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Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.621 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-238-of-1975 / Section 722.621
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "child protection law".

History: 1975, Act 238, Eff. Oct. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1661 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-173-of-1987 / Section 445.1661
Powers of commissioner generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) The commissioner shall exercise general supervision and control over mortgage brokers, mortgage lenders, and mortgage servicers doing business in this state.

(2) In addition to the other powers granted to the commissioner by this act, the commissioner shall have all of the following powers:

(a) To promulgate reasonable rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, as necessary to implement and administer this act.

(b) To deny an application for a license or registration.

(c) To conduct examinations and investigations of any person as necessary for the efficient enforcement of this act and the rules promulgated under this act.

(d) To advise the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of a county in which a mortgage broker, mortgage lender, or mortgage servicer is conducting business that the commissioner believes a licensee, registrant, or other person is violating this act. The attorney general or prosecuting attorney may take appropriate legal action to enjoin the operation of the business of the mortgage broker, mortgage lender, or mortgage servicer or prosecute violations of this act.

(e) To bring an action in the Ingham county circuit court in the name and on behalf of this state against a licensee, registrant, or any other person that is participating in, or about to participate in, any unsafe or injurious practice or act in violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act, to enjoin the person from participating in or continuing the practice or engaging in the act.

(f) To order a person to cease and desist from a violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act under section 16.

(g) To suspend or revoke a license or registration under section 29.

(h) To require that restitution be made under section 29.

(i) To assess a civil fine under section 29.

(j) To censure a licensee or registrant.

(k) To issue an order to prohibit a person from being employed by, an agent of, or control person of a licensee or registrant under section 18a.

History: 1987, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Nov. 18, 1987; Am. 2002, Act 391, Imd. Eff. May 30, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 76, Eff. July 31, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6848 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6848
Unearned premium reserve; refund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6848.

Any company organized or operating under this chapter upon the advance premium plan, shall maintain and set aside as a liability an unearned premium reserve upon the same basis as that required of domestic stock insurance companies transacting the same kind of business. Such companies shall provide in their policy for the refund of the unearned premium in case of cancellation for any cause.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1016 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1016
Tax credit by supplier in amount uncollected from purchaser; notice; rules; report; identification; limitation; additional credit; remittance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

In computing the amount of tax due under this act, a supplier is entitled to a credit against the tax payable in the amount of tax paid by the supplier that has not been collected from an eligible purchaser and remains uncollected for 90 days after the date the tax payment was due from the eligible purchaser.

The supplier shall provide written notice to the department of a failure to collect tax within 10 days after the earliest date on which the supplier was allowed to collect the tax from the eligible purchaser under section 74.

The department may promulgate rules establishing the evidence a supplier must provide to receive the credit.

A supplier shall claim the credit on the first report filed by the supplier following the expiration of the 90-day period described in subsection (1) if the payment remains unpaid as of the filing date of that report.

The claim for the credit shall identify the defaulting eligible purchaser and any tax liability that remains unpaid.

If an eligible purchaser fails to make a timely payment of the amount of tax due, the supplier's credit shall be limited to the amount due from the purchaser, plus any tax that accrues and remains unpaid from that purchaser for a period of 10 days following the date of failure to pay.

Additional credit is not allowed to a supplier under this section until the department has authorized the purchaser to make a new election under section 74.

A supplier shall remit to the department any previously uncollected taxes paid to the supplier by an eligible purchaser on which the supplier claimed a credit or deduction under this section. The supplier shall remit the taxes on the return filed for the month that the taxes were paid to the supplier and shall include a statement of the period for which the taxes were paid.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5204c — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5204c
Nonpoint source water pollution; brownfield redevelopment grants and loans to municipalities and brownfield redevelopment authorities; development of materials; applications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5204c.

(1) The department may expend $10,000,000.00 of money from the fund to provide brownfield redevelopment grants and loans to municipalities and brownfield redevelopment authorities created under the brownfield redevelopment financing act, 1996 PA 381, MCL 125.2651 to 125.2672, for response activities to address nonpoint source water pollution at facilities. Of the money expended under this section, $5,000,000.00 shall be used for grants and $5,000,000.00 shall be used for loans. However, on September 30, 2014, if any money described in this section has not been appropriated for the purposes of this section, that money may be used for the purposes of section 5204b.

(2) The department shall develop grant and loan application materials to implement this section and shall accept applications at any time throughout the year.

History: Add. 2010, Act 232, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.34130 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.34130
Spread of special assessments on local tax rolls; duties of local assessing officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34130.

The supervisor or the village or city assessor shall spread on his or her roll the total amount of all irrigation special assessment taxes determined by the irrigation board and approved by the county board of commissioners to be assessed upon the county, township, city, or village tax roll for the year in which the same was assessed and extending the tax in the same column with the general county, township, city, or village tax. In villages or cities where the municipal taxes are assessed and collected prior to the October meeting of the county board of commissioners, all taxes ordered to be spread against the municipalities shall be spread during the calendar year following the action by the county board of commissioners. The supervisor, assessor, or tax levying official shall spread upon the roll, separately and immediately following the other descriptions, all tracts or parcels of land specified by the irrigation board to be assessed for benefits, and shall place opposite each description, in a column marked "(giving the name or number)............... irrigation special assessment taxes", the amount of taxes apportioned on that tract or parcel of land, as certified to him or her by the county clerk.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50703 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50703
County forestry committee; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; approval of committee actions; vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50703.

A county forestry committee is created for purposes of this part and shall consist of 5 members who shall be appointed by the county board of commissioners. Two members of the county forestry committee shall be foresters registered under part 535, 1 member shall be a member of the county economic development corporation, 1 member shall be a member of the county board of commissioners, and 1 member shall be a resident of the county who is not a county official or employee. If the county has not established an economic development corporation under the economic development corporations act, 1974 PA 338, MCL 125.1601 to 125.1636, 2 members shall be residents of the county who are not county officials or employees. The members of the county forestry committee shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, except that of the first appointments, 2 shall be for a term of 4 years, 1 shall be for a term of 3 years, 1 shall be for a term of 2 years, and 1 shall be for a term of 1 year. All actions of the county forestry committee shall be approved by the county board of commissioners. A vacancy on the county forestry committee shall be filled by the county board of commissioners for the remainder of the unexpired term.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 116, Eff. July 25, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2708 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2708
Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order; grounds for refusal; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 708.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.

(2) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order:

(a) Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard.

(b) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with section 201.

(c) The order is not enforceable in the issuing country.

(d) The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure.

(e) A record transmitted in accordance with section 706 lacks authenticity or integrity.

(f) A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state, and that proceeding was the first to be filed.

(g) The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this act in this state.

(h) Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part.

(i) In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country, 1 of the following applies:

( i ) If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard.

( ii ) If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal.

(j) The order was made in violation of section 711.

(3) If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a Convention support order under subsection (2)(b), (d), or (i), the following apply:

(a) The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new Convention support order.

(b) The office of child support shall take all appropriate measures to request a child-support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under section 704.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1203 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1203
Promulgation of rules; sanitation standards; operation of mobile salons.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1203.

(1) The department in consultation with the board shall promulgate rules that establish sanitation standards that the department considers necessary, with particular reference to the precautions necessary to be employed to prevent the spreading of an infectious or contagious disease, and shall arrange for any inspections that the department considers necessary to safeguard the public health.

(2) The department in consultation with the board shall promulgate rules for the operation of mobile salons and the performance of cosmetology services in or at the premises of mobile salons. The department shall promulgate the rules described in this subsection within 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection. The rules shall include sanitation standards that meet the requirements of subsection (1) and may establish 1 or more of the following for providing cosmetology services in a mobile salon:

(a) Safety requirements.

(b) Permanent address requirements at which 1 or more of the following are located:

( i ) Records of appointments.

( ii ) License numbers of employees.

( iii ) If applicable, the vehicle identification number of the license holder's self-contained facility.

(c) Enforcement actions to ensure compliance with the requirements under this article and all local laws and ordinances.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 2020, Act 20, Eff. Apr. 26, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.272 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.272
Effective date; requirements for disclosure statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 172.

This act shall take effect July 1, 1978. Requirements for the disclosure statement shall not take effect until October 1, 1978.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.680 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-216-of-1985 / Section 552.680
Payments made and received pursuant to order of income withholding; validity of support order; more than 1 support order in effect for support of 1 person by same obligor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

An order of income withholding under this act shall direct payment to be made to the office of the friend of the court or the state disbursement unit, as appropriate. The office of the friend of the court or SDU shall promptly transmit payments received pursuant to an order of income withholding based on a support order of another jurisdiction entered under this act to the agency or person designated in section 6(2)(e)( iii ).

A support order entered pursuant to section 6 does not nullify and is not nullified by a support order entered by the court in this state pursuant to another law or a support order entered by a court of another state. If more than 1 support order is in effect for the support of 1 person by the same obligor, then amounts collected by income withholding and credited against an amount owing for a particular time period under any 1 order shall be credited against amounts owing for the same time period under all such orders.

History: 1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986; Am. 1999, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3509 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3509
Certificate of authority; application; form; limitation; change of service area.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3509.

(1) An application to the director for a certificate of authority must be on a form prescribed and provided by the director.

(2) A certificate of authority issued to a health maintenance organization under this act is limited to the service area described in the application on which the certificate of authority was issued. Approved parts of a health maintenance organization's service area are not required to be contiguous.

(3) A health maintenance organization seeking to change the approved service area shall submit an application to change service area to the director and shall not change the service area until approval is received. The director shall specify the information required to be in the application under this subsection.

History: Add. 2000, Act 252, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.233a — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-174-of-1971 / Section 400.233a
Offset proceedings against tax refunds; initiation; notice; opportunity to contest; reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

(1) Upon receipt of a request from the office of the friend of the court under section 24 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.624, or as required by federal regulations adopted under title IV-D, the office of child support shall initiate offset proceedings against the state tax refunds and federal income tax refunds of a parent who is obligated to support a child and who owes past due support.

(2) The office shall send to a parent who is the subject of a request under subsection (1) advance written notice of the proposed offset. The notice shall inform the parent of the opportunity to contest the offset of his or her state income tax refund on the grounds that the offset is not proper because of a mistake of fact concerning the amount of overdue support or the identity of the parent.

(3) The office shall provide for the prompt reimbursement of an amount withheld in error or an amount found to exceed the amount of overdue support.

History: Add. 1985, Act 209, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1986; Am. 1996, Act 3, Eff. June 1, 1996; Am. 1998, Act 112, Eff. June 30, 1998; Am. 2009, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7904 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7904
Attorney fees and costs; receipt of expenses and disbursements; reduction or denial of claim with respect to breach of trust.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7904.

(1) In a proceeding involving the administration of a trust, the court, as justice and equity require, may award costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, to any party who enhances, preserves, or protects trust property, to be paid from the trust that is the subject of the proceeding.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if a trustee participates in a civil action or proceeding in good faith, whether successful or not, the trustee is entitled to receive from trust property all expenses and disbursements including reasonable attorney fees that the trustee incurs in connection with its participation.

(3) A court may reduce or deny a trustee's claim for compensation, expenses, or disbursements with respect to a breach of trust.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1511 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1511
Premium finance agreement; cancellation of insurance, procedure, notice, refund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1511.

When a premium finance agreement empowers the premium finance company to cancel any insurance contract or contracts listed in the agreement, the insurance contract or contracts shall not be canceled by the premium finance company unless such cancellation is effectuated in accordance with this section.

Not less than 10 days' written notice shall be mailed to the insured of the intent of the premium finance company to cancel the insurance contract unless the default is cured within the 10-day period.

After expiration of the 10-day period, the premium finance company may request cancellation of the insurance contract by mailing to the insurer a notice of cancellation, and the insurance contract shall be cancelled by the insurer without requiring the return of the insurance contract. The premium finance company shall also mail a notice of cancellation to the insured at his last known address at the same time the premium finance company requests cancellation of the insurance contract.

All statutory, regulatory and contractual restrictions providing that the insurance contract may not be canceled unless notice is given to a governmental agency, mortgagee or other third party shall apply where cancellation is effected under the provisions of this section. The insurer shall give the prescribed notice in behalf of itself or the insured to any governmental agency, mortgagee or other third party on or before the second business day after the day it receives the notice of cancellation from the premium finance company and shall determine the effective date of cancellation taking into consideration the number of days' notice required to complete the cancellation.

Whenever a financed contract is canceled, the insurer shall return whatever gross unearned premiums are due under the insurance contract to the premium finance company for the account of the insured.

If the crediting of return premiums to the account of the insured results in a surplus over the amount due from the insured, the premium finance company shall refund the excess to the insured, but no refund shall be required if it amounts to less than $1.00.

History: Add. 1968, Act 352, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.811q — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.811q
Support for our troops; design; transfer and disbursement; support our troops fund; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 811q.

(1) A fund-raising plate or collector plate recognizing support for our troops shall be of a design as determined by the secretary of state and contain the emblem or logo of Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan, displaying a soldier and a child and the words "support our troops" and "Michigan". Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing support for our troops collected under sections 811f and 811g shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall disburse the donation money to the support our troops fund established under this section.

(2) The support our troops fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer 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 state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a monthly basis to Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan, which shall expend the money received under this section for troops and their families in accordance with its articles of incorporation.

(5) Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan shall annually report to the department of treasury an accounting of money received and used under this section.

(6) An application for a support our troops fund-raising or collector plate by a motor vehicle owner or lessee constitutes prior written consent and instruction by that owner or lessee to the secretary of state to provide the owner's or lessee's name and address to Support Our Troops, Inc. of Michigan.

History: Add. 2006, Act 562, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007