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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.481 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.481
Proposed constitutional amendment, initiated law, or referendum; form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 481.

If a proposed constitutional amendment, initiated law, or referendum is to be submitted to the electors, the board of election commissioners of each county shall cause the proposed constitutional amendment, initiated law, or referendum to be printed in accordance with the form submitted by the secretary of state.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 2024, Act 234, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.17206 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.17206
Esophageal dilator, bougie tube, or gastrointestinal tube with mercury or mercury compound added; sale, offer for sale, or distribution prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17206.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), beginning January 1, 2009, a person shall not sell, offer for sale, or distribute in this state an esophageal dilator, bougie tube, or gastrointestinal tube if mercury or a mercury compound was added to the product during its manufacture.

(2) This section does not apply to either of the following:

(a) A product the use of which is required by a federal statute or regulation.

(b) A product whose only mercury-containing component is a button cell battery.

History: Add. 2006, Act 494, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.551 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-114-of-1965 / Section 290.551
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Beans" means Michigan dry, edible beans, except soybeans.

(b) "Commission" means the Michigan bean commission.

(c) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture and rural development.

(d) "Grower" means any business unit, including a family operation, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, or other business organization engaged in the business of producing beans for sale within 1 of the past 3 years.

(e) "Processor" means a person that cleans and grades, dries, dehydrates, cans, powders, extracts, cooks, or uses in producing or manufacturing a product or article, ships, or otherwise handles beans, including seed.

(f) "Selection members" means the commission members selected and appointed for each district created under section 2 and the processor shipper handler member selected and appointed under section 4(2).

(g) "Sold or shipped for processing" means that beans are loaded by the grower, in bulk or loose in bags or other containers, or packed in any style package, in a car, boat, truck, wagon, or other conveyance to be transported to a processor.

History: 1965, Act 114, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966; Am. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981; Am. 2000, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001; Am. 2018, Act 9, Eff. Apr. 26, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.624 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-283-of-1964 / Section 290.624
Package labels; contents; allowable variations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, any commodity in package form kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale, must bear on the outside of the package definite, plain, legible, and conspicuous declarations of all of the following:

(a) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the commodity can easily be identified through the wrapper or container.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or count. The term "when packed" or any words of similar import, or any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count, such as "jumbo", "giant", "full", "approximate", and the like that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package, must not be used.

(c) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor in the case of any package kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold any place other than on the premises where packed as may be prescribed by regulation promulgated by the director.

(2) The director shall, by regulation, establish reasonable variations to be allowed that may include variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure. The regulations must provide for exemptions for small packages and for commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at time of sale to the consumer.

History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1968, Act 264, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 2022, Act 273, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.1153 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-108-of-2023 / Section 211.1153
Solar energy districts; establishment by resolution; written notice; discretionary approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) One or more solar energy districts may be established in a qualified local governmental unit in any of the following ways:

(a) Pursuant to subsections (2) to (4), by resolution of the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit that has a zoning ordinance within its zoning jurisdiction.

(b) By the existence or establishment of a zoning ordinance designating the area within the qualified local governmental unit where a qualified solar energy facility can be located as a permitted or special use. Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply to a solar energy district established under this subdivision.

(c) All land within an unzoned qualified local governmental unit is to be considered a solar energy district for purposes of this act, unless the qualified local governmental unit, before receiving an application under section 5, establishes a solar energy district by resolution of its governing body, which action is not subject to subsections (2) and (3).

(2) The legislative body of a qualified local governmental unit may establish a solar energy district on its own initiative or upon a written request filed by the owner or owners of real property comprising more than 50% of all taxable value of the property located within a proposed district. The written request must be filed with the clerk of the qualified local governmental unit.

(3) Before adopting a resolution establishing a district, the legislative body shall give written notice by certified mail to the legislative body of each taxing unit that levies ad valorem property taxes in the proposed district and the owners of all real property in the proposed district and shall set a public hearing on the establishment of the district at which any of those owners, taxing units, and any other resident or taxpayer of the qualified local governmental unit may appear and be heard. The legislative body shall give public notice of the hearing not less than 10 days or more than 30 days before the date of the hearing. Public notice under this subsection must be provided by online posting on the qualified local governmental unit's website if online posting is available and by physical posting in a location open to the public in the office of the qualified local governmental unit.

(4) The actions by a qualified local governmental unit to either approve or disapprove a solar energy district within this act are discretionary and are for solar energy facilities tax purposes only.

History: 2023, Act 108, Imd. Eff. July 27, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3723 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3723
Applicability of chapter; date of health benefit plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3723.

This chapter applies to a health benefit plan for a small employer that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or continued in this state after January 22, 2004. For purposes of this section, the date a health benefit plan is continued is the first rating period that begins after January 22, 2004.

History: Add. 2003, Act 88, Eff. Jan. 23, 2004; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3476 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3476
Telemedicine services; provisions; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3476.

(1) An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy shall not require face-to-face contact between a health care professional and a patient for services appropriately provided through telemedicine, as determined by the insurer. An insurer described in this subsection shall not require a health care professional to provide services for a patient through telemedicine unless the services are contractually required per the terms of a contract between the insurer and an affiliated provider or a third-party vendor for telemedicine first or telemedicine-only products, and clinically appropriate as determined by the health care professional. Telemedicine services must be provided by a health care professional who is licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to engage in the health care professional's health care profession in the state where the patient is located. Telemedicine services are subject to all terms and conditions of the health insurance policy agreed on between the policy holder and the insurer, including, but not limited to, required copayments, coinsurances, deductibles, and approved amounts. If a service is provided through telemedicine under this section, the insurer shall provide at least the same coverage for that service as if the service involved face-to-face contact between the health care professional and the patient.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) After December 31, 2017, "insurer" includes a nonprofit dental care corporation operating under 1963 PA 125, MCL 550.351 to 550.373.

(b) "Telemedicine" means the use of an electronic media to link patients with health care professionals in different locations. To be considered telemedicine under this section, the health care professional must be able to examine the patient via a health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, compliant, secure interactive audio or video, or both, telecommunications system, or through the use of store and forward online messaging.

History: Add. 2012, Act 215, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2012; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016; Am. 2017, Act 223, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017; Am. 2020, Act 97, Imd. Eff. June 24, 2020; Am. 2024, Act 51, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025; Am. 2024, Act 52, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.157q — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.157q
Delivery, circulation, or sale of financial transaction device obtained or held under proscribed circumstances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 157q.

A person who delivers, circulates, or sells a financial transaction device which was obtained or held by that person under circumstances proscribed under section 157n, 157p, or 157v, or uses, permits, causes, or procures the financial transaction device to be used, delivered, circulated, or sold, knowing the device to have been obtained or held under circumstances proscribed under section 157n, 157p, or 157v is guilty of a felony.

History: Add. 1967, Act 255, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1987, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 30, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.851 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Initiated-Law-of-1982 / Section 3.851
Finding and declarations.
Status: in_force

Section 1.

Finding and Declarations. We, the people of the State of Michigan, do hereby find and declare that the safety and security of the United States must be paramount in the concerns of the American people. The substantial and growing danger of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, which would result in millions of deaths of the people of Michigan and throughout the nation, can be reduced by an agreement that both countries immediately halt the testing, production, and further deployment of all nuclear weapons, missiles, and delivery systems in a way that can be checked and verified by both sides. This measure is necessary to reduce the threat of nuclear war to the health and well-being of the citizens of Michigan and the entire country. This measure is also necessary to increase the economic well-being of the people of the State of Michigan, whose economy is adversely effected by money needlessly spent of nuclear weapons systems.

History: 1982, Initiated Law, Eff. Dec. 3, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3402a — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3402a
Group disability insurance policy; provisions required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3402a.

An insurer shall include all of the following provisions in a group disability insurance policy:

(a) That the policy, application of the employer or of an executive officer or trustee of an association, and the individual applications, if any, of the employees or members insured, constitute the entire contract between the parties. The insurer's identification of what constitutes the entire contract creates a rebuttable presumption that the identified items are the entire contract.

(b) That a statement made by the employer, the executive officer or trustee of an association, or an individual employee or member, in the absence of fraud, is a representation and not a warranty. An insurer shall not use a statement made by the employer, the executive officer or trustee of an association, or an individual employee or member as a defense to a claim under the policy, unless the statement is contained in a written application.

(c) That the insurer will issue to the employer or the executive officer or trustee of an association, for delivery to an employee or member who is insured under the policy, an individual certificate that states the insurance protection to which the employee or member is entitled and to whom benefits are payable.

(d) That new employees or members, as applicable, who are eligible and who apply will be added to the group or class originally insured.

History: Add. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.107b — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.107b
Charity game license; issuance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7b.

The commissioner may issue an annual charity game license to a qualified organization for a location owned and operated by the qualified organization for the regular use of its members, or rented or leased on a continual basis for the regular use of its members.

A qualified organization may be issued only 1 annual charity game license per year.

An annual charity game license shall expire at 12 midnight on July 31 of each year.

An annual charity game license may be reissued annually if the qualified organization submits an application for renewal provided by the commissioner and pays the appropriate fee.

A qualified organization may be issued up to 8 special charity game licenses per calendar year.

A special charity game license may be issued for up to 4 consecutive days.

A qualified organization that is licensed to conduct bingo, a millionaire party, or large raffle may also sell charity game tickets and conduct a charity game at the same time and location and in conjunction with the licensed bingo, millionaire party, or large raffle without obtaining an additional license.

The commissioner shall promulgate rules for the licensing, selling, and playing of, and financial record keeping for, charity games.

History: Add. 1999, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.827 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-285-of-1965 / Section 338.827
Application for license; notarized statement as to qualifications; investigation of applicant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) The department shall prepare a standard uniform application. The applicant shall obtain notarized reference statements from at least 5 reputable citizens who swear that they have known the applicant and his or her qualifications for a period of at least 5 years and believe that the applicant is honest, of good character, and competent. The individual providing the reference shall not be related or connected to the person so certifying by blood or marriage.

(2) Upon receipt of the application, application processing fee, and license fee as described in section 9, the department shall investigate as to the applicant's qualifications for licensure.

History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965; Am. 2002, Act 474, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 146, Imd. Eff. May 28, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1344 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1344
Juror; mileage and compensation; payment of jury fee where action removed from circuit court to lower court; fraudulent issuance of certificate of attendance as misdemeanor; penalty; "sufficient funds" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1344.

(1) A juror must be reimbursed for his or her traveling expenses at a rate, determined by the county board of commissioners, that is not less than 10 cents per mile or, beginning April 1, 2018, not less than 20 cents per mile for traveling from the juror's residence to the place of holding court and returning for each day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at sessions of the court.

(2) A juror also must be compensated at a rate, determined by the county board of commissioners, as follows:

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a rate determined as follows:

( i ) For the first day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court, not less than $25.00 per day and $12.50 per 1/2 day.

( ii ) For each subsequent day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court, not less than $40.00 per day and $20.00 per 1/2 day.

(b) Beginning April 1, 2018, and every subsequent fiscal year, if, as of the end of the 2 most recent fiscal years, the state court administrator, at the direction of the supreme court and upon confirmation by the state treasurer, determines that sufficient funds are available in the juror compensation reimbursement fund created in section 151d, a rate determined as follows:

( i ) For the first day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court, not less than $30.00 per day and $15.00 per 1/2 day.

( ii ) For each subsequent day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court, not less than $45.00 per day and $22.50 per 1/2 day.

(3) If an action is removed from the circuit court to a lower court, the jury fee must be paid to the circuit court whether paid before or after removal of the action to the lower court, and the circuit court is responsible for payment of the compensation to the juror involved.

(4) A clerk or deputy clerk of the court who fraudulently issues a certificate of attendance of a juror on which the juror receives pay, except as allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

(5) As used in this section, "sufficient funds" means an amount exceeding $2,000,000.00 in the juror compensation reimbursement fund created in section 151d.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969; Am. 1980, Act 190, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1980; Am. 1982, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Sept. 16, 1982; Am. 2002, Act 739, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Am. 2017, Act 51, Eff. Sept. 13, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2515 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2515
Adjustment of dispute; preservation of evidence, inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2515.

In furtherance of the adjustment of any claim or dispute

either party on reasonable notification to the other and for the purpose of ascertaining the facts and preserving evidence has the right to inspect, test and sample the goods including such of them as may be in the possession or control of the other; and

the parties may agree to a third party inspection or survey to determine the conformity or condition of the goods and may agree that the findings shall be binding upon them in any subsequent litigation or adjustment.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1019 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1019
Special court-martial; jurisdiction; powers of punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

(1) A special court-martial has jurisdiction to try an individual subject to this code for an offense for which the individual may be punished under this code. A special court-martial may adjudge the same punishments as a general court-martial except that the special court-martial may not adjudge the punishments of dishonorable discharge, dismissal, confinement for more than 1 year, a fine of more than $1,000.00, forfeiture of pay exceeding 2/3 pay per month, or forfeiture of pay for more than 1 year.

(2) A bad conduct discharge, a confinement for more than 6 months, or a forfeiture of pay for more than 6 months may not be adjudged if charges and specifications are referred to a special court-martial consisting of a military judge alone.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 2024, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.352 — MI Code / Chapter 51 / Act Act-298-of-1966 / Section 51.352
Civil service commission; membership, appointment, terms; president, term.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The civil service commission shall consist of 3 members, 2 of whom shall be appointed by the board of supervisors, 1 to be appointed for 2 years and 1 to be appointed for 6 years. The third member of the commission shall be elected by the members of the sheriff's department and he shall serve for a period of 4 years from the date of his appointment; a majority vote of the members of the sheriff's department shall be necessary to select such member. Thereafter, all appointments shall be made for a period of 6 years each; each commissioner shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified by the appointing power hereinbefore designated.

The commission shall elect one of their number to act as president of the commission, who shall serve for 1 year.

History: 1966, Act 298, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.336 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-96-of-1959 / Section 247.336
Bus passenger shelters; advertisements, approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Advertisements of such size, shape and nature as the municipality in which such advertisements are proposed to be posted shall approve may be posted in such quantity and upon such portions of duly authorized bus passenger shelters as such municipality shall approve.

History: 1959, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1959
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5313b — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5313b
Project responsibilities of municipality; departmental guidance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5313b.

(1) A municipality is responsible for obtaining any federal, state, or local permits necessary for the project and shall perform any surveys or studies that are required under the permits.

(2) A municipality shall incorporate all appropriate provisions, conditions, and mitigative measures included in the studies, surveys, permits, and licenses into the construction documents. The construction documents are subject to review by the department for conformity with environmental determinations and coordination requirements.

(3) All applicable and appropriate conditions and mitigative measures must be enforced by the municipality or its designated representative and apply to all construction and post-construction activities, including disposal of all liquid or solid spoils, waste material, and residuals from construction.

(4) A municipality may seek guidance from the department regarding the requirements under this part or the rules promulgated under this part.

History: Add. 2022, Act 132, Imd. Eff. June 30, 2022