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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2089b — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2089b
Michigan promotion program; appropriation and transfer of funds; appropriation as work project; carrying forward unencumbered or unallotted funds; compliance with MCL 18.1451a.
Status: in_force

Sec. 89b.

(1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, there is appropriated and transferred from the general fund to the 21st century jobs trust fund $60,000,000.00 and there is appropriated from the 21st century jobs trust fund to the fund $50,000,000.00 for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Not more than 1/4 of the total amount appropriated from the net proceeds described in section 8(2) of the Michigan tobacco settlement finance authority act, 2005 PA 226, MCL 129.268, shall be used to promote business development in this state.

(2) Upon request from the board, the state treasurer shall transfer appropriated funds from the 21st century jobs trust fund established under section 7(1)(b) of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.257, any other available funds under this act, funds otherwise appropriated for expenditure under this chapter, or as authorized in section 88b(2)(d), in the amounts designated by the board at the time and as necessary to fund disbursements required for the Michigan promotion program.

(3) The appropriation authorized in subsection (1) is a work project appropriation and any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the following fiscal year. The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:

(a) The purpose of the project is to provide economic benefits and job creation within this state through the promotion of tourism.

(b) The work project will be accomplished through the use of interagency agreements, grants, state employees, and contracts.

(c) The total estimated completion cost of the project is $50,000,000.00.

(d) The expected completion date is December 31, 2010.

History: Add. 2008, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 2008; Am. 2010, Act 271, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.239 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.239
Complaint for nonpayment of assessments; answer; set off.
Status: in_force

Sec. 139.

A co-owner may not assert in an answer, or set off to a complaint brought by the association for non-payment of assessments the fact that the association of co-owners or its agents have not provided the services or management to a co-owner(s).

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.551 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-302-of-1921 / Section 388.551
Private, denominational, and parochial schools; supervision by superintendent of public instruction; assistants; compensation; removal; intent of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The superintendent of public instruction has supervision of all the private, denominational, and parochial schools of this state in such matters and manner as provided in this act. The superintendent of public instruction shall employ assistants and employees as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this act. The number of assistants and employees is subject to the approval of the state administrative board. The salaries and expenses shall be paid by the state treasurer from the fund designated in this act at the time and in the manner as other state officers and employees are paid. The superintendent of public instruction may remove any appointee under this act at any time that the superintendent of public instruction considers advisable. It is the intent of this act that the sanitary conditions of the schools subject to this act, the courses of study in those schools, and the qualifications of the teachers in those schools shall be of the same standard as provided by the general school laws of this state.

History: 1921, Act 302, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 8151; CL 1948, 388.551; Am. 2002, Act 701, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.8 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.8
"Clerk's office," "municipal," and "satellite office of a clerk" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

As used in this act:

(a) "Clerk's office" includes a satellite office of a clerk.

(b) "Municipal" or "municipality" mean a city or township.

(c) "Satellite office of a clerk" means a place designated by a clerk, and staffed by employees of the clerk or assistants as authorized under section 29, to perform specific duties under this act and to offer specified election administration services to electors of a municipality.

History: Add. 2023, Act 81, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.811x — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.811x
Fund-raising plate recognizing Michigan breast and cervical cancer control program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 811x.

No later than June 1, 2014, the secretary of state shall develop under section 811e and issue under section 811f a fund-raising plate recognizing the Michigan breast and cervical cancer control program. The secretary of state in conjunction with the Michigan breast and cervical cancer control program shall design the fund-raising plates authorized in this section. The secretary of state shall transfer the fund-raising donations received from the sale of the plates described in this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money as provided in section 811y. As used in this section, "Michigan breast and cervical cancer control program" means the breast and cervical cancer control program as defined in section 2 of the Amanda's fund for breast cancer prevention and treatment act, 2007 PA 134, MCL 333.26232.

History: Add. 2013, Act 208, Eff. Mar. 14, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1207 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.1207
False statements in certificate; recovery of damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 207.

If any certificate of limited partnership, certificate of amendment, restated certificate of limited partnership, or certificate of cancellation contains a false statement, a person who suffers loss by reliance on the statement may recover damages for the loss from any of the following:

Any person who executes the certificate, or causes another to execute it on his or her behalf, and knew the statement to be false at the time the certificate was executed.

Any general partner who thereafter knows that any arrangement or other fact described in the certificate has changed, making the statement inaccurate in any respect within a sufficient time before the statement was relied upon reasonably to have enabled that general partner to cancel or amend the certificate, or to file a petition for its cancellation or amendment under section 205. However, the provisions of this subsection are subject in all respects to the provisions of section 202(e).

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.7 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 88.7
Conducting business at public meeting; notice; quorum; adjournment; pending business; compelling attendance of absent members; concurring vote required for certain actions; reconsidering or rescinding vote at special meeting; appropriation of money; passing or adopting resolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The business which the council may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the council held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, 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.

A majority of the aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A number less than a majority may adjourn a meeting, and all pending business noticed or set down for hearing at that meeting shall be taken up and heard at the next meeting.

Members present may compel the attendance of absent members in the manner as prescribed by rule or ordinance. An office shall not be created or abolished; nor a tax or assessment imposed; a street, alley, or public ground vacated; real estate or interest in real estate purchased, leased, sold, or disposed of; or private property taken for public use, unless by a concurring yea and nay vote of 2/3 of all the aldermen elected to office. A vote of the council shall not be reconsidered or rescinded at a special meeting, unless there are present as many aldermen as were present when that vote was taken.

Money shall not be appropriated except by ordinance or resolution of the council. A resolution shall not be passed or adopted except by the vote of a majority of all the aldermen elected to office, except as prescribed in this act.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3068; CL 1915, 2984; CL 1929, 1908; CL 1948, 88.7; Am. 1978, Act 222, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1137 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1137
Sections to be explained to enlisted person; availability of code and rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 137.

Sections 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 28, 30, 31, 37, 38, 55, 58, 77 to 134, 137 to 139, and 145 shall be carefully explained to each enlisted person at the time of enlistment or induction into or when ordered to duty in or with the state military forces or not later than 6 days after enlistment or induction. The sections shall be explained again after the enlisted person has completed 6 months' service and again at the time the enlisted person reenlists. A complete text of this code and rules prescribed by the adjutant general under this code shall be made available to a member of the state military forces, upon request, for personal examination.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.803 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-160-of-1859 / Section 487.803
Certificate of brokers; evidence of facts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A certified copy of the said certificate on file in the county clerk's office, signed by the county clerk, and attested by the seal of the circuit court of the county, shall be held to be good and sufficient evidence of any or all the facts in said certificate, stated and set forth.

History: 1859, Act 160, Eff. May 18, 1859; CL 1871, 1627; How. 3130; CL 1897, 5273; CL 1915, 6717; CL 1929, 9712; CL 1948, 487.803
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.705 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-388-of-1913 / Section 550.705
Loss in case of damage; payment, release of additional amounts necessary to rebuild or restore.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

When the amount of loss has been fixed and determined to be $50,000.00 or less by the controller, the amount so determined is appropriated in the applicable fund to be used by the state administrative board, for the rebuilding or restoring of the property damaged, and to be disbursed in such manner as other state funds are paid out. If during the rebuilding or restoring of such property damaged it shall be necessary in the opinion of the state administrative board to expend any additional amounts over and above the amounts certified by the controller, an additional amount equal to 10% of such previously determined amount is appropriated, but in no case to exceed $50,000.00 to be paid out in the same manner as provided for the payments made from the original appropriation. When the amount of loss has been fixed and determined to be more than $50,000.00, not to exceed a total of $5,000.00 is appropriated to be used under the supervision of the state administrative board for preliminary expenses connected with the loss, to be disbursed in such manner as other state funds are paid out. No payment in excess of $5,000.00 for any such loss shall be made until authorized and provided for by either the legislature or the special commission on appropriations created under the provisions of Act No. 120 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 5.1 to 5.5 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: 1913, Act 388, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 9272; CL 1929, 12684; Am. 1945, Act 314, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1945; CL 1948, 550.705; Am. 1955, Act 203, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1955; Am. 1965, Act 365, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.48703 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.48703
Fishing means or device; lines; hooks; tip-up or similar device; spear, bow and arrow, or crossbow; order to regulate nets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48703.

(1) An individual shall not take, catch, or kill or attempt to take, catch, or kill a fish in the waters of this state with a grab hook, snag hook, or gaff hook, by the use of a set or night line or a net or firearm or an explosive substance or combination of substances that have a tendency to kill or stupefy fish, or by any other means or device other than a single line or a single rod and line while held in the hand or under immediate control, and with a hook or hooks attached, baited with a natural or artificial bait while being used for still fishing, ice fishing, casting, or trolling for fish, which is a means of the fish taking the bait or hook in the mouth. An individual shall not use more than 3 single lines or 3 single rods and lines, or a single line and a single rod and line, and shall not attach more than 6 hooks on all lines. The commission may decrease the number of rods per angler. However, the commission shall not reduce the number of rods per angler to less than 2. For the purposes of this part, a hook is a single, double, or treble pointed hook. A hook, single, double, or treble pointed, attached to a manufactured artificial bait is counted as 1 hook. The commission may designate waters where a treble hook and an artificial bait or lure having more than 1 single pointed hook must not be used during the periods the commission designates.

(2) An individual shall not set or use a tip-up or other similar device for the purpose of taking fish through the ice unless the name and address of the individual owning the tip-up or other similar device is marked in legible English on the tip-up or other similar device or securely fastened to it by a plate or tag.

(3) The commission may issue an order to regulate the taking of fish with a spear, bow and arrow, or crossbow in the waters of this state.

(4) The commission may issue an order to regulate the taking of fish with nets in the waters of this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2008, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008; Am. 2012, Act 245, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012; Am. 2012, Act 471, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012; Am. 2018, Act 529, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.508 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-5-of-1956 / Section 730.508
Judges; qualifications, terms, election; compensation, jurisdiction, practice and procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The qualifications, term of office, time and manner of election, compensation, jurisdiction, powers and duties of the judges of the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act, and the practice and procedure in such municipal courts, shall be governed by the provisions of existing laws relating to justices of the peace in such cities, and to the practice and procedure in the courts of such justices of the peace, except so far as the same or any part thereof are expressly repealed by or are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act: Provided, however, That no person shall be eligible to qualify for judge of any such court who is not a regularly licensed attorney and counselor at law licensed to practice in the state of Michigan: Provided further, That any incumbent justice at the effective date of this act who is not an attorney at law shall be eligible for reelection as municipal judge of such court: Provided further, That no municipal judge, associate municipal judge or any partner of such judge or associate judge shall practice law in the court to which he was elected or appointed.

History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1865 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1865
Chapter and Mich. Const., Art. IV, § 11, inapplicable to issuance of service of citation pursuant to MCL 257.742.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1865.

This chapter and the privilege from civil process provided by section 11 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963 shall not apply to the issuance or service of a citation pursuant to section 742 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended, being section 257.742 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1979, Act 67, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1984, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32801 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32801
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32801.

As used in this part:

(a) "Annex 2001" means the Great Lakes charter annex signed by the governors and premiers of the Great Lakes region on June 18, 2001.

(b) "Aquifer" means any water bearing bed or stratum of earth or rock capable of yielding groundwater to a water well in sufficient quantities that can be withdrawn.

(c) "Assessment tool" means the water withdrawal assessment tool provided for in part 327.

(d) "Base flow" means groundwater discharge to rivers and streams.

(e) "Conflict areas" means an aquifer or a portion of an aquifer in which the department has determined that there is reasonable, scientifically based evidence of a pattern of groundwater withdrawal conflicts or a single extended groundwater withdrawal conflict.

(f) "Council" means the water use advisory council created under section 32803.

(g) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.

(h) "Director" means the director of the department.

(i) "Groundwater" means water below the land surface in a zone of saturation.

(j) "Groundwater withdrawal conflict" means the failure of an existing water well that was constructed in compliance with part 127 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.12701 to 333.12771, to furnish its normal supply of groundwater because of a progressive decline of the static water level within the aquifer due to the withdrawal of groundwater from the aquifer by a high-capacity well or sump, as determined based on reasonable, scientifically based evidence.

(k) "Static water level" means the distance between the ground surface and the water level within a well that is not being pumped.

History: Add. 2003, Act 148, Imd. Eff. Aug. 8, 2003; Am. 2008, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2008; Am. 2018, Act 509, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.74107 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.74107
Authority of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 74107.

The commission may authorize the department, but only within limitation which shall be contained in the commission's authorizing resolution, to do 1 or more of the following:

Sell and deliver and receive payment for bonds.

Approve interest rates, purchase prices, discounts, premiums, maturities, principal amounts, interest payment dates, redemption rights at the option of the commission or the holder, and the place and time of delivery and payment for the bonds.

Deliver bonds to refund prior bonds or partly to refund bonds and partly for other authorized purposes.

Select which outstanding bonds will be refunded, if any, by the new issue of bonds.

Any other matters and procedures necessary to complete the issuance and delivery of the bonds.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3435 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-236-of-1996 / Section 338.3435
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act shall take effect January 1, 1997.

History: 1996, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.586 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-44-of-1961 / Section 780.586
Interim bond; purpose; change of amount on arraignment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Cash bonds accepted under this act shall be known as interim bonds, and shall be for the purpose of securing the defendant's arraignment in court, at which time said court may continue said bond for further proceedings, or may require a property bond or a cash bond in a greater or lesser amount.

History: 1961, Act 44, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1961; Am. 1970, Act 157, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.101 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-271-of-1941 / Section 445.101
Unlawful trade practices; suppression.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The legislature of the state of Michigan hereby finds: improper and misleading uses of the words "wholesale,""employee" and similar terms or phrases in connection with certain sales; and likewise improper and misleading uses of the words "manufacturer,""broker,""wholesaler," and similar terms or phrases denoting that the seller of a product is something other than a retailer thereof; and likewise the other practices hereinafter prohibited, are harmful to the welfare of the people of this state in the following ways, among others: consumers are misled into believing they are buying goods at a substantial discount from regular retail prices, when in fact they are not; trade is diverted from established retail outlets offering various customer services (such as free deliveries, exchange privileges, and credit facilities) to establishments not offering equal services but selling at substantially the same price, to the detriment of the consumer, who is deprived of the benefit of such services without receiving compensating advantages; purchases by business concerns, at discounts from current retail market prices, of goods, wares, and merchandise purchased not for business use but for the personal use of individuals, divert trade unfairly from established retail outlets, resulting in a loss of sales tax revenues and in a trend to higher retail prices. The legislature, acting in the exercise of the police power of the state, declares that the public policy of the state requires, and that the general welfare of the people of the state will be benefited by, the suppression of the trade practices hereinafter defined.

History: 1941, Act 271, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 445.101
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.912 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-183-of-2013 / Section 752.912
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of state police.

(b) "Fund" means the student safety fund created in section 7.

(c) "Hotline" means a statewide toll-free telephone number or other means of communication, or a combination of a toll-free telephone number and another means of communication, that transmits voice, text, photographic, and other messages and information to the department through the departmental website described in section 3(2).

(d) "School" means a public, private, denominational, or parochial school offering developmental kindergarten, kindergarten, or any grade from 1 through 12, regardless of whether school is in session. School includes all school property.

(e) "School employee" means a full-time or part-time employee of a school, school district, or intermediate school district, including a school administrator, a volunteer with a school, school district, or intermediate school district, or any other individual who provides services to a school, school district, or intermediate school district while he or she is on school property. An individual described in this subdivision is considered a school employee regardless of whether school is in session.

(f) "School property" means a building, playing field, or property used for school purposes to impart instruction to school students or used for school purposes, functions, and events, regardless of whether school is in session. School property includes a school bus as that term is defined in section 57 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.57.

(g) "School student" means an individual who is enrolled as a student in a school regardless of whether school is in session.

History: 2013, Act 183, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2013; Am. 2020, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.991 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-461-of-2014 / Section 752.991
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "human trafficking health advisory board act".

History: 2014, Act 461, Eff. Jan. 14, 2015