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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.35105 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.35105
Prohibited activities; easement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35105.

The following are prohibited on state land in a wilderness area, wild area, or natural area, or on state land proposed by the department for dedication in 1 of these categories during the 90 days a dedication is pending pursuant to section 35103:

Removing, cutting, picking, or otherwise altering vegetation, except as necessary for appropriate public access, the preservation or restoration of a plant or wildlife species, or the documentation of scientific values and with written consent of the department.

Except as provided in subsection (2), granting an easement for any purpose.

Exploration for or extraction of minerals.

A commercial enterprise, utility or permanent road.

A temporary road, landing of aircraft, use of motor vehicles, motorboats, or other form of mechanical transport, or any structure or installation, except as necessary to meet minimum emergency requirements for administration as a wilderness area, wild area, or natural area by the department.

Motorized equipment, except if the department approves its use for management purposes or conservation practices.

If a right-of-way or an easement for ingress and egress was granted on land prior to the land's designation as a wilderness area, wild area, or natural area, upon request, the department may grant an easement along the route of the existing right-of-way or easement for the installation and maintenance of utilities for gas, electric, telephone, and cable services. In granting an easement under this section, the department shall require conditions necessary to protect the wilderness area, wild area, or natural area.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 290, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3385 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-55-of-2024 / Section 338.3385
Disclosure of active administrative order or judgments; violation of environmental regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

If involved in an asbestos abatement project with a local government or land bank authority, an asbestos abatement contractor, demolition contractor, or any subcontractor of the asbestos abatement contractor or demolition contractor must disclose to the local government or land bank authority if that asbestos abatement contractor, demolition contractor, or subcontractor is subject to an active administrative consent order or consent judgment, or has entered into, or is in negotiations to enter into, an administrative consent order or consent judgment, with the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy or another environmental regulatory agency for any violations of environmental regulations.

History: 2024, Act 55, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 720.223 — MI Code / Chapter 720 / Act Act-194-of-1947 / Section 720.223
Repeal; saving clause.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Act No. 15 of the Public Acts of 1923, being sections 15611 to 15623, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929, is hereby repealed, except that all appointments made thereunder and all letters of administration issued to the state public administrator or to any county public administrator by virtue of said act, shall remain valid and such state public administrator or such county public administrator heretofore appointed as fiduciary of any such estate under the provisions of that act or pursuant to the general probate laws of this state, shall be subject to the provisions of this act. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of Act. No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, and amendments thereto, and any parts of this act inconsistent therewith shall be deemed to modify that act only to that extent.

History: 1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947; CL 1948, 720.223
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.5116 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.5116
Jurisdiction; forum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5116.

The liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser for action or omission is governed by the law of the jurisdiction chosen by an agreement in the form of a record signed or otherwise authenticated by the affected parties in the manner provided in section 5104 or by a provision in the person's letter of credit, confirmation, or other undertaking. The jurisdiction whose law is chosen need not bear any relation to the transaction.

Unless subsection (1) applies, the liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser for action or omission is governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the person is located. The person is considered to be located at the address indicated in the person's undertaking. If more than 1 address is indicated, the person is considered to be located at the address from which the person's undertaking was issued. For the purpose of jurisdiction, choice of law, and recognition of interbranch letters of credit, but not enforcement of a judgment, all branches of a bank are considered separate juridical entities and a bank is considered to be located at the place where its relevant branch is considered to be located under this subsection.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser is governed by any rules of custom or practice, such as the uniform customs and practice for documentary credits, to which the letter of credit, confirmation, or other undertaking is expressly made subject. If this article would govern the liability of an issuer, nominated person, or adviser under subsection (1) or (2), or the relevant undertaking incorporates rules of custom or practice, or there is conflict between this article and those rules as applied to that undertaking, those rules govern except to the extent of any conflict with the nonvariable provisions specified in section 5103(3).

If there is conflict between this article and article 3, 4, 4a, or 9, this article governs.

The forum for settling disputes arising out of an undertaking within this article may be chosen in the manner and with the binding effect that governing law may be chosen in accordance with subsection (1).

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1978, Act 369, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Am. 1998, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.51 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-310-of-1984 / Section 445.51
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "cooperative identity protection act".

History: 1984, Act 310, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1325 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1325
Retirement board; rights, authority, and discretion; rules; limitation; study period; information to be provided to certain universities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

(1) The board shall have only the rights, authority, and discretion in the proper discharge of its duties provided in this act and former 1945 PA 136.

(2) The retirement board may promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, for the implementation and administration of this act. The retirement board shall not promulgate rules for the establishment, implementation, administration, operation, investment, or distribution of a Tier 2 retirement plan.

(3) Beginning September 1, 2012, the retirement system shall commence a 12-month study period under this subsection. As soon as possible during the study period, the retirement system shall provide to central Michigan university, Ferris state university, Lake Superior state university, Michigan technological university, northern Michigan university, western Michigan university, and eastern Michigan university information and cooperation requested by the universities for the purpose of allowing the universities to study and prepare for the implementation of new retiree health care coverage benefit design options for members who retire from the universities. The information to be provided by the retirement system to the universities shall also include information sufficient to allow the universities to do all of the following:

(a) Review the annual cost to the retirement system over each of the past 5 years of the health care coverage benefits provided by the retirement system to the retired members of the universities, calculated on a cash disbursement method.

(b) Compare the cost to the universities cost under subdivision (a) with that of the aggregate cost of all reporting units during the past 5 years, calculated on a cash disbursement basis.

(c) Prepare and submit the results of the study under this subsection to the retirement system, along with any proposed recommendations on possible changes to the scope and design of the health benefits available through the retirement system to members who retire from the universities identified in this subsection. The retirement system shall submit written confirmation to the universities within 180 days that the retirement system has received the results of the study and any recommendations under this subdivision, has reviewed and responded to the study and any recommendations, and has submitted a copy of the study and any recommendations to the retirement board for a discussion of the implementation of any recommendations.

History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980; Am. 1996, Act 488, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 1997, Act 143, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1997; Am. 2010, Act 75, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2010; Am. 2012, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Sept. 4, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1096 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1096
Releasing prisoner or permitting prisoner to escape; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 96.

A person subject to this code who, without proper authority, releases a prisoner committed to the person's charge, or who through neglect or design permits the prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial directs, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.266 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-101-of-1961 / Section 14.266
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "supervision of trustees for charitable purposes act".

History: 1961, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1965, Act 353, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.734 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-267-of-2001 / Section 288.734
Evaporated, condensed, or sterilized dairy products; systems and equipment requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 174.

A person that manufactures, processes, or packages evaporated, condensed, or sterilized dairy products shall ensure that the equipment and utensils used for processing and packaging evaporated, condensed, or sterilized dairy products comply with sections 135 through 143 and each of the following requirements:

All equipment used in the removal of moisture from milk or dairy products for the purpose of concentrating the solids meets sanitary standards.

Gravity and vacuum-type fillers are of sanitary design and, except as provided in subdivision (c), all product contact surfaces, if metal, are made of stainless steel or an equally corrosion resistant material approved by the department.

Nonmetallic product contact surfaces meet standards established or approved by the department.

Fillers are designed to prevent contamination of, or detraction from, the quality of the product being packaged.

Batch or continuous in-container sterilizers are equipped with accurate temperature controls and effective valves for regulating the sterilization process and the equipment is maintained to assure control of the length of time of processing, and to minimize the number of damaged containers.

If applicable, a person who owns or operates a plant described in section 140 or 141 shall use homogenizers to reduce the size of fat particles and to evenly disperse those particles in the product and ensure that each homogenizer meets sanitary standards.

Pasteurization shall be performed by systems and equipment meeting the requirements identified in section 139.

A person shall fill and hermetically seal containers with product in a sanitary manner, and ensure that each container does not contaminate or detract from the quality of the product.

A person shall ensure that bulk containers or retail containers for unsterilized product meet department standards to protect a product in storage or transit. Each bulk container, including bulk tankers, shall be cleaned and sanitized before filling and filled and closed in a sanitary manner.

A previously sterilized product shall be filled under conditions which prevent contamination of the product by living organisms or spores. Prior to being filled, a container shall be sterilized and maintained in a sterile condition. A filled container shall be sealed in a manner that prevents contamination of the product.

All sterilized or aseptically processed product must comply with the requirements set forth by the scheduled process and the food and drug administration under 21 C.F.R. part 113.

History: 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1350 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-159-of-2014 / Section 691.1350
Authority of tribunal in case of noncompliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

(1) If an agreement fails to meet the requirements of section 4, or a lawyer fails to comply with section 14 or 15, a tribunal may nonetheless find that the parties intended to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement if both of the following apply:

(a) The parties signed a record indicating an intention to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement.

(b) The parties reasonably believed they were participating in a collaborative law process.

(2) If a tribunal makes the findings specified in subsection (1), and the interests of justice require, the tribunal may do all of the following:

(a) Enforce an agreement evidenced by a record resulting from the process in which the parties participated.

(b) Apply the disqualification provisions of sections 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11.

(c) Apply a privilege under section 17.

History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.439 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-59-of-1864-Ex-Sess- / Section 570.439
Appeal to supreme court; jurisdiction, acquisition, taking of testimony.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

The causes shall be considered as in the supreme court, from the perfecting of the appeal; and at any time within 60 days thereafter, unless the time shall be extended by order of any justice of the court, either party may take testimony by deposition or commission, in the mode now provided by law in any case, without regard to the place of residence of the witness.

History: 1864, Ex. Sess., Act 59, Eff. May 7, 1864; CL 1871, 6684; How. 8273; CL 1897, 10826; CL 1915, 14929; CL 1929, 13175; CL 1948, 570.439
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1c — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.1c
Definitions; D.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1c.

"Deferred member" means a member who is separated from state service for a reason other than retirement or death and who has satisfied the requirements of section 20(4) or (5) for a deferred retirement allowance.

"Designated temporary layoff" means the layoff of a member that does not exceed 1 month and has a fixed, predetermined, and announced recall date.

"Direct rollover" means a payment by the retirement system to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee.

"Distributee" includes a member or deferred member. Distributee also includes the member's or deferred member's surviving spouse or the member's or deferred member's spouse or former spouse under an eligible domestic relations order, with regard to the interest of the spouse or former spouse.

History: Add. 1995, Act 176, Imd. Eff. Oct. 17, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1071 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1071
Participation in other public sector retirement benefits plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71.

A qualified participant shall not participate in any other public sector retirement benefits plan for simultaneous service rendered to the same public sector employer. Except as otherwise provided in this act or by the state treasurer, this section does not prohibit a qualified participant from participating in a retirement plan established by this state or other public sector employer under the internal revenue code.

History: Add. 1996, Act 486, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.501 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.501
Michigan military act; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 101.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan military act".

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.624 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-213-of-1965 / Section 780.624
Setting aside of convictions; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Except as provided in sections 1, 1e, and 1g, a person may have only 1 conviction set aside under this act.

History: Add. 1982, Act 495, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 335, Eff. Jan. 14, 2015; Am. 2020, Act 193, Eff. Apr. 11, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.808 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act Act-159-of-2004 / Section 555.808
Insubstantial allocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 408.

If a trustee determines that an allocation between principal and income required by section 409, 410, 411, 412, or 415 is insubstantial, the trustee may allocate the entire amount to principal unless 1 or more of the circumstances described in section 104(4) apply to the allocation. This power may be exercised by a cofiduciary in the circumstances described in section 104(5) and may be released for the reasons and in the manner described in section 104(6). An allocation is presumed to be insubstantial if 1 or more of the following apply:

The amount of the allocation would increase or decrease net income in an accounting period, as determined before the allocation, by less than 10%.

The value of the asset producing the receipt for which the allocation would be made is less than 10% of the total value of the trust's assets at the beginning of the accounting period.

History: 2004, Act 159, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1708 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-371-of-2012 / Section 691.1708
Appeals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

(1) An appeal may be taken from any of the following:

(a) An order denying a motion to compel arbitration.

(b) An order granting a motion to stay arbitration.

(c) An order confirming or denying confirmation of an award.

(d) An order modifying or correcting an award.

(e) An order vacating an award without directing a rehearing.

(f) A final judgment entered under this act.

(2) An appeal under this section shall be taken as from an order or a judgment in a civil action.

History: 2012, Act 371, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1058 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1058
“D. H. Day Highway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.

Highway M-109 located in Leelanau county shall be known as the "D. H. Day Highway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3241 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3241
Abandonment of premises; presumption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3241.

For purposes of this chapter, abandonment of premises shall be conclusively presumed upon satisfaction of the following requirements:

Within 30 days before the commencement of foreclosure proceedings hereunder, the mortgagee mails by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the mortgagor's last known address a notice that the subject mortgage is in default and that the mortgagee intends to foreclose it.

Before commencement of foreclosure proceedings hereunder, the mortgagee executes and causes to be duly recorded in the county where the premises are located an affidavit which states:

That the mortgagee has mailed to the last known address of the mortgagor a notice of default and intention to foreclose pursuant to subdivision (a) and that the mortgagor has not responded to the notice.

That the mortgagee has made a personal inspection of the mortgaged premises and that the inspection does not reveal that the mortgagor or persons claiming under him are presently occupying or intend to occupy the premises.

The mortgagee mails by certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy of the affidavit recorded pursuant to subdivision (b) to the mortgagor at his last known address before commencement of foreclosure proceedings.

The mortgagor, his heirs, executor, administrator, or any person lawfully claiming from, or under 1 of them, before expiration of the period of redemption, does not give a written affidavit to the mortgagee and record a duplicate original in the county where the premises are located stating that the mortgagor or person claiming under him is occupying or intends to occupy the premises.

History: Add. 1971, Act 104, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.213a — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Initiated-Law-1-of-1996 / Section 432.213a
Imposition of other taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13a.

A licensee shall not be subject to any excise tax, license tax, privilege tax, or occupation tax, which is imposed exclusively upon the licensee by the state or any political subdivision thereof, except as provided in this act. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the city from assessing a processing fee in an amount to be determined by the city on responses to requests for proposals for development agreements.

History: Add. 1997, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.2203 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-34-of-2001 / Section 141.2203
Appeal of department determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203.

If a municipality feels aggrieved by a determination of the department, it may notify the department and appeal the determination of the department as a contested case pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. This section does not permit the issuance, amendment, or modification of any order or determination of the department in respect to the issuance of a municipal security, after the municipal security has been issued, if that action would affect the municipal security interests of the holders of the municipal security adversely.

History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1014e — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1014e
Public service announcements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14e.

In order to educate employers, employees, and the public about the hazards of exposure to hazardous chemicals and the requirements of the occupational safety and health hazard communication standard incorporated by reference in section 14a and the requirements of sections 14b to 14 l , the department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall distribute periodically public service announcements to newspapers and television and radio stations throughout this state.

History: Add. 1986, Act 80, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 1986; Am. 2012, Act 447, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 453.102 — MI Code / Chapter 453 / Act Act-96-of-1849 / Section 453.102
County agricultural societies; tax money, duty of county treasurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The treasurer of the county shall keep the sum so raised subject to the order of the board of supervisors of said county.

History: 1849, Act 96, Imd. Eff. Mar. 16, 1849; CL 1857, 1688; CL 1871, 2164; How. 2299; CL 1897, 5948; CL 1915, 7825; CL 1929, 10212; CL 1948, 453.102
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.121 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-258-of-2011 / Section 124.121
Joint endeavor subject to MCL 141.421 to 141.440a.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A joint endeavor formed under this act is subject to the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.421 to 141.440a.

History: 2011, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2011