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Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.4 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-300-of-1909 / Section 462.4
Common carrier; duty to serve; rates; through routes; rates; joint rates.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Every common carrier is hereby required to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities and shall provide and furnish transportation of passengers and property upon reasonable requests therefor, and all charges made for any service in connection therewith, or for the receiving, switching, delivering, storing, transporting or handling of such persons or property shall be reasonable and just, and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful;

All railroads incorporated under the general railroad law of this state, as between themselves, and all electric railroads, as between themselves, shall establish through routes and just and reasonable rates applicable thereto, except as hereinafter provided;

Whenever passengers or property are transported over 2 or more connecting lines of railroad between points in this state, and the railroad companies have made joint rates for the transportation of the same, such rates and all charges in connection therewith shall be just and reasonable, and every unjust and unreasonable charge is prohibited and declared to be unlawful: Provided, That a less charge by such railroads for their proportion of such joint rates than is made locally between the same points on their respective lines shall not for that reason be construed as a violation of the provisions of this act, nor render such railroads liable to any of the penalties hereof.

History: 1909, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 8112; CL 1929, 11020; CL 1948, 462.4
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.326 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.326
Immoderate speed not dependent on legal speed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 326.

Immoderate speed not dependent on legal rate of speed-In any prosecution under the 2 next preceding sections, whether the defendant was driving at an immoderate rate of speed shall not depend upon the rate of speed fixed by law for operating such vehicle.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.326
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.201 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-164-of-1877 / Section 397.201
Public library and reading room; establishment and maintenance by city council; tax levy; library fund; tax additional to tax limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The city council of each incorporated city may establish and maintain a public library and reading room for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the city. The city council may levy a tax of not to exceed 1 mill on the dollar annually on all the taxable property in the city. If approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposal at the regular annual election, the city council may increase the tax levied by not to exceed 1 additional mill on the dollar annually on all the taxable property in the city. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other general taxes of the city, and shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the "library fund."

The tax levied under this section shall be in addition to any tax limitation imposed by a city charter.

History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 5175; CL 1897, 3449; CL 1915, 3431; CL 1929, 8059; CL 1948, 397.201; Am. 1986, Act 133, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80197 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80197
Impoundment of vessel; order; execution; liability for expenses; rights of conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee, or lessor of vessel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80197.

When a person is convicted under section 80196(1), the vessel, if it is owned in whole or in part by that person, shall be ordered impounded for not less than 30 or more than 120 days from the date of judgment. An order of impoundment issued pursuant to this subsection is valid throughout the state. Any peace officer may execute the impoundment order. The order shall include the implied consent of the owner of the vessel to the storage for insurance coverage purposes.

The owner of a vessel impounded pursuant to this section is liable for expenses incurred in the removal and storage of the vessel whether or not the vessel is returned to him or her. The vessel shall be returned to the owner only if the owner pays the expenses for removal and storage. If redemption is not made or the vessel is not returned as provided in this section within 30 days after the time set in the impoundment order for return of the vessel, the vessel shall be considered abandoned.

Nothing in this section affects the rights of a conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee, or lessor of a vessel registered in the name of another person as owner who becomes subject to this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1125 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-10-of-2023 / Section 408.1125
Appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, $75,000.00 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of labor and economic opportunity. The appropriation under this section is designated as a work project under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a, to implement and communicate information about the enactment of this act, to be accomplished by state employees or by contract with an estimated cost not exceeding $75,000.00 and an estimated completion date of December 31, 2024.

History: 2023, Act 10, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20983 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20983
Liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20983.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a CISM team or a CISM team member providing CISM services is not liable for damages, including personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other loss related to the CISM team's or CISM team member's act, error, or omission in performing CISM services, unless the act, error, or omission constitutes wanton, willful, or intentional misconduct.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an action for medical malpractice.

History: Add. 2016, Act 40, Eff. June 13, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.534 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.534
Instrument; form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

An instrument in substantially the following form satisfies the requirements of section 13(2)(b) and 13(8):

"TRANSFER UNDER THE MICHIGAN UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT

I, ____________________ (name of transferor or name and representative capacity, if a fiduciary) transfer to ____________________ (name of custodian), as custodian for ____________________ (name of minor) under the Michigan uniform transfers to minors act, the following:

(insert a description of the custodial property sufficient to identify it).

Dated: _______________

__________________________________________________

(Signature)

____________________ (name of custodian) acknowledges receipt of the property described above as custodian for the minor named above under the Michigan uniform transfers to minors act.

Dated: _______________

_________________________________________"

(Signature of Custodian)

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.139 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-94-of-1933 / Section 141.139
Water pollution; prevention or abatement; public corporation may accept grants or aid from U.S. government.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

Any public corporation is hereby authorized to apply for and accept grants or any other aid which the United States government or any agency thereof has authorized or may hereafter authorize to be given or made to the several states of the United States or to any political subdivisions or agencies thereof within the states for the construction of public improvements, including all necessary action preliminary thereto, the purpose of which is to aid in the prevention or abatement of water pollution.

History: Add. 1949, Act 244, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.549 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.549
Applicability of act to transfer made before effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

Transfer of custodial property made before the effective date of this act is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in former 1959 PA 172 for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made.

This act applies to a transfer made before the effective date of this act in a manner and form prescribed in former 1959 PA 172, except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights or extends the duration of custodianships in existence on the effective date of this act.

With respect to the age of a minor for whom custodial property is held under this act, sections 3, 4, and 26 do not apply to custodial property held in a custodianship that terminated because the minor becomes 18 years of age after December 31, 1971, and before the effective date of this act.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.7 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.7
Rules and regulations; publication, seal, certified copies as evidence; body corporate, powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The commission may devise a seal, and the rules and regulations of the commission may be published over the seal of the commission. Copies of all records and papers in the office of the state department, certified by a duly authorized agent of the commission and authenticated by the seal of the commission, shall be evidence in all cases equally, and with the like effect, as the originals. The commission shall be a body corporate, and is hereby authorized to lease any lands under its jurisdiction and to do any other act or thing necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.362 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-223-of-1976 / Section 18.362
Payment of award; award not subject to execution or attachment; reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

An award for each covered expense or loss must be paid in a lump sum, except that for payments to health care providers under section 5a or in the case of death or protracted disability, the commission may specify that the award shall provide for periodic payments to compensate for out-of-pocket expenses, or loss of earnings or support. An award made pursuant to this act shall not be subject to execution or attachment other than for expenses resulting from the personal injury that is the basis for the claim. Any court of record, in establishing sentence for a felon convicted of a crime resulting in awards paid under this section, may impose a condition that the sentence include a method for reimbursement to the state, within the ability of the felon to comply, of the costs paid under this act to a victim of a crime for which the conviction was made. The reimbursement will be paid into the general fund of the state. The condition of reimbursement may include a provision relating suspension or probation to reimbursement or may be in lieu of other sentencing and shall be enforceable by the court to the degree that failure to meet the terms of reimbursement may be cause for reversion to an alternate sentence or to completion of an unfinished sentence.

History: 1976, Act 223, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1996, Act 519, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1997; Am. 2022, Act 78, Eff. Aug. 12, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.1d — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-207-of-1941 / Section 29.1d
State fire marshal; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1d.

The state fire marshal shall do all of the following:

(a) Oversee and direct fire service programs in this state that are vested in the bureau.

(b) Perform the powers and duties of the state fire marshal under this act in a manner that maximizes the effective administration of the fire service of this state.

(c) Serve as policy advisor to the governor on the development and administration of fire service policies, programs, and procedures.

(d) Participate in the development, review, and implementation of the Michigan hazard mitigation plan.

(e) Provide information for the development and regular updating of the Michigan hazard analysis, including the structural fires element, and the Michigan emergency management plan required under section 7a of the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.407a.

History: Add. 2006, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2416 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2416
Disapproval of filing; notice; waiting period.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2416.

If within the waiting period or any extension thereof as provided in subsection (2) of section 2408, the commissioner finds that a filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, he shall send to the insurer or rating organization which made such filing written notice of disapproval of such filing specifying therein what respects he finds such filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter and stating that such filing shall not become effective.

If within 30 days after a special surety or guaranty filing subject to subsection (3) of section 2408 has become effective, the commissioner finds that such filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, he shall send to the insurer or rating organization which made such filing written notice of disapproval of such filing specifying therein in what respects he finds that such filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, such filing shall be deemed no longer effective. Said disapproval shall not affect any contract made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in said notice.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.405 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.405
Nonrefundable application processing fee; examination or inspection fee; fee for initial license or registration period.
Status: in_force

Sec. 405.

An application for a license or registration shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application processing fee. The department may also require that the application be accompanied by the fee for a required examination or inspection or the fee for the initial license or registration period.

History: Add. 1988, Act 463, Eff. Sept. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8135 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8135
Seventieth district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8135.

The seventieth district consists of the county of Saginaw, is a district of the first class, and is divided into the following election divisions:

(a) The first division consists of the cities of Saginaw and Zilwaukee and the townships of Zilwaukee, Buena Vista, Carrollton, and Bridgeport, and has 3 judges. However, the first division has 2 judges beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the first division unless the vacancy occurs after the vacating judge has been defeated in a primary or general election, or the beginning date of the term for which an incumbent district judge in the first division no longer seeks election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier.

(b) The second division consists of the county of Saginaw, except the cities of Saginaw and Zilwaukee and the townships of Zilwaukee, Buena Vista, Carrollton, and Bridgeport, and has 2 judges. However, the second division has 3 judges beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the first division, unless the vacancy occurs after the vacating judge has been defeated in a primary or general election, or the beginning date of the term for which an incumbent district judge in the first division no longer seeks election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier. The judgeship transferred from the first division to the second division is not considered an additional judgeship for purposes of section 8175 and may be filled by appointment by the governor if it is the result of a vacancy in the first division.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1971, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972; Am. 1982, Act 161, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1982; Am. 2014, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.12 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.12
Organizational election; time of holding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

If approval of a proposed community college district is filed with the school district filing official at least 77 days but not more than 6 months before the next general state election, the school district filing official shall include the necessary community college propositions with the proceedings for the general election.

If approval of a proposed community college district is filed with the school district filing official more than 6 months before the next general state election, the school district filing official shall call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the electors the propositions relating to the establishment of the community college district to be held on the next regular election day that is not less than 77 days after the approval is filed.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966; Am. 1967, Act 231, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1967; Am. 2003, Act 306, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5813 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5813
Work classification examination fee; initial and per-year fee; expiration of initial or renewal mechanical contractor's license; reinstatement; computation of fee on pro rata basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 813.

(1) Each work classification examination fee for a mechanical contractor's license is $100.00 or less, as determined by the department. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the initial and per-year fee for the issuance of a mechanical contractor's license is $100.00.

(2) An initial or renewal mechanical contractor's license expires on August 31 every third year and is renewable by filing an application and paying the license fee on or before October 31. If an individual is applying for an initial mechanical contractor's license or relicensure at a time other than between August 31 and October 31 of the year in which the department issues renewal licenses, the department shall compute and charge the license fee on a yearly pro rata basis beginning in the year of the application until the last year of the 3-year license cycle. A license that is not renewed is void for the purpose of obtaining a permit, and the contractor is eligible for relicensure only by applying for reinstatement and paying the license fee. The department shall not compute and charge a license fee for a renewal license on a pro rata basis. An individual who renews his or her license within 3 years after the license is voided under this section is not subject to reexamination for the license.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.42 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.42
Expectant estates; abolition, exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.

All expectant estates, except such as are enumerated and defined in this chapter, are abolished.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2626; CL 1871, 4109; How. 5558; CL 1897, 8824; CL 1915, 11560; CL 1929, 12962; CL 1948, 554.42
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.304 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.304
Executive officer of civil service commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 204.

The principal executive officer of the commission is the state personnel director.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7811 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7811
Recordkeeping and identification of trust property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7811.

(1) A trustee shall keep adequate records of the administration of the trust.

(2) A trustee shall keep trust property separate from the trustee's own property.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), to the extent that property is held by someone other than the trustee, the trustee shall cause the trust's interest in the trust's property to appear in records maintained by the party holding the trust property.

(4) A trustee may do any of the following:

(a) Invest as a whole the property of 2 or more separate trusts, provided the trustee maintains records clearly indicating the respective interests.

(b) Hold trust property in nominee form.

(c) If the trust is revocable by the settlor, cause the trust's interest in the trust's property to appear in records in the manner directed by the settlor.

(d) Not reflect the trust's interest in the trust's property when the nature of the property is such that it is not possible or practicable to do so.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.581 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-276-of-1976 / Section 38.581
Police or fireman's retirement system; military service credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

A city, village, or township which has a police or fireman's retirement system which is not included under Act No. 345 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 38.551 to 38.562 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may provide for a military service credit, not to exceed 5 years, to a member of the retirement system employed subsequent to his service in the military.

History: 1976, Act 276, Imd. Eff. Oct. 14, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.200 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.200
County officers; election; combination or separation of offices of county clerk and register of deeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 200.

A county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds, a prosecuting attorney, a sheriff, a drain commissioner, and a surveyor shall be elected at the 2000 general November election and every fourth year after that. However, in a county in which 1 of these offices is abolished or combined as provided by law, no person shall be elected to that office in that county.

Subject to subsections (3), (4), and (5), a county board of commissioners may by resolution combine the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in 1 office of the clerk register or separate the office of the clerk register into the offices of county clerk and register of deeds. A combination or separation of offices shall not take effect before the expiration of the current term of the affected offices.

Before adopting a resolution to combine the offices of county clerk and register of deeds or separate the office of clerk register into the offices of county clerk and register of deeds, a county board of commissioners shall study the question of combining or separating the offices. The mandatory requirements of this subsection may be satisfied by conducting a public hearing pursuant to subsection (4).

The county board of commissioners as a whole body shall hold not less than 1 public hearing, held subject to the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, on the question of combining or separating the offices of county clerk and register of deeds. The county board of commissioners may vote on the question as a regularly scheduled agenda item not less than 10 days or more than 30 days after the last public hearing held by the county board of commissioners on the question.

Not later than the sixth Tuesday before the deadline for filing the nominating petitions for the office of county clerk, register of deeds, or clerk register, the county board of commissioners may by a vote of 2/3 of the commissioners elected and serving combine the offices of county clerk and register of deeds or separate the office of the clerk register. The resolution shall become effective upon the commencement of the next term of office of the county clerk, register of deeds, or clerk register after the adoption of the resolution.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1998, Act 364, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998