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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.409a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.409a
Candidates for appeals court judge; nomination at general nonpartisan primary election; omission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 409a.

A general nonpartisan primary election shall be held in every appellate court district of this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in August preceding every general November election in which judges of the court of appeals are to be elected, at which time the qualified and registered electors may vote for nonpartisan candidates for the office of judge of the court of appeals: Provided, however, That if, upon expiration of the time for filing petitions for the primary election of said judge of the court of appeals in any appellate court district, it shall appear that there are not to exceed twice the number of candidates as there are persons to be elected, then the secretary of state shall certify to the county board or boards of election commissioners the names of such candidates for court of appeals judge whose nominating petitions, filing fee or affidavit of candidacy have been properly filed, and such candidates shall be the nominees for judge of the court of appeals and shall be so certified. As to such office there shall be no primary election and this office shall be omitted from the judicial primary ballot.

History: Add. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 60, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1039 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1039
Board of trustees; appointment of secretary and administrative personnel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

The board shall appoint a secretary and employ such other actuarial, medical, clerical or other help as shall from time to time be required for the efficient administration of the system and determine and fix the rate of pay of such persons.

History: 1957, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.88 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-29-of-1901 / Section 458.88
Amendment of articles; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a 2/3 vote of the official members of the society, to alter or amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or the book of discipline of the Free Methodist church; and such alteration or amendment shall become operative when 2/3 of all the official members of the society shall execute amended articles and the said amended articles are acknowledged in the same manner as stated in section 3 of this act, and the district elder has affixed his certificate thereto, as provided in said section, and the same has been recorded or left for record, as provided in section 4 of this act.

History: 1901, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901; CL 1915, 11010; CL 1929, 10895; CL 1948, 458.88
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5221 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5221
Records unavailable from foreign country; examination or application for reciprocal license; required documents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 221.

If the records of an applicant for licensure under this act related to the education or experience required under a specific article of this act are unavailable from a foreign country, the applicant may, with the approval of the board and the department, take an examination or apply for a reciprocal license after submitting all of the following to the department:

(a) A notarized affidavit approved by the department that states the total number of years of education received, the name of the school or schools attended, the dates each school was attended, the degree obtained, the courses taken, the grades received, and the names of each former employer of the applicant.

(b) A notarized statement approved by the department from a governmental official testifying to the unavailability of the necessary records.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1738 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-11-of-2014 / Section 691.1738
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act does not apply to a person that operates a gymnastics club or facility to which all of the following apply:

(a) The majority of the activities at the gymnastics club or facility are gymnastics-based.

(b) The majority of the revenue from the gymnastics club or facility is derived through supervised educational instruction classes or programs in which the student-to-coach or instructor ratio is based on age, skill level, and number of students.

(c) Gymnastics skills and basics are taught at the gymnastics club or facility through programs that use progression-oriented training and by supervised training and classes.

History: 2014, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.556 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.556
Discrimination between sexes in payment of wages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 556.

Any employer of labor in this state, employing both males and females, who shall discriminate in any way in the payment of wages as between sexes who are similarly employed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No female shall be assigned any task disproportionate to her strength, nor shall she be employed in any place detrimental to her morals, her health or her potential capacity for motherhood. Any difference in wage rates based upon a factor other than sex shall not violate this section.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.556; Am. 1962, Act 37, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2142 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2142
Seal; prima facie proof of lawful execution of instruments by corporations, other firms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2142.

Any corporation, joint stock company, or partnership association, limited, may have a common seal which it may alter at pleasure, and such seal affixed to any instrument purporting to be executed by any such corporation, joint stock company or partnership association, limited, foreign or domestic, shall be prima facie proof of the due adoption of said seal, and that it was affixed to said instrument by due authority, and that said instrument was in fact lawfully executed by such corporation, joint stock company or partnership association, limited.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.758 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-258-of-2003 / Section 124.758
Receipt of tax, penalty, or interest payments; return to local tax collecting unit; retention of proceeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Money received by an authority as payment of taxes, penalties, or interest, or from the redemption or sale of property subject to a tax lien of any taxing unit shall be returned to the local tax collecting unit in which the property is located for distribution on a pro rata basis to the appropriate taxing units in an amount equal to delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest owed on the property, if any.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, as required by other law, as required under the provisions of a deed, or as an authority otherwise agrees, any proceeds received by the authority may be retained by the authority for the purposes of this act.

History: 2003, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8410 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8410
Settlement; payment of judgment; execution, attachment, or garnishment; warning; examination of assets; payment of judgment in full; copy of judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8410.

Before or at the hearing the parties may make a settlement upon those terms as they may agree. The settlement shall be in writing and signed by both parties. Upon filing of the settlement with the court, the judge shall review the settlement and may enter it as the judgment of the court or may require that a full hearing take place.

The judge shall order that a judgment in the small claims division shall be satisfied by payment to the clerk or the plaintiff either in a lump sum or in installments in amounts and at times as the judge considers just and reasonable under the circumstances. The judge shall also provide for a stay of further proceedings to collect the judgment while the defendant is in compliance with the order of the court.

For good cause shown, the judge may reinstate an installment payment judgment previously not performed or the judge may alter the amount of installment payments and the time of payment of the judgment and shall authorize execution, attachment, or garnishment to issue where it appears that the defendant has not paid according to the terms of the judgment.

The judgment shall include a warning that the defendant's failure to pay the judgment pursuant to its terms or any installment payment ordered may result in execution against the defendant's property and that the defendant may be compelled to appear for an examination of the defendant's assets.

If the defendant is not present when the judgment is entered, or is present but does not immediately pay the full amount of the judgment when the judgment is entered, the judge shall order that the defendant, within 30 days after the date of entry of the judgment, pay the judgment in full or disclose in writing to the plaintiff and the court his or her place of employment and the location of his or her accounts in state or federally chartered banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions.

A copy of the judgment shall be given in court, delivered, or mailed immediately to each plaintiff and defendant following entry of the judgment.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd, Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 496, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Am. 1991, Act 192, Eff. July 1, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.62101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.62101
Interstate compact for conservation of oil and gas; extension agreements; withdrawal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 62101.

So that the state of Michigan can cooperate with other states in fostering and encouraging the production of oil and gas without waste, the governor of the state of Michigan is hereby authorized and empowered, for and in the name of the state of Michigan, now a member of the interstate oil and gas compact commission, to execute agreements for the extension of the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, originally executed at Dallas, Texas, on the sixteenth day of February 1935, and now deposited with the department of state of the United States, and which expires by its terms on September 1, 1947. The governor is further authorized and empowered to execute any necessary agreements for the further extension of the expiration date of said interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, and to determine if and when it shall be for the best interest of the state of Michigan to withdraw from the compact upon 60 days' notice as provided by its terms. In the event he or she shall determine that the state should withdraw, he or she shall have full power and authority to give notice and take any and all steps necessary and proper to effect the withdrawal of the state of Michigan from the compact.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1235 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-615-of-2012 / Section 400.1235
Contracts; self-sufficiency services guidelines.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The department, in consultation with the commission, may contract with different public or private entities or local units of government to provide energy assistance.

(2) The department shall include clear performance metrics in any contract with an entity under this section.

(3) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall set a minimum allocation of funds that must be used by entities with which the department contracts under subsection (1) for energy assistance.

(4) By October 1, 2025, the department, in consultation with the commission, shall provide guidelines on the provision of self-sufficiency services. Beginning with the program year that begins on October 1, 2026, the guidelines must be incorporated into the performance metrics developed under subsection (2).

History: 2012, Act 615, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013; Am. 2024, Act 170, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16166 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16166
Committee; term; vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16166.

The term of office of an appointed member of the committee is 2 years, commencing on January 1 and terminating on December 31. An appointed member shall not serve more than 2 terms and 1 partial term, consecutive or otherwise. A board or the physician's assistants task force or the director shall fill a vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

History: Add. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1305 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1305
Establishment and composition of corporate body; service of members on committees; membership on board of directors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 305.

A health care corporation may establish a corporate body. The corporate body shall consist of individuals selected in the same manner as individuals are selected to serve as nonpublic members on the board of directors. The size of the corporate body shall be such that, for each nonpublic voting director on the board of directors of the corporation, there are 2 members of the corporate body. The 4 public members selected pursuant to section 301(2) shall be considered to be members of the corporate body as well as members of the board of directors. An additional 4 public members shall be appointed to the corporate body by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, 2 of whom shall be retired individuals 62 years of age or older.

Members of the corporate body may serve on committees of the board of directors. A member of the corporate body may be selected for membership on the board of directors, provided that the selection is made in accordance with the provisions of this part governing the selection of voting directors of the board.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2502b — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.2502b
Owner of real estate engaging in sale of real estate as principal vocation; license as real estate broker required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2502b.

(1) Unless the owner engages the services of a real estate broker in connection with those sales, an individual who is the owner of real estate must obtain a license as a real estate broker to engage in the sale of that real estate as a principal vocation. For purposes of this subsection, each of the following is considered engaging in the sale of real estate as a principal vocation:

(a) Engaging in more than 5 real estate sales in any 12-month period.

(b) Representing to the public that he or she is principally engaged in the sale of real estate.

(c) Devoting over 50% of his or her working time, or more than 15 hours per week in any 6-month period, to the sale of real estate.

(d) If he or she is a real estate salesperson, a sale of real estate other than his or her principal residence.

(2) A sale of real estate that is owned by, or under option to, a real estate broker or associate real estate broker is subject to the provisions of this article.

(3) If a licensee is selling property that is owned by the licensee or in which the licensee has an interest, the licensee shall reveal the facts of the licensee's ownership or interest and the licensee's licensure to the purchaser, in writing, before an offer to purchase is signed. A licensee shall provide written proof of this disclosure that is satisfactory to the department on request by the department.

History: Add. 2016, Act 502, Eff. Mar. 29, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.537 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-125-of-2003 / Section 791.537
Administrative support services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Administrative support services for the council and executive secretary shall be provided by the council as provided by separate appropriation for the council.

History: 2003, Act 125, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1351 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-289-of-1976 / Section 390.1351
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Board" means the body corporate controlling an institution of higher education which is named in sections 4, 5, or 6 of article 8 of the state constitution of 1963 or established by law, as therein provided.

"Student loan" means a loan of the type described in section 3.

"Student loan program" means the program for making loans to students described in section 3.

History: 1976, Act 289, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1191 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1191
Issuance of orders; promulgation of rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 191.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), to implement this act, the commission shall issue orders or promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(2) By January 1, 2026, the commission shall issue an order providing formats and guidelines for an electric provider to submit a clean energy plan pursuant to section 51.

History: 2008, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008; Am. 2023, Act 235, Eff. Feb. 27, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1750 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1750
Privileged communications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 750.

Privileged communications shall not be disclosed in civil, criminal, legislative, or administrative cases or proceedings, or in proceedings preliminary to such cases or proceedings, unless the patient has waived the privilege, except in the circumstances set forth in this section.

Privileged communications shall be disclosed upon request under 1 or more of the following circumstances:

If the privileged communication is relevant to a physical or mental condition of the patient that the patient has introduced as an element of the patient's claim or defense in a civil or administrative case or proceeding or that, after the death of the patient, has been introduced as an element of the patient's claim or defense by a party to a civil or administrative case or proceeding.

If the privileged communication is relevant to a matter under consideration in a proceeding governed by this act, but only if the patient was informed that any communications could be used in the proceeding.

If the privileged communication is relevant to a matter under consideration in a proceeding to determine the legal competence of the patient or the patient's need for a guardian but only if the patient was informed that any communications made could be used in such a proceeding.

In a civil action by or on behalf of the patient or a criminal action arising from the treatment of the patient against the mental health professional for malpractice.

If the privileged communication was made during an examination ordered by a court, prior to which the patient was informed that a communication made would not be privileged, but only with respect to the particular purpose for which the examination was ordered.

If the privileged communication was made during treatment that the patient was ordered to undergo to render the patient competent to stand trial on a criminal charge, but only with respect to issues to be determined in proceedings concerned with the competence of the patient to stand trial.

In a proceeding in which subsections (1) and (2) prohibit disclosure of a communication made to a psychiatrist or psychologist in connection with the examination, diagnosis, or treatment of a patient, the fact that the patient has been examined or treated or undergone a diagnosis also shall not be disclosed unless that fact is relevant to a determination by a health care insurer, health care corporation, nonprofit dental care corporation, or health maintenance organization of its rights and liabilities under a policy, contract, or certificate of insurance or health care benefits.

Privileged communications may be disclosed under section 946 to comply with the duty set forth in that section.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1984, Act 362, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1989, Act 123, Eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.925 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-448-of-2014 / Section 554.925
Renewal of registration; application form to be sent by department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the department shall renew the registration of a registrant that does all of the following:

(a) On or before the expiration date printed on the registration, submits to the department an application for renewal of registration on a form provided by the department and accompanied by such information described in section 19 as may be required by the department.

(b) Pays the fee required under section 31.

(2) A reasonable time before a registrant's registration expires, the department shall send a renewal application form to the registrant's last postal mailing address or electronic address on file with the department. The failure of the department to comply with this subsection does not relieve the registrant of the responsibility to timely file an application for renewal of registration.

History: 2014, Act 448, Eff. Apr. 2, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.29503 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-220-of-2020 / Section 333.29503
Department reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503.

(1) By the first of each month, the department shall report all of the following to the USDA:

(a) For each grower, the information provided on an application submitted under section 201.

(b) Each grower's registration number.

(c) The status of each grower registration.

(d) Any changes or updates to a grower's information provided under subdivision (a).

(e) An indication that there were no changes or updates to the reports previously submitted under this subsection, if applicable.

(f) The date for which the information contained in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) is current.

(g) The period covered by the report.

(2) If a grower is required to dispose of an industrial hemp lot under section 407, by the first of each month, the department shall report all of the following to the USDA:

(a) The information provided on the grower's application submitted under section 201.

(b) The grower's registration number.

(c) The total acreage or square footage of industrial hemp that was disposed of.

(d) The date on which the industrial hemp was destroyed.

(3) Not later than December 15 of each year, the department shall report all of the following information to the USDA:

(a) The total acreage of industrial hemp that was grown in the immediately preceding growing season.

(b) The total acreage of industrial hemp that was harvested in the immediately preceding growing season.

(c) The total acreage of industrial hemp that was disposed of in the immediately preceding growing season.

History: 2020, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2020; Am. 2021, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.151 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.151
State tax commission; report to governor; contents; time; printed copies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.

The tax commission annually on or before March 15 during each regular session of the legislature shall make a report to the governor of the state, setting forth the workings of said commission during the period covered by said report, and containing the findings, including total state valuations of each real and personal property classification and such information to be available for each county, and recommendations of said commission in relation to all matters of taxation. The department of administration shall cause to be printed as many copies thereof, not exceeding 5,000, as the said department shall deem necessary.

History: Add. 1899, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1899; Am. 1913, Act 153, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 4150; CL 1929, 3546; CL 1948, 211.151; Am. 1964, Act 275, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964