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Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.390 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.390
Conductor or flagperson; requirements for employment; applicability of section; substantial compliance; enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 390.

A person shall not be employed as a conductor on a railroad freight train in this state without having 2 years' prior experience as a brakeman or conductor on a freight or passenger train on a line of road. A person shall not be employed as a conductor on a passenger train in this state without having 1 year's prior experience as a conductor of a freight or passenger train on a line of road.

A person shall not be employed as a flagperson on a railroad train in this state without having 3 months' prior experience as a yard or road brakeman on a yard, freight, or passenger train on a line of road.

A railroad company by its officers, agents, or employees shall not knowingly engage or employ any person to act in the capacity of conductor or flagperson in violation of this act.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply in the case of the disability of a conductor or flagperson or in case of an accident or wreck of a railroad train.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any railroad company within this state or the receiver or lessee thereof, whose line of railway is less than 30 miles in length, nor shall anything herein contained relieve any railroad company from the negligence of any of its employees. If a railroad company is unable to hire a sufficient number of persons having the experience for the respective positions specified in this act, at the average rate of wages paid by said company during the next preceding year, it shall be considered a substantial compliance with this act if the company employs from among such persons as are available those having the highest qualifications as to experience and efficiency.

The department shall enforce this section.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11905 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11905
Contracts; provisions; remedies in case of default.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11905.

A contract by a municipality with a person or municipality may provide for any and all matters relating to the acquisition, construction, financing, and operation of the waste management project as are considered necessary. The contract may provide for appropriate remedies in case of default, including the right of the contracting municipality to authorize the state treasurer or other official charged with the disbursement of unrestricted state funds returnable to the municipality under the state constitution of 1963 or other laws of this state to withhold and apply sufficient funds from those disbursements to make up a default or deficiency.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.68 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.68
Application by county board for state and federal moneys.
Status: in_force

Sec. 68.

The county board shall apply to the state department of social welfare at such time, on such forms, and in such manner, as the state department shall prescribe for the allocation and distribution under section 18 of this act of state or federal moneys available for the several forms of public aid and relief, and with respect to such application shall be governed by the requirements and rules and regulations of the state department.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.68
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.148 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.148
Enforcement; supervision; and administration of article.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48.

The executive director shall enforce and supervise the administration of this article. The executive director shall employ personnel as necessary to implement this article.

History: Add. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1435 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-159-of-2012 / Section 722.1435
Applicability of sections to certain actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Section 7 governs an action to set aside an acknowledgment of parentage.

(2) Section 8 governs an action to determine that a genetic father is not a child's father.

(3) Section 9 governs an action to set aside an order of filiation.

(4) Section 11 governs an action to determine that a presumed parent is not a child's parent.

History: 2012, Act 159, Imd. Eff. June 12, 2012; Am. 2014, Act 376, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015; Am. 2024, Act 29, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 109.2 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 109.2
Fire equipment; water supply.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The council may purchase and provide suitable fire engines and such other apparatus, instruments and means for the use of the department as may be deemed necessary for the extinguishment of fires; and may sink wells and construct cisterns and reservoirs in the streets, public grounds and other suitable places in the city; and make all necessary provisions for a convenient supply of water for the use of the department.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3278; CL 1915, 3200; CL 1929, 2124; CL 1948, 109.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1715 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-625-of-2012 / Section 18.1715
Definitions; P to U.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

(2) "Public building" means any structure, building, or facility, including its equipment, furnishings, or appliances, that is owned or operated by a governmental unit.

(3) "Qualified energy service provider" means a person with a record of successful energy performance contract projects or a person who is experienced in the design, implementation, and installation of energy efficiency and facility improvement measures, the technical capabilities to ensure such measures generate energy and operational cost savings, and accredited by the national association of energy service companies (NAESCO), prequalified for work through the United States department of energy for federal facilities or any other national energy service company accreditation program.

(4) "Utility cost savings" means any utility expenses that are eliminated or avoided on a long-term basis as a result of equipment installed or modified, or services performed by a qualified energy service provider. Utility cost savings do not include merely shifting personnel costs or similar short-term cost savings.

History: 2012, Act 625, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.9b — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.9b
Detachment of territory from city; conditions; intergovernmental agreement imposing conditions on detachment; reannexation to detaching city; detached territory not subject to annexation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9b.

In addition to the detachment procedures otherwise authorized by this act, territory may be detached from a city if all of the following conditions are met:

The territory to be detached was annexed to the city after the city was incorporated.

The territory to be detached is to be reattached to the municipality from which that territory was annexed.

The city does not provide water or sewer service in the territory to be detached.

The council of the city from which the territory is being detached approves a resolution authorizing the detachment of the territory and confirming an agreement relating to the detachment.

The legislative body of the municipality from which the territory to be detached was annexed approves a resolution authorizing detachment of the territory and confirming an agreement related to the detachment.

The city and municipality involved in a detachment under this section may enter into an intergovernmental agreement which imposes conditions on the detachment. The conditions may include, but need not be limited to, building restrictions and zoning within the territory to be detached.

Territory detached under this section is immediately reannexed to the detaching city if any of the following occurs:

The city can and agrees to provide water and sewer services, the city certifies these facts to the state boundary commission, and the state boundary commission finds that the city can provide water and sewer services to this territory.

The municipality to which the territory was reattached fails to comply with the intergovernmental agreement, the city certifies that fact to the state boundary commission, and the state boundary commission finds that the municipality is not in compliance.

Reannexation pursuant to subsection (3) shall not be subject to the annexation requirements and restrictions of this act; Act No. 191 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 123.1001 to 123.1020 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; or Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 42.1 to 42.34 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

All or part of territory detached under this section shall not be subject to annexation.

History: Add. 1982, Act 465, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2101 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2101
Cases tried without jury; objections to testimony or evidence; exclusion of testimony from record; taking of excluded testimony; return of excluded testimony to court of appeals or supreme court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2101.

In all cases tried without a jury, the court shall rule upon all objections to the competency, relevancy, or materiality of testimony, or evidence offered; and in all cases where the court is of the opinion that any testimony offered is incompetent, irrelevant, or immaterial, the same shall be excluded from the record. If the testimony so offered and excluded is brief, the court may in its discretion permit the same to be taken down by the reporter or recorder separate and apart from the testimony received in the case; and in case of appeal, the excluded testimony may be returned to the appellate court under the certificate of the trial court. If the excluded testimony is not taken and returned to the court of appeals or supreme court on appeal, and upon the hearing of the appeal, the court of appeals or supreme court shall be of the opinion that the testimony is competent and material, it may order that the testimony be taken by deposition or under a reference, and returned to the court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2911 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2911
Subordination by agreement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A311.

Nothing in this article prevents subordination by agreement by any person entitled to priority.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.974 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-338-of-2018 / Section 408.974
Severability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

If any portion of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, such invalidity shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the other portions or applications of the act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

History: 2018, Act 338, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019; Am. 2018, Act 369, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019; 2018, Act 338, Eff. Feb. 21, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.912 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-231-of-1987 / Section 247.912
Selection and designation of projects by urban task force; failure to submit qualified projects; proposing project result evaluation criteria; annual report; administration of projects.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

(1) The urban task force that represents the majority of the communities in the urban area of each county shall select and designate for eligibility projects for funding under section 11(3)(b) within their respective allocations. One nonvoting member of each task force shall be a designee of and represent the administrator. In the case of widening projects only, the task forces shall designate projects for eligibility as follows:

(a) Projects shall be eligible for federal aid.

(b) Projects shall add travel lanes, left turn lanes, and intersectional improvements to roads with 2 travel lanes carrying more than 10,000 vehicles per day or roads with more than 2 travel lanes carrying more than 25,000 vehicles per day based on the most current traffic count or a traffic count done on or before April 1, 1993. Projects may also be for the construction of new roads with 3 or more travel lanes where the projected traffic count exceeds 10,000 vehicles per day based on an engineering study approved by the department.

(2) If any task force fails to submit sufficient qualified projects to obligate its allocation by July 1 of any fiscal year, those funds shall be made available to the remaining urban task forces in the same proportion as the original allocation.

(3) The individual urban task forces shall propose project result evaluation criteria for all projects to the administrator and the commission for review and comment.

(4) The urban task forces shall report to the administrator on an annual basis the status of all projects selected for funding.

(5) The programs and projects authorized in section 11(3)(b) shall be administered in a similar manner as current federal aid projects and in accordance with the adopted policies of the commission.

History: 1987, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987; Am. 1989, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1989; Am. 1991, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1991; Am. 1993, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Aug. 19, 1993; Am. 2016, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.951 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-424-of-1984 / Section 445.951
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "rental-purchase agreement act".

History: 1984, Act 424, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.119 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-93-of-1974 / Section 287.119
Mistreatment of rented horse; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Any patron of a riding stable who mistreats a rented horse shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1974, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.20 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-232-of-1863 / Section 486.20
By-laws of association; regulations, promulgation, publishing, enforcement; meetings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Said association shall have power by its by-laws to regulate the use of the water transmitted through the canal under its control by the several owners thereof; to determine the absolute or average head of said water; for the measurement of the quantity to be used by the several owners thereof in proportion to their interest in the water-power furnished by said canal; and to provide for the construction and maintenance in good order of all flumes, gateways, and other structures built to draw water from said canal, and for the tightening, contracting, or enlarging of the same according to the various stages of water in said canal; and in said by-laws to provide for the manner in which the aforesaid regulations shall be made, published, and enforced; and to provide for regular meetings of the association and the time and place of holding the same.

History: 1863, Act 232, Eff. June 22, 1863; Am. 1871, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1871; CL 1871, 2764; How. 3893; CL 1897, 6786; CL 1915, 8886; CL 1929, 11821; CL 1948, 486.20
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.374a — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-228-of-1959 / Section 286.374a
Sealed storage room; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

A person or other legal entity desiring to maintain a licensed sealed storage room shall notify the director within 5 days after the date of sealing. The oxygen within the sealed storage room maintained for apples shall be 5% or lower within 14 days after the storage room is sealed by the operator. An operator shall make available for inspection, upon request of the director, the daily record for the sealed storage rooms.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the apples shall be stored in a continuously sealed storage room that does not have more than 5% oxygen for a minimum period of 60 days, except that gala and jonagold varieties may be removed from storage in not less than 45 days.

The oxygen level in any sealed storage room maintained for apples may be more than 5% for an accumulated time not to exceed 10 days (240 hours) during the storage period. If the atmospheric conditions have been interrupted, the minimum storage period shall be increased to 70 days for all fruit except for gala and jonagold, which shall have a minimum storage period of 55 days.

All sealed storage rooms maintained for apples shall be sealed by the operator. To qualify for "CA" storage, the room must be sealed on or before November 15 of the storage year. At the time of inspection by a department representative, the representative must place an official seal on the door. An operator shall not break the seal and shall not enter the storage room during the days required for the sealed storage period, except as provided in subsection (3). If interruptions in atmospheric conditions occur, the operator shall notify the department within 48 hours after the atmospheric conditions in the sealed storage room are interrupted. Sealed storage rooms whose atmospheric conditions were interrupted may be resealed by an authorized representative of the department.

The air temperature of any sealed storage room maintained for apples shall not exceed 35 degrees Fahrenheit for jonathan, rome beauty, delicious (all), and stayman varieties and the temperature shall not exceed 41 degrees Fahrenheit for all other varieties during the interruption period.

History: Add. 2000, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-72-of-1917 / Section 449.1
Uniform partnership act; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(Name of act). This act may be cited as uniform partnership act.

History: 1917, Act 72, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 9841; CL 1948, 449.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.972 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-338-of-2018 / Section 408.972
Collective bargaining agreement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

(1) If an employer's employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective date of this act and the collective bargaining agreement conflicts with this act, this act applies beginning on the stated expiration date in the collective bargaining agreement, notwithstanding any statement in the agreement that it continues in force until a future date or event or the execution of a new collective bargaining agreement.

(2) If an employer's employee is covered by a contract, not including an employer policy signed by the employee, and all of the following requirements are satisfied, this act applies beginning on the stated expiration date in the contract, notwithstanding any statement in the contract that the contract continues in force until a future date or event or the execution of a new contract:

(a) The employer and employee signed the contract on or before December 31, 2024.

(b) The contract is effective for not longer than 3 years.

(c) The contract conflicts with this act.

(d) The employer notifies the department of the contract.

(3) If a small business did not employ an employee on or before February 21, 2022, the small employer is not required to comply with this act until 3 years after the date that the employer first employs an employee.

History: 2018, Act 338, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019; Am. 2025, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 21, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3151 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3151
Submission to mental or physical examination; physician requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3151.

(1) If the mental or physical condition of a person is material to a claim that has been or may be made for past or future personal protection insurance benefits, at the request of an insurer the person shall submit to mental or physical examination by physicians. A personal protection insurer may include reasonable provisions that are in accord with this section in a personal protection insurance policy for mental and physical examination of persons claiming personal protection insurance benefits.

(2) A physician who conducts a mental or physical examination under this section must be licensed as a physician in this state or another state and meet the following criteria, as applicable:

(a) If care is being provided to the person to be examined by a specialist, the examining physician must specialize in the same specialty as the physician providing the care, and if the physician providing the care is board certified in the specialty, the examining physician must be board certified in that specialty.

(b) During the year immediately preceding the examination, the examining physician must have devoted a majority of his or her professional time to either or both of the following:

( i ) The active clinical practice of medicine and, if subdivision (a) applies, the active clinical practice relevant to the specialty.

( ii ) The instruction of students in an accredited medical school or in an accredited residency or clinical research program for physicians and, if subdivision (a) applies, the instruction of students is in the specialty.

History: Add. 1972, Act 294, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2019, Act 21, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019; Am. 2019, Act 22, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1078 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1078
Tax liability for motor fuel imported from another country.
Status: in_force

Sec. 78.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, the tax imposed by section 8 on motor fuel imported from another country shall be paid by the licensed bonded importer who imported the motor fuel other than dyed diesel fuel on or before the twentieth day of the month following the month in which the motor fuel was imported. An importer shall report the total number of gallons of motor fuel imported but shall take a deduction from total gallons for dyed diesel fuel before calculating the tax.

If a licensed supplier or licensed permissive supplier precollects tax under section 72(5), that supplier is jointly and severally liable with the licensed bonded importer for the tax and shall remit the tax to the department on behalf of the importer under the same terms as a supplier payment under section 71. In this case, an import verification number is not required.

A bonded importer who sells motor fuel shall collect from the purchaser the tax imposed on that fuel by section 8.

A bonded importer required to remit tax under this act may remit the tax by an electronic funds transfer acceptable to the department. The electronic funds transfer shall be made on or before the date the tax is due.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1062 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-241-of-2004 / Section 752.1062
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Contact point" means any electronic identification to which messages can be sent, including any of the following:

An instant message identity.

A wireless telephone, a personal digital assistant, a pager number, or any other similar wireless communication device.

A facsimile number.

An electronic mail address.

Other electronic addresses subject to rules promulgated under this act by the department.

"Department" means the department of labor and economic growth.

"Internet domain name" means a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an internet host or service, assigned through centralized internet authorities, comprising a series of character strings separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying the top of the hierarchy.

"Minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years.

"Person" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, or any other legal entity.

"Registry" means the child protection registry created under section 3.

History: 2004, Act 241, Imd. Eff. July 21, 2004