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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30714 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30714
Special assessment roll; public hearing; notice; approval; appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30714.

A special assessment roll shall describe the parcels of land to be assessed, the name of the owner of each parcel, if known, and the dollar amount of the assessment against each parcel.

The delegated authority shall set a time and place for a public hearing or hearings on the project cost and the special assessment roll. Notice of a hearing shall be by both of the following:

By publication of notice at least twice prior to the hearing in a newspaper that circulates in the special assessment district, the first publication to be at least 10 days before the hearing.

As provided in Act No. 162 of the Public Acts of 1962, being sections 211.741 to 211.746 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

At or after a public hearing, the delegated authority may approve or revise the cost of the project or the special assessment roll. Before construction of a project is begun, the county board shall approve the cost and the special assessment roll by resolution.

The special assessment roll with the assessments listed shall be final and conclusive unless appealed in a court within 15 days after county board approval.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80130o — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80130o
Notice of towing or removal of vessel; posting; requirements; use of term "vehicles."
Status: in_force

Sec. 80130o.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 80130p, an owner or lessor of private real property shall post a notice before authorizing the towing or removal of a vessel from the real property without the consent of the owner or other person who is legally entitled to possess the vessel. The notice shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be prominently displayed at each point of entry for vehicular access to the real property. If the real property lacks curbs or access barriers, not less than 1 notice shall be posted for each 100 feet of road frontage.

(b) Subject to subsection (2), clearly indicate in letters not less than 2 inches high on a contrasting background that unauthorized vessels will be towed away at the owner's expense.

(c) Provide the name and telephone number of the towing service responsible for towing or removing vessels from that property.

(d) Be permanently installed with the bottom of the notice located not less than 4 feet from the ground and continuously maintained on the property for not less than 24 hours before a vessel is towed or removed.

(2) Instead of "vessels", the sign required under subsection (1) may use the term "vehicles", which shall be construed to give notice that vehicles as defined in section 79 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.79, as well as vessels, may be towed.

History: Add. 2014, Act 549, Eff. Apr. 16, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 485.10 — MI Code / Chapter 485 / Act Act-233-of-1875 / Section 485.10
Condemnation; procedure; use of property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Whenever said company shall desire to enter upon, use, or occupy any lands, or condemn any franchises or right to the use of running water, when no agreement can be made with the owners thereof, the like proceedings shall be had and taken as is provided in "An act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies," and the acts amendatory thereto; and after the payment or tender of such damages as shall be then ascertained, may enter upon and take the lands so appraised, for the purposes of constructing said canal, harbors, or making the improvement in such river, its fixtures and appurtenances.

History: 1875, Act 233, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1875; How. 3829; CL 1897, 6705; CL 1915, 8806; CL 1929, 11741; CL 1948, 485.10
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.462h — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.462h
Relevancy of resistance or lack of resistance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 462h.

In a prosecution under this chapter, the victim's resistance or lack of resistance to the actor is not relevant.

History: Add. 2006, Act 162, Eff. Aug. 24, 2006; Am. 2014, Act 329, Eff. Jan. 14, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3422 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3422
Legal actions; provision required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3422.

An insurer shall include in a disability insurance policy, other than a health insurance policy, a provision as follows:

LEGAL ACTIONS: An insured must not bring an action at law or in equity to recover on this policy before the expiration of 60 days after written proof of loss has been furnished in accordance with the requirements of this policy. An insured must not bring an action at law or in equity after the expiration of 3 years after the time written proof of loss is required to be furnished.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.292 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-42-of-1853 / Section 322.292
Normal school lands; new certificates, affidavit of township supervisor, other evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The persons desirous of procuring such new certificate, shall in every case furnish the said commissioner, as the basis of his action, with the certificate of the supervisor of the township in which the lands are situated, verified by his oath, that he is acquainted with the true condition, quality, quantity and location of said lands, and the proposed division of the same, and that in his opinion, such division could be made without injury to the normal school fund; and the said commissioner may require any other evidence which he may deem necessary in the premises.

History: 1853, Act 42, Eff. May 16, 1853; CL 1857, 2528; CL 1871, 3902; How. 5337; CL 1897, 1360; CL 1915, 535; CL 1929, 5931; CL 1948, 322.292
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712A.25 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712A.25
Payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

Except as otherwise provided by law, expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter shall be paid upon the court's order by the county treasurer from the county's general fund.

A county that is a county juvenile agency shall pay expenses for county juvenile agency services incurred in carrying out this chapter from the block grant distributed under section 117a of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.117a, and other funds made available for that purpose and is not obligated under subsection (1) to pay for juvenile justice services other than county juvenile agency services as required by section 117a of the social welfare act. As used in this subsection, "county juvenile agency services" and "juvenile justice service" mean those terms as defined in section 117a of the social welfare act.

History: Add. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 54, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1944; CL 1948, 712A.25; Am. 1951, Act 98, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1955, Act 112, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955; Am. 1976, Act 383, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1976; Am. 1998, Act 478, Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.563 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-319-of-1929 / Section 125.563
Oil storage tanks; fill pipe; vent pipe.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The fill pipe for such tank or tanks shall be galvanized iron or steel not less than 1 1/2 inches in diameter, extending to the outside of any building, and shall be properly capped at all times. All storage tanks for fuel oil shall be provided with a vent pipe not less than 3/4 inch in diameter with a return bend on the open or exposed end, and the outside opening of such vent pipe, or manhole in outside tanks, shall be covered by a non-corrodible wire screen of 30 by 30 mesh: Provided, however, That vent pipe of such storage tank inside of any building shall terminate on the outside of the building, not less than 10 feet above the source of supply, and that vent pipes from underground storage tanks outside of any building shall not be less than 1 1/4 inches inside diameter and shall terminate not less than 2 feet above grade line. The vent pipe from 2 or more tanks may be connected to 1 upright provided they be connected at a point at least 12 inches above the source of supply.

History: 1929, Act 319, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2620; CL 1948, 125.563
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.123 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-639-of-1978 / Section 120.123
Plan for future development, construction, and improvement of port and facilities; notice; comments; hearing; adoption; modification, amendment, or extension; plans for specific projects.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

An authority created on or after May 1, 1984 shall within 2 years after its creation prepare or cause to be prepared a plan for the future development, construction, and improvement of the port and its facilities, including the maps, profiles, and other data and descriptions necessary to set forth the location and character of the work to be undertaken by the authority. An authority in existence before May 1, 1984 shall prepare or cause to be prepared the plan provided for in this subsection not later than September 30, 1985. The authority shall notify the legislature on April 15, 1985, as to the progress of the plan. The authority shall cause notice by publication to be given upon the completion of the plan in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the area under the jurisdiction of the authority. The notice shall fix the time and place for hearing on the plan, which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after publication of the notice. Any interested person may file written comments to the plan, if those comments are filed with the secretary-treasurer of the authority not less than 5 days before the date fixed for the hearing. After the hearing, the authority may adopt the plan, with any modifications or amendments, as the official plan of the authority. The authority, after adoption of the plan, may modify, amend, or extend the plan after notice and hearing in the manner prescribed in this subsection.

The plan and any modification, amendment, or extension, when adopted by the authority after notice and hearing, shall be conclusive except that plans for specific projects, to be undertaken in execution of the official plan, shall not be adopted by the authority without prior individual approval by the governing bodies of its constituent units, the state transportation department, and the department of commerce.

History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979; Am. 1984, Act 256, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.840 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-448-of-1976 / Section 460.840
Determining future power requirements; considerations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40.

Before undertaking a project for the construction or acquisition of facilities for the transmission or generation of electric power and energy, a joint agency shall, based upon engineering studies and reports meeting the standards required under section 38(d), determine that the project is required to provide for the projected needs for power and energy of its members from the date the project is estimated to be placed in normal and continuous operation and for a reasonable period of time thereafter. In determining the future power requirements of members of a joint agency, the joint agency shall consider all of the following:

The economies and efficiencies to be achieved in constructing facilities for the generation and transmission of electric power and energy.

The needs of the joint agency for reserve and peaking capacity, and to meet obligations under pooling and reserve sharing agreements reasonably related to its needs for power and energy to which the joint agency is or may become a party.

The estimated useful life of the project.

The estimated time necessary for the planning, development, acquisition, or construction of the project and the length of time required in advance to obtain, acquire, or construct additional power supply for members of the joint agency.

The reliability and availability of existing alternative power supplies and the cost of those existing alternative power supplies.

History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2002, Act 533, Imd. Eff. July 25, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.791g — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.791g
Disruptive conduct prohibited; live music permit; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 791g.

(1) A person shall not engage in disruptive conduct that interferes with the operation or safe use of the street railway system, or negatively impacts the functions of officers, employees, or agents of the street railway, or of police officers.

(2) A street railway system may issue a permit for a person to play live music within a station. A person with a permit issued under this subsection may play live music as provided in the permit.

(3) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: Add. 2021, Act 43, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.631 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.631
Claim payments; filing reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 631.

If any insurer licensed to transact the business of workmen's compensation insurance within this state repeatedly or unreasonably fails to pay promptly claims for compensation for which it shall become liable or if it repeatedly fails to make reports to the director as provided in this act, the director may recommend to the commissioner of insurance that the license of the company be revoked, setting forth in detail the reasons for his recommendation. The commissioner shall thereupon furnish a copy of the report to the insurer and shall set a date for a hearing, at which both the insurer and the director shall be afforded an opportunity to present evidence. If after the hearing the commissioner is satisfied that the insurer has failed to live up to all of its obligations under this act, he shall promptly revoke its license otherwise he shall dismiss the complaint.

If any employer who is subject to this act as an approved self-insurer repeatedly or unreasonably fails to pay promptly claims for compensation for which it shall become liable or if it repeatedly fails to make reports to the director as provided in this act, the director may revoke the privilege granted to the employer to carry its own risk and require it to insure its liability. Such action shall not be taken by the director against any employer until the employer has been notified in writing of the charges made against it by the director and has been given an opportunity to be heard before the director in answer to the charges.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1132b — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-314-of-1965 / Section 38.1132b
Definitions; D to G.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12b.

(1) "Defined contribution plan" means a defined contribution plan as defined in section 414(i) in the internal revenue code, 26 USC 414.

(2) "Derivative" means either of the following:

(a) A contract or convertible security that changes in value in concert with a related or underlying security, future, or other instrument or index; or obtains much of its value from price movements in a related or underlying security, future, or other instrument or index; or both.

(b) A contract or security, such as an option, forward, swap, warrant, or a debt instrument with 1 or more options, forwards, swaps, or warrants embedded in it or attached to it, the value of which contract or security is determined in whole or in part by the price of 1 or more underlying instruments or markets.

(3) "Equity interests" means limited partnership interests and other interests in which the liability of the investor is limited to the amount of the investment, but does not mean general partnership interests or other interests involving general liability of the investor.

(4) "Global security" means any of the following:

(a) A fixed income security issued by a government, a governmental agency, or a public or private company that is traded outside of the United States and may be issued in a currency other than the United States dollar.

(b) An equity position in a company traded on an exchange outside of the United States or a security that may be issued in a currency other than the United States dollar or an unregistered American depository receipt.

(c) An equity or fixed income derivative that derives its value from an investment described in subdivision (a) or (b) or a global security or bond index traded on an exchange outside of the United States.

History: Add. 1996, Act 485, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 307, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2000; Am. 2012, Act 347, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.35b — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-87-of-1855 / Section 456.35b
Endowment care fund; exemption from care fund requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35b.

Earth interment cemeteries of 10 acres or less in size which are owned and operated exclusively by nonprofit entities existing prior to March 10, 1967 and in which burials have taken place prior to such date, shall be exempt from the care fund requirements of sections 35 and 35a, except that reports shall be made as required by such sections if the cemetery owners maintain care or memorial funds.

History: Add. 1968, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.651 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.651
Withholding of tax by employer; voluntary withholding by certain employers; employer as trustee; failure or refusal to deduct and withhold tax; liability; discharge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.

(1) An employer doing business or maintaining an establishment within the city shall withhold from each payment to the employer's employees on and after the effective date of this ordinance the tax on their compensation subject to the tax, after giving effect to exemptions, as follows:

(a) Residents.

( i ) At a rate equal to the rate set by ordinance to be levied against resident individuals under this ordinance, but not to exceed 3%, of all compensation paid to the employee who is a resident of the city, if the employee is not subject to withholding in any other city levying the tax.

( ii ) At a rate equal to the difference in the percentage rate of tax on resident individuals as set by ordinance to be levied under this ordinance less the percentage rate of tax levied by any other city in which the employee works, on all compensation earned by the resident in another city.

(b) Nonresidents. At a rate equal to the rate set by ordinance to be levied under this ordinance on nonresidents but not to exceed 50% of the percentage rate imposed on resident individuals of the compensation paid to the employee for work done or services performed in the city designated by the employee as the employee's predominant place of employment. The withholding rate shall be applied to the percentage of the employee's total compensation equal to the employee's estimated percentage of work to be done or services to be performed in the city for that employer, but no withholding shall be required if the estimated percentage of work is less than 25%.

(2) An employer withholding the tax is deemed to hold the tax as a trustee for the city.

(3) An employer who is required to withhold and who fails or refuses to deduct and withhold is liable for the payment of the amount required to be withheld. The liability shall be discharged upon payment of the tax by the employee but the employer is not relieved of penalties and interest provided in this ordinance for this failure or refusal.

(4) An employer that voluntarily registers to withhold taxes in accordance with section 6 of chapter 1 shall withhold from all employees who are residents of that city based on the form required to be filed by each employee under section 54 on their compensation subject to tax, after giving effect to exemptions as provided under subsection (1)(a). If an employer no longer wishes to voluntarily withhold taxes under section 6 of chapter 1, the employer shall file a written notice with the city, and with the administrator if the administrator is not the city, indicating that the employer will no longer voluntarily withhold taxes from employees who are residents of that city.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964; Am. 1981, Act 60, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 124, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982; Am. 2018, Act 456, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.736g — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.736g
Discontinued use of secrecy sleeve defaced, marred, or containing other mark.
Status: in_force

Sec. 736g.

If a ballot secrecy sleeve used at an election or a ballot marking instruction sheet contained in a clear plastic pocket on the front of a ballot secrecy sleeve used at an election is defaced, marred, or contains any mark on it other than the ballot marking instructions that are required under this act, the use of that ballot secrecy sleeve or that ballot marking instruction sheet contained in the clear plastic pocket on the front of the ballot secrecy sleeve shall be immediately discontinued and the ballot secrecy sleeve or ballot marking instruction sheet shall be discarded and not be further used at that election. In addition, if a clear plastic pocket on the front of a ballot secrecy sleeve used at an election is defaced, marred, or contains any mark on it, the use of that clear plastic pocket on the front of the ballot secrecy sleeve shall be immediately discontinued and the clear plastic pocket shall be discarded and not be further used at that election.

History: Add. 2012, Act 128, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1607 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1607
Dates on which insurance effective or terminated.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1607.

Creditor-placed insurance shall become effective on the latest of the following dates:

The date of the credit transaction.

The date prior coverage, including prior creditor-placed insurance coverage, lapsed.

One year before the date on which the related insurance charge is made to the debtor's account.

A later date provided for in the agreement between the creditor and insurer.

Creditor-placed insurance shall terminate on the earliest of the following dates:

The date other acceptable insurance becomes effective, subject to the debtor providing acceptable evidence of the other insurance to the creditor.

The date the collateralized personal property is repossessed, unless the property is returned to the debtor within 10 days of the repossession.

The date the collateralized personal property is determined by the insurer to be a total loss.

The date the debt is completely extinguished.

An earlier date specified in the individual policy or certificate of insurance.

An insurance charge shall not be made to a debtor for a term longer than the scheduled term of the creditor-placed insurance when it becomes effective, and an insurance charge shall not be made to the debtor for creditor-placed insurance before the effective date of the insurance.

If a charge is made to a debtor for creditor-placed insurance coverage that exceeds a term of 1 year, the debtor shall be notified at least annually that the insurance will be canceled and a refund or credit of unearned charges made if evidence of acceptable insurance secured by the debtor is provided.

History: Add. 2002, Act 655, Eff. Mar. 23, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1063 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-193-of-1996 / Section 333.1063
Immunity from civil or criminal liability; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A person or organization is not subject to civil or criminal liability for either of the following:

Attempting to resuscitate an individual who has executed a do-not-resuscitate order or on whose behalf an order has been executed, if the person or organization has no actual notice of the order.

Failing to resuscitate an individual who has revoked a do-not-resuscitate order or on whose behalf a do-not-resuscitate order has been revoked, if the person or organization does not receive actual notice of the revocation.

History: 1996, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 1, 1996