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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2109 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2109
Rates for automobile insurance and home insurance; requirements; determining existence of reasonable degree of competition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2109.

All rates for automobile insurance and home insurance shall be made in accordance with the following provisions:

Rates shall not be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory. A rate shall not be held to be excessive unless the rate is unreasonably high for the insurance coverage provided and a reasonable degree of competition does not exist for the insurance to which the rate is applicable.

A rate shall not be held to be inadequate unless the rate is unreasonably low for the insurance coverage provided and the continued use of the rate endangers the solvency of the insurer; or unless the rate is unreasonably low for the insurance provided and the use of the rate has or will have the effect of destroying competition among insurers, creating a monopoly, or causing a kind of insurance to be unavailable to a significant number of applicants who are in good faith entitled to procure that insurance through ordinary methods.

A rate for a coverage is unfairly discriminatory in relation to another rate for the same coverage if the differential between the rates is not reasonably justified by differences in losses, expenses, or both, or by differences in the uncertainty of loss, for the individuals or risks to which the rates apply. A reasonable justification shall be supported by a reasonable classification system; by sound actuarial principles when applicable; and by actual and credible loss and expense statistics or, in the case of new coverages and classifications, by reasonably anticipated loss and expense experience. A rate is not unfairly discriminatory because it reflects differences in expenses for individuals or risks with similar anticipated losses, or because it reflects differences in losses for individuals or risks with similar expenses.

A determination concerning the existence of a reasonable degree of competition with respect to subsection (1)(a) shall take into account a reasonable spectrum of relevant economic tests, including the number of insurers actively engaged in writing the insurance in question, the present availability of such insurance compared to its availability in comparable past periods, the underwriting return of that insurance over a period of time sufficient to assure reliability in relation to the risk associated with that insurance, and the difficulty encountered by new insurers in entering the market in order to compete for the writing of that insurance.

History: Add. 1979, Act 145, Eff. Jan. 1, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80306 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80306
Sale or other disposition of new watercraft to dealer for display or resale; manufacturer's or importer's certificate required; contents; assignment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80306.

A manufacturer, importer, dealer, or other person shall not sell or otherwise dispose of a new watercraft to a dealer, to be used by the dealer for purposes of display and resale, without delivering to the dealer a manufacturer's or importer's certificate executed in accordance with this section and with those assignments on the certificate as are necessary to show title in the purchaser of the watercraft. A dealer shall not purchase or acquire a new watercraft without obtaining from the seller of the watercraft the manufacturer's or importer's certificate.

A manufacturer's or importer's certificate of the origin of a watercraft shall contain, in the form and together with the information the secretary of state requires, the following information:

A description of the watercraft, including, if applicable, make, year, length, series of model, hull type, and hull identification number.

Certification of the date of transfer of the watercraft to a distributor, dealer, or other transferee, and the name and address of the transferee.

Certification that this transaction is the first transfer of the new watercraft in ordinary trade and commerce.

Signature and address of a representative of the transferor.

An assignment of a manufacturer's or importer's certificate shall be printed on the reverse side of the manufacturer's or importer's certificate in the form to be prescribed by the secretary of state. The assignment form shall include the name and address of the transferee, a certification that the watercraft is new, and a warranty that the title at the time of delivery is subject only to the liens and encumbrances that are set forth and described in full in the assignment.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.493a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.493a
Placing or throwing glass or other debris on beach or public highway.
Status: in_force

Sec. 493a.

Any person who shall place or throw glass or other dangerous pointed or edged substances in or on any beach or waters adjacent thereto, highway, or walk, or on public property within 50 feet of a public highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: Add. 1949, Act 50, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1672a — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-173-of-1987 / Section 445.1672a
Mortgage loans; prohibited advertising.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22a.

(1) A licensee or registrant shall not, directly or indirectly, make a false, misleading, or deceptive advertisement regarding mortgage loans or the availability of mortgage loans.

(2) A licensee or registrant shall not advertise any size of loan, security required for a loan, rate of charge, or other condition of lending except with the full intent of making loans at those rates, or lower rates, and under those conditions, to mortgage loan applicants who meet the standards or qualifications prescribed by the licensee or registrant.

History: Add. 1996, Act 210, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1996; Am. 2008, Act 70, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1314 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1314
Excusal of exempt persons; investigations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1314.

On the basis of answers to the juror qualifications questionnaires the board may excuse from service persons on the first jury list who claim exemption and give satisfactory proof of such right, and all persons who are not qualified for jury service. The board may investigate the accuracy of the answers to the questionnaires and may call upon all law enforcement agencies for assistance in the investigation.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.943 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-270-of-2010 / Section 460.943
Assessment as lien against property; installments to be included in summer and winter tax bill.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) An assessment imposed under a property assessed clean energy program, including any interest on the assessment and any penalty, constitute a lien against the property on which the assessment is imposed until the assessment, including any interest or penalty, is paid in full. The lien runs with the property and has the same priority and status as other property tax and assessment liens. The local unit of government has all rights in the case of delinquency in the payment of an assessment as it does with respect to delinquent property taxes. When the assessment, including any interest or penalty, is paid, the local unit of government shall remove the lien from the property.

(2) Installments of assessments due under a property assessed clean energy program shall be managed as provided in 1 of the following:

(a) Included in each summer and winter tax bill issued under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, and collected at the same time and in the same manner as taxes collected under that act.

(b) Billed and collected as provided in a special assessment ordinance of general applicability adopted by the local unit of government pursuant to state law or local charter.

History: 2010, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010; Am. 2023, Act 107, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1627 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1627
Venue; county where cause of action arose; exceptions; suits against surety of public officers or their appointees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1627.

Except for actions founded on contract and actions provided for in sections 1605, 1611, 1615, and 1629, the county in which all or a part of the cause of action arose is a proper county in which to commence and try the action. Suits against the surety of a public officer or his or her appointees are not excepted from the application of this section.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986; Am. 1995, Act 161, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.685 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-94-of-2018 / Section 286.685
Growing potatoes in combined seed lots of 1 acre or greater; notification to director; records; contents; review; conduct by independent auditor; notice of alleged violation; investigation by director.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2021, each person growing potatoes in this state in combined seed lots of 1 acre or greater shall notify the director of this fact by January 1 of each year and shall keep and maintain records as described in this section. The records must contain the information required for an independent records review conducted under subsection (2). Growers shall maintain the records for a period of at least 2 years at the grower's business address.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2021, the director shall select a qualified department employee or independent auditor to perform a records review on at least 10% of potato growers subject to this act once every seed potato crop cycle. The director shall determine a method for the annual random selection of growers.

(3) A records review performed under this section must verify records that trace back the grower's potatoes, including records that evidence both of the following:

(a) Acreage planted by cultivar.

(b) Hundredweight and source of the seed potatoes used to plant the acreage, with verifiable documents related to the following:

( i ) For seed potatoes purchased, the documents described in section 3.

( ii ) For seed potatoes planted as provided under section 4, the testing history and seed potatoes used to replant the grower's own operations.

(4) If the independent auditor who conducted the records review believes that a violation of this section has occurred, he or she shall notify the director within 5 business days. The director must then investigate the alleged violation according to section 8.

History: 2018, Act 94, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 490.306 — MI Code / Chapter 490 / Act Act-215-of-2003 / Section 490.306
Conducting business by mail or electronic communication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 306.

With prior written notice to the director, a domestic credit union may conduct its business solely by mail or through electronic communication without having a physical location where members may transact business with the credit union. A domestic credit union conducting business under this section shall maintain a principal place of business in this state.

History: 2003, Act 215, Eff. June 1, 2004; Am. 2016, Act 153, Eff. Sept. 7, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 19.144 — MI Code / Chapter 19 / Act Act-80-of-1905 / Section 19.144
Complaint against person for wilful violation of law or rule.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A member of each board set forth in section 1, an authorized person within a department prescribed in section 1 and any other person, having jurisdiction or power of control over property specified in section 1 may make a complaint, before that court in which a prosecution for a misdemeanor may be initiated, against a person who he or she believes has wilfully violated a law or rule pertaining to the property or building over which the respective board or department has jurisdiction or power of control.

History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 1968; CL 1929, 450; CL 1948, 19.144; Am. 1978, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978; Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.215 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.215
Action by person or association adversely affected by violation of or failure to comply with act, rules, agreement, or master deed; costs; violation of MCL 559.121 or 559.184a; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 115.

A person or association of co-owners adversely affected by a violation of or failure to comply with this act, rules promulgated under this act, or any provision of an agreement or a master deed may bring an action for relief in a court of competent jurisdiction. The court may award costs to the prevailing party.

A developer who offers or sells a condominium unit in violation of section 21 or 84a is liable to the person purchasing the condominium unit for damages.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 538, Imd. Eff. Jan. 17, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.405 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-26-of-1921-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 397.405
Payrolls, bills, accounts and claims; audit and approval; certificate; allowance, payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

All payrolls, bills, accounts and claims of every character against the library commission after having been duly audited and approved by the commission, the certificate of which audit and approval shall be endorsed thereon by the president or secretary of the commission or some member or other representative of the commission acting under authority conferred by the commission generally or specially, shall be transmitted to the city controller, who shall endorse thereon his approval or disapproval. When so endorsed with approval the controller shall draw his warrant or warrants on the city treasurer in payment therefor. No bill, account or claim shall be audited or approved by the commission unless the same shall be accompanied by a certificate of a representative of the commission who acted for the commission in making the purchase or contract or in taking the delivery or performance that he verily believes the services or property therein charged have been actually performed or delivered for the commission, that the sum or sums charged therefor are reasonable and just, and that to the best of his knowledge and belief no setoff exists, nor payment has been made on account thereof except such as are included or referred to in such account. A similar certificate shall be required upon all payrolls, the certificate to be made by the person under whose supervision the services charged have been rendered. The provisions hereof shall be in addition to any provisions covering the same matters in any general or local act or charter adopted pursuant to Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 117.1 to 117.38 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: Add. 1947, Act 185, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 397.405; Am. 1967, Act 220, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1053 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-193-of-1996 / Section 333.1053
Execution of order; authorized persons; form; printed or typed names; signatures; witness; identification bracelet; possession; access.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Subject to section 5, an individual who is 18 years of age or older and of sound mind may execute a do-not-resuscitate order on his or her own behalf. A patient advocate of an individual who is 18 years of age or older may execute a do-not-resuscitate order on behalf of that individual.

(2) An order executed under this section shall be on a form described in section 4. The order shall be dated and executed voluntarily and signed by each of the following persons:

(a) The declarant, the declarant's patient advocate, or another person who, at the time of the signing, is in the presence of the declarant and acting pursuant to the directions of the declarant.

(b) The declarant's attending physician.

(c) Two witnesses 18 years of age or older, at least 1 of whom is not the declarant's spouse, parent, child, grandchild, sibling, or presumptive heir.

(3) The names of all signatories shall be printed or typed below the corresponding signatures. A witness shall not sign an order unless the declarant or the declarant's patient advocate appears to the witness to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud, or undue influence.

(4) At any time after an order is signed and witnessed, the declarant, the declarant's patient advocate, or an individual designated by the declarant may apply an identification bracelet to the declarant's wrist.

(5) A declarant or patient advocate who executes an order under this section shall maintain possession of the order and shall have the order accessible within the declarant's place of residence or other setting outside of a hospital.

History: 1996, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 1, 1996; Am. 2013, Act 155, Eff. Feb. 4, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.213 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.213
Officers and investigators; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 213.

The secretary of state and the officers and investigators of the department whom he or she designates have the following powers:

To inspect any vehicle of a type required to be registered under this act and the salvageable parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this act in any public garage or repair shop or in any place where vehicles are held for sale, lease, dismantling, or wrecking, for the purpose of locating stolen vehicles and parts of stolen vehicles and investigating the title and registration of vehicles. In enforcing the provisions of this subdivision, the secretary of state and the officers and investigators have the powers of peace officers.

To examine the books and records of all persons licensed under this act pertaining to the selling, buying, leasing, dismantling, brokering, or wrecking of vehicles of a type required to be registered under this act, and the payment and collection of tax provided for in this act.

The powers of peace officers for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of chapter 5.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1953, Act 215, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1955, Act 159, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1955; Am. 2002, Act 642, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2600 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2600
Purpose of chapter; construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2600.

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates to the end that they shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory, and to authorize and regulate cooperative action among insurers in rate making and in other matters within the scope of the insurance code. Nothing in this chapter is intended (1) to prohibit or discourage reasonable competition, or (2) to prohibit, or encourage except to the extent necessary to accomplish the aforementioned purpose, uniformity in insurance rates, rating systems, rating plans or practices. Conformity with this chapter shall not be deemed to be a violation of section 2075 (compacts to restrain competition prohibited). This chapter shall be liberally interpreted to carry into effect the provisions of this section.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1696 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-45-of-2015 / Section 390.1696
Violation of act, rule, or order; duties of department; administrative fine; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) After notice and opportunity for hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, the department shall do 1 or more of the following if it determines that a participating college that holds an authorization from the department under section 4(1), or an out-of-state college or university that holds an authorization from the department under section 4(3), has violated this act, a rule promulgated under this act, or an order issued under this act:

(a) Place a limitation on the authorization.

(b) Suspend the authorization.

(c) Deny an authorization or renewal of the authorization.

(d) Revoke the authorization.

(e) Assess an administrative fine under subsection (2).

(f) Order restitution to an aggrieved student who participated or is participating in a distance education program.

(g) Impose any other sanction established by the department by rule.

(2) The department may assess an administrative fine of not more than $1,000.00, plus the department's actual costs of the investigation, for a violation of this act or rules promulgated under this act. However, the department may not assess administrative fines under this subsection against a college or university that in the aggregate are more than $5,000.00 for multiple violations of this act or rules promulgated under this act that arise from the same transaction.

History: 2015, Act 45, Imd. Eff. June 9, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.1805 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.1805
Superior rights not accorded.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1805.

This part does not accord a person injured or threatened with injury in a jurisdiction outside of this state any rights superior to those that the person would have if injured or threatened with injury in this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1016 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1016
“AmVets Memorial Drive.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

The portion of highway US-2 and highway US-41 and highway M-35 beginning at the northern city limit of Escanaba and extending north 1-1/10 miles to the junction of County Road No. 426, also known as the extension of Sheridan avenue, shall be known as the "AmVets Memorial Drive".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.731 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.731
Evidence of conviction or civil infraction determination inadmissible in civil action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 731.

Evidence of the conviction or civil infraction determination of a person for a violation of this chapter or of a local ordinance pertaining to the use of motor vehicles shall not be admissible in a court in a civil action.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1953, Act 60, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979