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Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.7e — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.7e
Grand jury convened by court of appeals; duties of court of appeals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7e.

If the court of appeals convenes a grand jury with jurisdiction over 2 or more counties, the court of appeals shall do all of the following:

Designate a judge of the circuit court or of the recorder's court to preside over the grand jury proceedings.

If the petition to convene the grand jury was filed under section 7b(2), designate the prosecuting attorney of 1 of the counties over which the grand jury is to have jurisdiction to assist the grand jury.

Designate the counties from which the jurors shall be drawn from among the counties over which the grand jury is to have jurisdiction.

Designate the number of jurors to be drawn for the grand jury and the number of jurors to be drawn from each county.

Designate the locations for the grand jury proceedings.

History: Add. 1989, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.53 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-222-of-1943 / Section 125.53
Amendments or modifications; notice of consideration; approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Amendments or modifications to such certified plats, in conformity with lawfully adopted changes, or additions to the adopted master plan may be made and certified by the commission to the legislative body, and ordinances embodying amendments to or changes in such certified plats may be adopted by the legislative body, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law for the enactment of municipal ordinances: Provided, That notice of the time and place when and where it shall be considered by final passage shall be sent by mail to the record owners of land located within or abutting on the lines of proposed streets, ways, places, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds. Any such proposed amendment or change shall be submitted to and approved by the planning commission: Provided, That in case of disapproval the commission shall communicate its reasons to the legislative body which shall have the power to overrule such disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than 2/3 of its entire membership. Any plat of a street, park, playground, or public ground certified by the planning commission to the legislative body under this act shall be deemed approved by the commission without further submission thereof to said commission.

History: 1943, Act 222, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 125.53
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.711 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.711
Safety glass required; safety plastic on buses; “safety glass” defined; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 711.

A person shall not sell a new motor vehicle nor shall a new motor vehicle be registered thereafter which is designed or used for the purpose of transporting passengers for compensation unless that vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in doors, windows, and windshields. Rigid safety plastic which meets the test requirements of American national standards institute standard Z26.1-1966, as supplemented and amended, may be used on buses in lieu of safety glass, except that front windshields shall be equipped with safety glass.

A person shall not sell a new motor vehicle nor shall a new motor vehicle be registered thereafter unless that vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in the windshield, doors, and windows; nor shall any glass be replaced in the windshield, doors, and windows of a motor vehicle unless the glass is safety glass as herein defined.

The term "safety glass" shall mean a product composed of glass, so manufactured, fabricated, or treated as substantially to prevent shattering and flying of the glass when struck or broken.

In addition to the penalties imposed by this act, the permit issued by the Michigan public service commission to a person engaged in the passenger carrying business shall be subject to revocation or suspension in the discretion of the Michigan public service commission.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1974, Act 64, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1974; Am. 1990, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.5 — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-207-of-1941 / Section 29.5
Hazardous materials or other substances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Hazardous materials or other substances, including alcohol, gunpowder, dynamite, crude petroleum or any of its products, fuel oils, pyroxylin, combustible finishes, and other commodities of a similar nature or quality shall be manufactured, kept or stored, sold, transported, or otherwise handled or disposed of in a manner and by a method as not to constitute a fire hazard or a menace to the public peace, health, or safety, or to endanger or cause loss, injury, or damage to persons or property.

History: 1941, Act 207, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941; CL 1948, 29.5; Am. 1968, Act 321, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968; Am. 1973, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1974; Am. 1978, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12506 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12506
Campground license required; application; contents; exemption; expiration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12506.

(1) A person shall not operate a campground without a campground license issued by the department, its agent or representative, or a representative of a designated local health department. An application for a campground license shall be submitted to the department, its agent or representative, or a representative of a designated local health department along with the license fee as prescribed in section 12506a.

(2) The application shall contain the following:

(a) The name and address of the applicant.

(b) The location of the campground.

(c) Information regarding physical facilities.

(3) The campground license shall expire on December 31 of every third year if the annual renewal fee is paid or as stipulated on the license, whichever is sooner.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2004, Act 408, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1617 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1617
Right to jury; evidence; witnesses; closing hearing to public; presence of respondent; testimony of person who prepared report or performed evaluation; independent evaluation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 617.

A respondent in a guardianship proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter may demand that a jury decide any issue or issues of fact. A jury shall consist of 6 persons to be chosen in the same manner as provided in the probate court rules.

A respondent in a guardianship proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter shall have the right to present evidence, and to confront and cross-examine all witnesses.

The hearing may be closed to the public on the request of the respondent or the respondent's legal counsel.

The respondent shall be present at all proceedings conducted pursuant to this chapter. However, the respondent's presence may be excused by the court only on a showing, supported by an affidavit signed by a physician or psychologist who has recently examined the respondent, that the respondent's attendance would subject him or her to serious risk of physical or emotional harm.

A guardian shall not be appointed under this section unless the person who prepared the report or at least 1 of the persons who performed an evaluation serving in part as basis for the report testifies in person in court.

The respondent has the right, at his or her own expense, or if the respondent is indigent, at the expense of the state, to secure an independent evaluation. Compensation for an independent evaluation at public expense shall be in an amount which is reasonable and based upon time and expenses and approved by the court.

History: Add. 1978, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2413 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2413
Making and certifying list of shareholders or members entitled to vote at meeting or adjournment; requirements; noncompliance; adjournment of meeting; validity of action taken.
Status: in_force

Sec. 413.

(1) The officer or agent responsible for the shareholder or membership records of a corporation shall make and certify a complete list of the shareholders or members entitled to vote at a meeting or any adjourned meeting of the shareholders or members. All of the following apply to the list:

(a) The officer or agent shall arrange the list alphabetically within each class and include the address of each member or shareholder and, if applicable, the number of shares held by each shareholder.

(b) The officer or agent shall produce the list at the time and place of the meeting.

(c) The list is open to examination by any shareholder or member during the entire meeting. If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, then the officer or agent shall make the list open to the examination of any shareholder or member during the entire meeting by posting the list on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and providing the information required to access the list with the notice of the meeting.

(d) The list is prima facie evidence of which shareholders or members are entitled to examine the list or to vote at the meeting.

(2) If the requirements of this section are not complied with, and a shareholder or member that is present in person or by proxy in good faith challenges the existence of sufficient votes to approve any action at the meeting, the corporation shall adjourn the meeting until the requirements are complied with. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section does not affect the validity of an action taken at the meeting before a challenge under this subsection.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2008, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 2008; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2025 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2025
Snowmobile account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2025.

(1) The snowmobile account is established as an account within the legacy fund.

(2) The snowmobile account shall consist of both of the following:

(a) All money in the recreational snowmobile trail improvement fund, formerly created in section 82110, and the snowmobile registration fee fund, formerly created in section 82111, immediately prior to the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, which money is hereby transferred to the snowmobile account.

(b) Revenue deriving from the following sources:

( i ) Revenue from fees imposed for the registration or use of snowmobiles.

( ii ) Revenues derived from the use of snowmobile trails.

( iii ) Transfers from the recreation improvement account.

( iv ) Other revenues as authorized by law.

(3) Money in the snowmobile account shall be expended, upon appropriation, only as provided in part 821 and for the administration of the snowmobile account, which may include payments in lieu of taxes on state owned land purchased through the snowmobile account or the former snowmobile trail improvement fund.

(4) Money in the snowmobile account may be expended pursuant to subsection (3) for grants to state colleges and universities to implement programs funded by the snowmobile account.

History: Add. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.252 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-143-of-1943 / Section 141.252
Notes; issuance; provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

All notes issued under this act are subject to all of the following provisions:

For the purpose of computing the amount that may be borrowed, a loan made under this act shall not, when payable as provided in this section, exceed that percentage of the total aggregate revenues derived from state collected taxes returned to a county for county road purposes pursuant to law for the 5 immediately succeeding years:

In 10 installments, 40%.

In 9 installments, 36%.

In 8 installments, 32%.

In 7 installments, 28%.

In 6 installments, 24%.

In 5 installments, 20%.

In 4 installments, 16%.

In 3 installments, 12%.

In 2 installments, 8%.

In 1 installment, 4%.

A loan payable in more than 2 installments shall not be authorized for any purpose other than for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of highways. At no time shall the total loans outstanding under this act exceed 40% of the sum of the revenues derived from state collected taxes returned to the county for county road purposes for the immediately preceding 5 calendar years and not specifically allocated for other purposes.

The resolution authorizing the borrowing shall contain an irrevocable appropriation providing for the payment of the principal and interest from the money to be derived from state collected taxes returned to the county for county road purposes pursuant to law that have not been previously specifically allocated for other purposes.

History: 1943, Act 143, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 141.252; Am. 1951, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1973, Act 65, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1973; Am. 2002, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.186 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-342-of-1939 / Section 46.186
Township board; action on behalf of partially incorporated city, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Whenever all or any part of a township has been incorporated as a city and the incorporation of such city has not been completed by the adoption of a charter therefor, then the township board may act hereunder on behalf of both the city and the remainder of the township, either jointly or severally, and for the purposes of this act shall be deemed to be the governing body of such city as well as that of the township. Pending the adoption of such charter, any duty imposed by the provisions of this act upon an officer or governing body of the city, shall be performed by the corresponding officer or governing body of the township, and all papers, documents and notices may be served upon the township clerk. In event of a referendum upon a contract entered into by the township board solely on behalf of such a city, then only the registered electors residing within the city incorporated territory shall be qualified to sign the petition therefor and to vote at the election. The township registration records shall be used unless there shall have been a previous registration of electors in the city. In the event that the city incorporated territory should revert to the township status by reason of the failure to adopt a charter for said city, then any action taken by the township board on behalf of such city shall be binding upon the township.

History: Add. 1956, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11540 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11540
Incinerator operator or owner; compliance with permit and license requirements of subpart 2.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11540.

(1) The owner or operator of an incinerator may, but is not required to, comply with the disposal area construction permit and operating license requirements of subpart 2 if both of the following conditions are met:

(a) Solid waste to be incinerated is managed in a properly enclosed area in a manner that prevents fugitive dust, litter, leachate generation, precipitation runoff, or any release of solid waste to the air, soil, surface water, or groundwater.

(b) The incinerator has a permit issued under part 55.

(2) An incinerator that, as authorized by subsection (1), does not comply with the construction permit and operating license requirements of subpart 2 is subject to the planning provisions of part 115 and must be included in the county materials management plan for the county in which the incinerator is located.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2022, Act 247, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.82137 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.82137
Chemical tests and analysis of person's blood, urine, or breath; provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 82137.

The following apply with respect to a chemical test and analysis of a person's blood, urine, or breath, other than a preliminary chemical breath analysis:

The amount of alcohol or presence of a controlled substance, or both, in an operator's blood at the time alleged as shown by chemical analysis of the person's blood, urine, or breath is admissible into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.

A person arrested for a crime described in section 82143(1) shall be advised of all of the following:

That if the person takes a chemical test of his or her blood, urine, or breath administered at the request of a peace officer, the person has the right to demand that someone of the person's own choosing administer 1 of the chemical tests; that the results of the test are admissible in a judicial proceeding as provided under this part and shall be considered with other competent evidence in determining the innocence or guilt of the defendant; and that the person is responsible for obtaining a chemical analysis of a test sample obtained pursuant to the person's own request.

That if the person refuses the request of a peace officer to take a test described in subparagraph ( i ), the test shall not be given without a court order, but the peace officer may seek to obtain such a court order.

That the person's refusal of the request of a peace officer to take a test described in subparagraph ( i ) will result in issuance of an order that the person not operate a snowmobile.

A sample or specimen of urine or breath shall be taken and collected in a reasonable manner. Only a licensed physician, or a licensed nurse or medical technician under the direction of a licensed physician, qualified to withdraw blood and acting in a medical environment, may withdraw blood at the request of a peace officer for the purpose of determining the amount of alcohol or presence of a controlled substance, or both, in a person's blood, as provided in this subsection. A qualified person who withdraws or analyzes blood, or assists in the withdrawal or analysis, in accordance with this part is not liable for a crime or civil damages predicated on the act of withdrawing or analyzing blood and related procedures unless the withdrawal or analysis is performed in a negligent manner.

A rule relating to a chemical test for alcohol or a controlled substance promulgated under the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, applies to a chemical test administered under this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.556a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-345-of-1937 / Section 38.556a
Municipality having population of 80,000 or more; applicability of MCL 38.556(1)(h) to certain members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6a.

In a municipality having a population of 80,000 or more, section 6(1)(h) shall be applicable to any member who continues in service on or after the date he or she acquires 15 years of service credit.

History: Add. 1963, Act 57, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1982, Act 145, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1982; Am. 2003, Act 8, Imd. Eff. May 20, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.867 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-263-of-1974 / Section 141.867
Deposit and use of revenues.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The revenues derived from the excise taxes must be deposited in a special fund to be used by the county, by the local unit of government, or by an authority that is organized pursuant to state law, together with other available funds only to pay for 1 or more of the following:

(a) The cost of administration and enforcement of the ordinance.

(b) The financing of the acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, repair, or maintenance of convention and entertainment facilities, including, except as provided in subdivision (e), the payment of principal and interest, when due, on bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the county or local unit of government for convention and entertainment facilities.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (e), current or future annual rental payable by the county or local unit of government to an authority organized pursuant to state law for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, repairing, or maintaining the convention and entertainment facilities and leasing them to the county or local unit of government.

(d) The promotion and encouragement of tourist and convention business in the county or local unit of government.

(e) The principal and interest, when due, on bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued by or on behalf of the county for the purpose of financing the construction of a museum, or the current or future rental payable by the county to an authority organized pursuant to state law for the purpose of constructing a museum and leasing it to the county, only if the museum is located in a city with a population of 180,000 or more.

History: 1974, Act 263, Imd. Eff. Aug. 7, 1974; Am. 1989, Act 13, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1989; Am. 2024, Act 35, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2740a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-77-of-2010 / Section 38.2740a
Health reimbursement account; vesting; rights.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10a.

(1) A member or participating member is 100% vested in mandatory contributions and voluntary contributions made to his or her health reimbursement account, subject to permissible use of the contributions under this act.

(2) A member or participating member is vested in employer contributions made to his or her health reimbursement account, subject to permissible use of the contributions under this act, according to the following schedule:

(a) Fifty percent vested after earning 2 years of service as determined by the applicable retirement act.

(b) Seventy-five percent vested after earning 3 years of service as determined by the applicable retirement act.

(c) One hundred percent vested after earning 4 years or more of service as determined by the applicable retirement act.

(3) A past member and his or her health reimbursement account dependents have the right to reimbursement of medical expenses under this act to the extent such funds exist in the past member's health reimbursement account.

History: Add. 2011, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.911 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-193-of-1964 / Section 390.911
State board for public community and junior colleges; creation; membership, appointment, terms, vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state board for public community and junior colleges is created and consists of 8 members. The state board of education shall appoint the members who shall hold office for terms of 8 years commencing on February 1, 1965, except that of the members first appointed, 2 members each shall be appointed for terms of 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. The state board of education shall fill a vacancy on the board for the unexpired term. The superintendent of public instruction shall be ex officio a member of the board without the right to vote.

History: 1964, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Jan. 1, 1965