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Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.419 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-138-of-2014 / Section 408.419
Violation of act by employer; civil action; fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) If an employer violates this act, the employee affected by the violation, at any time within 3 years, may do any of the following:

(a) Bring a civil action for the recovery of the difference between the amount paid and the amount that, but for the violation, would have been paid the employee under this act and an equal additional amount as liquidated damages together with costs and reasonable attorney fees as are allowed by the court.

(b) File a claim with the commissioner who shall investigate the claim.

(2) If the commissioner determines there is reasonable cause to believe that the employer has violated this act and the commissioner is subsequently unable to obtain voluntary compliance by the employer within a reasonable period of time, the commissioner shall bring a civil action under subsection (1)(a). The commissioner may investigate and file a civil action under subsection (1)(a) on behalf of all employees of that employer who are similarly situated at the same work site and who have not brought a civil action under subsection (1)(a). A contract or agreement between the employer and the employee or any acceptance of a lesser wage by the employee is not a bar to the action.

(3) In addition to bearing liability for civil remedies described in this section, an employer who fails to pay the minimum hourly wage in violation of this act, or who violates a provision of section 4a governing an employee's compensatory time, is subject to a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00.

History: 2014, Act 138, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 19.143 — MI Code / Chapter 19 / Act Act-80-of-1905 / Section 19.143
Authority of superintendent, watchperson, or guard as to arrest and custody of offender; complaint; warrantless arrest for trespass upon state correctional facility; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A person appointed or chosen by a board or department set forth in section 1 to act as a superintendent, watchperson, or guard has the general authority of a deputy sheriff, relative to the arrest and custody of an offender against a rule prescribed by the appointing board or department, and may arrest without warrant a person found violating a rule which is prescribed by that board or department relative to trespasses upon property, good order, the preservation of property, or the mutilation or destruction or injury to property. Such an appointee shall make a complaint against an offender of this act, or a rule of the appointing board or department, before that court in which a prosecution for a misdemeanor may be initiated.

The warrantless arrest of a person for a trespass upon a state correctional facility by a person described in subsection (1) is limited to those persons authorized under section 23a of chapter IV of the code of criminal procedure, Act No. 175 of the Public Acts of 1927, being section 764.23a of the Michigan Compiled Laws. As used in this subsection, “state correctional facility” means a facility or institution that houses a prisoner population under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections. State correctional facility does not include a community corrections center or a community residential home.

History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 1967; CL 1929, 449 -CL 1948, 19.143; Am. 1978, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978; Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979; Am. 1996, Act 231, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1053 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1053
“Paul B. Henry Freeway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.

Highway M-6 located in Kent and Ottawa counties shall be known as the "Paul B. Henry Freeway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 429.204 — MI Code / Chapter 429 / Act Act-19-of-1923 / Section 429.204
Unlawful laundering of articles.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

No person, firm or corporation, other than the owner or owners shall launder, wash, clean, renovate or cause to have laundered, washed, cleaned, or renovated, any towels, coats, aprons, toilet devices or other supplies used for the purpose of cleanliness and sanitation, which is so marked, named or distinguished, as aforesaid, the possession of which is claimed by lease, or rental from the owner thereof as herein provided, except by the written consent of the owner or owners thereof.

History: 1923, Act 19, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923; CL 1929, 8824; CL 1948, 429.204
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.477 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.477
Additional assessment; apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 477.

If, for any reason, the original assessments shall not be sufficient to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued in anticipation of the collection thereof, then the drainage board shall make such additional assessments therefor as may be necessary, apportioned as in the first instance, it being the intention hereof that the collections on assessments shall, under all circumstances, be sufficient to pay said principal and interest.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.827 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-11-of-2022 / Section 550.827
Pharmacy benefit manager network; report; waiver; prohibition on spread pricing and fees for electronic processing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) A pharmacy benefit manager shall provide a reasonably adequate and accessible retail pharmacy benefit manager network for the provision of drugs for a health plan that must provide for convenient enrollee access to pharmacies within a reasonable distance from an enrollee's residence, as determined by the director. For purposes of this subsection, retail pharmacy benefit manager network does not include a mail-order pharmacy or specialty pharmacy.

(2) A pharmacy benefit manager shall submit to the director a retail pharmacy benefit manager network adequacy report that describes the retail pharmacy benefit manager network and the retail pharmacy benefit manager network's accessibility in this state. The report must categorize the network by urban, suburban, and rural geography and must include the applicable zip codes.

(3) A pharmacy benefit manager may apply for a waiver from the director if the pharmacy benefit manager is unable to meet the network adequacy requirements under subsection (1).

(4) To apply for a waiver under subsection (3), a pharmacy benefit manager must submit to the director an application in a form and manner prescribed by the director that does both of the following:

(a) Demonstrates with specific data why the pharmacy benefit manager is not able to meet the network adequacy requirements under subsection (1).

(b) Includes information as to the steps that the pharmacy benefit manager has taken and will take to address network adequacy.

(5) If the director grants a waiver under subsection (3), the waiver expires after 2 years. If a pharmacy benefit manager seeks a renewal of the waiver, the director must consider the steps that the pharmacy benefit manager has taken over the 2-year period covered by the waiver to address network adequacy.

(6) A pharmacy benefit manager shall not conduct spread pricing in this state. However, if a contract between a plan sponsor and a health plan is in effect on the effective date of this act and the contract conflicts with this subsection, for that contract, this subsection applies to the pharmacy benefit manager beginning on the date the contract is amended, extended, or renewed, or before January 1, 2028, whichever is earlier.

(7) A pharmacy benefit manager shall not charge a pharmacy or pharmacist a fee to process a claim electronically.

History: 2022, Act 11, Eff. Jan. 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.450 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-23-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 259.450
Airport zoning commission; appointment, reports and hearings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Prior to the initial zoning of any airport hazard area under this act, the governing body of the political subdivision or the joint airport zoning board which is to adopt the regulations shall appoint a body, to be known as the airport zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various zones to be established and the regulations to be adopted therefor. Such airport zoning commission shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report, and the governing body of the political subdivision or the joint airport zoning board shall not hold its public hearings or take other action until it has received the final report of such airport zoning commission. Where a city plan commission or comprehensive zoning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the airport zoning commission.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1950
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1340 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-159-of-2014 / Section 691.1340
Representation of party with or without fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

(1) The disqualification of section 9(1) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party with or without fee.

(2) After a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which a collaborative lawyer disqualified under section 9(1) is associated may represent a party without fee in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter if all of the following apply:

(a) The party has an annual income that qualifies the party for free legal representation under the criteria established by the law firm for free legal representation.

(b) The collaborative law participation agreement so provides.

(c) The collaborative lawyer is isolated from any participation in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter through procedures within the law firm that are reasonably calculated to isolate the collaborative lawyer from the participation.

History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60906 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60906
Conducting current use portion of inventory; preparation and contents of criteria; circulation of criteria; notice of intent to perform work; assistance, data, and information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60906.

The current use portion of the inventory may be conducted by municipalities, counties, or regional planning commissions as provided in subsection (4). A municipality, county, or regional planning commission conducting a portion of the current use inventory shall conduct that portion on a scale, level of detail, format, and classification system prepared by the department.

By December 27, 1980, the department shall prepare criteria for municipality, county, and regional planning commission participation in the current use inventory process. The criteria shall specify the scale, level of detail, format, and classification system to be used in the current use portion of the inventory and shall contain forms and information on the financial reimbursement provisions provided in section 60907.

The criteria prepared under subsection (2) shall be circulated by the department to local government associations and to a municipality, county, or regional planning commission, upon request. By March 27, 1982, a municipality with an established planning commission may submit to the department and to the county board of commissioners of the county in which the municipality is primarily located a notice of intent to perform or cause to be performed the work necessary to complete the current use portion of the inventory. By June 27, 1982, a county with an established planning commission may submit to the department a notice of intent to perform or cause to be performed the work necessary to complete the current use portion of the inventory for each area for which a municipality is not performing the work necessary to complete the current use portion of the inventory. By September 27, 1982, a regional planning commission may submit a notice of intent to the department to perform the work necessary to complete the current use inventory for each area not covered by a municipality or county notice of intent. For each area not covered by a notice of intent under this subsection, the department shall make or cause to be made the current use portion of the inventory.

A municipality, county, or regional planning commission engaged in the preparation of the current use portion of the inventory may make use of assistance, data, and information made available to it by public or private organizations.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.181 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-140-of-1863 / Section 322.181
Timber lands; down payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

In the sale of lands, the principal value of which consists in the timber, the commissioner of the state land office shall require the payment of the entire amount of purchase money at the time of purchase, or such portion of the same, above 1/4, as he may deem for the best interest of the state.

History: 1863, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1863; CL 1871, 3937; How. 5378; CL 1897, 1444; CL 1915, 658; CL 1929, 5822; CL 1948, 322.181
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2561 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-75-of-1995 / Section 125.2561
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "empowerment zone development corporation act".

History: 1995, Act 75, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1077 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1077
"Elgie G. Hanna Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 77.

Highway M-188 in Eaton county shall be known as the "Elgie G. Hanna Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2009, Act 74, Imd. Eff. July 29, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.1065 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-115-of-2022 / Section 554.1065
Perfection of security interests; priority rules in article 9.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Article 9" means article 9 of the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.9101 to 440.9809, or, to the extent applicable to any particular issue, article 9 of the uniform commercial code as adopted by the state whose laws govern that issue under the choice-of-laws rules contained in article 9 as adopted by this state.

(b) "Conflicting interest" means an interest in proceeds, held by a person other than an assignee, that is either of the following:

( i ) A security interest arising under article 9.

( ii ) Any other interest if article 9 resolves the priority conflict between that person and a secured party with a conflicting security interest in the proceeds.

(2) An assignee's security interest in identifiable cash proceeds is perfected if its security interest in rents is perfected. An assignee's security interest in identifiable noncash proceeds is perfected only if the assignee perfects that interest in accordance with article 9.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), priority between an assignee's security interest in identifiable proceeds and a conflicting interest is governed by the priority rules in article 9.

(4) An assignee's perfected security interest in identifiable cash proceeds is subordinate to a conflicting interest that is perfected by control under article 9 but has priority over a conflicting interest that is perfected other than by control.

History: 2022, Act 115, Eff. Sept. 22, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 485.207 — MI Code / Chapter 485 / Act Act-91-of-1887 / Section 485.207
Directors; powers, election, term, officers, selection, term.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The business and property of said company shall be managed by a board of directors of not less than 3 nor more than 9 directors, who, after the first year, shall be elected annually as the by-laws of said company shall direct; and public notice shall be given of the time and place of holding such election as the by-laws of said company may direct. Such board of directors, when elected, shall choose from their number a president, secretary and treasurer, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of 1 year, and such board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as their articles of association or their by-laws may require, who shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the directors.

History: 1887, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1887; How. 3873g; CL 1897, 6756; CL 1915, 8856; CL 1929, 11791; CL 1948, 485.207
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1925 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1925
Process; service on public, municipal or governmental corporation, boards, or bodies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1925.

Service of process upon public, municipal, quasi-municipal, or governmental corporations, unincorporated boards, or public bodies, may be made by leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with

the chairman of the board of supervisors or the county clerk, in the case of counties;

the mayor, city clerk, or city attorney, in the case of cities;

the president or village clerk, or in their absence with any of the trustees, in the case of villages;

the supervisor or township clerk, in the case of townships;

the president, secretary, or treasurer, in the case of school districts;

the president or secretary, in the case of the state board of education;

the president, secretary, or other member of the governing body, in the case of any corporate body or unincorporated board, now or hereafter having charge or control of any state institution;

The president, chairman, secretary, manager, or clerk, in the case of any other public body organized or existing under the constitution or any law of this state, when by statute no other method of service is specially provided.

The service of process may be made on any officer having substantially the same duties as those named or described irrespective of their titles. In any case, service may be made by leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with a person in charge of the office of any of the above-described officers upon whom service may be made and sending by registered mail a summons and a copy of the complaint addressed to such officer at his office.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.320 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-298-of-1992 / Section 14.320
Class action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The attorney general may bring a class action on behalf of persons residing in or injured in this state for the actual damages caused by any method, act, or practice that is unlawful under this act.

The court after a hearing may appoint a receiver or order sequestration of the defendant's assets if it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant threatens or is about to remove, conceal, or dispose of his or her assets to the detriment of members of the class.

If at any stage of the proceedings the court requires that notice be sent to the class, the attorney general may petition the court to require the defendant to bear the cost of the notice. In determining whether to impose the cost on the defendant or the state, the court shall consider the probability that the attorney general will succeed on the merits of the action.

If the defendant shows by a preponderance of the evidence that a violation of this act resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid the error, the amount of recovery shall be limited to actual damages and attorneys' fees.

An action shall not be brought by the attorney general under this section more than 6 years after the occurrence of the method, act, or practice which is the subject of the action.

History: 1992, Act 298, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5323 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5323
Files of abolished board; surrender to department; use of personnel, office space, and items or equipment by successor board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 323.

(1) A board abolished under this act shall surrender control over and physical possession of any board files to the department.

(2) The successor board, until the department determines otherwise, shall utilize the personnel, office space, and items or equipment that were utilized by an abolished board and that are needed for the board to function.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.32 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-234-of-1925 / Section 120.32
Power to borrow in anticipation of tax.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

A port commission is hereby authorized, prior to the receipt of taxes raised by a levy, to borrow money or issue the warrants of the district in anticipation of the revenues to be derived by the district from the levy of taxes for the purpose described in this act. The warrants shall be redeemed from the first money available from the levy of taxes when collected.

Bonds and notes issued under this section are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

History: 1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 2321; CL 1948, 120.32; Am. 2002, Act 447, Imd. Eff. June 17, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5703 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5703
Office of small business clean air ombudsman; creation; exercise of powers and duties; appointment of executive officer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5703.

The office of the small business clean air ombudsman is created within the department of commerce. The office shall exercise its powers and duties independently of any state department or entity.

The principal executive officer of the office is the small business clean air ombudsman, who shall be appointed by the governor.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.160 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.160
Disinterment, mutilation, defacement, or carrying away of human body; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 160.

A person, not being lawfully authorized so to do, who shall wilfully dig up, disinter, remove, or convey away a human body, or the remains thereof, from the place where the body may be interred or deposited, or who shall knowingly aid in such disinterment, removal, or conveying away, or who shall mutilate, deface, remove, or carry away a portion of the dead body of a person, whether in his charge for burial or otherwise, whenever the mutilation, defacement, removal, or carrying away is not necessary in any proper operation in embalming the body or for the purpose of a postmortem examination, and every person accessory thereto, either before or after the fact, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or by fine of not more than $5,000.00. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the digging up, disinterment, removal or carrying away for scientific purposes of the remains of prehistoric persons by representatives of established scientific institutions or societies, having the consent in writing of the owner of the land from which the remains may be disinterred, removed or carried away.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.160; Am. 1974, Act 168, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.273a — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-133-of-1955 / Section 32.273a
Differential pay program; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

(1) A local unit of government may provide by ordinance or resolution or through personnel policy a differential pay program or for a specific number of paid days of leave for employees of the local unit of government who request or are required to take a leave of absence to enter into active service in a uniformed service as those terms are defined in section 3.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Differential pay program" means a program through which the local unit of government agrees to pay during the leave of absence all or a part of the difference between the amount the employee is paid by the local unit of government and the amount the employee receives through his or her uniformed service if the amount paid by the local unit of government exceeds the amount paid by the uniformed service.

(b) "Local unit of government" means a city, village, township, or county.

History: Add. 2005, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 2005