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Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1800 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1800
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 800.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

"Ability to pay" means the ability of a responsible party to pay for the cost of services, as determined by the department under sections 818 and 819.

"Cost of services" means the total operating and capital costs incurred by the department or a community mental health services program with respect to, or on behalf of, an individual. Cost of services does not include the cost of research programs or expenses of state or county government unrelated to the provision of mental health services.

"Individual" means the individual, minor or adult, who receives services from the department or a community mental health services program or from a provider under contract with the department or a community mental health services program.

"Inpatient services" means 24-hour care and treatment services provided by a state facility or a licensed hospital.

"Insurance benefits" means payments made in accordance with insurance coverage for the cost of health care services provided to an individual.

"Insurance coverage" means any policy, plan, program, or fund established or maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants or their dependents medical, surgical, or hospital benefits. Insurance coverage includes, but is not limited to, medicaid or medicare; policies, plans, programs, or funds maintained by nonprofit hospital service and medical care corporations, health maintenance organizations, and prudent purchaser organizations; and commercial, union, association, self-funded, and administrative service policies, plans, programs, and funds.

"Nonresidential services" means care or treatment services that are not inpatient or residential services.

"Parents" means the legal father and mother of an unmarried individual who is less than 18 years of age.

"Residential services" means 24-hour dependent care and treatment services provided by adult foster care facilities under contract to the department or a community mental health services program or provided directly by a community mental health services program.

"Responsible party" means a person who is financially liable for services furnished to the individual. Responsible party includes the individual and, as applicable, the individual's spouse and parent or parents of a minor.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.621 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.621
Enlistment periods.
Status: in_force

Sec. 221.

Original enlistments in the national guard and all subsequent enlistments shall be for the period prescribed by laws or regulations for the national guard of the United States.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5313 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5313
Guardian; qualifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5313.

(1) The court may appoint a competent person as guardian of a legally incapacitated individual. The court shall not appoint as a guardian an agency, public or private, that financially benefits from directly providing housing, medical, mental health, or social services to the legally incapacitated individual. If the court determines that the ward's property needs protection, the court shall order the guardian to furnish a bond or shall include restrictions in the letters of guardianship as necessary to protect the property.

(2) In appointing a guardian under this section, the court shall appoint a person, if suitable and willing to serve, in the following order of priority:

(a) A person previously appointed, qualified, and serving in good standing as guardian for the legally incapacitated individual in this state or another state.

(b) A person the individual subject to the petition chooses to serve as guardian.

(c) A person nominated as guardian in a durable power of attorney or other writing by the individual subject to the petition.

(d) A person named by the individual as a patient advocate or attorney in fact in a durable power of attorney.

(e) A person appointed by a parent or spouse of a legally incapacitated individual by will or other writing under section 5301.

(3) If there is no person chosen, nominated, or named under subsection (2), or if none of the persons listed in subsection (2) are suitable or willing to serve, the court may appoint as a guardian an individual who is related to the individual who is the subject of the petition in the following order of preference:

(a) The legally incapacitated individual's spouse. This subdivision is considered to include a person nominated by will or other writing signed by a deceased spouse.

(b) An adult child of the legally incapacitated individual.

(c) A parent of the legally incapacitated individual. This subdivision is considered to include a person nominated by will or other writing signed by a deceased parent.

(d) A relative of the legally incapacitated individual with whom the individual has resided for more than 6 months before the filing of the petition.

(e) A person nominated by a person who is caring for the legally incapacitated individual or paying benefits to the legally incapacitated individual.

(4) If none of the persons as designated or listed in subsection (2) or (3) are suitable or willing to serve, the court may appoint any competent person who is suitable and willing to serve, including a professional guardian as provided in section 5106.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 54, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Am. 2000, Act 463, Eff. June 1, 2001; Am. 2012, Act 545, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013; Am. 2024, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 21, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.4 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-201-of-1980 / Section 752.4
Notice of membership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A law enforcement agency which is a member of an interstate law enforcement intelligence organization shall notify the legislature and the governor of its membership not later than February 1 of each year.

History: 1980, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.69 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.69
Governor or lieutenant governor; recall.
Status: in_force

Sec. 69.

Any person elected to the office of governor or lieutenant governor shall be subject to recall as provided in chapter 36 of this act and in section 8 of article 2 of the state constitution.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 34, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16122 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16122
Board or task force; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16122.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the term of office of members of a board or task force is 4 years, commencing on the day after the date prescribed in each respective part and terminating on the prescribed date. A member shall not serve more than 2 terms and 1 partial term, consecutive or otherwise, including service on a predecessor council, board, or task force. However, a member serving when this section takes effect may complete the term to which the member was appointed.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994; Am. 2006, Act 392, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2564b — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2564b
Expenses incurred by director, officer, employee, nondirector volunteer, or agent; reimbursement; agreement; advances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 564b.

(1) A corporation may pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee, nondirector volunteer, or agent of the corporation or a person that is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic corporation, foreign corporation, domestic business corporation, foreign business corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, that is a party or threatened to be made a party to an action, suit, or proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if the person furnishes the corporation a written agreement, executed personally or on the person's behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that the person did not meet the standard of conduct, if any, required by this act for the indemnification of a person under the circumstances.

(2) An agreement required under subsection (1) must be an unlimited general obligation of the director, officer, employee, nondirector volunteer, or agent, but may be unsecured. A corporation may accept an agreement that is required under subsection (1) without reference to the financial ability of the person to make repayment.

(3) A corporation shall evaluate the reasonableness of advances under this section in the manner described in section 564a(1) for evaluating the reasonableness of expenses, and make an authorization in the manner described in section 564a(4) unless an advance is mandatory. A corporation may authorize advances with respect to a proceeding and determine the reasonableness of advances or approve a method for determining the reasonableness of advances in a single resolution covering the entire proceeding. However, unless the action or resolution provides otherwise, an authorizing or determining authority of the corporation may subsequently terminate or amend the authorization or determination with respect to advances that are not yet made.

(4) A provision in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, a resolution of the board or shareholders or members, or an agreement that makes indemnification mandatory shall also make the advancement of expenses mandatory unless the provision, resolution, or agreement specifically provides otherwise.

History: Add. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.70 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-257-of-1966 / Section 780.70
Bail on new trial; increase or reduction pending on trial.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

If the judgment of conviction is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial the trial court may order that the bail stand pending such trial, or reduce or increase bail.

History: 1966, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.427 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-472-of-1978 / Section 4.427
Civil action; criminal prosecution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The attorney general upon investigation and determination that this act or a rule promulgated under this act was violated, shall do either of the following:

Initiate a civil action to enforce this act.

Begin criminal prosecution for the imposition of criminal penalties provided by this act in the judicial district in which the alleged violation occurred.

History: 1978, Act 472, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2107 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2107
Acquired lands; classification; control; application by private individual for exchange.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2107.

If the state acquires lands under this subpart, under former Act No. 193 of the Public Acts of 1911, or pursuant to the laws of the United States providing for an exchange of lands between the United States and the state, the lands acquired by the state shall become a part or portion of that class of lands to which the lands relinquished in lieu of the lands formerly belonged, and shall be subject to the same supervision and control and laws of the state to which the lands relinquished or conveyed by the state would have been subject had they remained the property of the state. However, an application from private individuals for the exchange of their lands for lands proposed to be acquired by the state from the United States under section 2104 shall not be received, filed, or in any manner considered or acted upon until after the state has received conveyance of the lands from the United States, and then applications from private individuals for the exchange of their lands shall be filed, considered, and acted upon only in the order in which they are received.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1952 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-495-of-2006 / Section 550.1952
Entities contracting with state or local government for costs of health care services under self-funded plan; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) An entity that contracts with a state or local unit of government to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care services provided under a self-funded plan established or maintained by that state or local unit of government for its employees shall do all of the following:

(a) Establish procedures and make available to persons covered by the plan internal reviews as though the entity were an insurer subject to section 2213 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.2213.

(b) Establish procedures and make available to persons covered by the plan external reviews in the same manner and subject to all the obligations, conditions, and consequences as though the entity were a health carrier under the patient's right to independent review act, 2000 PA 251, MCL 550.1901 to 550.1929.

(2) The commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services shall provide external reviews under subsection (1)(b) to a person covered by the plan as though that person were a covered person under the patient's right to independent review act, 2000 PA 251, MCL 550.1901 to 550.1929.

History: 2006, Act 495, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 46 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 46
Death penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

No law shall be enacted providing for the penalty of death.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 46, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2518 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2518
Penalty clause for contest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2518.

A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.537 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-288-of-2008 / Section 15.537
Scope of act; applicability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

This act applies to any contribution made, received, or expended after the effective date of this act and to any contribution received before the effective date of this act that has not been returned to the contributor within 90 days after the effective date of this act.

History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7105 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7105
Tangible document of title as substitute for electronic document; electronic document title as substitute for tangible document of title; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7105.

(1) Upon request of a person entitled under an electronic document of title, the issuer of the electronic document may issue a tangible document of title as a substitute for the electronic document if both of the following are met:

(a) The person entitled under the electronic document surrenders control of the document to the issuer.

(b) The tangible document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the electronic document.

(2) All of the following apply upon issuance of a tangible document of title in substitution for an electronic document of title in accordance with subsection (1):

(a) The electronic document ceases to have any effect or validity.

(b) The person that procured issuance of the tangible document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the tangible document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the electronic document when the warrantor surrendered control of the electronic document to the issuer.

(3) Upon request of a person entitled under a tangible document of title, the issuer of the tangible document may issue an electronic document of title as a substitute for the tangible document if both of the following are met:

(a) The person entitled under the tangible document surrenders possession of the document to the issuer.

(b) The electronic document when issued contains a statement that it is issued in substitution for the tangible document.

(4) All of the following apply upon issuance of an electronic document of title in substitution for a tangible document of title in accordance with subsection (3):

(a) The tangible document ceases to have any effect or validity.

(b) The person that procured issuance of the electronic document warrants to all subsequent persons entitled under the electronic document that the warrantor was a person entitled under the tangible document when the warrantor surrendered possession of the tangible document to the issuer.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1031 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-79-of-2016 / Section 445.1031
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "solicitation of deeds act".

History: 2016, Act 79, Eff. July 11, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1281a — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1281a
Personal service contracts; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 281a.

The department of management and budget and each principal executive department and agency shall provide to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations and the senate and house fiscal agencies a monthly report on all personal service contracts in an amount greater than $10,000.00 awarded without competitive bidding, pricing, or rate setting. The report shall include all of the following:

The total dollar amount of the contract.

The effective beginning and ending dates of the contract.

The name of the vendor.

The type of service to be provided.

For new personal service contracts of $100,000.00 or more, the department of management and budget shall provide a monthly report to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations and the senate and house fiscal agencies including all of the following:

The total dollar amount of the contract.

The effective beginning and ending dates of the contract.

The name of the vendor.

The type of service to be provided.

Each principal executive department and agency shall provide a monthly summary listing to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations and the senate and house fiscal agencies of information that identifies any authorizations for personal service contracts that are provided to the department of civil service pursuant to delegated authority granted to each principal executive department and agency related to personal services contracts.

The civil service department shall also include a report of all mixed contracts that the civil service commission did not review for approval under the authority of civil service rule 4-6.3, standard (e).

History: Add. 1999, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.111 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-88-of-1875 / Section 128.111
Private burial grounds; laying out; deed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That it shall be lawful for any person or persons in this state to lay out and survey any tract of land not included within the corporate limits of any city or village which may be owned by such person or persons, as a private burial ground for the use of their families or descendants for purposes of interment of members of such families and descendants, and for no other purpose, not exceeding in quantity 1 acre of land, and may make a deed of the same to some person or persons to be named therein as trustees, with such provisions for continuing such trusteeship as they shall deem necessary, which said deed shall be acknowledged by such persons making the same, in the same manner as other deeds of land, and shall be recorded in the county where such land shall lie.

History: 1875, Act 88, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4788; CL 1897, 8416; CL 1915, 11203; CL 1929, 2688; CL 1948, 128.111
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.784 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.784
Separate statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

The investigating agency that files a complaint or submits a petition seeking to invoke the court's jurisdiction for a juvenile offense shall file with the complaint or petition a separate statement listing any known victims of the juvenile offense and their addresses and phone numbers. This separate statement shall not be a matter of public record.

History: Add. 1988, Act 22, Eff. June 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.2811 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-34-of-2001 / Section 141.2811
Effect of MCL 141.2303.
Status: in_force

Sec. 811.

Except as provided by sections 807 and 809, section 303 replaces and reenacts sections 10 and 11 of chapter III of the municipal finance act, 1943 PA 202, MCL 133.10 and 133.11.

History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.603 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-173-of-1958 / Section 550.603
Credit insurance act; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

"Credit life insurance" means insurance on the life of a debtor pursuant to or in connection with a specific loan or other credit transaction.

"Credit accident and health insurance" means insurance on a debtor to provide indemnity for payments becoming due on a specific loan or other credit transaction while the debtor is disabled as defined in the policy.

"Creditor" means the lender of money or vendor or lessor of goods, services, property, rights or privileges, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction or any successor to the right, title or interest of any such lender, vendor or lessor.

"Debtor" means a borrower of money or a purchaser or lessee of goods, services, property, rights or privileges for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction.

"Indebtedness" means the total amount payable by a debtor to a creditor in connection with a loan or other credit transaction.

"Commissioner" means state insurance commissioner.

History: 1958, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.258 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-308-of-1976 / Section 287.258
Expiration of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act shall expire at such time as the purposes of this act have been accomplished.

History: 1976, Act 308, Imd. Eff. Oct. 28, 1976