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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.22119 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.22119
Annual report to legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22119.

The department shall report by March 1 of each year to the standing committees on appropriations and the standing committees having jurisdiction over issues involving senior citizens in the senate and the house of representatives on all of the following:

(a) The number and percentage of nursing home citations that are appealed through the informal dispute resolution process and an independent informal dispute resolution process.

(b) The number and percentage of nursing home citations that are appealed and supported, amended, or deleted through the informal dispute resolution process and an independent informal dispute resolution process.

(c) A summary of the quality assurance review of the amended citations and related nursing home survey retraining efforts to improve consistency among nursing home surveyors and across the survey administrative unit that occurred in the year being reported.

(d) The number of nursing home complaints and facility reported incidents received by the department, grouped by county. The information described in this subdivision must be shared as part of the quality assurance monitoring process and reviewed by the advisory workgroup established under section 22103.

(e) The number of surveys conducted.

(f) The number requiring follow-up surveys.

(g) The average number of citations per nursing home.

(h) The number of night and weekend responses to complaints conducted by the department.

(i) The review of citation patterns developed under section 20155(7).

(j) The number of standard surveys of nursing homes that were conducted during a period of open survey or enforcement cycle.

(k) The number of abbreviated complaint surveys that were not conducted on consecutive surveyor workdays.

( l ) The percentage of all form CMS-2567 reports of findings that were released to the nursing home within the 10-working-day requirement.

(m) The percentage of provider notifications of acceptance or rejection of a plan of correction that were released to the nursing home within the 10-working-day requirement.

(n) The percentage of first revisits that were completed within 60 days from the date of survey completion.

(o) The percentage of second revisits that were completed within 85 days from the date of survey completion.

(p) The percentage of letters of compliance notification to the nursing home that were released within 10 working days of the date of the completion of the revisit.

(q) A summary of the discussions from the meetings required in section 20155(18).

History: Add. 2022, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 25, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1047 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1047
Tax refund; time of filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47.

A person may otherwise seek a refund for tax paid under this act on motor fuel pursuant to section 30 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.30. However, the claim for refund shall be filed within 18 months after the date the motor fuel was purchased.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4665 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4665
Sponsor of sponsored captive insurance company; authorized insurer; risk retention group as sponsor or participant prohibited; business written by sponsored captive insurance company with respect to protected cell; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4665.

A sponsor of a sponsored captive insurance company shall be an insurer authorized pursuant to the laws of a state or the District of Columbia, an insurance holding company that controls an insurer authorized pursuant to the laws of a state or the District of Columbia and subject to registration pursuant to the insurance holding company system laws of the state of domicile of the insurer, a reinsurer authorized or approved pursuant to the laws of a state or the District of Columbia, or a captive insurance company authorized pursuant to this chapter. A risk retention group shall not be either a sponsor or a participant of a sponsored captive insurance company. The business written by a sponsored captive insurance company with respect to each protected cell shall meet at least 1 of the following:

(a) Be fronted by an insurance company authorized pursuant to the laws of any state or any jurisdiction if the insurance company is a wholly owned subsidiary of an insurance company authorized pursuant to the laws of any state or any jurisdiction.

(b) Be reinsured by a reinsurer authorized or approved by this state.

(c) Be secured by a trust fund in the United States for the benefit of policyholders and claimants funded by an irrevocable letter of credit or other asset acceptable to the commissioner. The amount of security provided by the trust fund shall not be less than the reserves associated with those liabilities, including reserves for losses, allocated loss adjustment expenses, incurred but not reported losses, and unearned premiums for business written through the participant's protected cell. The commissioner may require the sponsored captive to increase the funding of a trust established pursuant to this subdivision. A trust and trust instrument maintained pursuant to this subdivision shall be in a form and upon terms approved by the commissioner.

History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2601 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2601
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2601.

As used in this part:

"Alternative devise" means a devise that is expressly created by the will and, under the terms of the will, can take effect instead of another devise on the happening of 1 or more events, including survival of the testator or failure to survive the testator, whether an event is expressed in condition-precedent, condition-subsequent, or another form. A residuary clause constitutes an alternative devise with respect to a nonresiduary devise only if the will specifically provides that, upon lapse or failure, the nonresiduary devise or nonresiduary devises in general pass under the residuary clause.

"Class member" includes, but is not limited to, an individual who fails to survive the testator but who would have taken under a devise in the form of a class gift had he or she survived the testator.

"Devise" includes, but is not limited to, an alternative devise, a devise in the form of a class gift, and an exercise of a power of appointment.

"Devisee" includes, but is not limited to, the following:

A class member if the devise is in the form of a class gift.

The beneficiary of a trust, but not the trustee.

An individual or class member who was deceased at the time the testator executed his or her will or an individual or class member who was living at that time, but fails to survive the testator.

An appointee under a power of appointment exercised by the testator's will.

"Stepchild" means a child of the surviving, deceased, or former spouse of the testator or of the donor of a power of appointment, who is not the testator's or donor's child.

"Surviving devisee" or "surviving descendant" means a devisee or a descendant who neither predeceased the testator nor is considered to have predeceased the testator under section 2702.

"Testator" includes the donee of a power of appointment if the power is exercised in the testator's will.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1309 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1309
Unethical or gross ignorance or inefficiency in sale or fitting of hearing aid; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1309.

A person shall be subject to the penalties set forth in article 6 who commits an act of unethical or gross ignorance or inefficiency in the sale of a hearing aid or in the fitting of a hearing aid in connection with the sale of the hearing aid.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.82147a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.82147a
Suspension or revocation of operator's or chauffeur's license; operation of snowmobile prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 82147a.

If the operator's or chauffeur's license of a person who is a resident of this state is suspended or revoked by the secretary of state under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or if the driver license of a person who is a nonresident is suspended or revoked under the law of the state in which he or she resides, that person shall not operate a snowmobile under this part for the same period.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as follows:

For a first conviction, imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

For a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment for not more than 180 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 1999, Act 43, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.394 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-224-of-1969 / Section 287.394
Effect on other acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in contravention of the provisions of Act No. 339 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, being sections 287.261 to 287.290 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: 1969, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1162 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-100-of-1990 / Section 141.1162
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purposes of this ordinance:

The words, terms and phrases set forth below and their derivations have the meanings given therein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and in the singular number include the plural. "Shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. "May" is always directory.

"Administrator" means the official designated by the city to administer the provisions of this ordinance.

"Billed or ordinarily billable to locations within the taxing city" means the location of the premises of the user for the usage of the public utility services.

"Month" means a calendar month.

"Person" means a natural person, partnership, fiduciary, association, corporation, or other entity. When used in any provision imposing a criminal penalty, "person" as applied to an association means the parties or members thereof, and as applied to a corporation, the officers thereof.

"Public utility services" means the providing, performing or rendering of public service of a telephone, electric, steam, or gas nature, the rates or other charges for which are subjected to regulation by state public utility regulatory bodies, federal public utility or regulatory bodies or both, or the rendering of public service of an electric or gas nature by a government owned facility.

"Public utility" means a person who provides public utility services.

"Resale customer" means a person that purchases utility services or property from a public utility for resale to a utility user.

"Utility user" or "user" means a person required to pay a tax imposed under the provisions of this ordinance.

History: 1990, Act 100, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26287 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-85-of-2016 / Section 333.26287
Notification of patient's discharge or transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A hospital shall notify the patient's designated caregiver of the patient's discharge or transfer to another facility as soon as practicable and, in any event, upon issuance of a discharge order by the patient's attending physician. If the hospital is unable to contact the designated caregiver, the lack of contact shall not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect the medical care provided to the patient, or an appropriate discharge of the patient. The hospital shall promptly document the attempt in the patient's medical record.

History: 2016, Act 85, Eff. July 12, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11149 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11149
Tearing down, removing, or destroying sign or notice as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11149.

A person who willfully tears down, removes, or destroys any sign or notice warning of the presence of hazardous waste or marking the boundaries of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.167 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-59-of-1851 / Section 484.167
State's lien for taxes; sale; surplus.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The state shall have a lien upon any line constructed under this act, and its appurtenances, and for all taxes which may accrue thereon to the state, by virtue of the provisions of this act, which shall have precedence of all other liens; and in case the tax or any part thereof shall remain unpaid at the time hereinbefore provided for its payment, then the state treasurer shall have power, and it is hereby made his duty, to advertise such line for sale for the amount of such tax remaining unpaid, in some newspaper published in the city of Detroit, by giving 3 weeks' previous notice, and to sell the same accordingly for the amount of tax and interest and charges of sale: Provided, The same shall not be paid before the time of sale, and the surplus money, if any, shall be paid to the owner or owners of such line.

History: 1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851; CL 1857, 2065; CL 1871, 2641; How. 3709; CL 1897, 6683; CL 1915, 8782; CL 1929, 11678; CL 1948, 484.167
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.42502 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.42502
Fur dealer's license; forms and blanks; term; revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42502.

The department may prepare suitable report forms and blanks covering the different kinds of licenses to be issued under this part. All licenses issued under this part are for the calendar year and shall expire on December 31 of each year. Licenses may be revoked at any time by the department for a violation of the law relating to the buying, selling, or dealing in furs, hides, or pelts of fur-bearing animals and the plumage, skins, or hides of protected game birds and game animals. Any fraudulent practice employed in connection with the buying or selling of the furs, hides, or pelts of any of the animals mentioned in this part and the plumage, skins, or hides of protected game birds and game animals, or the failure to make a report required by this part, is sufficient grounds for the revocation of a license issued under this part. Any person whose license has been revoked shall not secure another license except in the discretion of the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1513 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-269-of-1974 / Section 445.1513
Conditions prohibiting offering for sale or selling franchise.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A franchise shall not be offered for sale or sold in this state if any of the following apply:

The franchisor's method of business includes or would include activities which are illegal where performed.

A person identified in the disclosure statement has been convicted of an offense described in section 8(2)(e)( i ), is subject to an administrative order, or has had a civil judgment entered against him or her involving the illegal offering of franchises or securities and the department determines that the involvement of the person in the sale or management of the franchise creates an unreasonable risk to prospective franchisees.

The franchise offering is the subject of a permanent or temporary injunction entered under any federal or state act applicable to the offering.

The franchisor has failed to pay the proper fee.

History: 1974, Act 269, Eff. Oct. 15, 1974; Am. 1984, Act 92, Eff. June 20, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 485.116 — MI Code / Chapter 485 / Act Act-149-of-1869 / Section 485.116
Tolls; improved streams open to all.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Any stream improved under this act shall be open to all persons for use, upon the payment of tolls, prescribed as aforesaid for the passage of vessels, boats, logs, rafts, timber and lumber through such improved stream or waters, and uniform rates of toll shall be charged to all persons, whether stockholders in such company or not.

History: 1869, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1869; CL 1871, 2731; How. 3860; CL 1897, 6736; CL 1915, 8837; CL 1929, 11772; CL 1948, 485.116
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.1155 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-108-of-2023 / Section 211.1155
Qualified local governmental unit; approval or disapproval by resolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit, not more than 120 days after receipt of the application by the clerk, shall by resolution either approve or disapprove the application for a certificate in accordance with all provisions of this act. The clerk shall retain the original of the application and resolution. If approved, the clerk shall forward a copy of the application, the resolution, and the assessed and taxable value estimate referenced in section 4(4) to the commission within 60 days after approval or before September 30 of the year, whichever is first, in order for the applicant to be able to receive the certificate for the following year. If the application is determined to be incomplete, the clerk shall notify the applicant in writing within 60 days after receipt of the incomplete application, describing the deficiency and requesting the additional information. The 120-day period is reset and tolled upon notification by the clerk of a deficiency until all of the information requested in writing by the clerk is received by the qualified local governmental unit. The applicant has 60 days to correct the deficiency, or the application is void unless the applicant and the qualified local governmental unit agree in writing to an extension of this period not to exceed an additional 30 days. The extension agreement must be completed in a form and manner prescribed by the commission. The determination of the completeness of an application is not an approval of the application. If the application is disapproved, the reasons must be set forth in writing in the resolution, and the clerk shall send, by certified mail, a copy of the resolution to the applicant, the assessor, and the commission. A resolution approving the application is not effective unless approved by the commission as provided in section 6.

(2) Within 14 days after the adoption of a resolution disapproving the application under subsection (1), the owner or lessee may request the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit to reconsider the application by submitting information not previously included in the application submitted under section 4. Within 60 days after receipt of the request for reconsideration, the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit shall review the new information and by resolution either approve or disapprove the request for reconsideration in accordance with subsection (1).

(3) The actions by a qualified local governmental unit to either approve or disapprove an application for a certificate within this act are discretionary and are for solar energy facilities tax purposes only.

History: 2023, Act 108, Imd. Eff. July 27, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.572 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-319-of-1929 / Section 125.572
Required equipment; burners connected with heating system.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

All fuel oil burners used in connection with hot water and steam heating systems shall be equipped with a pressurestat or some approved automatic device to reduce or extinguish the fire in the event of undue pressure within the boiler.

History: 1929, Act 319, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2629; CL 1948, 125.572
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1706 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-24-of-2024 / Section 722.1706
Donor status; assisted reproduction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 106.

A donor is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction.

History: 2024, Act 24, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.690 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-289-of-1964 / Section 388.690
School aid; apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

School districts formed under the provisions of this act shall be entitled to and receive financial aid from the state in the manner provided by legislative appropriation for school aid purposes except that the apportionments of state aid due any school district formed under this act in the 2 fiscal years next following reorganization shall not be less than the aggregate of state aid which would have been due proportionately to the component districts prior to the reorganization. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public instruction in making apportionments of state aid to adjust the amount of state aid due each such school district accordingly.

History: 1964, Act 289, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2848 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2848
Authorization for final disposition of dead body or fetus; time; form; retention of permit; religious service or ceremony not required; cremation; moving body; permit issued by other state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2848.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in sections 2844 and 2845, a funeral director or person acting as a funeral director, who first assumes custody of a dead body, not later than 72 hours after death or the finding of a dead body and before final disposition of the body, shall obtain authorization for the final disposition. The authorization for final disposition of a dead body must be issued on a form prescribed by the state registrar and signed by the local registrar or the state registrar.

(2) Unless the mother has provided written consent for research on the dead fetus under section 2688, before final disposition of a dead fetus, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, the funeral director or person assuming responsibility for the final disposition of the fetus or fetal remains shall obtain from the parents, or parent if the mother is unmarried, an authorization for final disposition on a form prescribed and furnished or approved by the state registrar. The authorization may allow final disposition to be by a funeral director, the individual in charge of the institution where the fetus was delivered or miscarried, or an institution or agency authorized to accept donated bodies, fetuses, or fetal remains under this act. The parents, or parent if the mother is unmarried, may direct the final disposition to be interment or cremation as those terms are defined in section 2 of the cemetery regulation act, 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.522, or incineration. After final disposition, the funeral director, the individual in charge of the institution, or other person making the final disposition shall retain the permit for not less than 7 years. This section as amended by 2012 PA 499 does not require a religious service or ceremony as part of the final disposition of fetal remains.

(3) If final disposition is by cremation, the medical examiner of the county in which death occurred shall sign the authorization for final disposition.

(4) A body may be moved from the place of death to be prepared for final disposition with the consent of the physician or county medical examiner who certifies the cause of death.

(5) A permit for disposition issued under the law of another state that accompanies a dead body or dead fetus brought into this state is authorization for final disposition of the dead body or dead fetus in this state.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2002, Act 562, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Am. 2012, Act 499, Eff. Mar. 31, 2013; Am. 2023, Act 209, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024