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Mich. Comp. Laws § 830.411a — MI Code / Chapter 830 / Act Act-183-of-1964 / Section 830.411a
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

The legislature finds all of the following:

(a) That there is a present need for the state, its agencies, and departments, in order to carry out necessary governmental functions and enterprises and to provide necessary services to the people of the state as mandated or permitted by constitution and law, to do both of the following:

( i ) Rent, lease, or otherwise acquire additional buildings, together with necessary parking structures and lots, facilities, furnishings, equipment, and sites.

( ii ) Renovate or restore properties owned or used by this state.

(b) That this state now rents and leases from private owners at a substantial cost space and furnishings or equipment in many communities in order to provide services, and as this state continues to grow it will be necessary to rent or lease substantial additional space and furnishings or equipment from private owners at substantial additional cost to provide services.

(c) That the state building authority is created by this act with the powers granted in this act to do both of the following:

( i ) Provide additional space and furnishings or equipment in the best locations and in the most economical and efficient manner.

( ii ) Improve existing facilities through capital maintenance improvements or the restoration or renovation of those facilities.

History: Add. 1976, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1988, Act 248, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1988; Am. 2005, Act 67, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1205 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.1205
Contested case hearing; appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1205.

An applicant, licensee, or other person whose legal rights, duties, or privileges are required by this code to be determined by the department, after an opportunity for a hearing, has the right to a contested case hearing in the matter, which shall be conducted pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969 and authorized rules governing the hearing.

The decision, finding, or order of the department entered after the hearing may be appealed as provided by the administrative procedures act of 1969, except where otherwise provided by this code.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16288 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16288
MCL 333.16284 to 333.16287; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16288.

Sections 16284 to 16287 do not do any of the following:

(a) Require new or additional third party reimbursement for health care services rendered by a health professional through telehealth.

(b) Limit the provision of a health care service otherwise allowed by law.

(c) Authorize a health care service otherwise prohibited by law.

History: Add. 2016, Act 359, Eff. Mar. 29, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8118 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8118
Order of liquidation; provisions; filing as notice; rights and liabilities; judicial declaration of insolvency; accounting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8118.

An order to liquidate the business of a domestic insurer shall appoint the commissioner and his or her successors in office as liquidator and shall direct the liquidator to take possession immediately of the insurer's assets and to administer them under the court's general supervision. The liquidator shall be vested by operation of law with the title to all of the property, contracts, and rights of action, and all of the books and records of the insurer ordered liquidated, wherever located, as of the entry of the final order of liquidation. The filing or recording of the order with the clerk of the circuit court and the register of deeds of the county in which its principal office or place of business is located or, in the case of real estate, with the register of deeds of the county where the property is located, shall impart the same notice as a deed, bill of sale, or other evidence of title duly filed or recorded which the register of deeds would have imparted.

Upon issuance of the order, the rights and liabilities of the insurer and of its creditors, policyholders, shareholders, members, and all other persons interested in its estate shall become fixed as of the date of entry of the order of liquidation, except as provided in sections 8119 and 8137.

An order to liquidate the business of an alien insurer domiciled in this state shall be in the same terms and have the same legal effect as an order to liquidate a domestic insurer, except that the court is vested by operation of law with titles to the trusteed assets of the alien insurer and that the assets and business of the insurer in the United States shall be the only assets and business included in the order. The liquidator shall administer the trusteed assets in accordance with this chapter, subject at all times to the court's direction and supervision.

At the time of petitioning for an order of liquidation, or at any time thereafter, the commissioner, after making appropriate findings of an insurer's insolvency, may petition the court for a judicial declaration of insolvency. After providing notice and hearing as it considers proper, the court may make the declaration.

An order issued under this section shall require accounting to the court by the liquidator. Accountings shall be at intervals as the court specifies in its order.

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 1994, Act 227, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9b — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-3-of-1939 / Section 460.9b
Alternative gas suppliers; licensing procedure; maintenance of office; capabilities; records; tax remittance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9b.

The commission shall issue orders establishing a licensing procedure for all alternative gas suppliers participating in any natural gas customer choice program approved by the commission. An alternative gas supplier shall not do business in this state without first receiving a license under this act.

An alternative gas supplier shall maintain an office within this state.

The commission shall assure that an alternative gas supplier doing business in this state has the necessary financial, managerial, and technical capabilities and require the supplier to maintain records that the commission considers necessary.

The commission shall require an alternative gas supplier to collect and remit to state and local units of government all applicable users, sales, and use taxes if the natural gas utility is not doing so on behalf of the supplier.

History: Add. 2002, Act 634, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2711 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2711
Recruitment for programs created in MCL 333.2705 and 333.2707; designated physician specialty areas; preference; "qualified" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2711.

(1) For the programs created in sections 2705 and 2707, the department shall only recruit physicians who are qualified or students who are training to become qualified in 1 or more of the following designated physician specialty areas:

(a) General practice.

(b) Family practice.

(c) Obstetrics.

(d) Pediatrics.

(e) Emergency medicine.

(f) Internal medicine.

(g) Preventive medicine.

(h) Psychiatry or behavioral sciences.

(i) Geriatrics.

(2) When enrolling individuals to participate in the programs created in sections 2705 and 2707, the department may give preference to an individual who is qualified or studying in 1 or more of the specific designated physician specialty areas of general practice, family practice, obstetrics, pediatrics, or internal medicine over an individual who is qualified or studying in another designated physician specialty area described in subsection (1).

(3) As used in this section, "qualified" means board certified or eligible for board certification.

History: Add. 1990, Act 16, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990; Am. 2014, Act 172, Imd. Eff. June 17, 2014; Am. 2022, Act 38, Imd. Eff. Mar. 23, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1036a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1036a
Reinstatement of suspended contributions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36a.

If the actuary determines in his or her annual valuation of the system that the system is less than 100% funded, the retirement board may reinstate the member contributions that were suspended in sections 21, 22, and 50a and reduce the member contributions that were increased in section 22c.

History: Add. 1998, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2066 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-161-of-1988 / Section 487.2066
Conservatorship or receivership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Notwithstanding licensing under this act, if a licensee engaging in the issue or sale of checks that would otherwise be subject to the sale of checks act, 1960 PA 136, MCL 487.901 to 487.916, has refused to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, is unable to pay its obligations generally as they become due, or has liabilities exceeding its assets or whenever it appears to the commissioner that a licensee is in an unsafe or unsound condition, the commissioner may appoint a conservator or, with the attorney general representing the commissioner, may apply to the circuit court for the county in which the licensee is located for the appointment of a receiver for the licensee. The commissioner may require of the conservator a bond and security as the commissioner considers necessary.

History: 1988, Act 161, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988; Am. 1999, Act 275, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.333 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.333
Unsafe bridge; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 333.

A railroad shall not operate or move any locomotive, railroad car, or railroad maintenance machinery, except such locomotives, cars, and machinery needed for bridge repair, across any bridge determined by inspection to be unsafe.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26535 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-527-of-2008 / Section 333.26535
Fund; use as matching funds for federal grant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Money from the fund may be used as matching funds for a federal grant if those funds are to be used for the purposes described under section 3 only if the federal grant will benefit the county from which the matching funds were received.

History: 2008, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VII § 23 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VII § 23
Parks, boulevards, cemeteries, hospitals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Any city or village may acquire, own, establish and maintain, within or without its corporate limits, parks, boulevards, cemeteries, hospitals and all works which involve the public health or safety.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 23, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.927 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-204-of-1994 / Section 722.927
Decision to investigate; notice; pursuing administrative remedies or channels of complaint; further investigation; violation of state or federal criminal law; complaint against child placing agency; petition requesting court jurisdiction or termination of parental rights.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) Upon deciding to investigate a complaint, from a complainant and an individual not meeting the definition of complainant, the child advocate must notify the complainant or the individual not meeting the definition of complainant of the decision to investigate and must notify the department, adoption attorney, child placing agency, or residential facility of the intention to investigate. If the child advocate declines to investigate a complaint or continue an investigation, the child advocate must notify the complainant or the individual not meeting the definition of complainant and the department, child placing agency, or residential facility of the decision and of the reasons for the child advocate's action.

(2) The child advocate must advise a complainant of administrative remedies and may advise the individual to pursue all administrative remedies or channels of complaint open to the complainant before pursuing a complaint with the child advocate. Subsequent to the administrative processing of a complaint, the child advocate may conduct further investigations of a complaint upon the request of the complainant or upon the child advocate's own initiative.

(3) If the child advocate finds in the course of an investigation that an individual's action is in violation of state or federal criminal law, the child advocate must immediately report that fact to the county prosecutor or the attorney general. If the complaint is against a child placing agency or residential facility, the child advocate must refer the matter to the department for further action with respect to licensing.

(4) The child advocate may file a petition on behalf of a child requesting the court to take jurisdiction under section 2(b) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2, or a petition for termination of parental rights under section 19b of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.19b, if the child advocate is satisfied that the complainant has contacted the department, the prosecuting attorney, the child's attorney, and the child's guardian ad litem, if any, and that none of these persons intend to file a petition as described in this subsection.

History: 1994, Act 204, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 560, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005; Am. 2013, Act 38, Imd. Eff. June 4, 2013; Am. 2023, Act 303, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.416 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-179-of-1951 / Section 730.416
Peremptory challenges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

In a criminal trial the people and the respondent shall each be entitled to 4 peremptory challenges and no more. In a civil trial the plaintiff and the defendant shall each be entitled to 2 peremptory challenges and no more.

History: 1951, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.409c — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.409c
Candidates for nomination; withdrawal; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 409c.

After the filing of a nominating petition or affidavit of candidacy by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for the office of judge of the court of appeals, the proposed candidate is not permitted to withdraw unless he or she serves a written notice of withdrawal on the secretary of state or his or her duly authorized agent. The notice must be served not later than 3 days after the last day for filing nominating petitions if a nominating petition was filed for the proposed candidate, and not later than 3 days after the last day for filing affidavits of candidacy if an affidavit of candidacy was filed for the proposed candidate. If the third day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the notice of withdrawal may be served on the secretary of state or his or her duly authorized agent at any time on or before 4 p.m., eastern standard time, on the next secular day.

History: Add. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 60, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3406e — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3406e
Coverage for drug used in antineoplastic therapy and cost of its administration; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3406e.

An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy shall provide coverage in each policy for a drug used in antineoplastic therapy and the reasonable cost of its administration. Coverage must be provided for any United States Food and Drug Administration approved drug regardless of whether the specific neoplasm for which the drug is being used as treatment is the specific neoplasm for which the drug has received approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The drug is ordered by a physician for the treatment of a specific type of neoplasm.

(b) The drug is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in antineoplastic therapy.

(c) The drug is used as part of an antineoplastic drug regimen.

(d) Current medical literature substantiates its efficacy and recognized oncology organizations generally accept the treatment.

(e) The physician has obtained informed consent from the patient for the treatment regimen that includes United States Food and Drug Administration approved drugs for off-label indications.

History: Add. 1989, Act 59, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1989; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.60 — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.60
Advance from federal fund; repayment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60.

Upon request of the commission acting under the authority of section 26 (g) of this act, the governor may apply under section 1201 of the federal social security act to the secretary of labor of the United States for an advance to the unemployment compensation fund of this state; and, upon request of the commission, the governor shall request, under section 1202 (a) of the social security act, a transfer from the account of the state of Michigan in the federal unemployment trust fund to the federal unemployment account in said trust fund in repayment of part or all of any remaining balance of such advances to the unemployment compensation fund of this state.

History: Add. 1949, Act 282, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1949; Am. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951; Am. 1954, Act 197, Imd. Eff. May 7, 1954; Am. 1955, Act 281, Eff. July 15, 1955; Am. 1957, Act 311, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1957; Am. 1958, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1958; Am. 1959, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1959; Am. 1965, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1965; Am. 1970, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1834 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1834
Administrative hearing to contest ability to pay determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 834.

The department or community mental health services program shall inform the responsible parties that they have a right, by means of an administrative hearing, to contest an ability to pay determination that has been made by the department or community mental health services program. If the responsible party desires an administrative hearing, the following procedures apply:

The responsible party shall notify the department or community mental health services program in writing or on a form provided by the department or community mental health services program.

An administrative hearing shall be held and the department or community mental health services program shall make a redetermination of ability to pay.

A redetermination of ability to pay pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be made in accordance with this chapter.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.870 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-224-of-1966 / Section 445.870
Violation of act; assurance of discontinuance; acceptance by attorney general, approval of circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The attorney general, or with his consent a prosecuting attorney, may accept an assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice deemed in violation of this act from any person engaging in, or who has engaged in, such act or practice. Any assurance shall be in writing and filed with and subject to the approval of the circuit court of the county in which the alleged violator resides or has his principal place of business. Failure to perform the terms of any assurance constitutes prima facie proof of a violation of this act for the purpose of securing any injunction as provided in section 19 and for the purpose of section 18. After commencement of any action by a prosecuting attorney, the attorney general may not accept an assurance of discontinuance without the consent of the prosecuting attorney.

History: 1966, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.46101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.46101
Northport harbor; fishing for perch or smelt prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46101.

A person shall not take any of the species of fish known as perch with gill nets, pound nets, trap nets, seines, setlines, or set hooks, or any other device except a hook and line, and no nets of any description for the taking of perch shall be set within 200 feet of any dock in the waters of Northport harbor (known as Northport bay), and within a line beginning at the extreme southern end of lot 3, section 36, town 32 north, range 11 west of Northpoint point at the water's edge; thence on a line southerly across Northport bay to Bellows (Gull) island; thence southerly on a line from Bellows (Gull) island to most northerly point of lot 3, section 25, town 31 north, range 11 west; thence due west to the east shore of lot 1, section 25, town 31 north, range 11 west; thence northerly following the bay shore to the place of beginning. A person shall not set any trap or pound net in that part of Northport harbor north of a line beginning at the extreme southern end of lot 3, section 36, town 32 north, range 11 west of Northport point at the water's edge and extending west to the town line between 31 north and 32 north in the village of Northport.

A person shall not use a bait net in shallow waters along the shores of Northport harbor during the smelt spawning season to obtain smelt for other than a commercial purpose.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.560 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.560
Employing or contracting with personnel; method of compensation; publication of salaries.
Status: in_force

Sec. 560.

(1) A school of excellence, with the approval of the authorizing body, may employ or contract with personnel as necessary for the operation of the school of excellence, prescribe the personnel's duties, and fix the personnel's compensation. A school of excellence may implement and maintain a method of compensation for its employees that is based on job performance, job accomplishments, and job assignment in a subject area or school that is difficult to find employees to staff.

(2) By not later than November 1 of each year, each school of excellence shall post all of the following information on its website that is accessible to the public:

(a) The average salary for new teachers and the average salary for veteran teachers employed by the school of excellence or employed by an educational management organization and assigned to the school of excellence, or, if there are fewer than 5 new teachers or 5 veteran teachers at the school of excellence, the average salary for all teachers employed by the school of excellence or employed by an educational management organization and assigned to the school of excellence.

(b) The average salary for support staff employed by the school of excellence or employed by an educational management organization and assigned to the school of excellence.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Educational management organization" means that term as defined in section 553c.

(b) "New teacher" means an individual who has held a teaching certificate for less than 5 years.

(c) "Support staff" includes, but is not limited to, student-facing paraprofessionals, food service workers, bus drivers, and literacy coaches.

(d) "Veteran teacher" means an individual who has held a teaching certificate for 5 or more years.

History: Add. 2009, Act 205, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2010; Am. 2024, Act 214, Eff. Apr. 17, 2025