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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2421 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2421
City health department; creation; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2421.

A city having a population of 750,000 or more may create a city health department which shall be considered a local health department for purposes of this code, if the requirements of sections 2422 to 2424 are met. If a city creates a health department, that department and its local governing entity shall have the powers and duties of a local health department or local governing entity as provided by this part.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8117 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8117
Liquidation of domestic or alien insurer; basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8117.

The commissioner may petition the circuit court for Ingham county for an order directing him or her to liquidate a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state on the following basis:

Any ground for an order of rehabilitation as specified in section 8112, whether or not there has been a prior order directing the rehabilitation of the insurer.

That the insurer is insolvent.

That the insurer is in such condition that the further transaction of business would be hazardous, financially or otherwise, to its policyholders, its creditors, or the public.

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.23 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-234-of-1925 / Section 120.23
Sale of property; approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Each port commission shall have power to sell and convey any property in anywise acquired and owned by the port district whenever the port commission of such district shall have by resolution declared such property to be no longer needed for the purpose of the port district: Provided, That the power herein granted to the commission shall not be exercised without first obtaining the approval therefor by a 2/3 vote of the members elect of the board of supervisors of the county or counties in which such property is located.

History: 1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 2312; Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933; CL 1948, 120.23; Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1812 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1812
Insurance coverage as part of ability to pay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 812.

If an individual is covered, in part or in whole, under any type of insurance coverage, private or public, for services provided directly by or by contract with the department or a community mental health services program, the benefits from that insurance coverage are considered to be available to pay the individual's financial liability, notwithstanding that the insurance contract was entered into by a person other than the individual or notwithstanding that the insurance coverage was paid for by a person other than the individual.

Insurance coverage is considered available to pay for the individual's financial liability for services provided by the department or a community mental health services program or its contractee in the amount and to the same extent that coverage would be available to cover the cost of services if the individual had received the services from a health care provider other than the department or a community mental health services program or its contractee.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.213 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-109-of-1945 / Section 331.213
Repeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

History: 1945, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1945; CL 1948, 331.213; Am. 2018, Act 313, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.37 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-91-of-1915 / Section 285.37
Director; transportation delays, report; violation of laws; food spoilage; prevention of waste.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The director of markets in addition to his other duties, shall investigate and report to the state railway commission delays and inadequacies of transportation of food supplies. He shall also report to the attorney general the violation of laws in restraint of trade or unlawful combinations to fix prices of food stuffs. When food stuffs are liable to spoil for lack of ready market, he may take such steps as are advisable to benefit the producer and consumer and in preventing waste: Provided, however, That this provision shall not apply to fruits and vegetables already marketed.

History: 1915, Act 91, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 7924; CL 1929, 5039; CL 1948, 285.37
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.82105b — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.82105b
Cancellation, suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue snowmobile registration; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 82105b.

The department of state may cancel, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a snowmobile registration if any of the following occur:

(a) The applicant has failed to furnish all required information or reasonable additional information requested by the department of state.

(b) The required fees have not been paid.

(c) The applicant is not entitled to a snowmobile registration under this part.

(d) The department of state issued the registration in error.

(e) The application contains a false or fraudulent statement.

(f) The department of state has reasonable grounds to believe that the snowmobile was stolen or embezzled.

History: Add. 2008, Act 145, Eff. July 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.726 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-344-of-1972 / Section 290.726
Antitrust law not violated.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

The activities of accredited associations and handlers in bargaining with respect to the price and other terms of sale of the agricultural commodities produced by the members of such accredited associations do not violate any antitrust law of this state.

History: 1972, Act 344, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.491 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.491
Public records; disposal; removal, mutilation, or destruction; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 491.

(1) All official books, papers, or records created by or received in any office or agency of this state or its political subdivisions are public property belonging to the people of this state. All such books, papers, or records must be disposed of only as provided in section 11 of the Michigan history center act, 2016 PA 470, MCL 399.811, section 2a of the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.402a, and sections 2137 and 2138 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2137 and 600.2138.

(2) An individual shall not willfully carry away, mutilate, or destroy the books, papers, records, or any part of a book, paper, or record described in subsection (1) and shall not retain and continue to hold the possession of those books, papers, or records, or parts of those books, papers, or records and refuse to deliver up those books, papers, records, or parts of those books, papers, or records to the proper officer having charge of the office to which those books, papers, or records belong upon demand being made by that officer or, if the office is defunct, the Michigan history center created in the Michigan history center act, 2016 PA 470, MCL 399.801 to 399.812. An individual who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.491; Am. 1952, Act 119, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952; Am. 1964, Act 147, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 2017, Act 182, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018; Am. 2020, Act 284, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.583 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-78-of-1891 / Section 457.583
Grand castle; filing copy of articles of association, charter, and constitution with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body public and corporate; power and authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter and constitution of said grand castle, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed the articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body public and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name, they and their successors shall have succession, shall be person in the law, capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors estates real and personal, of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal, which may be changed and altered at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of said real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of $50,000.00, and that they and their successors shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate, or any part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and incomes, shall be devoted exclusively to charitable and benevolent purposes of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. Said corporation shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules, regulations, and bylaws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporations, according to the laws of this state, and the United States, and to designate, elect, or appoint from its members such officers, under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand castle.

History: 1891, Act 78, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8091; CL 1915, 10565; CL 1929, 10766; CL 1948, 457.583; Am. 1982, Act 104, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.173 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-175-of-2004 / Section 205.173
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Alternative fuel" means that term as defined in section 151 of the motor fuel tax act, MCL 207.1151.

(b) "Department" means the department of treasury.

(c) "Diesel fuel" means that term as defined in section 2 of the motor fuel tax act, MCL 207.1002.

(d) "Gallon equivalent" means that term as defined in section 151 of the motor fuel tax act, MCL 207.1151.

(e) "Gasoline" means that term as defined in section 3 of the motor fuel tax act, MCL 207.1003.

(f) "Interstate motor carrier" means a person that operates or causes to be operated a qualified commercial motor vehicle on a public road or highway in this state and at least 1 other state or Canadian province.

(g) "Motor fuel" means diesel fuel and gasoline.

(h) "Motor fuel tax act" means the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207.1001 to 207.1170.

(i) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club fraternal organization, municipal or private corporation whether or not organized for profit, company, limited liability company, estate, trust receiver, trustee, syndicate, the United States, this state, country, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intention to give a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context.

(j) "Qualified commercial motor vehicle" means that term as defined in section 1 of the motor carrier fuel tax act, 1980 PA 119, MCL 207.211.

(k) "Sales tax" means the tax levied under the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51 to 205.78.

( l ) "Tax" includes all taxes, interest, or penalties levied under this act.

(m) "Taxpayer" means a person subject to tax under this act.

(n) "Use tax" means the tax levied under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 to 205.111.

History: 2004, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004; Am. 2015, Act 177, Eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Am. 2025, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.75101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.75101
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 75101.

As used in this part:

(a) "Dark sky preserve" means an area designated in section 75102.

(b) "Fully shielded" means outdoor light fixtures shielded or constructed so that no light rays are emitted by the installed fixture at angles above 15 degrees below the horizontal plane and also constructed so that the filament or light source is not visible to the naked eye when viewed from a point higher than 15 degrees below the horizontal plane.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2012, Act 251, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.656 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-232-of-1965 / Section 290.656
Marketing program; temporary suspension, duration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The operation of a marketing program, or any part thereof, may be temporarily suspended by the director upon recommendation by the committee for a period of not longer than 1 growing and marketing season if the program or part is deemed undesirable during such season.

History: 1965, Act 232, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.367 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-125-of-1963 / Section 550.367
Reserve funds; maintenance; investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

A dental care corporation, before beginning business and at all times while engaged in business, shall maintain reserves in such form and amount as the commissioner of insurance may determine. Reserve funds shall be invested only in securities permitted by the laws of this state for the investment of assets of life insurance companies.

History: 1963, Act 125, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.510 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.510
Ninth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 510.

(1) The ninth judicial circuit consists of the county of Kalamazoo and has 5 judges.

(2) Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 2025. If this judgeship is added to the ninth judicial circuit, the initial term of office of the judgeship is 8 years.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1964, Act 264, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1964; Am. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972; Am. 1988, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988; Am. 2022, Act 277, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1158 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-222-of-1975 / Section 390.1158
Disposition of moneys of authority; contracts with holders of bonds; audit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The moneys of the authority, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this section, shall be paid to the state treasurer as an agent of the authority, or a fiscal agent as approved by the state treasurer, who shall not commingle the moneys with other moneys. The moneys shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts. The moneys in the accounts shall be paid out on warrants signed by the state treasurer or on checks or drafts of the fiscal agent approved by the state treasurer, on requisition of the chair of the authority or of another officer or employee authorized by the authority to make the requisition. Priority in the allocation for deposits in banks of funds received or collected by the authority under this act shall be based upon the interest rate offered by the bank for the deposit and the extent of the bank's participation as a lender for guaranteed student loans made pursuant to section 7 of Act No. 77 of the Public Acts of 1960, as amended, being section 390.957 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The authority, subject to the approval of the state treasurer, may contract with the holders of its bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of moneys of the authority, or of moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds.

The financial records of the authority shall be audited annually by the auditor general or by a certified public accountant appointed by the auditor general.

History: 1975, Act 222, Eff. Oct. 1, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 253, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978; Am. 1987, Act 206, Eff. Jan. 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2905 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2905
Delivery; disclaimer under power of appointment; disclaimer of joint property or fiduciary power.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2905.

A disclaimed interest that is subject to, or arises under, an exercise, release, or lapse of a power of appointment, must comply with the following:

A disclaimer by an appointee must be delivered to the donee, to the personal representative of the donee's estate, or to the fiduciary under the instrument that created the power of appointment. The disclaimer by the appointee must be delivered after the exercise of the power of appointment by the donee and before any event described in section 2910.

A disclaimer by a taker in default must be delivered to the donee, to the fiduciary under the instrument that created the power of appointment, or to 1 of the persons entitled to the property in the event of a disclaimer. The disclaimer by a taker in default may be delivered before or after the lapse or release of the power of appointment, and must be delivered before any event described in section 2910.

If the disclaimed interest arises out of joint property, the disclaimer must be delivered after creation of the joint ownership and before any event described in section 2910, to the person who created the joint property, to a remaining owner who has not disclaimed, or to the person or fiduciary entitled to the disclaimed interest in the event of a disclaimer. The barring of the right to disclaim a present interest under section 2910 does not bar the right to disclaim the future interest.

A fiduciary power may be disclaimed at any time, before or after exercise of the power. The disclaimer must be delivered to the person who established the instrument that gave rise to the power or to 1 of the following:

If the fiduciary is a personal representative, to all the devisees under the will who are then living and whose whereabouts are known or reasonably ascertainable.

If the fiduciary is a trustee, to another incumbent trustee who has not disclaimed the power or to all the beneficiaries of the trust who are then living and whose whereabouts are known or reasonably ascertainable.

If the fiduciary is a guardian or conservator, to the interested persons.

If the fiduciary is an agent, to the principal or, if the principal is legally incapacitated, to the principal's presumptive heirs at law.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.317 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.317
Clear vision areas; expenditure of funds relating to high speed rail corridor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 317.

If a road authority determines to establish a clear vision area as described in this section, the railroad and a road authority may agree in writing for clear vision areas with respect to a particular crossing. The portions of the right-of-way and property owned and controlled by the respective parties within an area to be provided for clear vision shall be considered as dedicated to the joint usage of both railroad and road authority.

The acquisition of right-of-way, purchase and removal of obstructions within a clear vision area, including buildings and other artificial constructions, trees, brush, and other growths, and grading or earthwork, and including the maintenance of such conditions, shall be at the equal cost and expense of the railroad and road authority.

For public, farm, bicycle, pedestrian, or other private crossings of the railroad tracks of a high speed rail corridor, state, federal, and other funds may be expended in accordance with section 301(4) for construction of access roads, purchase of real estate, purchase of private crossing easements, compensation for crossing closure, utility relocation, costs associated with improvements to traffic control devices, grade crossing closures, relocations, consolidations, and separations.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2971 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2971
Specific performance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A521.

Specific performance may be decreed if the goods are unique or in other proper circumstances.

A decree for specific performance may include any terms and conditions as to payment of the rent, damages, or other relief that the court deems just.

A lessee has a right of replevin, detinue, sequestration, claim and delivery, or the like for goods identified to the lease contract if after reasonable effort the lessee is unable to effect cover for those goods or the circumstances reasonably indicate that the effort will be unavailing.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.512 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-5-of-1948-2nd-Ex-Sess- / Section 4.512
Compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The compensation for services of the members of the legislature shall be $12,500.00 per annum during the term for which they are elected.

History: 1948, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 5, Eff. Jan. 1, 1949; Am. 1951, Act 256, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1960, Act 158, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960; Am. 1966, Act 309, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3416 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3416
Savings bank as owner or lessor of personal property; lease payments as rent; taxes; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 416.

A savings bank may become the owner or lessor of personal property for the purpose of leasing the property or obtaining an assignment of a lessor's interest in a lease of the property or permitting the use of the property, and may incur additional obligations as may be incident to becoming an owner or lessor of such property.

Lease payments shall constitute rent rather than interest.

This section shall not exempt from general property taxation any personal property of a savings bank which is leased, loaned, or otherwise made available to and used by a private individual, association, or corporation in connection with a business conducted for profit. The personal property shall be subject to taxation in the same amount and to the same extent as though the lessee or user were the owner of the property. Taxes shall be assessed to the lessees or users of the property and collected in the same manner as taxes assessed to owners of personal property, except that the taxes shall not become a lien against the property. When due, the taxes shall constitute a debt due from the lessee or user to the unit of government for which the taxes were assessed.

A savings bank shall not acquire personal property under this section if the acquisition results in an inventory of personal property not leased in excess of 20% of the savings bank's capital and surplus.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996