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Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1766d — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1766d
Cyber school; salary or compensation information; nondisclosure agreement prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 166d.

(1) A school of excellence that is a cyber school, as defined in section 551 of the revised school code, MCL 380.551, or an educational management organization with which the cyber school has a contract, shall not require an employee, a former employee, or an individual doing work for the cyber school as an independent contractor or as an employee of the educational management organization or another third party to sign an agreement that he or she will not disclose salary or other compensation information.

(2) A school of excellence that is a cyber school, as defined in section 551 of the revised school code, MCL 380.551, that violates subsection (1) or that is party to a contract with an educational management organization that violates subsection (1) shall forfeit from its state aid under this act an amount equal to 2% of its total state aid.

History: Add. 2010, Act 110, Eff. Oct. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.443 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.443
Expenditure of bond proceeds for remodeling of existing school buildings; “remodeling” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 443.

Proceeds from the sale of first class school district bonds may be expended for the remodeling of existing buildings of the school district if the board determines the remodeling will contribute positively to the health, security, or welfare of the pupils of the school district and if the uses are approved by the superintendent of public instruction. If the question under section 410 is approved in the first class school district, then the chief executive officer appointed under section 420 has the powers and shall perform the duties of the board of the first class school district under this subsection.

As used in this section, "remodeling" means the alteration or construction of structural components of a building including walls, roofs, partitions, hallways, stairways, or means of egress, or the replacement, relocation, or reconstruction of heating, ventilating, incineration, electrical, security, or sanitary systems.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1983, Act 118, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983; Am. 2004, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.52 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-222-of-1943 / Section 125.52
Adoption by legislative body; notice before consideration; modifications; disapproval; failure to report within 30 days deemed approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The legislative body of any city or village may by ordinance adopt any such precised plat certified to it by the planning commission as provided in section 1: Provided, That notice of time and place when and where it shall be considered for final passage shall be sent by mail to the record owners of land located within or abutting on the new lines of such proposed streets, ways, places, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds or extensions thereof designated on the plat. Any modification of such certified plat before passage of the adopting ordinance, and any amending ordinance originating in the legislative body shall be submitted to the planning commission for its approval: Provided, That in case of disapproval the commission shall communicate its reasons therefor to the legislative body which shall thereafter have the power to overrule such disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than 2/3 of its entire membership. Failure of the planning commission to report on any such modification or amendment within 30 days shall be deemed to constitute an approval thereof. The adoption of any such certified plat by ordinance, or by amending ordinance, shall not in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment of any street or the taking or acceptance of any land for any of the aforesaid purposes.

History: 1943, Act 222, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 125.52
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3405 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-440-of-1988 / Section 338.3405
Certificate of accreditation; certificate of reaccreditation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A person who meets the requirements of this act and who completes the initial training and passes the examination required under section 4 shall receive a certificate of accreditation from the director in accordance with section 13. The certificate of accreditation shall authorize the person to perform asbestos-related work in a school building or a public and commercial building in this state for a period of 1 year after its issuance.

A person who completes the refresher training course required under section 4 shall receive an annual certificate of reaccreditation from the director in accordance with section 13. The certificate of reaccreditation shall authorize the person to perform asbestos-related work in a school building or a public and commercial building in this state for a period of 1 year after its issuance.

History: 1988, Act 440, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988; Am. 1995, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2965 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2965
Recovery of damages by firefighter or police officer; preclusion abolished.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2965.

The common law doctrine that precludes a firefighter or police officer from recovering damages for injuries arising from the normal, inherent, and foreseeable risks of his or her profession is abolished.

History: Add. 1998, Act 389, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5109 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5109
Release from liability for injury of minor during recreational activity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5109.

(1) Before a minor participates in recreational activity, a parent or guardian of the minor may release a person from liability for economic or noneconomic damages for personal injury sustained by the minor during the specific recreational activity for which the release is provided.

(2) This section only applies to a recreational activity sponsored or organized by a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization.

(3) Either or both of the following may be released from liability under this section:

(a) The sponsor or organizer of the recreational activity.

(b) An individual who is paid or volunteers to coach or assists in conducting the recreational activity.

(4) A release under this section only releases the sponsor, organizer, owner, lessee, or other person released from liability for injury or death that results solely from the inherent risks of the recreational activity. A release under this section does not limit the liability of the sponsor, organizer, owner, lessee, or other person released for the sponsor's, organizer's, owner's, lessee's, or other person's own negligence or the negligence of its employees or agents that causes or contributes to the injury or death.

(5) A release under this section must be in writing.

(6) This section does not restrict the limitation of liability afforded by section 73301 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.73301, or 1964 PA 170, MCL 691.1401 to 691.1419.

(7) As used in this section:

(a) "Camping activity" means a recreation activity planned and carried out by the owner and operator of a camp.

(b) "Recreational activity" means active participation in an athletic or recreational sport or in a camping activity.

History: Add. 2011, Act 61, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2011; Am. 2016, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 19, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.55 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act Act-248-of-1879 / Section 433.55
Person wilfully causing animal to run at large; liability to owner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

In case the animal so seized under the foregoing provisions of this act shall have been so running at large by the willful act of any other person than the owner, such person shall be liable to the owner in a penalty not less than 25 dollars and not more than 100 dollars, which penalty may be recovered by such owner for his benefit, in an action on the case in any court of competent jurisdiction.

History: 1879, Act 248, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879; How. 3072; CL 1897, 5617; CL 1915, 7297; CL 1929, 9051; CL 1948, 433.55
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.975 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-8-of-1955 / Section 35.975
Payment to beneficiary of deceased veteran; death from service connected cause.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

If the veteran be deceased from service connected causes, the surviving husband or wife, child or children, or the surviving dependent mother, dependent father, dependent person standing in loco parentis, dependent brothers and dependent sisters, in the order named, shall be entitled to receive the difference between that amount which has been received by the veteran or his beneficiary under section 3, and the sum of $500.00, and in the event no payment has been made pursuant to section 25 of article 10, under the provisions of section 1a of Act No. 4 of the Public Acts of 1947, being section 35.901a of the Compiled Laws of 1948, or under section 3 of this act, the entire sum of $500.00 shall be paid to the person entitled thereto.

History: 1955, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4211 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4211
Bank with security interest as holder in due course.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4211.

For purposes of determining its status as a holder in due course, a bank has given value to the extent it has a security interest in an item, if the bank otherwise complies with the requirements of section 3302 on what constitutes a holder in due course.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1464 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1464
Persons entitled to copies of court orders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 464.

Copies of court orders issued pursuant to this chapter shall be given to the individual who is the subject of the order; to the individual's guardian, if a guardian has been appointed; to the individual's attorney; to the executive director of the community mental health services program; and to the hospital director of any hospital in which the individual is or will be a patient.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.42 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-43-of-1959 / Section 12.42
Transfer of staff, records, files, property, and trusts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

All of the staff, records, files and other property, including property held in trust, belonging to the auditor general with respect to drawing and issuing of warrants and with respect to actions in garnishment shall be transferred to the state treasurer and shall be continued as part of the staff, records, files and property of the office of the state treasurer.

History: 1959, Act 43, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 102.12 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 102.12
Shade trees; lighting system.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The council may provide for and regulate the planting of shade and ornamental trees in the public highways, streets and avenues of the city, and for the protection thereof; and may light the streets and public places, and regulate the setting of lamps and lamp posts therein, and protect the same.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3184; CL 1915, 3098; CL 1929, 2022; CL 1948, 102.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.1301 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.1301
Applicability of law of this state or other state or nation; applicability of act to transactions bearing relation to state; provisions specifying applicable law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1301.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, when a transaction bears a reasonable relation to this state and also to another state or nation, the parties may agree that the law either of this state or of that other state or nation shall govern their rights and duties.

(2) In the absence of an agreement effective under subsection (1), and except as provided in subsection (3), this act applies to transactions bearing an appropriate relation to this state.

(3) If 1 of the following provisions of this act specifies the applicable law, that provision governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the law so specified:

(a) Section 2402.

(b) Sections 2A105 and 2A106.

(c) Section 4102.

(d) Section 4A507.

(e) Section 5116.

(f) Section 8110.

(g) Sections 9301 through 9307.

History: Add. 2012, Act 86, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30904 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30904
Initiation of action by freeholders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30904.

Action may be initiated under section 30902 relating to any private inland lake only upon petition of 2/3 of the freeholders owning lands abutting the lake.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.151 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-272-of-1909 / Section 128.151
Township board of trustees; providing new burying ground or enlarging limits of existing burying ground; providing suitable approaches or enlarging limits of existing approach; inability to agree; application for jury; determining just compensation and necessity for using real estate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The board of trustees of a township of this state, when it considers it desirable and necessary, may provide new burying ground in the township, or may enlarge the limits of an existing burying ground in the township, and may provide for suitable approaches to the burying ground, or may enlarge the limits of an existing approach to a burying ground in the township. If the board of trustees is unable to agree with the owner or owners of the land or a right in the land which the board desires to include within the limits of the burying ground or approaches to the burying ground, as to the compensation to be paid, the board of trustees may authorize 1 or more of its members to apply to the circuit court judge or district court judge for a jury from the vicinage. The jury shall determine the just compensation to be paid for the real estate acquired by the board of trustees for the burying ground or its approaches, or an enlargement of the burying ground, and the necessity for using the real estate. The application shall be in writing and shall describe the real estate required by the board as accurately as is required in a conveyance of real estate.

History: 1909, Act 272, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 5123; CL 1929, 3867; CL 1948, 128.151; Am. 1980, Act 380, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.93 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-164-of-1848 / Section 15.93
Official oaths and certificates or bonds; time for filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Every such officer, except where otherwise directed by law, shall file his oath of office and certificate or bond aforesaid, as the case may be, within 60 days from the receiving of his commission or appointment; and in default thereof, such commission or appointment shall be null and void: Provided, That officers appointed in and for the counties of Mackinac, Chippewa, Schoolcraft, Houghton, Ontonagon and Marquette, shall file their oaths, certificates and bonds as herein provided, within 90 days from their appointment or commission.

History: 1848, Act 164, Eff. May 31, 1848; CL 1857, 287; CL 1871, 367; How. 337; CL 1897, 158; CL 1915, 194; CL 1929, 396; CL 1948, 15.93
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.322 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-15-of-2011 / Section 445.322
Individual or class action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

(1) Whether or not a person seeks damages or has an adequate remedy at law, a person may bring an action to do either or both of the following if the attorney general or prosecuting attorney fails to initiate action within 60 days after receiving notice of an alleged violation of this act:

(a) Obtain a declaratory judgment that an act or practice violates this act.

(b) Enjoin by temporary or permanent injunction a person that is engaging or is about to engage in an act or practice that violates this act.

(2) Except as provided in section 9, a person that suffers loss as a result of a violation of this act may bring an individual or a class action to recover actual damages or $250.00, whichever is greater, for each day on which a violation of this act is found, together with reasonable attorneys' fees that do not exceed $300.00 in an individual action.

History: 2011, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.542 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.542
Liability of custodian or minor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

A claim based on a contract entered into by a custodian acting in a custodial capacity, an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property, or a tort committed during the custodianship may be asserted against the custodial property by proceeding against the custodian in the custodial capacity, whether or not the custodian or the minor is personally liable for the contract, obligation, or tort.

A custodian is not personally liable in any of the following situations:

On a contract properly entered into in the custodial capacity unless the custodian fails to reveal that capacity and fails to identify the custodianship in the contract.

For an obligation arising from control of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the custodian is personally at fault.

A minor is not personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the minor is personally at fault.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.28 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.28
Commissioners of aeronautics; appointment, qualifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

Qualifications of commissioners. Those of the members of the commission who shall be appointed by the governor shall be selected with due regard to their fitness and by reason of their aeronautical knowledge and practical experience in the field of aeronautics.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.28
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.23b — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 74.23b
Disincorporation commission; oath of office; vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23b.

An individual appointed to the disincorporation commission shall take the constitutional oath of office.

A vacancy in the disincorporation commission is created in the manner provided in section 3 of 1846 RS 15, MCL 201.3.

If a member of a disincorporation commission vacates office, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as provided in subsection (1).

History: Add. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.75a — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.75a
Township manager and other employees; employment; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 75a.

The township board may employ a township manager and other employees as are necessary. They shall serve at the pleasure of the township board and shall perform duties lawfully directed by the township board, except those duties that are delegated by law to another township official, unless consent has been granted.

History: Add. 1972, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1972; Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.511 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-266-of-2001 / Section 288.511
Security device as condition to issuance and maintenance of license; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

(1) The department shall revoke or deny a license for a milk plant if the licensee or applicant fails to provide 1 of the security devices required as a condition to issuance and maintenance of a license. As a condition to issuance and maintenance of a license, a milk plant that is a first receiving point for milk shall provide 1 or more of the security devices described in section 42, 43, or 44.

(2) Milk plants that receive milk only from dairy farms under the same sole proprietorship, the same registered partnership, or the same corporate ownership having the same registered name as the milk plant are exempt from the requirements of this section.

History: 2001, Act 266, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 136, Eff. June 20, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1350b — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1350b
Prohibited taxes; revenue limit; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 350b.

Effective with the 1979-80 state fiscal year, and for each state fiscal year thereafter, the legislature shall not impose taxes of any kind which would result in total state revenues exceeding the revenue limit established in subsection (2).

The revenue limit shall be equal to the product of the ratio of total state revenues in the 1978-79 state fiscal year divided by the personal income of Michigan in calendar year 1977 computed by rounding the quotient to 4 decimal places, multiplied by the personal income of Michigan in either the prior calendar year or the average of personal income of Michigan in the previous 3 calendar years, whichever is greater.

The department shall submit to the legislature, the fiscal agencies, and the auditor general not later than June 30, 1989 a report which shall calculate in detail the base revenue limit as established in subsection (2). This report shall become effective 90 days after submission to the legislature unless disapproved by a concurrent resolution approved by a majority of the members elected and serving in each house by a record roll call vote. If this report takes effect, the calculation of the base revenue limit contained in the report shall be used for the purposes of subsection (2).

History: Add. 1988, Act 504, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.1 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-385-of-1927 / Section 26.1
Michigan reports and advance sheets; publication, sale and distribution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The reports of decisions of the supreme court of Michigan and the advance sheets of such decisions shall be published, sold and distributed as hereinafter provided. The reports of decisions of the supreme court of Michigan shall be called “Michigan reports” and the advance sheets of such decisions shall be called the “Advance sheets of Michigan reports”.

History: 1927, Act 385, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 523; CL 1948, 26.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.668 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-18-of-1933-Ex-Sess- / Section 125.668
Bondholder's lien; contributions contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

The authorizing ordinance shall create a first lien which by this act is made a statutory first lien upon the revenue of any such housing facility, to, and in favor of the holders of the bonds and each of them. If bonds are issued for the purposes of cooperative financing, holders of the bonds also have a statutory first lien on the specific portion of the annual contributions payable to the cooperating borrowers or their agencies and authorized to be pledged to the payment of bonds and the interest thereon, pursuant to certain contracts between the cooperating borrowers or their agents and the United States which contracts shall be described in any ordinance authorizing any such bonds and are herein collectively called the "annual contributions contract". The holders of the bonds shall have as additional security the contractual obligations specified by the financing agreement as provided in this act.

History: 1933, Ex. Sess., Act 18, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1934; CL 1948, 125.668; Am. 1970, Act 249, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1970; Am. 1996, Act 338, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1996