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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1222 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1222
Adjuster's license required; exemptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1222.

(1) A person shall not adjust loss or damage under a policy of insurance or advertise, solicit business, or hold himself or herself out to the public as an adjuster unless he or she is licensed as an adjuster.

(2) The following are exempt from licensure under subsection (1):

(a) A person admitted to the practice of law in this state.

(b) A marine average adjuster.

(c) An employee or manager of an authorized insurer adjusting loss or damage under a policy issued by the insurer.

(d) A licensed insurance producer to whom claim authority has been granted by an insurer.

(e) An individual who collects claim information from, or furnishes claim information to, insureds or claimants, and who conducts data entry including entering data into an automated claims adjudication system, if the individual is under the supervision of 1 or more licensed independent adjusters or an individual who is exempt from licensure under subdivision (c). As used in this subdivision, "automated claims adjudication system" means a preprogrammed computer system designed for the collection, data entry, calculation, and final resolution of portable consumer electronic insurance claims.

History: Add. 1972, Act 133, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2012, Act 462, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.7105 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.7105
Processor of seafood; waiver for processor of smoked fish.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7105.

All processors of seafood shall comply with regulations of the U.S. food and drug administration in 21 CFR part 123. The requirement that a processor of smoked fish comply with the smoked fish rules is waived if the processor demonstrates compliance with the federal regulation described in this section.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000; Am. 2007, Act 114, Eff. Apr. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 27 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 27
Laws, effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

No act shall take effect until the expiration of 90 days from the end of the session at which it was passed, but the legislature may give immediate effect to acts by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to and serving in each house.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 27, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.1942 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-240-of-2013 / Section 4.1942
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Commission" means the Michigan state capitol commission established in section 5.

(b) "Fund" means the Michigan state capitol historic site fund created in section 7.

(c) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

History: 2013, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 14, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.257 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.257
Candidates for county road commissioner; write-in.
Status: in_force

Sec. 257.

If for any reason there is no candidate of a political party for county road commissioner, a blank space shall be provided on each of the official primary ballots that affords every elector of the political party an opportunity to vote for a candidate for that office by writing in the name of his or her selection.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.906 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.906
Bonded indebtedness of both annexing and annexed school districts; identity of annexed school district; territory as separate assessing unit; board of trustees; officers; certification and levy of taxes; commingling; uniform spread of taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 906.

If a school district which has bonded indebtedness is annexed to another school district which has bonded indebtedness, the identity of the annexed school district shall not be lost by virtue of the annexation. The territory of each district shall remain as a separate assessing unit for the purposes of bonded indebtedness until the indebtedness of each is refunded or retired. The board of the annexing school district is the board of trustees for the annexed school district having bonded indebtedness. The officers of the annexing school district are the officers for the annexed school district.

The board of the annexing school district shall certify and order the levy of taxes for the bonded indebtedness in the name of the annexed school district and shall not commingle the debt retirement funds of the annexed school district with those of the annexing school district and shall do all things relative to the bonded indebtedness required by law and by the terms under which the issuance and sale of the bonds were originally authorized.

Other taxes of whatever nature levied for the purposes of the combined school district shall be spread uniformly over the entire area of the combined school district.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.11 — MI Code / Chapter 31 / Act Act-202-of-1959 / Section 31.11
Emergency successor; privileges and immunities in office; compensation, expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

When called upon to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office, an emergency interim successor shall be accorded the same privileges, immunities and other perquisites accorded to the regular incumbent, but the emergency interim successor shall receive no compensation except his necessary and actual expenses in exercising the powers and discharging the duties of the office. Nothing in this section shall affect in any way the privileges, immunities, compensation, allowances and other perquisites of the regular incumbent.

History: 1959, Act 202, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1709 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1709
Providing appropriate instructional services to pupil requiring hospitalization or confinement at home.
Status: in_force

Sec. 109.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), in order to receive funds under this article, each district or intermediate district shall provide appropriate instructional services, as determined by the district or intermediate district, to an enrolled pupil who is certified by the pupil's attending physician as having a medical condition that requires the pupil to be hospitalized or confined to his or her home during regular school hours and that is expected to require the hospitalization or confinement for a period longer than 5 school days. The district or intermediate district may provide the services itself or may contract with an intermediate district, a hospital, a treatment center, or another district to provide the services. In choosing a provider for the instructional services, the district or intermediate district shall consider which of those potential providers is best able to deliver the appropriate instructional services. The district or intermediate district shall pay reasonable costs as agreed upon between the district or intermediate district and the provider for services provided to a pupil under this section.

(2) A district or intermediate district is required to provide instructional services under subsection (1) to a pupil placed in a hospital, treatment center, or other treatment facility without the district's or intermediate district's prior knowledge only if the district or intermediate district is notified of the pupil's placement by the hospital, treatment center, facility, or the pupil's parent or legal guardian. Upon being notified, the district or intermediate district shall make arrangements to provide instructional services under subsection (1) within 3 school days after being notified.

(3) Not later than October 15 of each odd-numbered year, the department shall prepare and distribute electronically to each district and intermediate district and make available on its website an explanation of the operation of this section and the respective duties of all affected parties. The department shall provide a copy of the explanation electronically to any other person upon request.

History: Add. 1991, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 1991; Am. 1993, Act 175, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Am. 1994, Act 283, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Am. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1412 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1412
Eastern Orthodox faith; recognition as major faith.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1412.

The Eastern Orthodox faith is hereby recognized as a major faith in this state.

In all forms and official papers of the government of this state and of local units of government within this state, which refer to the major faiths, the Eastern Orthodox faith shall be included as 1 of the major religious faiths in this state.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8341 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8341
Appeals on record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8341.

Appeals from the district court shall be on a written transcript of the record made in the district court or on a record settled and agreed to by the parties and approved by the court.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1266 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-541-of-1998 / Section 390.1266
Appropriation of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The legislature annually shall appropriate the funds necessary to implement this act.

History: 1998, Act 541, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26373 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-255-of-2006 / Section 333.26373
Posted information to be current; statement relating to remediation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The department of community health shall keep the information posted under section 2 current and shall include in that information a statement as to whether or not the remediation of each laboratory site has been completed according to standards established by the department of community health.

History: 2006, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2127 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2127
Effect of act on existing corporation, cause of action, liability, penalty, action, or special proceeding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 127.

Except as provided in section 261(3), this act does not affect the duration of a corporation which exists on the effective date of this act. An existing corporation and its shareholders, members, directors, and officers have the same rights and are subject to the same limitations, restrictions, liabilities, and penalties as a corporation formed under this act, and its shareholders, members, directors, and officers.

This act does not affect a cause of action, liability, penalty, or action or special proceeding, which on the effective date of this act is accrued, existing, incurred, or pending, but the same may be asserted, enforced, prosecuted, or defended as if this act had not been enacted.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.226 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.226
Outstanding checks, drafts, or similar instruments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 17a, any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument, except those subject to section 5, on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including a cashier's check and a certified check, which is outstanding for more than 3 years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed abandoned, unless the owner, within 3 years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the banking or financial organization.

(2) A holder may not deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is an enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument under which the holder may impose a charge, and the holder regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2010, Act 197, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2010; Am. 2024, Act 101, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.275 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-339-of-1919 / Section 287.275
County treasurer's record; inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The county treasurer shall keep a record of all dog licenses, and all kennel licenses, issued during the year in each city and township in his or her county. Such record shall contain the name and address of the person to whom each license is issued and the expiration date of each license. For an individual license, the record shall also state the breed, sex, age, color, and markings of the dog licensed; and for a kennel license, it shall state the place where the business is conducted. The record is a public record and shall be open to inspection during business hours. The county treasurer shall also keep an accurate record of all license fees collected by the county treasurer or paid over to him or her by any city or township treasurer.

History: 1919, Act 339, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 5259; CL 1948, 287.275; Am. 1998, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 566.552 — MI Code / Chapter 566 / Act Act-331-of-1937 / Section 566.552
Correspondence school contracts; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act the following terms shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them in this section except in such case as the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

"Correspondence school." Any school, preparatory school, business school, college, academy, university, other institution or any person that teaches or undertakes or proposes to teach students or renders any educational service or undertakes or proposes to prepare such students to study or furnishes or undertakes to furnish to any person a course of study, through the use of United States mail, express or other common carrier or by any means of communication other than resident instruction, and

"Course of study" shall include education, teaching or instruction in any subject of general, business or professional education.

"Owner." The person, partnership, association or corporation which owns or operates any correspondence school regardless of whether or not such school or the principal place of business thereof is located within or without the state of Michigan, or in case the same is owned by a natural person or partnership as to whether or not the owner or owners reside within the state of Michigan, or in case of an association or corporation, whether or not the same is organized or incorporated under the laws of the state of Michigan or some other state, and whether or not such corporation or association is authorized to do business in the state of Michigan.

"Person" shall include a natural person, partnership, association and corporation.

The singular of any word shall include the plural and the plural of any word shall include the singular. Each gender shall include each of the other 2 genders.

History: 1937, Act 331, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1937; CL 1948, 566.552
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.729 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-174-of-2013 / Section 460.729
Liability of officers, agents, or employees of notification system; liability of excavator or farmer engaged in farming operations or owner of farm.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) The notification system and its officers, agents, or employees are not liable for any damages, including damages for injuries or death to persons or damage to property, caused by its acts or omissions in carrying out the provisions of this act. The notification system is not responsible for assuring performance by a facility owner or facility operator of its obligation to participate in the notification system under section 4(4).

(2) An excavator or a farmer engaged in farming operations that complies with this act is not responsible for damages that occur to a facility that is improperly marked, not marked, or determined to be within the safe zone.

(3) An owner of a farm who complies with this act is not liable for any damages to a facility if the damage occurred in the course of farming operations, except in those lands within the public right-of-way, unless the owner intentionally damaged the underground facility or acted with wanton disregard or recklessness in damaging the facility. As used in this subsection, "owner" includes a family member, employee, or tenant of the owner.

History: 2013, Act 174, Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.812 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act Act-159-of-2004 / Section 555.812
Net receipts from sale of timber; allocations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 412.

Except as provided in subsection (4), to the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from the sale of timber and related products pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate the net receipts as follows:

To income to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land does not exceed the rate of growth of the timber during the accounting periods in which a beneficiary has a mandatory income interest.

To principal to the extent that the amount of timber removed from the land exceeds the rate of growth of the timber or the net receipts are from the sale of standing timber.

To or between income and principal if the net receipts are from the lease of timberland or from a contract to cut timber from land owned by a trust, by determining the amount of timber removed from the land under the lease or contract and applying the rules in subdivisions (a) and (b).

To principal to the extent that advance payments, bonuses, and other payments are not allocated pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c).

In determining net receipts to be allocated pursuant to subsection (1), a trustee may deduct and transfer to principal a reasonable amount for depletion.

This act applies whether or not a decedent or transferor was harvesting timber from the property before it became subject to the trust.

If a trust owns an interest in timberland on the effective date of this act, the trustee may allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in this act or in the manner used by the trustee before the effective date of this act. If the trust acquires an interest in timberland after the effective date of this act, the trustee shall allocate net receipts from the sale of timber and related products as provided in this act.

History: 2004, Act 159, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.501 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-293-of-1966 / Section 45.501
Charter county; body corporate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Every county adopting a charter under the provisions of this act shall be a body corporate.

History: 1966, Act 293, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.651 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-292-of-1989 / Section 124.651
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "metropolitan councils act".

History: 1989, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 1998, Act 373, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.641 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.641
Early intervening model program for grades K to 3.
Status: in_force

Sec. 641.

(1) An intermediate school district may develop and make available to districts and public school academies an early intervening model program for grades K to 3. The early intervening model program shall be designed to instruct classroom teachers and support staff on how to monitor individual pupil learning and how to provide specific support or learning strategies to pupils as early as possible in order to avoid inappropriate referrals to special education. The model program shall be based on a program with documented positive results and outcomes and shall include all of the following:

(a) Literacy and numeracy supports, sensory motor skill development, behavior supports, instructional consultation for teachers, and the development of a parent/school learning plan. Specific support or learning strategies may include support in or out of the general classroom in areas including reading, writing, math, visual memory, motor skill development, behavior, or language development. These would be provided based on an understanding of the individual child's learning needs.

(b) A schoolwide system of academic and behavioral support based on a support team available to the classroom teachers. The members of this team could include the principal, special education staff, reading teachers, school psychologists, speech and language services providers, school social workers, and other appropriate personnel who would be available to systemically study the needs of the individual child and work with the classroom teacher to match instruction to the needs of the individual child.

(2) An intermediate school district may use funds received under section 81 of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1681, for the purposes of subsection (1).

(3) If an intermediate school district develops an early intervening model program under this section, the intermediate school district shall notify its constituent districts and the public school academies located within the intermediate school district that the model program is available and that the intermediate school district has funds available for developing the model program.

History: Add. 2008, Act 582, Imd. Eff. Jan. 16, 2009