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Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.192 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.192
Intercounty drain; cleaning out; petition; drainage board; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 192.

(1) If a drain or portion of a drain traverses lands in more than 1 county or lands in more than 1 county are subject to assessments and if the drain needs cleaning out, relocating, widening, deepening, straightening, tiling, extending, or relocating along a highway, requires structures or mechanical devices that will properly purify or improve the flow of the drain or pumping equipment necessary to assist or relieve the flow of the drain, needs supplementing by the construction of 1 or more relief drains, which may consist of new drains or extensions, enlargements or connections to existing drains, or needs 1 or more branches added to the drain, any 5 freeholders or at least 50% of the freeholders if there are fewer than 5 freeholders whose lands shall be liable to an assessment for benefits of the work, may make a petition in writing to the commissioner of any county having lands in the drainage district setting forth the necessity of the proposed work.

(2) If the petition described in subsection (1) is necessary for the public health of 1 or more cities, villages or townships, the petition may be signed solely by a representative of a city, village, or township if authorized by its governing body or by any combination of the cities, villages, or townships if each city, village, or township will be liable to assessments at large for a percentage of the total amount to be assessed for the cost of the proposed work. The percentage of cost apportioned to a city, village, or township shall be based upon the benefits to accrue to the city, village, or township and also the extent to which it contributes to the conditions that make the drain necessary.

(3) Upon receipt of a petition under subsection (1), the commissioner shall notify other members of the drainage board as constituted under section 122. The chairperson shall call a meeting of the drainage board within the time and in the manner prescribed in section 122. If the drainage board determines that the petition is practicable, the drainage board may cause a survey of the drain to be made by a licensed professional surveyor or engineer. After the surveyor or engineer has filed all data with the drainage board, the chairperson shall call a meeting as provided in section 122, and thereafter the drainage board shall proceed as provided under chapter 6 upon a petition for the location, establishment, and construction of a drain.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1957, Act 119, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1957; Am. 1959, Act 261, Imd. Eff. Aug. 21, 1959; Am. 1963, Act 36, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965; Am. 1968, Act 79, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 2018, Act 647, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.324 — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-22-of-1984 / Section 409.324
Work experience.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

(1) Work training programs conducted by the corps shall provide corpsmembers with work experience related to the conservation, improvement, or development of natural, cultural, and recreational resources and the enhancement, preservation, and maintenance of public lands, waters, and historic and archaeological resources that will increase corpsmembers' likelihood of obtaining future employment or enhancing future educational opportunities, or both. Work experience may include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Planting, pruning, and cutting of trees.

(b) Restoration or development of lakes, ponds, and waterways to be used as hunting and fishing sites and for other recreational purposes.

(c) Wildlife habitat development or enhancement.

(d) Parks and recreational site development or restoration.

(e) Trail development or restoration.

(f) Flood and drainage control programs, such as the cleaning and repair of waterways.

(g) Prevention of shore and soil erosion.

(h) Litter removal.

(i) Assistance in fire prevention and suppression.

(j) Assistance with conducting prescribed ecological fire treatments.

(k) Assistance in times and places of natural disasters.

( l ) Reclamation of strip-mined land.

(m) Insect and pest control.

(n) Survey, protection, maintenance, and restoration of historic structures and archaeological sites.

(o) Survey and analysis of parks, recreation sites, and trails.

(p) Outreach and educational programs.

(q) Activities that lead to improved public access, recreation opportunities, and natural resource based economic activities on public lands.

(r) Administration or supervision of projects operated by the corps.

(2) Work training programs shall be undertaken on lands open for public use and shall be selected on the basis of the natural, cultural, or recreational resource benefits each offers, the opportunities for public use each offers, and the on-the-job training value of each.

(3) Work experience shall not include work on any project for removal or cleaning up of any toxic waste or other hazardous substance.

History: Add. 2012, Act 576, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4502 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4502
Legislative determinations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4502.

The legislature hereby determines all of the following:

That it is essential for the public health, safety, and welfare of the state and the residents of the state to undertake a complete program of construction of facilities to abate and prevent pollution of the water in and adjoining the state, the program to be undertaken by the state in cooperation with any municipalities and with such aid from the United States government or its agencies as is available.

That abating and preventing pollution of the water in and adjoining the state is essential to the encouragement of business, industrial, agricultural, and recreational activities within the state.

That the encouragement of business, industrial, agricultural, and recreational activities in the state by abating and preventing pollution of the water in and adjoining the state will benefit the economy of the state by encouraging businesses and industries to locate or expand within the state in order to provide more employment within the state.

That abating and preventing pollution of the water in and adjoining the state is in furtherance of the purpose and the public policy of the state as expressed in sections 51 and 52 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963 and to carry out the remaining unfunded portions of the program for which electors of the state authorized the issuance of general obligation bonds.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.13 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-230-of-1897 / Section 455.13
Books; inspection; stock, transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

It shall be the duty of the directors of any such corporation to cause proper books to be kept by the secretary and treasurer, containing the names of all persons who are stockholders, together with their places of residence, and wherein shall be entered all matters and things pertaining to the affairs and business of said corporation, and just and true books of account; and the books of said corporation containing their business accounts shall at all reasonable times be open for the inspection of any of the stockholders: And provided, That no transfer of the certificate of the stock of such corporation shall be valid without the name being duly entered of the person to whom transferred on the books of the corporation, and the rules and by-laws of such corporation relating thereto being complied with.

History: 1897, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1897; CL 1897, 7630; CL 1915, 10046; CL 1929, 10316; CL 1948, 455.13
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3503 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3503
Officer or employee as agent in sale of stock or securities; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503.

An officer or employee of a savings bank, in his or her individual capacity, shall not act as agent in the sale of stock or other securities to another person, or receive directly or indirectly any consideration or commission resulting from the sale of stock or other securities by others to the savings bank of which he or she is employed, unless authorized by order or declaratory ruling of the commissioner.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1870 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-187-of-1990 / Section 257.1870
Advisory committee; establishment; purpose; membership; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 70.

(1) The department of education shall establish an advisory committee to advise the department on issues and topics concerning school buses and school bus safety. The advisory committee shall consist of a member from each of the following departments or organizations:

(a) The department.

(b) The department of state police.

(c) The state transportation department.

(d) The department of state.

(e) The Michigan association for pupil transportation.

(f) The Michigan association of school business officials.

(g) The Michigan association of school administrators.

(h) The training agency association of Michigan.

(i) A member representing nonpublic schools.

(j) The Michigan education association.

(k) The Michigan association of school boards.

( l ) Other organizations representing school bus drivers as the department considers appropriate.

(m) Any other organizations or groups the department considers necessary.

(2) The advisory committee shall include members representing bus drivers and supervisors in rural areas, suburban areas, and cities in the Lower and Upper Peninsula.

(3) The advisory committee shall assist the department in the development of continuing education courses for school bus drivers and supervisors, any modifications to the introductory school bus safety course, the program to evaluate driving skills and on-road procedural performance skills of each school bus driver, and the minimum threshold for a required safety evaluation, which may include, but is not limited to, number of points on a driving record, operating impaired or under the influence of alcohol, at-fault accidents, or violations of safety procedures, for requiring drivers to take the on-road driver skills test.

(4) The advisory committee shall assist the department in updating physical examination requirements as necessary to comply with changes in federal and state law or rules.

History: 1990, Act 187, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990; Am. 2006, Act 108, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.370 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-343-of-1984 / Section 752.370
Prohibited law, ordinance, or rules; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A municipality, township, village, city, or an instrumentality thereof shall not enact or enforce any law, ordinance, or rule which regulates, or intends to regulate, any matter covered by this act.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a zoning law, zoning ordinance, or zoning rule.

History: 1984, Act 343, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1764c — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1764c
Purchase of foreign goods or services; preference.
Status: in_force

Sec. 164c.

A district or intermediate district shall not use funds appropriated under this act to purchase foreign goods or services, or both, if American goods or services, or both, are available and are competitively priced and of comparable quality. Preference shall be given to goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable quality. In addition, preference should be given to goods or services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are competitively priced and of comparable quality.

History: Add. 1995, Act 130, Eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Am. 2005, Act 155, Eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Am. 2008, Act 268, Eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.21 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-144-of-1937 / Section 780.21
Fugitives from state; duty of governor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Fugitives from this state; duty of governor. Whenever the governor of this state shall demand a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his bail, probation or parole in this state, from the executive authority of any other state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, he shall issue a warrant under the seal of this state, to some agent, commanding him to receive the person so charged if delivered to him and convey him to the proper officer of the county in this state in which the offense was committed.

History: 1937, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 780.21
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1311i — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1311i
School district subject to court desegregation order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1311i.

If a strict discipline academy is operated by a school district that is subject to a court desegregation order, pupil selection at the strict discipline academy is subject to that order.

History: Add. 1999, Act 23, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30309 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30309
Regulation by local unit of government of wetland less than 2 acres; permit application; determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30309.

A local unit of government that has adopted an ordinance under section 30307(4) that regulates wetland within its jurisdiction that is less than 2 acres in size shall comply with this section. Upon application for a wetland use permit in a wetland that is less than 2 acres in size, the local unit of government shall approve the permit unless the local unit of government determines that the wetland is essential to the preservation of the natural resources of the local unit of government and provides these findings, in writing, to the permit applicant stating the reasons for this determination. In making this determination, the local unit of government must find that 1 or more of the following exist at the particular site:

The site supports state or federal endangered or threatened plants, fish, or wildlife appearing on a list specified in section 36505.

The site represents what is identified as a locally rare or unique ecosystem.

The site supports plants or animals of an identified local importance.

The site provides groundwater recharge documented by a public agency.

The site provides flood and storm control by the hydrologic absorption and storage capacity of the wetland.

The site provides wildlife habitat by providing breeding, nesting, or feeding grounds or cover for forms of wildlife, waterfowl, including migratory waterfowl, and rare, threatened, or endangered wildlife species.

The site provides protection of subsurface water resources and provision of valuable watersheds and recharging groundwater supplies.

The site provides pollution treatment by serving as a biological and chemical oxidation basin.

The site provides erosion control by serving as a sedimentation area and filtering basin, absorbing silt and organic matter.

The site provides sources of nutrients in water food cycles and nursery grounds and sanctuaries for fish.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.2026 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.2026
Examination of defendant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1026.

Upon a showing that the defendant may be incompetent to stand trial, the court shall order the defendant to undergo an examination by personnel of either the center for forensic psychiatry or other facility officially certified by the department of mental health to perform examinations relating to the issue of incompetence to stand trial. The defendant shall make himself available for the examination at the places and times established by the center or other certified facility. If the defendant, after being notified, fails to make himself available for the examination, the court may order his commitment to the center or other facility without a hearing.

When the defendant is to be held in a jail or similar place of detention pending trial, the center or other facility may perform the examination in the jail or may notify the sheriff to transport the defendant to the center or other facility for the examination, and the sheriff shall return the defendant to the jail upon completion of the examination.

Except as provided in subsection (1), when the defendant is not to be held in a jail or similar place of detention pending trial, the court shall commit him to the center or other facility only when the commitment is necessary for the performance of the examination.

The defendant shall be released by the center or other facility upon completion of the examination.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1038 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1038
Board of trustees; offices; books and records; availability of certain writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 38.

The board shall establish an office or offices which provide suitable space for the meetings of the board and for the necessary administrative personnel. All books and records shall be kept in those offices. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the board, in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1957, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1977, Act 179, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1301 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-296-of-2006 / Section 691.1301
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "revised structured settlement protection act".

History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1143 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1143
Wind energy resource zone board; membership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 143.

Within 60 days after the effective date of this act, the commission shall create the wind energy resource zone board. The board shall consist of 9 members, as follows:

(a) 1 member representing the commission.

(b) 2 members representing the electric utility industry.

(c) 1 member representing alternative electric suppliers.

(d) 1 member representing the attorney general.

(e) 1 member representing the renewable energy industry.

(f) 1 member representing cities and villages.

(g) 1 member representing townships.

(h) 1 member representing independent transmission companies.

(i) 1 member representing a statewide environmental organization.

(j) 1 member representing the public at large.

History: 2008, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.91 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-321-of-1937 / Section 35.91
Application of act as to surety bonds, administration of estates, and investments; liability of guardian, liquidation of investments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Application of act. The provisions of this act relating to surety bonds and the administration of estates of administration beneficiaries under guardianship shall apply to all such estates heretofore or hereafter created under the general laws of this state to the extent that such estates have assets derived from the benefits paid directly by the veterans administration or receive such benefits in the future.

The provisions of this act relative to investments shall govern all investments made after the enactment hereof: Provided, however, That the guardian shall be liable for any loss resulting from his failure to use reasonable diligence and care with respect to liquidating investments of the ward, lawful when made, but not permissible under the provisions of this act: And provided further, That all such investments shall be liquidated within 5 years from the effective date of this act unless the time for such liquidation in any case shall be extended by the court of appointment upon petition therefor and evidence in support thereof, in which latter event such liquidation shall occur within the period fixed by such order of extension.

History: 1937, Act 321, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1937; CL 1948, 35.91
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47312 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47312
Taking fish for fish culture; commercial fishing; closing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47312.

The department may authorize the taking of trout, whitefish, and yellow pickerel for the purpose of fish culture at any time during the open or closed seasons provided in this part, when it is determined by test nets set under the direction of the department that at least 20% of the fish taken are females and at least 40% of these females are ripe and ready to spawn. However, when all spawn needed for state and federal hatcheries has been secured, the department may close all commercial fishing during the remainder of the closed season. The department may close all commercial fishing during the closed season on those grounds that are so located as to prevent proper handling of spawn or where it appears that little or no spawn is being taken.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2497 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2497
Administrative compliance order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2497.

Upon a finding that a local health department is not able to provide or to demonstrate the adequate provision of 1 or more of the required services, or fails to meet the requirements of this part or the rules promulgated under this part, the department may issue an administrative compliance order to the local health department's local governing entity. The order shall state the nature of the deficiencies and set forth a reasonable time by which the deficiencies shall be corrected.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16296 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16296
Unlawful conduct; misdemeanor; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16296.

A person who uses a title regulated by this article without a registration or under a suspended, revoked, or fraudulently obtained registration, or who uses as his or her own the registration of another person is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as follows:

(a) For the first offense, by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of $100.00, or both.

(b) For the second or subsequent offense, by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not less than $300.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or both.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2020, Act 375, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.654 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-70-of-1955 / Section 123.654
Exhibition areas; fees, rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The legislative body of the city is authorized to establish by ordinance, fees or charges for the use of the facilities in any exhibition area, admission fees and other charges for use of such area, and to make reasonable rules and regulations for the use of said area or areas, and penalties for the violation thereof.

History: 1955, Act 70, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955