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Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.553 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-151-of-1978 / Section 3.553
Base conversion authority; membership; duration; vacancy; meetings; compensation and expenses; election of officers; employment of personnel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The authority shall consist of 7 voting members who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The director of public health or his or her authorized representative shall serve as an ex officio member without vote. The members shall be as follows:

One member who is the chairperson of the county board of commissioners of the county in which the military installation is located, or the chairperson's designee.

One member who is the township supervisor of the township in which the majority of the land area of the military installation is located, or the member's designee.

The township supervisor of the charter township immediately south of, and having contractual agreements for municipal utilities service with, the township described in subdivision (b).

The director of commerce, or the director's designee.

The director of the department of natural resources, or the director's designee.

One member who is a representative of a local financial institution located within the county in which the military installation is located.

The president of the chamber of commerce which serves the township in which the military installation is located.

The authority shall exist for 5 years, with additional 2-year extensions if each extension is provided by concurrent resolution of the state legislature.

A member of the authority described in subsection (1)(a) to (c) shall serve while the member holds the respective office specified in that subsection. All other members shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

The authority shall hold an annual meeting each January. Additional meetings may be conducted as are necessary. At least 1 meeting a year shall be held on the military installation. At a meeting of the authority a majority vote of all members appointed and serving is necessary for a decision. A quorum consists of a majority of the members.

The per diem compensation of the authority and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established by the legislature. This subsection shall apply only to the members of the authority described in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (f), and (g).

The authority shall elect annually from its membership a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a secretary, and a treasurer. The authority may employ experts, consultants, administrative staff, and other personnel the authority considers necessary in the performance of its responsibilities under this act.

History: 1978, Act 151, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1978; Am. 1991, Act 134, Imd. Eff. Nov. 6, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2482 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2482
Insurer or rating organization aggrieved by order without hearing; hearing, court review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2482.

Any insurer or rating organization aggrieved by any order or decision of the commissioner made without a hearing, may within 30 days after notice of the order to the insurer or organization, make written request to the commissioner for a hearing thereon. The commissioner shall hear such party or parties within 20 days after receipt of such request and shall give not less than 10 days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing. Within 15 days after such hearing the commissioner shall affirm, reverse or modify his previous action, specifying his reasons therefor. Pending such hearing and decision thereon the commissioner may suspend or postpone the effective date of his previous action.

Any order or decision of the commissioner shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of section 244, but no order or decision appealed from as herein provided shall become effective or be enforced pending final disposition of such appeal.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.370 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.370
Falsely and maliciously accusing another.
Status: in_force

Sec. 370.

Falsely and maliciously accusing another of crime, etc.-Any person who shall falsely and maliciously, by word, writing, sign, or otherwise accuse, attribute, or impute to another the commission of any crime, felony or misdemeanor, or any infamous or degrading act, or impute or attribute to any female a want of chastity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.370
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1088 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1088
Transfer of case to another court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1088.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2018, a case may be transferred totally from 1 court to another court for the defendant's participation in a state-certified treatment court. A total transfer may occur prior to or after adjudication, but must not be consummated until the completion and execution of a memorandum of understanding that must include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) A detailed statement of how all funds assessed to defendant will be accounted for, including, but not necessarily limited to, the need for a receiving state-certified treatment court to collect funds and remit them to the court of original jurisdiction.

(b) A statement providing which court is responsible for providing information to the department of state police, as required under section 3 of 1925 PA 289, MCL 28.243, and forwarding an abstract to the secretary of state for inclusion on the defendant's driving record.

(c) A statement providing where jail sanctions or incarceration sentences would be served, as applicable.

(d) A statement that the defendant has been determined eligible by and will be accepted into the state-certified treatment court upon transfer.

(e) The approval of all of the following:

( i ) The chief judge and assigned judge of the receiving state-certified treatment court and the court of original jurisdiction.

( ii ) A prosecuting attorney from the receiving state-certified treatment court and the court of original jurisdiction.

( iii ) The defendant.

(2) As used in this section, "state-certified treatment court" includes the treatment courts certified by the state court administrative office as provided in section 1062, 1084, 1091, 1099c, or 1201.

History: Add. 2017, Act 161, Eff. Feb. 11, 2018; Am. 2018, Act 591, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.53 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.53
Director of aeronautics; powers delegated.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.

Delegation of powers to director of aeronautics. The commission may delegate to the director of aeronautics any of the powers or duties vested in or imposed upon it by this act. Such delegated powers and duties may be exercised by such director in the name of the commission.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.53
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.17 — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.17
Incorporation; new charter commission, petition, procedure, eligibility, duties, expenses; control of territory pending adoption; date of incorporation; voting franchise.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

In cases where the qualified electors of a proposed city shall reject a proposed charter, any 300 electors of said proposed city may petition the de facto mayor for the selection of a new charter commission, and if said petition shall be filed with the de facto mayor of said proposed city on or before the expiration of 10 days from the canvass and determination of the vote on said charter, the de facto mayor of said proposed city shall, if said petition is signed by the requisite number of electors, certify such fact upon said petition and forthwith file the same with the county clerk or secretary of state, depending upon the office in which the original petition was filed, and such county clerk or secretary of state as the case may be, shall give notice of the filing of such petition in the same manner as upon the filing of the original petition and an election shall be called and held and a new charter commission shall be elected in the same manner as in the first instance. The duties of the new charter commission shall be the same as those of the former commission, and as many such successive commissions as necessary may be held in like manner until a charter for such proposed city is framed and approved by the electors thereof. All persons who have served on previous charter commissions within 1 year shall be ineligible as members of every such commission. The first legislative body assembled pursuant to a charter adopted by the electors of such city, shall provide for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred by the county and by the members of such commission or commissions, but the members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services. The county clerk shall return any unexpended sum of money deposited under section 6 of this act to the depositor. The territory constituting the city shall remain under the control and management of the respective cities, villages and townships from which it was taken and the authority of the officers of such city, villages and townships shall continue until the charter of the new city has been adopted and the officers have been elected and qualified as herein provided. No new city shall be deemed to be incorporated until a charter has been adopted and duplicate printed copies certified by the clerk filed in the office of the county clerk. The county clerk shall forthwith forward 1 copy to the secretary of state, and the date it is received shall be the date of incorporation of the new city. The general voting franchise of no qualified elector shall be lost because of the incorporation, annexation or consolidation processes and his voting rights where last eligible shall be unimpaired by the incorporation, annexation or consolidation processes.

History: 1909, Act 279, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 3320; CL 1929, 2253; CL 1948, 117.17; Am. 1956, Act 77, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.203 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-78-of-1917 / Section 801.203
Non-partisan commission for management; superintendent; appointment, powers, oath, duties, bond; employees; appropriations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Said commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to establish and adopt rules for the regulation and discipline and the work and labor of the persons confined in and on said work farm, factory or shop; and to appoint a superintendent thereof, whose term of office shall be during good behavior, the salary to be fixed by said commission. The superintendent shall have the usual powers of a deputy sheriff, shall take the constitutional oath of office before assuming his duties, same to be filed with the county clerk; and before entering such duties he shall execute to the people of the state of Michigan a bond in the penal sum of 5,000 dollars, to be approved by said commissioners, and filed with the county clerk, conditioned that he shall faithfully account for all money and property that may come into his hands by virtue of his office and faithfully perform all the duties incumbent upon him as such superintendent, according to law. It shall also be the duty of the commissioners to employ and fix the compensation of such subordinate officers, guards and employes as such commission, with the approval of the board of supervisors, may deem necessary, and prescribe their duties not otherwise prescribed by law, and to make all rules and regulations in relation to the management and government thereof as they may deem expedient. But no appropriation of moneys shall be made by said commission without the sanction of the said board of supervisors by a vote of a majority of all the members-elect.

History: 1917, Act 78, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1917; CL 1929, 17722; CL 1948, 801.203
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.18 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 113.18
Vacating incorporation of city; certified transcript of proceedings; resolution of board of supervisors, contents; representative districts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

Upon receiving the transcript of the proceedings in submitting to a vote of the electors the question of vacating the incorporation of any city, properly certified to as provided in the preceding section, the county clerk shall lay the same before the board of supervisors of the county at its next regular annual meeting, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the board of supervisors to pass a resolution vacating the incorporation of such city. Such resolution shall provide that the territory of such city shall revert to and become a part of the township or townships from which it was originally taken, and that the inhabitants thereof shall for all purposes be deemed residents of such township or townships except that the integrity of all representative districts shall be preserved.

History: Add. 1931, Act 223, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 113.18
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.536 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-162-of-1955 / Section 290.536
Violation; penalty, damages for misrepresentation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Any person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale any liming material in this state without first complying with the provisions of sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act, or who shall attach or cause to be attached to any such package of liming material an analysis stating that it contains a larger percentage of any 1 or more of the constituents or ingredients named in section 1 of this act than it really does contain shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $100.00 for the first offense, and not less than $300.00 for every subsequent offense and the offender shall also be liable for all damages sustained by the purchaser of such liming material on account of such misrepresentation.

History: 1955, Act 162, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21102a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21102a
Installation of underground storage tanks; prohibited conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21102a.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person shall not install an underground storage tank that meets any of the following conditions:

(a) Is within 2,000 feet of an existing type I community or type IIa noncommunity public water well.

(b) Is within 800 feet of an existing type IIb or type III noncommunity public water well.

(c) Is within 300 feet of any other type of well not described in subdivision (a) or (b).

(2) A person that wishes to install an underground storage tank that does not meet the conditions described under subsection (1) may only replace an active underground storage tank if both of the following requirements are met:

(a) A professional engineer or qualified underground storage tank consultant certifies that a combination of the construction material of the underground storage tank and the leak detection used to monitor the underground storage tank is more likely to prevent and detect a release from the replacement underground storage tank than the existing underground storage tank.

(b) The facility where the active, existing underground storage tank is located is in compliance with this part and the rules promulgated under this part.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Professional engineer" means that term as defined in section 2001 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2001.

(b) "Qualified underground storage tank consultant" means an individual who meets the requirements described under section 21325.

History: Add. 2022, Act 160, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.395 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.395
Qualifying school district as party to lease with achievement authority or interlocal agreement with public university creating achievement authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 395.

(1) If a qualifying school district is a party to a lease between the qualifying school district and an achievement authority, the community district shall not renew or extend the lease after June 30 following the transfer date.

(2) If a qualifying school district is a party to an interlocal agreement with a state public university creating an achievement authority, as soon as possible after the transfer date the community district shall take action to withdraw from that interlocal agreement to the extent permitted under that interlocal agreement.

(3) If a qualifying school district is a party to an interlocal agreement with a state public university creating an achievement authority, the community district is not authorized to jointly exercise any powers, privileges, or authorities under that interlocal agreement after the June 30 following the transfer date.

(4) As used in this section, "achievement authority" means that term as defined in section 3 of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1603.

History: Add. 2016, Act 192, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.8112 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.8112
Reaching interest of debtor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8112.

The interest of a debtor in a certificated security may be reached by a creditor only by actual seizure of the security certificate by the officer making the attachment or levy, except as otherwise provided in subsection (4). However, a certificated security for which the certificate has been surrendered to the issuer may be reached by a creditor by legal process upon the issuer.

The interest of a debtor in an uncertificated security may be reached by a creditor only by legal process upon the issuer at its chief executive office in the United States, except as otherwise provided in subsection (4).

The interest of a debtor in a security entitlement may be reached by a creditor only by legal process upon the securities intermediary with whom the debtor's securities account is maintained, except as otherwise provided in subsection (4).

The interest of a debtor in a certificated security for which the certificate is in the possession of a secured party, or in an uncertificated security registered in the name of a secured party, or a security entitlement maintained in the name of a secured party, may be reached by a creditor by legal process upon the secured party.

A creditor whose debtor is the owner of a certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement is entitled to aid from a court of competent jurisdiction, by injunction or otherwise, in reaching the certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement or in satisfying the claim by means allowed at law or in equity in regard to property that cannot readily be reached by other legal process.

History: Add. 1998, Act 278, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1557 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-55-of-1994 / Section 390.1557
Response to request for information; procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A person receiving a request 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, for information exempt from disclosure under this act shall comply with the procedures and requirements of Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976 in responding to the request and shall also provide to the person making the request a general written description of the information and a written explanation of the reason the request has been denied.

History: 1994, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6422 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6422
Domestic cooperative plan insurers; members; voting; quorum; inspection of books.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6422.

Every person insured in any insurer organized under this chapter shall be a member of such insurer, and shall be entitled to 1 vote at all meetings of the members, and may vote in person or by proxy under such rules and regulations as may be provided in the bylaws of such insurer: Provided, however, That a minimum of 10 members shall be present in person to constitute a quorum. The books of such insurer shall be open for inspection by any member of such insurer at any of its meetings.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1d — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.1d
“Alcoholic liquor” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1d.

"Alcoholic liquor" means any liquid or compound, whether or not medicated, proprietary, patented, and by whatever name called, containing any amount of alcohol including any liquid or compound described in section 105(2) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1105.

History: Add. 2003, Act 61, Eff. Sept. 30, 2003; Am. 2004, Act 62, Eff. May 3, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1084 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1084
"Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway"; markers; location.
Status: in_force

Sec. 84.

(1) The portion of highway I-75 within the state of Michigan shall be known as the "Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway".

(2) If sufficient private contributions are received to pay the cost of erecting and maintaining suitable markers for the highway described in this section as provided in section 2, those markers shall only be placed along highway I-75 within 5 miles of the following 2 locations:

(a) The border between Michigan and Ohio.

(b) The border between Michigan and Canada.

History: Add. 2014, Act 440, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9333 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9333
Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9333.

As used in this section, "possessory lien" means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien, that meets all of the following:

It secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course of the person's business.

It is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person.

Its effectiveness depends on the person's possession of the goods.

A possessory lien on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a statute that expressly provides otherwise.

History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50159 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50159
Statement of liability on face of bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50159.

The state shall not be liable on bonds of a district, and the bonds shall not be a debt of the state. The bonds shall contain on their face a statement to that effect.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1603 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1603
Private cause of action not created.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1603.

This chapter does not create or imply a private cause of action for violation of this chapter and does not extinguish any debtor rights available under common law or other state statute.

History: Add. 2002, Act 655, Eff. Mar. 23, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.363 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-343-of-1984 / Section 752.363
Definitions; P.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

"Person" means an individual, or a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, or an agent or servant of an individual or legal entity.

"Prurient interest" means a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion.

History: 1984, Act 343, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985