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Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1861 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-162-of-1995 / Section 445.1861
Action by attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or borrower; recovery of interest or other charges; attorney fees and court costs; class action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney for the county where an alleged violation occurred, or a borrower may bring an action against a regulated lender to do 1 or more of the following:

Obtain a declaratory judgment that a method, act, or practice of a regulated lender is a violation of this act.

Enjoin a regulated lender who is engaging or about to engage in a method, act, or practice that is a violation of this act.

Recover $1,000.00 and actual damages if the alleged violation of this act was committed by a regulated lender for a non-credit card arrangement or $1,500.00 and actual damages if the alleged violation involved any other credit arrangements.

Recover reasonable attorney fees and the costs in connection with bringing an action under this act if the regulated lender is found to have violated this act.

In an action brought by the attorney general or a county prosecutor, recover a civil fine of not more than $10,000.00 if the regulated lender is found to have willfully and knowingly violated this act and $20,000.00 if the regulated lender is found to have persistently violated this act.

Except for a violation described in section 12, a regulated lender who violates this act in the extension of credit to a borrower or buyer shall not recover any interest or other charges in connection with the extension of credit. The borrower or buyer may recover reasonable attorney fees and court costs for enforcing this subsection or in defending against a cause of action brought by a regulated lender who has violated this act.

The attorney general or a borrower may bring a class action on behalf of persons injured by a violation of this act.

History: 1995, Act 162, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7210 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7210
Registration procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7210.

(1) A trust is registered by the filing of a statement that states the trustee's name and address and in which the trustee acknowledges the trusteeship. The statement shall indicate if the trust has been registered elsewhere. The statement shall identify the trust in 1 of the following manners:

(a) For a trust created by will, by the name of the testator and the date and place of domiciliary probate.

(b) For a written inter-vivos trust, by the name of each settlor and the original trustee and the date of the trust instrument and all amendments existing on the date of registration.

(c) For an oral trust, by information identifying the settlor or other source of property and describing the trust's time and manner of creation and the terms of the trust, including the subject matter, beneficiaries, and time of performance.

(2) The trust instrument is not required to be filed with the court as part of the registration of a trust. If a trust is registered elsewhere, registration in this state is ineffective until the earlier registration is released by order of the court where that registration occurred or by an instrument executed by the trustee and all qualified trust beneficiaries. The order or instrument shall be filed with the registration in this state.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article I § 24 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article I § 24
Rights of crime victims; enforcement; assessment against convicted defendants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

Crime victims, as defined by law, shall have the following rights, as provided by law:

The right to be treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice process.

The right to timely disposition of the case following arrest of the accused.

The right to be reasonably protected from the accused throughout the criminal justice process.

The right to notification of court proceedings.

The right to attend trial and all other court proceedings the accused has the right to attend.

The right to confer with the prosecution.

The right to make a statement to the court at sentencing.

The right to restitution.

The right to information about the conviction, sentence, imprisonment, and release of the accused.

The legislature may provide by law for the enforcement of this section.

The legislature may provide for an assessment against convicted defendants to pay for crime victims' rights.

History: Add. H.J.R. P, approved Nov. 8, 1988, Eff. Dec. 24, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16167 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16167
Committee; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16167.

The committee shall do all of the following:

Establish the general components of the health professional recovery program and a mechanism for monitoring health professionals who may be impaired.

Subject to sections 16169 and 16170 and in conjunction with the health professional recovery program consultants described in section 16168, develop and implement criteria for the identification, assessment, and treatment of health professionals who may be impaired.

In conjunction with the health professional recovery program consultants described in section 16168, develop and implement mechanisms for the evaluation of continuing care or aftercare plans for health professionals who may be impaired.

Develop a mechanism and criteria for the referral of a health professional who may be impaired to a professional association when appropriate for the purpose of providing assistance to the health professional. In developing criteria under this subdivision, the committee shall require that a referral be made only with the consent of the health professional.

Annually report to each board and the physician's assistants task force created under this article on the status of the health professional recovery program. The committee shall include in the report, at a minimum, statistical information on the level of participation in the program of each health profession. The committee may include in the report recommendations for changes in the health professional recovery program and for participation by the boards and the physician's assistants task force, professional associations, substance abuse treatment and prevention programs, and other appropriate agencies.

History: Add. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 11 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article V § 11
Provisional appointments to fill vacancies due to suspension.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The governor may make a provisional appointment to fill a vacancy occasioned by the suspension of an appointed or elected officer, other than a legislative or judicial officer, until he is reinstated or until the vacancy is filled in the manner prescribed by law or this constitution.

History: Const. 1963, Art. V, § 11, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.165 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-361-of-1978 / Section 285.165
Control vested in authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The control of all land and other property held or acquired by this state or its people for the purpose of holding and conducting agricultural and industrial fairs and exhibitions is vested in the authority.

History: 1978, Act 361, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978; Am. 2000, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 468, Eff. Mar. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.538 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-162-of-1955 / Section 290.538
Director; enforcement of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The director of agriculture shall enforce this act.

History: 1955, Act 162, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1955; Am. 2000, Act 140, Imd. Eff. June 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 475.2 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 475.2
Legislative purpose and policy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

It is hereby declared to be the purpose and policy of the legislature in enacting this law to confer upon the commission the power and authority and to make it its duty to supervise and regulate the transportation of property by motor vehicle for hire upon and over the public highways of this state in all matters whether specifically mentioned herein or not, so as to do all of the following:

(a) Protect the safety and welfare of the traveling and shipping public in their use of the highways.

(b) Promote competitive and efficient transportation services.

(c) Meet the needs of motor carriers, shippers, receivers, and consumers.

(d) Allow a variety of quality, price, and service options to meet changing market demands and the diverse requirements of the shipping public.

(e) Allow the most productive use of equipment and energy resources.

(f) Provide the opportunity for efficient and well-managed motor carriers to earn adequate profits and attract capital.

(g) Promote intermodal transportation.

(h) Prevent unjust discrimination.

(i) Promote greater participation by minorities in the motor carrier system.

(j) Provide and maintain service to small communities and small shippers.

(k) Prevent evasion of this act through any device or arrangement.

( l ) Promote entrepreneurship in the motor carrier industry by allowing greater contract carrier economic and entry flexibility.

(m) Promote the use of jointly considered and initiated rates, classifications, divisions, allowances, charges, or rules of motor carriers under commission approved agreements.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 475.2; Am. 1957, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982; Am. 1993, Act 352, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1994; Am. 2014, Act 493, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.24517 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.24517
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24517.

The department may promulgate rules to implement sections 24510 and 24511. However, the department or another department of this state shall not promulgate rules to implement any other section in this article.

History: Add. 2020, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Oct. 22, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.224d — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.224d
Self-defense spray or foam device.
Status: in_force

Sec. 224d.

(1) As used in this section and section 224, "self-defense spray or foam device" means a device to which all of the following apply:

(a) The device is capable of carrying, and ejects, releases, or emits 1 of the following:

( i ) Not more than 35 grams of any combination of orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile and inert ingredients.

( ii ) A solution containing not more than 18% oleoresin capsicum.

( iii ) A solution containing an ultraviolet dye and not more than 18% oleoresin capsicum.

(b) The device does not eject, release, or emit any gas or substance that will temporarily or permanently disable, incapacitate, injure, or harm a person with whom the gas or substance comes in contact, other than the substance described in subdivision (a)( i ), ( ii ), or ( iii ).

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who uses a self-defense spray or foam device to eject, release, or emit orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile or oleoresin capsicum at another person is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.

(3) If a person uses a self-defense spray or foam device during the commission of a crime to eject, release, or emit orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile or oleoresin capsicum or threatens to use a self-defense spray or foam device during the commission of a crime to temporarily or permanently disable another person, the judge who imposes sentence upon a conviction for that crime shall consider the defendant's use or threatened use of the self-defense spray or foam device as a reason for enhancing the sentence.

(4) A person shall not sell a self-defense spray or foam device to a minor. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

(5) Subsection (2) does not prohibit either of the following:

(a) The reasonable use of a self-defense spray or foam device containing not more than 18% oleoresin capsicum by a person who is employed by a county sheriff or a chief of police and who is authorized in writing by the county sheriff or chief of police to carry and use a self-defense spray or foam device and has been trained in the use, effects, and risks of the device, while in performance of his or her official duties.

(b) The reasonable use of either of the following by a person in the protection of a person or property under circumstances that would justify the person's use of physical force:

( i ) A self-defense spray or foam device containing not more than 18% oleoresin capsicum.

( ii ) A self-defense spray or foam device containing an ultraviolet dye and not more than 18% oleoresin capsicum.

History: Add. 1980, Act 346, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 1991, Act 33, Imd. Eff. June 10, 1991; Am. 1992, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Feb. 21, 1992; Am. 2006, Act 401, Eff. Dec. 28, 2006; Am. 2010, Act 365, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2010; Am. 2018, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1103 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-319-of-1990 / Section 123.1103
Local unit of government; permissible prohibitions or regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

This act does not prohibit a local unit of government from doing any of the following:

(a) Prohibiting or regulating conduct with a pistol, other firearm, or pneumatic gun that is a criminal offense under state law.

(b) Prohibiting or regulating the transportation, carrying, or possession of pistols, other firearms, or pneumatic guns by employees of that local unit of government in the course of their employment with that local unit of government.

(c) Regulating the possession of pneumatic guns within the local unit of government by requiring that an individual below the age of 16 who is in possession of a pneumatic gun be under the supervision of a parent, a guardian, or an individual 18 years of age or older, except that an ordinance shall not regulate possession of a pneumatic gun on or within private property if the individual below the age of 16 is authorized by a parent or guardian and the property owner or legal possessor to possess the pneumatic gun.

(d) Prohibiting an individual from pointing, waving about, or displaying a pneumatic gun in a threatening manner with the intent to induce fear in another individual.

History: 1990, Act 319, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991; Am. 2015, Act 29, Eff. Aug. 10, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.110 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 801.110
Designation of jail of other county; effect on prisoner admitted to jail liberties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

If any prisoner confined on civil process, shall have been admitted to the liberties of the jail of the county for which such designation shall have been made, previous to such designation, they shall, notwithstanding, be entitled to remain within such liberties, but may be removed to the jail so designated, and confined therein, by the sheriff of the county in which they were admitted to the liberties of the jail, in the same cases, and in the same manner as such sheriff might by law confine them in the jail of his own county.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 148; CL 1857, 5584; CL 1871, 7371; How. 8948; CL 1897, 10541; CL 1915, 14769; CL 1929, 17706; CL 1948, 801.110
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1498i — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1498i
Notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 498i.

The parent or guardian of a minor shall be notified immediately of the admission of a minor to a hospital in any case where the parent or guardian of the minor did not execute the application for hospitalization. The notice shall be in the form most likely to reach the person being notified in an expeditious manner, and shall inform the person of the right to participate in any proceedings under this act.

History: Add. 1984, Act 186, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3821 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3821
Issuance of policy to person not enrolled in medicare parts A and B prohibited; refund; interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3821.

An insurer shall not issue an individual medicare supplement policy to a person who has not applied for or enrolled in medicare, parts A and B. If it is later determined that a person has not applied for or enrolled in medicare, parts A and B, an insurer shall refund all premiums received from the person for a medicare supplement policy issued to the person plus interest less the amount of any benefits received by the person under the policy.

Interest under subsection (1) shall be calculated at 6-month intervals from the date the first premium payment was received at a rate of interest equal to 1% plus the average interest rate paid at auctions of 5-year United States treasury notes during the 6 months immediately preceding July 1 and January 1, as certified by the state treasurer, and compounded annually.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.233 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.233
Rules; organization; operations; procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

(1) An agency shall promulgate rules describing its organization and stating the general course and method of its operations. The agency may include in the rules forms with instructions. Sections 41, 42, 45, and 45a do not apply to promulgation of the rules.

(2) An agency shall promulgate rules prescribing its procedures available to the public and the methods by which the public may obtain information and submit requests.

(3) An agency may promulgate rules prescribing procedures for contested cases. The rules must be consistent with this act and other applicable statutes.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1999, Act 262, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2018, Act 267, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2018; Am. 2024, Act 9, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.623 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.623
Board; duties generally; conducting business at public meeting; actions of board; public notice of meeting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 623.

The intermediate school board shall do all of the following:

Perform duties required by law and by the state board, but shall not supersede or replace the board of a constituent district, nor shall the intermediate school board control or otherwise interfere with the rights of constituent districts or public school academies except as provided in this part.

Employ a superintendent, assistants, and other employees the intermediate school board considers necessary and fix their compensation. The compensation of the intermediate superintendent, assistants, and other employees shall include salaries, travel expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, and other benefits the board approves. The necessary contingent expenses of the office of the intermediate school board and the intermediate superintendent shall be paid by the treasurer subject to the authorization of the intermediate school board. The intermediate superintendent shall have the qualifications prescribed in section 651 and perform the duties provided by law and by the intermediate school board.

The business the intermediate school board is authorized to perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. An act of the board shall not be valid unless voted at a meeting by a majority vote of the members elected and serving on the board and a record made of the vote. An action of an intermediate school board on matters of personnel, property transfers, bonding, expenditures of money, or other matters designated by the board's bylaws shall be by yea and nay vote entered upon its record. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by section 5 of Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.265 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1994, Act 413, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 416, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9326 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9326
Priority of security interests created by new debtor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9326.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a security interest that is created by a new debtor in collateral in which the new debtor has or acquires rights and is perfected solely by a filed financing statement that would be ineffective to perfect the security interest but for the application of section 9316(9)(a) or 9508 is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral that is perfected other than by such a filed financing statement.

(2) The other provisions of this part determine the priority among conflicting security interests in the same collateral perfected by filed financing statements described in subsection (1). However, if the security agreements to which a new debtor became bound as debtor were not entered into by the same original debtor, the conflicting security interests rank according to priority in time of the new debtor's having become bound.

History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001; Am. 2012, Act 88, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2951 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2951
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2951.

As used in this part:

"International will" means a will executed in conformity with this part.

"Authorized individual" means an individual who by section 2959 or by the laws of the United States, including members of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by foreign service regulations, is empowered to supervise the execution of international wills.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.2070a — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.2070a
"Firefighter Coleman A. Tate Memorial Highway".
Status: in_force

Sec. 1070a.

The portion of highway I-94 in Wayne County, also known as "Edsel Ford Freeway", beginning at the intersection with M-53 and extending east to the intersection with Huntington Avenue shall be known as the "Firefighter Coleman A. Tate Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2021, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.27101 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-281-of-2016 / Section 333.27101
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 101.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "medical marihuana facilities licensing act".

History: 2016, Act 281, Eff. Dec. 20, 2016