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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.73 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.73
Offices of lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and attorney general; nominees; list.
Status: in_force

Sec. 73.

Not more than 24 hours after the conclusion of the fall state convention, the state central committee of each political party shall canvass the proceedings of the convention and determine the nominees of the convention for the offices of lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. Not more than 1 business day after the conclusion of the convention, the chairperson and secretary of the state central committee shall forward to the secretary of state a typewritten or printed list of the names and residence, including the street address if known, of candidates nominated at the state convention. The secretary of state shall forward a copy of a list received under this section to the board of election commissioners of each county, in care of the county clerk at the county seat.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955; Am. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999; Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.43 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-300-of-1909 / Section 462.43
Liability for violations; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

Any common carrier subject to the operation of this act, or whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent or person employed by such corporation, who alone or with any other corporation, company, person or party, shall willfully do or cause to be done, or shall willfully suffer or permit to be done any act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or abet therein, or who shall willfully omit or fail to do any act, matter or thing in this act required to be done, or shall cause or willfully suffer or permit any act, matter or thing so directed or required by this act to be done, not to be so done, or shall do or abet any such omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of this act, or shall aid or abet therein, or who shall willfully disobey or knowingly fail or neglect to obey any lawful order made under the provisions of this act by the Michigan railroad commission, or shall aid and abet any such disobedience or omission or failure shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors, if a penalty for such offense be not elsewhere provided in this act, be subject to a fine of not to exceed 500 dollars for each offense, in the discretion of the court, or if the convicted party be a natural person, he shall be liable to be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed 3 months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1909, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 8151; CL 1929, 11059; CL 1948, 462.43
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20801 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20801
General definitions and principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20801.

Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code and part 201 contains definitions applicable to this part.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1055 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1055
“Sydney Ouwinga Memorial Bypass.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

The part of the bypass of highway US-131 that is located between M-115 and Boon road in Wexford county shall be known as the "Sydney Ouwinga Memorial Bypass".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.48 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.48
Indictment; necessity of negativing statutory exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48.

No indictment for any offense created or defined by statute shall be deemed objectionable for the reason that it fails to negative any exception, excuse or proviso contained in the statute creating or defining the offense. The fact that the charge is made shall be considered as an allegation that no legal excuse for the doing of the act exists in the particular case.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17262; CL 1948, 767.48
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.258 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-146-of-1937 / Section 570.258
Lien not to preclude any other lawful remedy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The provisions of this act shall not preclude anyone entitled to a lien hereunder from pursuing any other remedy given by law for the collection of the indebtedness for which a lien is hereby given.

History: 1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937; CL 1948, 570.258
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.669 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-225-of-1966 / Section 408.669
Rider safety responsibilities; signs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

An operator shall display signs indicating the applicable rider safety responsibilities provided in section 18 and the location of stations to report injuries under section 20. The signs shall be located in all of the following locations:

Each station for reporting an injury.

Each first aid station.

In addition to the locations described in subdivisions (A) and (B), the following locations:

If there are not more than 4 entrances or exits for riders, at least 2 locations on the premises, including any entrance or exit most commonly used by riders.

If there are more than 4 entrances and exits for riders, at least 4 other locations on the premises, including the 4 entrances and exits most commonly used by riders.

At every carnival or amusement ride.

In addition to the signs required under subsection (1), an operator shall post a sign at each carnival or amusement ride. The sign shall be prominently displayed at a conspicuous location, clearly visible to the public, and bold and legible in design. The sign shall include all of the following that apply:

Operational instructions.

Safety guidelines for riders.

Restrictions on the use of the carnival or amusement ride.

Behavior or activities that are prohibited.

A legend that states: "State law requires riders to obey all warnings and directions for carnival or amusement rides and behave in a manner that will not cause or contribute to the injury of themselves or others. Riders must report injuries prior to leaving the premises.".

History: Add. 2000 Act 346, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1691 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-371-of-2012 / Section 691.1691
Appointment of arbitrator; service as neutral arbitrator.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) If the parties to an agreement to arbitrate agree on a method for appointing an arbitrator, that method must be followed, unless the method fails. If the parties have not agreed on a method, the agreed method fails, or an arbitrator appointed fails or is unable to act and a successor has not been appointed, the court, on motion of a party to the arbitration proceeding, shall appoint the arbitrator. An arbitrator so appointed has all the powers of an arbitrator designated in the agreement to arbitrate or an arbitrator appointed by the agreed method.

(2) An individual who has a known, direct, and material interest in the outcome of the arbitration proceeding or a known, existing, and substantial relationship with a party shall not serve as an arbitrator required by an agreement to be neutral.

History: 2012, Act 371, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1074[1] — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1074[1]
"Purple Heart Trail."
Status: in_force

Sec. 74.

That part of highway I-69 in Branch county shall be known as the "Purple Heart Trail".

History: Add. 2004, Act 485, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.57 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.57
Township office; events creating vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 57.

Every township office shall become vacant upon the happening of any of the events specified in section 3 of chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 201.3 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, as creating a vacancy.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 549; CL 1871, 692; How. 728; CL 1897, 2327; CL 1915, 2106; CL 1929, 996; CL 1948, 41.57; Am. 1983, Act 40, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.922 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.922
Board of law examiners; membership, vacancies, officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 922.

There is hereby constituted a board of law examiners consisting of 5 active members of the bar each of whom shall hold office for 5 years and 1 of whom shall be appointed by the governor on nomination by the supreme court on the first day of July in each year. Vacancies on the board shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term. The president of the board is the member of the board whose term first expires. The board shall elect a secretary annually from its own membership. The clerk of the supreme court ex-officio is the assistant secretary and treasurer of the board. If a vacancy occurs in the office of president, the board may elect a president for the unexpired term from its own membership.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2705 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-453-of-1976 / Section 37.2705
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 705.

This act shall not be construed as preventing the commission from securing civil rights guaranteed by law other than the civil rights set forth in this act.

This act shall not be interpreted as restricting the implementation of approved plans, programs, or services to eliminate discrimination and the effects thereof when appropriate.

This act shall not be interpreted as invalidating any other act that provides programs or services for persons covered by this act.

History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.40111c — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.40111c
Use of tranquilizer propelled from bow or firearm; use of unmanned vehicle or device; prohibitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40111c.

(1) A person other than the department shall not take game using a tranquilizer propelled from a bow or firearm.

(2) An individual shall not take game or fish using an unmanned vehicle or unmanned device that uses aerodynamic forces to achieve flight or using an unmanned vehicle or unmanned device that operates on the surface of water or underwater.

History: Add. 2008, Act 301, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 2008; Am. 2015, Act 13, Eff. July 13, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.56 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-39-of-1889 / Section 455.56
Annual meeting; place; board of trustees, report, powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The annual meeting of such association shall be held at some suitable place on its grounds at such time as shall be fixed by the board of trustees, and may adjourn from day to day as may be necessary for the transaction of its business. At the first annual meeting the entire number of the board of trustees shall be elected, and at each annual meeting thereafter there shall be elected such number of trustees as shall be necessary to fill the places of trustees whose term of office then expires, and all vacancies in such board. Such election shall be by ballot, and any person receiving a majority of all the votes cast shall be elected. Any and all business of the association may be considered and acted upon at such meeting, and such instructions given to the board of trustees as may be determined upon. If, for any reason, the annual meeting of the association shall not be held at the time fixed therefor, the board of trustees shall, within 60 days thereafter, call a special meeting of the association, at a time fixed by it for that purpose, and notify each member of the association thereof by mailing a notice addressed to him or her to his or her place of residence, if known; and such special meeting, when so called and held, shall have the same powers as the annual meeting would have had if held at the time fixed therefor. At any meeting of the association each member thereof shall be entitled to 1 vote. The trustees shall make to such annual meeting a report, in writing, of their doings and of the management of the business of the association, the condition of its property, concerns, and its assets and liabilities, and such other matters as to them shall seem proper.

History: 1889, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1889; How. 3983e-1; CL 1897, 7644; CL 1915, 10067; CL 1929, 10332; CL 1948, 455.56
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7105 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.7105
Additional definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7105.

"Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer from 1 person to another of a controlled substance, whether or not there is an agency relationship.

"Disciplinary subcommittee" means the disciplinary subcommittee for the board of pharmacy appointed under section 16216.

"Dispense" means to deliver or issue a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for the delivery or issuance.

"Dispenser" means a practitioner who dispenses.

"Distribute" means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled substance.

"Distributor" means a person who distributes.

"Drug" means a substance recognized as a drug in the official United States pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official national formulary, or any supplement to any of them; a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in human beings or animals; a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of human beings or animals; or, a substance intended for use as a component of any article specified in this subsection. It does not include a device or its components, parts, or accessories.

"Human consumption" means application, injection, inhalation, or ingestion by a human being.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1988, Act 60, Eff. Aug. 1, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1277a — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1277a
Accreditation of schools in school district; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1277a.

Beginning in the 1994-95 school year, in addition to the requirements specified in section 1280 for accreditation under that section, if the board of a school district wants all of the schools in the school district to be accredited under section 1280, the board shall ensure all of the following:

That all information assembled regarding each school building within the school district to prepare the school's annual educational report, as described in section 1204a, is disaggregated by gender and is provided to the individuals participating in the development of the district's school improvement plan under section 1277.

That all gender equity issues raised by the disaggregated information described in subdivision (a) are addressed as part of the planning, development, implementation, evaluation, and updating of the school improvement plan of each school within the school district under section 1277 or, if such an issue is not addressed, that an explanation is made to the community of the reason or reasons why the issue is not addressed. An explanation for not addressing a gender equity issue may be included in the school's annual educational report under section 1204a.

Upon request by a school district, intermediate school district, or school, the department shall provide advice and technical assistance to the district or school on meeting the requirements of this section.

History: Add. 1993, Act 335, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1093 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1093
Blender's license; fee; filing; report; waiver.
Status: in_force

Sec. 93.

In order to operate as a blender in this state, a person shall obtain a blender's license.

The fee for a blender's license is $100.00.

A blender shall file with the department on forms or in a format prescribed by the department a monthly report containing the information the department requires as reasonably necessary for the department to determine the amount of tax due.

The department may waive the licensing or reporting requirements described in this section if it determines that either or both are not needed to administer this act.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16205 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16205
Attendance at educational programs as condition to license renewal; waiver; rules for assessing continued competence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16205.

A board which requires evidence of attendance at educational programs as a condition to license renewal may waive those requirements if, upon written application, the board finds the failure of the licensee to attend was due to the licensee's disability, military service, absence from the continental United States, or a circumstance beyond the control of the licensee which the board considers good and sufficient.

A board may promulgate rules to establish a system of assessing the continued competence of licensees as a condition of periodic license renewal.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1984, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1984; Am. 1986, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61601 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.61601
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61601.

As used in this part:

"Abandoned oil or gas well" means an oil or gas well that has not been plugged promptly after having been drilled as a dry hole or has not been used for its intended purpose during 12 consecutive months, unless the supervisor has authorized it to remain idle.

"Fund" means the orphan well fund created in section 61602.

"Oil or gas well" means a well drilled pursuant to part 615, or its predecessor acts, or a well drilled prior to the effective dates of part 615 or its predecessor acts as determined by the supervisor, for oil or gas exploration or development or storage, or associated production or disposal activities.

"Operator" means the person authorized by contract or agreement by the owner to drill, operate, maintain, or plug a well. Operator does not include the operator of a natural gas storage field within the boundary of the natural gas storage field unless the natural gas storage field operator has either drilled, plugged, or replugged the well in question or has utilized the well for the injection or withdrawal of natural gas into or from the natural gas storage field.

"Owner" means the person who has the right to drill a well into a pool, to produce from a pool, and to receive and distribute the value of the production from the pool for himself or herself either individually or in combination with others.

"Response activity" has the same meaning as in part 201.

"Site restoration" means the filling and leveling of all cellars, pits, and excavations; the removal or elimination of all debris; the elimination of conditions that may create a fire or pollution hazard; the minimization of erosion; and the restoration of the well site as nearly as practicable to the original land contour or to a condition approved by the supervisor after consulting with the surface owner of the land and with the operator of a natural gas storage field if the well site is within the boundary of a natural gas storage field.

"Supervisor" means the supervisor of wells as provided by part 615 or his or her designee.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.104 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.104
United States senator; resignation, notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 104.

Any person duly elected to the office of United States senator who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective date of such resignation with the governor and a copy with the secretary of state.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1915 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1915
Possessing or consuming alcoholic liquor on public highway or in park, place of amusement, or publicly owned area; authority of local governmental unit or state department or agency to prohibit possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 915.

Alcoholic liquor shall not be consumed on the public highways.

Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), alcoholic liquor may be possessed or consumed in public parks, public places of amusement, or a publicly owned area not licensed to sell for consumption on the premises.

The governing body of a local governmental unit may prohibit by ordinance, order, or resolution the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor in any public park, public place of amusement, or publicly owned area that is owned or administered, or both, by that local governmental unit. When land is leased from a department or agency of this state, an ordinance, order, or resolution adopted pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the department or agency.

A department or agency of this state that administers public lands may prohibit by rule, order, or resolution the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor on the public land under its jurisdiction.

As used in this section:

"Local governmental unit" means a county, city, township, village, or charter authority.

"Publicly owned area" means an area under the jurisdiction of a local governmental unit.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2301 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2301
Participation in facility by insurers required; purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2301.

Each insurer authorized to write worker's compensation insurance in this state shall participate in the Michigan worker's compensation placement facility for the purpose of doing all of the following:

Providing worker's compensation insurance to any person who is unable to procure the insurance through ordinary methods.

Preserving to the public the benefits of price competition by encouraging maximum use of the normal private insurance system.

History: Add. 1982, Act 8, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1993, Act 200, Eff. Dec. 28, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1530 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-460-of-2014 / Section 722.1530
Abduction prevention order; duration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

An abduction prevention order remains in effect until the earliest of the following:

(a) The time stated in the order.

(b) The emancipation of the child.

(c) The child's attaining 18 years of age.

(d) The time the order is modified, revoked, vacated, or superseded by a court with jurisdiction under sections 201 to 203 of the uniform child-custody jurisdiction and enforcement act, 2001 PA 195, MCL 722.1201 to 722.1203, or other applicable law of this state.

History: 2014, Act 460, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2015