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Mich. Comp. Laws § 479.15 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 479.15
Powers of commissioners; disobedience of or wilful failure to comply with order or subpoena; refusal of witness to testify; witness fees and mileage; depositions; record of proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Each of the commissioners, for the purposes mentioned in this act, shall have power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers, waybills, books, accounts, documents, and testimony. In case of disobedience on the part of any person or persons, or wilful failure to comply with any order of the commission or any commissioner or any subpoena, or upon the refusal of any witness to testify regarding any matter upon which the witness may be lawfully interrogated, or to produce any books or papers in the witness's custody or control which the witness shall have been required by any commissioner to produce, a judge of the circuit court, upon application of a commissioner, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court, or a refusal to testify in the court.

Each witness who appears before the commission by its order shall receive for his or her attendance the fees and mileage now provided for witnesses in civil cases in circuit court, which shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses are audited and paid, upon the presentation of proper vouchers sworn to by the witnesses and approved by the chairperson of the commission. A witness subpoenaed at the instance of parties other than the commission, shall not be entitled to compensation from the state for attendance and travel, unless the commission certifies that his or her testimony was material and necessary to the matter investigated.

The commission or any party, in any investigation, may cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in the circuit courts.

A full and complete record of all proceedings had before the commission on any investigation upon complaint, or upon its own motion, shall be kept.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 479.15; Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1376 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1376
Plan for selection of persons for jury service with aid of mechanical or electronic means; adoption; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1376.

Upon recommendation of the district court judge or a majority of the judges of a district, circuit judge or a majority of the circuit judges of a circuit, probate court judge or a majority of the judges of the county or probate court district, or a judge of a municipal court of record or a majority of the judges of a municipal court of record, the court may adopt a plan for the selection of persons for jury service with the aid of mechanical or electronic means.

A plan adopted pursuant to subsection (1) shall conform to the following requirements:

For jurors summoned for trials beginning before September 1, 1987, it shall specify that the sources from which names are to be taken for jury purposes are all voter registration lists from all precincts in the district, circuit, county, or probate court district, or city. For jurors summoned for trials beginning after August 31, 1987, it shall specify that the source from which names are to be taken for jury purposes is the combined driver's license and personal identification cardholder list pertaining to all precincts in the district, circuit, county, or probate court district, or city.

It shall provide a fair, impartial, and objective method of selecting persons for jury service with the aid of mechanical or electronic equipment.

It shall designate the official to be in charge of the selection and management of jurors and shall define his or her duties.

It shall specify that a true and complete written list showing the names and addresses of the persons summoned to begin jury service on a particular date shall be filed of record with the county clerk at least 10 days before the date the persons are to begin jury service.

History: Add. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978; Am. 1986, Act 104, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.1207 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-230-of-1987 / Section 331.1207
Articles of incorporation; execution; delivery; filing; publication; certificate; effective date of incorporation; validity of incorporation conclusively presumed; section inapplicable to articles of incorporation of restructured corporation or subsidiary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 207.

(1) The articles of incorporation of a corporation incorporated by a county shall be executed in duplicate by the chairperson of the county board of commissioners or other commissioner designated by the county board of commissioners. The articles of incorporation of a subsidiary corporation of a corporation incorporated by a county shall be executed in duplicate by the chairperson of the board of trustees of the parent corporation, or other trustee designated by the board of trustees. The articles of incorporation shall then be delivered to the county clerk who shall file 1 copy in his or her office and the other with the secretary of the corporation or subsidiary corporation when a secretary is selected. The county clerk shall cause a copy of the articles of incorporation to be published once in a newspaper designated in the articles of incorporation and circulating within the county accompanied by a statement that the right exists to question the validity of the incorporation in court as provided in this section.

(2) The county clerk shall file 1 printed copy of articles of incorporation delivered to him or her under subsection (1) with the secretary of state and 1 printed copy in his or her office. The county clerk shall attach to each of the printed copies his or her certificate setting forth that the copy is a true and complete copy of the original articles of incorporation on file in his or her office.

(3) The incorporation of a corporation or a subsidiary corporation described in this section is effective at the time provided in the articles of incorporation.

(4) The validity of the incorporation of a corporation or a subsidiary corporation described in this section is conclusively presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the certified copy of the articles of incorporation of that corporation or subsidiary corporation is filed with the secretary of state under subsection (2).

(5) This section does not apply to articles of incorporation of a restructured corporation or restructured subsidiary corporation described in section 305a.

History: 1987, Act 230, Eff. Feb. 27, 1988; Am. 2010, Act 331, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1839 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1839
Financial responsibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1839.

If a law of this state or any political subdivision of this state requires a demonstration of financial responsibility as a condition for obtaining a license or permit to undertake specified activities, and the requirement may not be satisfied by obtaining insurance coverage from an insurer not authorized to do business in this state, the requirement shall not be satisfied by purchasing insurance from a risk retention group not chartered and authorized in this state.

History: Add. 1989, Act 214, Eff. Jan. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.301 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-196-of-1931 / Section 780.301
Grand jury proceeding and persons connected therewith; photographs prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It shall be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take any picture or photographic reproduction of any grand jury proceeding, or of any judge, witness, attorney, juror, officer or other person present at or in any way connected with such proceeding, either within any grand jury room or room, or building adjacent thereto either during such proceeding or during an adjournment or recess thereof.

History: 1931, Act 196, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 780.301
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.539 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-120-of-1975 / Section 287.539
Access to markets for commercial feed and commercial feed ingredients; application; certificate of free sale; fees; "certificate of free sale" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

(1) To facilitate continued access to markets for commercial feed and commercial feed ingredients, the department may do 1 or more of the following:

(a) At the request of a manufacturer or based upon records voluntarily supplied by a manufacturer, inspect, audit, or certify locations where commercial feed or commercial feed ingredients are manufactured in this state.

(b) Issue certificates of free sale under subsection (3).

(c) Promulgate rules to inspect, audit, or certify and issue certificates of free sale under this section.

(2) A manufacturer shall submit an application for a certificate of free sale on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department.

(3) The department shall grant or deny an application for a certificate of free sale within 10 business days after the department receives a completed application under subsection (2) and the application fee under subsection (4). If the department determines that the application meets the requirements of this act and the rules promulgated under this act, the department shall issue a certificate of free sale. If the department determines that the application does not meet the requirements of this act or the rules promulgated under this act, the department shall deny the application and send a written notice to the manufacturer stating the reasons for the denial.

(4) A manufacturer shall pay the department the following fees, as applicable:

(a) An application fee, $60.00.

(b) A duplicate copy of a certificate of free sale, $10.00.

(5) A fee collected under subsection (4) must be deposited in the feed control fund created in section 17.

(6) A certificate of free sale issued under this section is valid for 1 year.

(7) As used in this section, "certificate of free sale" means a document that is issued by the department that verifies that the commercial feed or commercial feed ingredient listed is manufactured in this state and is legally sold or distributed in this state and on the open market with the approval of the department.

History: Add. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Am. 2022, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1014 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1014
"Pere Marquette Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The part of highway US-31 beginning at the county line of Muskegon and Oceana Counties and extending north to the county line of Mason and Manistee Counties, excluding the portion of highway US-31 in Oceana County beginning at the W. Shelby Road exit 144 and continuing north to the Hart Polk Road exit 149, shall be known as the "Pere Marquette Memorial Highway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001; Am. 2020, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20923 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20923
Operation of ambulance; conditions; application for and issuance of ambulance license or annual renewal; fee; certificate of insurance; vehicle standards; minimum requirements for equipment; use of equipment or medications by licensed personnel; communications system; ambulance license nontransferable to ambulance operation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20923.

Except as provided in section 20924(2), a person shall not operate an ambulance unless the ambulance is licensed under this section and is operated as part of a licensed ambulance operation.

Upon proper application and payment of a $25.00 fee, the department shall issue an ambulance license, or annual renewal of an ambulance license, to the ambulance operation. Receipt of the application by the department serves as attestation to the department by the ambulance operation that the ambulance being licensed or renewed is in compliance with the minimum standards required by the department. The inspection of an ambulance by the department is not required as a basis for licensure renewal, unless otherwise determined by the department.

An ambulance operation shall submit an application and fee to the department for each ambulance in service. Each application shall include a certificate of insurance for the ambulance in the amount and coverage required by the department.

Upon purchase by an ambulance operation, an ambulance shall meet all vehicle standards established by the department under section 20910(e)( iv ).

Once licensed for service, an ambulance is not required to meet subsequently modified state vehicle standards during its use by the ambulance operation that obtained the license.

Patient care equipment and safety equipment carried on an ambulance shall meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the department and the approved local medical control authority protocols.

An ambulance operation that maintains patient care equipment and medications necessary to upgrade from providing basic or limited advanced life support to providing a higher level of life support in accordance with section 20921(4) shall secure the necessary patient care equipment and medications in a way such that the equipment or medications can only be used by the appropriately licensed personnel.

An ambulance shall be equipped with a communications system utilizing frequencies and procedures consistent with the statewide emergency medical services communications system developed by the department.

An ambulance license is not transferable to another ambulance operation.

History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990; Am. 2000, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2001; Am. 2004, Act 200, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.225 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-172-of-1913 / Section 32.225
Crawford county land; examination and certification of title by attorney general.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The attorney general or such of his assistants as he may designate therefor, shall examine the title to all of said lands, and the deed thereto from the donor to the state, and such deed shall not be accepted without the certificate of the attorney general or his duly authorized assistant, that such title has been examined and that the conveyance is sufficient to vest in the state a good and sufficient title thereto free from liens or incumbrances.

History: 1913, Act 172, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1913; CL 1915, 994; CL 1929, 756; CL 1948, 32.225
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1050a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1050a
Grants and insurance revolving fund; creation; purpose; expenditures; payments to fund by payroll deductions; purchase and payment of premiums on life insurance policies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50a.

The grants and insurance revolving fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund, into which shall be paid legislative grants, earnings from the fund, payments by or on behalf of members, and revenue from other sources accepted by the board. Money appropriated to the grants and insurance revolving fund shall not revert to the general fund at the close of the fiscal year but shall remain in the grants and insurance revolving fund. The legislative grants in the grants and insurance revolving fund shall not be expended except upon express direction of the legislature; but all other money in the grants and insurance revolving fund may be expended for the purposes and in the manner provided in this section.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, beginning with salary received that is attributable to service performed on and after January 1, 1995, each legislator or member shall pay a sum equal to 0.5% of salary to the grants and insurance revolving fund to be eligible for the benefits provided in this section. The sum shall be collected by payroll deductions in the manner prescribed in this act. Beginning on the effective date of section 36a, member contributions required under this subsection are suspended unless reinstated by the board under section 36a.

The board shall self-insure or shall purchase and pay the premiums on a life insurance policy or policies to provide life insurance death or other benefits for retirants, deferred vested members, and the spouses, eligible children, or eligible beneficiaries of retirants and deferred vested members from the amounts paid pursuant to subsection (2) for this purpose to the grants and insurance revolving fund. Life insurance benefits provided on June 23, 1987 shall not be diminished due to the amendments to this section by 1987 PA 58.

History: Add. 1968, Act 229, Eff. July 1, 1968; Am. 1970, Act 237, Eff. Jan. 1, 1971; Am. 1974, Act 215, Eff. Dec. 31, 1974; Am. 1978, Act 560, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1978; Am. 1981, Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981; Am. 1981, Act 185, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1981; Am. 1987, Act 58, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1987; Am. 1994, Act 359, Eff. Dec. 31, 1994; Am. 1998, Act 80, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1998; Am. 1998, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.156 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-272-of-1909 / Section 128.156
Judgment; collection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Upon filing such certificates in the circuit court of the county where such real estate is situated, such court shall, if it finds all the proceedings regular, render judgment for the sum specified in the certificate signed by such jury, against such township, which judgment shall be collected and paid in the manner as other judgments against townships are collected and paid.

History: 1909, Act 272, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 5128; CL 1929, 3872; CL 1948, 128.156
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1005 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1005
Application by dismissed officer for trial by court-martial; convening general court-martial; jurisdiction; waiver of right to plead statute of limitations; affirming dismissal; substituting discharge authorized for administrative issuance; reappointment of officer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

If an officer, dismissed by order of the governor by reason of an alleged violation of this code, makes written application for trial by court-martial to the governor, setting forth, under oath, that he or she has been wrongfully dismissed, the governor within 6 months shall convene a general court-martial to try the officer on the charge on which the officer was dismissed. A court-martial so convened shall have jurisdiction to try the dismissed officer on the charge. The officer shall be held to have waived the right to plead any statute of limitations applicable to an offense with which the officer is charged. The court-martial, as a part of its sentence, may affirm the dismissal. However, if the court-martial acquits the accused or if the sentence, as finally approved or affirmed, does not include dismissal, the adjutant general shall substitute for the dismissal ordered by the governor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issuance.

If the governor fails to convene a general court-martial within 6 months after the presentation of an application for trial under this section, the adjutant general shall substitute for the dismissal ordered by the governor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issuance.

If a discharge is substituted for a dismissal under the authority of this section, the governor may reappoint the officer to the commissioned rank and precedence as in the opinion of the governor the former officer would have attained had the officer not been dismissed. The reappointment of the former officer may be made if a position vacancy is available under applicable tables of organization. The time between the dismissal and the reappointment shall be considered as service for all state purposes.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5270 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5270
Insurer's rights as stockholder in other corporations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5270.

When an insurer shall be a stockholder in any other corporation, as provided for in sections 922 (investment in stocks and bonds), 926 (investment in insurance stocks), and 938 (collateral loans), its president and other officers or any of its directors shall be eligible to the office of director of such insurer the same as if they were individually stockholders therein and an insurer holding such stock shall possess and exercise in respect thereof, all the rights, powers, privileges and liabilities of individual owners or holders of such stock.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1957, Act 91, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.137 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.137
Remainderman or reversioner; right to sue for injury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

A person seized of an estate in remainder or reversion, may maintain an action of trespass on the case, for any injury done to the inheritance, notwithstanding any intervening estate for life or years.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66; CL 1857, 2810; CL 1871, 4307; How. 5777; CL 1897, 9260; CL 1915, 11815; CL 1929, 13495; CL 1948, 554.137
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1014f — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1014f
Employer engaged in agricultural operations; certifying list of chemicals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14f.

(1) An employer engaged in agricultural operations is not required to comply with the standard incorporated by reference in section 14a or sections 14b to 14 l for a hazardous chemical that is regulated under the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act, chapter 125, 86 Stat. 973, 7 USC 136 to 136i and 136j to 136y, or part 83 (pesticide control) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8301 to 324.8336, and any rules or regulations promulgated under those acts.

(2) The director of the department of agriculture and rural development at least annually shall certify to the department of licensing and regulatory affairs a list of chemicals regulated by the acts described in subsection (1).

History: Add. 1986, Act 80, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 1986; Am. 1996, Act 70, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996; Am. 2012, Act 447, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012