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Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.271 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-267-of-1976 / Section 15.271
Civil action to compel compliance or enjoin noncompliance; commencement; venue; security not required; commencement of action for mandamus; court costs and attorney fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

If a public body is not complying with this act, the attorney general, prosecuting attorney of the county in which the public body serves, or a person may commence a civil action to compel compliance or to enjoin further noncompliance with this act.

An action for injunctive relief against a local public body shall be commenced in the circuit court, and venue is proper in any county in which the public body serves. An action for an injunction against a state public body shall be commenced in the circuit court and venue is proper in any county in which the public body has its principal office, or in Ingham county. If a person commences an action for injunctive relief, that person shall not be required to post security as a condition for obtaining a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order.

An action for mandamus against a public body under this act shall be commenced in the court of appeals.

If a public body is not complying with this act, and a person commences a civil action against the public body for injunctive relief to compel compliance or to enjoin further noncompliance with the act and succeeds in obtaining relief in the action, the person shall recover court costs and actual attorney fees for the action.

History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.10122 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.10122
Uniformity of law among states.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10122.

In applying and construing this part, 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: Add. 2008, Act 39, Eff. May 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.404 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-116-of-1992 / Section 24.404
Proposed technical standard.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The board shall, within 60 days of receipt of a proposed technical standard from the department, approve, disapprove, or revise the proposed technical standard.

(2) Before submitting a proposed technical standard to the board under this section, the department shall seek advice and comment from the department of information technology and at least 1 representative from each of the following entities:

(a) County government.

(b) City, township, or village government.

(c) The information technology industry.

(3) Proposed and final technical standards shall be published in the Michigan register. A technical standard shall not take effect before its publication in the Michigan register.

History: Add. 2004, Act 574, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 773.23 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 773.23
Effect on prior acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal any of the provisions of Act 345 of the Public Acts of 1919, or any acts amendatory or supplementary thereto.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17425; CL 1948, 773.23
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.526 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.526
Use of certificated and noncertificated teachers; teaching techniques or methods.
Status: in_force

Sec. 526.

Except as otherwise provided by law, an urban high school academy shall use certificated teachers according to state board rule.

An urban high school academy may use noncertificated individuals to teach as follows:

The urban high school academy may use as a classroom teacher in any grade a faculty member who is employed full-time by the state public university that is the authorizing body and who has been granted institutional tenure, or has been designated as being on tenure track, by that state public university.

In any other situation in which a school district is permitted under this act to use noncertificated teachers.

An urban high school academy may develop and implement new teaching techniques or methods or significant revisions to known teaching techniques or methods and shall report those to the authorizing body and state board to be made available to the public. An urban high school academy may use any instructional technique or delivery method that may be used by a school district.

History: Add. 2003, Act 179, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.42 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-67-of-1877 / Section 4.42
Convening of legislature, time, organization, temporary rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The members elect of the senate and house of representatives shall convene in their respective houses at the state capitol at Lansing, at 12 o'clock noon on the second Wednesday of January next succeeding their election, and proceed to the organization of their respective houses, in accordance with the provisions of this act, and under the rules of the preceding houses as temporary rules, and no other business shall be in order until they shall have completed such organization.

History: 1877, Act 67, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 43; CL 1897, 5; CL 1915, 5; CL 1929, 6; CL 1948, 4.42; Am. 1953, Act 63, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1955, Act 72, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32303 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32303
Engineering study.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32303.

Before January 1, 1975, the department shall make or cause to be made an engineering study of the shoreland to determine:

Flood risk areas.

The frequency with which a flood risk area can be expected to be flooded.

Appropriate rules necessary to prevent damage or destruction to property.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.585 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-78-of-1891 / Section 457.585
Subordinate castles; chartering; existing castles; regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Such corporation when duly formed, shall have power to institute and charter subordinate castles and branches within this state, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute and establish such constitution, general laws and by-laws, ordinances and regulations as the grand castle shall deem proper for the regulation and government of such subordinate castles or branches not repugnant to the laws of this state: Provided, however, That the existing subordinate castle or branches heretofore duly charted [chartered] by the grand castle, shall be subject to the control of the grand castle, under this act, as heretofore, and in the same manner and to the same extent, as those that may be [hereafter] hereinafter instituted and chartered under this act: Provided further, That in case the corporators or persons, associating in the first instance, shall by death, resignation, or for other cause, under the rules of the grand castles become ineligible to act in such capacity, their successors may, from time to time be appointed by the grand castles.

History: 1891, Act 78, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8093; CL 1915, 10567; CL 1929, 10768; CL 1948, 457.585
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16228 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16228
Prescription of controlled substance; investigation; ad hoc review panel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16228.

For an investigation involving the prescription of a controlled substance, the department may establish an ad hoc review panel to provide the department with expert information regarding a specific health profession or health specialty or a specific health care treatment or procedure as it relates to the investigation. The department shall establish an ad hoc review panel under this subsection as follows:

The department shall triennially establish a pool of 10 physicians, 5 of whom are allopathic physicians licensed under part 170 and 5 of whom are osteopathic physicians licensed under part 175.

For each ad hoc review panel, the department shall appoint 3 physicians from the pool established under subdivision (a).

The ad hoc review panel shall provide the information described in subsection (1) to the department during the investigation process and before a formal complaint is issued.

History: Add. 1998, Act 423, Eff. Apr. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1101 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1101
Short title; legislative intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 101.

(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan business tax act".

(2) It is the intent of the legislature that the tax levied under this act and the various credits available under this act will serve to improve the economic condition of this state, foster continued and diverse economic growth in this state, and enable this state to compete fairly and effectively in the world marketplace for economic development opportunities that will provide for and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state, now and in the future.

History: 2007, Act 36, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.604 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.604
Riding animal or driving animal-drawn vehicle on roadway; rights and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 604.

A person riding an animal or driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all the duties, criminal penalties, and civil sanctions applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature may not have application.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1951, Act 270, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.253 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-101-of-1961 / Section 14.253
Governmental and corporate exclusions; exceptions; registration and reporting requirements for irrevocable trusts; testamentary or inter vivos trusts not deemed as charitable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

This act does not apply to the United States, any state, territory or possession of the United States, the district of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or to any of their agencies or governmental subdivisions, to an officer of a religious organization who holds property for religious purposes, or to a charitable corporation organized and operated primarily as an educational institution, including amateur theater, band and orchestra corporations, a religious organization or hospital. This exemption does not apply to a governmental subdivision of this state, except state supported colleges or universities, as to property held for charitable purposes other than or more limited or specific than its general public or corporate purposes. This act shall not apply to any nonprofit charitable corporation organized under the laws of this state whose operating funds are derived, in whole or in part, from community funds or united foundation sources but this act shall apply to such a charitable corporation as to funds or properties received by it as trustee of an inter vivos trust of a continuing nature.

The registration and periodic reporting requirements of this act shall not apply to any trust in which the interests of the charitable remainder beneficiaries are remote. For the purpose of this act the interests of charitable remainder beneficiaries of a trust shall be considered remote if under the maximum exercise of discretion by the trustee in favor of the charitable remainder beneficiaries of such trusts, the value of their interests in the aggregate assets, computed actuarially at 5% or less of the value of the property subject to the trust, such determination shall be made at the time of the creation of an irrevocable trust, or at the time a revocable trust becomes irrevocable, or at the death of the testator in case of a testamentary trust. When a remote charitable interest vests in present possession or enjoyment, registration and periodic reports shall be required for the first time under this act.

Unless the governing instrument provides otherwise, a trust, whether testamentary or inter vivos, shall not be deemed a charitable trust only for the purposes of registration, accounting and notice, in the case where the individual or individuals are the sole income beneficiaries of the trust and a charitable organization or organizations (none of which or the selection of which are under the dominion or control of the grantor, testator, executor or trustee, or any members of his family) are remaindermen, until the remainder interest of at least one charitable organization vests in enjoyment. This provision shall not apply in the case of a disputed last will and testament.

History: 1961, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1965, Act 353, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1967, Act 295, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21509 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21509
Calculation and payment of regulatory fees; collection of regulatory fees under product exchange agreement; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21509.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, regulatory fees shall be calculated and paid upon gross or metered gallons with respect to all "light" petroleum products. With respect only to "heavy" petroleum products (No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 residual oils), regulatory fees shall be calculated and paid upon net or temperature-corrected gallons.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, until January 1, 2015, if a person receives refined petroleum products in this state for resale in this state or consumption in this state pursuant to a product exchange agreement, the department of treasury shall collect the regulatory fees from that person. As used in this subsection, "product exchange agreement" means an agreement between buyers and sellers of refined petroleum products in which refined petroleum products in bulk quantity are made available to a person solely in consideration of that person making available a like volume of refined petroleum products to the other party at some other location.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2014, Act 416, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5907 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5907
Conversion plan; provisions applicable to operation as closed block of business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5907.

The plan shall provide that a mutual life insurance company's participating life policies in force on the effective date of the conversion shall be operated by the converted stock company for dividend purposes as a closed block of participating business, except that any and all classes of group participating policies may be excluded from the closed block.

The plan shall establish 1 or more segregated accounts for the benefit of the closed block of business and shall allocate to those segregated accounts enough assets of the mutual company so that the assets together with the revenue from the closed block of business are sufficient to support the closed block, including, but not limited to, the payment of claims, expenses, taxes, and any dividends that are provided for under the terms of the participating policies, with appropriate adjustments in the dividends for experience changes. The assets allocated to the closed block of business at its establishment shall be at least equal to the amount of reserves then held in connection with the closed block of business or the minimum reserve permitted by statute or regulation for the closed block of business, whichever is greater.

The amount of assets allocated to the segregated accounts of the closed block shall be based upon the mutual life insurance company's last annual statement, updated to the effective date of the conversion.

The converted stock company shall keep a separate accounting for the closed block and shall make and include in the annual statement to be filed with the commissioner each year a separate statement showing the gains, losses, and expenses properly attributable to the closed block.

The commissioner may waive the requirement for establishing a closed block of business if it is in the best interests of policyholders to do so. The commissioner may permit discontinuing a segregated account if its size does not warrant the expense of maintaining the segregated account.

This section applies only to mutual life insurance companies.

History: Add. 1995, Act 215, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.913 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-231-of-1987 / Section 247.913
Annual report to governor and legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

By December 31 each year the commission shall report to the governor, the house and senate appropriations committees, and the house and senate fiscal agencies the following information regarding this act:

(a) The projects funded during the previous fiscal year.

(b) The status of projects funded in the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(c) The number of jobs created and retained and any other economic benefits of the projects funded and listed under section 9(1)(a).

(d) For each project described in section 9(1)(b) that received funds under this act, both of the following:

( i ) A general description of the project.

( ii ) The estimated total cost of the project.

(e) The degree to which the projects funded have achieved the objectives of this act.

(f) Any other information considered necessary by the commission for the legislature to evaluate the effectiveness of this act.

History: 1987, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987; Am. 2016, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2017; Am. 2018, Act 473, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.210 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.210
Contracting with persons or agencies to implement act and fulfill responsibilities of department or board; electronic continuing education tracking system; agreement; provisions; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 210.

(1) The department, on its own behalf and on behalf of a board created under this act, may contract with persons or agencies who are not employees or agencies of the department to implement this act and to fulfill the responsibilities of the department or a board.

(2) Under subsection (1), the department may enter into an agreement with any of the following to provide an electronic continuing education tracking system that provides an electronic record of the continuing education courses, classes, or programs completed by individuals who are licensed or registered under this act:

(a) For individuals who are licensed under article 7, a statewide accountancy trade organization.

(b) For individuals who are licensed under article 25, a statewide real estate trade organization.

(c) For the individuals who are licensed or registered under all of the other specific articles of this act, except the individuals described in subdivision (a) or (b), an entity that is not an agency of a state or the federal government.

(3) All of the following apply to an electronic system provided by an agreement under subsection (2):

(a) All continuing education tracking provided by the system must accurately reflect the continuing education requirements under this act and rules promulgated under this act.

(b) A confirmation of completion of continuing education requirements generated by the system is considered verification of completion of those requirements for renewal of a license or registration and for purposes of any audit of licensees or registrants conducted by the department.

(c) The system must provide access to continuing education information about an individual who is licensed or registered under this act to the individual, to the appropriate board for the individual's occupation, and to the department.

(4) The department shall promulgate any rules it considers appropriate to implement and administer subsections (2) and (3).

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 2016, Act 30, Eff. June 6, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2481 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-173-of-1992 / Section 125.2481
Resolution of public or private corporation to pay special assessments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

The governing body of a public or private corporation whose property is exempt by law from the special assessments may adopt a resolution to pay the special assessments against the property. If such a resolution is adopted, the special assessments are a valid claim against the corporation.

History: 1992, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.203 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-246-of-1921 / Section 460.203
Carriers by water; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The department of state police is authorized, empowered, and directed to make all necessary rules and regulations governing its investigations of the affairs of carriers by water and to prescribe the form of all reports required from those carriers.

History: 1921, Act 246, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1921; CL 1929, 11073; CL 1948, 460.203; Am. 2017, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 21, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.652 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-189-of-1966 / Section 780.652
Search warrant; grounds for issuance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) A warrant may be issued to search for and seize any property or other thing that is 1 or more of the following:

(a) Stolen or embezzled in violation of a law of this state.

(b) Designed and intended for use, or that is or has been used, as the means of committing a crime.

(c) Possessed, controlled, or used wholly or partially in violation of a law of this state.

(d) Evidence of crime or criminal conduct.

(e) Contraband.

(f) The body or person of a human being or of an animal that may be the victim of a crime.

(g) The object of a search warrant under another law of this state providing for the search warrant. If there is a conflict between this act and another search warrant law, this act controls.

(2) A warrant may be issued to search for and seize a person who is the subject of either of the following:

(a) An arrest warrant for the apprehension of a person charged with a crime.

(b) A bench warrant issued in a criminal case.

History: 1966, Act 189, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 2009, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.569 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-319-of-1929 / Section 125.569
Metal gauge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The metal used in all tanks shall be of a minimum gauge, U.S. standard, depending upon the capacity or size as given in the following table:

Capacity Thickness (Gallons) of material 1 to 500 14 gauge 501 to 1100 12 gauge 1101 to 4000 7 gauge 4001 to 10500 1/4 inch 10501 to 20000 5/16 inch 20001 to 30000 3/8 inch

Capacity

Thickness

(Gallons)

of material

1 to 500

14 gauge

501 to 1100

12 gauge

1101 to 4000

7 gauge

4001 to 10500

1/4 inch

10501 to 20000

5/16 inch

20001 to 30000

3/8 inch

History: 1929, Act 319, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2626; CL 1948, 125.569
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2121a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-224-of-1985 / Section 125.2121a
Use of disbursement pursuant to MCL 125.2121 (4)(a) and (b).
Status: in_force

Sec. 21a.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and section 21(9), the local governmental unit shall use the amount disbursed to the local governmental unit pursuant to section 21(4)(a) and (b) only to fund capital improvements identified in the spending plan that the local governmental unit submitted to the authority.

Upon approval of the authority, the local governmental unit may utilize the funds described in subsection (1) for any purpose authorized under this act.

History: Add. 1994, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VII § 26 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VII § 26
Cities and villages, loan of credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, no city or village shall have the power to loan its credit for any private purpose or, except as provided by law, for any public purpose.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 26, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964