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Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2058 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-161-of-1988 / Section 487.2058
License certificate; availability of copy; transferability; changing name or place of business; operating one place of business under same license; additional place of business; ceasing business activities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Upon approval by the commissioner of an application for a license, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a license certificate showing the name of the person authorized to do business and the business address of the licensee. The licensee shall make a copy of the license available at the licensee's place of business for inspection upon request by any natural person.

A license shall not be transferred or assigned without the prior consent of the commissioner. For purposes of this subsection, transfer means the sale, assignment, or conveyance of more than 25% of the outstanding voting stock of a licensee that is a corporation, or more than 25% of the ownership interest in a licensee that is a partnership or other legal entity.

A licensee under this act may change its name or place of business shown on the license. To change its name or the place of business shown on the license, a licensee shall give prior written notice to the commissioner and return the license certificate to the commissioner for amendment. The commissioner shall amend the license certificate to show the new name or the new place of business shown on the license and the date of reissue.

A licensee may engage in activities for which a license is required at more than 1 place of business by providing not less than 30 days' written notice to the commissioner before opening each additional place of business, and otherwise complying with the requirements of this act. An application that identifies the locations at which the applicant, if approved, will conduct business activities that are subject to this act meets the notice requirement of this subsection for those locations.

A licensee that elects to cease engaging in business activities that are subject to this act at a place of business shall provide prior written notice to the commissioner.

History: 1988, Act 161, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988; Am. 1992, Act 76, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992; Am. 1999, Act 275, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.480 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.480
Refusing to deliver records and money to successor in office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 480.

Refusing to deliver books, money, etc., to successor in office-Any officer or agent of this state or of any county, city, village, township or school district within the state, into whose hands money, books, papers, evidence of debt or other property shall come by virtue of his office or agency, who shall wilfully refuse or neglect, on demand, to deliver the same to his successor in office or to the person authorized by law to receive or have charge of the same, shall be guilty of a felony.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.480
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.1125 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-497-of-1980 / Section 570.1125
Assignability of construction lien; powers and obligations of assignee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 125.

A construction lien which arises under this act is assignable. Proceedings for the enforcement of the lien may be maintained by, and in the name of, the assignee. In that case, the assignee shall have the same power to enforce the construction lien, and shall be subject to the same obligations, as if the proceedings were being taken by, and in the name of, the lien claimant.

History: 1980, Act 497, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1124 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1124
Waiting lists for admissions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 124.

The department shall establish waiting lists for admissions to state operated programs. Waiting lists shall be by diagnostic groups or program categories, age, and gender, and shall specify the length of time each individual has been on the waiting list from the date of the initial request for services.

The department shall require that community mental health services programs maintain waiting lists if all service needs are not met, and that the waiting lists include data by type of services, diagnostic groups or program categories, age, and gender, and that they specify the length of time each individual has been on the waiting list from the date of the initial request for services. The order of priority on the waiting lists shall be based on severity and urgency of need. Individuals determined to be of equal severity and urgency of need shall be served in the order in which they applied for services.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5925 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5925
Employee wellness programs; grants; applications; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5925.

The department shall utilize the fund to provide grants for employee wellness programs which reduce the prevalence of high risk factors for employees. Programs funded under this section may provide services to employees, dependents of employees, and to retired employees.

The department shall accept applications for funding from any employer or employee organization in the state. The department shall give special consideration to programs which address more than 1 high risk factor and which are to be conducted by more than 1 employer or employee organization.

The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall be submitted for public hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969 within 60 days after the effective date of this part.

History: Add. 1987, Act 258, Eff. July 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.38 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.38
Poster indicating ballot coaching prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 38.

(1) The secretary of state shall develop a poster that explains ballot coaching and that indicates that ballot coaching is prohibited.

(2) The secretary of state shall provide to each residential care facility in this state at least 1 poster as described in subsection (1).

(3) For the period beginning 45 days before each election and continuing through election day, the owner, operator, or facility director of a residential care facility shall display the poster provided by the secretary of state in a public area in the residential care facility.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Home for the aged" means that term as defined in section 20106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20106.

(b) "Nursing home" means that term as defined in section 20109 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20109.

(c) "Residential care facility" means both of the following:

( i ) Home for the aged.

( ii ) Nursing home.

History: Add. 2012, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1409 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1409
Civil action for negligence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 409.

A civil action for negligence based upon, or arising out of, the health care provider-patient relationship shall not be maintained against a health care corporation.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.52704 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.52704
Forestry commission; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52704.

A forestry commission shall supervise and manage all land of the municipality devoted to forestry and provide labor on forest land by foresters and others as may be necessary for the proper care and maintenance of the land as a forest producing area, to make reasonable rules and regulations concerning the land, and to expend money as may be appropriated or received for this purpose.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.61 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.61
Annexation to community college district; approval from superintendent of public instruction; filing of resolution, approval, and wording of ballot questions; placement of question before electors; effective date; territory subject to taxes; eligibility of electors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

(1) By adoption of a resolution, the board of trustees of a community college district organized under this chapter may initiate annexation to the community college district, in the manner provided in this act, of that portion of an intermediate school district, local school district, county, or township that is not already included within a community college district.

(2) Before an annexation election described in this subsection, the board of trustees shall obtain the approval of the proposed annexation from the superintendent of public instruction. If it receives that approval, the secretary of the board of trustees shall, subject to section 646a of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.646a, file certified copies of the annexation resolution, the approval, and the wording of the ballot questions described in this subsection with the clerk of the county in which the territory to be annexed is located. After the resolution, approval, and ballot questions are filed in accordance with this subsection, the clerk of the county shall place before the electors the question of annexation to the community college district and of approving the maximum tax rate existing in the community college district.

(3) If both propositions receive majority approval of the electors voting on the propositions, the effective date of the annexation is the date the election is certified by the appropriate board of county canvassers.

(4) By virtue of annexation, unless otherwise provided in the approved annexation propositions, territory annexed to a community college district is subject to taxes levied for principal and interest of outstanding bonded indebtedness of the community college district.

(5) If a portion of a county, township, or intermediate or local school district to be annexed lies within a community college district at the time of the annexation election, then the electors residing in that territory are not eligible to vote on the propositions and that territory does not become a part of the community college district.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966; Am. 2000, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001; Am. 2016, Act 374, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.8 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.8
Administrative board; investment of funds, purchase of life insurance or annuity, deposits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The members of the retirement board shall be the trustees of the several funds created by this act. The board may invest and reinvest the funds of the system subject to terms and restrictions imposed by law upon a domestic life insurance company in this state in making and disposing of its investments, and subject to the state law relating to the investment of funds of public employee retirement systems or plans. The board may purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer and dispose of any investment in which any fund of the system has been invested, the proceeds of such investment and any moneys belonging to the system. All such purchases shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the board. The board may purchase appropriate contracts of life insurance or annuity from insurers duly authorized to do business in the state, if and when such purchase or purchases shall in the judgment of the board be appropriate or necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.

For the purpose of meeting disbursements for retirement allowance and other payments in excess of the receipts, there shall be kept available by the retirement board an amount, not exceeding 10% of the total amount in the funds provided for by this act, on deposit in the state treasury.

History: 1943, Act 240, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 38.8; Am. 1951, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1951; Am. 1953, Act 127, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1953; Am. 1955, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1955; Am. 1965, Act 159, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.279 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-72-of-1979 / Section 21.279
Reporting estimate of revenue foregone from exemption under MCL 205.301 et seq.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The governor shall report an estimate of revenue foregone from exemptions granted pursuant to Act No. 48 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, being sections 205.301 to 205.317 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The estimate shall include revenue foregone by any deductions or credits granted under the act.

History: 1979, Act 72, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 447.1 — MI Code / Chapter 447 / Act Act-154-of-1963 / Section 447.1
Foreign trade zones; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

“Act of congress” means the act of congress approved June 18, 1934, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes”.

“Public corporation” means the state, or any county, township, city or village within the state, or any state or municipal authority or similar organization financed in whole or in part by public funds.

“Private corporation” means any corporation organized pursuant to Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being sections 450.1 to 450.192 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, for the purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining foreign trade zones according to the provisions of this act.

History: 1963, Act 154, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.460 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.460
Insurance producer to write or place insurance policies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 460.

Except as otherwise provided in section 1202, an insurer authorized to transact business in this state shall not write, place, or cause to be written or placed an insurance policy or insurance contract in this state, except through an insurance producer.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1963, Act 37, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1972, Act 133, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.33901 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.33901
Unpatented overflowed lands, made lands, and Lake St. Clair bottomlands; authority of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33901.

All of the unpatented overflowed lands, made lands, and Lake St. Clair bottomlands belonging to this state or held in trust by this state as provided in this part shall be held, leased, disposed of by deed, and controlled by the department in the manner provided in this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2006, Act 496, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19301 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.19301
Bonds; authorization; limitation; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19301.

The state shall borrow a sum not to exceed $660,000,000.00 and issue the general obligation bonds of this state, pledging the full faith and credit of the state for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, to finance environmental protection programs that would clean up sites of toxic and other environmental contamination and contribute to a regional Great Lakes protection fund, address solid waste problems, treat sewage and other water quality problems, and reuse industrial sites and preserve open space.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.718a — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-620-of-1978 / Section 780.718a
Indigent defense system; fees and expenses; standard procedures; reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

(1) An indigent defense system is responsible for the payment of reasonable fees and expenses for the services provided by locally appointed private counsel under section 2.

(2) The commission shall establish a standard procedure for both of the following:

(a) The payment of locally appointed private counsel by indigent defense systems as described in subsection (1).

(b) The reimbursement of indigent defense systems as described in subsection (4).

(3) The standard procedure established under subsection (2)(a) must include rates and policies that are consistent with the standards established under section 11(2)(b) of the Michigan indigent defense commission act, 2013 PA 93, MCL 780.991.

(4) Subject to appropriation, if an indigent defense system pays locally appointed private counsel under subsection (2) pursuant to the rates and policies established under subsection (3), the state shall reimburse the system for 1/2 of the expenditures of the system. After a system has complied with subsection (2) for 3 full fiscal years, the state shall reimburse the system for all expenditures exceeding the system's local contribution. It is the intent of the legislature to fully fund this reimbursement.

History: Add. 2023, Act 299, Eff. Oct. 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.83 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-307-of-1917 / Section 45.83
County purchasing agent; oath; bond; conditions; payment of premium; sales prohibited; accepting or receiving rebate, commission, or other thing of value.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The agent, before entering upon the duties of the agent's office, shall take the constitutional oath of office, and as determined by the county board of commissioners, either shall be covered by a blanket bond or shall be required to furnish a surety company bond, payable to the county, in a sum to be approved by the county board of commissioners, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties, and that he or she shall correctly and honestly pass upon and award all bids and contracts for supplies, and shall fully and accurately account to and pay over to the county or to the persons authorized to receive the same, all money, merchandise, and articles of value that shall come into and pass through his or her hands as the county purchasing agent, or for which he or she may be responsible; and also conditioned that he or she shall honestly, faithfully, and accurately disburse and account for all money controlled or handled by him or her in the performance of his or her duties. The premium on an individual bond shall be paid by the county. The agent shall not sell or be concerned in the sale of merchandise, supplies, or other articles to any of the offices, departments, or institutions of the county. The purchasing agent shall not accept or receive, directly or indirectly, by rebate, commission, or in any other manner money or other thing of value, directly or indirectly, from an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation, to whom the agent awards a contract. The individual bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk, and recoveries may be had on the bond until exhausted.

History: 1917, Act 307, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 1431; CL 1948, 45.83; Am. 1978, Act 592, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.527 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.527
Other proof required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 527.

Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the secretary of state shall for the purpose of this chapter require other proof as required by this chapter, and shall suspend the license and registration or the nonresident's operating privilege pending the filing of such other proof.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2210 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2210
Receipt of evidence, communication, and discovery from another state; application of procedural and substantive law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 210.

A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this act, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state under section 316, communicate with a tribunal outside this state under section 317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state under section 318. In all other respects, articles 3 through 6 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.16 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-230-of-1897 / Section 455.16
Annual dues; levy, use, payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

It shall be lawful for the board of directors to provide for annual dues to be levied upon each share of stock which shall be paid by the holder thereof in such an amount and under such rules and regulations as shall be provided by the by-laws of such corporation, such annual dues and all sums realized thereby to be used for the purpose of paying the expenses attending the care, management and control of the grounds and property kept, occupied or used for the purposes set forth in the articles of association. The payment of such annual dues may be enforced by said corporation by some proper action at law, or by a sale of the shares of stock against which the same is assessed in the manner provided in section 15 of the act for the collection of installments of subscriptions to the capital stock.

History: 1897, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1897; CL 1897, 7633; Am. 1909, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 10049; CL 1929, 10319; CL 1948, 455.16
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2204 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2204
Director of public health; salary; full-time performance of functions; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2204.

The director shall receive an annual salary appropriated by the legislature and payable in the same manner as salaries of other state officers. The director's full time shall be devoted to the performance of the functions of the director's office. The director shall receive expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official functions.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13511 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13511
Agreements as to inspections, environmental monitoring, or other functions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13511.

The governor may enter into agreements with the federal government, other states, or interstate agencies, whereby the department shall perform for or on a cooperative basis with the federal government, other states, or interstate agencies inspections, environmental monitoring, or other functions relating to control of sources of ionizing radiation.

An agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (1) does not transfer, delegate, or impose upon the department any power, authority, or responsibility that is not fully consistent with this part.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.157 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-59-of-1851 / Section 484.157
Injury to line; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any person who shall unlawfully or intentionally injure, molest, or destroy any of said lines, posts, piers or abutments, or the materials or property belonging thereto, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding 1 year, or both, at the discretion of the court before which the conviction shall be had.

History: 1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851; CL 1857, 2055; CL 1871, 2631; How. 3699; CL 1897, 6673; CL 1915, 8773; CL 1929, 11669; CL 1948, 484.157