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Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.477 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-485-of-1978 / Section 45.477
Conditional effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

This act shall not take effect unless House Bill No. 6200 of the 1978 regular session of the legislature is enacted into law.

History: 1978, Act 485, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.651 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-255-of-1978 / Section 207.651
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "commercial redevelopment act".

History: 1978, Act 255, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2863 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2863
Document filed or recorded to accomplish corporate purpose pursuant to plan of reorganization; making, execution, and acknowledgment; contents; filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 863.

A certificate or other document required or permitted by law to be filed or recorded to accomplish any corporate purpose, sought to be accomplished pursuant to the plan of reorganization, shall be made, executed, and acknowledged, as may be directed by such judgment by the persons designated in section 861. The certificate or document shall certify that provision for the making of the certificate or document is contained in the plan of reorganization or in a judgment of a court having jurisdiction of the proceeding under such applicable statute of this state or of the United States for the reorganization of the corporation, and that the plan has been confirmed, as provided by such applicable statute, with the title and venue of the proceeding and the date of the judgment confirming the plan. The certificate or other document shall be filed as provided in section 131, and upon such filing becomes effective in accordance with the terms thereof and the provisions of sections 861 to 864.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.548 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.548
Applicability of act to transfer described in MCL 554.526.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

This act applies to a transfer described in section 6 made after the effective date of this act if either of the following is true:

The transfer purports to have been made under former 1959 PA 172.

The instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the designation "as custodian under the uniform gifts to minors act" or "as custodian under the uniform transfers to minors act" of any other state, and the application of this act is necessary to validate the transfer.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21504 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21504
Objectives of part.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21504.

The objectives of this part are to fund corrective actions to address releases from refined petroleum underground storage tank systems, to assist owners and operators of refined petroleum underground storage tank systems in meeting their financial responsibility requirements pursuant to part 211, and to achieve compliance with part 213.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004; Am. 2014, Act 416, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.1111 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-274-of-2000 / Section 287.1111
Conditions permitting law enforcement officer or other person to kill large carnivore; liability; actions constituting trespass.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A law enforcement officer or other person may kill a large carnivore if the person sees the large carnivore chasing, attacking, injuring, or killing either of the following:

A human.

Livestock, poultry, or a mammalian pet.

A law enforcement officer may kill a large carnivore if the law enforcement officer sees the large carnivore chasing, attacking, injuring, or killing wildlife.

A person is not liable in damages or otherwise for killing or attempting to kill a large carnivore under subsection (1) or (2).

This act does not prohibit the owner of a large carnivore, for which a permit has been issued if required under this act, from recovering by legal action against a law enforcement officer or other person the value of a large carnivore illegally killed by that law enforcement officer or other person.

A large carnivore's entry onto a field or enclosure that is owned by or leased by a person producing livestock or poultry constitutes a trespass, and the owner of the large carnivore is liable in damages.

History: 2000, Act 274, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.110a — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.110a
Funding; rural hospital access pool; limitations; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 110a.

(1) Beginning in the fiscal year that ends September 30, 2019, and annually after that, the department shall allocate not less than $26,000,000.00 of its general fund appropriation to a rural hospital access pool to assist sole community hospitals and rural hospitals with providing services to low-income residents.

(2) All of the following apply to a payment from the rural hospital access pool:

(a) $8,470,200.00 must be proportionately divided annually among sole community hospitals and rural hospitals that provide obstetrical care to Medicaid beneficiaries, based on the proportion of Medicaid deliveries performed during the second immediately preceding fiscal year.

(b) The balance remaining in the rural hospital access pool after distribution made under subdivision (a) is annually allocated as follows:

( i ) Payments are first allocated to reimburse sole community hospitals and rural hospitals for unreimbursed and incurred costs for services delivered to fee for service inpatient and outpatient Medicaid beneficiaries as reported during the second immediately preceding fiscal year cost reporting period.

( ii ) Money remaining in the rural hospital access pool after all distributions are made under subparagraph ( i ) is allocated based on each sole community hospital's and rural hospital's proportion of Medicaid managed care outpatient payments for services performed during the second immediately preceding fiscal year.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), a hospital shall not receive more than 10% of the total funding available under the rural hospital access pool in any 1 fiscal year.

(3) The department must implement this section in a manner that complies with all federal requirements necessary to ensure the maximum amount of federal matching funds is obtained.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance administered by the department under this act.

(b) "Rural hospital" means a hospital that meets both of the following:

( i ) Has 50 or fewer staffed beds.

( ii ) Is located within a county with a population of not more than 195,000 and within a city, village, or township with a population of not more than 15,000 based on the 2020 federal decennial census.

(c) "Sole community hospital" means a hospital classified as a sole community hospital under 42 CFR 412.92.

History: Add. 2018, Act 220, Eff. Sept. 24, 2018; Am. 2024, Act 132, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.897b — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-244-of-1989 / Section 141.897b
Master plan; travel bureau; disapproval of annual marketing plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7b.

(1) The vice-president of the travel bureau and the president or chief administrative officer of the regional marketing organization shall meet periodically, but at least once each year, to discuss the master plan and the annual marketing plan approved by the board.

(2) The regional marketing organization and the travel bureau shall coordinate their marketing program activities and annual marketing plan activities with the master plan with a goal of maximizing the impact of tourism and convention business on the economy of this state.

(3) The director shall disapprove of the regional marketing organization's annual marketing plan within 30 days of the meeting provided for in subsection (1) upon finding that it is detrimental to the master plan or the travel bureau's promotional programs. The regional marketing organization shall not implement an annual marketing plan that is disapproved by the travel bureau. If the director does not disapprove of an annual marketing plan within the 30-day period, the annual marketing plan shall be considered approved and may be implemented by the regional marketing organization.

History: Add. 2018, Act 466, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 768.15 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 768.15
Jurors; affirmation in lieu of oath.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Any juror shall be allowed to make affirmation, substituting the words "This you do under the pains and penalties of perjury" instead of the words "so help you God."

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17308; CL 1948, 768.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.32 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-123-of-1949 / Section 123.32
Disconnection of farm land from city or village; petition, filing, contents; determination of court; denial.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The owner or owners of any such area of land who desire such disconnection shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county where the land, or the greater part thereof, is situated, and in such petition shall allege facts in support of such disconnection. The particular city or village shall be made defendant, and it, or any taxpayer resident in such municipality, may appear and defend against such petition. If the court finds that the allegations of the petition are true and that the petitioner has met the qualifications as set forth in section 1 hereof, then such area of land shall be entitled to disconnection under the provisions of this act, and the court shall order said land disconnected from such city or village. In case of the disconnection from a city of any land which previously constituted a part of 1 or more townships, such land shall thereupon attach to and become a part of such township or townships, which shall be specified in the judgment. In case of the disconnection of any other land, the court shall determine and specify in the judgment what township or townships such land shall attach to and become a part of: Provided, however, That if by reason of city or village owned sewers, sidewalks, highways, water mains, gas mains, or other public improvements, upon or abutting said property, it would be inequitable to such city or village to grant said petition, in such case only may the court in its discretion deny the same even though petitioner has met the qualifications set forth in section 1 hereof.

History: 1949, Act 123, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4414 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4414
Tax increment bonds; qualified refunding obligation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 414.

(1) By resolution of its board and subject to the limitations set forth in this section, the authority may authorize, issue, and sell its tax increment bonds to finance a development program. The bonds are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. The authority may pledge for debt service requirements the tax increment revenues to be received from an eligible property. The bonds issued under this section shall be considered a single series for the purposes of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

(2) The municipality by majority vote of the members of its governing body may make a limited tax pledge to support the authority's tax increment bonds or, if authorized by the voters of the municipality, pledge its full faith and credit for the payment of the principal of and interest on the authority's tax increment bonds. The municipality may pledge as additional security for the bonds any money received by the authority or the municipality pursuant to section 410.

(3) Bonds and notes issued by the authority and the interest on and income from those bonds and notes are exempt from taxation by the state or a political subdivision of this state.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if the state treasurer determines that an authority or municipality can issue a qualified refunding obligation and the authority or municipality does not make a good-faith effort to issue the qualified refunding obligation as determined by the state treasurer, the state treasurer may reduce the amount claimed by the authority or municipality under section 411a by an amount equal to the net present value saving that would have been realized had the authority or municipality refunded the obligation or the state treasurer may require a reduction in the capture of tax increment revenues from taxes levied by a local or intermediate school district or this state by an amount equal to the net present value saving that would have been realized had the authority or municipality refunded the obligation. This subsection does not authorize the state treasurer to require the authority or municipality to pledge security greater than the security pledged for the obligation being refunded.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.909 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-448-of-2014 / Section 554.909
Definitions; P to R.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

As used in this act:

(a) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

(b) "Publish" means to publicly issue or circulate by newspaper, mail, radio, television, or electronic means or otherwise to disseminate to the public.

(c) "Refundable portion of an entrance fee" means the component of an entrance fee that is refundable to the member or his or her estate under the terms and conditions of the continuing care agreement, but excludes the amortized component of an entrance fee.

(d) "Registrant" means a continuing care community registered under this act.

(e) "Reportable change", subject to subdivision (f), means any of the following:

( i ) Any change in the tax status of the continuing care community.

( ii ) Termination of the continuing care community's sponsorship, or a portion thereof, by a religious, nonprofit, or proprietary organization or group, or the establishment of any new sponsorship for the community.

( iii ) Denial, suspension, or revocation of any license, certification, or registration held by the continuing care community and required by state or federal law.

( iv ) The entry of any cease and desist order, other order similar in nature, or a temporary or permanent injunction by a court of competent jurisdiction that restricts the continuing care community from offering continuing care agreements to prospective members or restricts the community from operating in any material respect in compliance with the most recent registration.

( v ) Any substantive amendments or changes in the disclosure statement, continuing care agreement, or the rules and regulations of the continuing care community.

( vi ) Any significant alteration in the care, amenities, or services indicated in the disclosure statement or continuing care agreement.

( vii ) Any change in monthly service fees.

( viii ) A variation of 10% or more between the actual amount of any of the following items and the amount forecast in the continuing care community's pro forma financial plan most recently filed under this act:

(A) Total assets.

(B) Total liabilities.

(C) Equity.

(D) Fund balance or deficit.

(E) Long-term debt.

(F) Total revenue.

(G) Total expenses.

(H) Cash flow.

( ix ) A violation of any debt covenant applicable to the continuing care community.

(f) "Reportable change" does not include a change in the value of an interest rate swap not related to the termination of the interest rate swap.

History: 2014, Act 448, Eff. Apr. 2, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.318 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 322.318
Certificates of purchase; rights of purchasers; recording.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

Certificates of purchase issued pursuant to the provisions of law, shall entitle the purchaser to the possession of the lands therein described, and shall be sufficient evidence of title to enable the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, to maintain actions of trespass for injuries done to the same, or ejectment, or any other proper action or proceeding to recover possession thereof, unless such certificate shall have become void by forfeiture; and all certificates of purchase in force may be recorded in the same manner that deeds of conveyance are authorized to be recorded.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 60; CL 1857, 2461; CL 1871, 3834; How. 5279; CL 1897, 1342; CL 1915, 517; CL 1929, 5917; CL 1948, 322.318
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.20115a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.20115a
Release or threat of release from underground storage tank system; corrective actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20115a.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if a release or threat of release at a facility is solely the result of a release or threat of release from an underground storage tank system regulated under part 213, the response activities implemented at the facility shall be the corrective actions required under part 213, and the requirements of section 20114 shall not apply to that release.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if a release or threat of release at a facility is not solely the result of a release or threat of release from an underground storage tank system, the owner or operator of the underground storage tank system as defined in part 213 may choose to conduct corrective actions of the release from the underground storage tank system pursuant to part 213, and the requirements of section 20114 shall not apply to that release.

History: Add. 1996, Act 115, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16601 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16601
Definitions; principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16601.

(1) As used in this part:

(a) "Assignment" means that a dentist has designated a patient of record on whom services are to be performed and has described the procedures to be performed. The dentist need not be physically present in the office or in the treatment room at the time the procedures are being performed.

(b) "Dental laboratory" means a dental workroom that is operated as a part of a dental office or otherwise, by a person, other than a dentist, who is engaged in, or holds himself, herself, or itself out as being directly or indirectly engaged in, constructing, repairing, or altering prosthetic dentures, bridges, orthodontic or other appliances, or structures to be used as substitutes for or as a part of human teeth or jaws or associated structures, or for the correction of malocclusions or deformities.

(c) "Dentist" means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of dentistry.

(d) "Practice of dentistry" means the diagnosis, treatment, prescription, or operation for a disease, pain, deformity, deficiency, injury, or physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar process, gums or jaws, or their dependent tissues, or an offer, undertaking, attempt to do, or holding oneself out as able to do any of these acts.

(e) "Practice as a dental assistant" means assistance in the clinical practice of dentistry based on formal education, specialized knowledge, and skill at the assignment and under the supervision of a dentist.

(f) "Practice as a dental hygienist" means practice at the assignment of a dentist in that specific area of dentistry based on specialized knowledge, formal education, and skill with particular emphasis on preventive services and oral health education.

(g) "Practice as a dental therapist" means providing any of the care and services, and performing any of the duties, described in section 16656.

(2) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains definitions applicable to this part.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2018, Act 463, Eff. Mar. 27, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.79 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.79
Carrying or display of registration certificate or assigned number; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 79.

The state registration certificate issued by the commission shall be carried in the aircraft at all times. Each aircraft shall display the number assigned to it by the United States or a foreign country.

A person shall not carry or display upon an aircraft a registration certificate not issued for the aircraft or not otherwise lawfully used on the aircraft.

Historic or restored aircraft or an authentic replica of a historic aircraft are not required to display any external state-required registration markings.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.79; Am. 1962, Act 193, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963; Am. 1976, Act 191, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1976; Am. 1996, Act 370, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17064 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17064
Applicant for licensure as physician's assistant; examination required; waiver; nature of examination; use of national examination; discrimination prohibited; reciprocity; investigation; additional documentation or information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17064.

To determine whether an applicant for initial licensure has the appropriate level of skill and knowledge as required by this part, the task force shall require the applicant to submit to an examination which shall include those subjects the general knowledge of which is commonly and generally required of a graduate of an accredited physician's assistants' program in the United States. The task force may waive the examination requirement for a graduate of an approved program if the applicant has taken a national examination and achieved a score acceptable to the task force as demonstrating the level of skill and knowledge required by this part. The task force may waive the examination for an applicant who is licensed, certified, registered, approved, or otherwise legally recognized as a physician's assistant in another state, when the task force determines that the other state has qualifications, including completion of a national or state approved examination for physician's assistants, that are substantially equivalent to those established by this part.

The nature of an examination shall be determined by the task force and may include the use and acceptance of national examinations where appropriate. The use of examinations or the requirements for successful completion shall not permit discriminatory treatment of applicants.

The task force shall provide for the recognition of the certification or experience consistent with this part acquired by physician's assistants in other states who wish to practice in this state.

The task force may cause an investigation to be conducted when necessary to determine the qualifications of an applicant for licensure. An applicant may be required to furnish additional documentation and information upon a determination by the task force that the documentation or information is necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1986, Act 174, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.608 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-173-of-1958 / Section 550.608
Evidence of insurance; policy or certificate delivery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

All credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance sold shall be evidenced by an individual policy, or in the case of group insurance by a certificate of insurance, which individual policy or group certificate of insurance shall be delivered to the debtor.

History: 1958, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958