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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4420 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4420
Nonprofit incorporated industrial association groups; executives; participation; other associations, trusts, or trustees; criteria; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4420.

(1) Group life insurance may be issued covering the executives of employer members of any nonprofit incorporated industrial association, that is now and has been actively functioning as a nonprofit incorporated industrial association under its articles of incorporation for a period of not less than 10 years, written under a policy issued to the association that is the employer for the purposes of this chapter, or to the association and the executives of the employer members jointly, and insuring only all of the executives for amounts of insurance based upon a plan that will preclude individual selection, for the benefit of persons other than the association, and the premium on which shall be paid by the employer members or the employer members and the executives of the employer members jointly.

(2) In addition to a policy issued under subsection (1), group life insurance may be issued to an association, other than an association described under subsection (1), or to a trust or to the trustees of a fund established or maintained for the benefit of members of 1 or more associations. Group life insurance shall not be issued to an association under this subsection unless all of the following criteria are met:

(a) The association at the outset has not fewer than 100 members.

(b) The association has been organized and maintained for a purpose other than obtaining insurance.

(c) The association has been in active existence for not less than 2 years.

(d) The association's bylaws provide for all of the following:

( i ) Association members shall meet not less frequently than annually.

( ii ) Except for an association that is a credit union, the association shall collect dues and solicit contributions from its members.

( iii ) The members shall have voting rights and representation on the governing board.

(3) A policy issued under subsection (2) is subject to all of the following:

(a) The policy may insure members of the association, employees of the association, or employees of members for the benefit of persons other than the employee's employer.

(b) The premium for the policy shall be paid from money contributed by 1 or more of the following:

( i ) The association.

( ii ) Employer members.

( iii ) Covered persons.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), a policy on which no part of the premium shall come from money contributed by the covered persons specifically for their insurance must insure all eligible persons, except those eligible persons who reject coverage in writing.

(d) An insurer may exclude or limit coverage on an individual as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 2014, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 31, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.783 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-198-of-2016 / Section 4.783
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) A resident veteran shall not be penalized in any way by a person or facility or the department as a result of filing a complaint, communicating a complaint to a legislator, or cooperating with the ombudsman in investigating a complaint.

(2) A person or facility or the department shall not hinder the lawful actions of the ombudsman or employees of the office or willfully refuse to comply with any lawful demand of the office.

History: 2016, Act 198, Eff. Sept. 20, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.226 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.226
Disclosure of confidential information; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 226.

The commissioner or any of the commissioner's employees or agents shall not divulge confidential information acquired in the course of an examination or investigation except as permitted by section 222(7). A person appointed or acting under this act who discloses any fact or information that is confidential under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both. A conviction under this section shall automatically remove the person from his or her position or office.

History: Add. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Am. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.587 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-201-of-2010 / Section 570.587
Commencement of action; time period.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) An action under section 6 shall be commenced within 1 year after the date the commercial real estate broker's lien attaches.

(2) Failure to commence an action within the applicable time period under this section extinguishes the lien. A later claim of lien for the same commission or services shall not be made and shall not be the basis of an action filed under section 6.

History: 2010, Act 201, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1853 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-52-of-2025 / Section 691.1853
Special motion for expedited relief.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Not later than 60 days after a party is served with a complaint, cross-claim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts an eligible cause of action, or at a later time on a showing of good cause, the party may file a special motion for expedited relief to dismiss the action or part of the action.

History: 2025, Act 52, Eff. Mar. 24, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.101 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-139-of-1909 / Section 331.101
County taxation in aid of hospitals; power of supervisors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The several boards of county supervisors of this state may raise by a tax to be levied on the property of said county, subject to taxation for county purposes, a sum of money to be used for constructing or maintaining or assisting to construct or maintain any hospital or sanitarium within said county. The said board of supervisors shall designate the hospital or sanitarium for which the moneys so raised are to be used: Provided, That any county not having within its boundary a hospital or sanitarium or any county though having a hospital or sanitarium within its boundary wishing to act in conjunction with any other county or counties for the purposes herein provided, may, in the judgment of the board of supervisors, use said moneys so raised in such combined undertaking of said several counties.

History: 1909, Act 139, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 10854; CL 1929, 7058; CL 1948, 331.101
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.729 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.729
Fine and costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 729.

In addition to a fine assessed for the charge or civil infraction when found guilty or determined responsible, the magistrate may also add to any fine and costs levied additional costs incurred in compelling the appearance of the person, which additional costs shall be returned to the general fund of the unit of government incurring the costs.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1951, Act 270, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1967, Act 129, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1980, Act 518, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1601 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-27-of-1994 / Section 691.1601
Short title; purpose of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "drug dealer liability act".

The purpose of this act is to provide for actions for civil damages against persons who participate in illegal marketing of controlled substances for injuries caused by illegal use of controlled substances in order to do all of the following:

Compensate persons injured as a result of illegal marketing of controlled substances.

Assess the cost of illegal marketing of controlled substances against persons who profit from that market.

Provide an incentive for individual abusers to identify persons from whom the abusers have acquired illegally marketed controlled substances and to seek payment for the abusers' own treatment.

History: 1994, Act 27, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.164 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-272-of-1909 / Section 128.164
Fees; compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Circuit judges, circuit court commissioners, and justices of the peace, for any services rendered under the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to the same fees and compensation as for similar services in other special proceedings. Jurors, constables, and sheriffs shall be entitled to the same fees as for like services in civil cases in circuit court.

History: 1909, Act 272, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 5136; CL 1929, 3880; CL 1948, 128.164
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3102 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3102
Nonresident owner or registrant of motor vehicle or motorcycle to maintain security for payment of benefits; operation of motor vehicle or motorcycle by owner, registrant, or other person without security; penalty; failure to produce evidence of security; rebuttable presumption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3102.

A nonresident owner or registrant of a motor vehicle or motorcycle not registered in this state shall not operate or permit the motor vehicle or motorcycle to be operated in this state for an aggregate of more than 30 days in any calendar year unless he or she continuously maintains security for the payment of benefits pursuant to this chapter.

An owner or registrant of a motor vehicle or motorcycle with respect to which security is required, who operates the motor vehicle or motorcycle or permits it to be operated upon a public highway in this state, without having in full force and effect security complying with this section or section 3101 or 3103 is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who operates a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon a public highway in this state with the knowledge that the owner or registrant does not have security in full force and effect is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person convicted of a misdemeanor under this section shall be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.

The failure of a person to produce evidence that a motor vehicle or motorcycle has in full force and effect security complying with this section or section 3101 or 3103 on the date of the issuance of the citation, creates a rebuttable presumption in a prosecution under subsection (2) that the motor vehicle or motorcycle did not have in full force and effect security complying with this section or section 3101 or 3103 on the date of the issuance of the citation.

History: Add. 1972, Act 294, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 1975, Act 329, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976; Am. 1979, Act 145, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1979; Am. 1980, Act 446, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1981; Am. 1987, Act 187, Eff. Mar. 30, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 79, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.3220 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-49-of-2002 / Section 484.3220
Notes and bonds as securities; investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The notes and bonds of the authority are securities in which public officers and bodies of this state and municipalities and municipal subdivisions, insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, banks, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and any other person who is now or may be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of this state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.

History: 2002, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1265 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1265
Financial institution; tax base; net capital; computation; determination; unitary business group of financial institutions; change in organization; combination of financial institutions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 265.

(1) For a financial institution, tax base means the financial institution's net capital. Net capital means equity capital as computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles less goodwill and the average daily book value of United States obligations and Michigan obligations. If the financial institution does not maintain its books and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, net capital shall be computed in accordance with the books and records used by the financial institution, so long as the method fairly reflects the financial institution's net capital for purposes of the tax levied by this chapter. Net capital does not include up to 125% of the minimum regulatory capitalization requirements of a person subject to the tax imposed under chapter 2A.

(2) Net capital shall be determined by adding the financial institution's net capital as of the close of the current tax year and preceding 4 tax years and dividing the resulting sum by 5. If a financial institution has not been in existence for a period of 5 tax years, net capital shall be determined by adding together the financial institution's net capital for the number of tax years the financial institution has been in existence and dividing the resulting sum by the number of years the financial institution has been in existence. For purposes of this section, a partial year shall be treated as a full year.

(3) For a unitary business group of financial institutions, net capital calculated under this section does not include the investment of 1 member of the unitary business group in another member of that unitary business group.

(4) For purposes of this section, each of the following applies:

(a) A change in identity, form, or place of organization of 1 financial institution shall be treated as if a single financial institution had been in existence for the entire tax year in which the change occurred and each tax year after the change.

(b) The combination of 2 or more financial institutions into 1 shall be treated as if the constituent financial institutions had been a single financial institution in existence for the entire tax year in which the combination occurred and each tax year after the combination, and the book values and deductions for United States obligations and Michigan obligations of the constituent institutions shall be combined. A combination shall include any acquisition required to be accounted for by the surviving financial institution in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or a statutory merger or consolidation.

History: 2007, Act 36, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Am. 2007, Act 145, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Am. 2008, Act 470, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.202a — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-187-of-2023 / Section 556.202a
Notice or knowledge of a fact involving a power of attorney.
Status: in_force

Sec. 102a.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person has knowledge of a fact involving a power of attorney if 1 or more of the following are true:

(a) The person has actual knowledge of the fact.

(b) The person has received a notice or notification of the fact.

(c) From all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, the person has reason to know the fact.

(2) An entity that conducts activities through 1 or more employees has notice or knowledge of a fact involving a power of attorney, a principal, or an agent only from the time the information is received by an employee conducting a transaction or from the time the information would have been brought to the employee's attention if the entity had exercised reasonable diligence.

(3) An entity that conducts activities through 1 or more employees has actual knowledge of a fact relating to a power of attorney, a principal, or an agent only if the employee conducting the transaction has actual knowledge of the fact.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Reasonable diligence" means the maintenance of and reasonable compliance with reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the employee conducting the transaction. Reasonable diligence does not require an employee of the entity to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual knows a matter concerning the transaction would be materially affected by the information.

(b) "Transaction" means a transaction that is conducted for the entity and that involves the power of attorney.

History: 2023, Act 187, Eff. July 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.468 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.468
Limitation of actions; tax payment under protest; suit against county.
Status: in_force

Sec. 68.

No suit shall be instituted to recover any tax or money paid, or for property therefor, or for damages on account thereof, unless brought within 30 days from the time of payment of such money to, or for the sale of such property by, the collecting officers; and if such tax be paid under protest, the reasons therefor shall be specified, and the same procedure observed as is, and may be required by the general tax law: Provided, That suits specified in this section shall be brought against the county at large.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4738; CL 1929, 4383; CL 1948, 247.468
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.556 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-151-of-1978 / Section 3.556
Base conversion authority as body corporate, governmental unit, and public body; signing and attesting to official papers; grant of power construed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The authority is a body corporate which may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and carry out all powers granted it. The authority shall be considered a governmental unit of this state for purposes of subpart 1 of part 21 (general real estate powers) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.2101 to 324.2102 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and a public entity for purposes of Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 15.321 to 15.330 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

A contract, deed of conveyance, and any other official paper of the authority shall be signed by the chairperson or vice-chairperson in the absence of the chairperson and attested by the secretary.

An authority shall be considered a public body and have those powers necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. A grant of power to an authority shall not be construed as a limitation but rather as an extension of the power of the authority.

History: 1978, Act 151, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1978; Am. 1991, Act 134, Imd. Eff. Nov. 6, 1991; Am. 1996, Act 28, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.127 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-119-of-1919 / Section 213.127
Appeal; records transmitted, fees; settlement of case by judge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

In case of such appeal the clerk of the court, on payment of his legal fees and charges, shall transmit to the supreme court a certified copy of the necessary files, records and proceedings in the case; and the judge of the court shall, at the request of the appellant, settle a case according to the usual practice of said court, showing the material evidence and instructions given to the jury bearing upon any disputed points to which exception was taken, and the objections, rulings, and exceptions in the case, all of which shall be returned by said clerk as part of the records, to the clerk of the supreme court.

History: 1919, Act 119, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 3827; CL 1948, 213.127
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2655 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2655
Embalming and disposing of unclaimed body; standards; holding period; identification and claim by person with authority over body.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2655.

An unclaimed body retained by the department for scientific or educational purposes shall be embalmed and disposed of in accordance with standards adopted under section 2678. The unclaimed body shall be held for 30 days by the person to whom it has been assigned for scientific or educational purposes. The body is subject during this period to identification and claim by an authenticated person with authority over the body under section 3206 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.3206, for the purpose of interment or other disposition in accordance with the directions of that person.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2006, Act 301, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 10.81 — MI Code / Chapter 10 / Act Act-191-of-1982 / Section 10.81
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Energy advisory committee" means the committee created under section 2.

"Energy emergency" means a condition of danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of this state due to an impending or present energy shortage.

"Energy resource" means electricity, natural gas, synthetic gas, a petroleum product including a liquefied petroleum gas, coal, wood fuel, geothermal source, hydropower, nuclear material, or other source producing power or heat.

"Energy resource supplier" means a person who furnishes an energy resource for the public at the wholesale or retail level.

"Energy shortage" means lack of adequate available energy resources in the state, or any part of the state, as determined by the energy advisory committee or the governor.

"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, organization, or association of any kind.

History: 1982, Act 191, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1982; Am. 1990, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.71 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-321-of-1937 / Section 35.71
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Definitions. As used in this act:

The term "person" includes a partnership, corporation or an association.

The term "veterans administration" means the United States veterans administration, its predecessors or successors.

The terms "estate" and "income" shall include only moneys received by the guardian from the veterans administration, all earnings, interest, and profit derived therefrom and all property acquired therewith.

The term "benefits" shall mean all moneys paid or payable by the United States through the veterans administration.

The term "administrator" means the administrator of veterans affairs, or his successor.

The term "ward" means a beneficiary of the veterans administration.

The term "guardian" as used herein shall mean any person acting as a fiduciary for a ward.

History: 1937, Act 321, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1937; CL 1948, 35.71
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1861 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1861
University of Michigan biological station at Douglas Lake.
Status: in_force

Sec. 261.

The University of Michigan biological station at Douglas Lake in Cheboygan County is considered a unique resource and is designated as a special research reserve. It is the intent of the legislature to protect and preserve the unique long-term research value and capabilities of the biological station area and Douglas Lake. The legislature further intends that no state programs or policies be developed that would have a deleterious impact on the research value of Douglas Lake.

History: Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012