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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2350 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2350
Formal hearing and ruling by facility board of governors; request; appeal; commissioner's order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2350.

Any participating member, applicant, person, or business insured under a policy placed through the facility may request a formal hearing and ruling by the board of governors of the facility on any of the following:

An alleged violation of the plan of operation.

Any alleged improper act or ruling of the facility affecting an assessment, premium, or coverage furnished.

Any formal ruling of the board of governors of the facility may be appealed to the commissioner by filing notice of appeal with the facility and the commissioner within 30 days after receipt of the written ruling.

The commissioner shall issue an order either upholding the board of governors' ruling or reversing its ruling.

History: Add. 1982, Act 8, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1618 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1618
Hearing; powers and duties of court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 618.

The court, at a hearing convened under this chapter for the appointment of a guardian, shall do all of the following:

Inquire into the nature and extent of the general intellectual functioning of the respondent asserted to need a guardian.

Determine the extent of the impairment in the respondent's adaptive behavior.

Determine the respondent's capacity to care for himself or herself by making and communicating responsible decisions concerning his or her person.

Determine the capacity of the respondent to manage his or her estate and financial affairs.

Determine the appropriateness of the proposed living arrangements of the respondent and determine whether or not it is the least restrictive setting suited to the respondent's condition.

If the respondent is residing in a facility, the court shall specifically determine the appropriateness of the living arrangement and determine whether or not it is the least restrictive suited to the respondent's condition.

The court shall make findings of fact on the record regarding the matters specified in subsection (1).

If it is determined that the respondent possesses the capacity to care for himself or herself and the respondent's estate, the court shall dismiss the petition.

If it is found by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is developmentally disabled and lacks the capacity to do some, but not all, of the tasks necessary to care for himself or herself or the respondent's estate, the court may appoint a partial guardian to provide guardianship services to the respondent, but the court shall not appoint a plenary guardian.

If it is found by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is developmentally disabled and is totally without capacity to care for himself or herself or the respondent's estate, the court shall specify that finding of fact in any order and may appoint a plenary guardian of the person or of the estate or both for the respondent.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.532 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-136-of-1891 / Section 457.532
High court; incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any 10 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of the high and subordinate courts of the Independent Order of Foresters, of the state of Michigan, desirous to [be] become incorporated, may make and execute articles of incorporation under their hands and seal, which articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth,

First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance, and their places of residence;

Second, The corporate names by which such association shall be known in the law, and the place of its business office;

Third, The object and purpose of such association, which shall be to promote the general welfare of the fraternity known as the high court of the Independent Order of Foresters and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.

History: 1891, Act 136, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8059; CL 1915, 10533; CL 1929, 10738; CL 1948, 457.532
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.894 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-358-of-1994 / Section 287.894
Ferrets; identification; confinement; release or abandonment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The director may require that a ferret be identified pursuant to Act No. 309 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 287.301 to 287.308 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, at the expense of the owner.

An owner shall prevent a ferret from leaving the owner's property unless the ferret is confined or leashed and under the direct control of the owner or a responsible person designated by the owner.

A person shall not release a ferret into the wild or abandon a ferret.

History: 1994, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4302 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4302
Payor bank; accountability upon presentment and receipt of item; defenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4302.

If an item is presented on and received by a payor bank the bank is accountable for the amount of the following:

A demand item other than a documentary draft whether properly payable or not if the bank, in any case where it is not also the depositary bank, retains the item beyond midnight of the banking day of receipt without settling for it or, regardless of whether it is also the depositary bank, does not pay or return the item or send notice of dishonor until after its midnight deadline.

Any other properly payable item unless within the time allowed for acceptance or payment of that item the bank either accepts or pays the item or returns it and accompanying documents.

The liability of a payor bank to pay an item pursuant to subsection (1) is subject to defenses based on breach of a presentment warranty (section 4208) or proof that the person seeking enforcement of the liability presented or transferred the item for the purpose of defrauding the payor bank.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5855 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5855
Fraudulent concealment of claim or identity of person liable; discovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5855.

If a person who is or may be liable for any claim fraudulently conceals the existence of the claim or the identity of any person who is liable for the claim from the knowledge of the person entitled to sue on the claim, the action may be commenced at any time within 2 years after the person who is entitled to bring the action discovers, or should have discovered, the existence of the claim or the identity of the person who is liable for the claim, although the action would otherwise be barred by the period of limitations.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.229 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.229
Unclaimed deposit for utility services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A deposit, including any interest on the deposit, made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment or any sum paid in advance for utility services to be furnished, less any lawful deductions, that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than 1 year after termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made is presumed abandoned.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.491 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-230-of-1881 / Section 322.491
New certificates; owner, application to circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That whenever any part-paid certificate of primary school or other lands shall be lost or destroyed the owner of the land held under such certificate may apply to the circuit court for the county in which the land is situated for an order that a duplicate certificate may be issued.

History: 1881, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1881; How. 5338; CL 1897, 1504; CL 1915, 726; CL 1929, 6043; CL 1948, 322.491
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7106 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7106
Person having control of electronic document.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7106.

(1) A person has control of an electronic document of title if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the electronic document reliably establishes that person as the person to which the electronic document was issued or transferred.

(2) A system satisfies subsection (1), and a person is considered to have control of an electronic document of title, if the document is created, stored, and assigned in a manner that meets all of the following:

(a) A single authoritative copy of the document exists that is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (d), (e), and (f), unalterable.

(b) The authoritative copy described in subdivision (a) identifies the person asserting control as 1 of the following:

( i ) The person to which the document was issued.

( ii ) If the authoritative copy indicates that the document has been transferred, the person to which the document was most recently transferred.

(c) The authoritative copy described in subdivision (a) is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian.

(d) Copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy described in subdivision (a) can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control.

(e) Each copy of the authoritative copy described in subdivision (a) and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy.

(f) Any amendment of the authoritative copy described in subdivision (a) is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.

History: Add. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.312 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 322.312
Improved lands; sale by lots, minimum price, appraisal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Whenever either the university or school fund will, in the opinion of the commissioner, be improved by laying off any section or tract of university or school lands, into small parcels, or village lots, the said commissioner may cause the same to be done, and may sell the same at the respective minimum prices established in this chapter; or if in his opinion any of such parcels or lots exceed in value such prices, he shall cause the same to be appraised by 3 disinterested freeholders of the county in which such parcels or lots are situated.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 60; CL 1857, 2455; CL 1871, 3828; How. 5273; CL 1897, 1336; CL 1915, 511; CL 1929, 5911; CL 1948, 322.312
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.53509 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.53509
Registration as forester; application; submission; contents; denial or approval; validity; duties of individual.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53509.

(1) To be registered as a forester, an individual shall submit an application to the board on a form provided by the department. The application shall include all of the following:

(a) The name, address, telephone number, and electronic mail address of the applicant.

(b) Information demonstrating that the individual meets 1 or more of the following educational requirements:

( i ) An associate's degree in forestry from an SAF-accredited university program or board-approved program, plus 4 years of experience under the guidance of a registered forester, an SAF-certified forester, or a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters.

( ii ) A bachelor's degree in forestry from an SAF-accredited university program or a board-approved program, plus 2 years of forestry experience as described in subparagraph ( i ).

( iii ) A bachelor's degree in a natural resource field from an SAF-accredited university program or a board-approved program, plus 2 years of forestry experience described in subparagraph ( i ).

( iv ) A graduate degree in forestry from an SAF-accredited university program or a board-approved program, plus 2 years of forestry experience described in subparagraph ( i ).

(c) References or endorsements from 3 registered foresters.

(d) Verification of successful completion of any continuing education required by the board.

(e) Other relevant information required by the board.

(2) The board shall grant or deny registration within 30 days after a complete application is filed and notify the applicant of its determination in writing. If an application is denied, the notification shall include the reasons for the denial. If the application is approved, the department shall issue a registration certificate and certification number to the applicant. The registration is valid for 2 years.

(3) To maintain registration as a forester, an individual shall do all of the following:

(a) Pay the department a fee of $200.00 for the registration period. The first payment shall be made not more than 30 days after the application for registration is granted under subsection (2).

(b) Successfully complete not fewer than 24 hours of continuing education every 2 years as approved by the board.

(c) Demonstrate completion of continuing education requirements under subdivision (b) as a condition for registration renewal by submitting evidence of fulfillment to the board within 60 days of a request to do so.

(d) Maintain good standing with the board by complying with section 53515.

History: Add. 2018, Act 116, Eff. July 25, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.699 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.699
Classification as disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes; treatment of certain conversions into a limited liability company.
Status: in_force

Sec. 699.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, both of the following apply:

(a) A person that is a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes under the internal revenue code is classified as a disregarded entity for purposes of parts 2 and 3 of this act.

(b) A person that converts into a limited liability company under section 7 of 1883 PA 129, MCL 484.7, is treated as a corporation for purposes of parts 2 and 3 of this act unless that converted entity is a disregarded entity for federal income tax filing purposes under the internal revenue code and its regarded owner is treated as a corporation for state and federal income tax purposes.

History: Add. 2011, Act 309, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Am. 2024, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8142 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8142
Seventy-seventh district; Mecosta and Osceola counties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8142.

The seventy-seventh district consists of the counties of Mecosta and Osceola, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.421b — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-372-of-1927 / Section 28.421b
Firearms records; confidentiality; disclosure prohibited; exceptions; violation as civil infraction; fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1b.

(1) Firearms records are confidential, are not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall not be disclosed to any person, except as otherwise provided by this section.

(2) Firearms records may only be accessed and disclosed by a peace officer or authorized system user for the following purposes:

(a) The individual whose firearms records are the subject of disclosure poses a threat to himself or herself or other individuals, including a peace officer.

(b) The individual whose firearms records are the subject of disclosure has committed an offense with a pistol that violates a law of this state, another state, or the United States.

(c) The pistol that is the subject of the firearms records search may have been used during the commission of an offense that violates a law of this state, another state, or the United States.

(d) To ensure the safety of a peace officer.

(e) For purposes of this act.

(f) A peace officer or an authorized user has reason to believe that access to the firearms records is necessary within the commission of his or her lawful duties. The peace officer or authorized system user shall enter and record the specific reason in the system in accordance with the procedures in section 5e.

(3) A person who intentionally violates subsection (2) is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00.

History: Add. 2014, Act 202, Eff. Dec. 21, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 402.39 — MI Code / Chapter 401 / Act Act-146-of-1925 / Section 402.39
Semi-annual report of township and city supervisors on expense of support; neglect to file, falsification, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

It shall be the duty of the supervisors of townships and cities in those counties where the townships and cities are made liable for their respective poor, on or before the first day of April and October in each year, to report to the county superintendents of the poor, and the township board, or the legislative body of the city, in such form as they shall direct, the number of poor persons who have been relieved or supported in such township or city the preceding year, and the whole expense of such support. Any supervisor or director who shall neglect or refuse to make such report, or who shall willfully make any false report, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not exceeding 1,000 dollars, to be recovered by the prosecuting attorney of the county, in the name of the people of this state, and to be paid into the township or city treasury, as the case may be.

History: 1925, Act 146, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 8267; CL 1948, 402.39
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1115 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-152-of-2006 / Section 123.1115
"Local unit of government" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

As used in this act, "local unit of government" means a city, village, township, or county.

History: 2006, Act 152, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.486 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-96-of-2014 / Section 15.486
Conflict with existing ethics laws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

This act is intended to supplement existing ethics laws, and if there is a conflict, the following laws prevail:

(a) Section 10 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963.

(b) 1978 PA 566, MCL 15.181 to 15.185.

(c) 1968 PA 318, MCL 15.301 to 15.310.

(d) 1968 PA 317, MCL 15.321 to 15.330.

(e) 1973 PA 196, MCL 15.341 to 15.348.

History: 2014, Act 96, Eff. July 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.122 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-6-of-1919-Ex-Sess- / Section 286.122
Extermination of grasshoppers, similar pests; township appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Whenever any board of supervisors shall have purchased any such poison, as in this act provided, the township board of any township within such county is hereby authorized to appropriate money for the spreading of such poison as may be allotted to such township, or to use other means to exterminate such pests.

History: 1919, Ex. Sess., Act 6, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1919; CL 1929, 5144; CL 1948, 286.122
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.427 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-372-of-1927 / Section 28.427
Concealed weapons licenses; expiration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

All licenses heretofore issued in this state permitting a person to carry a pistol concealed upon his person shall expire at midnight, December 31, 1927.

History: 1927, Act 372, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 16756; CL 1948, 28.427
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1060 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-219-of-2000 / Section 722.1060
List of unsafe children's products; maintenance; availability; providing list to inspectors of child care facility and persons providing child care.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The department shall maintain a comprehensive list of children's products that have been identified as meeting any of the criteria set forth in sections 5 and 6. The department shall make the comprehensive list available to the public at no cost and shall post it on the internet and encourage links.

The department shall provide a copy of the list of unsafe children's products to any individual required by the department to inspect a child care facility for the purpose of issuing or renewing a license or certificate of registration.

The department may work with the family independence agency to provide a copy of the list of unsafe children's products to each person providing child care.

History: 2000, Act 219, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.145 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.145
Minor; contributing to neglect or delinquency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 145.

Contributing to neglect or delinquency of children-Any person who shall by any act, or by any word, encourage, contribute toward, cause or tend to cause any minor child under the age of 17 years to become neglected or delinquent so as to come or tend to come under the jurisdiction of the juvenile division of the probate court, as defined in section 2 of chapter 12a of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, as added by Act No. 54 of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1944, and any amendments thereto, whether or not such child shall in fact be adjudicated a ward of the probate court, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1939, Act 88, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; Am. 1945, Act 85, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 750.145
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.606 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.606
Forfeiture.
Status: in_force

Sec. 606.

The department, the attorney general, and a county prosecutor may utilize the forfeiture provisions of chapter 47 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.4701 to 600.4709, for items seized and determined to be proceeds of a crime, substituted proceeds of a crime, or the instrumentality of a crime as those terms are defined under section 4701 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.4701.

History: Add. 2007, Act 155, Eff. June 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4508 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4508
Bonds; question; submission to electors; ballot; form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4508.

The question of borrowing the sum of $335,000,000.00 and issuing bonds of the state for the purpose set forth in this part shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the state qualified to vote on the question in accordance with section 15 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 , at the general November election to be held on November 5, 1968. The question submitted shall be substantially as follows:

"Shall the state of Michigan borrow the sum of $335,000,000.00 and issue general obligation bonds of the state therefor pledging the full faith and credit of the state for the payment of principal and interest thereon for the purpose of planning, acquiring and constructing facilities for the prevention and abatement of water pollution and for the making of grants, loans and advances to municipalities, political subdivisions and agencies of the state for such purposes, the method of repayment of said bonds to be from the general fund of the state?

Yes [ ]

No [ ]".

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.93 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-20-of-1943 / Section 129.93
Existing investments ratified and validated.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Investments made before the effective date of the amendatory act that repealed section 2 of the surplus funds, sinking funds, or insurance funds of a political subdivision of this state in bonds and other obligations of the United States or its instrumentalities or certificates of deposit or depository receipts of a bank that is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation as provided under section 1 and former section 2 of this act are hereby ratified and validated.

History: 1943, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 1943; CL 1948, 129.93; Am. 1964, Act 126, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1997, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1997