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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2108 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2108
Definitions; M to P.
Status: in_force

Sec. 108.

(1) "Member" means a person that has a membership in a corporation in accordance with the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(2) "Nonprofit corporation" means a corporation incorporated to carry out any lawful purpose or purposes that does not involve pecuniary profit or gain for its directors, officers, shareholders, or members.

(3) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a domestic corporation, a domestic business corporation, a foreign corporation, a foreign business corporation, a limited liability company, or any other association, corporation, trust, or legal entity.

(4) "Predecessor act" means an act or part of an act repealed by this act, or an act or part of an act repealed by an act that this act repeals.

(5) "Private foundation" means a tax exempt corporation described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 501, that is classified as a private foundation under section 509(a) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 509.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1987, Act 170, Eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1990; Am. 1993, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1993; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.153 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-59-of-1851 / Section 484.153
Body corporate; certified copy of certificate as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Upon complying with the provisions of the last preceding section, such association shall be, and hereby is declared to be a body corporate, by the name designated in said certificate, and a copy of said certificate duly certified by the clerk of the county where the same is filed and recorded, or by the secretary of state, may be used as evidence in all courts and places, for and against any such association.

History: 1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851; CL 1857, 2051; CL 1871, 2627; How. 3695; CL 1897, 6669; CL 1915, 8769; CL 1929, 11665; CL 1948, 484.153
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2715 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2715
Notice lis pendens; duration; extension.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2715.

A notice of pendency hereafter filed for record shall be effective as notice for a period of 3 years from the date of filing. Before the expiration of the period, the court upon application of the plaintiff and upon such notice as may be directed or approved by the court, and for good cause shown, may from time to time grant additional orders each extending the period of duration of the notice of pendency for a period of not more than 3 years. If extended, a copy of the notice stating the date of filing of the immediately preceding notice, and stamped or marked "extended", shall be filed for record, recorded and indexed prior to the expiration of the notice of pendency then in force in the manner prescribed in this chapter.

A notice of pendency heretofore filed shall be effective for a period of 3 years from the effective date of this act, and shall be subject to extension as herein prescribed.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.15 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.15
Deed; failure to acknowledge; proof of handwriting where witnesses are unobtainable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

If all the subscribing witnesses to such deed shall also be dead or out of this state, the same may be proved before any court of record in this state, by proving the handwriting of the grantor, and of any subscribing witness thereto.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2734; CL 1871, 4217; How. 5665; CL 1897, 8970; CL 1915, 11702; CL 1929, 13290; CL 1948, 565.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.623 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-295-of-1982 / Section 552.623
Using order of income withholding as basis for refusing to employ, discharging, disciplining, or penalizing payer prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; restitution; use of occupational, driver's, or recreational or sporting license as basis; exception; fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

(1) A source of income shall not use a notice of income withholding as a basis for refusing to employ, discharging, taking disciplinary action against, or imposing a penalty against a payer. A source of income who refuses to employ, discharges, disciplines, or penalizes a payer in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, and shall be required to make full restitution to the aggrieved payer, including reinstatement and back pay.

(2) A source of income shall not use the suspension, as provided for in this act, of an occupational license, driver's license, or recreational or sporting license as the basis for refusing to employ, discharging, taking disciplinary action against, or imposing a penalty against a payer unless the suspended license is legally required for the payer's performance of the job. This act does not prevent a source of income from refusing to employ or discharging an individual whose occupational license, driver's license, or recreational or sporting license is suspended if that license is a necessary predicate to engage in that occupation, vocation, or profession.

(3) A source of income may charge and collect from a payer a fee in response to a notice of income withholding as follows:

(a) If a source of income submits income withholding payments by electronic means, the source of income may charge the payer a fee of $1.00 each time the source of income withholds payment from the payer, but not to exceed $2.00 per month.

(b) If a source of income submits income withholding payments by other than electronic means, the source of income may charge the payer a fee of $2.00 each time the source of income withholds payment from the payer, but not to exceed $4.00 per month.

(4) The fee authorized in subsection (3) shall be collected separately and apart from the income withheld for child support.

(5) Charging or collecting a fee under subsection (3) is not a violation of subsection (1).

History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983; Am. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986; Am. 1996, Act 235, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Am. 1996, Act 239, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998; Am. 2012, Act 357, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20153 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20153
Definitions; single-use device; reusing, recycling, or refurbishing prohibited; exceptions; violation as felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20153.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Health care provider" means a health facility or agency or a health professional that utilizes single-use devices in furnishing medical or surgical treatment or care to human patients.

(b) "Health professional" means an individual licensed, certified, or authorized to engage in a health profession under article 15, but not including dentists, dental hygienists, or dental assistants under part 166 or veterinarians or veterinary technicians under part 188.

(c) "Original device" means a new, unused single-use device.

(d) "Reprocessed" means with respect to a single-use device, an original device that has previously been used on a human patient and has been subjected to additional processing and manufacturing for the purpose of additional use on a different human patient. Reprocessed includes the subsequent processing and manufacture of a reprocessed single-use device and any single-use device that meets the definition in this subdivision without regard to any description of the device used by the manufacturer of the device or other persons, including a description that uses the term "recycled", "refurbished", or "reused" rather than the term "reprocessed". Reprocessed does not include a disposable or single-use device that has been opened but not used on a person.

(e) "Single-use device" means a medical device that is intended for 1 use or procedure on a human patient, including any device marked "single-use device".

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a health care provider shall not knowingly reuse, recycle, refurbish for reuse, or provide for reuse a single-use device.

(3) This section does not apply to a health care provider that does any of the following:

(a) Utilizes, recycles or reprocesses for utilization, or provides for utilization a single-use device that has been reprocessed by an entity that is registered as a reprocessor and is regulated by the United States food and drug administration.

(b) Utilizes an opened, but unused single-use device for which the sterility has been breached or compromised and that meets all of the following requirements:

( i ) The single-use device has not been used on a human patient and has not been in contact with blood or bodily fluids.

( ii ) The single-use device has been resterilized.

(c) Utilizes a used single-use device on the same human patient in an emergency situation.

(4) A health care provider that violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or both. A violation of this section by a health professional is considered a violation of article 15 and that health professional is subject to administrative action under sections 16221(h) and 16226.

History: Add. 2010, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3127 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3127
Distribution of loss, reimbursement, and indemnification among property protection insurers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3127.

The provisions for distribution of loss and for reimbursement and indemnification among personal protection insurers as set forth in subsection (2) of section 3115 and in section 3116 also applies to property protection insurers.

History: Add. 1972, Act 294, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.609a — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-57-of-1988 / Section 124.609a
Authority to issue negotiable bonds or notes; applicability of the revised municipal finance act, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9a.

(1) An authority may borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds or notes to finance any of the following for authority purposes:

(a) The acquisition, construction, and furnishing of buildings or facilities or portions of buildings or facilities.

(b) The acquisition of necessary property.

(c) The acquisition and installation of necessary equipment.

(2) An authority may issue general obligation unlimited tax bonds upon approval of a majority of the electors in the jurisdictional limits of the authority voting on the question of issuing the bonds. The proposal to issue general obligation unlimited tax bonds must be submitted to a vote of the electors of the authority by resolution of the board of the authority. The resolution must contain the language of the ballot proposal.

(3) The election for a bond proposal described in subsection (2) must be conducted and canvassed in the same manner as an election on a millage proposal as described in section 12 and in accordance with the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. The results of the election must be certified to the governing body of the authority promptly after the date of the election. Not more than 1 election may be held in the jurisdictional limits of an authority in a calendar year for approval of a bond issue authorized under subsection (2).

(4) If an authority issues general obligation unlimited tax bonds under subsection (2), the board, by resolution, shall authorize and levy the taxes necessary to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

(5) An authority may issue limited tax bonds or notes by resolution of the board without submitting the question to the electors in the jurisdictional limits of the authority.

(6) Bonds or notes issued by an authority are a debt of the authority and not of the incorporating municipalities. If an incorporating municipality withdraws from an authority, taxes imposed or levied for payment of bonds approved as provided in this act before the adoption of the resolution to withdraw must continue to be levied within the district as if the municipality did not withdraw from the authority until the principal of and interest on those bonds are paid in full.

(7) An authority shall not borrow money or issue bonds or notes for a sum that, together with the total outstanding bonded indebtedness of the authority, exceeds 5% of the state equalized valuation of the taxable property within the jurisdictional limits of the authority.

(8) All bonds or notes issued by an authority under this act are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

History: Add. 2022, Act 102, Imd. Eff. June 14, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3402 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3402
Formal testacy or appointment; proceedings; petition; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3402.

A petition for formal probate of a will or for adjudication of intestacy with or without request for appointment of a personal representative must be directed to the court, must request a judicial order after notice and hearing, and must contain the statements required by this section. A petition for formal probate of a will must include all of the following:

A request for an order as to the testacy of the decedent in relation to a particular instrument that may or may not have been informally probated and a request for an order determining the decedent's heirs.

The statements required for an informal application prescribed by section 3301(1)(a) and (b)( ii ) and ( iii ).

A statement as to whether the original of the decedent's last will is in the court's possession or accompanies the petition. If the original will is not in the court's possession or neither the original will nor an authenticated copy of a will probated in another jurisdiction accompanies the petition, the petition must also state the will's contents and shall indicate that the will is lost, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable.

A petition for adjudication of intestacy and appointment of a personal representative in intestacy must include all of the following:

A request for a judicial finding and order that the decedent left no will and determining the heirs.

The statements required by section 3301(1)(a) and (d).

A statement indicating whether supervised administration is sought. A petition under this subsection may request an order determining intestacy and heirs without requesting the appointment of a personal representative, in which case, the statements required by section 3301(1)(d)( ii ) may be omitted.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.227 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.227
Compliance by developer of mobile home condominium; prohibited requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 127.

A developer of a mobile home condominium shall comply with Act No. 419 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 125.1101 to 125.1147 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The administrator shall not impose requirements relating to density, zoning, layout, or construction inconsistent with rules regarding density, zoning, layout, or construction promulgated under Act No. 419 of the Public Acts of 1976.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 538, Imd. Eff. Jan. 17, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.454 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.454
Apportionment based on benefits; description of lands.
Status: in_force

Sec. 54.

All apportionment for benefits under the provisions of this act, shall be upon the principle of benefits derived. All description of lands under the provisions of this act shall be made by bounding the same or by giving the local sub-divisions thereof; and it may be described by designations of the lot, or in some way by which it may be known and identified.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4724; CL 1929, 4369; CL 1948, 247.454
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.622 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-192-of-1953 / Section 35.622
Soldiers' relief commission; abolition, transfer of powers and duties to county department of veterans' affairs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

In any county in which the board of supervisors adopts the provisions of this act, section 2 of the act creating the soldiers' relief commission created under the provisions of Act No. 214 of the Public Acts of 1899, as amended, being section 35.22 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is hereby declared to be inoperative and the powers and duties of commission are hereby transferred to the county department of veterans' affairs created under the provisions of this act, and wherever soldiers' relief commission is used in Act No. 214 of the Public Acts of 1899, as amended, and Act No. 235 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 35.801 to 35.804 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, it shall mean the county department of veterans' affairs herein created.

History: 1953, Act 192, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1958, Act 156, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5345 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5345
Duration of assignment proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5345.

Such proceedings shall be continued indefinitely until all debts of said petitioner are paid or they may be dismissed by the court after notice to interested parties upon the petition of the debtor or upon the court's own motion or upon the petition of any creditor who can show by evidence that the debtor is attempting to deceive the court or to be unfair or is in collusion with any person, persons, firm, firms, corporation or corporations, in connection with the receivership.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 35a — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 35a
Michigan state parks endowment fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35a.

(1) There is hereby established the Michigan state parks endowment fund. The endowment fund shall consist of revenues as provided in section 35 of this article, and as provided by law. The endowment fund may also receive private contributions of money or other things of value. The assets of the endowment fund shall be invested as provided by law.

(2) The accumulated principal of the endowment fund shall not exceed $800,000,000.00, which amount shall be annually adjusted pursuant to the rate of inflation beginning when the endowment fund reaches $800,000,000.00. This annually adjusted figure is the accumulated principal limit of the endowment fund.

(3) Money available for expenditure from the endowment fund as provided in this section shall be expended for all of the following:

(a) Capital improvements at Michigan State Parks.

(b) Operations and maintenance at Michigan State Parks.

(c) Acquisition of land or rights in land for Michigan State Parks.

(d) Administration of the endowment fund.

(4) Not less than 20 percent of the money made available for expenditure from the endowment fund from any state fiscal year shall be expended under subsection (3)(a) for capital improvements at Michigan State Parks.

(5) Money in the endowment fund shall be expended as follows:

(a) Until the endowment fund reaches an accumulated principal of $800,000,000.00, each state fiscal year the legislature may appropriate not more than 50 percent of the money received under section 35 of this article plus interest and earnings and any private contributions or other revenue to the endowment fund.

(b) Once the accumulated principal in the endowment fund reaches $800,000,000.00, only the interest and earnings of the endowment fund in excess of the amount necessary to maintain the endowment fund's accumulated principal limit may be made available for expenditure.

(6) Unexpended appropriations of the endowment fund from any state fiscal year as authorized by this section may be carried forward or may be appropriated as determined by the legislature for purposes of this section.

(7) The legislature shall provide by law for implementation of this section.

History: Add. S.J.R. E, approved Nov. 8, 1994, Eff. Dec. 24, 1994; Am. S.J.R. T, approved Aug. 6, 2002, Eff. Sept. 21, 2002; Am. S.J.R. O, approved Nov. 3, 2020, Eff. Dec. 19, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.611 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.611
Excise tax on incomes; rates.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Subject to the exclusions, adjustments, exemptions, and deductions herein provided, an annual tax of 1% on corporations and resident individuals and of 1/2% on nonresident individuals for general revenue purposes and the purposes provided for in sections 11a and 11b is hereby imposed as an excise on income earned and received on and after the effective date of this ordinance. However, if the governing body of the city adopts a resolution to impose the tax at a lower rate, the tax is hereby imposed at that lower rate. If the tax is imposed at a lower rate, the rate on nonresident individuals shall not exceed 1/2 of the rate on corporations and resident individuals.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964; Am. 1992, Act 276, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992; Am. 1993, Act 125, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Am. 1995, Act 233, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.862a — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-263-of-1974 / Section 141.862a
Local unit of government excise tax on persons engaged in business of providing rooms for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes to transient guests; exempt accommodations; amendment or repeal of ordinance; tax rate; subject to vote of electors in compliance with state constitution and subsection (1).
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

(1) Subject to subsection (4), the local governing body of a local unit of government that is located in a county with a population of more than 600,000 and less than 775,000 may enact an ordinance to levy, assess, and collect an excise tax from all persons engaged in the business of providing rooms for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, except in hospitals or nursing homes, to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the accommodations.

(2) An ordinance described in subsection (1) may be amended or repealed in the same manner as it was adopted.

(3) The excise tax imposed by a local unit of government must be at a rate of not more than 2% of the total charge for accommodations subject to this act.

(4) The local governing body of a local unit of government shall not levy an excise tax unless a majority of the qualified electors of that local unit of government voting on the question approve the levy of the excise tax in compliance with section 31 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(5) If a local unit of government meets the requirements of subsection (1) on the date it enacts an ordinance, the local unit of government may continue to levy, assess, and collect the excise tax.

History: Add. 2024, Act 35, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2024