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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.934 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-387-of-1978 / Section 257.934
Creation of security interest in name of state on vehicle; sign disclosing state's lien.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The department of state or the department of treasury shall create a security interest in the name of the state on a vehicle owned by a carrier who receives a loan under this act. The security interest shall be created as provided in section 217 or 238 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.217 and 257.238, and article 9 of the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.9101 to 440.9708. Each vehicle subject to a security interest under this act shall be labeled during the life of the loan with a sign disclosing the state's lien. The sign shall be in a form prescribed by the department of treasury.

History: 1978, Act 387, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1978; Am. 1979, Act 39, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1979; Am. 2000, Act 354, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.611 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-283-of-1964 / Section 290.611
State director of weights and measures; investigation of complaints; commercial transactions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The director shall investigate complaints made to him concerning violations of the provisions of this act, and shall, upon his own initiative, conduct such investigations as he deems advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of this act and to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions.

History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5203 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5203
Warning notice generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5203.

Upon a determination by a department representative or a local health officer that an individual is a carrier and is a health threat to others, the department representative or local health officer shall issue a warning notice to the individual requiring the individual to cooperate with the department or local health department in efforts to prevent or control transmission of serious communicable diseases or infections. The warning notice may also require the individual to participate in education, counseling, or treatment programs, and to undergo medical tests to verify the person's status as a carrier.

A warning notice issued under subsection (1) shall be in writing, except that in urgent circumstances, the warning notice may be an oral statement, followed by a written statement within 3 days. A warning notice shall be individual and specific and shall not be issued to a class of persons. A written warning notice shall be served either by registered mail, return receipt requested, or personally by an individual who is employed by, or under contract to, the department or a local health department.

A warning notice issued under subsection (1) shall include a statement that unless the individual takes the action requested in the warning notice, the department representative or local health officer shall seek an order from the probate court, pursuant to this part. The warning notice shall also state that, except in cases of emergency, the individual to whom the warning notice is issued has the right to notice and a hearing and other rights provided in this part before the probate court issues an order.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1988, Act 490, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.1063 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-259-of-2018 / Section 206.1063
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of treasury.

(b) "Fund" means the Kiwanis fund created in section 5.

History: 2018, Act 259, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 770.9a — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 770.9a
Detention and denial of bail where defendant convicted of assaultive crime; “assaultive crime” defined; expediting appeal or application for leave to appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9a.

A defendant convicted of an assaultive crime and awaiting sentence shall be detained and shall not be admitted to bail unless the trial court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is not likely to pose a danger to other persons and that section 9b of this chapter does not apply.

A defendant convicted of an assaultive crime and sentenced to a term of imprisonment who has filed an appeal or an application for leave to appeal shall be detained and shall not be admitted to bail unless the trial court or the court to which the appeal is taken finds by clear and convincing evidence that section 9b of this chapter does not apply and that both of the following exist:

The defendant is not likely to pose a danger to other persons.

The appeal or application raises a substantial question of law or fact.

As used in this section, "assaultive crime" means an offense against a person described in section 81c(3), 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90a, 90b(a) or (b), 91, 200 to 212a, 316, 317, 321, 349, 349a, 350, 397, 411h(2)(b) or (3), 411i, 520b, 520c, 520d, 520e, 520g, 529, 529a, 530, or 543a to 543z of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81c, 750.82, 750.83, 750.84, 750.86, 750.87, 750.88, 750.89, 750.90a, 750.90b, 750.91, 750.200 to 750.212a, 750.316, 750.317, 750.321, 750.349, 750.349a, 750.350, 750.397, 750.411h, 750.411i, 750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520e, 750.520g, 750.529, 750.529a, 750.530, and 750.543a to 750.543z.

The appeal or application for leave to appeal filed by a person denied bail under this section shall be expedited pursuant to rules adopted for that purpose by the supreme court.

History: Add. 1977, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 30, 1978; Am. 1994, Act 195, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Am. 2001, Act 208, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002; Am. 2002, Act 483, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 32, Eff. June 30, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2263 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2263
Citation; petition for administrative hearing; decision of hearings officer; review; provisions governing hearings and appeals; civil penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2263.

Not later than 20 days after receipt of the citation, the alleged violator may petition the department for an administrative hearing, which shall be held within 60 days after receipt of the petition by the department. The administrative hearing may be conducted by a hearings officer who may affirm, dismiss, or modify the citation. The decision of the hearings officer shall be final, unless within 30 days after the decision the director grants a review of the citation. Upon review, the director may affirm, dismiss, or modify the citation.

Hearings and appeals under this section shall conform to the administrative procedures act of 1969.

A civil penalty shall become final if a petition for an administrative hearing is not received within the time specified in subsection (1). A civil penalty imposed shall be paid to the state treasury for deposit in the general fund. A civil penalty may be recovered in a civil action brought in the county in which the violation occurred or the defendant resides.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.16 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 67.16
Street or sidewalk grades; change; damage to property owner; payment; assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Whenever the grade of any street or sidewalk is established, and improvements are made by the owner or occupant of the adjacent property in conformity to the grade, the grade shall not be changed without compensation to the owner for all damages to the property resulting from the grade change. The damages shall be ascertained in the manner provided by the uniform condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.51 to 213.75, or agreed upon by the village and the owner or occupant of premises. After the damages are ascertained or agreed upon, the damages shall be paid by the village, or the council may cause the damages, or such part thereof as may be just and proper, to be assessed upon real estate to be benefited by the change of grade.

If the council decides to assess the damages, or any part thereof, upon the property benefited, it shall determine and define a district in the village which in its judgment is benefited by the improvement out of which the damages arise. The damages or part thereof shall be assessed upon the real estate in the district, in proportion as nearly as may be to the advantage or benefit each lot, parcel, or subdivision is deemed to acquire by the improvement out of which the damages arise. The property on account of which the damages were awarded shall not be included in the district. The assessment shall be made, and the amount levied and collected in the same manner as other assessments on a district deemed to be benefited, in the grading and improvement of streets, as provided by law; and the provisions of chapter VIII relative to special assessments shall apply. The damages determined upon by the village or determined and collected by special assessment shall be paid to the person entitled to the damages.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2784; CL 1915, 2655; CL 1929, 1564; CL 1948, 67.16; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.307 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-164-of-1975 / Section 18.307
Michigan advisory council for Spanish-speaking abolished; transfer of duties, functions, and property to commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The Michigan advisory council for the Spanish-speaking created pursuant to Executive Order 1974-6, as amended by Executive Order 1974-6(a), is abolished and its duties and functions shall be assumed by the commission. The documents, files, properties, and moneys belonging to the present Michigan advisory council for the Spanish-speaking shall be transferred to the commission on Spanish-speaking affairs.

History: 1975, Act 164, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 3 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 3
Chief justice; court administrator; other assistants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

One justice of the supreme court shall be selected by the court as its chief justice as provided by rules of the court. He shall perform duties required by the court. The supreme court shall appoint an administrator of the courts and other assistants of the supreme court as may be necessary to aid in the administration of the courts of this state. The administrator shall perform administrative duties assigned by the court.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 3, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6033 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6033
Execution; property partially exempt; bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6033.

Whenever a levy is made upon any article, belonging to a class or species which is exempt from execution to a specified amount or value, and the value thereof as determined by the appraisal, is in excess of the amount of the exemption allowed therein to the defendant in execution, levy and sale thereof may be made under the execution in the ordinary way; and unless the amount of the exemption is claimed or set off in other property, or waived, the officer shall pay to the defendant in execution, the amount of such exemption, in money from the proceeds of the sale, and the balance of such proceeds shall be applied towards the satisfaction of the execution. If at the sale no bid is made for such property, in excess of the amount of the exemption allowed therein, such property shall not be sold, but shall be returned to the defendant. If the defendant in execution, before such sale, pays to the officer the difference between the appraised value of such property, and the amount of the exemption therein, not to exceed the amount due on such execution with costs of such levy, to be applied upon the execution, such property shall not be sold, but shall be returned to the defendant: Provided, That if after such officer has completed the levy upon such property, the defendant in execution gives to such officer a sufficient bond, to be approved by him, conditioned that said defendant will deliver said property to such officer or before the time of sale, pay to him the difference between the appraised value of such property, and the amount of his exemption, not to exceed the amount due on such execution with costs accrued, then such officer may permit such defendant to have possession of such property during the period intervening between the making of the levy and the time of sale.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1214 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1214
Rate of interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 214.

A health care corporation may by agreement in writing, and not otherwise, agree to pay a rate of interest in excess of the legal rate, and in that case, the defense of usury is prohibited.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.811a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.811a
Motorcycle safety course; conducting; amount and use of fees; duties of secretary of state; rules; designation, qualifications, and funding of state coordinator of motorcycle safety education program; annual inspections; fulfillment of waiver requirement; audit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 811a.

(1) A motorcycle safety course required under section 312b conducted by a college or university, an intermediate school district, a local school district, a law enforcement agency, or any other governmental agency located in this state shall be conducted under this section.

(2) Except for motorcycle safety courses conducted under section 811b, an applicant for a motorcycle safety course shall pay not more than a $50.00 course fee. The course fees shall be used only for funding the administration and implementation of the motorcycle safety education program.

(3) The secretary of state is responsible for the establishment and administration of motorcycle safety courses and shall promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, regarding teacher qualifications, reimbursement procedures, the establishment of the courses, and other requirements under this section.

(4) The secretary of state shall designate a person to be the state coordinator of the motorcycle safety education program. The person designated under this subsection shall successfully complete a motorcycle safety rider coach course before being designated.

(5) The position of state coordinator of the motorcycle safety education program shall be funded by the motorcycle safety fund.

(6) The secretary of state shall designate a person who has successfully completed a motorcycle safety rider coach course to perform annual inspections of motorcycle course sites.

(7) An 8-hour motorcycle safety course that meets the standards established by the secretary of state may be offered to an applicant who has passed a motorcycle operator skill test that has been approved by the secretary of state. Successful completion of a motorcycle safety course under this subsection shall fulfill the waiver requirement of section 312b.

(8) An audit of the motorcycle safety fund shall be conducted by the office of the auditor general to determine compliance with the requirements of this act with regard to the collection and expenditure of fees authorized under this section. A copy of this audit shall be transmitted to the legislature upon completion.

History: Add. 1982, Act 187, Eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Am. 1987, Act 85, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1987; Am. 1992, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1992; Am. 2003, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Am. 2016, Act 22, Eff. May 23, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3207 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-110-of-2006 / Section 125.3207
Zoning ordinance or decision; effect as prohibiting establishment of land use.
Status: in_force

Sec. 207.

A zoning ordinance or zoning decision shall not have the effect of totally prohibiting the establishment of a land use within a local unit of government in the presence of a demonstrated need for that land use within either that local unit of government or the surrounding area within the state, unless a location within the local unit of government does not exist where the use may be appropriately located or the use is unlawful.

History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.946 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.946
Filing certified statement of vote.
Status: in_force

Sec. 946.

Within 10 days after the election required by section 945, the secretary of the board of the school district in which the election was held shall file a certified statement of the vote for annexation and transfer with the secretary of the board of the annexing school district and with the secretary of the board of each school district to which some portion of the dividing school district is to be transferred.

History: Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 725.252 — MI Code / Chapter 725 / Act Act-129-of-1867 / Section 725.252
Juror in justice or police court or coroner's inquest in Wayne county; former service as disqualification or cause of challenge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

No person shall be qualified to sit as a juror in any justice or police court of Wayne county, or on an inquest before any coroner, who has already sat as a juror in said justice or police court, or on an inquest before said coroner, more than 3 times during the calendar year next preceding the time when he is summoned or offered as a juror on said court, or on said inquest. And it shall be the duty of justices of the peace, and police justices and coroners, to enforce and carry out the provisions of this law, and to discharge any such juror. It shall be a good cause of challenge, over and above all challenges otherwise allowed by law, that any person summoned or offered as a juror, shall have acted as juror in the same tribunal or court, more than 3 times during the prior calendar year.

History: 1867, Act 129, Eff. June 27, 1867; CL 1871, 6044; How. 7583; CL 1897, 347; CL 1915, 14592; CL 1929, 16545; CL 1948, 725.252
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4317 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4317
Public hearing on development plan; publication, mailing, and contents of notice; presentation of data; record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 317.

(1) The governing body, before adoption of a resolution approving or amending a development plan or approving or amending a tax increment financing plan, shall hold a public hearing on the development plan. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication twice in a newspaper of general circulation designated by the municipality, the first of which shall not be less than 20 days before the date set for the hearing. Notice shall also be mailed to all property taxpayers of record in the development area not less than 20 days before the hearing. Beginning June 1, 2005, the notice of hearing within the time frame described in this subsection shall be mailed by certified mail to the governing body of each taxing jurisdiction levying taxes that would be subject to capture if the development plan or the tax increment financing plan is approved or amended.

(2) Notice of the time and place of hearing on a development plan shall contain the following:

(a) A description of the proposed development area in relation to highways, streets, streams, or otherwise.

(b) A statement that maps, plats, and a description of the development plan, including the method of relocating families and individuals who may be displaced from the area, are available for public inspection at a place designated in the notice, and that all aspects of the development plan will be open for discussion at the public hearing.

(c) Other information that the governing body considers appropriate.

(3) At the time set for hearing, the governing body shall provide an opportunity for interested persons to be heard and shall receive and consider communications in writing with reference thereto. The hearing shall provide the fullest opportunity for expression of opinion, for argument on the merits, and for introduction of documentary evidence pertinent to the development plan. The governing body shall make and preserve a record of the public hearing, including all data presented at that time.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4012 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4012
Life insurance policy; provision required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4012.

Each life insurance policy shall contain the following provisions:

A grace period of 1 month for the payment of every premium after the first year, which may be subject to an interest charge, during which month the insurance shall continue in force and which provision may contain a stipulation that if the insured dies during the month of the grace period, the overdue premium will be deducted in any settlement under the policy.

That written notice shall be sent by the insurer to the policyowner's last known address at least 30 days prior to termination of coverage. This subdivision does not apply to an insurer that collects a majority of its annual premium in person.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1955; Am. 1993, Act 349, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 226, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1855 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1855
Removal service; certificate of registration; application; authorized vehicle; transportation of a dead human body.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1855.

(1) The department shall issue a removal service certificate of registration that is valid for 2 years to an applicant that meets all of the following conditions:

(a) Submits an application to the department with all of the following information:

( i ) The name of the applicant.

( ii ) The name of the individual who will serve as the manager of the removal service.

( iii ) The address of the removal service.

( iv ) The name that the applicant will use to conduct business.

( v ) Any other information required by the department.

(b) The applicant discloses the applicant's criminal history to the department.

(c) The applicant is of good moral character.

(d) Each vehicle used by the applicant to transport a dead human body meets certain requirements, including, but not limited to, all of the following as determined by the department after the department conducts an inspection of the vehicle:

( i ) Is enclosed.

( ii ) Is constructed to secure the dead human body face up within the vehicle.

( iii ) Is used only for the retrieval and transport of a dead human body.

(2) The department shall issue a decal to a registrant that indicates the vehicle is an authorized vehicle. Display of the decal must be as prescribed by rule.

(3) A registrant shall use only an authorized vehicle to transport a dead human body.

History: Add. 2024, Act 107, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025