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Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.3112 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-48-of-2002 / Section 484.3112
Fee sharing; allocation of fund under section 10(2); weighted linear feet; excluded municipalities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The authority shall allocate the funding provided for fee sharing under section 10(2) as follows:

The amount available under this section multiplied by the percentage of weighted linear feet attributable to cities and villages, as compared to the total weighted linear feet attributable to cities, villages, and townships, shall be disbursed to cities and villages in a metropolitan area on the basis of the distribution to each city or village under section 13 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.663, for the most recent year as a proportion of the total distribution to all cities and villages located in metropolitan areas under section 13 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.663, for the most recent year.

The amount available under this section multiplied by the percentage of weighted linear feet attributable to townships, as compared to the total weighted linear feet attributable to cities, villages, and townships, shall be disbursed to townships on the basis of each township's proportionate share of the total unweighted linear feet of public rights-of-way in or on which providers' facilities are located within all townships located in metropolitan areas.

The following shall be used under this section in determining the weighted linear feet in which telecommunications facilities are first placed by any telecommunications provider after the effective date of this act:

All underground linear feet shall receive a weight of 3.0.

All linear feet in a city, village, or township with a population in excess of 5,000 and not covered under subdivision (a) shall receive a weight of 2.0.

All other linear feet shall receive a weight of 1.0.

Except as otherwise provided under sections 13 and 14, municipalities that are ineligible under section 13 or 14 shall be excluded from the computation, allocation, and distribution of funding under this section.

History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.601d — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.601d
Person who commits moving violation that is the proximate cause of death of another person or serious impairment of body function; penalty; other violations; "moving violation" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601d.

(1) A person who commits a moving violation while operating a vehicle upon a highway or other place open to the general public, including, but not limited to, an area designated for the parking of motor vehicles, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both, if the moving violation was the proximate cause of the death of another person.

(2) A person who commits a moving violation while operating a vehicle upon a highway or other place open to the general public, including, but not limited to, an area designated for the parking of motor vehicles, that causes serious impairment of a body function to another person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

(3) This section does not prohibit the person from being charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of law.

(4) As used in this section, "moving violation" means an act or omission prohibited under this act or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to this act that involves the operation of a motor vehicle, and for which a fine may be assessed.

History: Add. 2008, Act 463, Eff. Oct. 31, 2010; Am. 2016, Act 46, Eff. June 13, 2016; Am. 2018, Act 566, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63106 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63106
Plan maps; filing by operator; form; annual changes; long-range plans.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63106.

For the purpose of information and to assist the supervisor of reclamation in proper enforcement of rules promulgated under this part, an operator shall file with the supervisor of reclamation a plan map in the form determined by the supervisor of reclamation showing all existing mining areas or areas subjected to mining by the operator. Annually thereafter, on or before March 15, the operator shall file a plan map in similar form showing any changes made during the preceding calendar year and the mining area that the operator anticipates will be subjected to mining during the current calendar year. The supervisor of reclamation periodically shall ascertain the long-range land environment plans of the operator.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.115p — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.115p
Child care center, group child care home, or family child care home; potential or current child care staff member convicted of crime.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5p.

(1) Except as provided in section 5n(14) and (15), a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home shall not allow an individual to be a child care staff member without requesting a criminal history check as required by section 5n.

(2) If a criminal history check performed under section 5n or information obtained as a result of notification from the department of state police under section 5k reveals that a potential or current child care staff member has been convicted of a crime as described in section 5r, the department shall notify the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home. The child care center, group child care home, or family child care home shall not allow the individual to be a child care staff member.

History: Add. 2017, Act 256, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4205 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4205
Depositary bank; item delivered by customer for collection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4205.

If a customer delivers an item to a depositary bank for collection, then both of the following apply:

The depositary bank becomes a holder of the item at the time it receives the item for collection if the customer at the time of delivery was a holder of the item, whether or not the customer endorses the item, and, if the bank satisfies the other requirements of section 3302, it is a holder in due course.

The depositary bank warrants to collecting banks, the payor bank or other payor, and the drawer that the amount of the item was paid to the customer or deposited to the customer's account.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.7b — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-207-of-1941 / Section 29.7b
Tents; requirements for resistance to fire; exceptions; fire resistance standards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7b.

(1) The following items must meet the appropriate fire resistance requirements of not less than 1 standard described in subsection (3):

(a) A tent that may be occupied or furnished for public assembly by 50 or more people.

(b) A tent in which animals are stabled for public exhibition or sale.

(c) A tent located within a building used by the public.

(d) All tarpaulins and decorative material used in connection with a tent described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c).

(2) A safety net or tent used for recreational camping is exempt from this section.

(3) Only the following standards may be used to meet the fire resistance requirements under subsection (1):

(a) NFPA 701 (2023), "Standard Methods of Fire Tests for Flame Propagation of Textiles and Films".

(b) Another standard that is determined, in rules promulgated by the bureau, to be equivalent to the standard described in subdivision (a).

(4) If the standard described in subsection (3)(a) is revised after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the bureau may take notice of the revision and determine whether the revision relates to this section. If the bureau determines that the revision relates to this section, the revision may be incorporated by reference in rules promulgated by the bureau.

History: Add. 1972, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 11, 1972; Am. 1972, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 1972; Am. 1973, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1973; Am. 1975, Act 172, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1975; Am. 2023, Act 223, Eff. Feb. 20, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1318 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1318
Agreement to service as PSAP or secondary PSAP.
Status: in_force

Sec. 318.

A public agency may enter into an agreement with a public safety agency of another public agency, or of the state, to serve as a PSAP or secondary PSAP for such public agency in a 9-1-1 system implemented pursuant to this act.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986; Am. 1994, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.22 — MI Code / Chapter 42 / Act Act-359-of-1947 / Section 42.22
Ordinance; publication; effective date; publication of summary or true copy; catch lines required; drafting of summary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

An ordinance passed by a township board shall be published at least once. An ordinance is effective immediately upon its publication, unless a date upon which the ordinance shall become effective, which is subsequent to the date of the publication of the ordinance, is specifically provided in the ordinance. The publication of a summary or a true copy of an ordinance after final passage, as a part of the published proceedings of the township board, shall constitute publication of the ordinance. If a summary of an ordinance is published, the township shall include in the publication the designation of a location in the township where a true copy of the ordinance can be inspected or obtained. Each section of an ordinance or a summary of an ordinance shall be preceded by a catch line. A summary of an ordinance may be drafted by the same person, corporation, partnership, firm, association, or other legal entity who drafted the ordinance or by the township board or township zoning board and shall be written in clear and nontechnical language.

History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 42.22; Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1982, Act 345, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.15 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.15
Reports, studies, investigations, and recommendations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The commissioner shall report immediately to the governor, the state treasurer and the legislature any matters that require immediate changes in the laws of this state in order to prevent abuses or evasions of this act or rules promulgated hereunder or to rectify undesirable conditions in connection with the administration or operation of the lottery.

The commissioner shall make a continuous study and investigation of the lottery:

To ascertain any defects in this act or in the rules by reason whereof any abuses in the administration and operation of the lottery or any evasion of this act or the rules may arise or be practiced.

To formulate recommendations for changes in this act and the rules.

To guard against the use of this act and the rules as a cloak for the carrying on of organized gambling and crime.

To insure that this act and the rules are in a form and are administered as to serve the true purposes of this act.

The commissioner shall make a continuous study and investigation of the operation and the administration of similar laws which may be in effect in other states or countries, any literature on the subject which may be published or available, any federal laws which may affect the operation of the lottery, and the reaction of citizens to existing and potential features of the lottery with a view to recommending or effecting changes that will tend to serve the purposes of this act.

History: 1972, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.1104 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-497-of-1980 / Section 570.1104
Additional definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 104.

(1) "Court" means the circuit court in which an action to enforce a construction lien through foreclosure is pending.

(2) "Design professional" means an individual who is licensed or registered as an architect, professional engineer, or professional surveyor under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2001 to 339.2014, or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other legal entity that is authorized under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2001 to 339.2014, to engage in the practice of any of these professions.

(3) "Designee" means a person named by an owner or lessee to receive, on behalf of the owner or lessee, all notices or other instruments required to be furnished under this act. The owner or lessee may name himself or herself as designee. The owner or lessee may not name the contractor as designee. However, a contractor who is providing only architectural or engineering services may be named as designee.

(4) "Fringe benefits and withholdings" means compensation due an employee pursuant to a written contract or written policy for holiday, time off for sickness or injury, time off for personal reasons or vacation, bonuses, authorized expenses incurred during the course of employment, and any other contributions made to or on behalf of an employee.

(5) "General contractor" means a contractor who contracts with an owner or lessee to provide, directly or indirectly through contracts with subcontractors, suppliers, or laborers, substantially all of the improvements to the property described in the notice of commencement.

(6) "Improvement" means the result of labor or material provided by a contractor, subcontractor, supplier, or laborer, including, but not limited to, surveying, engineering and architectural planning, construction management, clearing, demolishing, excavating, filling, building, erecting, constructing, altering, repairing, ornamenting, landscaping, paving, leasing equipment, and installing or affixing a fixture or material, pursuant to a contract.

(7) "Laborer" means an individual who, pursuant to a contract with a contractor or subcontractor, provides an improvement to real property through the individual's personal labor.

History: 1980, Act 497, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Am. 1982, Act 17, Eff. Mar. 1, 1982; Am. 2006, Act 497, Eff. Jan. 3, 2007; Am. 2010, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Aug. 23, 2010; Am. 2018, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Dec. 12, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71509 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71509
Making and allocating grants and loans to local units of government; division of state into regions; match by local unit; rules; sale, disposal, or use of facility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71509.

Grants and loans made to local units of government under section 71508(1)(b) shall be made by the department and allocated as follows:

Each region provided for in subsection (2) shall receive $6.50 per capita based upon the 1985 census figures in the document entitled "estimated state spending by county fiscal year 1985-86" published by the senate fiscal agency, dated October, 1987.

The balance of the money remaining after the distribution under subdivision (a) shall be used for local public recreation projects that are regional parks as defined by rules promulgated by the department. An application under this subdivision shall not preclude an application under subdivision (a).

For purposes of the distribution of grants and loans for local public recreation projects under section 71508(1)(b), the state is divided into the following 3 regions:

Region 1-all of the counties of the Upper Peninsula.

Region 2-Emmet, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Alcona, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Gladwin, Arenac, Isabella, Midland, Bay, Huron, Saginaw, Tuscola, and Sanilac counties.

Region 3-Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta, Muskegon, Montcalm, Gratiot, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Shiawassee, Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair, Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Jackson, Washtenaw, Wayne, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, and Monroe counties.

A grant made under this part to a local unit of government shall require a 25% match by the local unit of government. Not more than 50% of the local unit of government's contribution under this subsection may be in the form of goods and services directly rendered to the construction of the project, or federal funds, or both. A local unit of government shall establish to the satisfaction of the department the cost or fair market value, whichever is less as of the date of the notice of approval by the department, of any of the above items with which it seeks to meet its local unit portion.

The department shall promulgate rules that establish criteria for grants and loans made under this part, an application process, the definition of regional parks, and a process for disbursement of grants and loans to local units of government.

A facility funded under this section shall not be sold, disposed of, or converted to a use not specified in the application for the grant or loan without express approval of the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.359 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-261-of-1965 / Section 46.359
County and regional commissions; condemnation of private property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A county operating under this act or a regional commission may take private property necessary for any purpose within the scope of its powers under this act, for the use or benefit of the public, and institute and prosecute proceedings for that purpose under and in accordance with Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 213.21 to 213.41 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: 1965, Act 261, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.791 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-53-of-1979 / Section 752.791
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 2 and 3 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1979, Act 53, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2187 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2187
Uniformity of law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2187.

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

History: Add. 2012, Act 361, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12530 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12530
Periodic reports covering operation of public swimming pools.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12530.

The department shall provide for a system of periodic reports covering the operation of the public swimming pool so that the department may readily determine compliance with sections 12521 to 12534 and the rules.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.110 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-94-of-1933 / Section 141.110
Receiverships for public improvements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

If there be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in any proper action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate on behalf of the borrower, under the direction of said court, any public improvement the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of such principal and interest; and by and with the approval of said court, to fix and charge rates and collect revenues sufficient to provide for the payment of any bonds or other obligations outstanding against the revenues of said public improvement and for the payment of the expenses of operating and maintaining the same and to apply the income and revenues of said public improvement in conformity with this act and the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds and in accordance with such orders as the court shall make.

History: 1933, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1933; Am. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 7, 1946; CL 1948, 141.110
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.447 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.447
Appeal by land owner; board of review, appointment, eligibility, notice; hearing, notice; assessment district in more than one county.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47.

On the receipt of such claim of appeal by the land owner and the giving of a bond as aforesaid, the probate court shall appoint a board of review to examine into and equalize the apportionment of the per cent of benefits assessed upon lands within the assessment district. Such board of review shall consist of 3 competent and disinterested freeholders selected from townships in the same county, adjoining the township where the land of the appellant is situated outside of the assessment district. Notice of the appointment of the board of review to review the apportionment of the per cent of benefits upon lands shall be given by posting a notice thereof in 5 public and conspicuous places in the special assessment district at least 5 days prior to the hearing in the probate court for the appointment of such board of review. Such board of review when appointed shall give notice of its hearing in the matter, and of the time and place when and where it will meet to review the apportionment of benefits upon the lands in the assessment district, by posting a notice thereof at least 5 days before the day of hearing in 5 public and conspicuous places within the special assessment district. Such board of review shall also cause a copy of such notice to be delivered to the appellant, or left at his place of residence, if his residence is within the said district. If the assessment district is situated in more than 1 county the application for the board of review and the appointment thereof shall be made in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided for the application for and the appointment of the board of review to equalize and review assessments made upon the counties at large, the several townships, and the assessment district in any such case. When so selected said board of review shall proceed to review the assessments upon all lands within the assessment district as provided in this section and in the following section.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4717; Am. 1921, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1921; CL 1929, 4362; CL 1948, 247.447
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.576 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.576
Marking ballot; voting for person not on ballot; effect of voting more than 1 party ticket; section subject to MCL 168.736a.
Status: in_force

Sec. 576.

An elector, after having received a ballot or ballots, shall enter a booth or voting compartment and, while there concealed from view, shall vote the ballot or ballots by making a cross or a check mark in the square at the left of the names of those candidates for whom the elector desires to vote, but in no case for more candidates for any office than is indicated under the title of each office. However, an elector may vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot by inserting the name in a manner that will substitute it for any name that is printed on the ballot or where no candidate's name appears upon the ballot.

The elector shall indicate his or her choice of candidates on 1 party ticket only and, after marking the ballot, the elector shall fold it for deposit pursuant to the provisions of this act. A ballot on which more than 1 party ticket has been voted is void.

This section is subject to section 736a.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1985, Act 160, Imd. Eff. Nov. 20, 1985; Am. 1996, Act 213, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1996