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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7020 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7020
Issuance of policies by MEWA; premium or premium deposit; contingent premium; restoration of cash reserves.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7020.

The policies issued by the MEWA shall provide for a premium or premium deposit payable in cash and, except as herein provided, for a contingent premium at least equal to 1 month's premium or premium deposit, which may be prefunded, and in no event shall a member be liable for a greater amount than the premium or premium deposit expressed in the policy.

The MEWA may issue its policy without a contingent premium when it has cash reserves as provided in section 7040.

If at any time the cash reserves are less than the requirement of section 7040, the MEWA shall immediately collect upon policies with a contingent premium a sufficient proportionate part thereof to restore the cash reserves, provided no member shall be liable for any part of the contingent premium in excess of the amount demanded within 1 year after the termination of the policy. The commissioner may by written order direct that proceedings to restore the reserves be deferred during the time fixed in the order.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986; Am. 1990, Act 126, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.29101 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-220-of-2020 / Section 333.29101
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 101.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "industrial hemp growers act".

History: 2020, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.791 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-112-of-1988 / Section 450.791
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "the business opportunity act for persons with disabilities".

History: 1988, Act 112, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989; Am. 1998, Act 73, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32613 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32613
Violation as misdemeanor; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32613.

A person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 per day for each day of violation:

Violates this part or a rule promulgated under this part.

Violates a permit issued under this part.

Makes a false statement, representation, or certification in an application for or with regard to a permit or in a notice or report required by a permit.

Renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained by a permit.

In addition to any other penalty provided in this section, a court shall order a person convicted under this section to return to the state any logs removed from bottomlands in violation of this part or the rules promulgated under this part, or to compensate the state for the full market value of the logs. If the person convicted under this section had been issued a permit under this part, the permit is void as of the date of conviction.

History: Add. 2000, Act 278, Imd. Eff. July 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.958 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-190-of-2000 / Section 287.958
Registration; duration; information; fees; renewal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) A registration issued by the department is issued for 3 years and shall contain the following information:

(a) The registration number, class, date of issuance, and expiration date.

(b) The cervidae species involved in the cervidae livestock facility.

(c) The complete name, business name, business address, and telephone number of the cervidae livestock facility registration holder.

(d) The complete address of the cervidae livestock facility location, including the county, township, and section, and shall also include the size of the facility.

(e) The complete name, address, and telephone number of the department of natural resources contact person regarding cervidae livestock operations.

(f) Any other information provided in the application.

(2) The department shall issue to a person meeting the requirements of this act a registration to operate a cervidae livestock facility. The department may provide limited registration classes. Beginning the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the department shall not issue an initial registration for a class I (hobby) but may renew the registration of any class I (hobby) that is in existence on the effective date of that amendatory act.

(3) The department shall charge a nonrefundable application fee of $250.00 for an initial application and the following initial inspection fees:

(a) For facilities containing 40 acres or less $ 250.00. (b) For facilities greater than 40 acres $ 500.00.

(a) For facilities containing 40 acres or less

$

250.00.

(b) For facilities greater than 40 acres

$

500.00.

(4) The fee for a second inspection of a cervidae livestock facility conducted under section 7(3) is $100.00.

(5) The department shall charge the following fees for initial and renewal applications for cervidae facilities:

(a) Class I (hobby) renewal $ 450.00. (b) Class II (exhibition) $ 450.00. (c) Class III (ranch) $ 750.00. (d) Full registration $ 750.00.

(a) Class I (hobby) renewal

$

450.00.

(b) Class II (exhibition)

$

450.00.

(c) Class III (ranch)

$

750.00.

(d) Full registration

$

750.00.

(6) Application for renewal of a registration shall be submitted not later than 60 days before expiration of the current registration. Each renewal registration shall be issued for a period of 3 years from the expiration date of the previous registration.

(7) Failure of the department to process a renewal application that was submitted in a timely and complete manner operates to extend the current registration until such time as the department completes the processing.

(8) Unless otherwise indicated in writing by the department at the time the department sends a registered facility its renewal application, there is a presumption that the department shall renew the registration upon timely submission of the completed renewal application and registration fee.

History: 2000, Act 190, Eff. June 1, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 561, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.118 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-639-of-1978 / Section 120.118
Additional bonds for acquisition of port facilities; authorization; resolution; issuance and execution of bonds; seal; negotiable instruments; maturities; payment; tax exemption; issuance of bonds or notes subject to revised municipal finance act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

In addition to the bonds authorized in section 14, bonds may be issued for the purpose of acquiring port facilities, as follows:

By the issuance of bonds in anticipation of payments to become due under contracts by which 1 or more constituent units agree to pay to an authority operating under this act certain sums toward the cost of the acquisition, improvement, enlargement, or extension of a project that may be made under this act. Contracts are not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

By money advanced by an authority operating under this act under agreements with a constituent unit or other municipality for the repayment of the money.

By money advanced, from time to time, before or during construction of a project, by a public corporation, for which an authority operating under this act shall reimburse the corporation with interest not to exceed 8% per annum or without interest as may be agreed, when funds are available for reimbursement. The obligation of an authority to make the reimbursement may be evidenced by a contract or note, which contract or note may be made payable out of the payments to be made by constituent units under contracts made pursuant to subdivision (b), or out of the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to this act by the county or out of any other available funds.

Bonds issued under this section shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the authority. The bonds shall be issued in the name of the authority and shall be executed by the chairperson and secretary-treasurer of the authority, who shall also cause their facsimile signatures to be affixed to the interest coupons to be attached to the bonds. The authority shall adopt a seal that shall be affixed to the bonds. Bonds issued under this section shall be negotiable instruments and shall mature not more than 40 years after the date of issuance. The bonds and coupons shall be made payable in lawful money of the United States and shall be exempt from all taxation whatsoever by this state or by any taxing authority within this state.

Bonds or notes issued under this section are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979; Am. 1983, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1983; Am. 2002, Act 412, Imd. Eff. June 3, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 478.1 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 478.1
Application for certificate of authority or renewal; fee; disposition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

An application filed with the commission for a certificate of authority under this act shall be accompanied by a fee of $100.00. An application filed with the commission for the renewal of a certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of $50.00 for the administration of this act, which shall be in addition to all other fees and shall be retained by the commission and deposited with the state treasurer, whether or not the certificate or the renewal of the certificate is granted.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 478.1; Am. 1953, Act 170, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982; Am. 2014, Act 493, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2854 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2854
Lease contract; sufficiency to show agreement; conduct; open terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A204.

A lease contract may be made in any manner sufficient to show agreement, including conduct by both parties which recognizes the existence of a lease contract.

An agreement sufficient to constitute a lease contract may be found although the moment of its making is undetermined.

Although 1 or more terms are left open, a lease contract does not fail for indefiniteness if the parties have intended to make a lease contract and there is a reasonably certain basis for giving an appropriate remedy.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20179 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20179
Artificial insemination services on anonymous basis; use of frozen sperm; testing sperm donor for presence of HIV or antibody to HIV; violation; liability; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20179.

A health facility or agency licensed under this article that provides artificial insemination services on an anonymous basis shall use only frozen sperm, and shall test each potential sperm donor for the presence in the donor of HIV or an antibody to HIV. The donated sperm shall be frozen, stored, and quarantined for not less than 6 months. Before frozen sperm is used for artificial insemination, and not less than 6 months after the date of the donation, the health facility or agency shall take a second blood sample from the donor and have that blood sample tested for HIV or an antibody to HIV. If at any time the test results are positive, the health facility or agency licensed under this article shall not use the sperm of the donor for artificial insemination purposes.

A health facility or agency licensed under this article that violates this section shall be liable in a civil action for damages for the loss or damage resulting from the violation.

As used in this section:

"Anonymous basis" means that the recipient of the sperm does not know the identity of the donor, but the health facility or agency licensed under this article that provides the artificial insemination services or collects the sperm from the donor does know the identity of the donor.

"HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.

History: Add. 1988, Act 487, Eff. July 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.43 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-71-of-1919 / Section 21.43
Accounting system; separate accounts for appropriations; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A separate account shall be kept of each appropriation, or fund, made to or received by each county office, which shall show the date and manner of each payment, the name and address of the person or association of persons to whom paid, and for what purpose paid.

History: 1919, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 15, 1919; CL 1929, 301; CL 1948, 21.43; Am. 2002, Act 370, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.857 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-296-of-1969 / Section 247.857
Final determination of board; time; notice; effect of denial; effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Within 90 days after the first convening, the board shall make a final determination in writing on the transfer of jurisdiction of the highway and shall prescribe the terms and conditions for the transfer in accordance with section 8. The board shall so notify highway authorities that are parties to the dispute.

If the transfer is denied, final determination proceedings shall not again be initiated with regard to the same highway for a period of 5 years from the date of the board's determination except that if the proposed transfer is related to the opening of a new relocated highway, final determination proceedings may be initiated again 1 year after the date of the board's determination.

If the transfer is affirmed, the transfer shall be without consent and shall become effective at a time determined by the board in accordance with the following, unless another effective date is agreed to by both highway authorities:

If the transfer is not related to the opening of a new, relocated highway, the transfer shall be effective not less than 1 year from the July 1 next following the date of the board's final determination or not less than 30 days following the completion of required improvements or payment of the cost of improvements, whichever is later.

If the transfer is related to the opening of a new, relocated highway, the transfer shall be effective upon the opening of the new highway or following the completion of the improvements or payment of the cost of improvements on the highway being transferred, whichever is later, unless otherwise provided by agreement.

The determination, terms and conditions as prescribed by the board shall be binding upon both highway authorities.

At any time the parties, by written agreement, may amend or modify the determination, terms and conditions prescribed by the board.

History: 1969, Act 296, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7947 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7947
Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7947.

The association shall be exempt from all license fees, income, franchise, privilege or occupation taxes levied or assessed by this state, any municipality, county or other political subdivision of the state, except state, county or municipal taxes upon the real or personal property of the association, which is to be assessed and taxed in the same manner as real property and personal property of other nonexempt persons.

History: Add. 1969, Act 277, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.2002 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-124-of-2024 / Section 722.2002
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Child" means an individual under 18 years of age.

(b) "Court-appointed special advocate child" or "CASA child" means a child under the jurisdiction of the court.

(c) "Court-appointed special advocate program" or "CASA program" means a program established under section 3.

(d) "Court-appointed special advocate volunteer", "CASA volunteer", or "volunteer" means an individual appointed by a court under section 7.

(e) "Program director" means the director of a CASA program.

History: 2024, Act 124, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 773.7 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 773.7
Inquisition of jury; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

After hearing the testimony of the witnesses and making all necessary inquiries, the jury shall deliver to the magistrate their inquisition in which the jury shall find and certify when, in what manner, and by what means the deceased came to his or her death, the name of the deceased, if known, and the material circumstances attending the death. If it appears that the deceased came to his or her death by unlawful means, the jury shall state who, if known, is believed to be guilty, either as principal or accessory, or is believed to have been, in any manner, the cause of the death.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17409; CL 1948, 773.7; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5464 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5464
Accreditation of refresher course.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5464.

A training program may seek accreditation to offer refresher training courses in 1 or more of the disciplines described in section 5462(1). A training program shall meet those minimum requirements contained in rules promulgated by the department in order to obtain department accreditation.

A training program may apply for accreditation of a refresher course concurrently with its application for accreditation of the corresponding training course pursuant to rules promulgated by the department.

The department shall approve an application for accreditation of a refresher course within 180 days after receiving a complete application. Upon approval, the department shall send a certificate of accreditation to the applicant. Before disapproval, the department may advise the applicant as to specific inadequacies in the application for accreditation or specific instances where the continuing education course does not meet the requirements of this part and the rules promulgated under this part, or both. The department may also request additional information or materials retained by the training program. If the department denies a training program's application for accreditation of a refresher course, the applicant may reapply for accreditation at any time.

History: Add. 1998, Act 220, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.34114 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.34114
Control over withdrawals and operations; rules; orders; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34114.

The department shall maintain superintending control over withdrawals and operations of each irrigation district formed under this part and may promulgate rules to implement this authority.

The department may enforce the limitations and conditions of section 34101 by order prohibiting the further withdrawal of water or by taking other action as is authorized by this part or any other act or law. Each irrigation district shall reimburse the department for any reasonable and necessary expense incurred by the department in maintaining superintending control over that district.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5852 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5852
Death before period of limitations has run or within 30 days thereafter; commencement of action; death or legal incapacitation of personal representative; limitation on commencement of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5852.

(1) If a person dies before the period of limitations has run or within 30 days after the period of limitations has run, an action that survives by law may be commenced by the personal representative of the deceased person at any time within 2 years after letters of authority are issued although the period of limitations has run.

(2) If the action that survives by law is an action alleging medical malpractice, the 2-year period under subsection (1) runs from the date letters of authority are issued to the first personal representative of an estate. Except as provided in subsection (3), the issuance of subsequent letters of authority does not enlarge the time within which the action may be commenced.

(3) If a personal representative dies or is adjudged by a court to be legally incapacitated within 2 years after his or her letters are issued, the successor personal representative may commence an action alleging medical malpractice that survives by law within 1 year after the personal representative died or was adjudged by a court to be legally incapacitated.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3), an action shall not be commenced under this section later than 3 years after the period of limitations has run.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1988, Act 221, Eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Am. 2012, Act 609, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.827 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.827
Notice of final disposition of case.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77.

Upon the request of a victim, the prosecuting attorney shall, within 30 days after the final disposition of the case, notify the victim in writing of the final disposition of the case.

History: Add. 1988, Act 21, Eff. June 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.271 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.271
Repeal of MCL 559.1 to 559.31.
Status: in_force

Sec. 171.

Act No. 229 of the Public Acts of 1963, as amended, being sections 559.1 to 559.31 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.854 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-205-of-1951 / Section 38.854
Extension of social security; joint action with other states.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Any instrumentality jointly created by this state and any other state or states is hereby authorized, upon the granting of like authority by such other state or states, (a) to enter into an agreement with the secretary of health, education, and welfare whereby the benefits of the federal old-age and survivors insurance system shall be extended to employees of such instrumentality, (b) to require its employees to pay (and for that purpose to deduct from their wages) contributions equal to the amounts which they would be required to pay under section 5 if they were covered by an agreement made pursuant to section 3, and (c) to make payments to the secretary of the treasury in accordance with such agreement, including payments from its own funds, and otherwise to comply with such agreements. Such agreement shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the terms and provisions of section 3 and other provisions of this act.

History: 1951, Act 205, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1951; Am. 1955, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 1955