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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26285 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-85-of-2016 / Section 333.26285
Designation of lay caregiver.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) As soon as practicable following a patient's admission to a hospital as an inpatient and before the patient's discharge from the hospital to the patient's residence, the hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient's legal guardian or patient advocate with an opportunity to designate a lay caregiver.

(2) If the patient is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated upon entry into the hospital, the hospital shall provide the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient advocate with an opportunity to designate a lay caregiver within a given time frame, at the discretion of the attending physician, following the patient's recovery of consciousness or capacity.

(3) If the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient advocate declines to designate a caregiver under this act, the hospital shall document that decline in the patient's medical record. Upon the documentation in the patient's medical record described in this subsection, the hospital has complied with the requirements of this act.

(4) If the patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient advocate designates an individual as a caregiver under this act, the hospital shall record the patient's designation of caregiver, the relationship of the designated caregiver to the patient, and the name, telephone number, and other appropriate contact information of the patient's designated caregiver in the patient's medical record.

(5) A patient, the patient's legal guardian, or the patient advocate may elect to change the patient's designated caregiver at any time, and the hospital must record the change in the patient's medical record before the patient's discharge.

(6) This does not require a patient or a patient's legal guardian to designate an individual as a caregiver.

(7) A designation of a caregiver by a patient, a patient's legal guardian, or a patient advocate does not obligate the designated individual to perform any after-care assistance for the patient.

(8) If the patient is a minor child and the parents of the patient are divorced, the custodial parent has the authority to designate a caregiver. If the parents have joint custody of the patient, the parents shall jointly designate the caregiver.

History: 2016, Act 85, Eff. July 12, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1006 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-80-of-1981 / Section 141.1006
Bonds or obligations; terms and conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The bonds or obligations may be serial bonds or term bonds or a combination of serial and term bonds, shall mature in not more than 30 years, may bear interest at a rate or rates, may be subject to redemption prior to maturity with or without premium, may be sold in 1 or more series at public or private sale at a discount of not to exceed 10% of the principal amount of the bonds or obligations, and may have other terms and conditions all as determined by resolution of the legislative body of the city or county.

History: 1981, Act 80, Eff. July 15, 1981; Am. 1987, Act 279, Eff. Apr. 11, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.223 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-280-of-1995 / Section 129.223
Adoption of resolution; determination of acceptable financial transaction devices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Before a local unit accepts a payment by financial transaction device for a tax, assessment, or fee, the governing body of the local unit shall adopt a resolution authorizing the acceptance of payments by financial transaction devices. The resolution shall designate the treasurer of the local unit as responsible for determining the types of financial transaction devices that may be accepted. The resolution may designate an additional officer or employee as jointly responsible with the treasurer for determining the financial transaction devices that may be accepted. However, if the treasurer is not an elected treasurer, the resolution may provide that the determination of the types of financial transaction devices shall be subsequently approved by resolution of the governing body. The determination of the financial transaction devices that may be accepted shall comply with any resolution for the deposit of public money under section 2 of Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1932, being section 129.12 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, applicable to that local unit. The resolution under this subsection shall specify any taxes, assessments, or fees for which payments by financial transaction devices will not be accepted.

Notwithstanding the resolution adopted under subsection (1), if an elected official's office has direct responsibility to collect a tax, assessment, or fee and the elected official is not a voting member of the governing body of the local unit, the elected official may determine not to accept payments by financial transaction devices for that particular tax, assessment, or fee. Before implementing such a determination, the elected official shall notify the governing body of the local unit in writing of the particular tax, assessment, or fee for which payments by financial transaction devices will not be accepted.

History: 1995, Act 280, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 395.102c — MI Code / Chapter 395 / Act Act-148-of-1943 / Section 395.102c
Written policy for complaints filed by students.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2c.

A proprietary school licensed under this act shall adopt and publish a written policy that allows students to file a complaint with the department for any violation of this act or rules promulgated under this act.

History: Add. 2009, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7606 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7606
Payment of expenses and obligations of settlor's estate; duty of trustee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7606.

(1) A trustee of a trust described in section 7605(1) shall pay to the personal representative of the settlor's estate the amount that the personal representative certifies in writing to the trustee is required to pay the administration expenses of the settlor's estate; an enforceable and timely presented claim of a creditor of the settlor, including a claim for the settlor's funeral and burial expenses; and homestead, family, and exempt property allowances. The trustee may rely on the certificate of the personal representative without liability to a trust beneficiary or another party. If a personal representative is not appointed for the settlor's estate, the trustee shall pay directly to the creditor an enforceable and timely served claim of a creditor of the settlor, including a claim for the settlor's funeral and burial expenses. If a personal representative is not appointed for the settlor's estate within 4 months after the date of the publication of notice to creditors, a trust described in section 7605(1) is not liable for payment of homestead, family, or exempt property allowances. A payment made by a trustee is subject to this section, but the payment shall be made exclusively out of property, or the proceeds of property, that is includable in the settlor's gross estate for federal estate tax purposes, other than assets described in section 7605(2) to (4).

(2) Subject to section 7607, unless a settlor provides in his or her will or, in the absence of such a provision, designates in the trust the money or property passing under a trust to be used as described in section 7605(1), the administration expenses of the settlor's estate; an enforceable and timely filed claim of a creditor of the settlor, including a claim for the settlor's funeral and burial expenses; or homestead, family, and exempt property allowances, to be paid in accordance with subsection (1), shall be paid from the property of the trust in the following order:

(a) Property of the trust residue remaining after all distributions that are to be satisfied by reference to a specific property or type of property, fund, money, or statutory amount.

(b) Property that is not to be distributed out of specified or identified property or a specified or identified item of property.

(c) Property that is to be distributed out of specified or identified property or a specified or identified item of property.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.693 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.693
Nomination by more than 1 party or for more than 1 office; failure to make choice; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 693.

Any person nominated at a primary or certified as a candidate by more than 1 political party for the same office, or for more than 1 office, except where 2 or more offices may be legally combined, who fails to designate the particular office sought and the party column in which it is desired that his or her name be printed or placed on the ballots or voting machines for the ensuing election, as herein provided, shall have his or her name printed or placed on said ballots or voting machines by the proper board of election commissioners in the following manner:

Should such candidate's name have been certified by more than 1 political party, it shall be printed or placed in the column of that party first making certification;

Should such candidate be nominated at a primary by 1 political party pursuant to the filing of petitions and be certified as a candidate by another party for the same office, or for more than 1 office, except where 2 or more offices may be legally combined, such candidate's name shall be printed or placed on the ballots or voting machines in the party column and for that office for which petitions were filed; or

Should the name of such candidate be written or placed on the primary election ballots or voting machines for the same office, or for more than 1 office, except where 2 or more offices may be legally combined, by the electors of more than 1 political party without petitions having been filed or certification made, then the name of such candidate shall be printed or placed on the ballots or voting machines for the office and in the column of that party casting the greatest number of votes for such candidate at the preceding primary election.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5903 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5903
Tax exemption certificate; findings of department; notice to state tax commission; issuance and effective date of certificate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5903.

If the department finds that the facility is designed and operated primarily for the control, capture, and removal of pollutants from the air, and is suitable, reasonably adequate, and meets the intent and purposes of part 55 and rules promulgated under that part, the department shall notify the state tax commission, which shall issue a certificate. The effective date of the certificate is the date on which the certificate is issued.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7011 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7011
Conditions to issuance of certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7011.

The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of authority to a MEWA unless all of the following conditions have been met:

The commissioner is satisfied that:

The employers in the MEWA are members of an association or group of 2 or more businesses or entities that are in the same trade or industry or same type of service, including closely related businesses that provide support, services, or supplies primarily to that trade, service, or industry.

The association or group of employers in the MEWA is engaged in substantial activity for its members other than sponsorship of an employee welfare benefit plan.

The association or group of employers in the MEWA has been in existence for a period of not less than 2 years.

The employee welfare benefit plan of the association or group is controlled and sponsored directly by participating employers or employee members, or both.

The MEWA has within its own organization adequate facilities and competent personnel to service the employee benefit plan or has contracted with an authorized third party administrator to provide services. A third party administrator contracting with a MEWA pursuant to this subparagraph shall deliver a fidelity bond to the MEWA in an amount approved by the commissioner to protect against the misappropriation or misuse of any money handled by the third party administrator.

The MEWA has applications from not less than 2 employers and will provide similar benefits for not less than 200 separate participating employees. The annual gross premiums of or contributions to the plan will be not less than $20,000.00 for a plan that provides only vision benefits, $75,000.00 for a plan that provides only dental benefits, and $200,000.00 for all other plans.

The MEWA possesses a written commitment, binder, or policy for excess loss insurance issued by an insurer authorized to do business in this state, in an amount approved by the commissioner. The binder or policy shall provide not less than 30 days' notice of cancellation to the commissioner.

The MEWA has established a procedure, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, for handling claims for benefits in the event of dissolution of the MEWA.

The MEWA has delivered to the commissioner a bond, deposit, or security for the protection of subscribers as the commissioner requires.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986; Am. 1999, Act 82, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18008 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18008
Physician's assistant; health profession subfield.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18008.

Practice as a physician's assistant is a health profession subfield of the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery, the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery, and the practice of medicine.

History: Add. 2006, Act 161, Eff. Nov. 26, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.243 — MI Code / Chapter 169 / Act Act-388-of-1976 / Section 169.243
Expenditure by agent or independent contractor; requirements; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

An expenditure shall not be made, other than for overhead or normal operating expenses, by an agent or an independent contractor, including an advertising agency, on behalf of or for the benefit of a person unless the expenditure is reported by the committee as if the expenditure were made directly by the committee, or unless the agent or independent contractor files a report of an independent expenditure as provided in section 51. The agent or independent contractor shall make known to the committee all information required to be reported by the committee. A person who knowingly is in violation of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both, and if the person is other than an individual the person shall be fined not more than $10,000.00.

History: 1976, Act 388, Eff. June 1, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1432a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1432a
Issuance of bonds to finance single family homes; previous ownership interest; publicizing program; report to legislature; section inapplicable to refinancing single family homes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32a.

With respect to bonds, other than refunding bonds, issued to finance single family homes after November 1, 1989, for the first 60 days following the announcement of a program funded by the proceeds of those bonds, 50% of the proceeds of those bonds available to make loans, as determined by the preliminary information obtained by originating lenders at the time a reservation is submitted, shall be reserved for applicants with gross annual incomes at or below 60% of the statewide median gross income. The authority may, by resolution, waive this requirement. The authority shall advise the house of representatives and senate standing committees with jurisdiction over housing issues 5 days prior to adopting a resolution waiving this requirement. With respect to bonds, other than refunding bonds, issued to finance single family homes after November 1, 1989, not more than 50% of the proceeds of those bonds may be used to finance single family homes for homebuyers who previously have had an ownership interest in a residence. For purposes of this section, a previous ownership interest in a mobile home shall not be considered to be an ownership interest in a residence. The authority may rely on the applicant's affidavit to determine whether or not the applicant has had a prior ownership interest in a residence. The authority shall publicize the programs funded under this section by using all reasonable means available, including, but not limited to, public interest announcements in the media, and announcements to lending institutions, community groups, and real estate organizations. The authority shall submit a report annually to the legislature containing all statistics necessary to indicate its compliance with this section. This section does not apply to bonds issued to refinance single family homes.

History: Add. 1984, Act 215, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1984; Am. 1985, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1985; Am. 1985, Act 183, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1985; Am. 1989, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Dec. 11, 1989; Am. 1989, Act 281, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989; Am. 1990, Act 330, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1990; Am. 1991, Act 137, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 1991; Am. 1993, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Oct. 29, 1993; Am. 1993, Act 221, Imd. Eff. Oct. 29, 1993; Am. 1996, Act 475, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 257, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 535, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005; Am. 2008, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.658 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.658
Election precincts; consolidation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 658.

If a city, ward, township, or village is divided into 2 or more election precincts, pursuant to law, and it appears from an examination of the precinct registration records that there are not more than 4,999 active registered electors in the city, ward, township, or village, the election commission, or other officials charged with the performance of the duty by the charter of a city or village, by resolution, may abolish the division or divisions and after that time the city, ward, township, or village constitutes a single election precinct as if a division had not been made. A consolidation must not be made later than the 120 days before a primary or election.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955; Am. 1969, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969; Am. 1977, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1977; Am. 2012, Act 270, Eff. Aug. 15, 2012; Am. 2023, Act 88, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024; Am. 2023, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2023; Am. 2023, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.255 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.255
Annual supplement to Michigan administrative code; electronic publication by office of regulatory reform; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

The office of regulatory reform annually shall publish an electronic supplement to the Michigan administrative code. The annual supplement shall contain all promulgated rules published in the Michigan register during the current year, except emergency rules, a cumulative numerical listing of amendments and additions to, and rescissions of rules since the last printed compilation of the Michigan administrative code, and a cumulative alphabetical index.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1977, Act 108, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 413, Eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Am. 1986, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1986; Am. 1999, Act 262, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2003, Act 53, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.125 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-56-of-1962 / Section 129.125
Public bonds and interest coupons; obligations not considered public records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The powers conferred by this act shall be construed as constituting complete and independent power and authority to do the things herein authorized, the provisions of any other statute or charter to the contrary notwithstanding. Obligations and interest coupons of public corporations for the purposes of this act shall not be considered to be public records within the meaning of any other statute or charter.

History: 1962, Act 56, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.441 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.441
Teaching, soliciting and advocating polygamy; felony.
Status: in_force

Sec. 441.

Teaching, soliciting and advocating the practice of polygamy-Any person who shall solicit to a polygamous life, or teach polygamy as a correct form of family life, for the purpose of inducing men and women to enter into the practice of polygamy or advocate the doctrine and practice of polygamy, or attempt to persuade any person by private or public discourse to adopt a polygamous life, shall be guilty of a felony.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.441
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 28 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 28
Bills, subjects at special session.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

When the legislature is convened on extraordinary occasions in special session no bill shall be passed on any subjects other than those expressly stated in the governor's proclamation or submitted by special message.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 28, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1476 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-240-of-2020 / Section 691.1476
Inapplicable to claims under the worker's disability compensation act of 1969.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

This act does not apply to claims covered by the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941.

History: 2020, Act 240, Imd. Eff. Oct. 22, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19121 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.19121
Reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19121.

Not later than March 31 of each year, the department shall report the following information regarding the projects financed under this part for that fiscal year to the governor, the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives that primarily consider issues pertaining to the protection of natural resources and the environment, and the subcommittees of the house of representatives and the senate on appropriations for the department:

The name, address, and telephone number of the recipient or participant.

The nature of the project.

The amount of money received.

The county in which the project is located.

Not later than September 30 of each year, the department shall submit to the governor and the legislature a report on the projects financed under this act during the previous fiscal year. The report shall consist of the project summaries described in section 19120, along with an introduction and conclusion.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3120 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3120
Foreclosure proceeding; judgment of sale; payment of principal, interest, and costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3120.

If, after a judgment of sale is entered against him, the defendant brings into court the principal and interest due with costs, the proceedings in the action shall be stayed; but the court shall enter a judgment of foreclosure and sale to be enforced by a further order of the court upon a subsequent default in the payment of any portion or installment of the principal, or of any interest thereafter to become due.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963