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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.526 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.526
Riots and unlawful assemblies; armed force in dispersing to execute order of certain officials.
Status: in_force

Sec. 526.

Control of armed force-Whenever an armed force shall be called out in the manner provided by law for the purpose of suppressing any tumult or riot, or to disperse any body of men acting together by force, and with intent to commit any felony, or to offer violence to persons or property, or with intent, by force or violence, to resist or oppose the execution of the laws of this state, such armed force, when they shall arrive at the place of such unlawful, riotous or tumultuous assembly, shall obey such orders for suppressing the riot or tumult, and for dispersing and arresting all persons who are committing any of the said offenses, as they may have received from the governor, or from any judge of a court of record, or the sheriff of the county, any chief of police or his duly authorized representative, or any member of the Michigan state police, and also such further orders as they shall there receive from any 2 of the magistrates or officers mentioned in the first section of this chapter.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1941, Act 106, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 750.526
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.153 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-20-of-1842 / Section 21.153
Obligations due state or municipality; payment by check or bank draft, date operative; legal tender.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Whenever any check or bank draft shall be tendered for the payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation due to the state or to any municipality therein, such check or draft shall operate as a payment made on the date the check or draft was received and accepted by the receiving officer, if it shall be paid on presentation without deduction for exchange or cost of collection. All agencies of the state of Michigan shall request that checks tendered in payment of an obligation due the state shall be made payable to the state of Michigan. No receiving officer shall be required to receive in payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation collectible or receivable by him any tender other than gold or silver coin of the United States, United States treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certificates or federal reserve bank notes.

History: 1842, Act 20, Eff. Feb. 21, 1842; CL 1857, 233; CL 1871, 308; How. 421; CL 1897, 1179; Am. 1899, Act 228, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899; CL 1915, 277; CL 1929, 339; CL 1948, 21.153; Am. 1964, Act 152, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.526 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.526
Substitution of proof.
Status: in_force

Sec. 526.

The secretary of state shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the secretary of state shall direct and the state treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this chapter.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.657 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.657
Election precincts; division, rearrangement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 657.

If a city, ward, or township is divided into 2 or more election precincts, the election commission, or other officials charged with the performance of that duty by the charter of any city may by resolution divide any precinct of the city, ward, or township into 2 or more precincts, attach a portion of any precinct to an adjoining precinct, or may rearrange the city, ward, or township into election precincts as the election commission or other officials charged with the performance of that duty by the charter of any city may consider necessary and convenient for conducting primaries or elections in the city, ward, or township in the same manner and under the same restrictions as provided in section 661.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955; Am. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1283 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-392-of-2012 / Section 123.1283
Ancillary facility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

(1) An authority may enter into, amend, or terminate, as it determines necessary or appropriate, any ancillary facility for any of the following purposes:

(a) To facilitate the issue, sale, resale, purchase, repurchase, or payment of bonds, or the making or performance of swap contracts, including without limitation bond insurance, letters of credit, and liquidity facilities.

(b) To attempt to hedge risk or achieve a desirable effective interest rate or cash flow.

(2) An authority may enter into, amend, or terminate any ancillary facility as it determines necessary or appropriate or to place the obligations or investments of the authority, as represented by the bonds or the investment of bond proceeds, in whole or in part, on the interest rate, cash flow, or other basis desired by the authority. The ancillary facility may include without limitation contracts commonly known as interest swap agreements and futures or contracts providing for payments based on levels of, or changes in, interest rates. The authority may enter into these contracts or arrangements in connection with, or incidental to, entering into, or maintaining any agreement that secures bonds of the authority or any investment of reserves, or contract providing for investment of reserves, or similar ancillary facility guaranteeing an investment rate for a period of years.

(3) An authority's determination that an ancillary facility, or the amendment or termination of an ancillary facility, is necessary or appropriate is conclusive. The authority may determine the terms and conditions of an ancillary facility, including without limitation provisions as to security, default, termination, payments, remedy, and consent to service of process.

(4) Before an authority enters into any ancillary facility, the authority must have the consent of the Michigan finance authority.

History: 2012, Act 392, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.428 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-59-of-1864-Ex-Sess- / Section 570.428
Judgment for complainant; in personna.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

If, upon the trial or hearing, judgment or decree shall pass for complainant, and the water-craft has been discharged from custody, as herein provided, said judgment or decree shall be rendered and entered against the principal and sureties in the bond: Provided, That in no case shall the judgment exceed the penalty of the bond, and the subsequent proceedings shall be the same as now provided by law in personal actions in the circuit courts: Provided further, That if the release has been upon deposit, the judgment shall be in form against the party making the deposit, with a clause that it be satisfied out of said deposit, and said party shall not be personally liable upon said judgment.

History: 1864, Ex. Sess., Act 59, Eff. May 7, 1864; CL 1871, 6674; How. 8262; CL 1897, 10815; CL 1915, 14918; CL 1929, 13164; CL 1948, 570.428
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.19f — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.19f
Grand jury; publication of testimony prohibited; penalty, exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19f.

Except as otherwise provided by law, a person shall not publish or make known to any other person any testimony or exhibits obtained or used, or any proceeding conducted, in connection with any grand jury inquiry. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

Communications between prosecuting officers for the purpose of presenting evidence before the grand jury, for the purpose of reviewing evidence presented to the grand jury for prospective prosecution, or for any other purpose involving the execution of a public duty.

Communications between law enforcement officers in cases involving violations of chapter LXXXIII-A of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.543a to 750.543z.

Subsection (1) applies to, but its application is not limited to, applications and petitions for and orders of immunity and to any transcript of testimony that may be delivered to a witness pursuant to his or her grant of immunity, except that the witness may be privileged to disclose such application, petition, order, and transcript to his or her attorney.

History: Add. 1970, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1970; Am. 2002, Act 114, Eff. May 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.401 — MI Code / Chapter 800 / Act Act-253-of-1935 / Section 800.401
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "the state correctional facility reimbursement act."

History: 1935, Act 253, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935; CL 1948, 800.401; Am. 1984, Act 282, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.356b — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.356b
Breaking and entering coin operated telephone, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 356b.

Any person who breaks or enters into any coin operated telephone or a coin device attached to or an integral part thereof for the purpose of stealing or unlawfully removing therefrom any money, regardless of the value thereof, if in so doing such person breaks, tears, cuts or otherwise damages any part of the telephone or any coin device attached to or an integral part thereof, is guilty of a felony.

History: Add. 1961, Act 81, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1969, Act 254, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1554 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-55-of-1994 / Section 390.1554
Information in which interest held, or owned, prepared, used, retained by, or in possession of public university or college; exemption from disclosure; applicability of subsection (1) to information regarding sold or marketed product or process; applicability of MCL 390.1553(3).
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following information in which a public university or college holds an interest, or that is owned, prepared, used, or retained by, or in the possession of, a public university or college, is exempt from disclosure as a public record under the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

Intellectual property created by a person employed by or under contract to a public university or college for purposes that include research, education, and related activities, until a reasonable opportunity is provided for the information to be published in a timely manner in a forum intended to convey the information to the academic community.

Original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression created by a person employed by or under contract to a public university or college for purposes that include research, education, or related activities, until a reasonable opportunity is provided for the author to secure copyright registration, not to exceed 12 months from the date the work is first fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

Records regarding a process, a machine, an item of manufacture, or a composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement of a process, a machine, an item of manufacture, or a composition of matter, until a reasonable opportunity is provided for the inventor to secure patent protection, not to exceed 5 years from the date the records are first made.

Trade secrets or other proprietary information in which a public university or college holds an interest or that a public university or college owns that is determined by the public university or college to have potential commercial value, if a general description of the nature of the information and a description of the extent of the interest held by the public university or college in the information is made available to a person upon request.

To the extent that the information and its commercial value are capable of being adequately protected by copyright, patent, or trademark protection and are not encompassed by a pending, unissued patent application, subsection (1) does not apply to information regarding a product or process if the public university or college is selling or marketing the product or process to the general public.

Section 3(3) applies to information described in this section that is provided by a private external source.

History: 1994, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.1042 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-250-of-2006 / Section 487.1042
Violations; penalties; restitution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.

(1) A person that intentionally makes a false statement, misrepresentation, or false certification in any record or document filed or required to be maintained under this act or that intentionally makes a false entry or omits a material entry in a record is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $100,000.00, or both.

(2) A person that engages in criminal fraud in the conduct of its money transmission services business is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $100,000.00, or both.

(3) A person that knowingly engages in an activity for which a license is required under this act and is not licensed under this act is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $100,000.00, or both. A court shall order a person convicted of violating subsection (1) or (2) to pay restitution as provided in section 1a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.1a, and the crime victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87, MCL 780.751 to 780.834.

History: 2006, Act 250, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.27955 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Initiated-Law-1-of-2018 / Section 333.27955
Lawful activities by person 21 years of age or older; terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions; denial of custody or visitation prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

1. Notwithstanding any other law or provision of this act, and except as otherwise provided in section 4 of this act, the following acts by a person 21 years of age or older are not unlawful, are not an offense, are not grounds for seizing or forfeiting property, are not grounds for arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner, are not grounds for search or inspection, and are not grounds to deny any other right or privilege:

(a) except as permitted by subdivision (b), possessing, using or consuming, internally possessing, purchasing, transporting, or processing 2.5 ounces or less of marihuana, except that not more than 15 grams of marihuana may be in the form of marihuana concentrate;

(b) within the person's residence, possessing, storing, and processing not more than 10 ounces of marihuana and any marihuana produced by marihuana plants cultivated on the premises and cultivating not more than 12 marihuana plants for personal use, provided that no more than 12 marihuana plants are possessed, cultivated, or processed on the premises at once;

(c) assisting another person who is 21 years of age or older in any of the acts described in this section; and

(d) giving away or otherwise transferring without remuneration up to 2.5 ounces of marihuana, except that not more than 15 grams of marihuana may be in the form of marihuana concentrate, to a person 21 years of age or older, as long as the transfer is not advertised or promoted to the public.

2. Notwithstanding any other law or provision of this act, except as otherwise provided in section 4 of this act, the use, manufacture, possession, and purchase of marihuana accessories by a person 21 years of age or older and the distribution or sale of marihuana accessories to a person 21 years of age or older is authorized, is not unlawful, is not an offense, is not grounds for seizing or forfeiting property, is not grounds for arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner, and is not grounds to deny any other right or privilege.

3. A person shall not be denied custody of or visitation with a minor for conduct that is permitted by this act, unless the person's behavior is such that it creates an unreasonable danger to the minor that can be clearly articulated and substantiated.

History: 2018, Initiated Law 1, Eff. Dec. 6, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.315 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-106-of-1972 / Section 252.315
Size requirements and limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) All signs erected or maintained in business areas or unzoned commercial and industrial areas shall comply with the following size requirements and limitations:

(a) In counties of less than 425,000 population, signs shall not exceed 1,200 square feet in area, including border or trim but excluding ornamental base or apron, supports and other structural members.

(b) In counties having a population of 425,000 or more, signs of a size exceeding 1,200 square feet in area but not in excess of 6,500 square feet in area, including border or trim but excluding ornamental base or apron, supports and other structural members, shall be permitted if the department determines that the signs are in accord with customary usage in the area where the sign is located.

(c) For signs erected after March 23, 1999, signs on a sign structure shall not be stacked 1 on top of another. For signs erected prior to March 23, 1999, the sign or sign structure shall not be modified to provide a sign or sign structure that is stacked 1 on top of another.

(2) Maximum size limitations shall apply to each side of a sign structure. Signs may be placed back to back, side by side or in V-type or T-type construction, with not more than 2 sign displays to each side. Any such sign structure shall be considered as 1 sign for the purposes of this section.

(3) A single sign face may be divided into not more than 2 smaller sign faces if all of the following are satisfied:

(a) The sign being divided is not a nonconforming sign.

(b) The resulting smaller sign faces are equal in size.

(c) Each of the resulting smaller sign faces does not exceed 350 square feet in area.

(d) Each of the resulting smaller sign faces is legally permitted under this act.

(e) Both before and after the larger sign face is divided into smaller sign faces, there are no more than 2 permits for signs at that location facing the same direction of travel.

History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972; Am. 1998, Act 533, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999; Am. 2006, Act 448, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Am. 2014, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2815 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2815
Person with same or similar name as judgment debtor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2815.

A person who has the same or a similar name as a judgment debtor may demand in writing that a judgment creditor that has recorded a judgment lien against the judgment debtor deliver to the person a recordable document that discharges the judgment lien as to property owned by the person. The demand shall be accompanied by reasonable proof that the person is not the judgment debtor and that the property is not subject to the judgment lien.

Within 14 days after receipt of a demand that complies with subsection (1), the judgment creditor shall deliver to the person making the demand a recordable document that discharges the judgment lien as to the property of the person. A judgment creditor that improperly fails to comply with this subsection is liable to the person making the demand for all actual damages and costs sustained by the person because of the failure and is presumed to be liable for at least $300.00.

If a judgment creditor does not deliver a document as required by subsection (2), the person making the demand may move the court that entered the judgment for an order discharging the judgment lien. The motion shall be served on the judgment creditor. On presentation of evidence satisfactory to the court that the property is not subject to the judgment, the court shall order the judgment creditor to prepare and deliver a recordable discharge of the judgment lien or issue an order discharging the judgment lien. The court shall award reasonable attorney fees to a party that prevails on a motion under this section.

History: Add. 2004, Act 136, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.624 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.624
Delegate to county or district conventions; qualifications; affidavit of identity; seating of delegates; violation as misdemeanor; complaint; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 624.

(1) A person holding a public office in this state or a municipal subdivision of this state may become a candidate for delegate to the county or district conventions.

(2) A candidate for delegate to the county or district conventions of a political party shall be a qualified and registered elector residing within, as well as having his or her actual bona fide residence within, the election precinct for which he or she desires to become a candidate on the filing deadline. A candidate must file an affidavit of identity as prescribed in section 558(1) with the county clerk of the county in which the candidate resides. A county clerk shall receive affidavits of identity under this section up to 4 p.m. on the thirteenth Tuesday before the time designated for holding a primary election in the county. All duly elected and certified delegates shall be seated at the county or district county conventions. A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(3) If a written complaint is made to the county clerk with respect to the registration or bona fide residence, or both, of a candidate, the county clerk shall check with the township or city clerk of the township or city in which the candidate is registered or residing, or both. The township or city clerk shall report back to the county clerk within 48 hours as to the registration or bona fide residence, or both, of the candidate. If the township or city clerk's report shows that the candidate is not a registered elector or a bona fide resident of the election precinct of the township or city for which the petition shows the candidate is a resident, the county clerk shall remove the name of the candidate from the ballot. A complaint received by the county clerk after the ballots have been released for printing and before the primary election must not be acted upon.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1966, Act 42, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1966; Am. 1976, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 3, 1976; Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990; Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012; Am. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018