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Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.69 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.69
Indictment for larceny; additional counts; conviction; election between counts unnecessary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 69.

An indictment for larceny may contain also a count for embezzlement, larceny by conversion, obtaining property by false pretenses or for receiving or having in possession, or aiding in concealing the same property, knowing it to have been stolen, and the jury may convict of any such offense; and the jury may find all or any of the persons indicted, guilty of any of the offenses charged in the indictment. The prosecuting attorney shall not be required to elect between the offenses so charged.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17283; Am. 1931, Act 309, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 767.69
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5264 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5264
Expenditures, vouchers, and affidavits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5264.

No domestic life insurer shall make any disbursement of $100.00 or more unless the same be evidenced by a voucher signed by or on behalf of the person receiving the money and correctly describing the consideration for the payment. If the expenditure be for both services and disbursements, the voucher shall set forth the services rendered and an itemized statement of the disbursements made. If the expenditure be in connection with any matter pending before any legislative or public body, or before any department or officer of any state or government, the voucher shall correctly describe, in addition, the nature of the matter and of the interest of such insurer therein. When such voucher cannot be obtained the expenditure shall be evidenced by an affidavit describing the character and object of the expenditure and stating the reason for not obtaining the voucher.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.721a — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-99-of-1933 / Section 123.721a
Purchase of telecommunication services for school purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

The governing body of a school district may enter into a contract for the purchase of telecommunication and related services for school purposes to be paid for in installments over a period not to exceed the useful life of the service or the term of the contract, whichever is shorter. However, if the governing body borrows funds to pay for telecommunication and related services, the total cost of principal, interest, and fees, and expenses of borrowed funds, shall not exceed the total amount of the original service installment contract.

History: Add. 1997, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.503 — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-56-of-2009 / Section 29.503
Violation; civil fines; limitation; additional remedies; cigarette fire safety standard and firefighter protection act fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or any other person other than a retail dealer that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of section 5 of this act is subject to a civil fine of not more than $100.00 for each pack of those cigarettes sold or offered for sale. However, the aggregate liability of a person for civil fines under this subsection for multiple violations that arise during any 30-day period shall not exceed $100,000.00.

(2) A retail dealer that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of section 5 of this act is subject to a civil fine of not more than $100.00 for each pack of those cigarettes sold or offered for sale. However, the aggregate liability of a retail dealer for civil fines under this subsection for multiple violations that arise during any 30-day period shall not exceed $25,000.00.

(3) In addition to any penalty prescribed by law, a person engaged in the manufacture of cigarettes that knowingly makes a false certification under section 7 is subject to a civil fine of not less than $75,000.00 and not more than $100,000.00.

(4) Except as provided in subsection (1), (2), or (3), a person that violates this act is subject to a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00 for the first violation and a civil fine of not more than $5,000.00 for each subsequent violation.

(5) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the department or attorney general may commence an action against a person who violates this act or rules promulgated under this act. The court in an action brought under this subsection may order 1 or more of the following forms of relief for each violation:

(a) Injunctive or other equitable relief, as appropriate.

(b) Enforcement costs relating to the violation or any other actual damages sustained by this state that are caused by the violation.

(c) Reasonable attorney fees and costs.

(6) The cigarette fire safety standard and firefighter protection act fund is created within the state treasury. All civil fines recovered under this section shall be deposited in the fund. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any other source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. The department shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes. The department shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for fire safety and prevention programs.

History: 2009, Act 56, Eff. Jan. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13902 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13902
Compliance review committee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3902.

An officer or the board of directors of a bank may appoint a compliance review committee to evaluate loan underwriting standards, asset quality, financial reporting to federal or state regulatory agencies, compliance with the bank's policies, compliance with federal or state statutory or regulatory requirements, or other related matters.

Any documents, data, compilations, analyses, or other information and material gathered, generated, created, produced, developed, or prepared by or for a compliance review committee by 1 or more employees of the bank or by 1 or more other persons retained by the bank to assist the compliance review committee in performing its functions shall be considered compliance review material.

A document, compilation, analysis, or item of information, data, or material remains compliance review material under this section even if it is delivered or disclosed to employees of the bank who are not members of the compliance review committee or to attorneys, accountants, auditors, consultants, or other professional advisers retained by the bank or to 1 or more other persons retained by the bank to assist the committee in performing its functions or to evaluate the committee.

Except as provided in subsection (5), compliance review material is confidential and is not discoverable or admissible in evidence in any civil action.

Subsection (4) does not apply to any information required by statute or regulation to be maintained by or provided to a governmental entity to the extent that law requires the governmental entity to disclose the information for discovery or admission into evidence.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.958 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-218-of-1984 / Section 550.958
Self-incrimination; false oath or affirmation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.

A person shall not be excused from attending and testifying, or producing any books, papers, or other documents before any court or magistrate, arbitrator or board of arbitrators, upon any investigation, proceeding, or trial, for a violation of any of the provisions of this act, upon the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence documentary or otherwise, required of him or her may tend to incriminate him or her; but a person shall not be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he or she may so testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and testimony so given or produced shall not be used against him or her upon any criminal investigation or proceeding.

A person required by this act to take an oath or affirmation who makes a false oath or affirmation is guilty of perjury.

History: 1984, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1091 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-330-of-1968 / Section 338.1091
Participation in state, county, or municipal retirement system prohibited; uniforms, vehicles, and badges distinct from local law enforcement agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

Members of the private college security force at a private college or university are not eligible to participate in any state, county, or municipal retirement system and shall not be reimbursed for training with state funds. The uniforms, vehicles, and badges of private college security officers shall be distinctive from those of the local law enforcement agency where the private college or university is located.

History: Add. 2010, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 13, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.502 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.502
Operating record; certified abstract inadmissible as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 502.

The secretary of state shall upon request and upon payment of the required fee furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract shall also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of such person, and, if there be no record in the office of the secretary of state of any conviction of such person of violating any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or any injury or damage caused by such person, the secretary of state shall so certify.

Such record shall not be admissible as evidence in any action, civil or criminal, arising out of a motor vehicle accident.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.16908a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.16908a
Development of markets for scrap tires.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16908a.

The department of environmental quality shall assist owners and operators of collection sites and scrap tire processors in this state in developing markets for scrap tires.

History: Add. 1997, Act 17, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.671 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-18-of-1933-Ex-Sess- / Section 125.671
Bonds; inapplicability of other laws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

The bonds authorized hereunder shall not be subject to any limitations or provisions provided by the laws of the state of Michigan for cities or incorporated villages now in force or hereafter amended, other than as provided for in this act.

History: 1933, Ex. Sess., Act 18, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1934; CL 1948, 125.671
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.163 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.163
Candidate for state senator or representative; nominating petitions; signatures; form; filing; nonrefundable filing fee in lieu of nominating petition; deposit and use of fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 163.

(1) To obtain the printing of the name of an individual as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office of state senator or representative under a particular party heading upon the official primary ballots in the various election precincts of a district, there must be filed nominating petitions signed by a number of qualified and registered electors residing in the district as determined under section 544f. If the district comprises more than 1 county, the nominating petitions must be filed with the secretary of state. If the district comprises 1 county or less, the nominating petitions must be filed with the county clerk of that county. Nominating petitions must be in the form prescribed in section 544c. The secretary of state and the various county clerks shall receive nominating petitions for filing in accordance with this act up to 4 p.m. of the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary.

(2) In lieu of filing a nominating petition, a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 may be paid to the county clerk or, for a candidate in a district comprising more than 1 county, to the secretary of state. Payment of the fee and certification of the name of the candidate paying the fee are governed by the same provisions as in the case of nominating petitions. The fee must be deposited in the general fund of the candidate's county of residence and must be used only for the purchase and maintenance of voting equipment.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1957, Act 125, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1976, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 3, 1976; Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990; Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012; Am. 2021, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.103a — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-106-of-1945 / Section 2.103a
Appropriation; basic support and discretionary grants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

The legislature shall annually appropriate the sums necessary to implement this act. Amounts as appropriated by the legislature shall be made available for basic support and discretionary grants to eligible local and regional travel authorities and agencies in accordance with the following:

Basic support grants shall be made to eligible agencies and authorities to provide continuing support of advertising and promotional efforts designed to encourage travel for purposes of resort and recreational tourism, business and conventions, and sightseeing and entertainment. Grant funds shall be utilized to fund the operating expenses of eligible agencies and the direct cost of advertising and promotion. The specific amount of grants, matching requirements, eligible applicants, application procedure, and administrative and reporting requirements shall be established within the guidelines of rules promulgated by the Michigan travel commission.

Basic support grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, shall be made in accordance with sections 26(a), 26(b), and 26(c) of Act No. 239 of the Public Acts of 1974, and section 6 of this act.

Discretionary grants shall be made to eligible applicants for travel development and marketing projects based upon the extent of impact upon employment, economic stability, and increase in real per capita income. The specific application procedure and project grant requirements shall be established in rules promulgated by the Michigan travel commission.

History: Add. 1975, Act 145, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 762.4 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 762.4
Jurisdiction; court of record; offense near boundary line.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Whenever any court of record having criminal jurisdiction, the boundaries of whose jurisdiction as fixed by statute are not coincident with the boundary lines of a county or counties, shall take jurisdiction or have pending before it any trial or cause arising out of the commission of an offense at, on or near to the boundary line of the jurisdiction of said court, the jurisdiction of said court shall not be questioned, after the swearing of the jury, unless the evidence shall show the offense to have been committed more than 100 rods outside of the boundary of the jurisdiction of said court as fixed by statute.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17122; CL 1948, 762.4
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.936 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-337-of-2018 / Section 408.936
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The commissioner may promulgate rules necessary for administration of this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

History: 2018, Act 337, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.191 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-24-of-1989 / Section 397.191
Publication of notices for election of board members or districtwide tax; publication of notices of close of registration and election; ballot language of proposal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) If an election for district board members or a districtwide tax is conducted by a participating school district under section 20(a), the school district election coordinator required by law to publish notices of the close of registration and election for a school district election in that school district shall publish the notices for the election for board members or a districtwide tax in that school district.

(2) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is conducted in a participating municipality or a portion of a participating municipality by a nonparticipating school district, under section 20(b), the school district election coordinator required by law to publish the notices of close of registration and election for a school district election in that school district shall publish the notices for the election for board members or a districtwide tax for the participating municipality or portion of a participating municipality located within that school district. The notices of close of registration and election shall designate the participating municipality for all or a portion of which the election is being conducted under section 20(b).

(3) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is conducted by a participating municipality under section 20(c), the clerk of the participating municipality shall publish notices of close of registration and election for the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located in the nonparticipating school district.

(4) A notice of close of registration published under this section shall contain the ballot language of the proposal.

History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989; Am. 2005, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.139 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.139
Candidates for representative in congress; death, withdrawal or disqualification; selection of new candidate, certification; ballots.
Status: in_force

Sec. 139.

When a candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of representative in congress, shall die, withdraw as provided in this chapter, remove from the state or become disqualified for any reason, a candidate to fill such vacancy shall be chosen by a committee selected as follows: (a) If such candidate shall have been nominated from a district composed of 1 or more counties, the committee shall consist of the members of the county committees of such candidate's political party for the counties comprising such congressional district: Provided, That if a congressional district comprises 3 or more counties, each county shall be entitled to have only the chairman, the treasurer and secretary of the county committee of such political party present and voting; or (b) if such candidate shall have been nominated from a district consisting of less than 1 county, the committee shall consist of the members of the district committee of such candidate's political party for such district. Such committee shall meet at a time and place designated by the chairman of the state central committee of such political party and notice of such meeting shall be sent to all members of the county or district committee, as the case may be. The meeting shall be conducted by the secretary of the state central committee or his duly authorized agent, but said secretary or agent shall not be privileged to vote at such meeting. A majority vote of the committee members present and voting shall be necessary for the selection of a candidate. The name of the candidate so selected shall be certified immediately by the secretary of the state central committee to the secretary of state and to the board of election commissioners for each county, whose duty it is to prepare the official ballots; and said board shall cause to be printed or placed upon such ballots, in the proper place, the name of the candidate so selected and certified to fill such vacancy.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.125 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.125
Service contract not subject to act; "consumer product" and "service contract" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 125.

(1) A service contract is not insurance or the business of insurance and is not subject to this act.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Consumer product" means any tangible personal property that is distributed in commerce and is normally used for personal, family, or household purposes, including any tangible personal property intended to be attached to or installed in any real property without regard to whether it is so attached or installed.

(b) "Service contract" means a written contract that is sold for stated consideration for a specific duration that provides any of the following:

( i ) To perform or provide reimbursement for the repair, replacement, or maintenance of a consumer product because of the operational or structural failure of the consumer product due to a defect in materials or workmanship; accidental damage from handling, power surge, or interruption; or normal wear and tear, with or without additional provisions for incidental payment of indemnity under limited circumstances, including, but not limited to, towing, rental, and emergency road service.

( ii ) The repair or replacement or indemnification for the repair or replacement of a motor vehicle for the operational or structural failure of 1 or more parts or systems of the motor vehicle brought about by the failure of an additive product to perform as represented.

( iii ) The repair or replacement of tires or wheels on a motor vehicle damaged as a result of coming into contact with road hazards, including, but not limited to, potholes, rocks, wood debris, metal parts, glass, plastic, curbs, or composite scraps.

( iv ) The removal of dents, dings, or creases on a motor vehicle that can be repaired using the process of paintless dent removal without affecting the existing paint finish and without replacing vehicle body panels, sanding, bonding, or painting.

( v ) The repair of small motor vehicle windshield chips or cracks, or if a windshield cannot be repaired, the replacement of the windshield.

( vi ) The replacement of an inoperable, lost, or stolen motor vehicle key or key fob.

History: Add. 2014, Act 110, Imd. Eff. Apr. 10, 2014