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Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.14310 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.14310
Investment in service entity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4310.

As authorized by order or declaratory ruling of the commissioner, a bank may invest in service entities that engage in activities in which a bank is not authorized to engage.

The maximum aggregate investment by a bank in service entities shall be the lesser of 5% of the bank's total assets or 75% of its capital and surplus.

The commissioner shall give notice to all banks of orders and declaratory rulings issued under this section.

For purposes of subsection (2), investment in a service entity shall include loans by a bank or its subsidiary to a service entity.

Subject to the investment limit in subsection (2), a bank or its subsidiary that has made an initial investment in a service entity may make additional investments in that service entity without notice to the commissioner.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.106 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-189-of-1937 / Section 780.106
Certified copies of act; executive department of states.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Upon the passage and approval by the governor of this act it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to certify a copy of this act to the executive department of each of the states of the United States.

History: 1937, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1937; CL 1948, 780.106
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.70 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.70
Impounding animals unlawfully.
Status: in_force

Sec. 70.

Unlawfully impounding animals-Any person who shall take any animal mentioned in the next preceding section not running at large contrary to law from the stable, pasture, or any enclosure or other place where such animals are lawfully and rightfully kept, or may be, and any person who shall drive, or let them out, or untie, or unloose the same, or shall knowingly seize or take the same from the custody of any person driving or taking the same on the public highway or streets to or from a pasture or to or from any other place where the same may be lawfully taken or driven, for the purpose of impounding such animals contrary to law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.70
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.323 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-198-of-2003 / Section 285.323
Administrative premium or producer premium; refund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) Subject to subsection (7), a producer that has paid, either directly or collected by a licensee, an administrative premium or producer premium may receive a refund of that administrative premium or producer premium from the fund by submitting a written demand for refund to the board, delivered personally or by first-class mail within 12 months after the producer paid the administrative premium or producer premium, or within a longer period granted by the board if it determines that good cause for an extension exists.

(2) A producer shall submit a demand for refund of an administrative premium or producer premium under subsection (1) on a demand for refund form developed by the board. The board shall make the form available to a licensee, producer, or member of the public upon request.

(3) If a producer is entitled to a refund of an administrative premium or producer premium under this section, the board shall pay the refund within 60 days of its receipt of the demand for refund.

(4) If administrative premiums or producer premiums were assessed in the immediately preceding calendar year, the board shall by January 31 send a notice to each producer who requested a refund of an administrative premium or producer premium in any previous calendar year. The notice must inform the producer of the deadline for and method of submitting a demand for refund to the board under subsections (1) and (2) and the method for reentering the program under subsection (5).

(5) A producer that receives a refund of an administrative premium or producer premium under subsection (1) is not entitled to participation in the program or to receive any payment under this act unless it reenters the farm produce insurance program by meeting all of the following conditions:

(a) The producer submits a request for reentry into the farm produce insurance program to the board. The producer shall submit the request in the form required by the board and shall deliver the request to the board by hand or by certified mail, return receipt requested.

(b) The board reviews the producer's request for reentry and approves the request.

(c) The producer pays into the fund all previous administrative premiums and producer premiums refunded to the producer, and interest on the refunds as determined by the board.

(6) A producer that reenters the farm produce insurance program under subsection (5) is eligible for reimbursement of claims under the program for any failure that occurs at least 90 days after reentry.

(7) A producer is not eligible for a refund of an administrative premium or producer premium under this section if the producer has received reimbursement from the fund for a valid claim within the preceding 36 months.

History: 2003, Act 198, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 2003; Am. 2008, Act 140, Imd. Eff. May 28, 2008; Am. 2012, Act 149, Imd. Eff. May 30, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32730 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32730
Compact; implementation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32730.

The compact shall be implemented as follows:

(a) Except as specifically provided in this part, water withdrawals originating within this state shall be regulated exclusively under this part.

(b) A proposed use for which a water withdrawal permit is issued under section 32723 shall be considered to satisfy the requirements of section 4.11 of the compact.

(c) The 2008 amendments to this part, the 2008 amendments to part 328, and the 2008 amendments to sections 4 and 17 of the safe drinking water act, 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1004 and 325.1017, are intended to fully implement the compact in this state. For purposes of section 9.1 of the compact, all acts and parts of acts that were inconsistent with the compact on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section have been modified, as necessary, to be consistent with the compact, and therefore section 9.1 does not repeal any acts or parts of acts.

(d) If the council proposes a revision to the standard of review and decision under section 3.1 and 3.3 of the compact, the governor shall notify the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction primarily related to natural resources and the environment. A regulation adopted pursuant to section 3.1 and 3.3 of the compact that amends the standard of review and decision shall not be deemed duly adopted in accordance with the statutory authorities and applicable procedures of this state unless the regulation is approved by the legislature and enacted into law.

History: Add. 2008, Act 190, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.52 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.52
County drainage districts; practicability of drainage; survey, determination; tax delinquency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52.

Upon filing of such application for a new drainage district, the commissioner shall immediately cause a survey to be made by a competent surveyor or engineer to determine the area which would be drained by the proposed drain, and the route and type of construction of the drain or drains most serviceable for that purpose. He shall not be limited in such determination to the route described in the application. In any county having a board of county auditors, no survey shall be ordered without the approval of such board but if the application shows, or it is determined thereafter, that any such proposed drainage district will affect lands in more than 1 county, the commissioner shall proceed under the portions of chapter 5 of this act relating to intercounty drains, and in such case the approval of the board of county auditors shall not be required. If upon the survey, or if before the survey is made, the commissioner determines that the proposed drain is impractical, he shall take no further action thereon but shall, in writing, notify the persons who delivered the application to him, of that fact, and his reasons for making his determination. If upon the survey the commissioner determines the proposed drain to be practical, he shall lay out a drainage district, prepare and file in the office of the drain commissioner a description of the drainage district, which may be described by its boundaries of highways and streets and tracts and parcels of land including therein all highways and streets, townships, cities and villages or by a description of all tracts or parcels of land, highways, townships, cities and villages which would be benefited by the construction of the proposed drain, and which would be liable to an assessment therefor, should the drain be constructed as hereinafter provided. The commissioner shall obtain from the county treasurer a statement showing as near as may be the amount of taxes and special assessments levied against the lands in the proposed drainage district on the tax rolls for the 3 years next preceding, and the amount of such taxes and assessments remaining unpaid, and if it appears from the statement that 33 1/3% or more of the lands in the proposed drainage district have been returned as tax delinquent and still remain delinquent, no further action shall be taken.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1961, Act 212, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.851 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-306-of-1937 / Section 388.851
School buildings; construction and remodeling requirements; rules; "department" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) A school building, public or private, or any additions to a school building, must not be constructed or remodeled in this state unless all plans and specifications for buildings are prepared by any of the following:

(a) An architect or a professional engineer who is licensed in this state.

(b) An architect or a professional engineer who is licensed in this state working in conjunction with a design-builder. The architect or professional engineer and the design-builder described under this subdivision may form a design-build team.

(2) A school building, or any addition to the school building, constructed or remodeled in accordance with subsection (1) must comply with the Stille-DeRosett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531, and the rules promulgated under section 4 of the Stille-DeRosett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504.

(3) The director of the department shall promulgate rules that establish standards and requirements for the relocation and reuse of used modular classrooms. The rules shall require an inspection of a relocated used modular classroom at its original location, at its new location, or at any location where repairs are made to the used modular classroom.

(4) As used in this section, "department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

History: 1937, Act 306, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1937; Am. 1941, Act 148, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 388.851; Am. 1949, Act 231, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949; Am. 1962, Act 175, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1962; Am. 1968, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968; Am. 2002, Act 628, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002; Am. 2003, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2003; Am. 2004, Act 510, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005; Am. 2024, Act 67, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.313 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.313
Recommending licensure of school, institution, or other person; recommending approval or recognition of program offering training or education.
Status: in_force

Sec. 313.

A board shall recommend to the department whether to grant licensure to a school, institution, or other person or approval or recognition of a program which offers training or education in the occupation for which the board is created, unless it is the board's function to grant the licensure, approval, or recognition.

Before recommending the licensure, approval, or recognition of a school, institution, or other person or a program, a board shall ascertain whether the school, institution, or other person or program provides the type of training which will provide a graduate with the knowledge and skills required to perform the occupation with competence.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.161 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-75-of-2009 / Section 493.161
Privacy or confidentiality of information or material.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 1512 of the SAFE act, 12 USC 1511, the requirements of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, or any federal law concerning the privacy or confidentiality of any information or material provided to the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry, and any privilege arising under federal or state law or the rules of any federal or state court concerning that information or material shall continue to apply to that information or material after the information or material is disclosed to the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. Any information or material described in this section may be shared with any state and federal regulatory official with mortgage industry oversight authority without the loss of privilege or the loss of confidentiality protections provided by federal law or the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(2) For purposes of this section, the commissioner may enter into agreements or sharing arrangements with other governmental agencies, the conference of state bank supervisors, the American association of residential mortgage regulators, or other associations representing governmental agencies, as established by rule or order of the commissioner.

(3) Any information or material that is subject to a privilege or confidentiality under subsection (1) shall not be subject to any of the following:

(a) Disclosure under any federal or state law governing the disclosure to the public of information held by an officer or an agency of the federal government or the respective state.

(b) Subpoena or discovery, or admission into evidence, in any private civil action or administrative process, unless with respect to any privilege held by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry with respect to the information or material, the person to which the information or material pertains waives, in whole or in part, in that person's discretion, that privilege.

(4) This section does not apply to any information or material relating to the employment history of, and publicly adjudicated disciplinary and enforcement actions against, a mortgage loan originator that is included in the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry for access by the public.

History: 2009, Act 75, Eff. July 31, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.979 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-208-of-1964 / Section 390.979
Rules; reports by applicants; certification; payments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The department shall promulgate rules prescribing the reports to be made by the applicants awarded state competitive scholarships or annual renewal scholarships and the eligible postsecondary institutions enrolling the applicants. Before payment of a state competitive scholarship or annual renewal scholarship is made to the applicant, the applicant shall certify in writing the name of the eligible postsecondary institution in which the applicant is enrolled and the applicant's intention to use the scholarship to pay for the tuition and fees to the eligible postsecondary institution. Prorated payments must be made at the beginning of each semester or term to the student or to the eligible postsecondary institution for credit to the student's account.

History: 1964, Act 208, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964; Am. 1966, Act 103, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1966; Am. 1979, Act 48, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1979; Am. 1980, Act 500, Eff. July 1, 1981; Am. 2024, Act 233, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.27 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-72-of-1917 / Section 449.27
Partner's interest; assignment, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

(Assignment of partner's interest).

A conveyance by a partner of his interest in the partnership does not of itself dissolve the partnership, nor, as against the other partners in the absence of agreement, entitle the assignee, during the continuance of the partnership, to interfere in the management or administration of the partnership business or affairs, or to require any information or account of partnership transactions, or to inspect the partnership books; but it merely entitles the assignee to receive in accordance with his contract the profits to which the assigning partner would otherwise be entitled;

In case of a dissolution of the partnership, the assignee is entitled to receive his assignor's interest and may require an account from the date only of the last account agreed to by all the partners.

History: 1917, Act 72, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 9867; CL 1948, 449.27
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.142a — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.142a
Direct or indirect relationship with supplier of equipment; prohibit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42a.

A person who is directly or indirectly connected to the sale, rental, or distribution of millionaire party equipment or a person residing in the same household as the supplier shall not be involved directly or indirectly with the rental or leasing of a facility used for an event.

History: Add. 2019, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.330 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-317-of-1968 / Section 15.330
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

This act shall take effect September 1, 1968.

History: 1968, Act 317, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.33906 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.33906
St. Clair Flats lands; conflicting claims; determination; appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33906.

In all cases where there is a contest or conflict between applicants for a deed to the same piece or parcel of land growing out of errors of description, overlapping descriptions, prior leases, or otherwise, the conflicting claims shall be determined by the department at a meeting scheduled by the department after notice to each of the claimants of the time and place of hearing, and in such cases depositions may be taken by any claimant in the manner provided for in taking depositions in the circuit courts of this state. Any party considering himself or herself aggrieved by any decision of the department refusing to grant him or her a deed under this part, whether in case of conflict, contest, or otherwise, shall have a right of appeal to the circuit court for the county in which the land is situated, and the proceedings to take the appeal and the trial of the appeal in any of the courts shall be in accordance with the statutes providing for appeals from district courts of this state, or to take such other action at law or in equity as provided by the statutes and laws of the state of Michigan.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1502 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1502
Insurance premium finance companies; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1502.

As used in this chapter:

"Insurance premium finance agreement" means an agreement by which an insured or prospective insured promises to pay to a premium finance company the amount advanced or to be advanced under the agreement to an insurer or to an insurance agent in payment of premiums on an insurance contract together with a service charge as authorized and limited by this chapter.

"Insurance premium finance company" means a person engaged in the business of entering into insurance premium finance agreements.

"Licensee" means a premium finance company holding a license issued by the commissioner under this chapter.

History: Add. 1968, Act 352, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30305b — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30305b
Cranberry beds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30305b.

(1) The department shall consider construction of cranberry beds, including associated dikes and water control structures associated with dikes, such as headgates, weirs, and drop inlet structures, to be a water dependent activity.

(2) The following activities associated with cranberry operations are not considered to be water dependent:

(a) The construction of roads, ditches, reservoirs, and pump houses that are used during the cultivation of cranberries.

(b) The construction of secondary support facilities for shipping, storage, packaging, parking, and similar purposes.

(3) The demonstration by an applicant under section 30311 that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the construction of cranberry beds, including dikes and water control structures associated with dikes, is not subject to either of the following presumptions:

(a) That feasible and prudent alternatives that do not involve a wetland are available.

(b) That a feasible and prudent alternative that does not affect a wetland will have less adverse effects on the aquatic ecosystem.

History: Add. 2009, Act 120, Eff. Nov. 6, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.242a — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-289-of-1925 / Section 28.242a
Dissemination of criminal history record information; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

(1) All criminal history record information that is associated with a state identification number and is supported by biometric data shall be disseminated in response to either a fingerprint-based search or a name-based search of the criminal history record information database. This subsection does not allow the dissemination of criminal history record information that is nonpublic or is prohibited by law from being disseminated.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), all juvenile history record information that is associated with a state identification number and is supported by biometric data shall be disseminated in response only to a fingerprint-based search of the criminal history record information database. This subsection does not allow the dissemination of juvenile history record information that is nonpublic or is prohibited by law from being disseminated.

(3) All juvenile history record information that is associated with a state identification number and that is supported by biometric data shall be disseminated in response to either a name-based or a fingerprint-based search of the criminal history record information database solely to a person or entity authorized to access the law enforcement information network. This subsection does not allow the dissemination of juvenile history record information that is prohibited by law from being disseminated.

History: Add. 2005, Act 310, Eff. Feb. 1, 2006; Am. 2012, Act 374, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2012; Am. 2013, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.322 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-278-of-1980 / Section 423.322
Register of employers found in contempt of court for failure to correct unfair labor practice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The department shall compile a register of employers who have been found in contempt of court by a federal court of appeals, on not less than 3 occasions involving different violations during the preceding 7 years, for failure to correct an unfair labor practice, as prohibited by section 8 of chapter 372 of the national labor relations act, 29 U.S.C. 158. The register, which shall be compiled and updated biannually from the records of the national labor relations board, shall contain the names of those employers who merited inclusion in the register during the 3-year period before its compilation and shall be available, upon request, to the state.

History: 1980, Act 278, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 1980