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Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.11 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-35-of-1951 / Section 124.11
Group self-insurance pool assets; investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The assets of any group self-insurance pool established pursuant to this act shall be invested in those securities and investments permitted for insurers in this state under the insurance code of 1956, Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended, being sections 500.100 to 500.8302 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

An investment made pursuant to subsection (1) in securities wholly or partially exempt from income or other taxes levied by the United States shall be made only at taxable-equivalent yields or returns available in the marketplace on otherwise comparable securities at the time the investment decision is made.

History: Add. 1982, Act 138, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1716 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-68-of-2020 / Section 390.1716
Michigan reconnect grant; continued eligibility requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

To establish continuing eligibility for a Michigan reconnect grant at an eligible institution, an individual must meet all of the following conditions:

(a) Continue to be a resident of this state.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 18(1), maintain enrollment in a Pell-eligible program at an eligible institution leading to an associate degree or industry-recognized certificate or credential and earn at least 12 credits after each academic year period, once the individual begins an academic year.

(c) Maintain satisfactory academic progress as determined by the eligible institution or a 2.0 grade point average since becoming a Michigan reconnect grant student.

(d) Timely file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for each academic year in which he or she applies for a Michigan reconnect grant.

(e) Timely apply for all available gift aid for each academic year in which he or she applies for a Michigan reconnect grant.

History: 2020, Act 68, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2020; Am. 2022, Act 252, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.250 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.250
Department of state police; creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 150.

There is hereby created a department of state police.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1522 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1522
Terms of court; special terms, transfer of files and papers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1522.

For the purpose of the trial or hearing of any action or proceeding at any special term the clerk of the court shall, at the request of either of the parties, transmit all the papers on file in such action or proceeding, under his official certificate, certifying the same to be all the original files and papers therein on file in his office. Such papers, so certified, shall be enclosed by such clerk in an envelope, sealed by him, directed to the clerk of the circuit court of the county where such special term is to be or is being held, and may be transmitted by mail or by the hand of any person selected by such clerk; and after the trial or hearing of such action or proceeding the clerk last above named shall in like manner remit the same to the clerk of the court in which such action or proceeding is pending; but before any clerk shall be obliged to transmit any such papers he shall be paid all necessary postage, and the clerk remitting same shall also be paid his fees in such action or proceeding.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1449v — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1449v
Foreclosure against residential property not exceeding 4 units and not more than 3 acres; applicability of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 49v.

For purposes of this chapter, if foreclosure proceedings have been commenced under this chapter against residential property not exceeding 4 units and not more than 3 acres in size, abandonment of premises shall be conclusively presumed upon satisfaction of all of the following requirements:

The mortgagee has made a personal inspection of the mortgaged premises and the inspection does not reveal that the mortgagor or persons claiming under the mortgagor are presently occupying or will occupy the premises.

The mortgagee has posted a notice at the time of making the personal inspection and has mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice to the mortgagor at the mortgagor's last known address, which notices state that the mortgagee considers the premises abandoned and that the mortgagor will lose all rights of ownership 30 days after the foreclosure sale unless the mortgagor; the mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator; or a person lawfully claiming from or under 1 of them provides the notice described in subdivision (c).

Within 15 days after receipt of a notice required by subdivision (b), the mortgagor; the mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator; or a person lawfully claiming from or under 1 of them does not give written notice by first-class mail to the mortgagee at an address provided by the mortgagee in the notices required by subdivision (b) stating that the premises are not abandoned.

This section applies to a foreclosure proceeding filed or pending after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.

History: Add. 1993, Act 221, Imd. Eff. Oct. 29, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.783 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-274-of-1975 / Section 752.783
Advertising or sale of recorded sound without consent of owner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A person, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that the sound thereon has been transferred without the consent of the owner, shall not advertise, sell, resell, offer for sale or resale, or possess for the purpose of sale or resale, an article that has been produced in violation of section 2.

A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00 for each offense.

History: 1975, Act 274, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 101.5 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 101.5
Main sewer districts; subdivision; special sewer districts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Main sewer districts may be subdivided into special sewer districts in such manner that each special district shall include 1 or more lateral or branch sewers connecting with a main sewer, and such lands as in the opinion of the board, subject to the approval of the council, will be benefited by the construction thereof. When deemed necessary, special sewer districts, to include 1 or more local or branch sewers, and such lands as in the opinion of the board, subject to the approval of the council, will be benefited by the construction thereof, may be formed of territory not included in any main sewer district.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3159; CL 1915, 3073; CL 1929, 1997; CL 1948, 101.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8626 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8626
Residence of recorder or reporter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8626.

For the purposes of this chapter, the residence of a recorder or reporter who does not reside in the district in which he or she serves shall be deemed to be the same as the residence of the district judge for whom he or she serves.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6540 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6540
Assessment of member.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6540.

Every policy issued or delivered in this state by any pool subject to this chapter shall set forth on the first page thereof, in addition to the regular specified premiums, the fact that the member is liable to be assessed to the extent needed to pay that member's proportional share of claims and expenses, and to maintain the reserves required by this chapter. However, in no event shall a member be liable for an assessment under this section which is greater than the annual premium expressed in the policy. An assessment shall not be levied against any member except upon due notice to the member. If any member shall fail to pay the assessment in cash within 30 days after notice, the assessment shall become a lien upon his or her policy. Whenever an assessment becomes a lien upon a policy, the policy shall become void without further action and no further liability shall attach to the pool. An assessment shall not be made until the method of determining and spreading the assessment has been approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may authorize the prosecution of suits to collect assessments when he or she deems that action equitable and practicable.

History: Add. 1986, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.356 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-17-of-1877 / Section 457.356
Subordinate lodge; execution and filing of articles; body politic and corporate; record of articles as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Any 9 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of any subordinate lodge, having been duly chartered by the grand lodge of this state, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, specifying as provided in article 2 of this act, and file a copy of such articles with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association; and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law capable to purchase, hold, enjoy, grant, sell, give, lease, and demise real and personal estate, of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal, and change and alter the same at pleasure; and a certified copy of the record of such articles of association, under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation. They and their successors shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate, or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and income shall be devoted exclusively to the charitable and benevolent purposes of the order of Knights of Pythias.

History: 1877, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Mar. 1, 1877; How. 4556; CL 1897, 8006; CL 1915, 10467; Am. 1929, Act 18, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 10670; CL 1948, 457.356; Am. 1982, Act 536, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2501 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2501
Fees; allowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2501.

For the services mentioned in this chapter, hereafter done or performed in the several courts in this state, by the officers thereof, or in any proceeding authorized by law, the fees hereinafter prescribed shall be allowed.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.960 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-31-of-1948-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 123.960
Amendment of articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Amendments may be made to articles of incorporation if adopted by the legislative body of each incorporating unit: Provided, That no such amendment shall impair the obligation of any bond or other contract. Any city or village which is the county seat of a county incorporating an authority under the provisions of this act, may become an incorporating unit of the authority by amendment to the articles of incorporation adopted by the legislative body of such city or village and by the legislative body of the county. Any such city or village shall thereafter be deemed to be an incorporating unit. Each amendment shall be adopted, executed and published, and certified printed copies filed, in the same manner as above specified for the original articles of incorporation, in so far as applicable.

History: 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948; CL 1948, 123.960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2855 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2855
Firm offer; assurances to hold offer open.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A205.

An offer by a merchant to lease goods to or from another person in a signed writing that by its terms gives assurance it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or, if no time is stated, for a reasonable time, but in no event may the period of irrevocability exceed 3 months. Any such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.771 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-428-of-1980 / Section 450.771
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Controlled" means exercising the power to make policy decisions in a business.

"Department" means a principal department of the executive branch of the state government.

"Expenditures" means payments and contracts for goods, services, and construction which may be acquired competitively and are not regulated by separate authority, and, where the department acts as the sole or primary contracting officer and has selective discretion as to the supplier, vendor, or contractor.

"Joint venture" means an agreement that combines 2 or more businesses for specified purposes involving 1 or more minority owned or woman owned businesses and 1 or more businesses other than a minority owned or woman owned business.

"Minority" means a person who is black, hispanic, oriental, eskimo, or an American Indian who is not less than 1/4 quantum Indian blood as certified by the person's tribal association and verified by the Indian affairs commission.

"Minority owned business" means a business enterprise of which more than 50% of the voting shares or interest in the business is owned, controlled, and operated by individuals who are members of a minority and with respect to which more than 50% of the net profit or loss attributable to the business accrues to shareholders who are members of a minority.

"Operated" means the activity of being involved in the day to day management of a business.

"Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation.

"Subcontract" means an agreement to share a prime contract between a prime contractor, who is not a minority owned business or a woman owned business, and a minority owned or woman owned business.

"Woman owned business" means a business of which more than 50% of the voting shares or interest in the business is owned, controlled, and operated by women and with respect to which more than 50% of the net profit or loss attributable to the business accrues to the women shareholders.

History: 1980, Act 428, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.113 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-224-of-1967 / Section 556.113
Powers of appointment; creation; donors, qualifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A power may be created by any creating instrument which is executed in the manner required by law for that instrument.

The donor of a power must be a person capable of transferring the interest in property to which the power relates and having a transferable interest in such property.

History: 1967, Act 224, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.226 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.226
Head of department of military affairs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 126.

The head of the department of military affairs shall be appointed by the governor and serve at the pleasure of the governor. Any other provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, the adjutant general of the state of Michigan may be appointed to and serve as the head of the department of military affairs.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1965, Act 407, Imd. Eff. Oct. 29, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.304 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-164-of-1975 / Section 18.304
Office of Hispanic/Latino affairs; establishment; selection of director.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The office of Hispanic/Latino affairs is established within the department of energy, labor, and economic growth.

(2) The commission shall select the director of the office with the concurrence of the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth in accordance with state civil service procedures.

History: 1975, Act 164, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1975; Am. 2004, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 7, 2004; Am. 2010, Act 146, Imd. Eff. Aug. 23, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.41 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-19-of-1963-2nd-Ex-Sess- / Section 2.41
Great seal; as official seal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state of Michigan shall have a great seal which shall be the official seal of the state.

History: 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 19, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.409 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-511-of-1988 / Section 791.409
Jurisdiction of sentencing court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A sentencing court that places a person in a community corrections program shall retain jurisdiction over the person as a probationer under chapter XI of the code of criminal procedure, Act No. 175 of the Public Acts of 1927, being sections 771.1 to 771.14a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1988, Act 511, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.6021 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.6021
Registration required; provisional registration; notice that applicant unqualified; appeal; employment by enforcing agency not required for registration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1021.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), an individual shall not be appointed or employed as a building official, inspector, or plan reviewer by an enforcing agency, unless the individual is registered under this article and the rules promulgated under this article.

(2) An individual who becomes employed by a governmental subdivision as a building official, plan reviewer, or inspector, if not already registered, shall within 30 days of employment apply to the commission for provisional registration. On payment of the fee established by the department under article 4, the commission shall provisionally register the individual.

(3) If the commission determines that an applicant for registration does not qualify for registration, the commission shall notify the applicant of that fact in writing. The applicant may appeal an adverse decision under the administrative procedures act of 1969.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, employment by an enforcing agency is not a requirement for registration or provisional registration as a building official, plan reviewer, or inspector under this article.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 771A.4 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 771A.4
Swift and sure probation supervision fund; creation; investment; interest and earnings; money remaining at close of fiscal year; allocation and expenditure of funds; grants; participants from other jurisdiction; basis; validity of transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The swift and sure probation supervision fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any 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.

(2) The state treasurer shall allocate sufficient funds to allow the state court administrative office to, under the supervision of the supreme court, expend funds from the swift and sure probation supervision fund to administer this chapter and to provide grants under this chapter to fund programs of swift and sure probation supervision in the circuit court that meet the objectives set forth in section 3 of this chapter and the requirements of section 5 of this chapter.

(3) A court may apply for a grant to fund a program of swift and sure probation supervision under this chapter by filing a written application with the state court administrative office in the manner required by that office. The funding of all grants under this chapter is subject to appropriation.

(4) A court that has received a grant under this chapter to fund programs of swift and sure probation supervision may accept participants from any other jurisdiction in this state based upon either the residence of the participant in the receiving jurisdiction or the unavailability of a swift and sure probation supervision program in the jurisdiction where the participant is charged. The transfer may occur at any time during the proceedings, including, but not limited to, prior to adjudication. The receiving court shall have jurisdiction to impose sentence, including, but not limited to, sanctions, incentives, incarceration, and phase changes. A transfer under this subsection is not valid unless it is agreed to by all of the following individuals:

(a) The defendant or respondent in writing.

(b) The attorney representing the defendant or respondent.

(c) The judge of the transferring court and the prosecutor of the case.

(d) The judge of the receiving court and the prosecutor of the receiving court funding unit.

History: Add. 2012, Act 616, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2013; Am. 2017, Act 17, Eff. June 29, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.83 — MI Code / Chapter 51 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 51.83
Sheriff's office; notice, office hours.
Status: in_force

Sec. 83.

It shall be the duty of the sheriff of every county to keep an office at the place where the courts for such county are held, of which he shall file a notice in the office of the clerk of the county; and to keep the same open during the usual business hours each day, Sundays excepted.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14; CL 1857, 424; CL 1871, 565; How. 593; CL 1897, 2592; CL 1915, 2452; CL 1929, 1334; CL 1948, 51.83
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.230a — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.230a
Exemptions from disclosure under freedom of information act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30a.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, and personnel records of employees of the department, employees of the center for forensic psychiatry, and employees of a psychiatric hospital that houses prisoners are exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1994, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.26c — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-91-of-1970 / Section 722.26c
Custody action by third person; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6c.

A third person may bring an action for custody of a child if the court finds either of the following:

Both of the following:

The child was placed for adoption with the third person under the adoption laws of this or another state, and the placement order is still in effect at the time the action is filed.

After the placement, the child has resided with the third person for a minimum of 6 months.

All of the following:

The child's biological parents have never been married to one another.

The child's parent who has custody of the child dies or is missing and the other parent has not been granted legal custody under court order.

The third person is related to the child within the fifth degree by marriage, blood, or adoption.

A third person shall include with an action filed under this section both of the following:

An affidavit setting forth facts relative to the existence of the prerequisites required by subsection (1)(a) or (b).

Notice that a defense or objection to a third person's right to bring an action for custody may be raised as an affirmative defense or by a motion for summary disposition based on lack of standing as provided in the Michigan court rules.

History: Add. 1993, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1993