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Mich. Comp. Laws § 320.2035 — MI Code / Chapter 320 / Act Act-676-of-2002 / Section 320.2035
Recovery of costs and attorney fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

In any nuisance action in which forestry operations are alleged to be a nuisance, if the defendant landowner or forestry operation prevails, the landowner or forestry operation may recover from the plaintiff the actual amount of costs and expenses determined by the court to have been reasonably incurred by the landowner or forestry operation in connection with the defense of the action, together with reasonable and actual attorney fees.

History: 2002, Act 676, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.972 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-459-of-2012 / Section 3.972
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used is this act:

(a) "Emergency responder" means an individual who is required to possess a license, certificate, permit, or other official recognition for his or her expertise in a particular field or area of knowledge and whose assistance is utilized or is desirable during an emergency. Emergency responder includes, but is not limited to, emergency medical services personnel; physicians; nurses; mental health, veterinary, or other public health practitioners; emergency management personnel; public works personnel; and firefighters, including firefighters trained in the areas of hazardous materials, specialized rescue, extrication, water rescue, or other specialized area. Emergency responder does not include law enforcement officers or other law enforcement personnel.

(b) "Mutual aid emergency" or "emergency" means an occurrence or condition resulting in a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or the environment, where the governing body having jurisdiction over the situation decides that the situation exceeds its ability to render appropriate aid and that it is in the public's best interest to request mutual aid from a governmental jurisdiction or private entity in another state with which the governing body has a written mutual aid agreement. Mutual aid emergency or emergency does not include a situation that initially raises to the level of disaster or emergency requiring a local or state of declaration of emergency or disaster, unless that declaration occurs after the initial request for mutual aid.

History: 2012, Act 459, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1141 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-321-of-2000 / Section 123.1141
Public swimming pool, public recreation center, public auditorium, conference center, public park; public forest and natural resources area; tax levy; ballot proposal; vote; authorization; number of elections; proceeds; use.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) An authority may levy a tax of not more than 1 mill for a period of not more than 20 years on all of the taxable property within the territory of the authority for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving a public swimming pool, public recreation center, public auditorium or conference center, public park, or public forest and natural resources area. The authority may levy the tax only on the approval of a majority of the electors in each of the participating municipalities of the authority voting on the tax on November 6, 2001 or, thereafter, at a statewide general or primary election. The proposal for a tax must be submitted to a vote of the electors of the authority by resolution of the board.

(2) A ballot proposal for a tax must state the amount and duration of the millage and the purposes for which the millage may be used. A proposal for a tax must not be placed on the ballot unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the board and certified by the board not later than 60 days before the election to the county clerk of each county in which all or part of the territory of the authority is located for inclusion on the ballot. The proposal must be certified for inclusion on the ballot at the next eligible election, as specified by the board's resolution.

(3) If a majority of the electors in each of the participating municipalities of the authority voting on the question of a tax approve the proposal as provided under subsection (1), the tax levy is authorized. Not more than 2 elections may be held in a calendar year on a proposal for a tax authorized under this act.

(4) The proceeds of a tax levied under this section must only be used by the authority for those purposes described in this section and must not be used by the authority for either of the following:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), any general fund purposes by any participating municipality.

(b) Any school operating purposes, as that term is defined in section 20 of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1620, by any participating municipality that is a school district.

(5) The proceeds of a tax levied under this section may be used for general fund purposes by a participating municipality if the proceeds used are directly related to managing the operation of the business of the authority pursuant to a contract between the authority and that participating municipality.

History: 2000, Act 321, Eff. Dec. 1, 2000; Am. 2003, Act 135, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 2003; Am. 2016, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 12, 2016; Am. 2026, Act 12, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.831 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.831
Compensation; acceptance, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 831.

Neither the payment of compensation or the accepting of the same by the employee or his dependents shall be considered as a determination of the rights of the parties under this act.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2129 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2129
Easements for public utilities over state lands; disposition of revenue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2129.

The department may grant easements, upon terms and conditions the department determines just and reasonable, for state and county roads and for the purpose of constructing, erecting, laying, maintaining, and operating pipelines, electric lines, telecommunication systems, and facilities for the intake, transportation, and discharge of water, including pipes, conduits, tubes, and structures usable in connection with the lines, telecommunication systems, and facilities, over, through, under, and upon any and all lands belonging to the state which are under the jurisdiction of the department and over, through, under, and upon any and all of the unpatented overflowed lands, made lands, and lake bottomlands belonging to or held in trust by this state. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, revenue received as the result of the granting of an easement shall be deposited in the state fund from which revenues are appropriated for the payment in lieu of taxes required to be paid in relation to state land under subpart 14.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1315 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1315
Displaying address of telephone.
Status: in_force

Sec. 315.

If the 9-1-1 system does not provide ALI, each service supplier, owner, or lessee of a pay station telephone shall prominently display on each telephone or telephone pay station the address of the telephone at the time that a 9-1-1 system becomes operational or as soon as feasible thereafter.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.32 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-195-of-1887 / Section 26.32
Distribution of reports to probate courts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed to distribute to the probate courts herein named such of said reports as are now owned by the state and available for the purpose of this act and to procure and distribute within 90 days after the passage of this act so many of said reports mentionedin section 1 of this act as can be procured within that time.

History: 1887, Act 195, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1887; How. 6812e; CL 1897, 1573; CL 1915, 872; CL 1929, 541; CL 1948, 26.32
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1212 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-149-of-1999 / Section 38.1212
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Bankruptcy trust" means a trust created by a court order, including a plan for adjustment.

(b) "Bankruptcy trust beneficiary" means an individual who is eligible to receive health care benefits under a bankruptcy trust.

(c) "Board of trustees" or "board" means the governing board of a bankruptcy trust.

(d) "Fund" means a public employee health care fund created under this act or a court order, including a plan for adjustment, and used for the accumulation and investment of funds for the purpose of funding health care for retired employees of the public corporation.

(e) "Investment fiduciary" means a person who does any of the following:

( i ) Exercises any discretionary authority or control in the investment of the fund's or trust's assets.

( ii ) Renders investment advice to a fund or trust for a fee or other direct or indirect compensation.

(f) "Plan for adjustment" means a plan for the adjustment of debts entered and approved by a federal bankruptcy court for a public corporation.

(g) "Public corporation" means a county, city, village, township, authority, district, board, or commission in this state.

(h) "Qualified person" means an individual who is eligible to receive health care benefits and who is designated as a qualified person by the public corporation.

(i) "Trust" means a trust created under the authority of a state or federal law for the purpose of funding retiree health care benefits.

History: 1999, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Am. 2016, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 483.157 — MI Code / Chapter 483 / Act Act-165-of-1969 / Section 483.157
Accident reports; use in judicial proceedings; testimony; public inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Accident reports made by any officer, employee or agent of the commission shall be available for use in any civil, criminal or other judicial proceeding arising out of the accident. Any officer, employee or agent may be required to testify in the proceedings. Any report shall be made available to the public in a manner which does not identify individuals. All reports on research projects, demonstration projects and other related activities shall be public information.

History: 1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1694 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1694
Advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs; college-level examination program (CLEP); requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 94.

(1) From the general fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated to the department for 2025-2026 an amount not to exceed $2,600,000.00 for efforts to increase the number of pupils who participate and succeed in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs, and to support the college-level examination program (CLEP). It is the intent of the legislature that, for 2026-2027, the allocation from the general fund money appropriated in section 11 for purposes described in this section will be $1,200,000.00.

(2) From the funds allocated under this section, the department shall award funds to cover all or part of the costs of advanced placement test fees or international baccalaureate test fees and international baccalaureate registration fees for low-income pupils who take an advanced placement or an international baccalaureate test and CLEP fees for low-income pupils who take a CLEP test.

(3) The department shall only award funds under this section if the department determines that all of the following criteria are met:

(a) Each pupil for whom payment is made meets eligibility requirements of the federal advanced placement test fee program under the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110, or the every student succeeds act, Public Law 114-95, as applicable.

(b) The tests are administered by the college board, the international baccalaureate organization, or another test provider approved by the department.

(c) The pupil for whom payment is made pays at least $5.00 toward the cost of each test for which payment is made.

(4) If funds remain after the awards granted in subsection (2), the department shall award funds to reimburse a portion of the costs associated with the provision of advanced placement (AP), international baccalaureate (IB), or college-level examination program (CLEP) exams for students whose family income exceeds low-income status as determined by the department.

(5) The department shall establish procedures for awarding funds under this section.

(6) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department.

History: Add. 2014, Act 116, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 2014; Am. 2014, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Am. 2015, Act 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Am. 2017, Act 108, Eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Am. 2018, Act 265, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018; Am. 2019, Act 58, Eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Am. 2021, Act 48, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Am. 2022, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Am. 2023, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Am. 2024, Act 120, Eff. Oct. 1, 2024; Am. 2025, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.982 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-339-of-2014 / Section 752.982
"Victim" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act, "victim" means a victim of a violation of chapter LXVIIA of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.462a to 750.462h.

History: 2014, Act 339, Eff. Jan. 14, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.175 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-352-of-1925 / Section 213.175
Determination of necessity; filing and recording; compensation for property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Such determination may be filed with the county clerk if with reference to a county road, and in the office of the state highway commissioner if with reference to a state trunk line highway, and a certified copy thereof recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the property is situated. Such register of deeds shall receive such instrument for record only from the highway officials in charge of the matter. Compensation for the taking of the property therein described shall promptly thereafter be paid or tendered to the owner thereof if known and residing in the county in which the land is situated, and if such tender be not accepted or the owner shall be unknown, or a non-resident of the county, by depositing with the county or state treasurer, as the case may be, the amount determined as the damages to be paid as such compensation, the same to be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto upon the execution or delivery of the proper release or releases or subject to the order of the court in case of defaults or an award of damages by court commissioners as hereinafter provided. In case it shall be so determined that the benefits equal or exceed the damage, payment, tender or deposit as aforesaid shall not be necessary, but such fact shall be clearly set forth in the notice required by section 6 hereof.

History: 1925, Act 352, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925; CL 1929, 3888; Am. 1937, Act 237, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; Am. 1941, Act 279, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 213.175
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.792 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-208-of-2024 / Section 4.792
Office of the tribal legislative liaison; creation; principal executive officer; appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) The office of the tribal legislative liaison is created within the legislative council to help establish and maintain a government-to-government relationship between the federally recognized tribes in this state and the legislature, and to consult with the legislature during the development of legislation that affects the federally recognized tribes in this state.

(2) The principal executive officer of the office is the tribal legislative liaison who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the council.

(3) The council shall appoint the liaison from a list of not fewer than 3 names provided by the elected council of sovereign tribal leaders assembled as the United Tribes of Michigan, or a successor organization.

History: 2024, Act 208, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.33 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 710.33
Notice of intent to claim paternity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

Before the birth of a child born out of wedlock, a person claiming under oath to be the father of the child may file a verified notice of intent to claim paternity with the court in any county of this state. The form of the notice shall be prescribed by the director of the department of public health and provided to the court. The notice shall include the claimant's address. On the next business day after receipt of the notice the court shall transmit the notice to the vital records division of the department of public health. If the mother's address is stated on the notice, the vital records division shall send a copy of the notice by first-class mail to the mother of the child at the stated address.

A person filing a notice of intent to claim paternity shall be presumed to be the father of the child for purposes of this chapter unless the mother denies that the claimant is the father. Such a notice is admissible in a paternity proceeding under Act No. 205 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended, being sections 722.711 to 722.730 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and shall create a rebuttable presumption as to the paternity of that child for purposes of that act. Such a notice shall create a rebuttable presumption as to paternity of the child for purposes of dependency or neglect proceedings under chapter 12a.

A person who timely files a notice of intent to claim paternity shall be entitled to notice of any hearing involving that child to determine the identity of the father of the child and any hearing to determine or terminate his paternal rights to the child.

History: Add. 1974, Act 296, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7108 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.7108
Definitions; O.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7108.

"Opiate" means a substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. It does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled under section 7212, the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-n-methyl-morphinan and its salts (dextromethorphan). It does include its racemic and levorotatory forms.

"Opium poppy" means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except its seeds.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.669 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-387-of-2008 / Section 445.669
Report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

Within 4 years after the effective date of this act, the department shall provide a written report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the senate majority leader. The report shall include a status report concerning the implementation of this act and the beverage container redemption antifraud act, the department's analysis of the effectiveness of these acts in reducing the redemption of nonreturnable containers in this state, the department's recommendation concerning whether the requirements of sections 7(1) and 9(1) should be extended to apply to reverse vending machines located in areas of the state not included in those sections, and any other recommendations the department may have for changes to these acts or other legislative action to reduce the redemption of nonreturnable containers in this state.

History: 2008, Act 387, Eff. Dec. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.606 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-348-of-1972 / Section 554.606
Waiving requirements of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The requirements of this act may not be waived by the parties to a rental agreement except as specifically provided herein.

History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5215 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5215
Orientation program for board member.
Status: in_force

Sec. 215.

The department shall provide a comprehensive orientation program for each individual who is appointed and confirmed as a member of a board.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13901 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13901
Repayment of deposits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3901.

Deposits shall be repaid to the depositor, or the depositor's lawful representatives, according to the terms of the agreement between the depositor and the bank.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.484 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-96-of-2014 / Section 15.484
Board member or immediate family member with interest in matter; adoption in violation of conflict of interest; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A contract, grant, or loan that a board enters into with or awards to a board member or an immediate family member of a board member with an interest in the matter is adopted in violation of conflict of interest standards and is voidable at the option of the department unless the affected board member complies with all of the following:

(a) Except as expressly permitted by applicable law, the affected board member has abstained from participating in the discussion or vote on the matter.

(b) The affected board member immediately upon knowledge or discovery discloses the pecuniary, contractual, business, employment, or personal interest in the contract, grant, or loan in the manner required by this act and other applicable law.

History: 2014, Act 96, Eff. July 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1021 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-525-of-2008 / Section 722.1021
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "fostering futures scholarship trust fund act".

History: 2008, Act 525, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009; Am. 2014, Act 530, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.77 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-159-of-1893 / Section 457.77
Subordinate branches; incorporation; body corporate, powers; certified copy of articles as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any 9 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of any subordinate branch of the union desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals specifying as in article 2 of this act, and file a copy of such articles with the clerk of the county in which such corporation shall be formed, which shall be recorded by the clerk in such book to be kept in his office for that purpose, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law capable to purchase, hold and enjoy, grant, sell, give and lease and demise real and personal estate, of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal and may change and alter the same at pleasure, and a certified copy of the record of such articles of association under the seal of the county where the records are kept shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state of the existence and due incorporation of said corporation, and they and their successors shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise and dispose of said real and personal estate or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents and income shall be devoted exclusively to the charitable and benevolent purpose of the branch of the union.

History: 1893, Act 159, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1893; CL 1897, 7861; CL 1915, 10297; CL 1929, 10579; CL 1948, 457.77