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Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1106 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1106
Director; appointment, term, and qualifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 106.

As provided in section 508 of Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1965, being section 16.608 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the director shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

The director shall be a person with at least 5 years of previous executive experience in mental health or human services.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1981, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2445 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2445
Voting of shares or membership held by person in representative or fiduciary capacity or held jointly by fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

Sec. 445.

The vote of shares or a membership held by a person in a representative or fiduciary capacity may be cast by that person without a transfer of the shares or membership into the name of the representative or fiduciary.

The vote of shares or a membership held jointly by fiduciaries, where the instrument or order appointing the fiduciaries does not otherwise direct, shall be cast as follows:

If only 1 fiduciary votes, that act binds all.

If more than 1 fiduciary votes, the vote of the shares or membership shall be cast as the majority of the fiduciaries determines.

If the fiduciaries ae equally divided as to how the vote of the shares or membership shall be cast, a court having jurisdiction in an action brought by any of the fiduciaries or by any beneficiary may appoint an additional person to act with the fiduciaries in such matter, and the vote of the stock or membership shall be cast by the majority of such fiduciaries and such additional person.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.309a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.309a
Relief from certain circuit court judgments based on jury verdict; appeal; applicability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 309a.

(1) The legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) The right to trial by jury, as preserved by the state constitution of 1963, is sacrosanct and the decisions of juries should not be lightly discarded.

(b) It is the public policy of this state that litigants be afforded the highest possible degree of certainty that jury verdicts will be respected and enforced.

(2) This section applies only if a party seeks relief from a circuit court judgment entered in a civil action based on a jury verdict on any of the following grounds:

(a) Mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.

(b) Newly discovered evidence.

(c) Fraud, misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party.

(d) That the judgment is void.

(e) Another reason that justifies relief from the operation of the judgment.

(3) If a circuit court order grants relief to a party as described under subsection (2), an opposing party may file an appeal of right from that order to the court of appeals. Action in the circuit court must be stayed while the matter is on appeal.

(4) In an appeal of right to the court of appeals under subsection (3), the court shall take appropriate steps toward ensuring, consistent with the appellate court rules, a timely processing of the appeal.

(5) This section does not apply to an action to which section 6098 applies.

(6) This section applies only to an action, case, or proceeding commenced after the date this section takes effect.

History: Add. 2021, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.171a — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-342-of-1939 / Section 46.171a
County public improvements; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Public Improvement Act of 1939".

History: Add. 1963, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1127 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-315-of-1977 / Section 390.1127
State payment of excess loss of university; qualifications; indemnification reserve fund; compliance with MCL 500.100 to 500.8302.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

To qualify for state payment of excess loss, a university shall develop and implement a risk management system, which shall be filed with and approved by the state insurance bureau, and shall establish and maintain an indemnification reserve fund.

The indemnification reserve fund may consist of 2 components:

Available funds or other evidence of financial obligation from third party reimbursers.

Funds from the university. The university shall fund its portion of the indemnification reserve fund at a rate necessary to fully fund the annual expected loss for the current accident year as determined by the risk management system.

By participating in the fund, the university shall not be relieved of complying with the requirements of Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended, being sections 500.100 to 500.8302 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1977, Act 315, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.160 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-10-of-1955 / Section 399.160
Moving or altering marker; withdrawal of marker designation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

(1) An official Michigan historical marker placed to recognize a particular historic resource may be moved to and placed at another nearby site if the commission has been asked to give, and has given, written permission for the move.

(2) When developing plans for and making alterations to the exterior of a historic resource which has been commemorated by an official Michigan historical marker, the owner or other person in possession of the historic resource shall follow the United States Secretary of the Interior's standards for rehabilitation and guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings, as set forth in 36 CFR part 67. The owner or other person in possession of the historic resource may ask the center to review work plans prior to commencement of work.

(3) The center may withdraw a marker designation and may request the return of or may repossess an official Michigan historical marker from a historic resource or site if the commission determines that the historic resource or site has lost its historic significance or integrity.

(4) If the center withdraws a marker designation, the person or agency in possession of the historic resource or site shall immediately return the marker to the center or dispose of it in a manner prescribed by the center and documented in writing.

History: Add. 2002, Act 488, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2002; Am. 2017, Act 185, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4104 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4104
Sewerage systems; rules; classification of sewage treatment works; examinations; issuance and revocation of certificates; supervision by certified operator; training program for certified operator; fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4104.

(1) The department may promulgate and enforce rules that the department considers necessary to govern and provide for a method of conducting and operating all or a part of sewerage systems including sewage treatment works. The department shall classify sewage treatment works with regard to size, type, location, and other physical conditions affecting those works and according to the skill, knowledge, experience, and character that the individual who is in charge of the active operation of the sewage treatment works must possess to successfully operate the works and prevent the discharge of deleterious matter capable of being injurious to the public health or other public interests. The department shall examine or provide for the examination of individuals as to the qualifications to operate sewage treatment works. The department shall promulgate rules regarding the classification of sewage treatment works, the examinations for certification of operators for those works, and the issuance and revocation of certificates, and shall issue and revoke certificates as provided by the rules. Every sewage treatment works subject to this part must be under the supervision of a properly certified operator, except that this section does not require the employment of a certified operator in a waste treatment works that receives only wastes that are not potentially prejudicial to the public health.

(2) As provided in section 3110, the department may conduct a program for training individuals who seek to be certified as operators under subsection (1) and shall administer operator certification programs for individuals who seek to be certified as operators under subsection (1). Until October 1, 2029, the department may charge fees for these programs as provided in section 3110. The department shall transmit fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for deposit into the operator training and certification fund created in section 3134.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2011, Act 148, Imd. Eff. Sept. 21, 2011; Am. 2017, Act 90, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2017; Am. 2021, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2021; Am. 2025, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.446 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.446
Appeal by land owner; application for board of review; bond, liability, costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

The owner of any lands assessed a per cent for benefits for improving any highway, who may conceive himself aggrieved by the assessment made by the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, may, within 10 days after the hearing of the review heretofore provided by the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, appeal therefrom, and for such purpose make an application to the probate court of the county in which his land is situate, for a review of the per cent of benefits assessed for such improvement upon his land in any township. Said appellant shall file with the probate court a bond in the sum of 200 dollars, with 1 or more sureties, to be approved by said court, conditioned for the payment of all costs in case the assessment made by the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall be sustained. In case the assessment of the per cent of benefits made by the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, upon lands assessed in that township shall be sustained by the board of review, the appellant shall pay the whole cost of such appeal. Such cost and expenses shall be ascertained and determined by the probate court; and if not paid the appellant shall be liable on his bond for the full amount of such costs in an action in law to be brought by the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, before any court having jurisdiction. If the assessments made by the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, on lands in such townships shall be changed, the road districts shall pay the cost of such appeal.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4716; Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917; CL 1929, 4361; CL 1948, 247.446
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.7jj — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.7jj
Federally-qualified health center; tax exemption; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7jj.

Beginning December 31, 2004, real and personal property of a federally-qualified health center is exempt from the collection of taxes under this act. As used in this section, "federally-qualified health center" means that term as defined in section 1396d( l )(2)(B) of the social security act, 42 USC 1396d.

History: Add. 2006, Act 326, Eff. Dec. 31, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63108 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63108
Injunctive relief to prevent violation of rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63108.

At the request of the supervisor of reclamation, the attorney general may institute an action in a circuit court of the county in which the mining operation affected is conducted for a restraining order or injunction or other appropriate remedy to prevent or preclude a violation of the terms and conditions of any rule promulgated under this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 91.9 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 91.9
Support of poor persons; director of the poor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The council of any city may make such provision as they shall deem expedient for the support and relief of poor persons residing in the city; and for that purpose may provide by ordinance for the election or appointment of a director of the poor for the city, and may prescribe his duties and vest him with such authority as may be proper for the exercise of his duties.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3115; CL 1915, 3029; CL 1929, 1953; CL 1948, 91.9
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.880 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-199-of-1996 / Section 286.880
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A person shall not knowingly provide false information in a matter pertaining to this act and shall not resist, impede, or hinder the director in the discharge of his or her duties under this act.

History: 1996, Act 199, Eff. Aug. 16, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.103 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.103
Cursing and swearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 103.

Cursing and swearing-Any person who has arrived at the age of discretion, who shall profanely curse or damn or swear by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No such prosecution shall be sustained unless it shall be commenced within 5 days after the commission of such offense.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.103
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1311k — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1311k
Personnel; publication of salaries.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1311k.

(1) A strict discipline academy, with the approval of the authorizing body, may employ or contract with personnel as necessary for the operation of the strict discipline academy, prescribe the personnel's duties, and fix the personnel's compensation.

(2) By not later than November 1 of each year, each strict discipline academy shall post all of the following information on its website that is accessible to the public:

(a) The average salary for new teachers and the average salary for veteran teachers employed by the strict discipline academy or employed by an educational management organization and assigned to the strict discipline academy, or, if there are fewer than 5 new teachers or 5 veteran teachers at the strict discipline academy, the average salary for all teachers employed by the strict discipline academy or employed by an educational management organization and assigned to the strict discipline academy.

(b) The average salary for support staff employed by the strict discipline academy or employed by an educational management organization and assigned to the strict discipline academy.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Educational management organization" means an entity that enters into a management agreement with a strict discipline academy.

(b) "Entity" means a partnership, nonprofit or business corporation, or any other association, corporation, trust, or other legal entity.

(c) "Management agreement" means an agreement to provide comprehensive educational, administrative, management, or instructional services or staff to a strict discipline academy.

(d) "New teacher" means an individual who has held a teaching certificate for less than 5 years.

(e) "Support staff" includes, but is not limited to, student-facing paraprofessionals, food service workers, bus drivers, and literacy coaches.

(f) "Veteran teacher" means an individual who has held a teaching certificate for 5 or more years.

History: Add. 1999, Act 23, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1999; Am. 2024, Act 214, Eff. Apr. 17, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.737 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.737
Powers of county; administration by board of public works.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A county establishing a department of public works shall have the following powers to be administered by the board of public works subject to any limitations thereon:

To acquire a water supply system within 1 or more areas in the county and to improve, enlarge, extend, operate, and maintain the system.

To acquire a sewage disposal system within 1 or more areas in the county and to improve, enlarge, extend, operate, and maintain the system.

To acquire a refuse system within 1 or more areas in the county and to improve, enlarge, extend, operate, and maintain the system.

To make lake improvements within 1 or more areas in the county and to improve, enlarge, extend, operate, and maintain the improvements.

To acquire an erosion control system within 1 or more areas in the county and to improve, enlarge, extend, operate, and maintain the improvements.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957; Am. 1967, Act 63, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1967; Am. 1970, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Dec. 3, 1970; Am. 1974, Act 200, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.436 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-148-of-1975 / Section 451.436
Disposition of fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

The fees collected under this act shall be paid promptly into the state treasury to the credit of the department.

History: 1975, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976; Am. 2014, Act 362, Eff. Mar. 16, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 110.24 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 110.24
Moneys; drawing upon exhausted funds; warrants on such funds declared void.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

No warrant shall be drawn upon the treasury, after the fund from which it should be paid has been exhausted; nor when the liabilities outstanding, and previously incurred and payable from such fund, are sufficient to exhaust it. Any warrant, draft or contract, payable by the provisions of this act from any particular fund, excepting bonds given for loans herein authorized and issued or made after such fund has been exhausted by previous payments or by previous liabilities payable from such fund, shall be void as against the city.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3312; CL 1915, 3236; CL 1929, 2158; CL 1948, 110.24
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.242 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.242
Traction engines using wood fuel; spark arresters.
Status: in_force

Sec. 242.

Spark arresters on traction engines using wood fuel-Any person who shall own or operate upon the premises of any inhabitant of this state, or upon the highway, any traction or other portable steam engine, unless said engine shall be equipped with an efficient spark arrester at all times when in use and using wood as a fuel, and with proper fire extinguishers, either liquid or dry, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. All traction or other portable engines using wood for fuel shall be equipped with bonnet spark arresters having an oval top of number 10 mesh, 22 gauge wire and sides composed of number 6 mesh, 16 gauge wire.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.242
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.6314 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.6314
Public inspection stations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6314.

The number and locations of the public inspection stations shall provide convenient service for motorists and shall be consistent with all of the following:

The network of stations shall be sufficient to assure short driving distances and to assure that waiting times to get a vehicle inspected do not exceed 15 minutes more than 4 times a month.

When there are more than 4 vehicles in a queue waiting to be tested, spare lanes shall be opened and additional staff employed to reduce wait times.

A person shall not be required to make an appointment for a vehicle inspection.

There shall be adequate queuing space for each inspection lane at each inspection station to accommodate on the station property all motor vehicles waiting for inspection.

There shall be at least 2 inspection stations located within each county subject to the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program under this part.

Public inspection stations shall inspect and reinspect motor vehicles in accordance with this part.

A public inspection station shall inspect and reinspect motor vehicles in accordance with the rules promulgated under this part by the department. The inspection station shall issue a certificate of compliance for a motor vehicle that has been inspected and determined to comply with the standards and criteria of the department pursuant to the rules promulgated under section 6305. If a certificate of compliance is not issued, the inspection station shall provide a written inspection report describing the reason for rejection and, if appropriate, the repairs needed or likely to be needed to bring the vehicle into compliance with the standards and criteria.

Stations shall provide a process by which vehicles being reinspected shall be accommodated before vehicles waiting for an initial inspection.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1478 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-161-of-2000 / Section 390.1478
Account owner or beneficiary; changes; transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) An account owner may designate another individual as a successor owner of the account in the event of the death of the account owner.

(2) An account owner may change the designated beneficiary of an account to a member of the family of the previously designated beneficiary as provided in the management contract or as otherwise provided in this act.

(3) An account owner may transfer ownership of all or a portion of an account to an individual or entity that is eligible to be an account owner under this act.

(4) An account owner may transfer all or a portion of an account to another education savings account. The designated beneficiary of the account to which the transfer is made must be a member of the family.

(5) An account owner may transfer all or a portion of an account to an account in a qualified tuition program under section 529 of the internal revenue code, other than the program under this act, once every 12 months, without a change in designated beneficiary.

(6) Changes in designated beneficiaries and transfers under this section are not permitted to the extent that the change or transfer would constitute excess contributions or unauthorized investment choices.

History: 2000, Act 161, Imd. Eff. June 16, 2000; Am. 2001, Act 215, Eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.661 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-387-of-2008 / Section 445.661
Change, alteration, or modification; prohibitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A person shall not change, alter, or modify a reverse vending machine used or intended for use in this state in a manner designed to prevent the reverse vending machine from meeting the standards described in section 7(1) or 9(1). A person shall not assist another person's efforts to change, alter, or modify a reverse vending machine used or intended for use in this state in a manner designed to prevent the reverse vending machine from meeting the standards described in section 7(1) or 9(1).

History: 2008, Act 387, Eff. Dec. 1, 2009