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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.4505 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-23-of-1993 / Section 450.4505
Membership interest; assignment; liability of assignee; assignor as member; liability of assignor not released.
Status: in_force

Sec. 505.

(1) Except as provided in an operating agreement, a membership interest is assignable in whole or in part.

(2) An assignment of a membership interest does not of itself entitle the assignee to participate in the management and affairs of a limited liability company or to become or exercise any rights of a member. An assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distributions to which the assignor would be entitled.

(3) Unless otherwise provided in an operating agreement and except to the extent assumed by agreement, an assignee has no liability as a member solely as a result of the assignment.

(4) Except as provided in an operating agreement, a member ceases to be a member when the member's entire membership interest is assigned. The assignor is not released from any liability to the company under sections 302 and 308 even if the assignee becomes a member.

History: 1993, Act 23, Eff. June 1, 1993; Am. 2010, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.959 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-31-of-1948-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 123.959
Building authority; acquisition of property, condemnation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

For the purpose of accomplishing the objects of its incorporation the authority may acquire property by purchase, construction, lease, gift, devise or condemnation, and for the purpose of condemnation, it may proceed under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 213.21 to 213.41 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, or any other appropriate statute.

The legislative body of any incorporating unit, by a majority vote of the members thereof, may transfer any real property except cemetery property owned by the incorporating unit to an authority established pursuant to this act.

History: 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948; CL 1948, 123.959; Am. 1962, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1962; Am. 1968, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.26 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 710.26
Documentation required; informing adoptee and adoptive parents of MCL 710.27a, 710.27b, 710.68, 710.68a, and 710.68b; applicability of subsection (2); providing adoptee and adoptive parents with list of adoption support groups; applicability of subsection (3).
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

Subsequent to or concurrent with the filing of the adoption petition but before the hearing on the petition by the court, the petitioner, the department, an employee or agent of the court, or a child placing agency, as appropriate, shall file all of the following documentation:

Except in instances of parental consent to adoption, a copy of each release or order terminating parental rights over the child having a bearing upon the authority of a person to execute the consent to adoption.

A copy of the order of commitment, if a commitment was made to a child placing agency or to the department.

Proof of a guardian's appointment and authorization to execute the release or consent to the child's adoption.

A copy of the consent to adoption as required in this chapter. If the consent is required pursuant to section 43(1)(b), (c), or (d) of this chapter, the consent shall be filed concurrently with the filing of the adoption petition unless a motion is filed pursuant to section 45 of this chapter.

A copy of the adoptee's birth certificate, verification of birth, hospital birth registration, or other satisfactory proof of date and place of birth, if obtainable, unless this filing is waived by written order of the judge.

The report of the investigation prepared pursuant to section 46 of this chapter.

If the petition alleges nonsupport and noncommunication by a parent, as described in section 51(6), an affidavit verifying that fact.

Any additional facts considered necessary by the court.

Before or at the time of the hearing on the adoption petition, the court shall inform the adoptee, if he or she is 14 years old or older, and the adoptive parents of the provisions described in sections 27a, 27b, 68, 68a, and 68b. This subsection also applies to a stepparent adoption and the adoption of a child related to the petitioner within the fifth degree by marriage, blood, or adoption.

Before or at the time of the hearing on the adoption petition, the court shall provide the adoptee, if he or she is 14 years old or older, and the adoptive parents with a list of adoption support groups. This subsection also applies to a stepparent adoption and to the adoption of a child related to the petitioner within the fifth degree by marriage, blood, or adoption.

History: Add. 1974, Act 296, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Am. 1980, Act 509, Imd. Eff. Jan. 26, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 72, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1982; Am. 1990, Act 175, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990; Am. 1994, Act 239, Eff. July 5, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 409, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1103 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1103
Terms; meanings and references.
Status: in_force

Sec. 103.

A term used in this act and not defined differently shall have the same meaning as when used in comparable context in the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes in effect for the tax year unless a different meaning is clearly required. A reference in this act to the internal revenue code includes other provisions of the laws of the United States relating to federal income taxes.

History: 2007, Act 36, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.456 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1986 / Section 124.456
Articles of incorporation; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The articles of incorporation shall state the name of the public authority; the name or names of the incorporating authority or the incorporating political subdivisions; the portion of an incorporating city, village, or township to become part of the public authority, if less than the entire city, village, or township is to become part of the public authority; the purposes for which it is formed; the power, duties, and limitations of the public authority and its officers; the composition and method of selecting its governing body and officers; the person or persons charged with the responsibility of causing the articles of incorporation to be published and the printed copies of the articles of incorporation to be filed as provided in this act; the method of amending the articles of incorporation; and any other matters which the incorporators consider advisable.

History: 1986, Act 196, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.661 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.661
Carrying package, bundle, or article on bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, moped, or motorcycle.
Status: in_force

Sec. 661.

A person operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, moped, or motorcycle shall not carry any package, bundle, or article that prevents the driver from keeping both hands upon the handlebars of the vehicle.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1966, Act 207, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2002, Act 494, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.677 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1956 / Section 123.677
Market authority; acquisition of property, market deemed public improvement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any authority established under this act may purchase, lease, accept by gift or devise, private property for the public purposes herein set forth and for no other purposes. The market so established shall be deemed to be a public improvement under the provisions of Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended, being sections 141.101 to 141.139, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: 1956, Act 185, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.1273 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-197-of-2024 / Section 35.1273
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Employee" means an individual who receives compensation for performing services for an employer under an express or implied contract of hire.

(b) "Employer" means any person or entity that employs 1 or more full-time employees.

History: 2024, Act 197, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.403a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.403a
Nonresident; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 403a.

As used in section 403, the term "nonresident" shall include any person who was, at the time of the accident or event, a resident of the state of Michigan but who removed from the state before the commencement of the action or proceeding.

History: Add. 1957, Act 92, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1553 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-220-of-1979 / Section 125.1553
Conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The business which an authority may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the authority held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended.

A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by an authority in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1979, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16170 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16170
Acceptance into health professional recovery program; requirements; participation; false representation of completion; violation as felony.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16170.

If the program consultant described in section 16168 determines under section 16169(1) that a health professional may be impaired, the committee may accept the health professional into the health professional recovery program if both of the following requirements are met:

The health professional acknowledges his or her impairment.

The health professional voluntarily does all of the following:

Withdraws from or limits the scope of his or her practice, as determined necessary by the committee. To comply with this subparagraph, a health professional may request the limitation of his or her license under section 16182.

Agrees to participate in a treatment plan that meets the criteria developed under section 16167.

If a health professional does not satisfactorily participate in the treatment plan described in subsection (1)(b)( ii ), as determined by the committee, the committee shall report that fact to the department.

A health professional participating in or who has participated in a treatment plan under the health professional recovery program or an individual treating the health professional under the treatment plan shall not falsely represent, either individually or together, that the health professional has successfully completed the treatment plan. An individual who intentionally violates this subsection is guilty of a felony.

History: Add. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16431 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16431
Renewal of license; educational conferences; completion of hours or courses in pain and symptom management; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16431.

(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of part 161, the board may require a licensee seeking renewal of a license to furnish the board with satisfactory evidence that during the 2 years immediately preceding the application for renewal the applicant has attended not less than two 2-day educational conferences approved by the board, in subjects related to the practice of chiropractic and designed to further educate licensees.

(2) As required under section 16204, the department, in consultation with the board, shall promulgate rules requiring each applicant for license renewal to complete as part of the educational conferences required under subsection (1) an appropriate number of hours or courses in pain and symptom management.

(3) The department, in consultation with the board, shall promulgate rules requiring each applicant for license renewal to complete as part of the educational conferences required under subsection (1) an appropriate number of hours or courses concerning the provisions of section 16401(1) that were added by the amendatory act that added this subsection.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1986, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1986; Am. 1994, Act 234, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1994; Am. 2009, Act 221, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2402 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2402
Definitions; data collection agency; creation; purpose; governing board; appointment, terms, and qualifications of members; conduct of business at public meeting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2402.

As used in this act with respect to worker's compensation insurance:

"Data collection agency" means an agency established for the purpose of effectuating the worker's compensation data requirements of this chapter.

"Designated advisory organization" means the advisory organization designated by the data collection agency pursuant to section 2407(2).

"Rate" means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience.

"Rating system" means every classification, rating plan, merit rating plan, rating values, and manual, containing the rules used by an insurer in the determination of premiums.

There is created a data collection agency for the purpose of effectuating the worker's compensation data requirements of this chapter. The governing board of the data collection agency shall include all of the following:

Three persons who represent private insurers in this state.

One person who represents the general public.

One person who represents employers in this state.

One person who represents the executive branch of state government.

One person who is an insurance agent.

The commissioner of insurance.

A member of the governing board of the data collection agency shall serve for a term of 1 year.

The members specified in subsection (2)(b), (c), and (e) shall be appointed by the commissioner. The member specified in subsection (2)(d) shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The members specified in subsection (2)(a) shall be appointed by the commissioner from recommendations made by the insurance industry in this state and shall be generally representative of small, medium, and large insurers.

Business of the governing board of the data collection agency shall be conducted at a public meeting pursuant to the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Notice of the date, time, and place of a public meeting of the governing body shall be as prescribed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended.

History: Add. 1982, Act 7, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1993, Act 200, Eff. Dec. 28, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.115q — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.115q
Field investigation or home visit; training program; documentation of safety risk; completion with another department employee or law enforcement officer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 115q.

The department shall develop, implement, and provide a training program to each department employee who is required to perform a field investigation or home visit. The training program shall include both of the following:

Mandatory training on defusing threatening behavior.

Mandatory training on how to perform a safe investigation or home visit and recognize a potentially dangerous situation.

If a department employee who is required to perform a field investigation or home visit has documented a risk that leads to a reasonable apprehension regarding the safety of performing a field investigation or home visit, that employee shall complete the field investigation or home visit with another department employee who has been trained as required in subsection (1) or with a law enforcement officer.

History: Add. 2001, Act 14, Eff. Sept. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43540c — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43540c
Sportsmen against hunger program; donation; creation; disposition of money or other assets; money remaining in fund; expenditure; costs; limitation; "fund" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43540c.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), when a person applies for a license under this part, the department or the department's agent shall ask whether the person would like to donate $1.00 to the sportsmen against hunger program created by the department under section 43540a and, if so, shall collect the donation with the license fee. A person designated by the department to issue licenses shall not receive a commission under section 43541 for the donation.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to license applications made beginning January 1, 2006.

(3) A donation under subsection (1) is in addition to the license fee.

(4) The department shall transfer donations under subsection (1) to the state treasurer for deposit in the fund.

(5) The sportsmen against hunger fund is created within the state treasury.

(6) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(7) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(8) Money from the fund shall be expended, upon appropriation, only by the department for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a) The costs of administering the fund, including the costs of collecting donations to the fund.

(b) The administration of the sportsmen against hunger program created under section 43540a, including, if applicable, the costs of any contract with a nonprofit organization to administer the sportsmen against hunger program, as authorized under section 43540a(4).

(9) The department shall not incur costs described in subsection (8) in excess of the amount of revenue in the fund available to cover such costs.

(10) As used in this section, "fund" means the sportsmen against hunger fund created in subsection (5).

History: Add. 2005, Act 117, Imd. Eff. Sept. 22, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.712 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-278-of-1965 / Section 390.712
Board of control; members, terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

There is established a "board of control", to consist of 8 members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for terms of 8 years, except of the members first appointed 2 shall serve for 2 years, 2 for 4 years, 2 for 6 years and 2 for 8 years. The president of the institution shall be ex officio a member of the board without the right to vote.

History: 1965, Act 278, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1774 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1774
Appeals committee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 774.

The director shall appoint an appeals committee consisting of 7 individuals, none of whom shall be employed by the department or a community mental health services program, to hear appeals of recipient rights matters. The committee shall include at least 3 members of the state recipient rights advisory committee and 2 primary consumers.

The board of a community mental health services program shall do 1 of the following:

Appoint an appeals committee consisting of 7 individuals, none of whom shall be employed by the department or a community mental health services program, to hear appeals of recipients' rights matters. The appeals committee shall include at least 3 members of the recipient rights advisory committee, 2 board members, and 2 primary consumers. A member of the appeals committee may represent more than 1 of these categories.

Designate the recipient rights advisory committee as the appeals committee.

The governing body of a licensed hospital shall designate the appeals committee of the local community mental health services program to hear an appeal of a decision on a recipient rights matter brought by or on behalf of a recipient of that community mental health services program.

The governing body of a licensed hospital shall do 1 of the following with respect to an appeal of a decision on a recipient rights matter brought by or on behalf of an individual who is not a recipient of a community mental health services program:

Appoint an appeals committee consisting of 7 members, none of whom shall be employed by the department or a community mental health services program, 2 of whom shall be primary consumers and 2 of whom shall be community members.

By agreement with the department, designate the appeals committee appointed by the department to hear appeals of rights complaints brought against the licensed hospital.

An appeals committee appointed under this section may request consultation and technical assistance from the department.

A member of an appeals committee who has a personal or professional relationship with an individual involved in an appeal shall abstain from participating in that appeal as a member of the committee.

History: Add. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.56 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-233-of-1984 / Section 550.56
Reporting certain information on standard forms required; availability of information to appropriate state agencies; confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

An organization which enters into prudent purchaser agreements with health care providers under this act shall report with its annual statement, or on a date set by the commissioner, on standard forms prescribed by the commissioner the following information:

The number of natural persons receiving health care benefits under prudent purchaser agreements.

The number of individual and group contracts providing health care services pursuant to prudent purchaser agreements.

The dollar volume of business conducted under prudent purchaser agreements.

Information received by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be made available to appropriate state agencies for purposes of reviewing and evaluating this act.

The commissioner and state agencies shall ensure the confidentiality of information containing data which may be associated with a particular organization. Information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any person receiving health care benefits under prudent purchaser agreements shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, except to the extent that it may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act; upon the express consent of the person; pursuant to statute or court order for the production of evidence or the discovery thereof; or in the event of claim examination or litigation between the person and the organization, to the extent that the data or information is pertinent.

History: 1984, Act 233, Eff. Dec. 20, 1984; Am. 1988, Act 282, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1101 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-88-of-1961 / Section 38.1101
Reciprocal retirement act; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "reciprocal retirement act".

History: 1961, Act 88, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16915 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16915
Additional health care payments or benefits not mandated by part.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16915.

The addition of this part to the code does not mandate additional coverage, payments, or benefits by a health care payment or benefits provider including, but not limited to, a health insurer, nonprofit health care corporation, or health maintenance organization.

History: Add. 1995, Act 126, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996