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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.715a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.715a
Inspection of certain school buses, buses, or other motor vehicles with seating capacity of 12 or more; delegation of inspection; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 715a.

A school bus, bus, or other motor vehicle with a manufacturers rated seating capacity of 12 or more which is owned, leased or used by a nonpublic school, religious organization, nonprofit youth organization, nonprofit rehabilitation facility, or senior citizen center for the transportation of passengers shall not be operated on a highway unless the vehicle has been inspected as provided in this section.

The department of state police shall inspect each school bus, bus, or other motor vehicle with a manufacturers rated seating capacity of 12 or more, which is owned, leased or used by a nonpublic school, religious organization, nonprofit youth organization, nonprofit rehabilitation facility, or senior citizen center for the transportation of passengers, annually, and more frequently if defects are found in the organization's vehicles, to determine if the vehicles meet the specifications of the department of state police. The department of state police may delegate the inspection of vehicles under this section to publicly employed inspectors if the inspections comply with this section.

The department of state police shall promulgate rules for safety equipment for a school bus, bus, or other motor vehicle regulated under this section pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1978, Act 547, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978; Am. 1984, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1169 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-49-of-2008 / Section 123.1169
Vacancy; removal; quorum; compensation; business conducted at public meeting; notice; availability of writings; election of officers; adoption of bylaws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) A vacancy occurs on the board on the happening of any of the events set forth in section 3 of 1846 RS 15, MCL 201.3. Members of the board may be removed by the county board of commissioners for good cause after a public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner as provided for in the authority's articles of incorporation.

(2) A majority of the members of the board constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of an authority. Official action may be taken by an authority upon the vote of a majority of the board members present, unless the authority adopts bylaws requiring a larger number.

(3) A member of the board shall not receive compensation for services as a member of the board but is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses, including expenses for travel previously authorized by the board, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties.

(4) The business that an authority may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the authority held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

(5) A writing prepared, owned, or used by an authority in the performance of an official function shall be made available in compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(6) At its first meeting, a board shall elect a chairperson, a secretary, a treasurer, and any other officers it considers necessary.

(7) A board may adopt bylaws to govern its procedures.

History: 2008, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.223 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act E-R-O-No-1996-4 / Section 400.223
Transfer of powers and duties of the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children (WIC) and related management support functions to community public health agency by type II transfer; rescission of section VII of E.R.O. No. 1996-1.
Status: in_force

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 vests the executive power in the Governor; and

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization of the Executive Branch or in the assignment of functions among its units which he considers necessary for efficient administration; and

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 8, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 provides that each principal department shall be under the supervision of the Governor, unless otherwise provided by the Constitution; and

WHEREAS, Section VII of Executive Order 1996-1 transferred all the authority, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC program) from the Department of Public Health to the Director of the Department of Social Services (now Family Independence Agency), as were all the authority, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the management support functions in the Bureau of Finance and Administrative Services and the Office of Management Support Services for the WIC program; and

WHEREAS, the United States Secretary of Agriculture has notified the state that the federal government has determined that the WIC program can only be administered by a state's public health department.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, John Engler, Governor of the State of Michigan, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 and the laws of the State of Michigan, do hereby order the following:

1. Section VII of Executive Order 1996-1 is hereby rescinded in its entirety.

2. All the authority, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC program) and of the management support functions for the WIC program in the Bureau of Finance and Administrative Services and the Office of Management Support Services, are hereby transferred to the Community Public Health Agency by a Type II transfer as defined by Section 3 of Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being Section 16.103 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

In fulfillment of the requirement of Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963, the provisions of this Executive Order shall become effective 60 days from the filing of this order.

History: 1996, E.R.O. No. 1996-4, Eff. June 3, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.3105 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.3105
Enforcement; delegation to local health department; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3105.

(1) The department shall delegate the authority and responsibility for the enforcement of the requirements pertaining to food service establishments contained in this act and rules to local health departments meeting the program criteria provided for in this act and rules. The local health departments shall enforce this act and rules and may delegate enforcement authority under a plan of organization approved pursuant to section 2431 of the public health code, MCL 333.2431. If a food service program is discontinued or is revoked for failure to meet the program criteria, redelegation to a local health department by the director of the program is not required. Local health departments delegated authority under this chapter shall enforce this act and rules in the manner provided for in part 24 of the public health code, MCL 333.2401 to 333.2498, except that late fees under section 4113, administrative fines under section 5105, and criminal fines under section 5107 are specifically not delegated to the local health departments.

(2) If a food service establishment is a part of a retail grocery or food processor and the retail grocery and food processor are the predominant part of the food business as determined by the department, authority and responsibility pertaining to that establishment are not delegated under subsection (1).

(3) If a retail grocery or food processor is a part of a food service establishment but the food service establishment is the predominant part of the food business as determined by the department, the authority and responsibility for the entire establishment are delegated under subsection (1).

(4) Mobile and temporary food establishments and special transitory food units that are predominantly food service establishments as determined by the department are delegated to the local health departments under subsection (1). Mobile and temporary food establishments and special transitory food units that are predominantly retail groceries or food processors are not delegated under subsection (1).

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000; Am. 2012, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.1041 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-250-of-2006 / Section 487.1041
Denying, suspending, not renewing, or revoking license; placing license in receivership; revoking designation of authorized delegate; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

(1) The commissioner may deny, suspend, not renew, or revoke a license, place a licensee in receivership, or order a licensee to revoke the designation of an authorized delegate if any of the following occur:

(a) The licensee violates this act, a rule promulgated under this act, an order or declaratory ruling issued under this act, or any applicable state or federal law.

(b) The licensee does not grant access to its books and records during the course of an examination or investigation by the commissioner.

(c) The licensee engages in fraud, intentional misrepresentation, or gross negligence.

(d) An authorized delegate of the licensee is convicted of a violation of a state or federal anti-money-laundering statute or violates a rule promulgated or an order or ruling issued under this act, as a result of the licensee's knowing or willful misconduct.

(e) The experience, character, or general fitness of the licensee, authorized delegate, or control person indicates that it is not in the public interest to permit the person to provide money transmission services.

(f) Subject to subsection (2), the licensee engages in an unsafe or unsound practice.

(g) The licensee fails to maintain the minimum net worth required under section 13(1) or is insolvent, suspends payment of its obligations, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.

(h) The licensee does not remove an authorized delegate after the commissioner issues and serves upon the licensee an order that includes a finding that the authorized delegate has violated this act.

(2) In determining whether a licensee is engaging in an unsafe or unsound practice, the commissioner may consider the size and condition of the licensee's money transmission services business, the magnitude of the loss, the gravity of the violation of this act, the previous conduct of the person involved, and other factors the commissioner considers relevant.

History: 2006, Act 250, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.225 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.225
Ownership and operation of steamboats, barges, or vessels; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 225.

A railroad company in this state having either or both of its terminals at the shore of 1 of the navigable lakes or streams through which the boundary line between this state and other states or the Dominion of Canada passes, where physical connection between its road and other railroads without the state is impracticable by reason of that intervening navigable body of water, may own and operate on that body of water steamboats, barges, or vessels as the traffic of passengers and freight between it and other railroads shall be necessary. A railroad company may loan money to any person or corporation in aid of the construction of steamboats, barges, or other vessels.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.10 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-230-of-1897 / Section 455.10
Board of directors; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

(1) The board of directors of the corporation shall manage and control the stock, business, finances, rights and interests, buildings, and real and personal property of the corporation.

(2) The board of directors of the corporation has jurisdiction over the real property of the corporation and all streets, alleys, and highways passing through and over the real property of the corporation or which the corporation causes to be constructed, laid out, or maintained within that real property and over the water within and in front of that real property.

(3) The board of directors of the corporation shall not authorize any expenditure or incur any liability on behalf of the corporation that exceeds $30,000.00 annually, adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, unless authorized by a majority of all the shares of stock by the corporation in a meeting duly assembled. As used in this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for this state from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

History: 1897, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1897; CL 1897, 7627; Am. 1905, Act 83, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1905; CL 1915, 10043; CL 1929, 10313; CL 1948, 455.10; Am. 2022, Act 20, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.537 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.537
Payments from self-insurers' security fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 537.

(1) The trustees may authorize payments from the self-insurers' security fund upon request to the fund's administrator by a disabled employee or a dependent of the disabled employee as described in section 331 who is receiving or is entitled to receive worker's compensation benefits from a private self-insurer who becomes insolvent after November 16, 1971, and is unable to continue the payments.

(2) If an employee becomes disabled or dies because of a compensable injury or disease while in the employ of a private self-insurer who has become insolvent and who is unable to make compensation payments, the employee or a dependent of the employee as described in section 331 may seek payment from the self-insurers' security fund either by request through the fund's administrator or by filing a petition for hearing with the bureau.

(3) Payments shall not be made from the self-insurers' security fund to an employee or a dependent of the employee as described in section 331 for any period of disability that is before the date of the request to the administrator or the date of the petition for hearing before the bureau.

(4) If there is an apportionment as provided in section 435, the trustees may reimburse subsequent employers.

(5) Notwithstanding anything else in this section, the trustees may authorize payments from the self-insurers' security fund that are requested by a disabled employee or a dependent of a disabled employee, as described in section 331, of any employer that was granted authority by the workers' compensation agency under section 611(1)(a) to operate as a self-insurer for the first time in May of 1999 and filed for bankruptcy in 2005, if the employee is entitled to worker's compensation benefits arising out of employment during the period from May 28, 1999 to October 7, 2009. The self-insurers' security fund may redeem any claim by a former employee against an employer described in this subsection if the claimant voluntarily agrees. No other party may object to that redemption. Upon a binding final judgment by any state court or tribunal or a federal court that any carrier is responsible for the worker's compensation benefit payments to a disabled employee or dependent of a disabled employee, as described in section 331, of an employer described in this subsection, the self-insurers' security fund is entitled to reimbursement from that carrier for any and all benefit payments it makes to the employee or dependent under this act.

(6) Any unexpended balance derived from an appropriation shall be returned to the general fund if, after an annual review, the director determines that the remaining balance in the self-insurer's security fund would exceed the amount necessary to cover the known claims made under subsection (5).

History: Add. 1971, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 16, 1971; Am. 1972, Act 337, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1973; Am. 1977, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1977; Am. 1992, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1992; Am. 2014, Act 238, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.4 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 769.4
Conditional sentence; execution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The person against whom any such conditional sentence shall be awarded, shall be forthwith committed to the custody of an officer in court or to the county jail, to be detained until the sentence be complied with; and if he shall not pay the fine within the time limited, the sheriff shall cause the other part of the sentence to be executed forthwith.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17332; CL 1948, 769.4
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.11 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 85.11
Bond or security.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Each officer elected or appointed in the city, before entering upon the duties of his or her office and within the time prescribed for filing the official oath, shall file with the city clerk the bond or security required by law, ordinance, or requirement of the council with sureties approved by the council, for the due performance of the duties of that person's office. The bond or security of the clerk shall be deposited with the city treasurer.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 2998; CL 1915, 2914; CL 1929, 1838; CL 1948, 85.11; Am. 1978, Act 539, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.151 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-181-of-1859 / Section 449.151
Copartnerships; settlements with creditors; discharge of partner not party.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That whenever any firm or copartnership shall be dissolved by mutual consent or otherwise it shall and may be lawful for any 1 or more of the individuals composing such firm or copartnership to make a separate settlement or compromise with any 1 or all of the creditors of such firm or copartnership and such settlement or compromise shall be a full and complete discharge both in law and in equity to the debtor or debtors making such settlement or compromise and to such debtor or debtors only of and from all and every liability to the creditor or creditors with whom the same is made or incurred by reason of his or their connection with such firm or copartnership: Provided however, that in case of such settlement or compromise the copartner or copartners who are not parties to the same shall be discharged from all liability to the creditor or creditors except for their joint ratable portion of such copartnership debt.

History: CL 1871, 6199; How. 7783; CL 1897, 10449; CL 1915, 14581; CL 1929, 9935; CL 1948, 449.151
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47352 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47352
Garden bay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47352.

A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, pound nets, trap nets, seines, or other device of any kind, except hook and line and spear as permitted by law, in the waters of Garden Bay on Lake Michigan within a radius of 1-1/4 miles from the mouth of Garden Creek, Delta county. However, nets as used in Big Bay De Noc for taking smelt may be used also in Garden Bay to take smelt if they do not take or injure any other species of fish.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.286 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-339-of-1919 / Section 287.286
Penalties; disposition of fines.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

Any person or police officer, violating or failing or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall pay a fine not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not exceeding 3 months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Any person presenting a false claim, knowing it to be false, or receiving any money on such false claim, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall pay a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not exceeding 3 months, or both such fine and imprisonment. All fines collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the treasurer of the county to be credited to the library fund of the county.

History: 1919, Act 339, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 5270; CL 1948, 287.286; Am. 1969, Act 195, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21301 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21301
Definitions and principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21301.

Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code and part 201 contains definitions applicable to this part.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8506a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8506a
Audits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8506a.

The director may conduct audits to determine compliance with this part. In conducting audits under this part, the director may contract for the performance of the audit.

History: Add. 2015, Act 118, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.2609 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-551-of-2008 / Section 451.2609
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 609.

(1) Final orders issued by the administrator under this act are subject to judicial review pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(2) Rules adopted under this act are subject to judicial review pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

History: 2008, Act 551, Eff. Oct. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.202 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-219-of-1966 / Section 252.202
Legislative declaration; nonconforming junkyard as public nuisance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

In order to promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, to attract tourists and promote the prosperity, economic well-being and general welfare of the state, and to provide a statutory basis for controlling junkyards consistent with the public policy declared by congress in title 23 of the United States code, it is declared to be in the public interest to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to interstate, primary and secondary highways within this state. All junkyards which do not conform to the requirements of this act are public nuisances.

History: 1966, Act 219, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966; Am. 1972, Act 132, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.9939 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.9939
Causes of action transferred to district court valid and subsisting; orders and judgments appealable; rights and privileges applicable to employees of abolished municipal courts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9939.

All causes of action transferred to the district court pursuant to section 9924 (1) shall be as valid and subsisting as they were in the court from which they were transferred. All orders and judgments entered before the respective dates on which municipal courts are abolished pursuant to section 9935, 9936, 9937, or 9938 shall be appealable in like manner and to the same courts as applicable before those respective dates.

The rights and privileges accorded under section 8271 (4) and (5) to employees of courts abolished by section 9921 shall apply to employees of the municipal courts abolished by sections 9935, 9936, 9937, or 9938 to the same extent and effect.

History: Add. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977