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Mich. Comp. Laws § 121.14a — MI Code / Chapter 121 / Act Act-4-of-1957 / Section 121.14a
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14a.

(1) The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds by the authority shall be published in full in a newspaper of general circulation within the corporate limits of the authority within 1 week after its adoption. If, within 30 days from the publication of the resolution, a petition signed by not less than 2% of the registered electors in any part of the authority is filed with the secretary of the authority, requesting a referendum upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, then the bonds shall not be issued until approved by the vote of a majority of the qualified electors residing within the corporate limits of the authority voting on the question.

(2) If a petition for a referendum is filed with the secretary of the authority within the prescribed time period, the board of commissioners of the authority, by resolution, shall establish the date of the election, which shall be not less than 60 days or more than 90 days after the adoption of the resolution. The secretary of the authority, within 3 days after the adoption of the resolution, shall transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the governing body of each city, village, or township that is a part of the authority. The governing body of each city, village, or township shall forthwith provide for an election in accordance with the resolution so passed, in which the question of issuing the bonds shall be submitted. The ballots for use in the election shall be provided by the authority and the elections shall be conducted in the same manner as all special elections are required to be conducted in the respective cities, villages, and townships except that wherever any part or all of a village belonging to the authority is located in a township that is not a member of the authority, the village shall conduct the special election.

(3) The governing bodies of the cities, villages, and townships that are a part of the authority shall act as a board of canvassers and shall certify the results of the election to the board of commissioners of the authority within 5 days after the date of the election. The board of commissioners of the authority within 5 days after the date of election shall compile and tabulate the vote as received from the respective cities, villages, and townships and certify the result of the election by resolution upon the records of the authority and a majority of the total valid votes cast at the election voting “yes” on the question submitted shall constitute an approval.

(4) A petition under subsection (1), including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5236 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5236
Voting rights; inspectors of election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5236.

Whenever any stockholder or member present at a meeting of stockholders or members of an insurer shall request the appointment of inspectors, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint inspectors who need not be stockholders or members. If the right of any person to vote at such meeting shall be challenged, the inspectors of election shall determine such right. The inspectors shall receive and count the votes either upon an election or the decision of any question and shall determine the result. Their certificate of any vote shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.506a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.506a
Prisoners committing offenses defined in MCL 750.81 to 750.86; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 506a.

If a person, lawfully imprisoned in a jail or other place of confinement established by law, for any crime or offense, or lawfully imprisoned in a jail or other place of confinement after being sentenced for a crime or offense and awaiting or in transit to or from a prison or other place of confinement, commits any offense defined in sections 81 to 86, the court may impose the appropriate penalties prescribed in sections 81 to 86 to run consecutively with any sentence which the person is already serving.

If a person, lawfully detained in a jail or other place of confinement established by law, and awaiting arraignment, examination, trial or sentencing for any crime or offense, commits a subsequent offense defined in sections 81 to 86, if convicted of the crime or offense for which he was detained at the time he committed the subsequent offense, any sentences imposed for conviction of the prior offense and for conviction of the subsequent offense under sections 81 to 86 may run consecutively.

History: Add. 1974, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1111 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1111
Operation of military vehicle or aircraft while under influence of intoxicating liquor in reckless or wanton manner or without authority; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.

A person subject to this code who operates a military vehicle or aircraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or in a reckless or wanton manner or without authority shall be punished as a court-martial directs.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.14a — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.14a
Applicability of chapter to certain felonies; MCL 400.60(2) to 400.722(4).
Status: in_force

Sec. 14a.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapters 400 to 407 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 400.60(2) Property H Welfare - obtaining over $500 by failure to inform 4 400.293 Pub trst E Charitable organizations and solicitations act violations 5 400.603 Pub trst G Medicaid fraud - false statement in benefit/concealing information 4 400.604 Pub trst G Medicaid fraud - kickback/referral fees 4 400.605 Pub trst G Medicaid fraud - false statement regarding institutions 4 400.606 Property E Medicaid fraud - conspiracy 10 400.607 Pub trst G Medicaid fraud - false claim/medically unnecessary 4 400.609 Property D Medicaid fraud - fourth or subsequent offense 10 400.713(13) Pub saf H Adult foster care - unlicensed facility 2 Pub saf F Adult foster care - unlicensed facility - subsequent violation 5 400.722(4) Pub saf F Adult foster care - maintaining operation after refusal of licensure 5

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

400.60(2)

Property

H

Welfare - obtaining over $500 by failure to inform

4

400.293

Pub trst

E

Charitable organizations and solicitations act violations

5

400.603

Pub trst

G

Medicaid fraud - false statement in benefit/concealing information

4

400.604

Pub trst

G

Medicaid fraud - kickback/referral fees

4

400.605

Pub trst

G

Medicaid fraud - false statement regarding institutions

4

400.606

Property

E

Medicaid fraud - conspiracy

10

400.607

Pub trst

G

Medicaid fraud - false claim/medically unnecessary

4

400.609

Property

D

Medicaid fraud - fourth or subsequent offense

10

400.713(13)

Pub saf

H

Adult foster care - unlicensed facility

2

Pub saf

F

Adult foster care - unlicensed facility - subsequent violation

5

400.722(4)

Pub saf

F

Adult foster care - maintaining operation after refusal of licensure

5

History: Add. 2002, Act 29, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002; Am. 2010, Act 378, Eff. Mar. 30, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.2 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-87-of-1855 / Section 456.2
Cemetery corporation; acquisition of land, encumbrance, payment; lease, restriction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Such corporation shall have power to acquire and hold in fee, or for a term of years, so much land as may be necessary for their burying ground: Provided, That no land thus held shall be in any way encumbered by such corporation: And provided further, That the purchase price thereof, and interest thereon, or the rent reserved therefor, and the costs of fencing, improving and platting the same, shall be paid out of the funds first realized from the sale of rights of burial: And provided, further, That any lease of land to such corporations, shall contain a covenant on the part of the lessor, that the land thus leased shall never be used by him, his heirs or assigns, for any other than burial purposes, and that all rights of burial acquired under such corporation, shall remain unimpaired, although such lease may expire, or such corporation may forfeit the rights acquired under such lease, by reason of non-compliance with the conditions thereof.

History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855; CL 1857, 1718; Am. 1865, Act 282, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1865; CL 1871, 3374; How. 4729; CL 1897, 8363; CL 1915, 11123; CL 1929, 10402; CL 1948, 456.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.411x — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.411x
Cyberbullying prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; violation as felony; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411x.

(1) A person shall not cyberbully another person.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

(3) A person who violates subsection (1), and who has a prior conviction for a violation of subsection (1), is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(4) A person who violates subsection (1) in a manner that involves a continued pattern of harassing or intimidating behavior and by that violation causes serious injury to the victim is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both. As used in this subsection, "serious injury" means permanent, serious disfigurement, serious impairment of health, or serious impairment of a bodily function of a person.

(5) A person who violates subsection (1) in a manner that involves a continued pattern of harassing or intimidating behavior and by that violation causes the death of the victim is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

(6) As used in this section:

(a) "Cyberbully" includes posting a message or statement in a public media forum about any other person if both of the following apply:

( i ) The message or statement is intended to place a person in fear of bodily harm or death and expresses an intent to commit violence against the person.

( ii ) The message or statement is posted with the intent to communicate a threat or with knowledge that it will be viewed as a threat.

(b) "Pattern of harassing or intimidating behavior" means a series of 2 or more separate noncontinuous acts of harassing or intimidating behavior.

(c) "Public media forum" means the internet or any other medium designed or intended to be used to convey information to other individuals, regardless of whether a membership or password is required to view the information.

History: Add. 2018, Act 457, Eff. Mar. 27, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17437 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17437
Time of certification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17437.

Except for a licensee from another state who is seeking licensure in this state, an optometrist licensed after the effective date of this section who intends to obtain certification to administer diagnostic pharmaceutical agents and to administer and prescribe therapeutic pharmaceutical agents shall obtain the certification at the time of initial licensure.

History: Add. 1994, Act 384, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 453.331 — MI Code / Chapter 453 / Act Act-106-of-1895 / Section 453.331
Michigan state horticultural society; legalization of acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That all acts of the Michigan state horticultural society since its organization under and by virtue of Act No. 125 of the laws of Michigan of 1871, being “An act to provide for the incorporation of societies for the promotion of pomology, horticulture and the kindred sciences and arts in the state of Michigan,” with reference to acquiring property, and all things that said society may have done in and about its business, is hereby declared to be as legal and valid, as though its amended articles of association, by which the name of said society was changed had been regularly and properly filed with the secretary of state in accordance with the law.

History: 1895, Act 106, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1915, 7886; CL 1929, 10244; CL 1948, 453.331
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.111 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.111
Offering residential condominium for sale; compliance with occupational code required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A residential condominium in this state shall not be offered for sale unless in compliance with article 24 or article 25 of the occupational code, Act No. 299 of the Public Acts of 1980, being sections 339.2401 to 339.2412 and 339.2501 to 339.2516 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1982, Act 538, Imd. Eff. Jan. 17, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.2006 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-499-of-2000 / Section 550.2006
Program benefits; duties of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

In providing program benefits, the department may do all of the following:

Enter into a contract with a private individual, corporation, or agency to manage the EPIC program. A contract entered into under this subdivision shall be awarded through a competitive bidding process.

Use procedures and rebate amounts specified under section 1927 of title XIX of the social security act, 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8, to secure quarterly rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers for outpatient drugs dispensed to participants in EPIC.

For products distributed by the pharmaceutical manufacturers not providing quarterly rebates as listed in subdivision (b), require preauthorization.

History: 2000, Act 499, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.17 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 111.17
Unpaid taxes; new warrants; suits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The county treasurer may issue new warrants to the city treasurer for the collection of taxes in the same manner and in the same cases, and with the same effect, as such new warrant may be issued to township treasurers. The city collector may, and it shall be his duty to proceed by suit in the name of the city, for the collection of unpaid taxes in the same cases, and under like circumstances in which township treasurers are authorized to proceed in that manner and all the provisions of law applicable to suits and evidence therein brought by township treasurers in the name of their township for such purposes, shall apply to suits brought by the city treasurer as aforesaid.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3334; CL 1915, 3258; CL 1929, 2180; CL 1948, 111.17
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.334 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-235-of-1947 / Section 123.334
Disposal system; joint board or commission, control; members, election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

On or before the date specified in said ordinance, it shall be the duty of each of such public corporations, by its legislative or governing body, to elect 1 member of a joint board or commission. The members so elected shall elect 1 additional member, and the board so constituted shall have full control of the operation, extension and improvement of the system except as herein otherwise provided. The members of such board shall be elected annually in the same manner.

History: 1947, Act 235, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 123.334
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21536 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21536
Holders of bonds or notes; rights and remedies not limited, restricted, or impaired.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21536.

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of bonds or notes issued under this part that the state shall not limit or restrict the rights vested in the authority by this part to fulfill the terms of an agreement made with the holders of authority bonds or notes, or in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the bonds or notes of the authority until the bonds and notes, together with interest on the bonds or notes and interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with an action or proceedings by or on behalf of those holders are fully met, paid, and discharged.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4304 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4304
Habeas corpus; power to issue writ.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4304.

The writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of detention, or an order to show cause why the writ should not issue, may be issued by the following:

The supreme court, or a justice thereof.

The court of appeals, or a judge thereof.

The circuit courts, or a judge thereof.

The municipal courts of record, including but not limited to the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, common pleas court, or a judge thereof.

The district courts, or a judge thereof.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1967, Act 65, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1967; Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5240 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5240
Discharging duties of director or officer; commencement of action for failure to perform duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5240.

A director or an officer shall discharge the duties of that position in good faith and with that degree of diligence, care, and skill which an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances in a like position. In discharging his or her duties, a director or an officer, when acting in good faith, may rely upon the opinion of counsel for the corporation, upon the report of an independent appraiser selected with reasonable care by the board, or upon financial statements of the corporation represented to him or her as correct by the president or the officer of the corporation having charge of its books of account, or as stated in a written report by an independent public or certified public accountant or firm of accountants fairly to reflect the financial condition of the corporation.

An action against a director or officer for failure to perform the duties imposed by this section shall be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action has accrued, or within 2 years after the time when the cause of action is discovered, or should reasonably have been discovered, by the complainant, whichever occurs first.

History: Add. 1988, Act 290, Eff. Jan. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.231 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-101-of-1979 / Section 21.231
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

For purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 2 to 4 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1979, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.1023 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-246-of-2000 / Section 287.1023
Providing information to pet shops and animal shelters.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

The department shall provide each pet shop, animal control shelter, and animal protection shelter with information on the requirements of this act.

History: 2000, Act 246, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 474.67a — MI Code / Chapter 474 / Act Act-295-of-1976 / Section 474.67a
Soo Locks fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17a.

(1) The Soo locks fund is created as a separate restricted account within the comprehensive transportation fund and shall be administered by the department for the purposes of fulfilling the state's portion of the nonfederal cost share for construction of a new marine lock facility at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, as authorized under section 17(1).

(2) The following funds may be deposited into the Soo locks fund:

(a) Comprehensive transportation fund revenues or comprehensive transportation fund bond proceeds.

(b) Other revenues that are appropriated for the purpose of subsection (1).

(3) For each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001 and ending with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2050, there is appropriated from the fund an amount necessary to fulfill the terms and conditions of the state's agreement with the Great Lakes commission, acting in its capacity as the principal fiduciary agent for the nonfederal cost share, for the construction of a new marine lock facility at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

(4) Principal and interest earnings in the fund shall not lapse and shall remain in the fund at the close of the fiscal year and shall carry forward for use for the purposes described in subsection (1), except for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007 when $5,270,000.00 shall lapse to the comprehensive transportation fund.

(5) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(6) Any unexpended balances remaining in the fund upon fulfillment of the state's obligation as described in this section shall lapse to the funds from which originally appropriated.

History: Add. 2001, Act 126, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 2001; Am. 2007, Act 68, Imd. Eff. Sept. 28, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.845 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-448-of-1976 / Section 460.845
Eminent domain.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45.

A joint agency may take private property under Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, or any other applicable law as determined necessary by a joint agency for carrying out its purpose, except that a joint agency shall not exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire an existing electrical generation or transmission facility or a part thereof held in private ownership, including, without limitation, nonprofit corporation, without first securing in writing the approval of the lawful private owner or owners.

History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977