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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1819 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1819
Notice required on application form and front and declaration pages of policy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1819.

An application form for insurance from a risk retention group chartered or doing business in this state, as well as the front and declaration pages of a policy issued by a risk retention group, shall contain in 10-point type the following notice:

"NOTICE

This policy is issued by your risk retention group. Your risk retention group may not be subject to all of the insurance laws and regulations of your state. State insurance insolvency guaranty funds are not available for your risk retention group."

History: Add. 1989, Act 214, Eff. Jan. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 438.101 — MI Code / Chapter 438 / Act Act-11-of-1869 / Section 438.101
Interest on due and unpaid interest; rate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That when any installment of interest upon any note, bond, mortgage or other written contract shall have become due and the same shall remain unpaid, interest may be computed and collected on any such installment so due and unpaid, from the time at which it became due at the same rate as specified in any such note bond, mortgage or other written contract, not exceeding 10 per cent and if no rate of interest be specified in such instrument, then at the rate of 7 per centum per annum.

History: 1869, Act 11, Eff. July 5, 1869; CL 1871, 1637; How. 1599; CL 1897, 4859; CL 1915, 6001; CL 1929, 9243; CL 1948, 438.101
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.604 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-250-of-1982 / Section 722.604
State board; composition; appointment, qualifications, and terms of public members; chairperson; election of officers and committees; compensation, reimbursement, salaries, and operating expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The state board shall be composed of the following members:

(a) The director of human services, the director of community health, the superintendent of public instruction, and the director of the department of state police, or designees authorized to speak on their behalf.

(b) Eleven public members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. As a group, the public members shall do all of the following:

( i ) Demonstrate knowledge in the area of child abuse and neglect prevention.

( ii ) Be representative of the demographic composition of this state.

( iii ) To the extent practicable, be representative of all of the following categories: parents, organized labor, the business community, the religious community, the legal community, professional providers of child abuse and neglect prevention services, and volunteers in child abuse and neglect prevention services.

(2) The term of each public member shall be 3 years, except that of the public members first appointed, 3 shall serve for 3 years, 3 for 2 years, and 4 for 1 year. A public member shall not serve more than 2 consecutive terms whether partial or full. A vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

(3) The governor shall designate a chairperson of the state board from among the public members. The chairperson shall serve in that position at the pleasure of the governor. The state board may elect other officers and committees as it considers appropriate.

(4) The actual and necessary per diem compensation and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses for the public members of the state board shall be the same as is established annually by the legislature for similar boards that are reimbursed from the general fund. The compensation and reimbursement, executive director and staff salaries, and all actual and necessary operating expenses of the state board shall be paid from the trust fund, according to an authorization as provided in section 9.

History: 1982, Act 250, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 1982; Am. 2005, Act 82, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8303 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8303
Forfeiture proceedings under chapter 47.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8303.

The district court shall have equitable jurisdiction over forfeiture proceedings brought under chapter 47. The district court may hear and determine a forfeiture action or a motion relating to a forfeiture action, and may issue and enforce any order or judgment relating to a forfeiture action, as provided in chapter 47.

History: Add. 1988, Act 104, Eff. June 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.801 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.801
Probate court as court of record; organization.
Status: in_force

Sec. 801.

The probate court is a court of record and is organized in accordance with this chapter.

History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.3011 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.3011
Foreign corporation; certificate of authority required; extent of authorization to conduct affairs in state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1011.

A foreign corporation shall not conduct affairs in this state until it has procured a certificate of authority so to do from the administrator. A foreign corporation may be authorized to conduct affairs in this state which may be conducted lawfully in this state by a domestic corporation, to the extent that it is authorized to conduct such affairs in the jurisdiction where it is organized, but no other affairs.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1631 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-182-of-1986 / Section 38.1631
Remarriage of surviving spouse.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

The remarriage of a surviving spouse shall not render the surviving spouse ineligible to receive the retirement allowance benefits provided for in this act, regardless of the date of the remarriage.

History: 1986, Act 182, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.52 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-125-of-1981 / Section 493.52
Broker, lender, or servicer; license or registration required; exemption; use of name or assumed name.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) A person shall not act as a broker, lender, or servicer without first obtaining a license under this act or registering under section 3a, unless 1 or more of the following apply:

(a) The person is providing secondary mortgage loan officer services as an employee or agent of only 1 broker, lender, or servicer and is a licensed secondary mortgage loan officer if that registration is required under the mortgage loan originator licensing act.

(b) The person is licensed under the consumer financial services act, 1988 PA 161, MCL 487.2051 to 487.2072.

(c) The person acts as a lender but makes or negotiates 2 or fewer secondary mortgage loans in a calendar year.

(d) The person acts as a servicer but services 10 or fewer secondary mortgage loans in a calendar year.

(e) The person is an individual and an employee of a professional employer organization, as that term is defined in section 113 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1113, solely acting as a secondary mortgage loan originator of only 1 broker or lender. The broker or lender shall do all of the following:

( i ) Direct and control the activities of the individual under this act.

( ii ) Be responsible for all activities of the individual and assume responsibility for the individual's actions that are covered by the proof of financial responsibility deposit required under section 6.

(2) By October 31, 1997, a servicer that was exempt from regulation under this act shall either file with the commissioner an application for a license or registration under section 3 or discontinue all activities subject to this act.

(3) Except for a state or nationally chartered bank, savings bank, or an affiliate of a bank or savings bank, a person subject to this act shall not include in its name or assumed name the words "bank", "banker", "banc", "bankcorp", "bancorp", or any other words or phrases that would imply that the person is a bank, is engaged in the business of banking, or is affiliated with a bank or savings bank. It is not a violation of this subsection for a licensee to use the term "mortgage banker" or "mortgage banking" in its name or assumed name.

(4) A person subject to this act whose name or assumed name on January 1, 1997 contained a word prohibited by subsection (3) may continue to use that name or assumed name.

History: 1981, Act 125, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981; Am. 1988, Act 164, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988; Am. 1997, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1997; Am. 2007, Act 46, Imd. Eff. July 17, 2007; Am. 2008, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 77, Eff. July 31, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1014r — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1014r
Use of firefighting foam concentrate (PFAS); rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14r.

(1) The director shall promulgate rules regarding a firefighter's use of firefighting foam concentrate. The rules may only include the following:

(a) The best practices regarding proper use, handling, and storage of firefighting foam concentrate.

(b) The best health practices including, but not limited to, all of the following:

( i ) Containment and handling of PFAS-contaminated materials, including a firefighter's equipment, until they are disposed of pursuant to the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106.

( ii ) Decontamination of a firefighter's body and equipment following the use of firefighting foam.

(c) A prohibition on the use of firefighting foam concentrate containing intentionally added PFAS by a firefighter for training purposes.

(d) A prohibition on the use of firefighting foam concentrate containing intentionally added PFAS by a firefighter for equipment calibration purposes after January 1, 2020, unless 1 or more of the following apply:

( i ) The calibration is otherwise required by law.

( ii ) The facility where the calibration will take place has implemented measures that comply with the rules promulgated under this section.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Firefighter" means either of the following:

( i ) That term as defined in section 2 of the firefighters training council act, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29.362.

( ii ) An individual employed by a person and who in that employment is knowledgeable, trained, and skilled in at least basic firefighting operations.

(b) "PFAS" means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance.

History: Add. 2020, Act 143, Imd. Eff. July 31, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31201 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31201
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31201.

As used in this part:

(a) "County agency" means an agency created or controlled by a county board of commissioners or a county executive, a board of county road commissioners, or an office of the county drain commissioner.

(b) "Member" means a municipality, county, county agency, public school district, public college or university, or other local or regional public agency that is a member of a watershed alliance as provided for in this part.

(c) "Watershed" means a geographic area in the state within which surface water drains into a common river, stream, or body of water.

(d) "Watershed alliance" means an organization established under section 31202.

(e) "Watershed management plan" means a written document prepared and approved by a watershed alliance that identifies water management issues and problems, proposes goals and objectives, and outlines actions to achieve the goals and objectives identified by members of a watershed alliance.

History: Add. 2004, Act 517, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3135 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3135
Proceeds of sale; application; disposition and investment of surplus.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3135.

The proceeds of every sale under a judgment shall be applied to the discharge of the debt adjudged by the court to be due and of the costs awarded; and if there is any surplus it shall be brought into court for the use of the defendant, or of the person entitled to it, subject to the order of the court.

If the surplus or any part of it remains in the court for the term of 3 months without being applied for, the circuit court may direct that it be put out at interest under the direction of the court for the benefit of the defendant, his representatives, or assigns, to be paid to them by the order of the court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.832a — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-63-of-1915 / Section 35.832a
United States flags for veterans' graves in privately owned cemetery; request; expense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

A privately owned cemetery, upon the request of a family member of a veteran of the armed forces of the United States who is buried within the cemetery, shall provide a suitable United States flag not larger than 12 inches by 18 inches, at the cemetery's expense, for the grave of the veteran. The cemetery shall be responsible for the cost and maintenance of the United States flag.

A privately owned cemetery shall provide the United States flags required under subsection (1) for placement during Memorial day, the fourth of July, and Veterans day, and may, but shall not be required to, provide the United States flags during any other times of the year.

A request to a privately owned cemetery under this section shall include the location of the grave of the veteran for whom a United States flag is to be provided. The family member who makes the request is responsible for placing the United States flag on the grave of the veteran, and may supply and use, at his or her own expense, a suitable flag holder. The privately owned cemetery is not responsible for placing the United States flag or flag holder on the grave of the veteran. The privately owned cemetery may remove the flag and flag holder if they are not removed by the family member who made the request.

In the case of a mausoleum or other burial chamber containing the graves of more than 1 veteran, a privately owned cemetery need only supply 1 United States flag for placement at the mausoleum or burial chamber to memorialize all of those veterans' graves.

History: Add. 1988, Act 263, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.123 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-224-of-1967 / Section 556.123
General powers; creditors' rights in appointable interests.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) If a donee has a general power of appointment, any interest that the donee has power to appoint or has appointed is to be treated as property of the donee for the purposes of satisfying claims of the donee's creditors, as provided in this section.

(2) If a donee has an unexercised general power of appointment and the donee can presently exercise such a power, any creditor of the donee may by appropriate proceedings reach any interest that the donee could appoint, to the extent that the donee's individual assets are insufficient to satisfy the creditor's claim. If the donee has exercised the power, the creditor can reach the appointed interests to the same extent that under the law relating to fraudulent conveyances the creditor could reach property that the donee has owned and transferred.

(3) If a donee has at the time of his or her death a general power of appointment, whether or not he or she exercises the power, the personal representative or other legal representative of the donee may reach on behalf of creditors any interest that the donee could have appointed to the extent that the claim of a creditor has been filed and allowed in the donee's estate but not paid because the assets of the estate are insufficient.

(4) Under a general assignment by a donee for the benefit of the donee's creditors, the assignee may exercise any right that a creditor of the donee would have under subsection (2).

(5) A purchaser without actual notice and for a valuable consideration of any interest in property, legal or equitable, takes the interest free of any rights that the donee's estate or a creditor of the donee has under this section.

(6) If more than 1 person is the donee of a general power of appointment, it shall be presumed that the interests of the donees in the property subject to the power are equally owned among them unless the creating instrument indicates otherwise.

(7) The lapse, release, waiver, or disclaimer of a power of appointment given to a donee by a donor is not a gift, conveyance, transfer, or assignment of property by the donee.

History: 1967, Act 224, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 2009, Act 45, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.863 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.863
Consolidated school district; bonded indebtedness or outstanding tax anticipation notes of school district; territory of original school district as assessing unit; refund; board of trustees; officers; certification and levy of taxes; commingling; uniform spread of taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 863.

(1) If a school district becoming part of a consolidated school district has bonded indebtedness, or has outstanding tax anticipation notes at the time of consolidation, the identity of the district shall not be lost by virtue of the consolidation. Territory of the original school district shall remain as an assessing unit for purposes of bonded indebtedness and tax anticipation notes until the indebtedness is retired or the outstanding bonds are refunded by the consolidated school district. If a consolidated school district has not assumed the bonded indebtedness of an original school district, the bonded indebtedness of the original school district may be refunded by the consolidated school district on behalf of the original school district, and the territory of the original school district shall remain as an assessing unit for the purposes of the refunding bonds until the refunding funds are retired or are assumed by the consolidated school district. The board of the consolidated school district shall constitute the board of trustees for the original school district having bonded indebtedness or tax anticipation notes. The officers of the consolidated school district shall be the officers for the original school district for this purpose.

(2) The board of the consolidated school district shall certify and order the levy of taxes for the bonded indebtedness and tax anticipation notes in the name of the original school district and shall not commingle the debt retirement funds of the original school district with funds of the consolidated school district. The board of the consolidated school district shall do all things relative to the bonded indebtedness and tax anticipation notes required by law and by the terms under which the issue and sale of the bonds and tax anticipation notes were originally authorized.

(3) Other taxes of any nature for purposes of the consolidated school district shall be spread uniformly over the entire area of the consolidated school district.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2015, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Oct. 28, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.3408 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.3408
Check or draft; operation as assignment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3408.

A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of funds in the hands of the drawee available for its payment, and the drawee is not liable on the instrument until the drawee accepts it.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.967 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-448-of-2014 / Section 554.967
Repayment of entrance fee; temporary suspension.
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

(1) A court or the department may by order authorize a registrant to suspend repayment of an entrance fee for not more than 180 days, upon a showing by the registrant that payment would jeopardize the care of members in the continuing care community. The order may be extended upon a showing of substantial progress in resolving the financial difficulties of the continuing care community.

(2) To obtain an order from the department allowing the temporary suspension of repayment of an entrance fee pursuant to subsection (1), a continuing care community shall submit to the department a letter requesting a temporary suspension order. The letter shall contain all of the following information:

(a) The name of the facility involved and its affiliates, if any.

(b) The particular facts relied upon as a basis for the suspension request.

(c) The time during which the facility desires the suspension to be effective.

(d) Financial statements dated not more than 45 days before the date of the request.

(e) Other information required by the department.

(3) The department may hold a public hearing to determine whether the suspension should be granted.

History: 2014, Act 448, Eff. Apr. 2, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.103 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-12-of-1869 / Section 456.103
Payment by subscribers to articles of association.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The subscribers to such articles of association, shall at the time of subscription thereto, severally pay to the treasurer named therein at least 20 per cent of the amount subscribed by each, and when the whole amount of capital mentioned in said articles shall be subscribed and said portion thereof actually paid in, the directors shall cause a copy of their articles of association, together with an affidavit of such treasurer that 20 per cent of the amount of capital subscribed has actually been paid in, to be filed in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce.

History: 1869, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1869; CL 1871, 3410; Am. 1875, Act 219, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1875; How. 4765; CL 1897, 8401; CL 1915, 11162; CL 1929, 10442; CL 1948, 456.103; Am. 1953, Act 167, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1982, Act 110, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1081 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1081
Diversion of fuel from out-of-state to in-state by unlicensed importer; importer required to pay tax; terms and conditions; agreement permitting supplier to assume importer's liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81.

If an importer who is not licensed under section 76 or 82 diverts motor fuel from a destination outside this state to a destination inside this state after having removed the fuel from a terminal or a bulk plant outside this state, the importer shall notify and pay to the department the tax imposed by section 8.

An importer required to pay tax under this section shall provide notice and pay the tax upon the same terms and conditions as if the importer were an occasional importer licensed under section 80 without deduction for the allowances provided by section 14.

For purposes of this section, an unlicensed importer who has purchased motor fuel from a licensed supplier may enter into an agreement with the supplier to permit the supplier to assume the importer's liability and adjust the importer's taxes that are payable to the supplier. The supplier shall provide a copy of the agreement to the department at the time the supplier files its monthly report under this act. The agreement shall include at a minimum the following information:

The names of the parties to the agreement.

The date the agreement was entered into.

The type of motor fuel involved.

The number of gallons of motor fuel involved.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13109 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13109
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; civil action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13109.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 13110, a person who violates this part or a rule promulgated under this part is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both, for each violation.

(2) A person who violates this part or a rule promulgated under this part is liable in a civil action for actual damages or $1,000.00, whichever is greater, plus reasonable court costs, attorney fees, and any other fines, fees, or claims for reimbursement as determined by the court or the department.

History: Add. 2007, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2007; Am. 2010, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2010