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Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.596 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-186-of-1989 / Section 45.596
Proceedings to take private property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

A county may take private property within its corporate boundaries that is necessary for a purpose within the scope of this act for the use or benefit of the public and may institute proceedings for that purpose.

Proceedings to take private property under subsection (1) shall be commenced under the uniform condemnation procedures act, Act No. 87 of the Public Acts of 1980, being sections 213.51 to 213.77 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, whenever the county, by resolution of its board of commissioners, determines that it is necessary to take certain private property for a designated public improvement and that the improvement is for the use or benefit of the public.

History: 1989, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1003 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1003
Personnel agency; license required; determination of Type A or Type B; exemptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1003.

A person shall not open, operate, or maintain a personnel agency in this state without first obtaining the appropriate license from the department. The department shall determine whether an agency is considered a type A personnel agency or a type B personnel agency.

This article does not apply to all of the following:

A regularly established educational institution, religious, labor, charitable, benevolent organization, or department or bureau maintained for the purpose of providing free employment or consulting services for which no fee, compensation, or other valuable consideration is charged or received, directly or indirectly.

A person who maintains an employment or consulting office for the person's own intraorganization purposes exclusively, the Michigan employment security commission, an organization which provides vocational rehabilitation services if the fees are paid by an insurer or self-insurer responsible under applicable state or federal insurance laws for the providing of vocational rehabilitation services to an individual, or a person under a contract with the state of Michigan to provide employment services.

A person employing an individual to render part-time or temporary personal service to, for, or under the direction of a third person if the person employing the individual, in addition to a wage or salary, pays federal social security taxes, state and federal unemployment insurance, carries worker's disability compensation insurance as required by the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 418.101 to 418.941 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and sustains responsibility for the acts of the employee while rendering service to, for, or under the direction of a third person.

The business of procuring, offering, promising, promoting, or attempting to provide an engagement for an athletic event, a circus, concert, vaudeville, theatrical, or other entertainment, or of giving information as to where an engagement may be procured or provided for an actor, artist, athlete, entertainer, or performer in an athletic event, a circus, vaudeville, theatrical, or other entertainment.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1992, Act 253, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.992 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-247-of-2001 / Section 3.992
Review by legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The legislature shall review this act every 5 years after the date of enactment.

History: 2001, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.217 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.217
Disguising with intent to intimidate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 217.

Any person who in any manner disguises himself or herself with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law, or with intent to intimidate, hinder or interrupt any officer or any other person in the legal performance of his or her duty, or the exercise of his or her rights under the constitution and laws of this state, whether such intent be effected or not, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.217; Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.285 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.285
State fair authority; transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 185.

The Michigan state fair authority created by Act No. 224 of the Public Acts of 1962, being sections 291.21 to 291.37 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is transferred by a type II transfer to the department of agriculture.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 427.303 — MI Code / Chapter 427 / Act Act-125-of-2001 / Section 427.303
Compliance with MCL 750.146.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A hotel or bed and breakfast shall comply with section 146 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.146.

History: 2001, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.321 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.321
Compensation for death resulting from personal injury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 321.

If death results from the personal injury of an employee, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, subject to section 375, in 1 of the methods provided in this section, to the dependents of the employee who were wholly dependent upon the employee's earnings for support at the time of the injury, a weekly payment equal to 80% of the employee's after-tax average weekly wage, subject to the maximum and minimum rates of compensation under this act, for a period of 500 weeks from the date of death. If at the expiration of the 500-week period any such wholly or partially dependent person is less than 21 years of age, a worker's compensation magistrate may order the employer to continue to pay the weekly compensation or some portion thereof until the wholly or partially dependent person reaches the age of 21. If the employee leaves dependents only partially dependent upon his or her earnings for support at the time of injury, the weekly compensation to be paid shall be equal to the same proportion of the weekly payments for the benefit of persons wholly dependent as 80% of the amount contributed by the employee to the partial dependents bears to the annual earnings of the deceased at the time of injury.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969; Am. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Am. 1985, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1985; Am. 1994, Act 271, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1551 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-220-of-1979 / Section 125.1551
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Authority" means an Indian housing authority created pursuant to section 2.

"Indian reservation" means an Indian community which has land held in trust for the Indian community by the federal or state government, or a local unit of government, or which owns the land in its own name.

"Reservation governor" means the chairperson or president of the elected governing council of an Indian reservation.

History: 1979, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1715 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1715
Contempt; punishment; fine; probation; performance of act or duty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1715.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, punishment for contempt may be a fine of not more than $7,500.00, or imprisonment which, except in those cases where the commitment is for the omission to perform an act or duty which is still within the power of the person to perform shall not exceed 93 days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The court may place an individual who is guilty of criminal contempt on probation in the manner provided for persons guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in chapter XI of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 771.1 to 771.14a.

(2) If the contempt consists of the omission to perform some act or duty that is still within the power of the person to perform, the imprisonment shall be terminated when the person performs the act or duty or no longer has the power to perform the act or duty, which shall be specified in the order of commitment, and pays the fine, costs, and expenses of the proceedings, which shall be specified in the order of commitment.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1983, Act 228, Imd. Eff. Nov. 28, 1983; Am. 2006, Act 544, Eff. Mar. 30, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.572 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-26-of-1875 / Section 457.572
Grand lodge; incorporators; articles, execution, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

That any 10 or more persons, with their associates and successors, shall constitute the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Philanthropists, of the state of Michigan; and they are hereby authorized to make and execute, under their hands and seals, articles of association, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this state having authority to make [take] acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:

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

Second, The corporate name 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 Independent Order of Philanthropists, of the state of Michigan, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.

History: 1875, Act 26, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4560; CL 1897, 8084; CL 1915, 10558; CL 1929, 10759; CL 1948, 457.572
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.301 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-57-of-1925 / Section 290.301
Naval stores standards; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That when used in this chapter;

"Naval stores" means spirits of turpentine and rosin.

"Spirits of turpentine" includes gum spirits of turpentine and wood turpentine.

"Gum spirits of turpentine" means spirits of turpentine made from gum (oleoresin) from a living tree.

"Wood turpentine" includes steam distilled wood turpentine and destructively distilled wood turpentine.

"Steam distilled wood turpentine" means wood turpentine distilled with steam from the oleoresin within or extracted from the wood.

"Destructively distilled wood turpentine" means wood turpentine obtained in the destructive distillation of the wood.

"Rosin" includes gum rosin and wood rosin.

"Gum rosin" means rosin remaining after the distillation of gum spirits of turpentine.

"Wood rosin" means rosin remaining after the distillation of steam distilled wood turpentine.

History: 1925, Act 57, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 5626; CL 1948, 290.301
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.665 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-225-of-1966 / Section 408.665
Hardship cases; modification; request, written authorization, record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

If there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships for an owner to comply with the rules under this act, the director may modify the application of those rules or if the spirit of the rules is observed and the public safety is secure. An owner may make a written request to the department stating its grounds and applying for a modification described in this section. Any authorization by the director under this section must be in writing and must describe the conditions under which the modification is permitted. The department shall keep a record of all modifications under this section that is open to the public.

History: 1966, Act 225, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966; Am. 2014, Act 163, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2014; Am. 2022, Act 97, Eff. Sept. 30, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2065 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2065
Percentage of venture capital investments; encouraging certified MESBIC to meet investment requirements; “investment” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 65.

Sixty-five percent of investments of a certified minority venture capital company shall be venture capital investments.

A certified MESBIC shall be encouraged to use its best efforts to meet the investment requirements imposed by subsection (1) on certified minority venture capital companies.

For purposes of this section, section 61(d), and section 63(2)(d), (e), and (i), "investment" means financial assistance provided by a MESBIC or minority venture capital company, whether through loans, guarantees, venture capital investments, or commitments.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.77a — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.77a
Old age assistance, aid to dependent children, welfare relief; inconsequential earnings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77a.

Under such rules and regulations as the state department of social welfare shall promulgate, inconsequential earnings shall not affect the determination of any amount of assistance to be paid by the state for old age assistance, aid to dependent children or matched by the state in connection with the granting of welfare relief.

History: Add. 1952, Act 235, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2567a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2567a
Fee for recording instrument; amount and payment; additional to other fees; remittance and disposition of fees; limitation; applicability of section; “county plan” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2567a.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the county register of deeds shall collect a fee for recording any instrument. Before January 1, 2043, the fee is $4.00. Beginning January 1, 2043, the fee is $2.00. The fee must be paid when the instrument is left for record.

(2) The fee required by this section is in addition to any fees required in section 2567 or fees or charges otherwise required by law for the recording of instruments.

(3) The fees collected under this section must be remitted to the state treasurer quarterly, and must be deposited by the state treasurer in the survey and remonumentation fund created in section 11 of the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.271, except that a county may retain not more than 1-1/2% of each fee collected under subsection (1) to cover the costs of administering this section.

(4) If, pursuant to a contract under section 8(5) of the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.268, a county has expended funds to expedite the completion of its county plan, the county may apply not more than 50% of its annual grant revenue under section 12(1)(a) of the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.272, to reimburse itself for these expenditures, until these expenditures have been fully reimbursed.

(5) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(a) An agency of this state when filing or recording any instrument with the county register of deeds under the state tax lien registration act, 1968 PA 203, MCL 211.681 to 211.687.

(b) An individual or any public or private legal entity when recording a lien or discharge of a lien with the county register of deeds under section 15 of the Michigan employment security act, 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, MCL 421.15.

(c) An agency of the federal government when filing or recording any instrument with the county register of deeds under the uniform federal lien registration act, 1983 PA 102, MCL 211.661 to 211.668.

(d) An individual or any public or private legal entity when recording any instrument with the county register of deeds under the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1101 to 440.9994.

(e) A foreclosing governmental unit when recording any instrument required under sections 78 to 78o of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.78 to 211.78o.

(6) As used in this section, "county plan" means a monumentation and remonumentation plan under section 8 of the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.268.

History: Add. 1990, Act 346, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Am. 2002, Act 700, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003; Am. 2006, Act 662, Eff. Mar. 30, 2007; Am. 2022, Act 271, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.7j — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.7j
Tax exemption for new or existing facility for which commercial housing facilities exemption certificate issued.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7j.

A new facility or an existing facility for which a commercial housing facilities exemption certificate issued pursuant to Act No. 438 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 207.601 to 207.615 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is in effect, but not the land on which the new facility is located, shall be exempt from taxation under this act for the period beginning on the effective date of the certificate and continuing as long as the commercial housing facilities exemption certificate is in force.

History: Add. 1977, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.930 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-87-of-2009 / Section 451.930
Uniformity of law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

History: 2009, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1089 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1089
"Firefighter Brian Woehlke Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 89.

The portion of highway M-153 beginning at the intersection of highway M-153 and Newburgh road and extending east to the intersection of highway M-153 and Wayne road shall be known as the "Firefighter Brian Woehlke Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2014, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.3108 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.3108
Instrument payable on demand, at definite time, or at fixed date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3108.

A promise or order is "payable on demand" if it:

States that it is payable on demand or at sight, or otherwise indicates that it is payable at the will of the holder.

Does not state any time of payment.

A promise or order is "payable at a definite time" if it is payable on elapse of a definite period of time after sight or acceptance or at a fixed date or dates or at a time or times readily ascertainable at the time the promise or order is issued, subject to rights of:

Prepayment.

Acceleration.

Extension at the option of the holder.

Extension to a further definite time at the option of the maker or acceptor or automatically upon or after a specified act or event.

If an instrument, payable at a fixed date, is also payable upon demand made before the fixed date, the instrument is payable on demand until the fixed date and, if demand for payment is not made before that date, becomes payable at a definite time on the fixed date.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.806 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-286-of-1964 / Section 247.806
State highway commission; transitional powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Before assuming the powers and duties of the present state highway commissioner the commission shall meet at least monthly at the call of the state highway commissioner and shall have the following powers and duties:

To consult with the state highway commissioner and serve as members of the advisory board created by section 2a of chapter 5 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, being section 225.2a of the Compiled Laws of 1948, the membership of which board is hereby increased to 9.

To request information from the state highway commissioner concerning highway matters.

To assist in the preparation of budget requests for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1965.

To designate the director whose employment will not begin until the commission assumes the powers and duties of the present state highway commissioner.

History: 1964, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.625e — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-295-of-1982 / Section 552.625e
Freeze of payer's financial assets; execution; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25e.

(1) When a financial institution, insurer, or carrier receives a notice of levy under section 25c on a payer's financial assets held by the financial institution; money to be paid by an insurer as the result of a claim for negligence, personal injury, or death, under an arbitration award, or under a settlement of or judgment issued in a civil action; or compensation under a worker's compensation order, settlement, redemption order, or voluntary payment, the financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall freeze those financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation. If the payer's financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation exceeds the levy amount, the financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall freeze those financial assets, or that money to be paid or compensation, up to the levy amount. A financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall execute the freeze of a payer's financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation under this section by the close of business on 1 of the following days:

(a) If the notice is received before noon, the first business day after the business day on which the notice is received.

(b) If the notice is received at noon or later, the second business day after the business day on which the notice is received.

(2) After complying with subsection (1), a financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall give notice of that compliance to the title IV-D agency and the payer. In addition, a financial institution shall notify each other person with an interest in the financial assets as shown in the financial institution's records. A financial institution's, insurer's, or carrier's notice to a payer under this subsection shall include a copy of the title IV-D agency notice to the financial institution, insurer, or carrier.

History: Add. 2002, Act 565, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 484, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26304 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-31-of-1990 / Section 333.26304
Production of notice; distribution of copies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The department shall produce the notice required under subsection (1), and have copies of the notice available for distribution to educational institutions and recreational athletic facilities on or before the expiration of 60 days after the effective date of this act.

The department shall provide copies of the notice required under subsection (1) free of charge to educational institutions and the owners of recreational athletic facilities who request copies of the notice.

History: 1990, Act 31, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991