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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3036 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3036
Liability policy in lieu of bond on appeal; recognizance for costs; deposit of policy or bond; admission of liability; agreement to pay judgment; judgment in excess of coverage; stay of execution upon filing bond for difference.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3036.

When an appeal is taken from a judgment in a case where it appears to the court that all or a part of the particular liability of the appellant is insured against by a surety company or insurance carrier authorized to do business in this state, and the court is satisfied of the coverage of the policy or suretyship, the court shall not require the appellant to provide an appeal bond or bond to stay execution pending an appeal up to the amount of the coverage of the policy or suretyship. The insurance carrier or surety company may be required by the court and is given authority to execute its written recognizance to the opposite party or parties for the payment of the taxable costs of the appeal. The surety company or insurance carrier shall deposit with the court a copy of the insurance policy or bond and shall admit its liability thereunder, and agree to pay a judgment against its insured, if any, as shall be affirmed by the appellate court, but not exceeding the amount of the liability under the policy or bond; and the court having jurisdiction thereof, on its own motion, may enter judgment against the surety company or carrier without further proceedings. If the amount of judgment exceeds the amount of coverage of the policy or suretyship, the court shall grant a stay of execution upon the filing of a bond by the appellant for the difference.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1975, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Dec. 10, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 483.4 — MI Code / Chapter 483 / Act Act-16-of-1929 / Section 483.4
Common purchaser defined; purchase without discrimination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A person claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, by pipe line or pipe lines, for hire, compensation, or otherwise, in this state, as owner, lessee, licensee, or by virtue of any other right or claim, or engaging in the business of purchasing or storing crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances is a common purchaser thereof. The person shall purchase all the crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances in the vicinity of, or which may be reasonably reached by its pipe lines, or gathering branches, without discrimination in favor of any producer or other person as against another, and shall fully perform all the duties of a common purchaser. However, if the person is unable to perform the duties of a common purchaser or is legally excused from purchasing, transporting, or storing all of the crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances produced in the vicinity, then it shall purchase, transport, or store crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances from each producer or other person ratably, in proportion to the average daily production. A common purchaser shall not discriminate in price or amount for like grades of crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances or facilities as between producers or other persons. If a common purchaser is also a producer, it shall not discriminate in favor of its own production, or storage, or any production or storage in which it is interested directly or indirectly in whole or in part, and shall treat its own production and storage like that of any other producer or other person.

History: 1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929; CL 1929, 11655; CL 1948, 483.4; Am. 2014, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1515 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-230-of-1972 / Section 125.1515
Specific variance from code; requirements; breach of condition; permissible variance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

After a public hearing a board of appeals may grant a specific variance to a substantive requirement of the code if the literal application of the substantive requirement would result in an exceptional, practical difficulty to the applicant, and if both of the following requirements are satisfied:

The performance of the particular item or part of the building or structure with respect to which the variance is granted shall be adequate for its intended use and shall not substantially deviate from performance required by the code of that particular item or part for the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state.

The specific condition justifying the variance shall be neither so general nor recurrent in nature as to make an amendment of the code with respect to the condition reasonably practical or desirable.

A board of appeals may attach in writing any condition in connection with the granting of a variance that in its judgment is necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state. The breach of a condition shall automatically invalidate the variance and any permit, license and certificate granted on the basis of it. In no case shall more than minimum variance from the code be granted than is necessary to alleviate the exceptional, practical difficulty.

History: 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2705 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-350-of-1994 / Section 38.2705
Retirement system; compliance with court order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The retirement system shall comply with an order of the court described in section 4 or 4a. The retirement system shall not pay to a member or retirant whose retirement benefit is forfeited or frozen under this act any retirement benefits on or after the day the governing body of the retirement system receives the order of the court under section 4 or 4a.

(2) A retirement system shall comply with any subsequent orders of a court based on an appeal of an order previously submitted to the retirement system under this act.

(3) A retirement system that complies with a court order under this act is released and discharged from any liability pertaining to retirement benefits arising on account of the former member's or retirant's service to the employer on receipt of the order of the court under section 4.

History: 1994, Act 350, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 467, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1996; Am. 2017, Act 43, Eff. Sept. 5, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1279b — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1279b
Credit awarded to pupil not enrolled in course.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1279b.

The board of a school district shall grant high school credit in any course to a pupil enrolled in high school, but who is not enrolled in the course, who has exhibited a reasonable level of mastery of the subject matter of the course by attaining a grade of not less than C+ in a final exam in the course, or, if there is no final exam, by exhibiting that mastery through the basic assessment used in the course which may consist of a portfolio, performance, paper, project, or presentation. For the purpose of earning credit under this section, any high school pupil may take the final examination in any course. Credit earned under this section shall be based on a "pass" grade and shall not be included in a computation of grade point average for any purpose. Credit earned under this section may or may not be counted toward graduation, as the board of the school district may determine, but the board's determination shall apply equally to all such credit for all pupils and credit earned under this section shall be counted toward fulfillment of a requirement for a subject area course and shall be counted toward fulfillment of a requirement as to course sequence. Once credit is earned under this section, a pupil may not receive credit thereafter for a course lower in course sequence concerning the same subject area.

History: Add. 1993, Act 335, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.41 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.41
“Pole-trailer” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

"Pole-trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregular shaped loads such as poles, pipes or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.552b — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.552b
Trespass upon property of state correctional facility; violation as felony; penalty; “state correctional facility” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552b.

A person who willfully trespasses by entering or remaining upon the property of a state correctional facility without authority or permission to enter or remain is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.

As used in this section, "state correctional facility" means a facility or institution that houses a prisoner population under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections. State correctional facility does not include a community corrections center or a community residential home.

History: Add. 1996, Act 232, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2707 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2707
Certificate of merger; signing and filing; contents; determining effectiveness.
Status: in_force

Sec. 707.

(1) After a plan of merger is approved under this act, each constituent corporation shall sign and file a certificate of merger on behalf of that corporation. The certificate shall set forth all of the following:

(a) The statements required under section 701(2)(a), (b), and (d), and the manner and basis of converting the shares or memberships of each constituent corporation that is organized on a stock or membership basis as set forth in the plan of merger.

(b) A statement that the boards have adopted the plan of merger under section 701.

(c) A statement that the surviving corporation will furnish the plan of merger, on request and without cost, to any shareholder or member of any constituent corporation.

(d) If approval of the shareholders or members of 1 or more corporations that are parties to the merger was required, a statement that the plan was approved by the shareholders or members under section 703a.

(e) If section 706 applies to the merger, a statement that the merging corporation has not commenced business, has not issued any shares or memberships, and has not elected a board and that the plan of merger was approved by the unanimous consent of the incorporators.

(f) A statement of any assumed names of merging corporations that are transferred to the surviving corporation under section 217(3), specifying each transferred assumed name and the name of the corporation from which it is transferred. The certificate may include a statement of corporate names or assumed names of merging corporations that are to be treated as newly filed assumed names of the surviving corporation under section 217(4).

(2) Section 131 applies in determining when a certificate of merger under this section becomes effective.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6460 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6460
New insurers organized after December 31, 1993.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6460.

No new insurer shall be organized under this chapter after December 31, 1993.

History: Add. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.290 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-265-of-1988 / Section 397.290
Submission of proposal to issue bonds; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A board shall not submit a proposal to issue bonds under this act more than 1 time during a calendar year.

History: 1988, Act 265, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1988; Am. 1989, Act 25, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.6011 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.6011
Renewal of registration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1011.

A registered building official, plan reviewer, or inspector shall renew his or her registration by September 17 of every third year. Reregistration or renewal of an initial registration or provisional registration shall be based on a determination by the appropriate advisory board of all of the following:

(a) The applicant's familiarity with any changes to the codes that the applicant seeks to be registered to enforce.

(b) The applicant's familiarity with other pertinent laws.

(c) Evidence satisfactory to the appropriate board that the applicant has attended local in-service training and education programs on an ongoing basis.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.231 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-219-of-1994 / Section 408.231
Compliance with federal law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The commission shall comply with all requirements of federal law, including but not limited to requirements of coordination with other state agencies or with volunteer service programs.

History: 1994, Act 219, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.10f — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.10f
Performance of monthly incarceration match to determine eligibility for bridge card; issuance prohibited or terminated; performance of monthly match to determine if recipient is deceased.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10f.

(1) The department shall perform an incarceration match monthly to obtain information to assist in determining eligibility based on incarceration status.

(2) If the department determines that a recipient is incarcerated at the time the incarceration match is performed, the department shall not issue a bridge card to that incarcerated recipient. If a bridge card has already been issued to the incarcerated recipient, the department shall terminate that recipient's bridge card access.

(3) The department shall perform a monthly match using the United States social security death index database to determine if a recipient is deceased. If the department determines that a recipient is deceased at the time the United States social security death index match is performed, the department shall not issue a bridge card to that deceased recipient. If a bridge card has already been issued to the deceased recipient, the department shall terminate that recipient's bridge card access.

History: Add. 2013, Act 41, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.703 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-72-of-1857 / Section 390.703
Board of trustees; powers; course of study; conferring of degrees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The said trustees shall have power to make by-laws for their own government and for the government of the institution; to elect or appoint the faculty or board of instruction of said college; to prescribe the course of study; to attend the examinations of the classes; to regulate the government and instruction of students and manage the affairs of said corporation in such manner as they think best calculated to promote and carry out the objects contemplated in this act. They shall have power to confer the bachelor's degree upon such persons as shall have completed satisfactorily to the faculty and said trustees the course of study prescribed. They shall have power to confer the master's degree on such graduates of Albion college or of other institutions of similar grade as they shall judge worthy, and they shall have power, also, to confer such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by colleges and universities and shall have all other powers and privileges belonging to colleges according to the laws of this state: Provided always, That the course of study for graduation shall be equal to that which is required in the university of Michigan.

History: 1857, Act 72, Eff. May 19, 1857; CL 1915, 11076; CL 1929, 8130; CL 1948, 390.703
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1457 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1457
Notice of relationship between producer and controlled insurer; exception; applicability of section to policies written or renewed 60 days after effective date of chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1457.

The controlling producer, prior to the effective date of the policy, shall deliver written notice to the prospective insured disclosing the relationship between the producer and the controlled insurer, except that if the business is placed through a subproducer who is not a controlling producer, the controlling producer shall retain a record of a signed commitment from the subproducer that the subproducer is aware of the relationship between the insurer and the producer and that the subproducer has or will notify the insured.

This section applies to all policies written or renewed on or after 60 days after the effective date of this chapter.

History: Add. 1994, Act 227, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.506 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.506
Change of residence within township or city; transfer of registration by clerk.
Status: in_force

Sec. 506.

A registered elector may, upon change of residence within the township or city, update his or her registration address by sending to the clerk a signed request stating his or her present address, the date he or she moved to that address, and the address from which he or she was last registered, or by updating his or her address in person. The clerk shall strike through the last address, ward, and precinct number and record the new address, ward, and precinct number on the master registration card. Transfers must not be made after the thirtieth day next preceding a regular or special election or primary election, unless the thirtieth day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which event registration transfers must be accepted during the following day.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1967, Act 188, Eff. July 1, 1967; Am. 1973, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1973; Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.425n — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-372-of-1927 / Section 28.425n
Other license or permit; limitations by employer prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5n.

This state or a local unit of government of this state shall not prohibit an individual from doing either of the following as a condition for receiving or maintaining any other license or permit authorized by law:

Applying for or receiving a license to carry a concealed pistol under this act.

Carrying a concealed pistol in compliance with a license issued under this act.

Except as provided in subsection (3), an employer shall not prohibit an employee from doing either of the following:

Applying for or receiving a license to carry a concealed pistol under this act.

Carrying a concealed pistol in compliance with a license issued under this act. This subdivision does not prohibit an employer from prohibiting an employee from carrying a concealed pistol in the course of his or her employment with that employer.

A police agency may prohibit an employee of that police agency from carrying a concealed pistol if carrying a concealed pistol would result in increased insurance premiums or a loss or reduction of insurance coverage for that employer.

History: Add. 2000, Act 381, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.226 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-219-of-1994 / Section 408.226
Staff; executive director.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The commission shall have staff necessary for the commission to perform its functions. The commission staff shall include an executive director. The executive director shall report directly to the governor and the commission for the purpose of giving advice and making recommendations on programs and laws related to voluntarism and community service.

History: 1994, Act 219, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18050 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18050
Prohibiting podiatrist or physician's assistant from entering practice agreement; grounds; rules concerning prescribing of drugs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18050.

(1) In addition to its other powers and duties under this article, the board may prohibit a podiatrist or a physician's assistant from entering into a practice agreement for any of the grounds set forth in section 16221.

(2) For purposes of section 18051, the department, in consultation with the board, may promulgate rules concerning the prescribing of drugs by a physician's assistant. Subject to section 18051, the rules may define the drugs or classes of drugs that a physician's assistant may not prescribe and other procedures and protocols necessary to promote consistency with federal and state drug control and enforcement laws.

History: Add. 2006, Act 161, Eff. Nov. 26, 2006; Am. 2016, Act 379, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.9227 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.9227
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9227.

(1) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this part, including, but not limited to, rules governing all of the following:

(a) Age periods for immunizations.

(b) The minimum ages at which immunization may be commenced.

(c) The minimum number of doses required during a specified time period.

(d) Minimum levels of immunization for children in school.

(e) Reporting under section 9206(3).

(f) The acquisition, maintenance, and dissemination of information contained in the registry established under section 9207.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the expansion of the registry to include the reporting and recording of additional information such as lead screening performed on children.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1996, Act 540, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1997; Am. 2006, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.133b — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-94-of-1933 / Section 141.133b
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33b.

A petition under section 33, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: Add. 1998, Act 196, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.808 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-286-of-1964 / Section 247.808
Adoption of bylaws by commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The commission by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members may adopt bylaws pertaining to the following:

Any aspect of the commission's organization and internal management not otherwise prescribed by law.

The administration of oaths.

The posting of bond by the director or a subordinate in the amount the commission determines to be reasonable and proper, the premium to be paid from the state transportation fund.

History: 1964, Act 286, Eff. Jan. 4, 1965; Am. 1978, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978