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Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1304 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-332-of-1965 / Section 445.1304
Scheduled payments; extension of due date; deferral charge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 304.

The holder of a home improvement installment contract, upon agreement in writing with the buyer, may extend the scheduled due date or defer the scheduled payment of all or of any part of any installment or installments payable thereunder. The holder may charge and contract for the payment of an extension or deferral charge by the buyer and collect and receive the same, but such charge may not exceed an amount equal to 1% per month simple interest on the amount of the installment or installments, or part thereof, extended or deferred for the period of extension or deferral. Such period shall not exceed the period from the date when such extended or deferred installment, or part thereof, would have been payable in the absence of such extension or deferral, to the date when such installment or installments, or part thereof, are made payable under the agreement of extension or deferment; except that a minimum charge of $1.00 for the period of extension or deferral may be made in any case where the extension or deferral charge, when computed at such rate, amounts to less than $1.00. The agreement may also provide for payment by the buyer of the additional cost to the holder of the contract of premiums for continuing in force, until the end of such period of extension or deferral, any insurance coverages provided for in the contract.

History: 1965, Act 332, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.469 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.469
Injunction restricted.
Status: in_force

Sec. 69.

After any taxes shall have been assessed for the improvement of any highway under this act, no injunction shall issue to restrain the spreading of the same upon the tax roll, nor to restrain the collection thereof, nor shall the same be in any manner stayed, except as provided in provisions for certiorari unless the amount of such assessment shall be first paid to the county treasurer to be applied upon such taxes in case the court in which the suit upon which such injunction is tried, shall so order.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4739; CL 1929, 4384; CL 1948, 247.469
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.31 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.31
Township board of review; completed roll valid; conclusive presumption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

Upon the completion of said roll and its endorsement in manner aforesaid, the same shall be conclusively presumed by all courts and tribunals to be valid, and shall not be set aside except for causes hereinafter mentioned. The omission of such indorsement shall not affect the validity of such roll.

History: 1893, Act 206, Eff. June 12, 1893; CL 1897, 3854; CL 1915, 4025; CL 1929, 3419; CL 1948, 211.31
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.631 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-454-of-1978 / Section 554.631
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "truth in renting act".

History: 1978, Act 454, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.965 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-424-of-1984 / Section 445.965
Mailing copy of complaint, judgment, decree, or order to attorney general.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Upon commencement of an action brought pursuant to section 14 or 18, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the complaint to the attorney general, and upon entry of a judgment or decree in the action, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the judgment, decree, or order to the attorney general.

In a subsequent action by the attorney general brought pursuant to section 13, proof of a violation of a permanent injunction issued pursuant to this act is conclusive evidence that the defendant engaged in a method, act, or practice which is unlawful under this act.

History: 1984, Act 424, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.544 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-387-of-2012 / Section 124.544
Petition by county to be included in public transit region and authority; conditions; provisional member.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) A county that is not included in a public transit region and is not a participant in an authority may petition an authority to become a part of the public transit region and the authority, subject to approval of the petition by resolution of the governing body of the petitioning county.

(2) A petitioning county shall be added to a public transit region and an authority if both of the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) The petitioning county is adjacent to a county that is, at the time of the petition, included in the public transit region.

(b) The addition of the petitioning county to the public transit region and the authority is approved by the board.

(3) If an authority is levying an assessment under section 10(2) or a motor vehicle registration tax under section 10(3), or both, a petitioning county that satisfies the conditions under subsection (2) is a provisional member of the authority without voting power or transportation service from the authority until the assessment levied by the authority under section 10(2) or the motor vehicle registration tax under section 10(3), or both, is approved by a majority of the electors of the petitioning county at the first general or special election held on a regular date as provided in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, to occur at least 71 days after appointment of a board member representing the petitioning county under section 5(12).

History: 2012, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3210 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-110-of-2006 / Section 125.3210
Ordinance as controlling.
Status: in_force

Sec. 210.

Except as otherwise provided under this act, an ordinance adopted under this act shall be controlling in the case of any inconsistencies between the ordinance and an ordinance adopted under any other law.

History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1064 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1064
Approval by convening authority of findings of guilty and sentence; approval of sentence as approval of findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 64.

In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial, the convening authority may approve only those findings of guilty and the sentence or part or amount of the sentence as the convening authority finds correct in law and fact and as the convening authority in the authority's discretion approves. Unless the convening authority indicates otherwise, approval of the sentence is approval of the findings.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.108 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-189-of-1937 / Section 780.108
Uniform act on fresh pursuit; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act may be cited as the "uniform act on fresh pursuit."

History: 1937, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1937; CL 1948, 780.108
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1853 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1853
Audit of enrollments, degrees, and awards at independent colleges and universities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 253.

The auditor general may audit selected enrollments, degrees, and awards at selected independent colleges and universities receiving awards that are administered by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential. The audits must be based on definitions and requirements established by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential, the state budget director, and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The auditor general shall accept the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form as the standard of residency documentation.

History: Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2024, Act 120, Eff. Oct. 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1117 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.1117
References to repealed or rescinded provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1117.

If a provision of a statute referred to in this code or in a rule authorized or recognized by this code is repealed, or if a provision of a rule authorized or recognized by this code is rescinded, and the provision is substantially reenacted or repromulgated, a reference in this code or the rule to the repealed or rescinded provision is considered a reference to the reenacted or repromulgated provision.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.782a — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.782a
Michigan national guard armory construction fund; creation; depositing money into fund; reversion; expenditure; purpose; investing unexpended portion and crediting earnings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 382a.

(1) The Michigan national guard armory construction fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. All money received as gifts under section 368 or from sales, transfers, or exchanges under section 382 shall be deposited by the state treasurer in the Michigan national guard construction fund. Money in the fund shall not revert to the general fund at the close of the fiscal year but shall remain in the fund.

(2) Money in the Michigan national guard construction fund shall be expended by the state treasurer at the exclusive direction of the adjutant general for the purpose of acquiring facilities and training lands and constructing new facilities. Each expenditure from the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the legislature. The unexpended portion of the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer and the earnings on the fund shall be credited to the fund at the state treasurer's common cash investment income rate.

History: Add. 1992, Act 307, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993; Am. 2013, Act 99, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712A.20 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712A.20
Temporary or permanent custody.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The court in all cases involving custody shall state in the order for disposition or any supplemental order of disposition whether the child is placed in the temporary or permanent custody of the court. If the child is placed in the temporary custody of the court, no supplemental order of disposition providing permanent custody, or containing any other order of disposition shall be made except at a hearing pursuant to issuance of summons or notice as provided in sections 12 and 13 of this chapter or at a rehearing provided by section 19 of this chapter. If the child is placed in the permanent custody of the court, all parental rights are terminated, though such rights may be reinstated by a supplemental order of disposition after rehearing pursuant to section 21.

History: Add. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 54, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1944; CL 1948, 712A.20; Am. 1966, Act 181, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80149 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80149
Operation of vessels in counter-clockwise fashion; distance between persons being towed and other objects; exception; violation as misdemeanor; violation as civil infraction; fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80149.

(1) A person operating a vessel on the waters of this state in areas not marked by well defined channels, canals, rivers, or stream courses shall operate the vessels in a counter-clockwise fashion to the extent that it is reasonably possible. These persons and persons being towed on water skis or on a water sled, kite, surfboard, or similar contrivance shall maintain a distance of 100 feet from any dock, raft, buoyed or occupied bathing area, or vessel moored or at anchor, except when the vessel is proceeding at a slow-no wake speed or when water skiers are being picked up or dropped off, if that operation is otherwise conducted with due regard to the safety of persons and property and in accordance with the laws of this state. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) A person who violates this section while on any of the following bodies of water in this state is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00:

(a) The Great Lakes.

(b) Lake St. Clair.

(c) The St. Clair river.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2007, Act 8, Imd. Eff. May 11, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21603 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21603
Mobile dental facility; permit; operator; contracting or employing other dentists, dental hygienists, or dental assistants; permit for 1 or more mobile dental facilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21603.

(1) An operator shall obtain a permit under this part for a mobile dental facility before offering dental services at the facility.

(2) A mobile dental facility shall have an operator in charge at all times.

(3) An operator may contract or employ other dentists, dental hygienists, or dental assistants to work in a mobile dental facility.

(4) An operator may hold a permit for 1 or more mobile dental facilities.

History: Add. 2014, Act 100, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.1411 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-230-of-1987 / Section 331.1411
Pledge and agreement of state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.

The state pledges and agrees with the holders of notes and corporation obligations issued under this act, that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in any corporation or subsidiary corporation to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders thereof, nor will in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders until the notes or corporation obligations, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, if applicable, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. Any corporation or subsidiary corporation is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with holders of such notes or corporation obligations.

History: 1987, Act 230, Eff. Feb. 27, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.283 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-149-of-1848 / Section 322.283
School and university lands; new certificates, affidavit of township supervisor, other evidence; discharge of certificate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The persons desirous of procuring such new certificate, shall, in every case, furnish the said commissioner, as the basis of his action, with the certificate of the supervisor of the township in which the lands are situated, verified by his oath, that he is acquainted with the true condition, quality, quantity and location of said lands, and the proposed division of the same, and that in his opinion such division could be made without injury to the university or school fund, as the case may be; and the said commissioner may require any other evidence which he may deem necessary, and whenever the grantee of any deed duly executed by a sheriff, and conveying the right, title and interest of any person holding a certificate for any university or school lands, shall present such deed at the land office, and shall tender the balance of principal and interest due upon any such certificate, as the same shall appear from the books of said office, the commissioner thereof shall execute to such grantee, his heirs and assigns, a deed for the land described in such certificate, in the usual form, and the same shall be a full satisfaction and discharge of such certificate.

History: 1848, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848; CL 1857, 2521; CL 1871, 3895; How. 5335; CL 1897, 1353; CL 1915, 528; CL 1929, 5928; CL 1948, 322.283
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12704 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12704
Certificate of registration as well drilling contractor, pump installer, water well drilling contractor, or dewatering well pump installer; application; fees; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12704.

Before engaging in the business of well drilling or pump installing, a person shall obtain a certificate of registration annually as a well drilling contractor or pump installer, using an application prepared by the department.

Before engaging in the business of constructing dewatering wells or installing dewatering well pumps, a person shall obtain a certificate of registration annually as a water well drilling contractor limited to the construction of dewatering wells or as a dewatering well pump installer, using an application prepared by the department.

The applicant shall pay a registration fee with the application. The initial registration fee and the annual renewal registration fee for a well drilling contractor is $40.00 and for a pump installer is $25.00. A well drilling contractor shall pay an additional annual fee of $10.00 for each additional drilling machine. A registered well drilling contractor may do any of the work of a pump installer without payment of the fee for a pump installer.

A county, city, village, township, or other governmental unit engaged in well drilling or pump installing shall be registered under sections 12701 to 12715, but shall be exempt from paying the registration fees if the drilling or installing is done by regular employees of, and with equipment owned by, the governmental unit and the work is on wells or pumps intended for use by the governmental unit.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.798a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.798a
Separate counting center; direction and conduct of proceedings; method.
Status: in_force

Sec. 798a.

If a separate counting center is used, all proceedings shall be under the direction of the clerk or authorized assistants. The proceedings shall be conducted under observation by the public, but no persons except those authorized shall touch a ballot or return. Persons who engage in processing and counting of the ballots shall be deputized and take an oath that they will faithfully perform their assigned duties. If a ballot is damaged or defective so that it cannot properly be counted by the electronic tabulating equipment, a true duplicate copy shall be made and substituted for the damaged or defective ballot. Each duplicate ballot shall be clearly labeled "duplicate", and shall bear a serial number, which shall be recorded on the damaged or defective ballot.

History: Add. 1967, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967; Am. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 430.1 — MI Code / Chapter 430 / Act Act-281-of-1927 / Section 430.1
Registration or insignia of certain organizations; alteration or cancellation by reregistration; “administrator” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military or veterans' organization, labor union, foundation, federation, or any other society, organization, or association, degree, branch, subordinate lodge or auxiliary thereof, whether incorporated or unincorporated, may register in the office of the administrator, a facsimile, duplicate, or description of its name, badge, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette, or other insignia, and may by reregistration, alter or cancel the same.

As used in this act, "administrator" means the director of commerce or his or her designated representative.

History: 1927, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 8977; CL 1948, 430.1; Am. 1984, Act 183, Eff. Oct. 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.250 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-188-of-1899 / Section 205.250
Certificate of nonliability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50.

If it appears to the department that an estate is not subject to any tax under this act, the department shall issue to the personal representative or his or her legal representative, or to the heirs, devisees, or distributees of the decedent a certificate in writing to that effect, showing nonliability to tax. The certificate of nonliability has the same force and effect as a receipt showing payment. The certificate of nonliability shall be in a form recordable with the register of deeds and admissible in evidence in the same manner as receipts showing payment of taxes.

History: Add. 1993, Act 54, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1993; Am. 1998, Act 277, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1036 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-62-of-2016 / Section 752.1036
Notice; sample.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The department shall post on its departmental website a sample of the notice described in section 5, which shall be available for downloading for purposes of this act.

History: 2016, Act 62, Eff. July 4, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 395.302 — MI Code / Chapter 395 / Act Act-11-of-1968 / Section 395.302
Commission on handicapper concerns; members, appointment, terms, vacancies, officers, expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The governor shall appoint by and with the advice and consent of the senate the 21 members of the commission for terms of 3 years, except that of the members first appointed, 7 each shall be appointed for terms of 1, 2 and 3 years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments and for the balance of the unexpired term. The governor shall designate a chairman and a vice-chairman from the members of the commission. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the commission. Members of the commission shall be reimbursed only for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

History: 1968, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.207 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-58-of-1915 / Section 456.207
Annual meeting; election of directors, term; right to vote; special meetings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The annual meeting of every such corporation shall be held on the second Monday of May in each year, unless some other day shall be fixed by the by-laws thereof, and in such case it shall be held upon the day so fixed. The participants at the initial annual meeting shall elect a board of directors of 7, of which 3 shall serve for 1 year and 4 for 2 years, their successors at subsequent annual meetings being elected in each case for a period of 2 years. These directors shall hold office until their term expires and their successors shall be chosen, and shall transact such business relating to the affairs of the corporation as may properly come before them. At such meetings the owners of stock shall have the right to vote, either in person or by proxy, in proportion to the amount of stock held by them respectively, each owner thereof being entitled to 1 vote for each share of stock. Special meetings of any such corporation may be provided for by the by-laws thereof, and shall be held when called in accordance with such provision.

History: 1915, Act 58, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 11183; CL 1929, 10468; CL 1948, 456.207
Mich. Comp. Laws § 317.203 — MI Code / Chapter 317 / Act Act-184-of-1929 / Section 317.203
Wild life sanctuaries; signs; removal on expiration of dedication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

When an application for the dedication of lands as a state wild life sanctuary shall have been approved by the conservation commission, the director of conservation shall supply suitable signs or posters which the dedicator shall promptly erect and thereafter maintain in such a manner as to clearly define and mark the boundaries of such dedicated lands; and it shall be the duty of the said dedicator to remove all such signs or posters within 3 months after the expiration or termination of such dedication.

History: 1929, Act 184, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 6115; CL 1948, 317.203