing the same direction on either side of the road along a single regulated route approaching the activity or attraction.

(6) The message displayed on a sign for which a permit is issued under this section shall only identify the activity or attraction and directional information useful to the traveler in locating the activity or attraction, including mileage, route numbers, and exit numbers. The message displayed on a sign for which a permit is issued under this section shall not include descriptive words or phrases or pictorial or photographic representations of the activity or attraction or the surrounding area.

History: Add. 2014, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.864 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-205-of-1951 / Section 38.864
Contribution fund; administrative account, establishment, deposits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

There shall be established within the contribution fund a separate account to be known as the administrative account. This account shall consist of, and there shall be deposited therein, all moneys received under sections 9 and 18. All moneys received in the administrative account shall be mingled and undivided.

History: 1951, Act 205, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 490.243 — MI Code / Chapter 490 / Act Act-215-of-2003 / Section 490.243
Withdrawal by members and depositors and payment to other creditors; availability of amounts; receipt of shares and deposits; actions; return of control to credit union board; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 243.

While a domestic credit union is in conservatorship under this part, the commissioner may require the conservator to set aside and make available for withdrawal by members and depositors and payment to other creditors, on a ratable basis, amounts that in the opinion of the commissioner may be used safely for this purpose.

The commissioner may permit a conservator appointed under this part to receive shares and deposits.

Shares and deposits received while a domestic credit union is in conservatorship under this part are not subject to any limitation as to payment or withdrawal. The conservator shall segregate those shares and deposits and any new assets acquired on account of the shares and deposits and shall not use those shares, deposits, and assets to liquidate any indebtedness of the domestic credit union existing at the time that the conservator was appointed or for any subsequent indebtedness incurred for the purpose of liquidating any indebtedness of the domestic credit union existing at the time the conservator was appointed.

Any action taken by a conservator under subsection (3) may not remain in effect for more than 15 days after the date that the conservator returns control of the domestic credit union to the credit union board.

A conservator appointed under this part shall keep any shares and deposits received while the domestic credit union is in conservatorship in cash, invested in the direct obligations of the United States, or deposited in depository institutions designated by the commissioner.

Before returning control of a domestic credit union to the credit union board, a conservator appointed under this part shall publish a notice, in form approved by the commissioner, stating the date on which the affairs of the domestic credit union will be returned to the credit union board and that the provisions of subsection (3) will not apply after 15 days from that date. The conservator shall send a copy of the notice to every person who purchased shares or deposited money in the domestic credit union after the appointment of the conservator and before the time when control of the domestic credit union is returned to the credit union board.

History: 2003, Act 215, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.608 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.608
"Health" and "health insurance policy" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 608.

As used in this act:

(a) "Health" insurance is insurance provided under a health insurance policy.

(b) "Health insurance policy" means an expense-incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy, certificate, or contract.

History: Add. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1346 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-248-of-2005 / Section 390.1346
Report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) By December 1 of each year, the authority shall annually submit a report to the state budget director, the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and community colleges, and the house and senate fiscal agencies for the preceding fiscal year on the children of veterans tuition grant program. The report shall include, but is not limited to, the total number of tuition grants paid by the authority in the preceding fiscal year, the total dollar amount of those tuition grants, and the number of students receiving grants and the total amount of those grants at each eligible institution.

(2) In any academic year, if the authority estimates that insufficient money will be available in that academic year from the account established in section 5 to pay a maximum grant under section 4(2) for a full-time student of $2,800.00, the authority shall immediately report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education and community colleges, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director, regarding the estimated amount of additional money necessary to fund scholarships for all eligible students in that academic year at the maximum grant amounts under section 4(2).

History: 2005, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4716 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4716
Transmission of tax increment revenues to authority; expenditures; terms; reversion of unused funds; abolishment of plan; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 716.

(1) The municipal and county treasurers shall transmit tax increment revenues to the authority.

(2) The authority shall expend the tax increment revenues received for the development program only under the terms of the tax increment financing plan. Unused funds shall revert proportionately to the respective taxing bodies. Tax increment revenues shall not be used to circumvent existing property tax limitations. The governing body of the municipality may abolish the tax increment financing plan if it finds that the purposes for which it was established are accomplished. However, the tax increment financing plan shall not be abolished, allowed to expire, or otherwise terminate until the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued under section 717 have been paid or funds sufficient to make the payment have been segregated.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1533 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-269-of-1974 / Section 445.1533
Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

An action shall not be maintained to enforce a civil or criminal liability created under this act unless brought before the expiration of 4 years after the act or transaction constituting the violation.

History: 1974, Act 269, Eff. Oct. 15, 1974; Am. 1984, Act 92, Eff. June 20, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2116b — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2116b
Automobile insurance; lapse in coverage; prohibited conduct by insurer; applicability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2116b.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), an automobile insurer shall not refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure, limit coverage available to, charge a reinstatement fee for, or increase the premiums for automobile insurance for an eligible person solely because the person previously failed to maintain insurance required by section 3101 for a vehicle owned by the person.

(2) This section only applies to an eligible person that applies for automobile insurance before January 1, 2022.

History: Add. 2019, Act 21, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1424d — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1424d
Rehabilitation fund; creation; jurisdiction; payments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24d.

A fund to be known as the "rehabilitation fund" is created and established under the jurisdiction and control of the authority.

The following shall be paid into the rehabilitation fund:

Moneys appropriated and made available by the state for the purposes of the rehabilitation fund.

Other moneys which may be made available to or by the authority and designated by the authority for the purposes of the rehabilitation fund.

History: Add. 1977, Act 130, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.762 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-713-of-2002 / Section 28.762
Child abduction; broadcast.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A radio or television station receiving information concerning a child abduction from the Michigan state police pursuant to the Amber alert of Michigan act may broadcast that information in any manner designed to assist in the location of the abducted child or apprehension of any suspect.

History: 2002, Act 713, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3403 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-110-of-2006 / Section 125.3403
Amendment to zoning ordinance; filing of protest petition; vote.
Status: in_force

Sec. 403.

(1) An amendment to a zoning ordinance by a city or village is subject to a protest petition as required by this subsection. If a protest petition is filed, approval of the amendment to the zoning ordinance shall require a 2/3 vote of the legislative body, unless a larger vote, not to exceed a 3/4 vote, is required by ordinance or charter. The protest petition shall be presented to the legislative body of the city or village before final legislative action on the amendment and shall be signed by 1 or more of the following:

(a) The owners of at least 20% of the area of land included in the proposed change.

(b) The owners of at least 20% of the area of land included within an area extending outward 100 feet from any point on the boundary of the land included in the proposed change.

(2) Publicly owned land shall be excluded in calculating the 20% land area requirement under subsection (1).

History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.42714 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.42714
Violation as misdemeanor; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42714.

A person who violates this part or an order issued under this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both. A person who is convicted of a second violation of this part or an order issued under this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2001, Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 18, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 47.11 — MI Code / Chapter 47 / Act Act-275-of-1913 / Section 47.11
Board of county auditors; members' interest in contracts prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

No member of said board of auditors shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract with said county which may involve the expenditure of any county money, or in the sale of supplies to said county, or in the performance of any paid services of said county other than the services as a member of said board.

History: 1913, Act 275, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 2355; CL 1929, 1213; CL 1948, 47.11
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13912 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13912
Attachment or execution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3912.

Attachment or execution shall not be issued against a bank or its property before final judgment in any suit, action, or proceeding involving the bank in any court.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.551 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.551
Nominating petitions or filing fees; filing period.
Status: in_force

Sec. 551.

Until December 31, 2013, the secretary of state and the various county, township, and city clerks shall receive nominating petitions or filing fees filed under this act up to 4 p.m., eastern standard time, of the twelfth Tuesday before the August primary. Beginning January 1, 2014, the secretary of state and the various county, township, and city clerks shall receive nominating petitions or filing fees filed under this act up to 4 p.m., eastern standard time, of the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary. The provisions of this section do not apply to a city that does not nominate its officers under the provisions of this act.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 57, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990; Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.277 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-35-of-1909 / Section 457.277
Management and control.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The management and control of the business, affairs and property of such corporation shall be vested in said board of trustees, and said board shall have power to borrow any money and cause to be made and issued any bonds and mortgages authorized by section 4 of this act. Said trustees shall appoint from their number a chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer, who shall perform the duties of their respective offices in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of trustees.

History: 1909, Act 35, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 10440; CL 1929, 10641; CL 1948, 457.277
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.840 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-285-of-1965 / Section 338.840
Divulging of information; willful sale of or furnishing false information; penalty; privileged communications; notice and hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

(1) Any person who is or has been an employee of a licensee shall not divulge to anyone other than his or her employer or former employer, or as the employer shall direct, except as he or she may be required by law, any information acquired by him or her during his or her employment in respect to any of the work to which he or she shall have been assigned by the employer. Any employee violating the provisions of this section and any employee who willfully makes a false report to his or her employer in respect to any work is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) Any principal, manager, or employee of a licensee who willfully furnishes false information to clients, or who willfully sells, divulges, or otherwise discloses to other than clients, except as may be required by law, any information acquired during employment by the client is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to summary suspension of license and revocation of license upon satisfactory proof of the offense to the department. Any communications, oral or written, furnished by a professional or client to a licensee, or any information secured in connection with an assignment for a client, is considered privileged with the same authority and dignity as are other privileged communications recognized by the courts of this state.

(3) Suspension, revocation, denial, or other action against a licensee or applicant for a license as described in section 10 shall be accompanied by notice and an opportunity for a hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965; Am. 2002, Act 474, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 146, Imd. Eff. May 28, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.504 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-78-of-1935 / Section 38.504
Civil service commission; vacancies, removal, petition, hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

In event that any commissioner of said civil service commission shall cease to be a member thereof by virtue of death, removal or other cause, a new commissioner shall be appointed to fill out the unexpired term of said commissioner within 10 days after said commissioner shall have ceased to be a member of said commission. Such appointment shall be made by the officer or body who in the first instance appointed the commissioner who is no longer a member of the commission. The mayor or principal executive officer shall at any time remove any commissioner for incompetency, dereliction of duty, malfeasance in office or any other good cause, which shall be stated in writing and made a part of the records of the commission, and a copy of the removal shall be served on said commissioner forthwith: Provided, however, That once the mayor or principal executive officer has to remove any commissioner, such removal shall be temporary only and shall be in effect for a period of 10 days. If at the end of said period of 10 days the said commissioner shall fail to make answer thereto, he shall be deemed removed, otherwise the mayor shall file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of said county a petition setting forth in full the reason for said removal and praying for the confirmation by said circuit court of the action of the mayor in so removing the said commissioner. A copy of said petition, in writing, shall be served upon the commissioner so removed simultaneously with its filing in the office of the clerk of the circuit court and shall have precedence on the docket of the said court and shall be heard by said court as soon as the removed commissioner shall demand. All rights hereby vested in said circuit court may be exercised by the judge thereof during a vacation. In event that no term of court is being held at the time of filing of said petition, and the judge thereof cannot be reached in the county wherein the petition was filed, said petition shall be heard at the next succeeding term of said circuit court, whether regular or special, and the commissioner so suspended shall remain suspended until a hearing is had upon the petition of the mayor. The court, or the judge thereof, in vacation, shall hear and decide upon said petition. The contestant, against whom the decision of the court or judge thereof, in vacation, shall be rendered, shall have the right of appearing in person and by counsel and presenting his defense and to petition the supreme court for a review of the decision of the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, as in chancery cases. In event that the mayor shall fail to file this petition in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, as hereinbefore provided, within 10 days after the removal of said commissioner, such commissioner shall immediately resume his position as a member of the civil service commission.

History: 1935, Act 78, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1935; CL 1948, 38.504; Am. 1949, Act 271, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.848 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.848
Postelection statement; violation as misdemeanor; false statement as perjury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 848.

Each elected candidate subject to the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282, and whose candidate committee received or expended more than $1,000.00 during the election cycle shall file a postelection statement with the filing official designated to receive the elected candidate's candidate committee campaign statements under section 36 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.236. All of the following apply to a postelection statement required by this section:

The postelection statement must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

The elected candidate shall file the postelection statement before the elected candidate assumes office.

The postelection statement shall include an attestation signed by the elected candidate that, as of the date of the postelection statement, all statements, reports, late filing fees, and fines required of the candidate or a candidate committee organized to support the candidate's election under the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282, have been filed or paid.

The postelection statement shall include an attestation signed by the elected candidate acknowledging that making a false statement in a postelection statement is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.

Failure to file a postelection statement as required by subsection (1) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or both.

Making a false statement in a postelection statement required under subsection (1) is perjury, punishable as provided in section 936.

History: Add. 2003, Act 119, Imd. Eff. July 29, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.601 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.601
Meanings of terms; other provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.

A term used in this part and not defined differently shall have the same meaning as when used in comparable context in the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes in effect for the tax year unless a different meaning is clearly required. A reference in this part to the internal revenue code includes other provisions of the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes.

History: Add. 2011, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.736f — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.736f
Ballot marking instructions; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 736f.

The ballot marking instructions as provided in sections 736b, 736c, 736d, 736e, and 764, are the only written ballot marking instructions that shall be provided to an elector.

History: Add. 2012, Act 128, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.416 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.416
Special deposit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 416.

As a condition of qualifying for and maintaining authority to transact insurance in this state or for qualifying as an eligible unauthorized insurer, the commissioner may require an insurer to maintain a special deposit with the state treasurer in such amount as the commissioner considers necessary for the protection of Michigan policyholders and claimants. The special deposit is subject to special deposit claims pursuant to section 8141a.

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992