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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.145 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.145
Local lodges; officers, representatives.
Status: in_force

Sec. 145.

Same; officers and representatives. Every such local lodge or society shall have such officers, committees, trustees and agents as their articles may prescribe, who shall be elected or appointed and who shall have such duties, responsibilities and powers, as the articles or by-laws may prescribe.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 450.145
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1030 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1030
Safety and health inspector at site of tunnel, shaft, caisson, or cofferdam; qualifications; powers and duties; cost of wages and fringe benefits; advising of and publishing regular and overtime rates; tunnel construction activity exceeding 60 hours per week; employer's responsibility not diminished.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

The department of labor shall provide a full-time safety and health inspector at the site where a tunnel, shaft, caisson, or cofferdam is constructed or repaired under pressurized conditions. The inspector shall:

Have training and experience in, and knowledge of, pressurized tunnel construction.

Have training and experience in, and an understanding of, ventilation systems.

Have training and experience in, and knowledge of, the safety and health standards relating to pressurized tunnel construction.

Maintain a complete and detailed log of construction activity.

Test, monitor, and record the air quality in all work areas and unoccupied areas of the completed work.

Report immediately to the employer and affected employees the existence of an imminent danger or serious violation.

Conduct investigations and enforce this act and rules promulgated and orders issued under this act.

The contracting party for whom a tunnel is constructed or repaired under pressurized conditions shall pay the cost of the safety and health inspector's wages and fringe benefits. The cost shall be paid to the department of labor to the credit of the general fund of the state. The department of labor shall advise contracting parties upon request, and publish regularly the regular and overtime rates for the safety and health inspector required by this section.

If the tunnel construction activity exceeds 60 hours per week, the department shall provide a full-time safety and health inspector for each 60 hours of tunnel construction activity or portion thereof.

This section shall not diminish the employer's responsibility under this act.

History: Add. 1977, Act 293, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1977; Am. 1978, Act 115, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1901 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.1901
Foreign limited partnership; governing laws; effect of difference between laws on registration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 901.

Subject to the state constitution of 1963, (1) the laws of the state under which a foreign limited partnership is organized govern its organization and internal affairs and the liability of its limited partners, and (2) a foreign limited partnership may not be denied registration by reason of any difference between those laws and the laws of this state.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.329 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.329
Discharging firearm pointed or aimed at another person resulting in death; manslaughter; exception; "peace officer" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 329.

(1) A person who wounds, maims, or injures another person by discharging a firearm that is pointed or aimed intentionally but without malice at another person is guilty of manslaughter if the wounds, maiming, or injuries result in death.

(2) This section does not apply to a peace officer of this state or another state, or of a local unit of government of this state or another state, or of the United States, performing his or her duties as a peace officer. As used in this section, "peace officer" means that term as defined in section 215.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.329; Am. 2005, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2959 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2959
Persons authorized to act in relation to international will; eligibility; recognition by authorizing agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2959.

An individual who is admitted to practice law before the courts of this state and who is in good standing as an active law practitioner of this state is an authorized individual empowered to supervise the execution of an international will.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4210 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4210
Taking, transfer, and use of private property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 210.

A municipality may take private property under 1911 PA 149, MCL 213.21 to 213.25, for the purpose of transfer to the authority, and may transfer the property to the authority for use in an approved development, on terms and conditions it deems appropriate, and the taking, transfer, and use shall be considered necessary for public purposes and for the benefit of the public.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.283 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-17-of-1980 / Section 423.283
Judicial review; order not stayed by pendency of review proceeding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The circuit court for the county in which a dispute arose or in which a majority of the affected employees reside may review an order of an arbitration panel, but only for reasons that the arbitration panel was without or exceeded its jurisdiction; the order is not supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or the order was procured by fraud, collusion, or other similar and unlawful means. The pendency of a proceeding for review shall not stay automatically the order of the arbitration panel.

History: 1980, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2954 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2954
Maintaining civil action against individual engaging in prohibited conduct; “victim” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2954.

A victim may maintain a civil action against an individual who engages in conduct that is prohibited under section 411h or 411i of the Michigan penal code, Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being sections 750.411h and 750.411i of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for damages incurred by the victim as a result of that conduct. A victim may also seek and be awarded exemplary damages, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney fees in an action brought under this section.

A civil action may be maintained under subsection (1) whether or not the individual who is alleged to have engaged in conduct prohibited under section 411h or 411i of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931 has been charged or convicted under section 411h or 411i of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931 for the alleged violation.

As used in this section, "victim" means that term as defined in section 411h of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931.

History: Add. 1992, Act 262, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.181 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.181
Final plat; streets, alleys, roads and highways; general requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 181.

All streets, alleys, roads and highways shown, or required to be shown on a plat shall comply with the requirements of sections 181 to 185 as a condition of approval of the final plat.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.60 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.60
Indictment; allegations in embezzlement, larceny and false pretense cases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60.

In any prosecution for the offenses of embezzlement, larceny, larceny by conversion, or obtaining money or property by false pretenses under the statutes of this state, it shall be sufficient to allege generally in the information or indictment the embezzlement, larceny, larceny by conversion or obtaining by false pretenses of personal property to a certain amount without specifying the particulars of such embezzlement, larceny, larceny by conversion or obtaining by false pretenses, and on the trial evidence may be given of any such embezzlement, larceny, larceny by conversion or obtaining money or property by false pretenses within 6 months next after the time stated in the information or indictment, and it shall be sufficient to maintain the charge in the information or indictment and shall not be deemed at variance if it shall be proved that any personal property was fraudulently embezzled, stolen or obtained by false pretenses within the said period of 6 months.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17274; CL 1948, 767.60
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.545 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.545
River, creek, or watercourse; assessment of costs, hearing; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 545.

Before any work, other than preparation of the description and the approval, adoption and recording of the same, is done or rights in or ownership of property are acquired by the drainage board, pursuant to any petition filed under section 541, the augmented drainage board shall make a determination, following notice and a hearing as provided in this chapter, which may be the hearing provided for in section 542, as to the public corporations to be assessed for the cost of such work or acquisition. After the hearing and the determination to proceed with such work, the drainage board shall proceed in the same manner as is provided for other drain projects in this chapter and the drainage board shall have the rights and powers so provided.

History: Add. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2706 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2706
Procedures and standards for approval of casualty rates and forms to apply to legal expense insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2706.

Except as provided in subsection (2), the procedures and standards contained in chapter 22, sections 2406 to 2430, section 2478, and chapter 30 for the approval of casualty rates and forms shall apply to legal expense insurance.

Employee group policies shall be exempt from the rate filing requirements provided in subsection (1). An insurer which does not file rates for employee group policies shall retain such rates on file for a period of 5 years.

History: Add. 1982, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1693 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-371-of-2012 / Section 691.1693
Action by majority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

If there is more than 1 arbitrator, the powers of an arbitrator must be exercised by a majority of the arbitrators, but all of them shall conduct the hearing under section 15(3).

History: 2012, Act 371, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.43 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.43
Presidential electors; election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

At the general November election held in the year 1956 and at the general November election held every fourth year thereafter, electors of president and vice-president of the United States shall be elected in the manner herein provided: Provided, That if congress should hereafter fix a different day for such election, then the election for electors shall be held on such day as shall be named by congress as provided in section 1 of article 2 of the United States constitution.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.374 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-343-of-1984 / Section 752.374
Repeal of MCL 750.343a to 750.343d, 750.344, 750.345, 750.345a, and 750.346.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Sections 343a to 343d, 344, 345, 345a, and 346 of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being sections 750.343a to 750.343d, 750.344, 750.345, 750.345a, and 750.346 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, are repealed.

History: 1984, Act 343, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.584 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-186-of-1989 / Section 45.584
Solid waste system; acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, or extension; operation and maintenance; acquisitions outside corporate boundaries; consent; contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A county that establishes a department of solid waste management under this act may acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, or extend a solid waste system within 1 or more areas of the county, and may operate and maintain the system. A county and a public or private corporation may contract for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a solid waste system by the corporation on behalf of the county.

A county may acquire outside its corporate boundaries any part of a solid waste system that is determined by the board of commissioners to be necessary for the purpose of collecting, transporting, recycling, processing, storing, or disposing, by treatment, incineration, or otherwise, of the county's solid waste, but only if the acquisition is consistent with the solid waste management plan for the county in which the portion of the solid waste management system being acquired is located.

A county may acquire, for the purpose of providing solid waste disposal services, any part of a solid waste system in 1 or more public corporations outside its corporate boundaries. However, the acquisition shall be consistent with the solid waste management plan of the county in which the portion of the solid waste system being acquired is located. Before making an acquisition under this subsection, a county shall obtain the consent of each public corporation in the county where part of the system is to be located or that is to be served by part of the system through resolution of the governing body of the public corporation or through a contract with the public corporation.

History: 1989, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.811b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.811b
Motorcycle safety course conducted by private business enterprise; rules; fulfillment of waiver requirement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 811b.

A motorcycle safety course required in section 312b may be conducted by a private business enterprise.

The secretary of state shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to provide standards for the establishment and regulation of motorcycle safety courses conducted under this section.

An 8-hour motorcycle safety course that meets the standards established by the secretary of state may be offered to an applicant who has passed a motorcycle operator skill test which has been approved by the secretary of state. Successful completion of a motorcycle safety course under this subsection shall fulfill the waiver requirement of section 312b.

History: Add. 1987, Act 85, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1987; Am. 2003, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.973 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-208-of-1964 / Section 390.973
Competitive examinations; qualifying scores; scholastic achievement; certificates of recognition; renewal of scholarships; rules; exception for 2021-2022 academic year.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Subject to subsection (4), the department shall conduct a competitive examination among eligible applicants for state competitive scholarships at times and places as determined by the department. The department may designate a competitive examination to be administered among eligible applicants for state competitive scholarships. The department shall annually establish the examination scores necessary to qualify for the competitive scholarship according to the funding available to meet the award levels established under section 6.

(2) The department may also use scholastic achievement in determining award winners and shall issue appropriate certificates of recognition to individuals awarded scholarships. The department shall grant annual renewal of scholarships.

(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, including rules for the conduct of examinations for the award of scholarships, for the procedures for the awarding of annual renewal scholarships, and for the purpose of defining eligible postsecondary institutions under this act.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision of this act or rule to the contrary, scholastic achievement, including, but not limited to, grade point average, class rank, or other measure of academic success as determined by the department, may be used as an alternative to a competitive examination to determine eligibility for scholarships awarded under this act for the 2021-2022 academic year.

History: 1964, Act 208, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964; Am. 1966, Act 103, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1966; Am. 1979, Act 48, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1979; Am. 1980, Act 500, Eff. July 1, 1981; Am. 2021, Act 40, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2021; Am. 2024, Act 233, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1060 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1060
Filing new bond; circumstances; release of previous bond; reduced or disposed cash deposit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60.

The department may require a licensee to file a new bond with a satisfactory surety in the same form and amount under either of the following circumstances:

Liability upon the previous bond is discharged or reduced by the judgment rendered, payment made, or otherwise disposed of.

The department determines that a surety on the previous bond has become unsatisfactory.

If the department determines that the form and amount of the new bond is satisfactory, the department shall in writing release the surety on the previous bond from any liability accruing after the effective date of the new bond.

If a licensee has placed a cash deposit with the department and the cash deposit is reduced by a judgment rendered, payment made, or otherwise disposed of, the department may require the licensee to make a new deposit that is, at a minimum, equal to the amount of the reduction, or may require a new bond in an amount the department considers necessary.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2911 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2911
Abolition of common law right.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2911.

The common law right of disclaimer or renunciation is abolished. This part does not abridge the right of a person to waive, release, disclaim, or renounce property or an interest in property under another statute.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16626 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16626
Dental assistant as second pair of hands.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16626.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), and notwithstanding section 16601(1)(f) or the rules promulgated under section 16625(1), a dental hygienist or dental therapist may utilize a dental assistant to act as his or her second pair of hands.

(2) Notwithstanding section 16601(1)(e) or the rules promulgated under section 16625(1), a dental assistant may function as a second pair of hands for a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental therapist if all of the following are met:

(a) The dentist, dental hygienist, or dental therapist is actively performing services in the mouth of a patient at the time the dental assistant is assisting him or her.

(b) If the dental assistant is assisting a dental hygienist, a supervising dentist has assigned the dental assistant to act as the dental hygienist's second pair of hands.

(3) This section does not require new or additional third party reimbursement or mandated worker's compensation benefits for services rendered by an individual who is licensed as a dental assistant, dental hygienist, or dental therapist under this article.

(4) As used in this section, "second pair of hands" means that term as defined in R 338.11101 of the Michigan Administrative Code.

History: Add. 2012, Act 289, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 2012; Am. 2018, Act 463, Eff. Mar. 27, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.814 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.814
Return of property to victim; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 64.

The law enforcement agency having responsibility for investigating a reported serious misdemeanor shall promptly return to the victim property belonging to that victim which is taken in the course of the investigation, except as provided in subsections (2) to (4).

The agency shall not return property which is contraband.

The agency shall not return property if the ownership of the property is disputed until the dispute is resolved.

The agency shall retain as evidence any weapon used in the commission of the serious misdemeanor and any other evidence if the prosecuting attorney certifies that there is a need to retain that evidence in lieu of a photograph or other means of memorializing its possession by the agency.

History: Add. 1988, Act 21, Eff. June 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5503 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5503
Exhaustion of administrative remedies; dismissal; appointment of counsel; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5503.

A prisoner shall not file an action concerning prison conditions until the prisoner has exhausted all available administrative remedies.

The court shall on its own motion or on the motion of a party dismiss an action concerning prison conditions brought by a prisoner as to 1 or more defendants if the court is satisfied that the action is frivolous or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from the requested relief.

The court shall not appoint counsel paid for in whole or in part at taxpayer expense to a prisoner for the purpose of filing a civil action concerning prison conditions.

History: Add. 1999, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.915 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-316-of-2000 / Section 286.915
Registration as certifying agent; fee; demonstration of compliance; expiration; renewal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

A person who desires to act as a certifying agent shall register with the department on a form provided by the department and pay a nonrefundable registration fee annually established by the department.

Upon payment of the appropriate annual registration fee and demonstration of the applicant of compliance with section 17, the department shall issue a registration to the applicant for a term of 1 year.

Registration expires December 1 of each year and may be renewed by submission of a renewal application and payment of the appropriate annual registration fee. The registration fee shall be an amount as determined by the commission of agriculture.

History: 2000, Act 316, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.30 — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.30
Benefits inalienable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

Benefits inalienable. All rights to benefits shall be absolutely inalienable by any assignment, sale, garnishment, execution or otherwise, and, in case of bankruptcy, the benefits shall not pass to or through any trustees or other persons acting on behalf of creditors: Provided, That this section shall not prohibit the use of any remedy provided by law insofar as the collection of obligations incurred for necessaries furnished to the recipient of such benefits or his dependents during the time when such individual was unemployed is concerned.

History: 1936, Ex. Sess., Act 1, Imd. Eff. Dec. 24, 1936; CL 1948, 421.30