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Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.561 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-89-of-1977 / Section 397.561
Use of facilities and resources of member libraries; availability of services of cooperative library; appeal from refusal of service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Following establishment of a cooperative board, residents of the cooperative library's area are eligible to use the facilities and resources of the member libraries subject to the rules of the cooperative library plan. Services of the cooperative library, including those of participating libraries, are to be available at reasonable times and on an equal basis within the areas served to schoolchildren, individuals in public and nonpublic institutions of learning, and a student or resident within the area. An applicant refused service may appeal to the department, which shall review the operation of the cooperative library and may withhold state aid funds until the services are granted.

History: 1977, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Aug. 2, 1977; Am. 1984, Act 432, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1985; Am. 2001, Act 65, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5517 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5517
Shareholder right to dissent and obtain payment in connection with division; application of MCL 450.1762 to shareholder actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5517.

(1) A shareholder of a dividing insurer is entitled to dissent from, and obtain payment of the fair value of the shareholder's shares in connection with, a division under this chapter in which the dividing insurer does not survive the division, unless the shares are converted into or canceled solely for 1 or more of the following:

(a) Cash.

(b) Shares that are listed on a national securities exchange or designated as a national market system security on an interdealer quotation system by the National Association of Securities Dealers, on the record date fixed to vote on the plan of division.

(2) Section 1762 of the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1762, applies to a shareholder exercising the rights in the same manner as would be applicable to a merger of a domestic corporation.

History: Add. 2018, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 13 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 13
Public bodies, borrowing power.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Public bodies corporate shall have power to borrow money and to issue their securities evidencing debt, subject to this constitution and law.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IX, § 13, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.22105 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.22105
Limitation on number of nursing home surveyors; exception; length of standard survey.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22105.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the department shall limit the number of nursing home surveyors that conduct a standard survey to the recommended number of surveyors identified in survey procedural guidelines established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The department may exceed the recommended number of nursing home surveyors only for the reasons identified in the guidelines described in this subsection.

(2) The department shall limit the length of a nursing home standard survey to a reasonable duration. In determining what is a reasonable duration, the department shall consider the average length of surveys nationally.

History: Add. 2022, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 25, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2675 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2675
Inspection of premises or property on which animals kept for experimental purposes; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2675.

The department, its representative, or a member of the animal research advisory board may inspect any premises or property on or in which animals are kept for experimental purposes for the purpose of investigation of compliance with board standards. The standards shall provide for the humane treatment of animals reasonably necessary for the purposes of this part.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.851 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-110-of-1905 / Section 123.851
Observance of armistice day, independence day, memorial or decoration day, diamond jubilee, or centennial; appropriation; assessment, levy and collection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The township board of a township, the board of trustees of a village, or the common council of a city in this state, may appropriate money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the proper observance of armistice, independence, and memorial or decoration day or for the proper observance of a diamond jubilee or centennial. The sums appropriated shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner as other expenses of a township, village, or city are assessed, levied, and collected.

History: 1905, Act 110, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1905; CL 1915, 3296; Am. 1921, Act 48, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 2731; Am. 1931, Act 27, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1947, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1947; CL 1948, 123.851; Am. 1955, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1955; Am. 1975, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1975; Am. 1977, Act 271, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.755 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.755
Jurisdiction over chattels irrespective of ownership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 755.

The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over chattels situated within the state whether or not the persons owning or claiming interests therein are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.2109 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.2109
Ordinance prohibiting retail sale of alcoholic liquor; adoption; duration; election; affirmance or revocation; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1109.

Notwithstanding section 1101, a city, village, or township in which there are no retail licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor may, by ordinance, prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic liquor within its borders.

An ordinance adopted under subsection (1) remains in effect until the next general or special election held not less than 45 days after the adoption of the ordinance. At that election, the ordinance shall be submitted to the electors of the city, village, or township for affirmance or revocation. A revocation of the ordinance is effective on the date the election results are certified.

The commission shall not issue a license that violates an ordinance adopted under subsection (1).

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.17103 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.17103
Retailer of lead acid batteries; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17103.

A retailer of lead acid batteries shall do all of the following:

Accept, at or near the point at which lead acid batteries are offered for sale, in a quantity at least equal to the number of new lead acid batteries sold by the retailer, used lead acid batteries from customers, if offered by the customers.

Post a written notice in a location that is readily visible to customers within the retail establishment that is at least 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches in size and contains the universal recycling symbol and contains essentially all of the following:

Recycle your used lead acid batteries.

It is illegal to discard a lead acid battery except by delivery to a retailer, a distributor, a manufacturer, or a collection, recycling, or smelting facility approved by the department.

State law requires retailers to accept used lead acid batteries upon the purchase or within 30 calendar days of the purchase of a lead acid battery.

The format, design, and wording of the notice described in this section shall be provided to retailers of lead acid batteries by the department.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1995, Act 124, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.414 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-149-of-2019 / Section 432.414
Imposition of tax; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

(1) Except for a sports betting operator that is an Indian tribe, a sports betting operator is subject to a tax of 8.4% on its adjusted gross sports betting receipts received by the sports betting operator.

(2) A sports betting operator that is an Indian tribe is subject to the payment requirements under section 7(1)(f).

(3) A sports betting operator shall pay the tax or payment, as applicable, under subsection (1) or (2) on a monthly basis. The payment for each monthly accounting period is due on the tenth day of the following month.

(4) A sports betting operator is not subject to any excise tax, license tax, privilege tax, occupation tax, or other tax, payment, or fee imposed exclusively on a sports betting operator or sports betting operators by the state or any political subdivision of this state, except as provided in this act. This subsection does not impair the contractual rights under an existing development agreement between a city and a sports betting operator that holds a casino license under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226.

(5) In addition to payment of the tax and other fees as provided in this act, and to any payment required pursuant to an existing development agreement described in subsection (4), if a city has imposed a municipal services fee equal to 1.25% on a casino licensee, the city may charge a 1.25% fee on the adjusted gross sports betting receipts of a sports betting operator that holds a casino license under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226, whose casino is in that city.

History: 2019, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 107.3 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 107.3
City lighting plant; expense estimates; vote by electors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

In case the council shall declare that it is expedient for such city to acquire by purchase or to construct, as the case may be, works for the purpose of supplying such city and the inhabitants thereof, or either, with electric or other lights, then the council shall direct the board of public works to cause to be made and recorded in their proceedings an estimate of the expense thereof, and the question of raising the amount required for such purpose shall be submitted to the electors of the city at its annual election, or at a special election called for that purpose by the council, as provided in this act, and shall be determined as 2/3 of the electors voting at such election by ballot shall decide.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3260; CL 1915, 3178; CL 1929, 2102; CL 1948, 107.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.826 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.826
Certain probate judges to assist other courts or probate judges for limited periods or specific assignments; legislative intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 826.

A probate judge who is elected or appointed for a county in which the salary of that office is or would have been increased by sections 2a, 3, or 4 of chapter 1 of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, as those sections were amended by Act No. 147 of the Public Acts of 1976, before their repeal by section 899 of this chapter, and whose judicial activity is less heavy than other probate judges' should be authorized by the supreme court or state court administrator to assist other courts within the same county or probate court district which they serve, to assist probate judges in other counties or districts, and to perform other judicial duties, for limited periods or specific assignments.

This section is not intended as a directive to the judiciary but expresses an expectation in furtherance of full utilization of judicial officers and serves as notice of the expectation and intent of the legislature for incumbents and prospective candidates seeking election to judgeships affected by aforementioned 1976 amendments to sections 2a, 3, or 4 of chapter 1 of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, as repealed.

History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.185 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-368-of-1925 / Section 247.185
Paramount rights of public; injury to trees and shrubs; regulation of rights.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The construction and maintenance of all such telegraph, telephone and power lines, cable television lines, pipe lines, wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers and like structures shall be subject to the paramount right of the public to use such public places, roads, bridges and waters, and shall not interfere with other public uses thereof and nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize any telegraph, telephone, power, or other public utility company, cable television company or municipality to cut, destroy, or in anywise injure any tree or shrub planted within any highway right of way or along the margin thereof, or purposely left there for shade or ornament or to bridge across any of the waters of this state. Nor shall anything in this section or sections 13 and 14 be construed to grant any rights whatsoever to any public utilities or cable television companies whatsoever, nor to impair anywise any existing rights granted in accordance with the constitution or laws of this state, but shall be construed as a regulation of the exercise of all such rights.

History: 1925, Act 368, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 4055; CL 1948, 247.185; Am. 1972, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 429.31 — MI Code / Chapter 429 / Act Act-242-of-1969 / Section 429.31
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

“Trademark” means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, other than a trade name in its entirety, adopted and used by a person to identify goods made or sold by him or her and to distinguish them from similar goods made or sold by others.

“Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, union, or other organization.

“Applicant” means the person filing an application for registration of a trademark or service mark under this act, his or her legal representatives, successors, or assigns.

“Registrant” means the person to whom the registration of a trademark or service mark under this act is issued, his or her legal representatives, successors, or assigns.

“Service mark” means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, other than a trade name in its entirety, adopted and used by a person in the sale or advertising of services to identify his or her services and distinguish them from the similar services of others.

“Mark” includes any trademark or service mark.

“Trade name” means a word or group of words used by any person to identify a sole proprietorship, firm, partnership, corporation, association, union, or other organization.

A mark is “used” in this state on goods when it is placed in any manner on the goods or their containers or on the tags or labels affixed thereto and such goods are sold or otherwise distributed in this state, and on services when it is used or displayed in this state in the sale or advertising of services and the services are rendered in this state.

A mark is “abandoned” when its use has been discontinued with intent not to resume. Intent not to resume may be inferred from circumstances. Nonuse for 2 consecutive years shall be prima facie abandonment.

“Administrator” means the director of commerce or his or her designated representative.

History: 1969, Act 242, Eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Am. 1984, Act 203, Eff. Oct. 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.221 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.221
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform unclaimed property act".

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.91 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-243-of-1964 / Section 141.91
Cities and villages, prohibited taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Except as otherwise provided by law and notwithstanding any provision of its charter, a city or village shall not impose, levy or collect a tax, other than an ad valorem property tax, on any subject of taxation, unless the tax was being imposed by the city or village on January 1, 1964.

History: 1964, Act 243, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.512 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-157-of-2019 / Section 432.512
Suspension, revocation, or restriction of license; violation; fines.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

(1) The board may suspend, revoke, or restrict the license of a fantasy contest operator that violates this act, a rule promulgated under this act, or an order of the board.

(2) The board may impose a civil fine of not more than $20,000.00 for a violation of this act, a rule promulgated under this act, or an order of the board.

(3) A civil fine imposed under this section is payable to this state and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the board.

History: 2019, Act 157, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.133 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-74-of-1917 / Section 290.133
Violations of act; penalty; foreign shipments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

That it shall be unlawful to manufacture for shipment, or to sell within the state any climax baskets or other containers for small fruits, berries, or vegetables, whether filled or unfilled, which do not conform to the provisions of this act; and any person guilty of a wilful violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 25 dollars: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to the manufacture, sale, or shipment of climax baskets, baskets, or other containers for small fruits, berries, and vegetables when intended for export to foreign countries when such climax baskets, baskets, or other containers for small fruits, berries, and vegetables accord with the specifications of the foreign purchasers or comply with the law of the country to which shipment is made or to be made.

History: 1917, Act 74, Eff. Nov. 1, 1917; CL 1929, 5573; CL 1948, 290.133
Mich. Comp. Laws § 774.1c — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 774.1c
Plea of guilty or nolo contendere; judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1c.

If the accused enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the magistrate shall render judgment on that plea.

History: Add. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4614 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4614
Financing sources; disposition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 614.

(1) The activities of the authority shall be financed from 1 or more of the following sources:

(a) Donations to the authority for the performance of its functions.

(b) Money borrowed and to be repaid as authorized by sections 616 and 617.

(c) Revenues from any property, building, or facility owned, leased, licensed, or operated by the authority or under its control, subject to the limitations imposed upon the authority by trusts or other agreements.

(d) Proceeds of a tax increment financing plan established under sections 618 to 620.

(e) Proceeds from a special assessment district created as provided by law.

(f) Money obtained from other sources approved by the governing body of the municipality or otherwise authorized by law for use by the authority or the municipality to finance a development program.

(2) Money received by the authority and not covered under subsection (1) shall immediately be deposited to the credit of the authority, subject to disbursement under this part. Except as provided in this part, the municipality shall not obligate itself, and shall not be obligated, to pay any sums from public funds, other than money received by the municipality under this section, for or on account of the activities of the authority.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.562 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-48-of-1963-2nd-Ex-Sess- / Section 390.562
Effective date of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

This act shall take effect on January 1, 1964.

History: 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 48, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1813 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1813
Violation of rule; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1813.

A member or employee of a board of a school district or intermediate school district, or other person who violates, or causes to be violated, a rule promulgated under section 1343 is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00, or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.36114 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.36114
Injunction; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36114.

If the owner or a successor in title of the land upon which a development rights agreement or easement has been recorded pursuant to this part changes the use of the land to a prohibited use or knowingly sells the land for a use other than those permitted in the development rights agreement or easement without first pursuing the provisions in sections 36110(2), 36111, 36112, and 36113, or receiving permission of the state land use agency, he or she may be enjoined by the state acting through the attorney general, or by the local governing body acting through its attorney, and is subject to a civil penalty for actual damages, which in no case shall exceed double the value of the land as established at the time the application for the development rights agreement or easement was approved.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.414 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-261-of-1966 / Section 46.414
Repeal; effective date; validity of actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Section 27 of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 117.27 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed. This section shall become effective in any county upon taking office of supervisors elected pursuant to this act. Any action taken by any board of supervisors shall not be invalid solely due to the provisions of this section.

History: 1966, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1968, Act 153, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 430.4 — MI Code / Chapter 430 / Act Act-281-of-1927 / Section 430.4
Registration of name and insignia of certain organizations; disallowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

No registration shall be granted to any association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military, or veterans' organization, labor union, foundation, federation, or any other society, organization or association, degree, branch, subordinate lodge or auxiliary thereof, having a name, badge, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette or other insignia similar to, imitating or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive, any other name, badge, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette or other insignia whatsoever, already registered pursuant to the provisions of this act.

History: 1927, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 8980; CL 1948, 430.4
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.603 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-212-of-1999 / Section 15.603
Applicability to certain employment contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

This act applies only to employment contracts entered into, renewed, or renegotiated after the effective date of this act, in accordance with the prohibition against impairment of contracts provided by section 10 of article I of the state constitution of 1963.

History: 1999, Act 212, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000