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Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.83 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.83
Constables; service of writ, process, or order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 83.

A constable may serve any writ, process, or order lawfully directed to him or her in any township in his or her county.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 575; CL 1871, 726; How. 765; CL 1897, 2367; CL 1915, 2147; CL 1929, 1023; CL 1948, 41.83; Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50505 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50505
Election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; state forester as executive director; qualifications, duties, and compensation of employees; delegation of powers or duties; rights and interests of authority; annual report; audits; records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50505.

The authority shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its members. The state forester shall serve as the executive director of the authority. The authority may employ legal and technical experts and other officers, agents, or employees, permanent or temporary, paid from the funds of the authority. The authority shall determine the qualifications, duties, and compensation of those it employs, but an employee shall not be paid a higher salary than the director. The authority may delegate to 1 or more members, officers, agents, or employees any powers or duties it considers proper.

The authority shall contract with the department for the purpose of maintaining and improving the rights and interests of the authority.

The authority shall annually file a written report on its activities of the last year with the legislature. This report shall be submitted not later than 270 days following the end of the fiscal year. This report shall specify the amount and source of revenues received, the status of investments made, and a description of the forest management practices undertaken by the department with proceeds of bonds sold under this part.

The accounts of the authority shall be subject to annual audits by the state auditor general or a certified public accountant appointed by the auditor general. Records shall be maintained according to generally accepted auditing principles.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13819 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13819
Medical waste management plan; modification; warning.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13819.

Upon review of a medical waste management plan under section 13817(4), the department may require a producing facility to modify the medical waste management plan at any time the department determines the plan is not adequate to protect the public health or is inconsistent with state or federal law. Upon determining that the plan is inadequate or inconsistent under this section, the department shall notify the producing facility in writing of its determination and the specific modifications necessary for compliance. The producing facility shall modify the plan within 10 days after receipt of the notice from the department.

The department may issue a warning to a producing facility that fails to modify a plan within the 10-day period.

History: Add. 1990, Act 18, Eff. May 31, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.4 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 87.4
Mayor; vacancy in office, president pro tem.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

In the absence or disability of the mayor, or in case of any vacancy in his office, the president pro tempore of the council shall perform the duties of mayor during such absence, disability or vacancy.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3026; CL 1915, 2942; CL 1929, 1866; CL 1948, 87.4
Mich. Comp. Laws § 328.217 — MI Code / Chapter 328 / Act Act-255-of-1986 / Section 328.217
Deposit of funds with escrow agent; agreement to allow inspection and copying of records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A registrant who deposits funds with an escrow agent under this act shall have in effect at all times an agreement under which the escrow agent has, under the following circumstances, agreed to allow inspection and copying of records maintained by it pertaining to funds held or managed by it:

Upon the request by the department, to inspect or copy records pertaining to any or all funds held or managed by the escrow agent.

Upon the request of the registrant or its agent, to inspect or copy records pertaining to any or all funds deposited by the registrant with the escrow agent.

Upon the request of a contract buyer or a contract beneficiary to inspect or copy records pertaining to funds held or managed by the escrow agent pursuant to a prepaid contract to which the contract buyer is a party or for whose benefit it was entered into.

Upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

History: 1986, Act 255, Eff. July 1, 1987; Am. 2004, Act 21, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 772.7 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 772.7
Discharge of accused; unfounded, frivolous, or malicious complaint; payment of cost.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

If upon examination the court determines there is not just cause to believe that an offense will be committed by the person against whom the complaint is made, the person shall promptly be discharged. If the court finds the complaint unfounded, frivolous, or malicious, the court shall order the complainant to pay the costs of the prosecution.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17394; CL 1948, 772.7; Am. 1994, Act 71, Eff. July 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.611 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-250-of-1982 / Section 722.611
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Not later than 2 years after the effective date of this act, the state board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1982, Act 250, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.113 — MI Code / Chapter 446 / Act Act-66-of-2009 / Section 446.113
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Annual percentage rate" means the rate as computed under the federal truth in lending act, 15 USC 1601 to 1667f.

(b) "Facilitator" means a person that individually or in conjunction or cooperation with another person processes, receives, or accepts for delivery an application for a refund anticipation loan or a check in payment of refund anticipation loan proceeds or in any other manner materially facilitates the making of a refund anticipation loan. The term does not include any of the following:

( i ) A financial institution.

( ii ) An affiliate that is a servicer for a financial institution.

( iii ) A person certified, registered, or licensed to engage in the practice of public accounting under article 7 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.720 to 339.736.

(c) "Financial institution" means a state or nationally chartered bank or a state or federally chartered savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union.

(d) "Lender" means a person that makes a refund anticipation loan.

(e) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity.

(f) "Refund anticipation loan" means an extension of credit to a taxpayer that a person arranges to be repaid directly from the proceeds of the taxpayer's federal or state personal income tax refund.

(g) "Refund anticipation loan fee" means the charges, fees, or other consideration charged or imposed by a person acting as a lender or facilitator for the making of a refund anticipation loan. The term does not include any charge, fee, or other consideration usually charged or imposed by a facilitator in the ordinary course of business for tax return preparation, electronic filing of tax returns, or other nonloan services.

(h) "Taxpayer" means an individual who files a federal or Michigan personal income tax return.

History: 2009, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.11b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.11b
“Dealer license” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11b.

"Dealer license" means an authorization from the secretary of state for a person to engage in business as a dealer.

History: Add. 1978, Act 507, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.227b — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.227b
Carrying or possessing firearm when committing or attempting to commit felony; carrying or possessing pneumatic gun; exception; “law enforcement officer” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 227b.

(1) A person who carries or has in his or her possession a firearm when he or she commits or attempts to commit a felony, except a violation of section 223, 227, 227a, or 230, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for 2 years. Upon a second conviction under this subsection, the person shall be punished by imprisonment for 5 years. Upon a third or subsequent conviction under this subsection, the person shall be punished by imprisonment for 10 years.

(2) A person who carries or has in his or her possession a pneumatic gun and uses that pneumatic gun in furtherance of committing or attempting to commit a felony, except a violation of section 223, 227, 227a, or 230, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for 2 years. Upon a second conviction under this subsection, the person shall be punished by imprisonment for 5 years. Upon a third or subsequent conviction under this subsection, the person shall be punished by imprisonment for 10 years.

(3) A term of imprisonment prescribed by this section is in addition to the sentence imposed for the conviction of the felony or the attempt to commit the felony and shall be served consecutively with and preceding any term of imprisonment imposed for the conviction of the felony or attempt to commit the felony.

(4) A term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall not be suspended. The person subject to the sentence mandated by this section is not eligible for parole or probation during the mandatory term imposed under subsection (1) or (2).

(5) This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm while in the official performance of his or her duties and who is in the performance of those duties. As used in this subsection, "law enforcement officer" means a person who is regularly employed as a member of a duly authorized police agency or other organization of the United States, this state, or a city, county, township, or village of this state and who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of this state.

History: Add. 1976, Act 6, Eff. Jan. 1, 1977; Am. 1990, Act 321, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991; Am. 2015, Act 26, Eff. July 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.768a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.768a
Absent voter ballot drop off; instructions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 768a.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (4), an absent voter may take the absent voter's marked absent voter ballot to the absent voter's election day polling place or to an appropriate early voting site during the early voting period as provided under section 4(1)(m) of article II of the state constitution of 1963 to personally put the absent voter's marked absent voter ballot into a tabulator to be tabulated. An absent voter described under this subsection shall do all of the following:

(a) Place the marked absent voter ballot in the secrecy sleeve that was provided to the absent voter.

(b) Bring the marked absent voter ballot in the secrecy sleeve to the absent voter's election day polling place or early voting site.

(c) Comply with the same identification requirements as an elector voting in person under section 523.

(2) If an elector brings an absent voter ballot to an election day polling place or to an early voting site without a secrecy sleeve, an election inspector shall provide a secrecy sleeve to that elector and instruct the elector to place the absent voter ballot in the secrecy sleeve.

(3) The election inspectors processing an absent voter under this section must note in the poll book that the absent voter returned the absent voter's absent voter ballot to the election day polling place or early voting site and that the absent voter's absent voter ballot was tabulated.

(4) If the tabulators in an election day polling place cannot be programmed to accept and tabulate absent voter ballots as provided under section 764a(3), an absent voter is not authorized to return the absent voter's absent voter ballot to an election day polling place to be tabulated as provided under section 764a(3). An absent voter may still return the absent voter's absent voter ballot to an election day polling place, surrender the absent voter ballot to an election inspector, be issued another ballot, and vote that ballot in the polling place.

History: Add. 2023, Act 81, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8312 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8312
Venue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8312.

In a district of the first class, venue in criminal actions for violations of state law and all city, village, or township ordinances shall be in the county where the violation took place.

In a district of the second class, venue in criminal actions for violations of state law and all city, village, or township ordinances shall be in the district where the violation took place.

In a district of the third class, venue in criminal actions for violations of state law and all city, village, or township ordinances shall be in the political subdivision where the violation took place, except that when the violation is alleged to have taken place within a political subdivision where the court is not required to sit, the action may be tried in any political subdivision within the district where the court is required to sit.

With regard to state criminal violations cognizable by the district court, the following special provisions shall apply:

If an offense is committed on the boundary of 2 or more counties, districts, or political subdivisions or within 1 mile thereof, venue is proper in any of the counties, districts, or political subdivisions concerned.

If an offense is committed in or upon any railroad train, automobile, aircraft, vessel, or other conveyance in transit, and it cannot readily be determined in which county, district, or political subdivision the offense was committed, venue is proper in any county, district, or political subdivision through or over which the conveyance passed in the course of its journey.

Venue in civil actions, other than civil infraction actions, shall be governed by sections 1601 to 1659 except that for purposes of this subsection all references to "county" in sections 1601 to 1659 shall mean "district" with respect to districts of the second and third class.

Venue in civil infraction actions shall be determined as follows:

In a district of the first class, venue shall be in the county where the civil infraction occurred.

In a district of the second class, venue shall be in the district where the civil infraction occurred.

In a district of the third class, venue shall be in the political subdivision where the civil infraction occurred, except that when the violation is alleged to have taken place within a political subdivision where the court is not required to sit, the action may be heard or an admission entered in any political subdivision within the district where the court is required to sit.

For purposes of venue, a city which is located in more than 1 county and which is placed in 1 district of the first class by chapter 81, shall be considered a part of that county which contains the greater portion of its population.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1969, Act 333, Imd. Eff. Nov. 4, 1969; Am. 1974, Act 319, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1974; Am. 1978, Act 511, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.210 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-220-of-1935 / Section 400.210
Committed children; application for removal from institute, procedure; visitation to homes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Any person desiring to take a child from said institute by agreement or adoption shall apply for that purpose in writing, on such form as said commission shall prescribe, to the superintendent or to the judge of probate of the county in which the applicant resides. The superintendent of said institute shall require an investigation of the home of the applicant upon such forms as the commission shall prescribe. Said commission shall procure 1 or more reports, at least 4 times each year, for each child placed in a home for adoption or on an agreement, either from the county agent, officer of the institute or the person with whom the child is placed, and at such times as the superintendent of said institute may direct.

It shall be the duty of county agents or child welfare workers of the state department of social welfare in their respective counties, to visit the wards of the said institute at such times as they are requested to do so, by said superintendent, and to report on said homes and children to said institute.

History: 1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935; Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1944; CL 1948, 400.210
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1726a — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-295-of-1972 / Section 338.1726a
Administration of test by examiner or intern in violation of polygraph protection act of 1981; misdemeanor; penalty; liability to employee or applicant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26a.

An examiner or intern shall not administer a polygraph examination, lie detector test, psychological stress evaluation, or similar test to an employee or applicant for employment that violates the polygraph protection act of 1981.

An examiner or intern who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.

An examiner or intern who violates this section may be liable to the employee or applicant for employment for damages and for costs and statutory attorney fees.

History: Add. 1982, Act 46, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.312 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.312
Ballot question; submission by school board; certification of ballot question language; scheduling of special election date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 312.

(1) A school board may submit a ballot question to the school electors on a regular election date, on a date when a city or township within the school district's jurisdiction is holding an election by adopting a resolution to that effect not later than 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the election date, or on a special election date as provided in section 641(4). The school board shall certify the ballot question language to the school district election coordinator not later than 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the election date. The school district election coordinator shall send a copy of the ballot question language to the county clerk of each county not less than 82 days before the election.

(2) If a special election is called on a date provided under section 641(4), the school district election coordinating committee shall schedule the special election date.

History: Add. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005; Am. 2006, Act 647, Eff. May 14, 2007; Am. 2013, Act 253, Eff. Apr. 26, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.213 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.213
Temporary license or certificate of registration; nonrenewable; validity; applicant married to member of armed forces; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 213.

(1) If a person has not previously been denied a license or a certificate of registration or had a license or a certificate of registration revoked or suspended, the department may grant a nonrenewable temporary license or certificate of registration to an applicant for licensure or registration or transfer of licensure or registration under any of articles 7 to 26a. If approved by a board, a temporary license or certificate of registration issued under this subsection is valid until 1 or more of the following occurs:

(a) The results of the next scheduled examination are available.

(b) The results of the next required evaluation procedure are available.

(c) A license or certificate of registration is issued.

(d) The next examination date of an examination for licensure or registration in the applicable occupation, if the applicant does not take the examination.

(e) The applicant fails to meet the requirements for a license or certificate of registration.

(f) A change in employment is made.

(2) In addition to a temporary license or certificate of registration under subsection (1), beginning September 9, 2014, the department shall grant a temporary license or certificate of registration for an occupation under this act to an applicant who meets both of the following:

(a) He or she provides proof acceptable to the department that he or she is a dependent of a member of the armed forces, a dependent of a member of the uniformed services, or a dependent of a veteran.

(b) He or she provides proof acceptable to the department that he or she holds a current license in good standing, or a current registration in good standing, in that occupation, issued by an equivalent licensing department, board, or authority, as determined by the department, in consultation with the board, in another state of the United States or a foreign country.

(3) A temporary license or registration issued under subsection (2) is valid for 6 months and may be renewed for 1 additional 6-month term if the department determines the temporary licensee or registrant continues to meet the requirements of subsection (2) and needs additional time to fulfill the requirements for initial licensure or registration in this state. The department may place a limitation on a temporary license or certificate of registration granted under this section.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 2014, Act 149, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2014; Am. 2021, Act 26, Eff. Sept. 7, 2021