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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.9935 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.9935
Twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-seventh districts; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal or associate municipal judges as judges of district courts; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; terms of district judges; certain elections canceled or rendered null and void.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9935.

Effective December 1, 1977, the district court shall commence to function in the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh districts and as of that date, all municipal courts within those districts shall be abolished.

Effective December 1, 1977, the elected incumbent attorney municipal judges of the cities of Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, Riverview, and Wyandotte and the elected incumbent attorney associate municipal judge of the city of Lincoln Park shall become judges of the district court within the districts and election divisions provided in section 8121 and shall serve as district judges until 12 noon of January 1 of the odd numbered year next following the date on which their terms as municipal or associate municipal judges would normally have expired. In seeking election to the district court after December 1, 1977, a municipal or associate municipal judge becoming a judge of the district court pursuant to this subsection may file an affidavit of candidacy in like manner as other incumbent judges of the district court and shall be entitled to designation on the ballot as a judge of the district court. Where the terms of any 2 district judges in such a district or election division expire at the same time, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the general election to fill those offices shall serve a term of 6 years and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve a term of 4 years.

Due to the abolishing of municipal courts in the district court districts listed in subsection (1) as of December 1, 1977, any election scheduled for November of 1977 for the office of municipal or associate municipal judge for a municipal court which is abolished under subsection (1) is hereby canceled and any filing, primary election, or general election for such an office which may occur before this section is enacted into law is hereby rendered null and void.

History: Add. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2105 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-190-of-1991 / Section 487.2105
Fee; limitation; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Beginning January 1, 1994, the department may charge a participating financial institution a reasonable fee not greater than the actual costs of administering the direct deposit program or a fee of 25 cents, whichever is less, for each transaction and prenotification. The department shall not charge or impose any fee on a participating state employee, state college or university, or state retirement recipient.

A financial institution that electronically pays to the state its sales, use, and withholding taxes shall not be charged a fee to participate in a program under this act.

History: Add. 1993, Act 100, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1993; Am. 2000, Act 495, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 53.141 — MI Code / Chapter 53 / Act Act-378-of-1921 / Section 53.141
System of abstracts of title to lands in county; authorization, fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The several counties of the state of Michigan are authorized and empowered to purchase or make, establish and maintain a system of abstracts of title to all lands in said county; to make and sell abstracts of title and furnish information concerning the conditions of title to such lands and to charge such fees therefor as shall be from time to time determined by the proper authorities of said counties as hereinafter provided. The action of any county in this state heretofore taken or had in compliance with the provisions of this act is declared to be regular and legal.

History: 1921, Act 378, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 1380; CL 1948, 53.141
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2323 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2323
Overseas shipment; bill of lading, form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2323.

(1) If a contract contemplates overseas shipment and contains a term C.I.F. or C. & F. or F.O.B. vessel, the seller unless otherwise agreed must obtain a negotiable bill of lading stating that the goods have been loaded on board or, in the case of a term C.I.F. or C. & F., received for shipment.

(2) In connection with a contract subject to subsection (1), if a tangible bill of lading is issued in a set of parts, unless otherwise agreed if the documents are not to be sent from abroad the buyer may demand tender of the full set; otherwise only one part of the bill of lading must be tendered. Even if the agreement expressly requires a full set, both of the following apply:

(a) Due tender of a single part is acceptable within the provisions concerning cure of improper delivery under section 2508(1).

(b) Even if a full set is demanded, if the documents are sent from abroad the person tendering an incomplete set may nevertheless require payment upon furnishing an indemnity which the buyer in good faith deems adequate.

(3) A shipment by water or by air or a contract contemplating such shipment is "overseas" insofar as by usage of trade or agreement it is subject to the commercial, financing, or shipping practices characteristic of international deep water commerce.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2206 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-59-of-1986 / Section 125.2206
Board; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; compensation; election of chairperson; oath of office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The authority shall be under the supervision and control of a board. The board shall consist of 2 elected officials of the township, 2 residents of the resort district, and 1 individual designated by the industrial or commercial facility, located within the township, that has the highest state equalized valuation as of December 31 of the year preceding the year of the designation. The board members shall be appointed or designated within 30 days after adoption of the ordinance or resolution under section 5.

(2) A member shall be appointed by the township supervisor subject to approval by the township board. Of the 2 resident members first appointed, 1 shall be appointed for a term expiring December 31 of the year after the year of appointment and 1 for a term expiring December 31 of the third year after the year of appointment. Thereafter, each resident member shall serve for a term of 4 years. A member shall hold office until the member's successor is appointed. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made by the township supervisor for the unexpired term.

(3) If approved by the township board, a board member shall receive compensation limited to a reasonable per diem which shall include actual and necessary expenses.

(4) The chairperson of the board shall be elected by the board from among its members. Before assuming the duties of office, a board member shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the constitutional oath of office provided in section 1 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.

History: 1986, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1986; Am. 2013, Act 245, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1584 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-221-of-2011 / Section 691.1584
Slip, trip, stumble, or fall caused from bowler's bowling shoes; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) If an operator posts a notice as required by section 3, the operator is not civilly liable for injuries to a bowler resulting from a slip, trip, stumble, or fall inside the bowling center substantially caused by a substance or material on the bowler's bowling shoes that was acquired outside the bowling center before the bowler entered or reentered the bowling center.

(2) The protection from liability under this section does not apply if the injury results from acts or omissions amounting to willful or wanton misconduct or if the operator fails to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition and the condition substantially causes the injury to the bowler.

History: 2011, Act 221, Imd. Eff. Nov. 15, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2950i — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2950i
Foreign protection order; validity; affirmative defenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2950i.

A foreign protection order is valid if all of the following conditions are met:

The issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter under the laws of the issuing state, tribe, or territory.

Reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard is given to the respondent sufficient to protect the respondent's right to due process. In the case of ex parte orders, notice and opportunity to be heard must be provided to the respondent within the time required by state or tribal law, and in any event within a reasonable time after the order is issued, sufficient to protect the respondent's due process rights.

All of the following may be affirmative defenses to any charge or process filed seeking enforcement of a foreign protection order:

Lack of jurisdiction by the issuing court over the parties or subject matter.

Failure to provide notice and opportunity to be heard.

Lack of filing of a complaint, petition, or motion by or on behalf of a person seeking protection in a civil foreign protection order.

History: Add. 2001, Act 206, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31105 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31105
Watershed council; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31105.

A watershed council may do 1 or more of the following:

Conduct, or cause to be conducted, studies of the water resources of the watershed, including investigations of water uses, water quality, and the reliability of the water resource.

Prepare periodic reports concerning, among other things, trends in water use and availability, emerging water problems, and recommendations for appropriate public policies and programs necessary to maintain adequate water resources for the watershed area.

Request the department to survey the watershed for the purpose of determining minimum levels of stream flow necessary for health, welfare, and safety as provided in sections 31112 through 31117.

Recommend the creation of a river management district or districts under the provisions of sections 31106 through 31111 when the need for river management seems to warrant such an action.

Advise agencies of federal, state, and local units of government as to the council's view of the watershed's problems and needs.

Cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies in providing stream gauges, water quality sampling stations, or other water resource data-gathering facilities or programs that aid the council in its responsibility for studying and reporting on water conditions.

Employ an executive secretary and such other professional, administrative, or clerical staff, including consultants, as may be provided for in an approved budget.

Establish such subcommittees or advisory committees as are considered helpful in the discharge of its functions.

Establish special project funds as needed to finance special studies outside its annual budget capacity. For this purpose, the council may accept gifts and grants from any person.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2723 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2723
Rules; status report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2723.

(1) The department may promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of the department's functions under this part.

(2) The department shall report biennially to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department of community health, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the governor, the state health planning council, and the public health advisory council on the status of the Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy for the preceding 2 years. In addition to the status report, the report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) Review of state and federal legislation, rules, guidelines, and policy directives affecting the health personnel of health resource shortage areas.

(b) Recommendations concerning physician specialty areas or other health professions for inclusion in the Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy based upon a determination of the need for various types of health care providers in this state.

(c) An assessment of whether the amount of debt or expense repayment an individual may receive under section 2705(3) is sufficient to facilitate the placement and retention of designated professionals in health resource shortage areas, or whether that maximum amount should be adjusted to reflect changes in tuition costs for students enrolled in medical schools, dental schools, nursing programs, or physician's assistant programs.

(d) An analysis of the return on investment and effectiveness of the grant program under section 2707 and the essential health provider repayment program under section 2705.

History: Add. 1990, Act 16, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990; Am. 2014, Act 173, Imd. Eff. June 17, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6431 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6431
Court of claims; notice of intention to file claim; requirements; time; verification; copies; applicability to claims for compensation under the wrongful imprisonment compensation act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6431.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a claim may not be maintained against this state unless the claimant, within 1 year after the claim has accrued, files in the office of the clerk of the court of claims either a written claim or a written notice of intention to file a claim against this state or any of its departments, commissions, boards, institutions, arms, or agencies.

(2) A claim or notice under subsection (1) must contain all of the following:

(a) A statement of the time when and the place where the claim arose.

(b) A detailed statement of the nature of the claim and of the items of damage alleged or claimed to have been sustained.

(c) A designation of any department, commission, board, institution, arm, or agency of the state involved in connection with the claim.

(d) A signature and verification by the claimant before an officer authorized to administer oaths.

(3) A claimant shall furnish copies of a claim or notice filed under subsection (1) to the clerk at the time of filing for transmittal to the attorney general and to each of the departments, commissions, boards, institutions, arms, or agencies of this state designated in the claim or notice.

(4) For a claim against this state for property damage or personal injuries, the claimant shall file the claim or notice under subsection (1) with the clerk of the court of claims within 6 months after the event that gives rise to the claim.

(5) This section does not apply to a claim for compensation under the wrongful imprisonment compensation act, 2016 PA 343, MCL 691.1751 to 691.1757.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 2020, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.6525 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.6525
False representations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6525.

A fleet testing station shall not falsely represent that a motor vehicle has passed or failed an inspection or reinspection.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.307 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-191-of-1877 / Section 449.307
Partnership associations; loan of credit, name or capital, interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

It shall not be lawful for such association to loan its credit, its name, or its capital to any member of said association, and for such loan to any other person or association, the consent in writing of a majority in number and value of interest shall be requisite, and in no case shall the credit of the association be loaned except the regular business of the association is to be directly benefitted thereby.

History: 1877, Act 191, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 2371; CL 1897, 6085; CL 1915, 7956; CL 1929, 9915; CL 1948, 449.307
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.113 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.113
Department of economic expansion; transfer to executive office of governor; personnel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The powers, duties and functions of the department of economic expansion, created by Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1963, enumerated in section 125.1204 (h), (i) and (j) of the Compiled Laws of 1948, as amended, are transferred to the executive office of the governor. The personnel of the department of commerce necessary to implement this section are transferred to the executive office of the governor.

History: Add. 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 11, Eff. Mar. 22, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1136 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-314-of-1965 / Section 38.1136
Investment in annuity investment contracts or participations in separate accounts of life insurance company; investment in general account of life insurer; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

An investment fiduciary may invest in annuity investment contracts or participations in separate real estate, mortgage, bond, stock, or other special investment accounts of a life insurance company authorized to do business in this state. An investment in such a separate account shall be considered an investment in stock under section 14 only to the extent that the separate account's assets include stock, and then only for the purpose of determining the 70% maximum investment limit under section 14. An investment in such a separate account shall also be considered an investment in real or personal property under section 19(1), but only to the extent that the separate account's assets include real or personal property, and then only for the purpose of determining the 5% maximum investment limit under section 19(1).

An investment fiduciary may invest in the general account of a life insurer authorized to do business in this state under the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.100 to 500.8302, but the total amount of assets of any 1 system invested in any 1 insurer shall not exceed 50% of the capital and surplus of the insurer.

A life insurance company under this section shall have been in operation for at least 5 years and have assets under management of more than $500,000,000.00. The insurance company shall have a claims-paying ability rating no less than single A according to A.M. Best & company or AA- according to Duff & Phelps credit rating corp., and an overall company financial strength rating no less than Aa3 according to Moody's investors service, inc. or AA- according to Standard & Poor's ratings group.

History: Add. 1982, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1982; Am. 1996, Act 485, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 307, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.772 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-428-of-1980 / Section 450.772
Construction, goods, and services procurement policy; minority owned and woman owned businesses; provisions; program changes; portion of prime contract reflecting minority owned or woman owned business participation; bidder requirements; contract award.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The construction, goods, and services procurement policy for each department shall provide for the following percentage of expenditures to be awarded to minority owned and woman owned businesses by each department except as provided in subsection (6):

For minority owned business, the goal for 1980-81 shall be 150% of the actual expenditures for 1979-80, the goal for 1981-82 shall be 200% of the actual expenditures for 1980-81, the goal for 1982-83 shall be 200% of the actual expenditures for 1981-82, the goal for 1983-84 shall be 116% of the actual expenditures for 1982-83, and this level of effort at not less than 7% of expenditures shall be maintained thereafter.

For woman owned business, the goal for 1980-81 shall be 150% of the actual expenditures for 1979-80, the goal for 1981-82 shall be 200% of the actual expenditures for 1980-81, the goal for 1982-83 shall be 200% of the actual expenditures for 1981-82, the goal for 1983-84 shall be 200% of the actual expenditures for 1982-83, the goal for 1984-85 shall be 140% of the expenditures for 1983-84, and this level of effort at not less than 5% of expenditures shall be maintained thereafter.

If the first year goals are not achieved, the governor shall recommend to the legislature changes in programs to assist minority and woman owned businesses.

Each department, to assist in meeting the construction, goods, and services procurement expenditures percentages set forth in subsection (1), shall include provisions for the accommodation of subcontracts and joint ventures. The provisions shall be established by the governor and shall require a bidder to indicate the extent of minority owned or woman owned business participation.

Only the portion of a prime contract that reflects minority owned or woman owned business participation shall be considered in meeting the requirements of subsection (1).

Minority owned or woman owned businesses shall comply with the same requirements expected of other bidders including, but not limited to, being adequately bonded.

If the bidders for any contract do not include a qualified minority owned and operated or woman owned and operated business, the contract shall be awarded to the lowest bidder otherwise qualified to perform the contract.

History: 1980, Act 428, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.852 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-306-of-1937 / Section 388.852
Architect, professional engineer, design-build team, and design-builder; responsibilities; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) The architect, professional engineer, design-build team, or design-builder described in section 1 preparing the plans and specifications of a school building is responsible for assuring that the design documents provide for a structure with sufficient structural strength and fire resistance and that the building will meet all applicable codes, standards, and regulations.

(2) The person supervising the construction of a school building is responsible for the construction of the school building in conformance with the approved plans and specifications prepared by the architect, professional engineer, design-build team, or design-builder described in section 1.

(3) A person that violates this section is subject to all of the following:

(a) A state civil infraction punishable by a civil fine of not more than $10,000.00.

(b) If the person knowingly violated this section, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both.

History: 1937, Act 306, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1937; CL 1948, 388.852; Am. 1949, Act 231, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949; Am. 2002, Act 627, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002; Am. 2024, Act 67, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47350 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47350
Little Traverse bay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47350.

A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, trap nets, seines, or other device of any kind, except hook and line and spear as permitted by law, and except the dipping of minnows, as defined in section 48728, by hand net and the taking of minnows by glass trap, in that part of Little Traverse bay on Lake Michigan, lying east of the line common to sections 9 and 10, township 34 north, of range 6 west, extended northerly across the bay to meet the line common to sections 9 and 10, township 35 north, of range 6 west, all in Emmet county. Minnows may be taken or caught from the waters above-described by use of a seine, hand net, or glass trap except seines may not be used within 100 feet of any public dock from which the public is not excluded from fishing with hook and line.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995