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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.461 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.461
Competency of person to testify for or against accused notwithstanding person's marriage to accused.
Status: in_force

Sec. 461.

An individual referred to in sections 455 to 459 may be a competent witness in a prosecution under this chapter to testify for or against the accused as to any transaction or as to any conversation with the accused or by the accused with another person in the individual's presence regardless of whether the individual married the accused before or after the violation or whether the individual is called as a witness during the existence of the marriage or after its dissolution.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.461; Am. 1999, Act 251, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2688 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2688
Research on dead embryo, fetus, or neonate; consent of mother; presumption; authorized transfer to medical research facilities; research standards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2688.

Research may not knowingly be performed upon a dead embryo, fetus, or neonate unless the consent of the mother has first been obtained. Consent shall not be required in the case of a routine pathological study.

For purposes of this section, consent shall be conclusively presumed to have been granted by a written statement, signed by the mother that she consents to the use of her dead embryo, fetus, or neonate for research.

Written consent shall constitute lawful authorization for the transfer of the dead embryo, fetus, or neonate to medical research facilities.

Research being performed upon a dead embryo, fetus, or neonate shall be conducted in accordance with the same standards applicable to research conducted pursuant to part 101.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5925 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5925
Validity of actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5925.

If the mutual company complies substantially and in good faith with the notice requirements of this chapter, the mutual company's failure to give a member the required notice does not impair the validity of any action taken under this chapter.

Except as otherwise provided, an action challenging the validity of or arising out of acts taken or proposed to be taken under this chapter, other than an action challenging the commissioner's decision approving or disapproving the plan, shall be commenced within 30 days after the eligible members have approved the plan. An action based upon noncompliance with a business plan submitted under section 5903(2)(f) shall be commenced in Ingham county circuit court within 3 years after the cause of action has accrued, or within 2 years after the time when the cause of action is discovered or should reasonably have been discovered by the complainant, whichever occurs first.

Notwithstanding section 244, an action challenging the validity of the commissioner's decision approving or disapproving the plan shall be commenced within 30 days after the commissioner's decision.

History: Add. 1995, Act 215, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 121, Imd. Eff. June 10, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5242b — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5242b
Payment of expenses in advance of final disposition of action, suit, or proceeding; undertaking.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5242b.

Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding described in section 5241 or 5242 may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee, or agent to repay the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The undertaking shall be by unlimited general obligation of the person on whose behalf advances are made but need not be secured.

History: Add. 1988, Act 290, Eff. Jan. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4606 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4606
Payment order or communication canceling or amending payment order; determining time of receipt.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4A106.

(1) The time of receipt of a payment order or communication canceling or amending a payment order is determined by the rules applicable to receipt of a notice stated in section 1202. A receiving bank may fix a cut-off time or times on a funds transfer business day for the receipt and processing of payment orders and communications canceling or amending payment orders. Different cut-off times may apply to payment orders, cancellations, or amendments, or to different categories of payment orders, cancellations, or amendments. A cut-off time may apply to senders generally or different cut-off times may apply to different senders or categories of payment orders. If a payment order or communication canceling or amending a payment order is received after the close of a funds transfer business day or after the appropriate cut-off time on a funds transfer business day, the receiving bank may treat the payment order or communication as received at the opening of the next funds transfer business day.

(2) If this article refers to an execution date or payment date or states a day on which a receiving bank is required to take action, and the date or day does not fall on a funds transfer business day, the next day that is a funds transfer business day is treated as the date or day stated, unless the contrary is stated in this article.

History: Add. 1992, Act 100, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1992; Am. 2012, Act 86, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.487 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-167-of-1917 / Section 125.487
Fire escape maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 87.

Maintenance of fire escapes. All fire escapes shall be kept in a safe and sound condition and shall be properly painted and repaired to maintain this condition. No incumbrance or obstruction shall be placed or maintained on any part of any fire escape or in any means of access to a fire escape.

History: 1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 2575; Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 125.487
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2213 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2213
Rules; rescission of certain rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 213.

(1) Subject to section 201 and limited to its specific authority over a service as provided under this act, the commission may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(2) A proceeding before the commission to promulgate rules under this act shall be concluded within 180 days from the date that the proceeding is initiated.

(3) The following administrative rules are rescinded:

(a) Privacy standards for telecommunication services, R 484.201 to R 484.208 of the Michigan administrative code.

(b) Billing standards for basic residential telecommunication service, R 484.301 to R 484.386 of the Michigan administrative code.

(c) Telecommunications service quality, R 484.519 to R 484.571 of the Michigan administrative code.

History: 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Am. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995; Am. 2000, Act 295, Imd. Eff. July 17, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 591, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2005; Am. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005; Am. 2011, Act 58, Imd. Eff. June 14, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1201 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1201
Equipment, furniture, and furnishings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 201.

The department may issue directives for each state agency to provide for all the following for equipment, furniture, and furnishings in its possession:

Custody and maintenance.

Periodic inventories.

Maintenance and retention of records of the equipment, furniture, and furnishings relative to ownership, cost, operation, maintenance, and warranties.

Destruction of, or the declaration as surplus of, equipment, furniture, and furnishings, after consultation with any affected state agency.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 803.225 — MI Code / Chapter 803 / Act Act-73-of-1988 / Section 803.225
Commitment report; petition to conduct review hearing; combining annual report with review hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Before a juvenile hearing under section 18d of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.18d, or under section 1b of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.1b, the department or county juvenile agency, as applicable, shall prepare a commitment report for the court. A commitment report shall include all of the following:

The services and programs currently being utilized by, or offered to, the juvenile and the juvenile's participation in those services and programs.

Where the juvenile currently resides and the juvenile's behavior in his or her current placement.

The juvenile's efforts toward rehabilitation.

Recommendations for the juvenile's release or continued custody.

If the department or county juvenile agency, as applicable, believes that the juvenile has been rehabilitated and does not present a serious risk to public safety, the department or county juvenile agency may petition the court to conduct a review hearing at any time before the juvenile becomes 19 years of age or, if the committing court has continued jurisdiction over the juvenile, at any time before the juvenile becomes 21 years of age.

The annual report required by section 3 may be combined with a review hearing under this section.

History: 1988, Act 73, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988; Am. 1998, Act 521, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2425 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2425
Costs; abatement of public nuisance; private citizen plaintiff; intervention by attorney general or prosecuting attorney.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2425.

If an action to abate a public nuisance is brought by a private citizen, whether or not the attorney general or prosecuting attorney intervenes, and the court finds that there was no reasonable ground or cause for the action, costs may be taxed against such citizen. In such a case, attorney's fees are proper costs.

When the attorney general or prosecuting attorney intervenes, the costs incurred by such officer shall be payable by the county in which the nuisance exists and all costs collected in the action shall be paid into the treasury of such county.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.58 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.58
Pleading; judgment or proceeding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.

In pleading a judgment or other determination of, or a proceeding before any court or officer, civil or military, it is unnecessary to allege the facts conferring jurisdiction on such court or officer, but it is sufficient to allege generally that such judgment or determination was duly given or made or such proceedings had.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17272; CL 1948, 767.58
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2591 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2591
Frivolous civil action or defense to civil action; awarding costs and fees to prevailing party; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2591.

Upon motion of any party, if a court finds that a civil action or defense to a civil action was frivolous, the court that conducts the civil action shall award to the prevailing party the costs and fees incurred by that party in connection with the civil action by assessing the costs and fees against the nonprevailing party and their attorney.

The amount of costs and fees awarded under this section shall include all reasonable costs actually incurred by the prevailing party and any costs allowed by law or by court rule, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

As used in this section:

"Frivolous" means that at least 1 of the following conditions is met:

The party's primary purpose in initiating the action or asserting the defense was to harass, embarrass, or injure the prevailing party.

The party had no reasonable basis to believe that the facts underlying that party's legal position were in fact true.

The party's legal position was devoid of arguable legal merit.

"Prevailing party" means a party who wins on the entire record.

History: Add. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5202 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5202
Life, accident or sickness insurers; reorganization under code.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5202.

Any company organized to transact the business of life insurance or insurance against accident or sickness under any laws of this state in force prior to August 10, 1917, may reorganize under this code, and have the benefit of all its provisions, by a vote of the stockholders, or, if it be a mutual company, then by a vote of the members called for that purpose, in pursuance of its present articles, on entering into new articles of incorporation, signed by its charter officers, setting forth the particulars required under this code and filing a copy of such articles with the commissioner and the proper county clerk, after such a certificate of the attorney general has been obtained as is required when the articles are amended; and such company, in so reorganizing, shall be at liberty to make any change in its mode of doing business, not inconsistent with the provisions of this code, and to increase its capital stock, or to retire any guaranteed capital stock, as the stockholders or members may deem proper; but in so reorganizing they shall be subject to all the provisions of this code in regard to the deposit of securities, and to all its other provisions in the same manner and to the same extent as if such company had not previously had a corporate existence.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.427 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.427
Corporation or land contract vendee as freeholder; corporate agent or officer as signer of petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 427.

In any application or petition required to be filed under this act, a freeholder shall be deemed to include a corporation owning land and a vendee under land contract, where such contract is of record in the office of the register of deeds of the county, or where the land is assessed in the name of the vendee on the tax assessment roll of the township or city. The authority of an officer or agent of a corporation to sign an application or petition on behalf of such corporation shall not be questioned, except by such corporation itself, after the application or petition has been accepted and passed on by a board of determination.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1003 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1003
Construction of terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

For the purposes of this act the words specified in any section or sections shall have the meanings set forth in such section or sections, unless different meanings are plainly indicated by their context.

History: 1957, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.137 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.137
Purchases from minors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 137.

A dealer in second-hand goods, junk shop keeper, peddler, rag or paper buyer, pawnbroker or hawker who purchases either directly or indirectly or by his agent or clerk, any goods, thing, article or articles from a minor without the written consent of the parent or guardian of the minor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.137; Am. 1972, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.201 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-44-of-1982 / Section 37.201
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "polygraph protection act of 1981".

History: 1982, Act 44, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.456 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.456
State bridge commission; transfer and abolition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 356.

The state bridge commission created under Act No. 147 of the Public Acts of 1935, as amended, being sections 254.151 to 254.167 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is transferred by a type III transfer to the department of transportation, and the state bridge commission is abolished.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1975, Act 70, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 483, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.990n — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-120-of-1961 / Section 125.990n
Merger agreement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10n.

(1) Two or more business improvement zones within the same city or village may merge into a single business improvement zone if the board of each business improvement zone approves a merger agreement among the merging zones and the merger agreement also is approved by the governing body of the city or village in which the zones are located.

(2) The merger agreement shall include, without limitation, a manner of selecting the board of directors of the merged business improvement zone, a zone plan for the merged business improvement zone, and a plan for establishing and collecting assessments under the merged business improvement zone.

History: Add. 2013, Act 126, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7207 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7207
Separation of goods; commingling of fungible goods; overissued receipts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7207.

(1) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods. However, different lots of fungible goods may be commingled.

(2) If different lots of fungible goods are commingled, the goods are owned in common by the persons entitled thereto and the warehouse is severally liable to each owner for that owner's share. If, because of overissue, a mass of fungible goods is insufficient to meet all the receipts the warehouse has issued against it, the persons entitled include all holders to which overissued receipts have been duly negotiated.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.252 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-70-of-1997 / Section 432.252
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Casino" means a building in which gaming is conducted.

"Casino licensee" means a person who is licensed to operate a casino under the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the Initiated Law of 1996, MCL 432.201 to 432.216.

"Michigan gaming control board" means the Michigan gaming control board created in the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the Initiated Law of 1996, MCL 432.20 to 432.216.

"Pathological gambler" means an individual with a severe, persistent, and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior that disrupts personal, family, or vocational pursuits.

History: 1997, Act 70, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.2003 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.2003
Complaint in derivative action; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1003.

In a derivative action, the complaint shall set forth with particularity the effort of the plaintiff to secure initiation of the action by a general partner or the reasons for not making the effort.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.3t — MI Code / Chapter 8 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 8.3t
“Firearm” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3t.

The word "firearm", except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive.

History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959; Am. 2015, Act 22, Eff. July 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5218 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5218
Proceedings subsequent to appointment; venue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5218.

The court at the place where the ward resides has concurrent jurisdiction over resignation, removal, accounting, or another proceeding relating to the guardianship with the court that appointed the guardian or in which acceptance of a parental appointment was filed.

If the court located where the ward resides is neither the appointing court nor the court in which acceptance of appointment is filed, the court in which a proceeding subsequent to appointment is commenced in all appropriate cases shall notify the other court, in this or another state, and after consultation with that court, shall determine whether to retain jurisdiction or transfer the proceeding to the other court, whichever will serve the ward's welfare. A copy of an order accepting a resignation or removing a guardian shall be sent to the appointing court or the court in which acceptance of appointment is filed.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4010 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4010
Premiums; payment; provision required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4010.

There shall be a provision that all premiums shall be payable in advance, either at the home office of the company or to an agent of the company, upon delivery of a receipt signed by 1 or more of the officers who shall be named in the policy.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3613 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3613
Successor personal representative.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3613.

The appointment of a personal representative to succeed a personal representative whose appointment is terminated is governed by parts 3 and 4 of this article. After appointment and qualification, a successor personal representative must be substituted in all actions and proceedings in which the former personal representative was a party. A notice, process, or claim that was given or served upon the terminated personal representative need not be given to or served upon the successor personal representative in order to preserve a position or right the person that gave the notice or filed the claim may have obtained or preserved with reference to the former personal representative. Except as the court otherwise orders, the successor personal representative has the powers and duties in respect to the continued administration that the former personal representative would have had if the appointment had not been terminated.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.1006 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-261-of-2000 / Section 211.1006
Crediting proceeds of recapture tax to certain fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The treasurer shall credit the proceeds of the recapture tax collected by county treasurers under this act to the fund in which the proceeds from lien payments made under part 361 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.36101 to 324.36117, are deposited.

History: 2000, Act 261, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000