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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1504 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1504
License investigation of applicant; issuance, grounds, hearing, bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1504.

Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the license fee the commissioner shall make an investigation of each applicant and shall issue a license if the applicant is qualified in accordance with this chapter. If the commissioner does not so find, he shall, within 30 days after he has received the application, at the request of the applicant, give the applicant a full hearing.

The commissioner shall issue or renew a license as may be applied for when he is satisfied that the applicant is competent and trustworthy, has a good business reputation and has had experience, training or education in the business for which the license is applied, if a corporation, is a corporation incorporated under the laws of this state or admitted to do business in this state, and has proven in form satisfactory to the commissioner, that he has paid-up capital and surplus of $50,000.00, if a corporation, or net worth if an individual or copartnership of $50,000.00 which shall be maintained, and that allowing the applicant to engage in the business will promote the convenience and advantage of the community in which the business of the applicant is to be conducted. A $10,000.00 cash or corporate surety bond shall be deposited with the state treasurer for the benefit of any or all borrowers, who may become creditors of the premium finance company.

History: Add. 1968, Act 352, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7032 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7032
Compensation of trustee, officer, or employee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7032.

A MEWA shall not pay any salary, compensation, or emolument to any officer or trustee of the MEWA, unless the payment is first authorized by a majority vote of the board of trustees of the MEWA.

A trustee, officer, or employee of a MEWA shall not be compensated unreasonably. The compensation of any trustee or officer of a MEWA shall not be calculated, directly or indirectly, as a percentage of money or premiums collected, without the approval of the commissioner.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.205 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.205
Secretary of state; office and branch offices; establishment; employees; bond; liability for loss of money; person appointed to conduct branch office; compensation and expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 205.

The secretary of state shall maintain an office in the state capitol complex, and in other places in the state as the secretary of state considers necessary to carry out the powers and duties vested in the secretary of state. At least 1 office shall be established in each county of the state and in each city of the state having a population of 10,000 or more, but not within a radius of 5 miles from a county office location. This subsection does not apply in a county having a population of 300,000 or more, nor to contiguous cities having a combined population of 10,000 or more. A person licensed under section 248, is not eligible for appointment to conduct, manage, or be an employee of a branch or fee office of the secretary of state.

A bond may be required of a person in an office established under subsection (1) in an amount that the secretary of state prescribes to cover the safe handling of money received under this act. The secretary of state shall not be held personally liable for a loss of money because of armed robbery, larceny, embezzlement, riot, act of God, or other act of a person resulting in a loss of money which is within the authority and responsibility of the secretary of state as the administrator of this act.

A person appointed to conduct a branch office shall receive compensation fixed by the secretary of state, and necessary expenses of the office. The compensation and expenses shall be paid out of the Michigan transportation fund and shall be deducted from the fund before the fund is certified to the state treasurer.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1961, Act 210, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1969, Act 47, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1969; Am. 1970, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970; Am. 1980, Act 398, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7404 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7404
Trust purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7404.

A trust may be created only to the extent its purposes are lawful, not contrary to public policy, and possible to achieve.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2007 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.2007
Seal; signature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2007.

(1) When he or she is licensed, a licensee shall obtain or adopt a seal, in a form authorized by the appropriate board, that bears the licensee's name and the legend indicating either "licensed architect", "licensed professional engineer", or "licensed professional surveyor". However, a seal that exists on September 1, 1992 and bears the legend "registered architect", "registered professional engineer", "registered land surveyor", or "licensed land surveyor" is acceptable if a seal is required under state law.

(2) A licensee shall apply his or her seal and signature to a plan, specification, plat, or report that is issued by the licensee and filed with a public authority. If the license of the licensee named on a document has expired or is suspended or revoked, a person shall not apply the licensee's seal or signature to the document unless the license is renewed, reinstated, or reissued.

(3) As used in this section and section 2008:

(a) "Electronic seal" means a seal created by electronic or optical means and affixed electronically to a document or electronic document.

(b) "Electronic signature" means a signature created by electronic or optical means and affixed electronically to a document or electronic document with intent to sign the document.

(c) "Seal" includes an electronic seal.

(d) "Signature" includes an electronic signature.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1992, Act 103, Eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Am. 2013, Act 178, Eff. Feb. 25, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6aa — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-3-of-1939 / Section 460.6aa
Commission; public meetings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6aa.

(1) The commission shall annually conduct at least 4 public meetings, hearings, townhalls, or other opportunities for public engagement in areas geographically dispersed throughout this state. The commission shall set the time, place, and manner of opportunities for public engagement under this subsection to take comments from and encourage meaningful participation by low-income residential customers, residential customers who experience high energy burdens, and individuals and communities likely to be impacted by the outcome of commission proceedings. Any public meeting, hearing, townhall, or other opportunity for public engagement the commission is otherwise required by law to conduct may count toward fulfilling this requirement.

(2) Not later than June 1, 2024, the commission shall open a proceeding to consider options to expand opportunities for public engagement in its decision-making processes and procedures with respect to all of the following:

(a) The accessibility and transparency of the commission's decision-making processes.

(b) Opportunities for participation in the commission's decision-making processes, especially by low-income residential customers, residential customers that experience high energy burdens, and individuals and communities impacted by commission decisions.

(c) The responsiveness of commission decisions to community needs and priorities.

(3) Not later than June 1, 2024, the commission shall open a proceeding to investigate opportunities for improving the process by which it reviews applications filed under section 6a.

History: Add. 2023, Act 231, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.44 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.44
Land conveyance to two or more persons; estate created.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44.

All grants and devises of lands, made to 2 or more persons, except as provided in the following section, shall be construed to create estates in common, and not in joint tenancy, unless expressly declared to be in joint tenancy.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2628; CL 1871, 4111; How. 5560; CL 1897, 8826; CL 1915, 11562; CL 1929, 12964; CL 1948, 554.44
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.125 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.125
Consistent discharges to evade act; presumption, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 125.

Any employer otherwise subject to the provisions of this act who consistently discharges employees within the minimum time specified in this chapter and replaces such discharged employees without a work stoppage will be presumed to have discharged them to evade the provisions of this act and is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 25 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 25
Removal of judges from office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

For reasonable cause, which is not sufficient ground for impeachment, the governor shall remove any judge on a concurrent resolution of two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house of the legislature. The cause for removal shall be stated at length in the resolution.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 25, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1751 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-175-of-2018 / Section 550.1751
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "insurance provider assessment act".

History: 2018, Act 175, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13306 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13306
License; application; issuance; duration; fee; fee adjustment; “Detroit consumer price index” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13306.

The department may receive license applications for the operation of a class IV installation. Upon compliance by an applicant with the requirements of this part and rules promulgated pursuant to this part, the department shall issue a class IV installation license.

The department shall issue a license under this part for a period of 1 year.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the initial application and annual license fee for a class IV installation license is $100.00 for each class IV installation with operating equipment and an additional $2.75 per pound of rated capacity per cleaning wheel for each dry cleaning machine.

The department shall adjust on an annual basis the installation license fees prescribed by subsection (3) by an amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative annual percentage change in the Detroit consumer price index, not to exceed 5%. As used in this subsection, "Detroit consumer price index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit area from the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1992, Act 53, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.136 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-316-of-1993 / Section 12.136
Offsetting tax refunds or other payments; order of priority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The department, pursuant to its statutory and common law authority, may offset tax refunds or other payments due from the state to a person who owes a debt to a court that would be collectible under an agreement described in this act. The order of priority in offsetting tax refunds or other payments shall be the order of priority set forth in section 30a(2) of Act No. 122 of the Public Acts of 1941, being section 205.30a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1993, Act 316, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.707b — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-72-of-1857 / Section 390.707b
Volunteer trustee or nontrustee volunteer; liability of college; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7b.

The college assumes the liability for all acts or omissions of a person who is a volunteer trustee or nontrustee volunteer occurring on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section if all of the following are met:

(a) The person was acting or reasonably believed he or she was acting within the scope of his or her authority.

(b) The volunteer was acting in good faith.

(c) The volunteer's conduct did not amount to gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.

(d) The volunteer's conduct was not an intentional tort.

(e) The volunteer's conduct was not a tort arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle for which tort liability may be imposed under section 3135 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3135.

History: Add. 2011, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Nov. 15, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 201.2 — MI Code / Chapter 201 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 201.2
Resignation from public office; statement filed with secretary of state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

It shall be the duty of all officers, bodies, or boards to whom the resignation of any office contemplated in the last preceding section, is authorized to be made, or who are authorized to fill any vacancy in any of said offices, or to order a special election therefor, when duly informed of the existence of such vacancy, to cause to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, a statement of the occurrence, with the date and cause of such vacancy.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 15; CL 1857, 474; CL 1871, 616; How. 648; CL 1897, 1154; CL 1915, 240; CL 1929, 3349; CL 1948, 201.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.17h — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.17h
Full-time service as employee with city, county, township, or village of this state; purchase of service credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17h.

A member may elect to purchase service credit for not more than 5 years of full-time service as an employee with a city, county, township, or village of this state, upon request and presentation of documentation of the employment rendered which is verifiable from official employment records, which may be substantiated by federal wage statements, or other acceptable documentation as determined by the retirement board, and upon payment to the board of an amount which is equal to the actuarial cost multiplied by the member's full-time or equated full-time fiscal year compensation for the fiscal year in which payment is made multiplied by each year and fraction of a year of service to be purchased, up to the maximum. For the purpose of computing payment under this subsection, the compensation amount used shall not be less than the highest full-time or equated full-time fiscal year compensation previously received by the member as a member of the system.

Service credit purchased under this section shall not be used to satisfy the minimum number of years of service credit required to receive a retirement allowance under this act.

Service credit purchased under this section shall not be creditable toward retirement under this act if the member is or was eligible to receive a pension or annuity for the same service from another retirement system.

If a member who made payment under this section dies and a retirement allowance is not payable or if the member leaves service with the state before his or her retirement allowance becomes effective, the payment made by the member shall be refunded upon request to the member, to the person designated by the member in writing to the board, or if a person is not designated, then to the member's legal representative.

History: Add. 1987, Act 57, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1987; Am. 1987, Act 241, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.2159 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-333-of-1976 / Section 338.2159
Servicing and examining power elevators; exceptions; minimum requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A power elevator, except a private residence elevator and a private residence inclined lift, shall be serviced and examined for defects by a licensed elevator journeyman at such periods as may be necessary, but not less than every 60 days, to maintain the equipment in safe operating condition. Minimum requirements shall be established by the board.

History: 1976, Act 333, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.304 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.304
Court of appeals judge; annual salary; expenses; insurance programs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 304.

(1) Each judge of the court of appeals shall receive an annual salary calculated as follows:

(a) 92% of the annual salary of a justice of the supreme court as of December 31, 2015.

(b) In addition to the amount calculated under subdivision (a), an amount equal to the amount calculated under subdivision (a) multiplied by the compounded aggregate percentage pay increases, excluding lump-sum payments, paid to civil service nonexclusively represented employees classified as executives and administrators on or after January 1, 2016. The additional salary under this subdivision takes effect on the same date as the effective date of the pay increase paid to civil service nonexclusively represented employees classified as executives and administrators. The additional salary calculated under this subdivision shall not be based on a pay increase paid to civil service nonexclusively represented employees classified as executives and administrators if the effective date of the increase was before January 1, 2016.

(2) The judges shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses from the state treasury upon the warrant of the state treasurer.

(3) A judge of the court of appeals is eligible to participate in the state contributory insurance programs on the same basis as a justice of the supreme court.

History: Add. 1964, Act 281, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1964; Am. 1966, Act 306, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1966; Am. 1970, Act 248, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1971; Am. 1980, Act 438, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Am. 1995, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Am. 2016, Act 31, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.223 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.223
Assistant director as administrative head; powers and duties; forms for reports by probation officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

The assistant director in charge of probation shall be the administrative head of the bureau of probation subject to the authority and supervision of the director of the department of corrections, and the commission. The assistant director shall exercise general supervision over the administration of probation in the circuit court and recorder's court of the state. The assistant director, with the approval of the director, shall appoint personnel other than probation officers necessary for the conduct of the bureau. The assistant director shall endeavor to secure the effective application of the probation system in all courts of the state and the enforcement of probation laws. The assistant director shall supervise the work of probation personnel and shall have access to all probation offices and records. The assistant director shall prescribe the form of records to be kept and reports to be made by probation personnel and shall promulgate general rules which shall regulate the procedure for the administration of probation, including investigation, supervision, case work, record keeping, and accounting. The assistant director shall collect and maintain a complete file of presentence investigations made by probation officers throughout the state. The assistant director shall collect, compile, and publish statistical and other information relating to probation work in all courts and other information of value in probation service. All probation officers shall submit the required reports to the department of corrections on forms to be prescribed and furnished by the department of corrections.

History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1979, Act 89, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.205h — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-62-of-1933 / Section 211.205h
Separate tax limitations; adoption of plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5h.

At an election upon the question of adopting separate tax limitations, the tax limitations proposed by electors' initiatory petitions and the tax limitations proposed by the county tax allocation board shall be separately submitted to the voters. If the allocation board has recommended separate tax limitations identical to those proposed by the initiatory petitions, only 1 question shall be submitted to the voters. If more than 1 question receives more "yes" than "no" votes, the set of separate tax limitations which received the greater number of "yes" votes shall be adopted. If more than 1 question receives the same number of "yes" votes being the highest number of "yes" votes, the question adopted shall be the one receiving the greater excess of "yes" votes over "no" votes.

History: Add. 1964, Act 278, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.299 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.299
Agricultural seeds; false statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 299.

False statements regarding agricultural seeds-Any person or his agent or employe, who, in writing or in a newspaper, circular or other publication published in this state, makes or disseminates any statement or assertion of fact concerning the superior qualifications, quality, value or locality where grown of any agricultural seeds sold or offered for sale in this state, or the possession of rewards, prizes or distinctions conferred on account of such seeds, or the motive or purpose of such sale, intended to give the appearance of an offer advantageous to the purchaser, or as an inducement for the planting of such seeds, which is untrue or calculated to mislead and to induce a person to purchase such seeds, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.299
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.635 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-49-of-1893 / Section 457.635
Chartered subordinate commandery; incorporation; evidence of existence and incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Any subordinate commandery now chartered, or which may hereafter be chartered, by the supreme commandery of the United Friends of Michigan, may become incorporated and a body corporate and politic, by passing, by a 2/3 vote of all the members present, at any regular meeting of such subordinate commandery, a like resolution, as provided in section 1 of this act, executing similar articles of association, under the hands of its commander, secretary and trustee, and the seal of the commandery, and appending thereto the affidavit of its secretary, setting forth the official character of the several officers, that said resolution was passed at a regular meeting, and received the affirmative vote of 2/3 of all the members present and filing the same with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce and causing such articles of association and said affidavit to be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, and a copy of said articles of association duly certified by the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, shall be prima facie evidence in all the courts of this state, of the existence and incorporation of such subordinate commandery.

History: 1893, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893; CL 1897, 8120; CL 1915, 10594; CL 1929, 10795; CL 1948, 457.635; Am. 1982, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982