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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2436 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2436
Application for license as rating organization; issuance of license by commissioner; fee; duration; notification of changes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2436.

A corporation, an association, a partnership, or an individual, whether located within or outside this state, may make application to the commissioner for a license as a rating organization to make rates and insurance contract forms for the kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof, except for worker's compensation insurance, as are specified in its application and shall file with the application all of the following:

A copy of its constitution, its articles of agreement or association, or its certificate of incorporation, and of its bylaws and rules governing the conduct of its business.

A list of its members and subscribers.

The name and address of a resident of this state upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting the rating organization may be served.

A statement of its qualifications as a rating organization.

If the commissioner finds that the applicant is competent, trustworthy, and otherwise qualified to act as a rating organization and that its constitution, articles of agreement or association, or certificate of incorporation, and its bylaws and rules governing the conduct of its business conform to the requirements of law, he or she shall issue a license specifying the kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof for which the applicant is authorized to act as a rating organization. Every application shall be granted or denied in whole or in part by the commissioner within 60 days of the date of its filing with the commissioner.

The fee for the license shall be $25.00 which shall be in lieu of all other fees, licenses, or taxes imposed by the state or any political subdivision of the state.

Licenses issued pursuant to this section shall remain in force for 3 years from date of issuance unless suspended or revoked by the commissioner, after hearing upon notice, pursuant to section 2478, in the event the rating organization ceases to meet the requirements of this section.

Every rating organization shall notify the commissioner promptly of every change in any of the following:

Its constitution, its articles of agreement or association, or its certificate of incorporation, and its bylaws and rules governing the conduct of its business.

Its list of members and subscribers.

The name and address of the resident of this state designated by it upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting the rating organization may be served.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1970, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970; Am. 1982, Act 7, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.132 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.132
Candidates for representative in congress; nomination at primary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 132.

A general primary election of all political parties shall be held in every election precinct in this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in August preceding every general November election, at which time the qualified and registered electors of each political party within every congressional district shall vote for party candidates for the office of representative in congress to be filled at said election: Provided, That this section shall not apply to parties required to nominate candidates at caucuses or conventions.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.244a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.244a
Motorcycle dealer license plates; size.
Status: in_force

Sec. 244a.

Plates furnished to dealers in motorcycles shall be the same size as otherwise furnished for use on motorcycles.

History: Add. 1961, Act 34, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1651 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-173-of-1987 / Section 445.1651
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act".

History: 1987, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Nov. 18, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.118a — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.118a
Assessment of child care organization compliance with act and rules; assessment of foster family home or foster family group home; certification; on-site evaluation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

(1) The department shall periodically assess a child care organization's continued compliance with this act and the rules promulgated under this act. The department shall make an on-site evaluation of a child care organization at least once a year.

(2) The department may authorize a child placing agency or governmental unit to periodically assess a licensed foster family home or a licensed foster family group home under subsection (1) and to certify that the foster family home or the foster family group home continues to comply with this act and the rules promulgated under this act. A periodic assessment of a licensed foster family home or a licensed foster family group home under this subsection may include an on-site evaluation of the child care organization.

History: Add. 1980, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1980; Am. 2017, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.178 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.178
Ecclesiastical corporations; incorporation; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 178.

Ecclesiastical corporations. Any number of persons, not less than 3, may incorporate for the purpose of establishing any church organization for the purpose of teaching and spreading their religious beliefs and principles. Every such corporation shall be a non-profit corporation and subject to the provisions of this act relating to non-profit corporations generally except as specifically otherwise provided. The term "church" and/or "church organization" used in this act shall be construed to include any church, denominational unit, or church society as the term is commonly used and understood but shall not apply to such organizations as Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, Young People's Unions, Bible classes and similar societies organized by and affiliated with the parent churches. Whenever any number of churches or other corporations organized for religious purposes desire to unite in a central organization for the accomplishment of any common purpose they may incorporate such organization by severally adopting, at meetings specially called for the purpose, resolutions expressing their desire to become members of such corporation; and by filing duly attested copies of such resolutions together with a copy of the articles of such corporation, as provided for the filing of articles in section 5 of this act. The corporations formed under this section are hereinafter called ecclesiastical corporations.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 450.178
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1392c — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1392c
Appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 92c.

(1) There is appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, $5,000,000.00 to the office of retirement services in the department for administration of the changes under the amendatory act that added this section.

(2) The appropriation authorized in subsection (1) is a work project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the following fiscal year. The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:

(a) The purpose of the project is to administer changes under the amendatory act that added this section.

(b) The work project will be accomplished through a plan utilizing interagency agreements, employees, and contracts.

(c) The total estimated completion cost of the work project is $5,000,000.00.

(d) The estimated completion date for the work project is September 30, 2018.

History: Add. 2017, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 13, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.903d — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-331-of-1976 / Section 445.903d
Advertising or listing in telephone directory; misrepresenting name or location prohibited; violation; penalty; applicability to telephone service provider, publisher, or distributor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3d.

A person shall not advertise or cause to be listed in a telephone directory a business address or local telephone number that intentionally misrepresents where the business is actually located or operating or that falsely states that the business is located or operating in the same area covered by the telephone directory.

A person who violates this section is subject to a civil fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $10,000.00.

This section does not apply to a telephone service provider or to the publisher or distributor of a telephone directory, unless the conduct proscribed in this section is on behalf of that telephone service provider or that publisher or distributor.

This section does not apply to a telephone service provider that lists, in a telephone directory, a local telephone number that forwards calls to provide customer service.

History: Add. 1998, Act 230, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.5 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.5
Proceedings before trial; failure of witnesses to appear or answer questions; hearing, penalty; commutation or suspension of sentence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Any witness neglecting or refusing to appear in response to such summons or to answer any questions which such judge may require as material to such inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a contempt and after a public hearing in open court and conviction of such contempt, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 1 year or both at the discretion of the court: Provided, That if such witness after being so sentenced shall offer to appear before such judge to purge himself of such contempt, the judge shall cause such witness to be brought before him and, after examination of such witness, the judge may in his discretion commute or suspend the further execution of such sentence.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17219; CL 1948, 767.5; Am. 1949, Act 311, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1951, Act 276, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.11 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-282-of-1905 / Section 207.11
State board of assessors; annual meeting; time; place; proceedings; cash or taxable value correction; certification; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

On the third Monday in May in each year, the state board of assessors shall meet at its office in the city of Lansing and continue in session from day to day for as long as necessary, but not later than June 15, to review the assessment roll. Any interested company or person may appear during that period and be heard as to the true cash value or taxable value of the property of any company assessed. The state board of assessors may, on application or on its own motion, correct the true cash value or taxable value of the property assessed. To determine the true cash value or taxable value of the property assessed, the state board of assessors may subpoena witnesses as provided in section 3 and may hold any hearing it considers necessary. If the property of a company subject to taxation under this act has been omitted from the assessment roll, the state board of assessors shall place that property on the assessment roll and assess the property as required in sections 9 and 10. An assessment under this section shall not be made if there are less than 5 days before the completion of the review. After the state board of assessors completes the review of the assessment roll, it shall place opposite each description of property in the assessment roll, in a column provided for that purpose, the true cash value and taxable value of that property as determined by it. The taxable value determined by the state board of assessors is the final valuation on which the tax on that property shall be levied and spread. After the state board of assessors completes its review of the assessment roll, a majority of the state board of assessors shall certify that the assessment roll has been acted upon and reviewed in accordance with this act, shall state all of the alterations, changes, corrections, and additions made to the true cash value or taxable value of the property on the assessment roll, shall state all the alterations, changes, and corrections made in the true cash value or taxable value of the property of the state other than that included in this act on which ad valorem taxes are assessed for state, county, township, school, and municipal purposes for the current year, and shall also state all of the alterations, changes, and corrections made in computing the average rate as provided in this act.

History: 1905, Act 282, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 4223; Am. 1917, Act 339, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 3562; CL 1948, 207.11; Am. 1956, Act 203, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956; Am. 1995, Act 257, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 224.12 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 224.12
Condemnation; petition for appointment of commissioners; order for hearing; publication and service; proof.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Whenever said board shall by resolution declare it necessary to condemn private property for the laying out, widening, changing or straightening of any road or for any other purpose for which the board is authorized to acquire private property the board may present to the circuit court or probate court of the county a petition describing the proposed road and each parcel of land necessary therefor giving the name of each person interested in each parcel so far as known, and praying for the appointment of 3 commissioners to determine the necessity of such proposed road, the necessity of taking each such parcel therefor, and to appraise the damages to be paid as compensation for such taking of each parcel for road purposes. The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for any minor, insane or incompetent person interested in the proceedings. The guardian shall be a resident of the county. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall make an order fixing a day for the hearing on such petition, which shall be not less than 3 weeks thereafter. Such order shall recite the names of the persons mentioned in the petition, and state the purpose of the petition. Such order shall be published once in each week for 3 successive weeks in some newspaper published and circulated in the county to be designated by the court, and notice thereof shall be served on each person named in the petition interested in the land who resides within the county, and upon each such guardian, at least 10 days before the day of hearing. Such service may be made personally or by leaving at the place of residence of the person to be served. Such publication shall constitute service of said order upon all non-residents of the county and all persons absent from the jurisdiction or unknown, or who are evading service or who for any other reason cannot be found. Proof of publication and service may be made by affidavit of any person or persons having knowledge of the facts. Such proof shall be filed with the court on the day of hearing, and thereupon the court shall have jurisdiction of the subject matter involved in the proceedings and of the parties interested therein.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4358; Am. 1929, Act 275, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 3987; Am. 1931, Act 145, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 224.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50118 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50118
Approved reserve fund; establishment; purpose; payments into fund; resolution as to use of money; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50118.

The western Upper Peninsula forest improvement district shall establish 1 or more special debt service reserve funds to secure its bonds, referred to in this part as approved reserve funds. The district shall pay into an approved reserve fund the money appropriated and made available by the state for the purpose of the fund. The money held in an approved reserve fund and the income on that money shall be used as required by the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds and creating the fund for their repayment.

An approved reserve fund requirement in the resolution of the board authorizing the bonds with respect to which the fund is established shall not exceed the maximum amount of principal and interest maturing and becoming due in any succeeding calendar year on the bonds secured in whole or in part by the fund. The district shall not issue bonds secured in whole or in part by an approved reserve fund if, upon the issuance of the bonds, the amount in the fund would be less than the requirement for the fund, unless the district at the time of issuance of the bonds deposits in the fund from the proceeds of the bonds to be issued, or from other sources, an amount which, together with the amount then in the fund, is not less than the approved reserve fund requirement for the fund.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.270 — MI Code / Chapter 169 / Act Act-388-of-1976 / Section 169.270
Reporting contribution or expenditure controlled or directed by another person.
Status: in_force

Sec. 70.

A contribution or expenditure which is controlled by, or made at the direction of, another person, including a parent organization, subsidiary, division, committee, department, branch, or local unit of a person, shall be reported by the person making the expenditure or contribution, and shall be regarded as an expenditure or contribution attributable to both persons for purposes of expenditure or contribution limits.

History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.111 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-148-of-2015 / Section 28.111
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform forfeiture reporting act".

History: 2015, Act 148, Eff. Feb. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 209.107 — MI Code / Chapter 209 / Act Act-360-of-1927 / Section 209.107
Declaration of necessity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

This act is declared to be necessary for the protection of the public health, peace and safety.

History: 1927, Act 360, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 3716; CL 1948, 209.107
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.14705 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.14705
Collection program for firefighting foam concentrate; guidelines; subject to appropriations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14705.

The department shall establish a collection program for firefighting foam concentrate containing intentionally added PFAS and establish guidelines for the program. Under the program, the department shall accept the foam concentrate free of charge and properly dispose of the foam concentrate. The program is contingent on legislative appropriations to cover program costs.

History: Add. 2020, Act 132, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 720.218 — MI Code / Chapter 720 / Act Act-194-of-1947 / Section 720.218
State or county public administrator; escheated property turned over to state treasurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

If the state public administrator or a county public administrator has been appointed fiduciary of an estate under the provisions of this act and has completely administered the estate and if the residue of the estate has been assigned to the people of the state of Michigan as an escheated estate by the judge of probate having jurisdiction of the estate, the fiduciary shall deliver the assigned residue to the state treasurer pursuant to the uniform unclaimed property act, together with a true copy of petition for appointment of administrator and certified copies of final account, order allowing final account, and order assigning residue. In addition to the requirements under the uniform unclaimed property act, the state treasurer, upon receipt of the residue of the estate, shall furnish the fiduciary with official receipts for the residue, in duplicate, 1 to be filed with the probate court having jurisdiction of the estate, the other to be retained by the fiduciary. The fiduciary shall deliver to the state treasurer, together with the residue, any personal effects of the deceased, such as abstracts of title pertaining to real estate that has escheated to the state, unsurrendered insurance policies, receipts, documents, correspondence, or other material having probative value that has come into the possession of the fiduciary and would tend to prove or refute any future claim of ownership in or to the residue. The state treasurer shall hold the personal effects of the deceased pursuant to the uniform unclaimed property act and make them a part of the records of the estate.

History: 1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947; CL 1948, 720.218; Am. 1995, Act 47, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.103 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-88-of-1917 / Section 290.103
Variations; prosecutions; commodities sold by weight or count.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Reasonable variations shall be permitted and tolerance established by rules and regulations made by the director of the bureau of standards and approved by the secretary of commerce. Prosecutions for offenses under this act may be begun upon complaint of local sealers of weights and measures or other officer of the state appointed to enforce the laws of the said state, relating to weights and measures: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall apply to barrels used in packing or shipping commodities sold exclusively by weight or numerical count.

History: 1917, Act 88, Eff. Sept. 1, 1917; CL 1929, 5556; CL 1948, 290.103
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.436 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-327-of-1993 / Section 205.436
Conditional effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

This act shall not take effect unless Senate Joint Resolution S is submitted to the voters and the following bills are enacted into law:

House Bill No. 5109.

House Bill No. 5110.

House Bill No. 5116.

House Bill No. 5009.

House Bill No. 5010.

House Bill No. 5118.

House Bill No. 5097.

House Bill No. 5123.

House Bill No. 4279.

House Bill No. 5102.

House Bill No. 5103.

House Bill No. 5106.

House Bill No. 5111.

House Bill No. 5115.

House Bill No. 5112.

House Bill No. 5120.

House Bill No. 5129.

House Bill No. 5224.

History: 1993, Act 327, Eff. Mar. 15, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20932b — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20932b
Aircraft transport operation; patient request; right to land.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20932b.

If a patient at a hospital requests transportation from an aircraft transport operation that is a participating provider with the patient's health benefit plan, an aircraft transport vehicle that is operated by the aircraft transport operation shall have the right to land at the destination hospital for the purpose of transporting the patient, regardless of whether the aircraft transport operation is a contracted provider with the originating hospital or the destination hospital.

History: Add. 2018, Act 385, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.12105 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.12105
Employees; appointment by commissioner; compensation; duties; revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2105.

The commissioner may appoint employees to carry out specific functions under this act. The compensation, travel, and other expenses of the commissioner, deputy commissioners, and employees shall be paid in the manner provided by law for other state officers and employees, within the appropriations made by the legislature.

The commissioner may delegate to employees duties authorized to the commissioner under this act.

The commissioner may, at any time, revoke any delegation made under this section.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000