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Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.167 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-361-of-1978 / Section 285.167
Annual report; annual audit; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) The authority annually shall present a report to the governor, the legislature, and the department describing the receipts or expenditures through appropriation, gift, grant, or conveyance that have a material bearing on the operation of the state fair or the state exposition and fairgrounds.

(2) The authority shall be subject to annual post audits of its financial transactions and accounts and to performance post audits by the auditor general.

(3) The authority may promulgate rules governing the conduct of the annual state fair and state exposition and fairgrounds and the development and administration of the state exposition and fairgrounds as a commercial, agricultural, recreational, and multipurpose facility, pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. Any rules in effect on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence shall remain in effect until rescinded by the authority.

History: 1978, Act 361, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978; Am. 2000, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 468, Eff. Mar. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.1102 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.1102
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1102.

A petition under section 4307, 4709, or 11906, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: Add. 1998, Act 187, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.511 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-83-of-1887 / Section 457.511
Insurance business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Corporations formed in pursuance of this act shall not be considered as engaged in the business of life insurance, nor shall they be subject to the provision of the statutes relating to life insurance or mutual benefit companies, associations or corporations.

History: 1887, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 1887; How. 4577z-8; CL 1897, 8057; CL 1915, 10530; CL 1929, 10735; CL 1948, 457.511
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1015a — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1015a
"Specialist 5 Michael May and Corporal Chris Esckelson Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 15a.

The portion of highway M-15 in the city of Vassar shall be known as the "Specialist 5 Michael May and Corporal Chris Esckelson Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2018, Act 83, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.730 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-205-of-1956 / Section 722.730
Paternity act; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "The paternity act".

History: 1956, Act 205, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 19 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article V § 19
Disapproval of items in appropriation bills.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The governor may disapprove any distinct item or items appropriating moneys in any appropriation bill. The part or parts approved shall become law, and the item or items disapproved shall be void unless re-passed according to the method prescribed for the passage of other bills over the executive veto.

History: Const. 1963, Art. V, § 19, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.3c — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.3c
Terms of office; applicable after December 31, 2024.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3c.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, all terms of city officers elected after December 31, 2024 must not commence earlier than at 12 noon on the first day of the month following the officer's election. If a city's charter provides for terms of city officers to commence after an election and before the first day of the month following the officer's election, all terms of city officers elected in that city after December 31, 2024 commence at 12 noon on the first day of the month following the officer's election.

(2) Notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, an individual elected to fill a vacancy shall not take the oath of office until the results have been certified by the appropriate board of canvassers.

History: Add. 2026, Act 17, Imd. Eff. June 22, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.118 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-258-of-2011 / Section 124.118
Additional contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act provides authorization to enter into contracts that is in addition to and may be exercised separately from any authorization to enter into contracts under any other statute of this state.

History: 2011, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.663b — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.663b
Contracts between county road commissions for purchase or use of equipment or machinery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13b.

A county road commission may contract with other county road commissions or with the department for the purchase and use of equipment or machinery necessary for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a road or highway.

History: Add. 1976, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 16, 1976; Am. 2023, Act 248, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.115b — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.115b
Contract with license applicant; review of application; failure to issue or deny license within certain period of time; action for mandamus; county juvenile agency as party to proceeding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5b.

(1) If a county juvenile agency as defined in section 2 of the county juvenile agency act, 1998 PA 518, MCL 45.622, certifies that it intends to contract with a license applicant as provided in section 5(2), the department shall review the application and advise the applicant and the county juvenile agency within 10 days after receiving the application what further information or material is necessary to complete the application.

(2) If the department fails to issue or deny the license within 60 days after receiving the information it determined was necessary to complete the application, the county juvenile agency or the applicant may bring an action for mandamus to require the department to issue or deny the license.

(3) The county juvenile agency is a party for purposes of any hearing, review, or other proceeding on a license application described in this section or section 5(2) for which the county juvenile agency certifies to the department that it intends to contract with the applicant. The county juvenile agency or applicant may challenge the department's determination concerning what further information or material is necessary to complete the application.

History: Add. 1998, Act 519, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999; Am. 2017, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.509 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-199-of-1976 / Section 15.509
Agreeing to and signing of contract; copies of contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The contract shall be agreed to and signed by the affected employee, the sending agency, and the receiving agency.

The affected employee, the sending agency, the receiving agency, and the department of civil service shall receive a true copy of the contract.

History: 1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.1808 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.1808
Application and construction of part.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1808.

This part shall be applied and construed to carry out its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this part among jurisdictions enacting it.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 492.107 — MI Code / Chapter 492 / Act Act-27-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 492.107
License certificate; issuance; posting; license nontransferable and nonassignable; change in business location; notice; amendment of license certificate; fee; operating more than 1 place of business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Upon approving a license application, the administrator shall issue to the applicant a license certificate showing the name of the person authorized to do business under the license and the business address of the licensee. Upon issuance to a licensee, a license certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the place of business of the licensee in full view of the public at all times.

A license shall not be transferable or assignable.

A licensee may change his or her place of business to another location within the same municipality for which the license certificate was issued. A licensee desiring to change the address of his or her place of business shall give prior written notice to the administrator and shall return the license certificate to the administrator for amendment. The administrator shall amend the license certificate to show the new address and the date of the change, which shall then be the authorized address of the licensee. A licensee shall pay a fee of $10.00 to amend a license certificate.

Only 1 place of business may be operated under the same license. A licensee may operate more than 1 place of business by filing an application on the prescribed form for each additional place of business and complying with the bond and license fee provisions of this act. For an installment seller only, if every place of business is conducted in 1 city under 1 name and all business records are continuously kept in 1 place, only 1 license shall be required for all places of business conducted in that city.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 27, Eff. Mar. 31, 1951; Am. 1988, Act 242, Eff. Aug. 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.529 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.529
Use or possession of dangerous weapon; aggravated assault; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 529.

(1) A person who engages in conduct proscribed under section 530 and who in the course of engaging in that conduct does any of the following is guilty of armed robbery:

(a) Possesses a dangerous weapon.

(b) Possesses an article used or fashioned in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to believe the article is a dangerous weapon.

(c) Represents orally or otherwise that he or she possesses a dangerous weapon.

(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or for any term of years.

(3) If a violation of this section results in an aggravated assault of or serious injury to any other person, the person must be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.529; Am. 1959, Act 71, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 2004, Act 128, Eff. July 1, 2004; Am. 2020, Act 313, Eff. Mar. 29, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.435 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-429-of-2008 / Section 445.435
Violation of act as state civil infraction; violation of MCL 445.426 as state civil infraction; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person that violates this act knowing or having reason to know that the person is violating this act is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $5,000.00.

(2) A scrap metal dealer that knowingly violates section 6(4) is responsible for a state civil infraction and shall pay a civil fine of $500.00 for the first violation, $1,000.00 for a second violation, and $5,000.00 for a third or subsequent violation.

History: 2008, Act 429, Eff. Apr. 1, 2009; Am. 2014, Act 99, Eff. July 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.276 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-261-of-1927 / Section 123.276
Resolution as permit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this act, a resolution adopted by the legislative body of an incorporated city or village in this state authorizing and approving a contract with any other municipal or public corporation of this state with respect to the financing or location of or service from a garbage disposal plant, or garbage reduction plant in the corporate limits of the city or village constitutes a permit to acquire, improve, enlarge, extend, operate, and maintain the plant within the corporate limits of the city or village.

History: Add. 1989, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.17329 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.17329
Violation; penalty; suspension or revocation of registration; deposit of fine in electronic waste recycling fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17329.

(1) A person who violates this part may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00 for the first violation or not more than $2,500.00 for a second or subsequent violation.

(2) A person who knowingly violates this part or who knowingly submits false information to the department under this part is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00. Each day on which a violation described in this subsection occurs represents a separate violation.

(3) After a contested case hearing, the department may suspend or revoke the registration of a recycler that violates this part a third or subsequent time. The department shall provide notice of the suspension or revocation on its website.

(4) A civil fine collected under this section shall be deposited in the electronic waste recycling fund created in section 17327.

History: Add. 2008, Act 393, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.415 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.415
Candidates for judge of circuit court; declaration of nominees; certification of nomination; death or disqualification of candidate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 415.

The candidates for the office of judge of the circuit court receiving the largest number of votes at any primary election, to a number equal to twice the number of persons to be elected as set forth in the report of the board of state canvassers, based on the returns from the various county boards of canvassers and election precincts or as determined by the board of state canvassers as the result of a recount, shall be declared the nominees for the office at the next general election. The board of state canvassers shall certify the nomination to the county election commissions.

If, after the deadline for filing nominating petitions under section 413, there are fewer candidates for nomination or nominees for the office of judge of the circuit court than there are persons to be elected at the general November election because of the death or disqualification of a candidate more than 65 days before the general November election, then a person, whether or not an incumbent, may qualify as a nominee for that office at the general November election by filing nominating petitions as required by section 413. However, the filing shall be made before 4 p.m. on the twenty-first day following the death or disqualification of the candidate or 4 p.m. on the sixtieth day preceding the general November election, whichever is earlier, and the minimum number of signatures required is 1,000 or 1/2 the minimum number required under section 413, whichever is less.

The secretary of state shall certify the nomination of each person who qualifies as a nominee under subsection (2) to the board of election commissioners specified by section 687 for the general November election.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 59, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964; Am. 1990, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.811 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-73-of-1970 / Section 259.811
Local units contributions; certification, payment; tax, rate, limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The board shall certify to each participating county the amount to be raised by them, and the counties comprising the authority shall include the certified amount to be raised in their next ensuing budget and shall pay the amounts so certified from any funds they have available including the proceeds of a tax the county is authorized to levy on the taxable property within their respective jurisdiction. The tax shall not exceed 3/4 mill on each dollar of assessed valuation as last equalized by the state. In computing the total tax to be levied, the assessed valuation of any unit of government within the county shall not be used more than once. The limitation of section 6 of article 9 of the state constitution shall not apply to taxes imposed by the board and levied by the counties comprising the authority.

History: 1970, Act 73, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.232 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-8-of-1897 / Section 35.232
Michigan historical commission, preservation of records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any records, files, or documents of the former department of the Michigan Grand Army of the Republic that have been turned over to the Michigan historical commission created in section 3 of the Michigan historical commission act, 2016 PA 469, MCL 399.833, shall be preserved by the Michigan historical commission.

History: 1897, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 11, 1897; CL 1897, 1688; Am. 1911, Act 159, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 1037; CL 1929, 890; Am. 1947, Act 213, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 35.232; Am. 2018, Act 629, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.7a — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-176-of-1939 / Section 423.7a
Employment relations commission; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, 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.

A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission 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, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1977, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63510 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63510
State abandoned mine reclamation fund; creation; administration; investment of money; use of interest and earnings; money deposited in fund; carrying over remaining money; expenditures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63510.

The state abandoned mine reclamation fund is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the department. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund. The interest and earnings of the fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in subsection (4).

The following money shall be deposited in the fund:

All funds from the application fees imposed under subpart 3, the inspection and reclamation fees imposed under subpart 9, and the civil fines imposed under subpart 8.

All funds made available to the department for the purposes specified in subsection (4) pursuant to title IV of the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977.

All funds which may be donated to the department for the purposes specified in subsection (4) by any person.

Any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried over in the fund to the next and succeeding fiscal years and shall only be used for the purposes specified in subsection (4).

Expenditure of money from the state abandoned mine reclamation fund shall be made as follows:

Money that is deposited in the fund under subsection (2)(b) shall reflect the following priorities in the order stated:

The protection of public health, safety, general welfare, and property from extreme danger of adverse effects of coal mining practices.

The protection of public health, safety, and general welfare from adverse effects of coal mining practices.

The restoration of land and water resources and the environment previously degraded by adverse effects of coal mining practices including measures for the conservation and development of soil; water, excluding channelization; woodland, fish, and wildlife; recreation resources; and agricultural productivity.

Research and demonstration projects relating to the development of surface mining reclamation and water quality control program methods and techniques.

The protection, repair, replacement, construction, or enhancement of public facilities such as utilities, roads, recreation, and conservation facilities adversely affected by coal mining practices.

The development of publicly owned land adversely affected by coal mining practices including land acquired as provided in this part for recreation and historic purposes, conservation, and reclamation purposes and open space benefits.

Money that is deposited in the fund under subsection (2)(a) or (c) for any of the expenditures authorized in subdivision (a) and for any other purpose of this part including the cost of administering this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2102 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2102
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 102.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in this article have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.251a — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-169-of-1965 / Section 450.251a
Short title of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "dissolution of charitable purpose corporations act".

History: Add. 2014, Act 558, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1172 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1172
Mental health transportation fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 172.

(1) The mental health transportation fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The department shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(5) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only to carry out the provisions of section 170.

History: Add. 2022, Act 146, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.232 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-235-of-1849 / Section 457.232
Officers; board of directors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The officers of said corporation shall be: the grand master, deputy grand master, senior grand warden, junior grand warden, grand treasurer, and grand secretary, for the time being, and they shall constitute the board of directors of said corporation for the transaction of all business authorized by this act.

History: 1849, Act 235, Eff. Apr. 2, 1849; Am. 1869, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1869; Am. 1871, Act 342, Eff. July 18, 1871; CL 1915, 10416; CL 1929, 10617; CL 1948, 457.232