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Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.509 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.509
Administration, enforcement, and collection of city income tax by department of treasury; agreement; disposition of amounts collected; provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) A city that imposes a city income tax pursuant to this act may enter into an agreement with the department of treasury under which the department of treasury shall administer, enforce, and collect the city income tax on behalf of the city.

(2) City income taxes, interest, penalties, and collection fees collected under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (1) shall be kept in the city income tax trust fund and shall be paid to the city, except that an amount of the taxes collected as determined in the agreement may be retained by the department of treasury to cover the cost of collection and administration and that amount shall be deposited into the state general fund. The department of treasury shall not charge to or collect from a taxpayer any amount not otherwise authorized by law in conjunction with the collection of city income tax pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to this section.

(3) If the city enters into an agreement under subsection (1), the agreement shall include provisions that relate to all of the following:

(a) The development of and distribution of forms required by the agreement and the ordinance under chapter 2.

(b) The processing of all payments.

(c) Enforcement procedures.

(d) Administrative and legal costs.

(e) Data exchange.

(f) Transfer and payment of funds.

(g) Termination of the agreement by either party.

(h) Any additional provisions as appropriate.

History: Add. 1996, Act 478, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Am. 2023, Act 195, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1301b — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1301b
Modified system of jury selection; development of plan; goals; review, approval, adoption, and implementation of plan; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1301b.

Within 2 years after the effective date of this section each circuit of the circuit court shall develop a plan for the implementation of a modified system of jury selection in their respective courts.

Each plan shall specify methods for utilizing eligible jurors to further the following goals:

Lessening the inconvenience to citizens of serving as a juror.

Broadening citizen participation in the jury system.

Distributing the responsibility for participation in the jury system among the people in as fair a manner as possible.

Increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of circuit court activity.

Reducing the length of the term of service of a juror.

Reducing the number of trials on which an individual juror serves during the juror's term.

Each circuit of the circuit court shall submit their plan to the supreme court for review to determine that the plan serves to further the goals listed in subsection (2).

Upon approval of the plan by the supreme court, and within 3 years after the effective date of this section, each circuit of the circuit court shall adopt and implement their plan.

A district of the district court, county or probate court district of the probate court, or a common pleas court may develop and implement a plan for a modified system consistent with this section. If a court develops a plan, it may submit the plan to the supreme court for approval. If a court adopts a plan, the provisions of this section and those rules which the supreme court shall develop pursuant to this section, shall apply to that court.

This section shall not apply to circuits of the circuit court which have a population of less than 250,000 based on 1970 census.

History: Add. 1978, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.135 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-422-of-1984 / Section 722.135
Local foster care review board; membership; terms; persons ineligible for appointment to local board; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; meetings; training sessions; reimbursement of expenses; removal of member.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A local board shall be composed of 5 members who reside within the jurisdiction of the local board, and who represent to the maximum extent possible the socio-economic, racial, and ethnic groups residing within that jurisdiction. A local board may have 1 or more alternate members who serve when an appointed board member is unavailable.

A local board member shall serve a renewable 3-year term. Of the initial members, 3 members shall serve for 3 years, and 2 members shall serve for 2 years.

A person employed by a child care organization, the family independence agency, or the court shall not be appointed to a local board.

A local board shall elect 1 of its members to serve as chairperson and 1 to serve as vice-chairperson. Each shall serve for a term of 1 year.

A local board shall meet at a place and time specified by the state court administrative office and approved by the chairperson of the local board.

Each member of a local board shall attend an orientation training session and subsequent training sessions as required by the state court administrative office.

The members of a local board shall serve without compensation. Reimbursement of expenses of members of the local board shall be in accordance with standard travel reimbursement rates established annually by the department of management and budget.

A local board member may be removed for cause by the state court administrator.

History: 1984, Act 422, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1984; Am. 1986, Act 159, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986; Am. 1989, Act 74, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1989; Am. 1997, Act 170, Eff. Mar. 31, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.928 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-295-of-1969 / Section 390.928
Bonds as investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The bonds of the authority are securities, in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.

History: 1969, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.15d — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 764.15d
Federal law enforcement officer; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15d.

A federal law enforcement officer may enforce state law to the same extent as a state or local officer only if all of the following conditions are met:

The officer is authorized under federal law to arrest a person, with or without a warrant, for a violation of a federal statute.

The officer is authorized by federal law to carry a firearm in the performance of his or her duties.

One or more of the following apply:

The officer possesses a state warrant for the arrest of the person for the commission of a felony.

The officer has received positive information from an authoritative source, in writing or by telegraph, telephone, teletype, radio, computer, or other means, that another federal law enforcement officer or a peace officer possesses a state warrant for the arrest of the person for the commission of a felony.

The officer is participating in a joint investigation conducted by a federal agency and a state or local law enforcement agency.

The officer is acting pursuant to the request of a state or local law enforcement officer or agency.

The officer is responding to an emergency.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a federal law enforcement officer who meets the requirements of subsection (1) has the privileges and immunities of a peace officer of this state.

This section does not impose liability upon or require indemnification by the state or a local unit of government for an act performed by a federal law enforcement officer under this section.

As used in this section:

"Emergency" means a sudden or unexpected circumstance that requires immediate action to protect the health, safety, welfare, or property of an individual from actual or threatened harm or from an unlawful act.

"Local unit of government" means a county, city, village, or township.

History: Add. 1987, Act 256, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987; Am. 1999, Act 64, Eff. Oct. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3303 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3303
Informal probate; proof and findings required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3303.

In an informal proceeding for original probate of a will, the register shall determine whether all of the following are true:

The application is complete.

The applicant has made oath or affirmation that the statements contained in the application are true to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief.

The applicant appears from the application to be an interested person.

On the basis of the statements in the application, venue is proper.

An original, properly executed, and apparently unrevoked will is in the register's possession.

That the application is not within section 3304.

The register shall deny the application if the application indicates that a personal representative has been appointed in another county of this state or, except as provided in subsection (4), if it appears that this or another will of the decedent has been the subject of a previous probate order.

A will that appears to have the required signatures and that contains an attestation clause showing that requirements of execution under section 2502 or 2506 have been met shall be probated without further proof. In other cases, the register may assume execution if the will appears to have been properly executed, or the register may accept a sworn statement of a person having knowledge of the circumstances of execution, whether or not the person was a witness to the will.

Informal probate of a will that was previously probated elsewhere may be granted at any time upon written application by an interested person, together with deposit of an authenticated copy of the will and of the statement probating it from the office or court where the will was first probated.

A will from a place that does not provide for probate of a will after death and that is not eligible for probate under subsection (1) may be probated in this state upon receipt by the register of a properly authenticated copy of the will and a properly authenticated certificate of its legal custodian that the copy filed is a true copy and that the will has become operative under the law of the other place.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.568 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.568
Saving section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 568.

Saving section-All proceedings pending and all rights and liabilities existing, acquired or incurred, at the time this act takes effect, are hereby saved, and such proceedings may be consummated under and according to the law in force at the time such proceedings are or were commenced. It is the legislative intent that this act shall not be construed to alter, affect or abate any pending prosecution, or prevent prosecution hereafter instituted under such repealed sections, chapters or acts for offenses committed prior to the effective date of this act; and all prosecutions pending at the effective date of this act, and all prosecutions instituted after the effective date of this act for offenses committed prior to the effective date of this act may be continued or instituted under and in accordance with the provisions of the law in force at the time of the commission of such offense.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.568
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4302 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4302
Waterworks systems, sewers, and disposal plants; mortgage bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4302.

The waterworks system, intercepting sewers, pumping stations, sewage disposal plant and system, transfer station, and garbage and refuse processing or disposal plant and system, are public utilities within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provisions for the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, owning, operating, constructing, equipping, and maintaining the waterworks system, intercepting sewers, pumping stations, sewage disposal plant and system, transfer station, and garbage and refuse processing or disposal plant and system. A local unit of government may issue full faith and credit bonds or mortgage bonds for the purposes described in this part beyond the general limits of the bonded indebtedness prescribed by law except as provided in this section. The mortgage bonds as provided in this section shall not impose any general liability upon the local unit of government but shall be secured only on the property and revenues of the utility as provided in this section, including a franchise, stating the terms upon which the purchaser may operate the utility in case of foreclosure. The franchise shall not extend for a longer period than 20 years from the date of the sale on foreclosure. The total amount of mortgage bonds shall not exceed 60% of the original cost of the utility except as provided in this section. Bonds shall not be issued as general obligations of the local unit of government except upon a 3/5 affirmative vote of the qualified electors of the local unit of government and except as provided in this section, not in excess of 3% of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property of the local unit of government as shown by the last preceding tax roll. Bonds shall not be issued as full faith and credit bonds or mortgage bonds of the utility except upon a 3/5 affirmative vote of the legislative body of the local unit of government.

Revenue bonds issued under this section are subject to the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140.

Except for revenue bonds described in subsection (2), all other bonds and notes issued under this section are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2002, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50126 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50126
Operation of district; feasibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50126.

If the department makes and records a determination that the need for a district exists and defines its boundaries, the department shall then consider the question of whether the operation of a district within those boundaries is administratively and economically feasible.

If the department determines that the operation of a district is feasible, it shall record that determination and shall proceed with the organization of that district.

If the department determines the operation of a district is not feasible, it shall record the reasons for its determination and deny the petition. After 6 months have expired from the date of the denial of a petition by the department, subsequent petitions covering the same or substantially the same territory may be filed and a new hearing and determination made.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1309 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1309
Jurors; list of those who have served.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1309.

The board shall secure from the clerk of each court of record in the county, and each clerk shall provide, a list of persons who have served as jurors, pursuant to this chapter, in their courts during the preceding 1 year.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.605b — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-295-of-1982 / Section 552.605b
Child support after 18 years of age.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5b.

(1) A court that orders child support may order support for a child after the child reaches 18 years of age as provided in this section.

(2) The court may order child support for the time a child is regularly attending high school on a full-time basis with a reasonable expectation of completing sufficient credits to graduate from high school while residing on a full-time basis with the recipient of support or at an institution, but in no case after the child reaches 19 years and 6 months of age. A complaint or motion requesting support as provided in this section may be filed at any time before the child reaches 19 years and 6 months of age.

(3) A support order entered under this section shall include a provision that the support terminates on the last day of a specified month, regardless of the actual graduation date.

(4) A provision contained in a judgment or an order entered before October 10, 1990 that provides for the support of a child after the child reaches 18 years of age, without an agreement of the parties as described in subsection (5), is valid and enforceable to the extent the provision provides support for the child for the time the child is regularly attending high school on a full-time basis with a reasonable expectation of completing sufficient credits to graduate from high school while residing on a full-time basis with the recipient of support or at an institution, but in no case after the child reaches 19 years and 6 months of age. This subsection does not require payment of support for a child after the child reaches 18 years of age for any period between November 8, 1989 and October 10, 1990, or reimbursement of support paid between November 8, 1989 and October 10, 1990, in those judicial circuits that did not enforce support for a child after the child reached 18 years of age during the period between November 8, 1989 and October 10, 1990.

(5) A provision contained in a judgment or an order entered under this act before, on, or after September 30, 2001 that provides for the support of a child after the child reaches 18 years of age is valid and enforceable if 1 or more of the following apply:

(a) The provision is contained in the judgment or order by agreement of the parties as stated in the judgment or order.

(b) The provision is contained in the judgment or order by agreement of the parties as evidenced by the approval of the substance of the judgment or order by the parties or their attorneys.

(c) The provision is contained in the judgment or order by written agreement signed by the parties.

(d) The provision is contained in the judgment or order by oral agreement of the parties as stated on the record by the parties or their attorneys.

History: Add. 2001, Act 106, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001; Am. 2009, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1599 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1599
Noncompliance of parent as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1599.

A parent or other person in parental relation who fails to comply with this part is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $5.00 or more than $50.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2020, Act 384, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1005 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-252-of-1986 / Section 550.1005
Compensation of health benefit agents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Health benefit corporations shall compensate health benefit agents primarily on a reasonable commission basis. Health benefit corporations may provide reasonable bonuses or other reasonable compensation to health benefits agents for the sale of health benefits.

History: 1986, Act 252, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.501 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-294-of-1982 / Section 552.501
Short title; purposes and construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "friend of the court act".

The purposes of this act are to enumerate and describe the powers and duties of the friend of the court and the office of the friend of the court; to ensure that procedures adopted by the friend of the court will protect the best interests of children in domestic relations matters; to encourage and assist parties voluntarily to resolve contested domestic relations matters by agreement; to compel the enforcement of parenting time and custody orders; and to compel the enforcement of support orders, ensuring that persons legally responsible for the care and support of children assume their legal obligations and reducing the financial cost to this state of providing public assistance funds for the care of children. This act shall be construed to promote the enumerated purposes and to facilitate the resolution of domestic relations matters.

History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983; Am. 1996, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.430 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-429-of-2008 / Section 445.430
Sale or purchase of certain property prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A person shall not knowingly sell or attempt to sell to a scrap metal dealer, and a scrap metal dealer shall not knowingly purchase or offer to purchase, any of the following types of property:

(a) Public fixtures. This subdivision does not apply if the seller is a governmental unit or the seller has written authorization from the governmental unit that owned the property to sell the property.

(b) Metal articles or materials that are clearly marked as property belonging to a person other than the seller. This subdivision does not apply if the seller has authorization from that person to sell the property.

(c) A commemorative, decorative, or other cemetery-related or apparently ceremonial article. This subdivision does not apply if the seller is the owner of the article; if the seller is authorized by the owner of the article to sell the article; or if the seller of a cemetery-related article is the cemetery in which the article was located.

(d) Metal articles or materials removed from property owned by a railroad company or from a railroad right-of-way. This subdivision does not apply if the seller is the owner of the metal articles or materials; is the manufacturer of the metal articles or materials; is a contractor engaged in the business of repairing railroad equipment; or is a person that has written authorization from that owner, manufacturer, or contractor to sell those metal articles or materials.

(e) A silver alloy telecommunication battery with a threaded insert terminal connection. This subdivision does not apply to a battery used in auto or mobile equipment. This subdivision does not apply if the seller is a provider of telecommunication service or if the seller has written authorization from the provider of telecommunication service that owned the property to sell the property.

History: Add. 2014, Act 99, Eff. July 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.525 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.525
Department of public health; creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.

There is hereby created a department of public health.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965