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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1023d — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1023d
Disabled member; retirement allowance; annual examination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23d.

A member who meets the service requirements of section 23(1)(a) but not the age requirements of section 23(1)(b), a member who does not meet the requirements of section 23(10)(b), or a deferred vested member may receive a retirement allowance if the board has received a certification by not less than 2 licensed physicians appointed by the board stating that the member or deferred vested member is disabled from engaging in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, or can be expected to last for a continuous period of 12 months or more.

A member or deferred vested member who is determined eligible to receive a retirement allowance under subsection (1) shall receive the retirement allowance applicable to that member or deferred vested member provided for in section 23(4), (5), or (6).

A member who is currently receiving compensation as a legislator or lieutenant governor shall not receive a retirement allowance under this section.

The board may provide for the examination by 1 or more licensed physicians designated by the board at least once a year of a person who is receiving a retirement allowance under this section during the continuance of the disability. The board shall not provide for an examination after the member attains 55 years of age.

History: Add. 1981, Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981; Am. 1994, Act 359, Eff. Dec. 31, 1994; Am. 1998, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1999; Am. 2002, Act 97, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.332 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-235-of-1947 / Section 123.332
Water and sewage disposal system; acquisition through change of boundaries; referendum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

When any public corporation shall have acquired any water or sewage disposal system, and, by subsequent incorporation, annexation or other change of boundaries, the land in which any part of such system lies shall have been placed within the boundaries of any other public corporation, the legislative or governing body of such other public corporation, if it desires to acquire that part of such system lying within its boundaries, shall submit the question of acquiring the same to vote of its qualified electors at a regular or special election.

History: 1947, Act 235, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 123.332
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.14801 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.14801
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14801.

As used in this part:

"Environmental audit" means a voluntary and internal evaluation conducted on or after the effective date of this part of 1 or more facilities or an activity at 1 or more facilities regulated under state, federal, regional, or local laws or ordinances, or of environmental management systems or processes related to the facilities or activity, or of a previously corrected specific instance of noncompliance, that is designed to identify historical or current noncompliance and prevent noncompliance or improve compliance with 1 or more of those laws, or to identify an environmental hazard, contamination, or other adverse environmental condition, or to improve an environmental management system or process. Once initiated, an audit shall be completed within a reasonable time, not to exceed 6 months, unless a written request for an extension is approved by the director on reasonable grounds.

"Environmental audit report" means a document or a set of documents, each labeled at the time it is created "environmental audit report: privileged document" and created as a result of an environmental audit. An environmental audit report shall include supporting information. Supporting information may include field notes, records of observations, findings, opinions, suggestions, conclusions, drafts, memoranda, follow-up reports, drawings, photographs, computer generated or electronically recorded information, maps, charts, graphs, and surveys, if the supporting information or documents are created or prepared for the primary purpose and in the course of or as a result of an environmental audit. An environmental audit report may also include an implementation plan that addresses correcting past noncompliance, improving current compliance, improving an environmental management system, and preventing future noncompliance, as appropriate.

"Privilege" means the privilege provided to an environmental audit report as provided in this part.

History: Add. 1996, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1996; Am. 1997, Act 133, Imd. Eff. Nov. 14, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.729a — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-188-of-1954 / Section 41.729a
Deferred assessment; application; evidence of hardship; ordinance; deferred assessment as recorded lien.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9a.

(1) An owner of property who by reason of hardship is unable to contribute to the cost of an assessment for an improvement authorized in section 2(1)(a), (b), (c), (g), (h), or (n) may have the assessment deferred by application to the assessing officer. Upon receipt of evidence of hardship, the township may defer partial or total payment of the assessment.

(2) The township board may enact an ordinance to define hardship and to permit deferred or partial payment of an assessment pursuant to this section. As a condition of granting the deferred or partial payment of an assessment, the township board shall require that any deferred assessment constitute a recorded lien against the property, subject to section 8(2).

History: Add. 1976, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1976; Am. 1995, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1995; Am. 2014, Act 561, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1006 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1006
“Earle Memorial Highway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Highway M-53 extending from the city of Detroit north to M-25 in Huron county shall be known as the "Earle Memorial Highway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.16302 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.16302
Container holding devices constructed of plastic rings; design and registration of symbol; test data; vacuum-packed wrapping.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16302.

A person shall not sell or offer for sale in this state containers connected to each other by a separate holding device that is constructed of plastic rings unless the device is degradable and bears a distinguishing symbol.

A manufacturer of container holding devices that are constructed of plastic rings who sells or offers for sale or provides for the sale or offer for sale in this state of these devices shall design a distinguishing symbol indicating that the devices are degradable and shall register the distinguishing symbol with the department and provide the department with a sample of the device. The department may require test data that show that the device is degradable as required in this part.

As used in this part, a separate holding device does not include a vacuum-packed wrapping that completely encases the containers that it connects.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.131 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-316-of-1993 / Section 12.131
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Department" means the department of treasury.

"Funding unit" means 1 of the following, as applicable:

For a circuit other than the third circuit of the circuit court, each county in the circuit.

For the third circuit of the circuit court and for the recorder's court, the state.

For a district other than the thirty-sixth district of the district court, the district control unit of the district, as defined in section 8104 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.8104 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

For the thirty-sixth district of the district court, the state.

For a municipal court, the political unit where the municipal court is located.

History: 1993, Act 316, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.586 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-201-of-2010 / Section 570.586
Action to enforce lien; complaint.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) A person claiming a commercial real estate broker's lien may bring an action to enforce the lien in the circuit court for the county where the commercial real estate is located by filing a complaint and affidavit that the claim of lien has been recorded.

(2) The plaintiff in an action under this section shall name as defendants all persons that, at the time the action is filed, have an interest in the commercial real estate that is the subject of the action that would be divested or impaired by the foreclosure of the lien.

(3) The complaint in an action under this section may include a claim on the contract from which the lien arises.

History: 2010, Act 201, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.203 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Initiated-Law-1-of-1996 / Section 432.203
Casino gaming authorized.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Casino gaming is authorized to the extent that it is conducted in accordance with this act.

Except as provided in subsection (5), this act does not apply to any of the following:

The pari-mutuel system of wagering used or intended to be used in connection with race meetings as authorized under the horse racing law of 1995, 1995 PA 279, MCL 431.301 to 431.336.

Lottery games authorized under the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.1 to 432.47.

Bingo or millionaire parties or any other activities authorized under the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act, 1972 PA 382, MCL 432.101 to 432.120.

Gambling on Native American land and land held in trust by the United States for a federally recognized Indian tribe on which gaming may be conducted under the Indian gaming regulatory act, Public Law 100-497, 102 Stat. 2467.

Recreational card playing, bowling, redemption games, and occasional promotional activities under sections 303a, 310a, 310b, 372, and 375 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.303a, 750.310a, 750.310b, 750.372, and 750.375.

Any other law that is inconsistent with this act does not apply to casino gaming as provided for by this act.

This act and rules promulgated by the board shall apply to all persons who are licensed or otherwise participate in gaming under this act.

If a federal court or agency rules or federal legislation is enacted that allows a state to regulate gambling on Native American land or land held in trust by the United States for a federally recognized Indian tribe, the legislature shall enact legislation creating a new act consistent with this act to regulate casinos that are operated on Native American land or land held in trust by the United States for a federally recognized Indian tribe. The legislation shall be passed by a simple majority of members elected to and serving in each house.

History: 1996, Initiated Law 1, Eff. Dec. 5, 1996; Am. 1997, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20939 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20939
Spontaneous use of vehicle under exceptional circumstances; written report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20939.

If an ambulance operation is unable to respond to an emergency patient within a reasonable time, this part does not prohibit the spontaneous use of a vehicle under exceptional circumstances to provide, without charge or fee and as a humane service, transportation for the emergency patient. Emergency medical personnel who transport or who make the decision to transport an emergency patient under this section shall file a written report describing the incident with the medical control authority.

History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1217 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-296-of-2010 / Section 123.1217
Tax levy; limitation; ballot proposal; adoption of proposal by resolution; authorization of tax levy; limitation on number of elections held on proposal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) An authority may levy a tax of not more than 0.2 mill for a period of not more than 20 years on all of the taxable property within the county for the purpose of providing revenue to an art institute services provider that will be used exclusively for the benefit of the art institute with respect to which the art institute services provider renders services. The authority may levy the tax only if a majority of the electors in the county voting on the tax at a statewide general or primary election approve the tax. The proposal for a tax shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the authority by resolution of the board.

(2) A ballot proposal for a tax shall comply with the requirements of section 24f of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.24f. A proposal for a tax shall not be placed on the ballot unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the board and certified by the board not later than 60 days before the election to the county clerk of the county for inclusion on the ballot. The proposal shall be certified for inclusion on the ballot at the next eligible election, as specified by the board's resolution.

(3) If a majority of the electors in the county voting on the question of a tax approve the proposal as provided under subsection (1), the tax levy is authorized. Not more than 2 elections may be held in a calendar year on a proposal for a tax authorized under this act.

History: 2010, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6055 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6055
Execution; certificates, contents; filing; disposition; recording; use as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6055.

Upon the sale of any real estate by virtue of an execution, the officer making the same shall make and subscribe as many certificates of such sale as may be necessary, containing:

A particular description of the premises sold;

The price bid for each distinct lot or parcel sold;

The consideration money paid for each lot or parcel; and

The time when such sale shall become absolute, and the purchaser will be entitled to a deed, as hereinafter provided, and shall indorse on each of said certificates the rate of interest borne by the judgment upon which said execution issued.

One of the certificates shall be delivered to each purchaser at the sale and 1 of the certificates shall, within 10 days after the sale, be filed for record by the officer making the sale, in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the sale is made; and the register of deeds shall cause the certificate to be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.

The original certificate, or the record thereof, or a transcript of the record, duly certified by the register of deeds shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth, of the regularity of the sale, and of all proceedings in the cause anterior thereto.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31710 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31710
Aquifer protection revolving fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31710.

(1) The aquifer protection revolving fund is created in the state treasury.

(2) The fund may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The department shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(5) Money in the fund shall be expended by the department only to implement this part and to reimburse the department of agriculture and rural development for its actual costs incurred in implementing this part.

(6) If money in the fund is used to conduct hydrogeological studies or other studies to gather data on the nature of aquifers or groundwater resources in the state, the department shall include this information in the groundwater inventory and map prepared under section 32802.

History: Add. 2012, Act 602, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.823 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-239-of-1992 / Section 287.823
Identification of feeder pigs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Feeder pigs shall be identified in a manner as described in subsection (2) in a manner that allows tracing to the herd of origin for the purpose of epidemiology and investigations to determine the spread of disease.

Feeder pigs shall be identified before leaving the herd of origin with official identification that contains the herd number assigned to that herd by the director unless any of the following occur:

They are consigned to a swine market or assembly point where they are identified by official ear tags which identify the market with a United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, veterinary services prefix and a 4-digit number that allows tracing to the herd of origin by records maintained at the swine market or assembly point.

They are sold to an approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot where they are identified on entry in accordance with this act and rules promulgated pursuant to this act, and records are maintained that allow tracing to the herd of origin.

They are sold to a broker who identifies the pigs by official ear tags which identify the broker with a United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, veterinary services prefix and 4-digit number that allows tracing to the herd of origin by records maintained by the broker.

History: 1992, Act 239, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.261 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-40-of-1899 / Section 458.261
Repeal; saving clause.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The following entitled acts are hereby repealed, viz.: "An act to provide for the organization of Protestant Episcopal churches," approved February seventeenth, 1857; "An act to amend sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the organization of Protestant Episcopal churches,' approved February seventeenth, 1857, being sections 3083, 3084, 3085 and 3086 of the compiled laws of 1871, and to add a new section thereto,to stand as section 8 of said act," approved May twenty-seventh, 1879; "An act to enable certain Protestant Episcopal churches to reorganize under the statute, approved February seventeenth, 1857, entitled 'An act to provide for the organization of Protestant Episcopal churches,'" approved March fourteenth, 1865; also all other acts amendatory of the above entitled acts, or inconsistent with this act; but the organization of all corporations under the provisions of either of said acts shall be deemed and taken to be organizations under this act, and all rights, obligations and liabilities contracted or incurred by any such corporations thereunder, or under the provisions of any law now in force, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall continue of the same force and effect as though such acts of law had not been repealed; all such corporations, from and after the taking effect of this act, shall be subject to all the provisions hereof as fully as though such organization had been perfected hereunder.

History: 1899, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899; CL 1915, 10938; CL 1929, 10946; CL 1948, 458.261
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.667a — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.667a
Office of audit; creation; head; duties, functions, and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17a.

There is hereby established the office of audit within the department to conduct financial and performance audits. The office shall be headed by an individual appointed by, and serving at the pleasure of, the state transportation commission. The duties, functions, and responsibilities of the office shall be as determined by the state transportation commission.

History: Add. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.117 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-496-of-1988 / Section 12.117
Allocation order; requirements; reversion; allocation not transferable between issuers; use of allocation; validity of order; request for extension.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

An allocation order shall allocate the principal amount of bonds requested or, for an issue of refunding bonds, the principal amount of the proposed issue expected to exceed the amount of the obligation to be refunded, for a request by a municipal issuer, against the amount of the unified volume limitation allotted in section 4 to municipal issuers or, for a state issuer, against the amount allotted to state issuers. Any difference between the amount of the unified volume limitation allocated to an issuer and the amount of the allocation used for the issuance of the bonds for which it applied reverts to the unified volume limitation and to the municipal issuer or state issuer allotment from which the allocation was made.

An allocation issued by the treasurer is not transferable between issuers and shall not be used for purposes other than those for which the allocation was approved.

Other than a carryforward allocation pursuant to section 10, an order of the treasurer issuing an allocation is valid for 30 calendar days after the date of the order or, if the allocation will be used to apply for an urban development action grant or other governmental assistance or if the allocation is to an issuer that is required by law to sell the bonds for which the allocation applies at public sale, for 60 days after the date of the order. Other than a carryforward allocation, an allocation or an extension of an allocation is not valid after November 21 of the year for which the allocation is issued, except that the treasurer may extend the period of an allocation's validity until December 31 of the year for which an allocation is issued. After the issuance of an allocation order, but before the expiration of that initial order, an issuer may request that the period for which the order allocated a portion of the unified volume limitation be extended beyond the initial order's expiration date. Accompanying a request for extension shall be a statement of the facts and circumstances upon which the request is made.

History: 1988, Act 496, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.482e — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.482e
Prohibited conduct; misdemeanor; felony; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 482e.

(1) An individual shall not do any of the following regarding a petition under section 482:

(a) Sign a petition with a name other than his or her own.

(b) Make a false statement in a certificate on a petition.

(c) If not a circulator, sign a petition as a circulator.

(d) Sign a name as circulator other than his or her own.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), an individual who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or both.

(3) An individual shall not sign a petition under section 482 with multiple names. An individual who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony.

(4) If an individual signs a petition in violation of this section, any signature by that individual on the petition is invalid and must not be counted.

History: Add. 2018, Act 650, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018