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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.35108 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.35108
Posting signs; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35108.

The department shall post signs in appropriate locations along the borders of a wilderness area, wild area, or natural area. The signs shall give notice of the area's dedication and may state those activities that are prohibited under section 35105 and those activities that are punishable as a misdemeanor pursuant to section 35106.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 290, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32510 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32510
Land filled, excavated, or modified without approval; misdemeanor; penalty; issuance or service of appearance ticket; “minor offense” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32510.

Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who excavates or fills or in any manner alters or modifies any of the land or waters subject to this part without the approval of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. Land altered or modified in violation of this part shall not be sold to any person convicted under this section at less than fair, cash market value.

A person who commits a minor offense is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 for each violation. A law enforcement officer may issue and serve an appearance ticket upon a person for a minor offense pursuant to sections 9a to 9g of chapter IV of the code of criminal procedure, Act No. 175 of the Public Acts of 1927, being sections 764.9a to 764.9g of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

As used in this section, "minor offense" means either of the following violations of this part if the department determines that restoration of the affected property is not required:

The failure to obtain a permit under this part.

A violation of a permit issued under this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1402 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1402
Liability for charge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 402.

Each billed service user shall be liable for any state, county, or technical 9-1-1 charge imposed on the service user under this act.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986; Am. 2007, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.29 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-122-of-1941 / Section 205.29
Taxes, interest, and penalties as lien.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

Taxes administered under this act, together with the interest and penalties on those taxes, shall be a lien in favor of the state against all property and rights of property, both real and personal, tangible and intangible, owned at the time the lien attaches, or afterwards acquired by any person liable for the tax, to secure the payment of the tax. The lien shall attach to the property from and after the date that any report or return on which the tax is levied is required to be filed with the department and shall continue for 7 years after the date of attachment. The lien may be extended for another 7 years by refiling pursuant to subsection (2) if the refiling is made within 6 months prior to the expiration date of the original 7-year period.

The lien imposed by this act shall take precedence over all other liens and encumbrances, except bona fide liens recorded before the date the lien under this act is recorded. However, bona fide liens recorded before the lien under this act is recorded shall take precedence only to the extent of disbursements made under a financing arrangement before the forty-sixth day after the date of the tax lien recording, or before the person making the disbursements had actual knowledge of a tax lien recording under this act, whichever is earlier. A lien shall be recorded and discharged in accordance with Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1968, as amended, being sections 211.681 to 211.687 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

A purchaser or succeeding purchaser of property, from a taxpayer in other than the ordinary course of business, against which a lien has been properly recorded pursuant to subsection (2) shall be personally liable for the unpaid taxes which are due on the lien. The purchaser's liability shall be limited to the value of the property less any proceeds which were applied to balances due on secured interests which are superior to the lien recorded under subsection (2).

History: Add. 1980, Act 162, Eff. Sept. 17, 1980; Am. 1982, Act 476, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 1983, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1983; Am. 1986, Act 58, Eff. May 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1913 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1913
Separate account of each transaction; filing certified evidence of transactions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1913.

Each surplus lines licensee shall keep a separate account of each transaction entered into pursuant to section 1905. Certified evidence of these transactions in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner shall be filed periodically with the commissioner, or if designated by the commissioner, with an association.

History: Add. 1980, Act 341, Eff. June 23, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.981 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-448-of-2014 / Section 554.981
Person materially aiding in act or transaction constituting violation; joint and several liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81.

A person that directly controls a person that violates this act, a partner in a firm that violates this act, a principal executive officer or paid director or trustee of a corporation that violates this act, a person occupying a similar status as an executive officer or director performing similar functions, or an employee of a person that violates this act who materially aids in the act or transaction constituting the violation is also liable jointly and severally with and to the same extent as the person that violates this act, unless the person did not have knowledge of or reasonable grounds to believe in the existence of the facts constituting the violation.

History: 2014, Act 448, Eff. Apr. 2, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 328.204 — MI Code / Chapter 328 / Act Act-70-of-1954 / Section 328.204
Applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

This act shall not apply to any agreements entered into pursuant to the prepaid funeral contract funding act after the effective date of the prepaid funeral contract funding act.

History: Add. 1986, Act 238, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.261 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-298-of-1917 / Section 123.261
Garbage disposal plants or systems in cities or villages; establishment and maintenance; annual garbage tax; construction bonds; “garbage” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The city council of a city, whether organized under the general law or special charter, or the president and board of trustees of a village may establish and maintain garbage systems or plants for the collection and disposal of garbage in the city or village, and may levy a tax not to exceed 3 mills on the taxable value of all taxable property in the city or village according to the valuation of the property, as made for the purpose of state and county taxation by the last assessment in the city or village for these purposes. The annual garbage tax shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes by the general law or special charter under which the city or village is incorporated. All cities or villages may, for the construction of a garbage disposal plant or system, issue bonds in a sum not to exceed 3 mills on the dollar on all taxable property in the city or village according to the valuation of the property, as made for the purpose of state and county taxation by the last assessment in the city or village. Bonds issued under this section are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

As used in this act, "garbage" means any putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, and includes ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, solid market wastes, solid industrial wastes, and also rubbish including such items as paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, and litter of any kind.

History: 1917, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; Am. 1919, Act 253, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 2480; CL 1948, 123.261; Am. 1969, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969; Am. 1975, Act 38, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1975; Am. 1976, Act 127, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1976; Am. 2002, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1090 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1090
Striking, drawing or lifting up weapon, or offering violence against superior commissioned officer; wilful disobedience of lawful command; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 90.

A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person commits 1 of the following acts:

Strikes a superior commissioned officer, draws or lifts up a weapon, or offers violence against the officer while the officer is in the execution of the officer's duty.

Wilfully disobeys a lawful command of a superior commissioned officer.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.264 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-489-of-2004 / Section 399.264
Duties of commission; designs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The commission shall oversee the financing, design, site location, and construction of a memorial monument dedicated to President Ronald Wilson Reagan. The commission shall solicit designs for the monument and shall select the final design.

History: 2004, Act 489, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 21 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 21
Adjournments, limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two intervening calendar days, nor to any place other than where the legislature may then be in session.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 21, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2203 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2203
Foreign subpoena; submission to circuit court clerk; issuance; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2203.

(1) To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party must submit a foreign subpoena to the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which discovery is sought to be conducted in this state. A request for the issuance of a subpoena under this chapter does not constitute an appearance in the courts of this state.

(2) When a party submits a foreign subpoena to a clerk of the circuit court in this state, the clerk, in accordance with the court's procedures, shall promptly issue a subpoena for service upon the person to which the foreign subpoena is directed.

(3) A subpoena under subsection (2) shall do both of the following:

(a) Incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena.

(b) Contain or be accompanied by the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all counsel of record in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates and of any party not represented by counsel.

History: Add. 2012, Act 362, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.33910 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.33910
Water highway lands; lease; conveyance to contiguous lessees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33910.

The department, in its discretion, upon application of a person holding a lease or deed under this part to any lands lying contiguous to a water highway as surveyed under former 1899 PA 175, if it is determined that the water highway is no longer needed for navigation, ingress, and egress to surveyed lots, or for any public use, whether dredged or not, may execute and deliver to the applicant a deed subject to all the applicable conditions and provisions of sections 33902 to 33908, to all of the right, title, and interest of the state in and to 1/2 of the surveyed width of that portion of the water highway as lies contiguous to land held under lease or deed by the applicant.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2006, Act 496, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.310b — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.310b
Applicability of chapter; redemption game.
Status: in_force

Sec. 310b.

(1) This chapter does not apply to a redemption game if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The outcome of the game is determined through the application of an element of skill by the player.

(b) The award of the prize is based upon the player's achieving the object of the game or otherwise upon the player's score.

(c) Only noncash prizes, toys, novelties, or coupons or other representations of value redeemable for noncash prizes, toys, or novelties are awarded. A gift card may be awarded under this subdivision if all of the following apply:

( i ) The gift card is usable only at a retailer or an affiliated group of retailers.

( ii ) The gift card is issued in a specified amount.

( iii ) The gift card is redeemable only for goods and services available from the retailer or retailers and not for cash.

( iv ) Information on the gift card may not be altered with the use of a personal identification number.

(d) The wholesale value of a prize, toy, or novelty awarded for the successful single play of a game is not more than $3.75.

(e) The redemption value of coupons or other representations of value awarded for the successful single play of a game does not exceed 15 times the amount charged for a single play of the game or a $3.75-per-play average, whichever is less. However, players may accumulate coupons or other representations of value for redemption for noncash prizes, toys, or novelties of a greater value up to, but not exceeding, $500.00 wholesale value.

(2) As used in this section, "redemption game" means a single player or multiplayer mechanical, electronic, or manual amusement device involving a game, the object of which is throwing, rolling, bowling, shooting, placing, propelling, or stopping a ball or other object into, upon, or against a hole or other target. Redemption game does not include either of the following:

(a) A game such as roulette, beano, cards, dice, wheel of fortune, video poker, a slot machine, or another game in which winning depends primarily upon fortuitous or accidental circumstances beyond the control of the player.

(b) A game that includes a mechanical or physical device that directly or indirectly impairs or thwarts the skill of the player.

History: Add. 1996, Act 539, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1997; Am. 2010, Act 219, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.524a — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-386-of-1996 / Section 550.524a
Agreement to commit suicide; payment prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

A provider shall not offer to provide or provide any payment to a viator that is conditioned on the viator's agreement to commit suicide.

History: Add. 1999, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Nov. 4, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1058 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1058
Retirement system records; falsification, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.

Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of this system, in any attempt to defraud the system, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1957, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.24 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 555.24
Express trust; death of all trustees; execution of trust.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

Upon the death of the surviving trustee of an express trust, the trust estate shall not descend to his heirs, nor pass to his personal representatives; but the trust if then unexecuted, shall vest in the court of chancery, with all the powers and duties of the original trustees, and shall be executed by some person appointed for that purpose, under the direction of the court.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 63; CL 1857, 2654; CL 1871, 4137; How. 5586; CL 1897, 8852; CL 1915, 11588; CL 1929, 12990; CL 1948, 555.24
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.172 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.172
State senators and representatives; certificate of election; publication of certificate of determination and statement of votes; notice of election results.
Status: in_force

Sec. 172.

The secretary of state or the county clerk shall file in his or her office and preserve the original statement and determination of the board of state canvassers or the board of county canvassers of the result of the election and shall immediately execute and cause to be delivered to the persons declared elected, a certificate of election, certified by him or her under the great seal of the state or the seal of the circuit court of the county. In each county which alone constitutes 1 or more senatorial or representative districts, the county clerk may cause a copy of the certificate of determination, together with a statement of votes cast at the election for the officers, to be published in at least 1 newspaper printed or circulated, or both, in that county. The county clerk shall notify the daily or weekly newspapers of the election results, in writing, as soon as practical after that information becomes available.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1985, Act 162, Eff. Mar. 31, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.845 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.845
Out-of-state injuries; jurisdiction; benefits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 845.

The worker's compensation agency shall have jurisdiction over all controversies arising out of injuries suffered outside this state if the injured employee is employed by an employer subject to this act and if either the employee is a resident of this state at the time of injury or the contract of hire was made in this state. The employee or his or her dependents shall be entitled to the compensation and other benefits provided by this act.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969; Am. 2008, Act 499, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.317 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.317
Suspension or revocation of right of nonresident to operate vehicle in state; forwarding certified copy of record; notification to other states.
Status: in_force

Sec. 317.

(1) The secretary of state may suspend, deny, or revoke the right of a nonresident to operate a motor vehicle in this state for a cause for which the license of a resident driver may be suspended, denied, or revoked. A nonresident who drives a motor vehicle on a highway when the privilege to drive has been suspended, revoked, or denied by the secretary of state is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 904.

(2) The secretary of state, on receiving a record of the conviction, civil infraction determination, suspension, revocation, or forfeiture of bail in this state of a nonresident of a violation the record of which is required to be maintained under section 204a, shall forward a certified copy of the record to the motor vehicle administrator or other appropriate officer in the state in which the individual is a resident.

(3) Within 10 days after an appeal is completed or the appeal period has expired if an appeal is not made in a conviction, civil infraction determination, or bond forfeiture entered against a nonresident in this state for a violation committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle or any violation for a commercial driver license holder regardless of vehicle type, except a parking violation, the secretary of state shall notify the motor vehicle administration or other appropriate officer of the state where the nonresident is licensed of that conviction, determination, or forfeiture.

(4) If the secretary of state suspends, revokes, cancels, or denies the driving privileges of a nonresident for 60 days or more and that nonresident is licensed by another state to operate a commercial motor vehicle, the secretary of state shall, within 10 days after the effective date of the suspension, revocation, cancellation, or denial, forward a notification about that suspension, revocation, cancellation, or denial to the motor vehicle administrator or other appropriate officer of the state where the nonresident is licensed to operate a motor vehicle. A notice given under this subsection must include both the denial, if any, and the violation that caused the suspension, revocation, cancellation, or denial of the nonresident's driving privileges.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1951, Act 270, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1967, Act 226, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1978, Act 139, Eff. May 1, 1979; Am. 1979, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1993, Act 359, Eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Am. 2004, Act 362, Imd. Eff. Oct. 4, 2004; Am. 2018, Act 566, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019; Am. 2020, Act 376, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3830 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3830
Removal and sale of property; fees; closing of building; loss of property exemptions; liability of officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3830.

For removing and selling the movable property, the officer is entitled to charge and receive the same fees as he would for levying upon and selling like property upon execution, and for closing the building or place and keeping it closed, a reasonable sum shall be allowed by the court.

Any person found guilty of maintaining a nuisance under the provisions of this chapter shall forfeit the benefit of all property exemptions, so far as the satisfaction of the order or judgment of the court requires the same, and the taking and disposing of any property of the defendant or defendants by virtue of such order or judgment by any officer directed to execute the same is not a trespass, nor shall such officer be liable either civilly or criminally therefor, if a proper return of such order or judgment and accounting for such property is made to the court within 10 days after the order or judgment is executed.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 83.2 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 83.2
Wards; number, apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any city having a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants may be divided into 3 wards. If it contains a population of 5,000 or upwards it may be divided into 4 wards, and an additional ward for every additional 2,000 inhabitants above 5,000 and up to 10,000. But any city having, at the time of its being brought under or subject to the provisions of this act, a greater number of wards in proportion to its population than above mentioned, shall not be required to diminish the number of its existing wards.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 2977; CL 1915, 2893; CL 1929, 1817; CL 1948, 83.2