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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.666 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.666
Metal seals; paper seals; blank forms for returns.
Status: in_force

Sec. 666.

At each federal, state, district, or county primary or election, the secretary of state shall furnish to each county clerk at state expense the following items:

Before each primary, general, or special election at which state, district, or county officers are to be nominated or elected, a supply of self-sealing metal seals adapted and suitable for sealing the ballot boxes used at the election. The metal seals shall have the words "State of Michigan" and serial numbers stamped on them. The secretary of state shall provide a sufficient number of metal seals for each voting precinct within the county at least 30 days before an election.

A substantial supply of red gummed paper seals for use of the precinct boards of election inspectors in sealing the package of ballots and the envelopes containing the tally sheets or poll books and the statement of returns. Each seal shall have inscribed on it the words "Election Seal--State of Michigan" and the date of the primary or election at which it is to be used. A space shall also be provided on the seal in which 2 members of the board of election inspectors shall write their initials after the seal has been applied.

Suitable blank forms for use by the county boards of canvassers in making returns of the canvass required by this act. Each county board of canvassers shall use the forms furnished by the secretary of state in making returns of the canvass.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 2004, Act 96, Imd. Eff. May 7, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1552 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-260-of-1988 / Section 691.1552
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Administrative expenses" means expenses incurred by the state court administrator in implementing this act.

"Available grant funds" means that portion of the community dispute resolution fund available for awards to grant recipients, after administrative expenses have been met.

"Center" means a community-based dispute resolution center.

"Fund" means the community dispute resolution fund.

"Grant recipient" means a nonprofit or governmental organization that receives funds to operate a center pursuant to this act.

"Mediator" means an impartial, neutral person who assists parties in voluntarily reaching their own settlement of issues in a dispute and who has no authoritative decision-making power.

"Program" means the community dispute resolution program created by this act.

History: 1988, Act 260, Eff. Nov. 13, 1988; Am. 1993, Act 286, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.227 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.227
Application for renewal of vehicle registration; fee; presentation of certificate of title; waiver; proof of vehicle insurance; transmission of vehicle policy information; disclosure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 227.

(1) Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by the owner upon proper application and by payment of the registration fee for the vehicle, as provided by law.

(2) Every application shall be accompanied by the certificate of title pertaining to the vehicle, showing ownership in the person applying for registration at the time of the application. The secretary of state may waive the presentation of the certificate of title.

(3) Every application for renewal of a motor vehicle registration shall be accompanied by proof of vehicle insurance in a form determined by the secretary of state.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle insurance a transmission of the applicant's vehicle policy information for an insured vehicle for which vehicle registration is sought. The secretary of state may determine in what format and on what timeline the secretary of state will receive vehicle policy information, which shall not be required more frequently than every 14 days. In determining the format under this subsection, the secretary of state shall consult with insurers. The transmission to the secretary of state of the vehicle policy information is proof of insurance to the secretary of state for motor vehicle registration purposes only and is not evidence that a policy of insurance actually exists between an insurer and an individual. Vehicle policy information submitted by an insurer and received by the secretary of state under this subsection is confidential, is not subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall not be disclosed to any person except the department of community health for purposes of 2006 PA 593, MCL 550.281 to 550.289, or under an order by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with a claim or fraud investigation or prosecution.

(6) As used in this section, "policy information" means the information an automobile insurer is required to supply to the secretary of state under section 3101a of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101a.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1964, Act 248, Eff. Jan. 1, 1965; Am. 1968, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 1, 1968; Am. 1980, Act 459, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1982; Am. 1995, Act 287, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1996; Am. 2011, Act 92, Eff. Dec. 30, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1413 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1413
Participation in beer festival; direct sale by licensed brewpub to holder of special license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 413.

Notwithstanding any provision of this act or rule promulgated under this act, a licensed brewpub may directly sell to a holder of a special license issued under section 526, for the purpose of conducting a beer festival, a quantity of beer determined appropriate by the commission for the purpose of participating in a beer festival.

History: Add. 2008, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.891a — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-244-of-1989 / Section 141.891a
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

(1) The legislature finds all of the following:

(a) Tourism is a major source of employment, income, and tax revenues in this state, and the expansion of the tourism industry is vital to the growth of this state's economy.

(b) The tourism industry is important to this state, not only because of the number of people it serves and the vast human, financial, and physical resources it employs, but because of the benefits tourism and related activities confer on individuals and on society as a whole.

(c) State oversight and resources are needed to implement a coordinated and effective marketing program consistent with the master plan developed by this state to promote travel to, and within, this state under the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2.101 to 2.103a, and to optimize the considerable investment of time, energy, capital, and resources being made by the tourism industry.

(d) This state can best undertake effective tourism marketing through the coordinated efforts of existing state government agencies in tourism promotion and private convention and tourism promotional bureaus who are better able than state agencies to market and promote their unique assessment districts, which will maximize the economic and employment benefits of the tourism industry to this state and its citizens.

(e) The coordinated efforts within this act to market and promote tourism represent a broader regulator scheme that does not impinge on an individual's First Amendment rights.

(2) Nothing in this act shall be construed to do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Restrain an owner or participant from communicating its own message or marketing plan.

(b) Require any owner or participant to adopt any actual or symbolic speech.

(c) Endorse or finance any political speech or ideological view.

History: Add. 2018, Act 466, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71108 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71108
Annual review and recommendations; distribution and use of account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71108.

(1) The state treasurer shall annually review and make recommendations to the legislature on the distributions of the recreation improvement account, including recreational projects and geographic locations.

(2) Money in the recreation improvement account shall be distributed as follows:

(a) Eighty percent of the money shall be annually transferred to the waterways account.

(b) Fourteen percent of the money shall be annually transferred to the snowmobile account.

(c) The remainder of the money that is not transferred under subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be used, upon appropriation, for recreation projects and for the administration of the recreation improvement account. Of the money credited to recreational projects in a fiscal year, not less than 25% shall be expended on projects to repair damages as a result of pollution, impairment, or destruction of air, water, or other natural resources, or the public trust in air, water, or other natural resources, as a result of the use of off-road vehicles.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7503 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7503
Documents of title to goods; defeat in certain cases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7503.

(1) A document of title confers no right in goods against a person that before issuance of the document had a legal interest or a perfected security interest in the goods and that did not do any of the following:

(a) Deliver or entrust the goods or any document of title covering the goods to the bailor or his or her nominee with any of the following:

( i ) Actual or apparent authority to ship, store, or sell.

( ii ) Power to obtain delivery under section 7403.

( iii ) Power of disposition under section 2403, 2A304(2), 2A305(2), 9320, or 9321(3) or other statute or rule of law.

(b) Acquiesce in the procurement by the bailor or its nominee of any document.

(2) Title to goods based upon an unaccepted delivery order is subject to the rights of any person to which a negotiable warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering the goods has been duly negotiated. Such a title may be defeated under section 7504 to the same extent as the rights of the issuer or a transferee from the issuer.

(3) Title to goods based upon a bill of lading issued to a freight forwarder is subject to the rights of any person to which a bill issued by the freight forwarder is duly negotiated. However, delivery by the carrier in accordance with part 4 of this article pursuant to its own bill of lading discharges the carrier's obligation to deliver.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5455 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5455
Definitions; C.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5455.

"Clearance levels" means the values that indicate the maximum amount of lead permitted in dust on a surface following completion of an abatement as listed in rules promulgated by the department.

"Clearance professional" means 1 or more of the following individuals when performing clearance testing:

A certified inspector.

A certified risk assessor.

A certified clearance technician.

"Common area" means a portion of a building that is generally accessible to all occupants of the building. Common area includes, but is not limited to, a hallway, a stairway, a laundry and recreational room, a playground, a community center, a garage, and a boundary fence.

"Component" or "building component" means a specific design or structural element or fixture of a building, residential dwelling, or child occupied facility that is distinguished by its form, function, and location. Component or building component, includes but is not limited to, a specific interior or exterior design or structural element or fixture.

"Containment" means a process to protect workers and the environment by controlling exposure to a dust lead hazard and debris created during an abatement.

"Course agenda" means an outline of the key topics to be covered during an accredited training program, including the time allotted to teach each topic.

"Course test" means an evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the accredited training program by testing a trainee's knowledge and retention of the topics covered during the accredited training program.

"Course test blueprint" means written documentation identifying the proportion of course test questions devoted to each major topic in the accredited training program curriculum.

History: Add. 1998, Act 220, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 644, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1132 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1132
Filed documents; language, form, execution, and contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 132.

A document filed with the administrator shall be in the English language, except that the corporate name need not be in the English language if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.

A document required or permitted to be filed under this act that is also required by this act to be executed on behalf of the domestic or foreign corporation shall be signed by an authorized officer or agent of the domestic or foreign corporation. If the board has not yet met, the document shall be signed by the incorporator or the majority of incorporators if there are more than 1. If the domestic or foreign corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court appointed officer, the document shall be signed by the fiduciary or the majority of the fiduciaries, if there are more than 1. The name of a person signing the document and the capacity in which he or she signs shall be stated beneath or opposite his or her signature. The document may, but need not, contain any of the following:

The corporate seal.

An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation.

An acknowledgment or proof.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1982, Act 407, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.119 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-258-of-2011 / Section 124.119
Conflicting provisions or local ordinances; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, if any provision of this act conflicts with any local charter provision or any local ordinance, the provisions of this act shall control. The authority to enter into a contract pursuant to this act shall not be affected by any condition or limitation that may be imposed by any local charter provision or local ordinance. However, this act shall not affect any rights of any party under 1947 PA 336, MCL 423.201 to 423.217, except as specifically provided in section 12. In addition, this act does not modify the provisions of 1969 PA 312, MCL 423.231 to 423.247.

History: 2011, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.539 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-125-of-2003 / Section 791.539
Local corrections officers advisory board; creation; qualifications and appointment of members; terms; vacancy; reappointment; compensation; development and recommendation of standards and requirements; training facilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The local corrections officers advisory board is created within the council. The board shall consist of 9 members appointed by the council, as follows:

Three members of the board shall be members of the deputy sheriff's association of Michigan.

Three members of the board shall be members of the Michigan sheriffs' association.

One member of the board shall be a member of the police officers association of Michigan.

One member of the board shall be a member of the fraternal order of police.

One member of the board shall be a member of the Michigan association of counties.

All members of the board shall hold office for terms of 3 years each, except that of the members first appointed 3 shall serve for terms of 1 year each, 3 shall serve for terms of 2 years each, and 3 shall serve for terms of 3 years each. Successors shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment.

A person appointed as a member to fill a vacancy created other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whom the person is to succeed.

Any member may be reappointed for additional terms.

The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to their actual expenses in attending meetings and in the performance of their duties.

Not later than April 1, 2004 and as often as necessary after that, the board shall develop and recommend minimum standards and requirements for local corrections officers and shall submit those standards and requirements to the council for the council's approval under section 8.

The board shall recommend to the council all facilities that the board approves for providing training to local corrections officers under this act.

History: 2003, Act 125, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.539 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.539
Divulging contents of messages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 539.

Divulging contents of messages-Any person connected with a telegraph, telephone or messenger company, incorporated or unincorporated, operating a line of telegraph or telephone, or engaged in the business of receiving and delivering messages in this state, in any capacity, who wilfully divulges the contents or the nature of the contents of a communication entrusted to him for transmission or delivery, or who wilfully refuses or neglects to transmit or deliver the same, or who wilfully delays the transmission or delivery of the same, or who wilfully forges the name of the receiver to any receipt for any such message or communication or article of value entrusted to him by such company, with a view to injure, deceive or defraud the sender or intended receiver thereof, or any such telephone, telegraph or messenger company or to benefit himself or any other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.539
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3308 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3308
Informal appointment proceedings; proof and required findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3308.

In informal appointment proceedings, the register shall determine whether all of the following are true:

The application for the personal representative's informal appointment is complete.

The applicant has made oath or affirmation that the statements contained in the application are true to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief.

The applicant appears from the application to be an interested person.

On the basis of the statements in the application, venue is proper.

A will to which the requested appointment relates has been formally or informally probated. This subdivision does not apply to the appointment of a special personal representative.

From the statements in the application, the person whose appointment is sought has priority to the appointment or the requirements of section 3310 have been satisfied.

Unless section 3612 controls, the register shall deny the application if it indicates any of the following:

That a personal representative who has not filed a written statement of resignation as provided in section 3610 has been appointed in this or another county of this state.

That, unless the applicant is the domiciliary personal representative or his or her nominee, the decedent was not domiciled in this state and that a personal representative whose appointment has not been terminated has been appointed by a court in the state of domicile.

That the other requirements of this section are not met.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.27 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.27
Supplies; blank applications, office, location, hours.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

County clerks, or the board of auditors in counties having such boards, shall be authorized, and it shall be their duty to procure, at the expense of their respective counties, the necessary books, blanks and stationery for the use of said commissioners; and each commissioner shall furnish upon request blank applications or petitions to any person who may desire to file the same under this act. The office of the commissioner shall be furnished at the expense of the county by the board of supervisors, or by the board of auditors in counties having such boards, and shall be maintained at the county seat, in which said office said commissioner shall be and remain at least 1 day per week, such day to be painted on the door of the commissioner's office and printed or stamped on his stationery.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.942 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.942
Prosecution; time limitations; immunity of witnesses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 942.

An offense under this act shall not be prosecuted unless the prosecution is commenced within 3 years after the time the offense is discovered. The complaining witness or any other person who is called to testify in behalf of the people in a proceeding under this section shall not be liable to criminal prosecution under this act for an offense in respect to which he or she is examined or to which his or her testimony relates, except to prosecution for perjury committed in the testimony.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2012, Act 271, Eff. Aug. 15, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.119 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.119
Preliminary plat; submission to county plat board and public utilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 119.

The proprietor shall submit 2 copies of the preliminary plat to the county plat board and to the public utilities serving the area for informational purposes.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968