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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.19a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.19a
“Disabled person” and “person with disabilities” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19a.

"Disabled person" or "person with disabilities" means a person who is determined by a physician, a physician assistant, or an optometrist as specifically provided in this section licensed to practice in this state to have 1 or more of the following physical characteristics:

Blindness as determined by an optometrist, a physician, or a physician assistant.

Inability to walk more than 200 feet without having to stop and rest.

Inability to do both of the following:

Use 1 or both legs or feet.

Walk without the use of a wheelchair, walker, crutch, brace, prosthetic, or other device, or without the assistance of another person.

A lung disease from which the person's forced expiratory volume for 1 second, when measured by spirometry, is less than 1 liter, or from which the person's arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg of room air at rest.

A cardiovascular condition that causes the person to measure between 3 and 4 on the New York heart classification scale, or that renders the person incapable of meeting a minimum standard for cardiovascular health that is established by the American heart association and approved by the department of public health.

An arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition that severely limits the person's ability to walk.

The persistent reliance upon an oxygen source other than ordinary air.

History: Add. 1977, Act 19, Eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Am. 1978, Act 64, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1978; Am. 1989, Act 89, Eff. Sept. 19, 1989; Am. 1994, Act 104, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 432, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 198, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1996; Am. 1998, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 618, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.600 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.600
Congressional district conventions and caucuses; election and terms of officers and committee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 600.

At the 1964 fall congressional district convention provided for in this act for congressional districts, the majority of the electors of which, reside in a county having a population of over 1,500,000, and at a caucus of each other congressional district held at the time of the 1964 fall state convention, there shall also be elected for each political party a congressional district chairperson, a vice-chairperson of the opposite sex of the chairperson, a secretary, a treasurer, and a committee of 15 members to serve for 2-year terms or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Thereafter, beginning in 1967, the elections shall be held at the spring congressional district conventions and the caucuses held at the time of the spring state convention in every odd numbered year.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1964, Act 279, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1964; Am. 1977, Act 219, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.9209 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.9209
Immunization status of kindergarten and first grade students; minimum percentage levels of immunization; raising immunization level; report of additional immunizations; form of report; exclusion of child from school attendance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9209.

Before November 1 of each year, the principal or administrator of each school shall deliver to the state and local health departments a list of the immunization status at the time of school entry of new entering kindergarten and first grade students.

The department shall prescribe minimum percentage levels of immunization for children in a school.

As a result of the information collected pursuant to subsection (1), the local health officer shall take appropriate action, including immunization clinics, to raise the immunization level of children entering school to the levels established pursuant to subsection (2).

Before the following February 1, the principal or administrator of each school shall update the list to show the additional immunizations received by each child since entering the school. The reports shall be made on forms provided or approved by the department. A child who enters school in September and who has not completed the immunizations required under section 9227 and has not filed an exemption under section 9215 before February 1 shall be excluded from school attendance. A child who enters school at any other time of the school year and who has not completed the immunizations required under section 9227 and has not filed an exemption under section 9215 within 4 months after entrance shall be excluded from school attendance.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 48 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 48
Disputes concerning public employees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48.

The legislature may enact laws providing for the resolution of disputes concerning public employees, except those in the state classified civil service.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 48, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1092 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1092
Retail marine diesel dealer license; fee; filing; report; payment date; waiver.
Status: in_force

Sec. 92.

A person shall not deliver diesel fuel into the fuel supply tank of an end user's boat or other marine vessel or make a bulk delivery of diesel fuel to an unlicensed end user unless licensed as a retail marine diesel dealer under this act.

The fee for a retail marine diesel dealer license is $50.00.

A retail marine diesel dealer shall file with the department on forms or in a format prescribed by the department a quarterly report containing the information the department requires as reasonably necessary for the department to determine the amount of diesel fuel tax due. A licensed retail marine diesel dealer shall report the amount of dyed diesel fuel sold for a taxable purpose.

The report shall be filed and the tax paid to the department on or before the twentieth day of the month following the close of the reporting period.

The department may waive the requirement for filing a report under this section.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001; Am. 2002, Act 668, Eff. Apr. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1151 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1151
English as basic language of instruction; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1151.

English shall be the basic language of instruction in the public and nonpublic schools of this state and in state institutions.

Subsection (1) shall not be construed as applying to:

Religious instruction in a nonpublic school given in a foreign language in addition to the regular course of study.

A course of instruction in a foreign language in which the pupil acquires sufficient proficiency to be conversant in the foreign language.

Bilingual instruction, as defined in section 1152, which will assist children of limited English-speaking ability to achieve reasonable efficiency in the English language.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.114 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.114
Record of event; inspection of record; financial statement; inspection of location.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

(1) A licensee under this article shall keep a record of each event as required by the commissioner. A licensee shall allow a representative authorized by the bureau to inspect a record kept under this subsection and all financial accounts into which proceeds from events are deposited or transferred during reasonable business hours.

(2) A licensee under this article shall file with the commissioner a financial statement signed by the principal officer of the qualified organization of receipts and expenses related to the conduct of each event as required by rule promulgated under this article. If the revenue from a bingo, raffle, numeral game, or charity game event is represented to be used or applied by a licensee under this article for a charitable purpose, the licensee shall file a copy of the financial statement with the attorney general under the supervision of trustees for charitable purposes act, 1961 PA 101, MCL 14.251 to 14.266.

(3) A licensee under this article shall allow an authorized representative of the bureau or the department of state police or a law enforcement officer of a political subdivision of this state to inspect the location or an intended location during business hours.

History: 1972, Act 382, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973; Am. 1976, Act 193, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1976; Am. 1981, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1982; Am. 1999, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.12 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-72-of-1917 / Section 449.12
Partnership; effect of knowledge of or notice to partner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

(Partnership charged with knowledge of or notice to partner). Notice to any partner of any matter relating to partnership affairs, and the knowledge of the partner acting in the particular matter, acquired while a partner or then present to his mind, and the knowledge of any other partner who reasonably could and should have communicated it to the acting partner, operate as notice to or knowledge of the partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.

History: 1917, Act 72, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 9852; CL 1948, 449.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 43.54 — MI Code / Chapter 43 / Act Act-34-of-1978 / Section 43.54
Fence viewer; appointment; term; request and payment for services; advance notice; compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The township board in each township shall appoint not less than 1 resident of the township, who may be a township trustee, as a fence viewer. The person or persons appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the township board. The governing body of a city or village shall appoint a fence viewer only under section 6(2).

A person may engage a fence viewer upon written request and upon the payment of $25.00 to the township treasurer or to the city or village treasurer under section 6(2) for each day that the fence viewer's services are needed. The fence viewer shall notify in writing the person who made the request and the owner or owners of the property to be viewed not less than 5 days before the date on which the fence viewer will render his or her services. The fence viewer shall be compensated 80% of the amount received by the township treasurer or city or village treasurer under section 6(2) when the requested service has been performed.

History: 1978, Act 34, Eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Am. 1998, Act 377, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.744a — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.744a
Validation of certain bonds or notes; contest prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14a.

All bonds or notes heretofore issued under this act, as amended, are validated. A county acting under this act, as amended, or any municipality, including the county, shall not contest the validity of any such bonds or notes or any contract which provides the security therefore, after they are sold and delivered and the county has received the consideration therefor.

History: Add. 1973, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1354 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-1-of-1966 / Section 125.1354
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The barrier free design board shall promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to implement this act.

History: 1966, Act 1, Eff. July 1, 1966; Am. 1970, Act 243, Eff. July 1, 1971; Am. 1974, Act 190, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1974; Am. 1975, Act 177, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2273 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2273
Certificate of insurance; representation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2273.

Except as otherwise provided in an insurance policy, a certificate of insurance does not represent an insurer's obligation to give notice of cancellation or nonrenewal to a person.

History: Add. 2014, Act 271, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63541 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63541
Prohibited acts; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63541.

Except as permitted by a law of this state or the United States, a person shall not willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the department or any of its agents in the performance of duties pursuant to this part. A person who violates this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.756 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-387-of-1984 / Section 400.756
Standards and criteria for awarding contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The department of management and budget shall develop standards and criteria for awarding contracts. The standards and criteria shall be consistent with this act and the food stamp program.

History: 1984, Act 387, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2116 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2116
Laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of city, village, or township as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2116.

All laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of the common council or of the board of trustees of an incorporated city or village or the township board of a township in this state may be read in evidence in all courts and in all proceedings before any officer, body, or board in which it is necessary to refer thereto, from a record thereof, kept by the clerk or recorder of the city, village, or township; or from a printed copy thereof, purporting to have been published by authority of the common council, board of trustees, or township board, in a newspaper published in such city, village, or township; or from any volume of ordinances, codification, or compilation of ordinances purporting to have been printed by authority of the common council or board of trustees of such city, village, or township; and the record, certified copy, volume, codification, or compilation shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and validity of such laws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances, without proof of the enactment, publishing, or any other thing concerning the same.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1973, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.34 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 14.34
Record of participation in actions; delivery to successor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

The attorney general shall keep, in proper books to be provided for that purpose at the expense of the state, a register of all actions or demands prosecuted or defended by him in behalf of the people of this state, and of all proceedings had in relation thereto, and shall deliver the same to his successor in office.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 12; CL 1857, 186; CL 1871, 261; How. 292; CL 1897, 110; CL 1915, 138; CL 1929, 182; CL 1948, 14.34
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.227 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-15-of-1889 / Section 35.227
Governing law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

All corporations formed under this act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 191 of Howell's annotated statutes, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act.

History: 1889, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1889; How. 4859x; CL 1897, 7774; CL 1915, 10205; CL 1929, 10492; CL 1948, 35.227
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.721 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-188-of-1954 / Section 41.721
Public improvements by township board; bonds; special assessments to defray costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The township board has the power to make an improvement named in this act, to provide for the payment of an improvement by the issuance of bonds as provided in section 15, and to determine that the whole or any part of the cost of an improvement shall be defrayed by special assessments against the property especially benefited by the improvement. The cost of engineering services and all expenses incident to the proceedings for the making and financing of the improvement shall be deemed to be a part of the cost of the improvement.

History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954; Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974; Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3530 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3530
Availability of covered services; assurance; establishment and maintenance of proximity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3530.

A health maintenance organization shall maintain contracts with those numbers and those types of affiliated providers that are sufficient to assure that covered services are available to its enrollees without unreasonable delay. The commissioner shall determine what is sufficient as provided in this section and as may be established by reference to reasonable criteria used by the health maintenance organization, including, but not limited to, provider-covered person ratios by specialty, primary care provider-covered person ratios, geographic accessibility, waiting times for appointments with participating providers, hours of operation, and the volume of technological and specialty services available to serve the needs of enrollees requiring technologically advanced or specialty care.

If a health maintenance organization has an insufficient number or type of participating providers to provide a covered benefit, the health maintenance organization shall ensure that the enrollee obtains the covered benefit at no greater cost to the enrollee than if the benefit were obtained from participating providers, or shall make other arrangements acceptable to the commissioner.

A health maintenance organization shall establish and maintain adequate arrangements to ensure reasonable proximity of participating providers to the business or personal residence of enrollees. In determining whether a health maintenance organization has complied with this provision, the commissioner shall give due consideration to the relative availability of health care providers in the service area.

History: Add. 2000, Act 252, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4809 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4809
Receiver to deal with protected cell company's assets and liabilities; effect of order of conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4809.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, upon an order of conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation of a protected cell company, the receiver shall deal with the protected cell company's assets and liabilities, including protected cell assets and protected cell liabilities, in accordance with this chapter.

(2) For amounts recoverable under a protected cell company insurance securitization, the amount recoverable by the receiver shall not be reduced or diminished as a result of the entry of an order of conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation with respect to the protected cell company, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in the contracts or other documentation governing the protected cell company insurance securitization.

History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.501 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-78-of-1935 / Section 38.501
Fire and police department civil service commissions; creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Within 30 days after this act shall take effect there may be created a civil service commission in each city, village or municipality of any population whatsoever having a fire and/or police department, any of the members of which are full paid by said city, village or municipality.

History: 1935, Act 78, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1935; Am. 1945, Act 287, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1945; CL 1948, 38.501
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2460 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-173-of-1992 / Section 125.2460
Authority board; qualifications of members; certificate; oath of office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

An individual appointed by, or from nominations made by, the county or township to the authority board shall be qualified by training or experience to perform the functions that are required of a member of the authority board by this act.

Each individual appointed by, or from nominations made by, the county or township and each individual elected to the authority board shall be and remain during his or her term of office either a record owner of real property within the authority district or a resident of this state, but need not be a resident of the authority district or of the county or a township where the authority district is located. Each individual appointed by the state treasurer to the first authority board under section 8(4)(a)( ii ), (b)( ii ), (c)( ii ), or (d)( ii ) or to a subsequent authority board shall be and remain during his or her term of office an employee of the department. Each individual appointed to the first authority board under section 8(4)(a)( i ), (a)( iii ), (b)( i ), (b)( iii ), (c)( i ), (c)( iii ), (d)( i ), or (d)( iii ) and each successor to the member appointed under section 8(4)(a)( iii ), (b)( iii ), (c)( iii ), or (d)( iii ) shall reside within the county within which the authority district is located, and at least 1 such individual shall reside within a township within which the authority district is located.

Upon appointing an individual to the authority board, the person making the appointment shall file a dated certificate certifying the name, address, and term of office of the individual appointed with the secretary of state and shall provide a copy to the individual appointed and, in the case of an appointment to the first authority board, to the person who filed the petition under section 4. Upon election of an individual to the authority board, the secretary of the authority shall file a dated certificate certifying the name, address, and term of office of the individual elected with the secretary of state and shall provide a copy to the individual elected.

An individual elected or appointed to the authority board shall qualify by taking, subscribing, and filing the constitutional oath of office not more than 14 days after the date of the certificate certifying his or her election or appointment. The oath shall be filed with the secretary of state.

History: 1992, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1992