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Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.55 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-419-of-1919 / Section 460.55
Additional reports; verification; rules of commission; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

In addition to the reports now required to be made by any public utility under the laws of the state relating to the Michigan railroad commission, it shall be competent for the public utilities commission to require the making of such additional and further reports and the supplying of such data as is reasonably necessary for the proper performance of the powers and duties hereby contemplated. Any report required to be made by a utility operated and controlled by a corporation, joint stock company or association shall be verified by the affidavit of the president and secretary thereof. In all other cases such verification shall be made by the owner, or 1 of them, or by the general manager. Said commission shall have power and authority to make, adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the conduct of its business and the proper discharge of its functions hereunder, and all persons dealing with the commission or interested in any matter or proceedings pending before it shall be bound by such rules and regulations. The commission shall also have authority to make and prescribe regulations for the conducting of the business of public utilities, subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and it shall be the duty of every corporation, joint stock company, association or individual owning, managing or operating any such utility to obey such rules and regulations. Any such corporation, joint stock company, association or individual refusing or neglecting so to do, or refusing or neglecting to make any report required hereunder, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than 100 dollars nor more than 1,000 dollars; and the officer or individual in default shall also be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than 10 dollars nor more than 1,000 dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not more than 6 months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1919, Act 419, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1919; CL 1929, 11010; CL 1948, 460.55
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.653a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.653a
Election notice; publication; form; agreement to jointly publish notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 653a.

(1) On receipt of the notice from the county clerk pursuant to section 652, the clerk of each city and township shall give notice of the time and place at which the election is to be held, the offices to be filled, and the proposals to be submitted to the voters. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published, or of general circulation, in the city or township. A caption or brief description of the proposal or proposals along with the location where an elector can obtain the full text of the proposal or proposals shall be included in the notice. The publication shall be made not less than 7 days before the election. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:

ELECTION NOTICE To the qualified electors of the city or township ______________________________ notice is hereby given that a ____________________________________________________________ (indicate whether regular, special, or primary) election will be held in ___________________________________ on __________ from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the purpose of (date) nominating or electing candidates for the following offices: ____________________________________________________________ (list of offices) and to vote on the following proposals: ____________________________________________________________ (list all proposals to be submitted to voters) List of polling place locations: __________________________. _______________________ (clerk)

ELECTION NOTICE

To the qualified electors of the city or township

______________________________ notice is hereby given that a

____________________________________________________________

(indicate whether regular, special, or primary)

election will be held in ___________________________________

on __________ from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the purpose of

(date)

nominating or electing candidates for the following offices:

____________________________________________________________

(list of offices)

and to vote on the following proposals:

____________________________________________________________

(list all proposals to be submitted to voters)

List of polling place locations: __________________________.

_______________________

(clerk)

(2) A county clerk may enter into an agreement with the clerk of 1 or more townships or cities in the county or the clerks of 1 or more cities or townships in a county may enter into an agreement to jointly publish the notice in subsection (1). The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the cities and townships listed in the notice. If certain offices or proposals are to be voted on in less than all of the precincts, the notice shall specify the townships or cities that shall vote on only those offices or proposals.

History: Add. 1982, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 27, 1982; Am. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.1 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 74.1
Village; construed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The term village, whenever used in this act, shall be construed to mean a village incorporated under this act or subject to its provisions.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2935; CL 1915, 2820; CL 1929, 1729; CL 1948, 74.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.341 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.341
Elective township offices and officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 341.

Elective township offices shall consist of a supervisor, township clerk, township treasurer, not to exceed 4 constables, and not to exceed 4 trustees. Elective township officers may include library directors and park commission members.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1966, Act 44, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1966; Am. 1980, Act 112, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8503 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8503
District court of first or second class; clerk or deputy clerk as magistrate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8503.

Subject to the provisions of section 8501, the judges of the district court within a district of the first or second class may appoint a clerk or deputy clerk as a magistrate to perform the duties and exercise the powers of a magistrate in addition to the duties as a clerk or deputy clerk of the district court.

History: Add. 1970, Act 61, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971; Am. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.552 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.552
Department of social welfare; transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 452.

All powers, duties and functions of the state department of social welfare created under Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being sections 400.1 to 400.90 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are transferred by a type I transfer to the department of social services.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1323 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1323
Retirement board; oath; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; quorum; failure to attend scheduled meetings; availability of writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

A member of the retirement board, upon appointment, shall take an oath of office, which shall be filed immediately in the office of the secretary of state.

The business which the retirement board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the retirement board held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended. A majority of the retirement board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the board. A member of the retirement board who fails to attend 3 consecutive regularly scheduled meetings of the board, without valid excuse, shall be considered as having resigned from retirement board membership, and the retirement board shall declare the member's office vacated as of the date of adoption of a proper resolution.

A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the retirement board in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.202 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-174-of-1943 / Section 45.202
Inconsistent provisions of law superseded.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

This act shall be construed as superseding any inconsistent provision of law, and shall be self-executing.

History: 1943, Act 174, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 45.202
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2825 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2825
Assuming custody of live born child of unknown parentage; form, contents, and filing of report; place of birth; report as birth registration; sealing and opening of report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2825.

A person who assumes custody of a live born child of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the state registrar the following information:

The date and place of finding the child.

The sex and approximate birth date of the child.

The name and address of the person or institution with whom the child is placed for care.

The name given to the child by the custodian of the child.

Other data required by the state registrar.

The report shall be filed in the manner prescribed by the state registrar not later than 5 days after the person assumes custody.

The place where the child is found shall be entered as the place of birth.

A report made under this section constitutes the birth registration for the child.

If the child is identified and a birth registration is found or obtained, a report registered under this section shall be sealed and may be opened only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by rule.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.27 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-122-of-1941 / Section 205.27
Prohibited conduct; violation; penalties; enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

In the performance of the duties and responsibilities required by a statute, the administration of which is subject to this act, a person shall not do any of the following:

Fail or refuse to make a return or payment within the time specified, make a false or fraudulent return or payment, or make a false statement in a return or payment.

Aid, abet, or assist another in an attempt to evade the payment of a tax, or a part of a tax, or file a false claim for credit as provided in statutes administered under this act.

Make or permit to be made for himself or herself or for any other person a false return or payment, a false statement in a return or payment, or a false claim for credit or refund, either in whole or in part.

A person who violates a provision of this section with intent to defraud or to evade or assist in defrauding or evading the payment of a tax, or a part of a tax, is guilty of a felony, punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.

In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (2), a person who knowingly swears to or verifies a false or fraudulent return or a false or fraudulent payment, or a return or payment containing a false or fraudulent statement, with the intent to aid, abet, or assist in defrauding the state, is guilty of perjury, punishable in the manner provided by law.

A person who is not in violation pursuant to subsection (2), but who knowingly violates any other provision of this act, or of any statute administered under this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

The attorney general and the prosecuting attorney of each county of this state have concurrent power to enforce this act.

History: Add. 1980, Act 162, Eff. Sept. 17, 1980; Am. 1991, Act 83, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2602 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-453-of-1976 / Section 37.2602
Department; powers and duties generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 602.

The department shall:

Be responsible to the executive director, who shall be the principal executive officer of the department and shall be responsible for executing the policies of the commission.

Appoint necessary employees and agents and fix their compensation in accordance with civil service rules. The attorney general shall appear for and represent the department or the commission in a court having jurisdiction of a matter under this act.

Receive, initiate, investigate, conciliate, adjust, dispose of, issue charges, and hold hearings on complaints alleging a violation of this act, and approve or disapprove plans to correct past discriminatory practices which have caused or resulted in a denial of equal opportunity with respect to groups or persons protected by this act.

Require answers to interrogatories, order the submission of books, papers, records, and other materials pertinent to a complaint, and require the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and compel, through court authorization, compliance with its orders or an order of the commission.

Cooperate or contract with persons and state, local, and other agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the federal government and of other states.

Monitor the awarding and execution of contracts to ensure compliance by a contractor or a subcontractor with a covenant entered into or to be entered into pursuant to section 209.

History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1992, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 7, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43561 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43561
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43561.

The department may promulgate rules for the administration of this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 585, Eff. Mar. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1163 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1163
Reinsurance intermediary-manager; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1163.

A reinsurance intermediary-manager shall not do any of the following:

Cede retrocessions on behalf of the reinsurer, except that the reinsurance intermediary-manager may cede facultative retrocessions pursuant to obligatory facultative agreements if the contract with the reinsurer contains reinsurance underwriting guidelines for such retrocessions. These guidelines shall include a list of reinsurers with which the automatic agreements are in effect, and for each reinsurer, the coverages and amounts or percentages that may be reinsured and commission schedules.

Commit the reinsurer to participate in reinsurance syndicates.

Appoint any agent without assuring that the agent is lawfully licensed to transact the type of reinsurance for which he or she is appointed.

Without prior approval of the reinsurer, pay or commit the reinsurer to pay a claim, net of retrocessions, that exceeds the lesser of an amount specified by the reinsurer or 1% of the reinsurer's policyholder's surplus as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year.

Collect any payment from a retrocessionaire or commit the reinsurer to any claim settlement with a retrocessionaire, without prior approval of the reinsurer. If prior approval is given, a report must be promptly forwarded to the reinsurer.

Jointly employ an individual who is employed by the reinsurer unless the reinsurance intermediary-manager is under common control with the reinsurer subject to chapter 13.

Appoint a subreinsurance intermediary-manager.

History: Add. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5654 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5654
Recommended medical treatment for advanced illness; duty of physician to inform orally; limitation or modification of disclosed information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5654.

(1) A physician who has diagnosed a patient as having a reduced life expectancy due to an advanced illness and is recommending medical treatment for the patient shall do all of the following:

(a) Orally inform the patient, the patient's patient surrogate, or, if the patient has designated a patient advocate and is unable to participate in medical treatment decisions, the patient advocate acting on behalf of the patient in accordance with sections 5506 to 5515 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5506 to 700.5515, about the recommended medical treatment and about alternatives to the recommended medical treatment.

(b) Orally inform the patient, patient surrogate, or patient advocate about the advantages, disadvantages, and risks of the recommended medical treatment and of each alternative medical treatment described in subdivision (a) and about the procedures involved.

(2) A physician's duty to inform a patient, patient surrogate, or patient advocate under subsection (1) does not require the disclosure of information beyond that required by the applicable standard of practice.

(3) Subsection (1) does not limit or modify the information required to be disclosed under sections 5133(2) and 17013(1).

History: Add. 1996, Act 594, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 2000, Act 58, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2001, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 551, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.761 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-184-of-1994 / Section 290.761
Sale of cultivated ginseng by grower.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A grower selling cultivated ginseng shall do all of the following:

Provide a record of sale containing all of the following information to a purchaser:

Grower's name and address.

Grower's license number and ginseng certificate number.

Dry weight.

Year harvested.

Certify that the ginseng was grown in this state in accordance with this act. The certification shall be in the form prescribed by the director.

Maintain records of ginseng production.

Maintain records of the location and dimensions of, and all management activities applied to, any woodsgrown ginseng beds.

History: 1994, Act 184, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.89 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.89
Private use landing areas.
Status: in_force

Sec. 89.

Sections 86 and 87a do not apply to landing areas designated and operated for private use if commercial operations are not performed on the landing areas. A landing area for private use shall not be established, without commission approval, within 5 nautical miles of a public use facility certified by the commission or that would violate section 87.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.89; Am. 1969, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969; Am. 1996, Act 370, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996; Am. 1998, Act 81, Eff. July 17, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 35, Eff. May 15, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1607 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1607
Expenditures included in costs for school operating purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Costs for school operating purposes include all expenditures necessary to carry out the powers and the financial obligations of the district or intermediate district under the revised school code.

History: 1979, Act 94, Eff. Oct. 1, 1979; Am. 1986, Act 212, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986; Am. 1993, Act 336, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 300, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Am. 2013, Act 97, Eff. Oct. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1303 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-332-of-1965 / Section 445.1303
Payment of contract in full before maturity; refund credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.

Notwithstanding the provisions of a home improvement installment contract to the contrary, a buyer may pay the contract in full at any time before maturity and in so paying shall receive a refund credit on the contract, except as provided in section 309. Except as provided in subsection (2), the amount of the refund credit shall represent at least as great a proportion of the finance charge, or if the contract has been extended, deferred, or refinanced, of the additional charge therefor, as the sum of the periodical time balance scheduled by the contract to follow the installment date after the day of prepayment bears to the sum of all the periodical time balances under the schedule of installments in the contract or, if the contract has been extended, deferred, or refinanced, as so extended, deferred, or refinanced.

If a part of the finance charge is computed on an installment as provided in section 301(3), the amount of the refund credit applicable to that part of the finance charge shall represent at least as great a proportion of that part of the finance charge as the number of months to elapse after the month in which prepayment is made to the due date of that installment bears to the number of months from the date the finance charge accrues to the due date of that installment.

Where the amount of the credit for anticipation of payment is less than $1.00, a refund need not be made. Where the earned finance charge amounts to less than the minimum finance charge, there may be retained an amount equal to the minimum finance charge under section 301.

History: 1965, Act 332, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966; Am. 1978, Act 96, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 442.365 — MI Code / Chapter 442 / Act Act-40-of-1987 / Section 442.365
Action to enforce act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

In an action to enforce this act all of the following apply:

A disclaimer made pursuant to section 2(2) regarding an item of relevant information shall be effective unless the claimant can establish that the art merchant failed to make reasonable inquiries, according to custom and usage of trade, to ascertain the information, or that the information would have been ascertained as a result of reasonable inquiry.

The court may allow a prevailing party the costs of the action, and may allow a prevailing purchaser reasonable attorney fees. If the court determines that a purchaser's action was brought in bad faith, it may allow the art merchant reasonable attorney fees.

An action to enforce this act shall be brought within the period prescribed by section 2725 of the uniform commercial code, Act No. 174 of the Public Acts of 1962, being section 440.2725 of the Michigan Compiled Laws for an action for a breach of warranty.

History: 1987, Act 40, Eff. Dec. 9, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21304 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21304
Liability of owner or operator not limited or removed; owner or operator as or employing consultant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21304.

(1) Actions taken by a consultant pursuant to this part do not limit or remove the liability of an owner or operator that is liable under section 21323a except as specifically provided for in this part.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, if an owner or operator that is liable under section 21323a is a consultant or employs a consultant, this part does not require the owner or operator that is liable under section 21323a to retain an outside consultant to perform the responsibilities required under this part. Those responsibilities may be performed by an owner or operator that is liable under section 21323a who is a consultant or by a consultant employed by the owner or operator that is liable under section 21323a.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2012, Act 446, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012