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Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2403 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.2403
Engaging in business or acting in capacity of residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration contractor or salesperson without license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2403.

Notwithstanding article 6, a person may engage in the business of or act in the capacity of a residential builder or a residential maintenance and alteration contractor or salesperson in this state without a license under this article, if the person is 1 of the following:

(a) An authorized representative of the United States government, this state, or a county, township, city, village, or other political subdivision of this state.

(b) An owner of property, with reference to a structure on the property for the owner's own use and occupancy.

(c) An owner of rental property, with reference to the maintenance and alteration of that rental property.

(d) An officer of a court who is acting within the scope of that office.

(e) A person other than the salesperson that engages solely in the business of performing work and services under contract with a residential builder or a residential maintenance and alteration contractor that is licensed under this article.

(f) A person that is working on 1 undertaking or project by 1 or more contracts, if the aggregate contract price for the labor, material, and any other items for the undertaking or project is less than $600.00. The exemption described in this subdivision does not apply if the work of a construction is only a part of a larger or major operation, whether undertaken by the same or a different residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration contractor, or in which a division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts less than $600.00, to evade this act.

(g) An electrical contractor that is licensed under article 7 of the skilled trades regulation act, MCL 339.5701 to 339.5739. The exemption described in this subdivision applies only to the electrical installation, electrical maintenance, or electrical repair work that is performed by the electrical contractor.

(h) A plumbing contractor that is licensed under article 11 of the skilled trades regulation act, MCL 339.6101 to 339.6133. The exemption described in this subdivision applies only to plumbing installation, plumbing maintenance, or plumbing repair work that is performed by the plumbing contractor.

(i) A mechanical contractor that is licensed under article 8 of the skilled trades regulation act, MCL 339.5801 to 339.5819. The exemption described in this subdivision applies only to mechanical installation, mechanical maintenance, or mechanical repair work that is performed by the mechanical contractor.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1982, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Feb. 15, 1982; Am. 1984, Act 191, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984; Am. 2016, Act 412, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12412 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12412
License for operation of agricultural labor camp; form; fee; contents; time of application.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12412.

(1) A person desiring to operate an agricultural labor camp in this state shall make application to the department on the forms and in the manner prescribed by the department. At the time of submitting an application under this section, the applicant shall remit to the department a nonrefundable agricultural labor camp license application fee equal to the product of $5.00 and the maximum number of people permitted to occupy the agricultural labor camp.

(2) The application shall include:

(a) The full name and address of the applicant.

(b) The location of the agricultural labor camp.

(c) The maximum number of people who will occupy the camp at any time.

(d) The months during which the camp will be used or occupied.

(e) A brief description of the tents, vehicles, buildings, or other structures in which individuals will be housed.

(f) A brief description of the sanitary, water, cooking, and sewage facilities available.

(g) Other information required by the department.

(3) An application for a license to operate an agricultural labor camp shall be made at least 30 days before the first day that the proposed camp is to be operated.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2010, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Mar. 16, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.84 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.84
Annual tax rate; submission to electors; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 84.

The board of trustees of a community college district formed under this chapter shall submit to the electors of the community college district the proposition to establish the maximum annual tax rate. If the proposition to establish the maximum annual tax rate fails to receive a proper majority of the electors voting in the community college district at the first election held for that purpose, the proposition to establish the maximum annual tax rate may be resubmitted at a regular election or at a special election called by the school district filing official at the request of the board of trustees for that purpose. The board of trustees shall not request that the school district filing official call an election for that purpose more often than once in any 9-month period.

History: Add. 1967, Act 285, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1967; Am. 1969, Act 282, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969; Am. 2003, Act 306, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.8t — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-47-of-1945 / Section 331.8t
Certificate of need.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8t.

A hospital authority heretofore organized and operating pursuant to this act shall, prior to expending any authority funds for the expansion of facilities or bonding for the construction of new facilities and/or the purchase of additional existing facilities shall obtain a certificate of need from the state of Michigan department of health as per Act No. 256 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 331.454.

History: Add. 1973, Act 161, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 102.1 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 102.1
Thoroughfares and public grounds; control by council; damage suits, liability; required notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The council shall have supervision and control of all public highways, bridges, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks and public grounds within the city, and shall cause the same to be kept in repair, and free from nuisance. No city subject to the provisions of this act shall be liable in damages sustained by any person in such city either to his person or property by reason of any defective street, sidewalk, crosswalk, or public highway, or by reason of any obstruction, ice, snow or other encumbrance upon such street, sidewalk, crosswalk or public highway, situated in such city, unless such person shall serve or cause to be served, within 60 days after such injury shall have occurred, a notice in writing upon the clerk or the deputy clerk of such city, which notice shall set forth substantially the time when and place where such injury took place, the manner in which it occurred, and the extent of such injury as far as the same has become known, and that the person receiving such injury intends to hold such city liable for such damages as may have been sustained by him. No city shall be responsible for the care, improvement or repair of any street or alley laid out or dedicated to public use by the proprietors of any lands which had not been actually accepted, worked and used by the public as a street or alley before the incorporation of the city under this act, nor for the improvement and repair of any street or alley laid out or dedicated by any such proprietor after such incorporation, unless the dedication shall have been accepted and confirmed by the council by an ordinance or resolution specially passed for that purpose.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3173; CL 1915, 3087; CL 1929, 2011; CL 1948, 102.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1067 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-425-of-1994 / Section 123.1067
Articles of incorporation and bylaws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A board shall draft articles of incorporation and bylaws for the administration of the authority.

An authority's articles shall state the following:

The name of the authority.

The name of each participating municipality.

The name of the district.

The purposes for which the authority is formed.

The powers, duties, and limitations of the authority and its board.

Any other matters that the board considers advisable.

The articles of an authority shall be adopted and may be amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members serving on the board.

Before the articles or amendments to the articles are adopted, the articles or amendments to the articles shall be published at least once in a newspaper generally circulated within the participating municipalities.

The adoption of articles or amendments to the articles by the board shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the articles or amendments by the secretary of the board in a form substantially as follows:

"These articles of incorporation (or amendments to the articles of incorporation) were adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members serving on the board of the __________ community swimming pool authority at a meeting duly held on the _____ day of ________, A.D., _____.".

Upon adoption of the articles or amendments to the articles by the board, a printed copy of the articles or the amended articles shall be filed with the secretary of the district, the clerk of each participating municipality, and the secretary of state.

An authority is established when its articles of incorporation are adopted by the board and are filed with the secretary of state.

The geographical boundaries of an authority are coterminous with the geographical boundaries of the district within each participating municipality and become fixed when the authority is established. After an authority is established, its geographical boundaries shall not automatically change as a result of a change in a district's geographical boundaries. After an authority is established, its geographical boundaries may only be altered by a majority vote of the board.

History: 1994, Act 425, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.625d — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-295-of-1982 / Section 552.625d
Obligation or liability of financial institution, insurer, or carrier; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25d.

(1) A financial institution, insurer, or carrier incurs no obligation or liability to a depositor, account holder, or other person arising from the furnishing of information under sections 25c to 25i or from the failure to disclose to a depositor, account holder, or other person that the person's name as a person with an interest in the financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation was included in the information provided.

(2) A financial institution, insurer, or carrier incurs no obligation or liability to the title IV-D agency or another person for an error or omission made in good faith compliance with sections 25c to 25i.

(3) A financial institution, insurer, or carrier incurs no obligation or liability for blocking, freezing, placing a hold upon, forwarding, or otherwise dealing with a person's financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation in response to a lien or levy imposed or information provided under sections 25c to 25i.

(4) A financial institution, insurer, or carrier is not obligated to block, freeze, place a hold upon, forward, or otherwise deal with a person's financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation until served with the notice of levy in accordance with section 25c. A financial institution, insurer, or carrier that forwards financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation to the title IV-D agency in response to a levy under section 25c is discharged from any obligation or liability to the depositor, account holder, or other person with an interest in the financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation forwarded to the title IV-D agency.

History: Add. 2002, Act 565, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 484, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8263 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8263
Rental of facilities; contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8263.

Rental of court or magistrate facilities constitutes the providing of such facilities and those units of government responsible for providing same may contract with the state, its political subdivisions, corporations or persons for the rental thereof.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.445 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act Act-56-of-1957 / Section 555.445
Deposit of securities in clearing corporation, bank, or trust company; deposit of securities by clearing corporation, bank, or trust company in another clearing corporation, bank, or trust company; evidence of safety of securities; merging certificates; holding certificates in bulk; transfer of securities; approval of commissioner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

With the written approval of the commissioner of the financial institutions bureau, a corporation acting as a fiduciary as provided in section 1 may deposit, or arrange for deposit, of securities in a clearing corporation as defined in section 8102(3) of Act No. 174 of the Public Acts of 1962, as amended, being section 440.8102 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a bank, national banking association, or trust company in a reserve city as designated pursuant to section 205 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1969, being section 487.505 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. At the annual examination and at any other time the commissioner may request, the corporation acting as fiduciary shall furnish the commissioner, to his or her satisfaction, with evidence that the safety of securities deposited is not impaired.

A clearing corporation, bank, or trust company holding pursuant to this section securities of a corporation acting as a fiduciary may deposit, or arrange for deposit, of the securities in another clearing corporation, bank, or trust company. The corporation acting as fiduciary shall furnish the commissioner upon his or her request and at the annual examination satisfactory evidence that the safety of securities deposited pursuant to this subsection is not impaired.

When securities are deposited in accordance with this section, certificates representing securities of the same class of the same issuer may be merged and held in bulk in the name of the clearing corporation, bank, or trust company, or 1 of their nominees with any other securities deposited in the clearing corporation by any person regardless of the ownership of the securities; and certificates of small denominations may be merged into 1 or more certificates of larger denominations. The records of the corporation acting as fiduciary shall show the name of the party for whose account the securities are deposited. Ownership of, and other interests in, the securities may be transferred by bookkeeping entry on the books of the clearing corporation without physical delivery of certificates representing the securities.

Approval of the commissioner granted under this section shall be effective from the date granted and shall remain in effect until terminated.

The commissioner may terminate an approval granted under this section when the commissioner has reason to believe that the safety of securities deposited in a clearing corporation, bank, or trust company would be impaired, or that this act or a rule promulgated under this act is being violated.

History: Add. 1975, Act 310, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1975; Am. 1983, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 29, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.493 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-266-of-2001 / Section 288.493
Seizure; procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

The director may seize or hold for investigation any milk, milk product, or equipment that the director has reason to believe is adulterated, constitutes or may be contributing to an imminent health hazard, or violates this act. Such milk, milk products, or equipment shall not be disposed of until a release is secured from the director. The director shall complete his or her action on any such seized item within a reasonable time, and the farm, plant, or station shall be promptly notified of the director's decision. The director may collect and retain evidence to verify the determination of an imminent health hazard.

History: 2001, Act 266, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1246 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-195-of-1996 / Section 390.1246
Annual appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The legislature annually shall appropriate the funds necessary to implement this act.

History: 1996, Act 195, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.610c — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-72-of-1977 / Section 400.610c
Employment action against employee initiating, assisting in, or participating in court action; prohibition; violation; liability of employer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10c.

(1) An employer shall not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner, discriminate against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because the employee engaged in lawful acts, including initiating, assisting in, or participating in the furtherance of an action under this act or because the employee cooperates with or assists in an investigation under this act. This prohibition does not apply to an employment action against an employee who the court finds brought a frivolous claim, as defined in section 2591 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2591; the court finds to have planned and initiated the conduct upon which the action is brought; or is convicted of criminal conduct arising from a violation of this act.

(2) An employer who violates this section is liable to the employee for all of the following:

(a) Reinstatement to the employee's position without loss of seniority.

(b) Two times the amount of lost back pay.

(c) Interest on the back pay.

(d) Compensation for any special damages.

(e) Any other relief necessary to make the employee whole.

History: Add. 2005, Act 337, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2006; Am. 2008, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2067 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2067
Independent program audit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

A certified minority venture capital company and a certified MESBIC shall have an independent program audit annually performed by a certified public accountant. The fund may visit and examine a certified minority venture capital company or a certified MESBIC and may delegate the authority to visit and examine to the commissioner of the financial institutions bureau.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.142 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-89-of-1927 / Section 285.142
Upper Peninsula state fair; board of managers; grants and conveyances; conditions; leasing or conceding fairgrounds or buildings; consideration; duration and termination of lease; prohibition; purpose and arrangement of state fair; disposition of proceeds; report of receipts and expenditures; office of board secretary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The control of all lands or other property that is vested in this state for the purpose of holding and conducting an agricultural and industrial state fair in the Upper Peninsula is hereby placed in the board of managers. The board of managers may accept on behalf of the state grants and conveyances of property for those purposes or for other purposes within the scope of this act and consent to the conditions for the use thereof as may be agreed upon. All grants and conveyances shall be taken in the name of the people of the state of Michigan.

The board of managers may lease or concede the Upper Peninsula state fairgrounds or any portions thereof and any building or buildings on the grounds for a period of not more than 1 year for a consideration as may be established by the board of managers.

The board of managers may also grant leases for a portion or portions of the state fairgrounds to organizations or local governmental units, conditional upon construction and improvements to be financed by the lessees for terms not to exceed 20 years.

A lease made under this section shall terminate upon sale of the Upper Peninsula state fairgrounds by the state.

The use of the Upper Peninsula state fairgrounds or any portion thereof or of any or all of the buildings on the grounds shall not interfere with the preparation for or holding of the annual Upper Peninsula state fair.

An annual state fair at the city of Escanaba which shall have for its main purpose the exploiting and encouragement of improved methods in agricultural and industrial pursuits is hereby authorized. The arrangement of the fairs and the actual conducting thereof shall be under the immediate charge of the board of managers. The board of managers may employ any suitable and proper person, firm, corporation, or organized bureau to advise and assist in the arrangement and conduct of the fair, but under the management and control of the board of managers.

The proceeds of the Upper Peninsula state fair and all other moneys which come into the possession of the board of managers under the provisions of this act shall be credited to the general fund of the state. The secretary of the board of managers on or before January 1 each year shall file with the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house, a detailed report of the receipts and expenditures of the board. The secretary of the board of managers shall maintain an office in the city of Escanaba.

History: 1927, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1927; CL 1929, 5645; Am. 1939, Act 260, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1939; CL 1948, 285.142; Am. 1953, Act 73, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1953; Am. 1976, Act 168, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.35503 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.35503
State goal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35503.

It is the goal of this state to encourage the lasting conservation of biological diversity.

This part does not require a state department or agency to alter its regulatory functions.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995