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Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.132 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.132
Rent; assumpsit for recovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

Such rent may be recovered in an action of debt or assumpsit, and the deed of demise, or other instrument in writing, if there be any showing the provisions of the lease, may be used in evidence by either party to prove the amount due from the defendant.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66; CL 1857, 2805; CL 1871, 4302; How. 5772; CL 1897, 9255; CL 1915, 11810; CL 1929, 13490; CL 1948, 554.132
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17008 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17008
Physician's assistant; health profession subfield.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17008.

Practice as a physician's assistant is a health profession subfield of the practice of medicine, osteopathic medicine and surgery, and podiatric medicine and surgery.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2006, Act 161, Eff. Nov. 26, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5856 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5856
Tolling of statute of limitations or repose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5856.

The statutes of limitations or repose are tolled in any of the following circumstances:

At the time the complaint is filed, if a copy of the summons and complaint are served on the defendant within the time set forth in the supreme court rules.

At the time jurisdiction over the defendant is otherwise acquired.

At the time notice is given in compliance with the applicable notice period under section 2912b, if during that period a claim would be barred by the statute of limitations or repose; but in this case, the statute is tolled not longer than the number of days equal to the number of days remaining in the applicable notice period after the date notice is given.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1993, Act 78, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994; Am. 2004, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.501a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.501a
Jurisdiction, rights, and responsibilities of Great Lakes states and provinces.
Status: in_force

Sec. 501a.

The Great Lakes are a binational public treasure and are held in trust by the Great Lakes states and provinces. Management of the water resources of the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes basin is subject to the jurisdiction, rights, and responsibilities of the Great Lakes states and provinces. Effective management of the water resources of the Great Lakes requires the in-basin exercise of such jurisdiction, rights, and responsibilities in the interest of all the people of the Great Lakes basin.

History: Add. 2002, Act 148, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.125 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-12-of-1843 / Section 322.125
Plat of titles; secretary of state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

When the titles aforesaid are fully collected and arranged, the secretary of state shall cause the same to be platted in such a manner as to show them accurately and distinctly on such plats.

History: 1843, Act 12, Eff. Mar. 4, 1843; CL 1857, 150; CL 1871, 215; How. 5216; CL 1897, 1276; CL 1915, 415; CL 1929, 5804; CL 1948, 322.125
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17549 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17549
Practice agreement; designation of physician; countersigning order or signing official form not required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17549.

(1) A group of physicians practicing other than as sole practitioners may designate 1 or more physicians in the group to enter into a practice agreement under section 17547.

(2) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a physician is not required to countersign orders written in a patient's clinical record by a physician's assistant with whom the physician has a practice agreement. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a physician is not required to sign an official form that lists the physician's signature as the required signatory if that official form is signed by a physician's assistant with whom the physician has a practice agreement.

History: Add. 1990, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990; Am. 2004, Act 512, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005; Am. 2011, Act 210, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2011; Am. 2016, Act 379, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.309 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-89-of-1933 / Section 451.309
Protective committees; records and reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Every protective committee now in existence or hereafter to be formed shall keep a written record of its meetings, doings and activities and it shall file with the commission at least as often as once each month a written report under oath of its meetings, doings and activities for the period preceding the date of the report. The report shall set forth the minutes of its meetings, all data as to negotiations with or in behalf of the holders or owners of the security with respect to which the protective committee was organized; the names and addresses of persons who have deposited their security and/or consented to the protective committee agreement, the total amount of the security which has been deposited and/or with respect to which consent to the protective agreement has been obtained, and such other or further facts pertinent to its activity. Said commission may request any protective committee to supplement its reports from time to time with such information as the said commission may deem necessary or expedient.

History: 1933, Act 89, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1933; CL 1948, 451.309
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.15f — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.15f
Chapters 700 to 720 of Michigan Compiled Laws; felonies to which chapter applicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15f.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapters 700 to 720 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 710.54(11) Pub trst F Offer to give other consideration - adoption - subsequent violation 4 710.55(1) Pub trst F Adoption - persons not authorized to place child or to advertise for, solicit, or recruit for adoption - subsequent violation 4 710.69 Person F Michigan adoption law - subsequent offense 4 711.1(8) Pub trst E Intentional false statement in petition for name change 15 712A.6b(3) Pub ord G Violation of court order - subsequent conviction 2

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

710.54(11)

Pub trst

F

Offer to give other consideration - adoption - subsequent violation

4

710.55(1)

Pub trst

F

Adoption - persons not authorized to place child or to advertise for, solicit, or recruit for adoption - subsequent violation

4

710.69

Person

F

Michigan adoption law - subsequent offense

4

711.1(8)

Pub trst

E

Intentional false statement in petition for name change

15

712A.6b(3)

Pub ord

G

Violation of court order - subsequent conviction

2

History: Add. 2002, Act 206, Eff. May 1, 2002; Am. 2016, Act 484, Eff. Apr. 6, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.16 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-72-of-1917 / Section 449.16
Partnership by estoppel; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

(Partner by estoppel).

When a person, by words spoken or written or by conduct, represents himself, or consents to another representing him to any one, as a partner in an existing partnership or with 1 or more persons not actual partners, he is liable to any such person to whom such representation has been made, who has on the faith of such representation, given credit to the actual or apparent partnership, and if he has made such representation or consented to its being made in a public manner he is liable to such person, whether the representation has or has not been made or communicated to such person, so giving credit by or with the knowledge of the apparent partner making the representation or consenting to its being made;

When a partnership liability results, he is liable as though he were an actual member of the partnership,

When no partnership liability results, he is liable jointly with the other persons, if any, so consenting to the contract or representation as to incur liability, otherwise separately;

When a person has been thus represented to be a partner in an existing partnership, or with 1 or more persons not actual partners, he is an agent of the persons consenting to such representation to bind them to the same extent and in the same manner as though he were a partner in fact, with respect to persons who rely upon the representation. Where all the members of the existing partnership consent to the representation, a partnership act or obligation results; but in all other cases it is the joint act or obligation of the person acting and the persons consenting to the representation.

History: 1917, Act 72, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 9856; CL 1948, 449.16
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.79 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-38-of-1969 / Section 331.79
Bonds and notes; legal investments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 49.

The notes and bonds of any authority are securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever who are authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.

History: 1969, Act 38, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.181 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-352-of-1925 / Section 213.181
Order for appearance; publication; mailing and service of order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Such order shall be published in some newspaper published and circulated in the county, or in such other paper as the court may direct, at least once in each week for 2 successive weeks immediately preceding the day set for the hearing, and a copy of such order shall be mailed to each absent or non-resident person having a last known postoffice address, by registered mail, and a return receipt demanded. Proof by affidavit shall be made of such mailing, and whether or not a return receipt was received, and if one was received, it shall be attached to said affidavit; but such publication and mailing shall not be necessary in any case in which a copy of such order has been served personally or by registered mail on each such absent or non-resident person.

History: 1925, Act 352, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925; Am. 1927, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1927; CL 1929, 3894; Am. 1941, Act 279, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 213.181
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1204 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-429-of-1978 / Section 38.1204
Terminal leave benefits; approved leave of absence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

When services of a nonclassified employee are terminated for any reason, the employee or the employee's heirs shall be paid terminal leave benefits the same as classified state civil service employees, except that those nonclassified employees who are on an approved leave of absence from a position in the classified service and who return to that position shall utilize the combined balances of sick leave, both in the classified and nonclassified service, for the purpose of determining the percentage of sick leave payment.

History: 1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.57 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.57
Burial of dead animals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 57.

A person who places a dead animal or part of the carcass of a dead animal into a lake, river, creek, pond, road, street, alley, lane, lot, field, meadow, or common, or in any place within 1 mile of the residence of a person, except the same and every part of the carcass is buried at least 4 feet underground, and the owner or owners thereof who knowingly permits the carcass or part of a carcass to remain in any of those places, to the injury of the health, or to the annoyance of another is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every 24 hours that the owner permits the carcass or part of a carcass to remain after a conviction under this section is an additional offense under this section, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.57; Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1904 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1904
Consumption or possession of alcoholic liquor on school property; prohibition; violation as misdemeanor; exceptions; other violations; application of section to minor; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 904.

A person shall not consume alcoholic liquor on school property or possess alcoholic liquor on school property with the intent to consume it on school property.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as follows:

If the person has no prior convictions, by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $250.00, or both.

If the person has 1 prior conviction, by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

If the person has 2 or more prior convictions, by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

This section does not prohibit a person from consuming alcoholic liquor on school property or possessing alcoholic liquor on school property with the intent to consume it on school property under any of the following circumstances:

As part of a generally recognized religious service or religious ceremony.

At a nonschool function or event on school property if the superintendent of the school district or, if the school is not operated by a school district, the administrator of the school, or his or her designee, has approved consuming alcoholic liquor on school property or possessing alcoholic liquor on school property with the intent to consume it on school property during that function or event.

This section does not prohibit an individual from being convicted of or found responsible for any other violation of law arising out of the same transaction as the violation of this section.

This section does not apply to a minor who could be subject to prosecution under section 703 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703.

As used in this section:

"Prior conviction" means a conviction for violating this section or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to this section.

"School" means a public school offering developmental kindergarten, kindergarten, or any grade from 1 through 12.

"School property" means a building, playing field, vehicle, or other property used for functions and events sponsored by a school, except a building used primarily for adult education or college extension courses.

History: Add. 1999, Act 274, Eff. Apr. 3, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.451 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.451
Certificate of dissolution or withdrawal until taxes paid; payment of taxes as condition to closing of estate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.

(1) A domestic corporation, a foreign corporation, or other business entity authorized to transact business in this state that submits a certificate of dissolution or requests a certificate of withdrawal from this state shall request a certificate from the department stating that taxes are not due under section 27a of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.27a, not more than 60 days after submitting the certificate of dissolution or requesting the certificate of withdrawal. A corporation or other business entity that does not request a certificate stating that taxes are not due is subject to the same penalties under section 24 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.24, that a taxpayer would be subject to for failure to file a return.

(2) An estate of a person subject to tax under this part shall not be closed without the payment of the tax levied by this part, both in respect to the liability of the estate and decedent prior to his or her death.

History: 1967, Act 281, Eff. Oct. 1, 1967; Am. 1987, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987; Am. 2002, Act 581, Imd. Eff. Oct. 14, 2002; Am. 2003, Act 46, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Am. 2011, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.41709 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.41709
License; application; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41709.

An application for a license under this part shall state the name and address of the applicant, the legal description of the premises to be licensed, the kind of birds to be covered by the license, and other information required by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3418 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3418
Payment of claims; provision required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3418.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), an insurer shall include in a disability insurance policy, other than a health insurance policy, a provision as follows:

PAYMENT OF CLAIMS: Indemnity for loss of life will be payable in accordance with the beneficiary designation and the provisions respecting the payment, which may be prescribed in this policy, and effective at the time of payment. If a designation or provision is not in effect, the indemnity is payable to the estate of the insured. Other accrued indemnities unpaid at the insured's death may, at the option of the insurer, be paid either to the beneficiary or to the estate. All other indemnities are payable to the insured.

(2) One or more of the following provisions may be included with the provision required under subsection (1) at the option of the insurer:

(a) If indemnity under this policy is payable to the estate of the insured, or to an insured or beneficiary who is a minor or otherwise not competent to give a valid release, the insurer may pay the indemnity, up to an amount that does not exceed $........ (insert an amount that does not exceed $1,000.00), to any relative by blood or connection by marriage of the insured or beneficiary who is determined by the insurer to be equitably entitled to the indemnity. Payment made by the insurer in good faith pursuant to this provision fully discharges the insurer to the extent of the payment.

(b) Subject to any written direction of the insured in the application or otherwise, all or a portion of any indemnities provided by this policy on account of health care services may, at the insurer's option and unless the insured requests otherwise in writing not later than the time of filing proofs of the loss, be paid directly to the hospital or person rendering the health care services.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1984, Act 280, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1984; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.31 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-59-of-1964 / Section 397.31
Public libraries; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act: (a) "Public library" means a library, the whole interests of which belong to the general public, lawfully established for free public purposes by any 1 or more counties, cities, townships, villages, school districts or other local governments or any combination thereof, or by any general or local act, but shall not include a special library such as a professional or technical library or a school library.

"Qualified public library" means any public library which is open to and available to the public at least 10 hours per week or any library which has a contract with a public library board to furnish library services to the public.

History: 1964, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.354 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.354
Dams in drains; construction contract with owners of lands benefited; default, contract for completion, costs and expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 354.

If at any time after the commissioner has issued his first order of determination declaring such improvement to be necessary, and before the letting of any contract for constructing the same, all of the owners of the land through which or for the benefit of which such drain is located shall by themselves, their agents or attorneys, pay to the commissioner all the costs and expenses thus far incurred by him, and shall severally or jointly enter into a contract, with good and sufficient sureties and in such sum as the commissioner may require, to construct such improvements on such drain and pay all expenses necessary to be incurred in the construction, maintenance and operation of the same, then the commissioner may contract with such owner or owners, and such improvements when accepted shall be certified by the commissioner as a drain constructed in pursuance of the provisions of this act, and shall be recorded in the same manner as other drains. If such contract is not fulfilled in the time limited therein, the commissioner shall contract with other parties for the completion of the work and the parties so in default and their sureties shall be liable for all costs and expenses attending such default.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.836 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-448-of-1976 / Section 460.836
Other municipality as member of joint agency; application; resolution; withdrawal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36.

After the creation of a joint agency, another municipality may become a member of the joint agency upon application to the joint agency after the adoption of a resolution of the governing body of the municipality as prescribed in section 31 of this article authorizing the municipality to participate, and with the unanimous consent of the members of the joint agency as provided in section 34(6). A municipality may withdraw from a joint agency, except that all contractual rights acquired and obligations incurred while a member municipality remain in full force and effect.

History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2008, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008