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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2303 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2303
Corporation organized on stock basis; issuance of shares authorized in articles of incorporation; rules of qualification and government of shareholders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.

(1) A corporation that is organized on a stock basis may issue the number of shares authorized in its articles of incorporation. All of the following apply to shares issued by the corporation:

(a) The shares may be all of 1 class or may be divided into 2 or more classes. Each class shall consist of shares that have the designations and relative voting, distribution, liquidation, and other rights, preferences, and limitations, that are consistent with this act, stated in the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

(b) The articles of incorporation or bylaws may deny, limit, or otherwise prescribe the distribution or liquidation rights of shares of any class. Approval by the shareholders and each affected class of shareholders, if any, voting as a class, is required to adopt, amend, or repeal any bylaw denying, limiting, or otherwise prescribing the voting rights of shareholders or the affected class of shareholders.

(c) If the shares are divided into 2 or more classes, the shares of each class shall be designated to distinguish them from the shares of the other classes.

(d) Each share is equal to every other share of the same class.

(e) Except as otherwise provided by the articles or bylaws, shares of stock are not transferable and shall be canceled upon the death or resignation of the owner of the shares.

(f) Any of the voting, distribution, liquidation, or other rights, preferences, or limitations of a class may be made dependent on facts or events ascertainable outside of the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, if the manner in which the facts or events operate on the rights, preferences, or limitations is set forth in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

(2) A corporation may adopt rules of qualification and government of its shareholders pursuant to its articles and bylaws. Adopted rules shall be reasonable, germane to the purposes of the corporation, and equally enforced as to all shareholders of the same class. A corporation may provide for the cancellation of the stock of a shareholder that fails to comply with adopted rules without liability for an accounting.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.276 — MI Code / Chapter 54 / Act Act-345-of-1990 / Section 54.276
Records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

(1) The department, upon request, shall provide copies or certified copies of records in its possession to the public, other state agencies or officers, or local governmental agencies. The department may charge a reasonable fee for providing the records.

(2) A certified copy of a record provided by the department is admissible in court as evidence, without further identification, if the substance of the record is properly admissible in the proceeding.

History: 1990, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Am. 2014, Act 166, Imd. Eff. June 12, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.632 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-200-of-1957 / Section 123.632
Intermunicipality committee; organization; purposes; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) The governing bodies of any 2 or more municipalities, by resolution, may establish and organize an intermunicipality committee, to be known as the intermunicipality committee, for the purpose of studying area governmental problems of mutual interest and concern, including such matters as facility studies on sewers and sewage disposal, water, drains, roads, transit-oriented developments, transit-oriented facilities, rubbish and garbage disposal, recreation and parks, and ports, and to formulate recommendations for review and action thereon by the member governing bodies.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Transit-oriented development" means infrastructure improvements that are located within 1/2 mile of a transit station or transit-oriented facility that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use.

(b) "Transit-oriented facility" means a facility that houses a transit station in a manner that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use.

History: 1957, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 2010, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.14p — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.14p
Applicability of chapter to certain felonies; MCL 482.44 to 493.56a(13).
Status: in_force

Sec. 14p.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapters 482 to 499 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 482.44 Property H Bills of lading - issuance for goods not received 5 482.46 Property H Bills of lading - issuance of duplicate negotiable bill with intent to defraud 5 482.48 Property H Bills of lading - negotiation when goods not in carriers' possession 5 482.49 Property H Bills of lading - inducing carrier to issue when goods have not been received 5 482.50 Property H Bills of lading - issuance of non-negotiable bill not so marked 5 487.1042(1) Pub trst E Money transmission services act - intentionally making a false statement, misrepresentation, or certification in a record or document 5 487.1042(2) Pub trst E Criminal fraud in the conduct of money transmission services business 5 487.1042(3) Pub trst E Money transmission services act license violation 5 487.1505(6) Pub trst E BIDCO act - knowingly receiving money or property at an interest rate exceeding 25% 5 492.137(a) Pub trst H Installment sales of motor vehicles 3 493.56a(13) Pub trst C False statement in reports - secondary mortgage 15

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

482.44

Property

H

Bills of lading - issuance for goods not received

5

482.46

Property

H

Bills of lading - issuance of duplicate negotiable bill with intent to defraud

5

482.48

Property

H

Bills of lading - negotiation when goods not in carriers' possession

5

482.49

Property

H

Bills of lading - inducing carrier to issue when goods have not been received

5

482.50

Property

H

Bills of lading - issuance of non-negotiable bill not so marked

5

487.1042(1)

Pub trst

E

Money transmission services act - intentionally making a false statement, misrepresentation, or certification in a record or document

5

487.1042(2)

Pub trst

E

Criminal fraud in the conduct of money transmission services business

5

487.1042(3)

Pub trst

E

Money transmission services act license violation

5

487.1505(6)

Pub trst

E

BIDCO act - knowingly receiving money or property at an interest rate exceeding 25%

5

492.137(a)

Pub trst

H

Installment sales of motor vehicles

3

493.56a(13)

Pub trst

C

False statement in reports - secondary mortgage

15

History: Add. 2002, Act 29, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002; Am. 2006, Act 251, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2006; Am. 2008, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2008; Am. 2008, Act 528, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.560 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-139-of-1973 / Section 45.560
County executive; responsibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The county executive shall be responsible for the overall supervision of all county departments not headed by other elected officials.

History: 1973, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1115 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-10-of-2023 / Section 408.1115
Investigations or proceedings; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

For the purpose of an investigation or proceeding under this act, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may administer oaths or affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of records or other documents that the commissioner considers relevant or material to the inquiry.

History: 2023, Act 10, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.154a — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-350-of-1913 / Section 331.154a
Board of trustees; employee retirement or pension plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

The board of trustees may allow its employees to become members of a retirement or pension plan of the county where the hospital is located or it may establish its own retirement or pension plan for its employees. Before a plan established by the board of trustees shall become effective or operative, it shall be approved by the county pension plan committee created by section 12a of Act No. 156 of the Public Acts of 1851, as amended, being section 46.12a of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: Add. 1971, Act 29, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17605 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17605
Michigan board of speech-language pathology; creation; membership; qualifications; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17605.

(1) The Michigan board of speech-language pathology is created in the department and consists of the following 11 members who meet the requirements of part 161:

(a) Six individuals who meet the requirements of section 16135(2), at least 1 of whom represents each professional area described in section 17609.

(b) Three public members.

(c) Two physicians, 1 of whom is a board-certified otolaryngologist.

(2) The terms of office of individual members of the board created under this part, except those appointed to fill vacancies and as otherwise provided in this subsection, expire 4 years after appointment on December 31 of the year in which the term expires. However, for the members first appointed, 2 shall serve for 1 year, 3 shall serve for 2 years, 3 shall serve for 3 years, and 3 shall serve for 4 years.

History: Add. 2008, Act 524, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.3 — MI Code / Chapter 31 / Act Act-202-of-1959 / Section 31.3
Governor; designation of emergency interim successors; review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The governor, taking into consideration the safety factor to be gained by the geographical dispersion of appointments, shall designate within 30 days after his inauguration, 5 emergency interim successors to his powers and duties and specify their order of succession. The governor shall cause a list of these appointments together with their order of succession to be filed with the secretary of state. The governor shall review and, as necessary, revise the designation of emergency interim successors to his powers and duties to insure that at all times there are 5 such qualified emergency interim successors. The governor shall keep the emergency interim successors generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current affairs of his office.

History: 1959, Act 202, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1969, Act 145, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1229a — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1229a
Removal of person as superintendent of public instruction; settlement prohibited; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1229a.

If a person employed by this state as superintendent of public instruction is removed from that position, the state board, or another state agency, shall not enter into a settlement agreement concerning that removal unless the agreement is in settlement of a lawsuit filed against this state.

The state board shall not grant administrative leave for more than a total of 6 months to a person employed, or previously employed, as state superintendent of public instruction.

The state board shall not offer a contract for a person to be employed by this state as superintendent of public instruction, or extend the contract of a superintendent of public instruction, within 6 months before a general election at which state board members are elected or within 2 months after a general election at which state board members are elected. The state board shall not offer a contract for employment of a superintendent of public instruction in excess of 3 years and shall not extend a contract in increments of more than 1 year. This subsection does not prohibit the state board from employing an interim superintendent of public instruction at any time there is a vacancy.

History: Add. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.54 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-310-of-1984 / Section 445.54
Powers of enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The attorney general shall have the following powers to enforce this act:

To bring an action for a temporary or permanent injunction in the manner provided in section 5 of the consumer protection act.

To accept an assurance of discontinuance in the manner provided in section 6 of the consumer protection act.

To apply for the issuance of subpoenas in the manner provided in sections 7 and 8 of the consumer protection act.

To bring a class action in the manner provided in section 10 of the consumer protection act.

History: 1984, Act 310, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6010 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6010
Execution; return; misconduct of officer; civil liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6010.

The officer who makes any sale on execution shall, in his return on the execution, specify the articles sold, and the sum for which each article or parcel was sold; and if he is guilty of any fraud in the sale, or in the return, or unreasonably neglects to pay any money collected by him on such execution, when demanded by the creditor therein, he shall be liable in a civil action, brought by the party injured, for 5 times the amount of the actual damages sustained by reason of such fraud or neglect.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2415 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2415
Creation of district health department; composition of district board of health.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2415.

Two or more counties or a city having a population of 750,000 or more and 1 or more counties, by a majority vote of each local governing entity and with approval of the department, may unite to create a district health department. The district board of health shall be composed of 2 members from each county board of commissioners or in case of a city-county district 2 members from each county board of commissioners and 2 representatives appointed by the mayor of the city. With the consent of the local governing entities affected, a county or city may have a greater number of representatives.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.528 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.528
Twenty-seventh judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 528.

(1) Until June 30, 2022, the twenty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the counties of Newaygo and Oceana and has 1 judge. Beginning July 1, 2022, the twenty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the counties of Newaygo and Lake and has 1 judge.

(2) The incumbent judge of the twenty-seventh judicial circuit who resides in Newaygo County shall become the judge of the reformed twenty-seventh judicial circuit on July 1, 2022, and shall serve until the term for which he or she was elected in the twenty-seventh judicial circuit expires.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1976, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1976; Am. 1988, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988; Am. 2012, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 2012; Am. 2022, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 105.18 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 105.18
Circuit court jury; impaneling.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

The circuit judge shall make an order that a jury be impaneled in the case. Such jury shall be composed of 12 freeholders of the municipality or vicinity, and shall be selected and impaneled as follows: The city marshal or any member of the police force of such city shall, on the same day or at an adjourned day, make a list of 24 resident freeholders of said city or vicinity, and the city attorney and the respondents collectively shall each have the right to strike 6 names from the list of persons written down as aforesaid, and subject to objection for cause; the 12 persons whose names are left on the list shall compose the jury for the trial of the cause and shall be summoned to attend at not less than 3 nor more than 10 days from the date of selecting such jury, by a venire issued by him to be served by 1 of the officers aforesaid. If the respondents neglect or refuse to strike 6 names from the list, it shall be done by the circuit judge, and in case any of the persons to be summoned cannot by him be found in the county, or being summoned do not attend, or shall be excused for cause or otherwise, talesmen possessing the necessary qualifications may be summoned as jurors in the case by such officer, and the practice and proceedings under this chapter, except as herein otherwise provided relative to impaneling, summoning and excusing jurors and talesmen, and imposing penalties or fines upon them for non-attendance, shall be the same as practice and proceedings of circuit courts relative to jurors in cases in such courts.

History: Add. 1899, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1899; CL 1915, 3153; CL 1929, 2077; CL 1948, 105.18
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1355 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1355
Adjustment of transfer into or out of fund; condition; adjustment of appropriation from fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 355.

(1) The transfer into or out of the fund as provided in section 352 for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1978, may be adjusted in light of revision in the annual growth rate for the calendar year upon which that transfer was made. If an adjustment is made, it shall be implemented by an appropriation bill enacted into law.

(2) For a transfer into the fund, the adjustment, if made, shall be directly proportional to an increase or decrease in the annual growth rate.

(3) The basis for an adjustment under this section shall be a change in the personal income level for that calendar year as determined by the bureau of economic analysis of the United States Department of Commerce or its successor in the last report it makes before April 30 of the fiscal year in which that calendar year ended. The adjustment, if made, shall be effective on June 1 of the fiscal year in which the transfer is made.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1988, Act 504, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 1991, Act 72, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1991; Am. 1999, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1999; Am. 2018, Act 613, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8128 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8128
Fifty-eighth district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8128.

The fifty-eighth district consists of the county of Ottawa, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges. Subject to section 8175, this district may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 1991.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1990, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.552 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.552
Insufficiency of funds; borrowing; repayment; restriction; special assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.

If, before the end of any calendar year, the annual assessments, after having been substantially collected, have not provided funds sufficient to either the second injury fund or the silicosis, dust disease, and logging industry compensation fund to meet the known obligations of those funds as they mature before the next available assessment date, the trustees, if the trustees find it to be reasonably required, may borrow on behalf of 1 fund from the other fund a sum or sums as may be required.

Any sum or sums borrowed on behalf of 1 fund from the other fund shall be included in the next assessment of the borrowing fund and shall be repaid after the assessment has been substantially collected and the fund from which the sum or sums were borrowed during the period before repayment shall record the sum or sums as an asset.

The trustees shall not borrow in the manner described in this section if it would impair the ability of either fund to meet its known obligations as the obligations mature before the next available assessment date.

If the trustees find that it is reasonably required that they borrow on behalf of 1 fund from the other, but that the borrowing will impair the ability of the fund to meet the fund's known obligations as the obligations mature before the next assessment date, then, and in that event only, the trustees may order the director to levy a special assessment on each carrier in a sum sufficient to permit the fund making the assessment to meet the fund's known obligations as the obligations mature before the next available assessment date. The assessment shall be levied on each carrier in the same proportion as used in the preceding annual assessment. Payment of the special assessment shall be paid by each carrier within 45 days after the date of the mailing of the notice of special assessment.

History: Add. 1970, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1970; Am. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Am. 1982, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.407 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-237-of-1919 / Section 45.407
Sheriff, under-sheriff and deputy sheriff; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

It is hereby provided that this act shall be so construed as to require the sheriff, under-sheriff and deputy sheriffs to perform all reasonable services within the jurisdiction of their offices for which the county may be liable and to serve and execute all civil writs and processes that may be reasonably served and executed by said officers under salary.

History: 1919, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 1352; CL 1948, 45.407