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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8404 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8404
Service of affidavit and notice on defendant; form and contents of notice; evening and Saturday court hours.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8404.

Upon the filing of the affidavit, the clerk or deputy clerk shall cause a copy of the affidavit to be served upon each defendant with a notice directing the defendant to appear and answer before a judge of the small claims division. The notice shall be in a form prescribed by the state court administrator and shall inform the defendant of all of the following:

When and where to appear.

That the defendant and the plaintiff are to bring all books, papers, and witnesses needed to establish any claim or defense.

That failure to appear may result in a judgment against the defendant of up to the applicable jurisdictional amount as prescribed by section 8401, or the amount of the claim stated in the affidavit, whichever is less, together with costs of the action.

That if settlement of the dispute is made before or at the hearing, the defendant may be charged with costs incurred by the plaintiff in initiating the action.

That, even if the defendant does not have a legal defense, the defendant may appear to request installment payments pursuant to section 8410.

The clerk shall inform the plaintiff and defendant that evening and Saturday court hours may be made available upon written request and need shown.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 496, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Am. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2902 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2902
Actions abolished; certain real actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2902.

All writs of right, writs of dower, writs of entry, and writs of assize, all fines and common recoveries, and all other real actions known to the common law, not enumerated and retained in this act, and all writs and other processes heretofore used in real actions, which are not specifically retained in this act, are abolished.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1033 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1033
“Chevrolet-Buick Freeway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

Highway I-69 in Genesee county shall be known as the "Chevrolet-Buick Freeway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.17n — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.17n
City employee; transfer or purchase of service credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17n.

A member may transfer or purchase service credit earned when the member was an employee of a city with a population over 750,000 if all of the following apply:

The member became a member on September 1, 1981.

The member was employed by a city with a population over 750,000 on August 31, 1981.

The pension system of the city with a population over 750,000, the city with a population over 750,000, or the member agrees to contribute the actuarial cost of the service credit transferred or purchased to the retirement system.

Upon payment of the actuarial cost of the service credit purchased, the retirement system shall credit the member with the service.

History: Add. 2002, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.564 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-30-of-1995 / Section 460.564
Construction plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

If an electric utility that has 50,000 or more residential customers in this state, affiliated transmission company, or an independent transmission company plans to construct a major transmission line in this state in the 5 years after planning commences, the electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall submit a construction plan to the commission. An electric utility with fewer than 50,000 residential customers in this state may submit a plan under this section. A plan shall include all of the following:

The general location and size of all major transmission lines to be constructed in the 5 years after planning commences.

Copies of relevant bulk power transmission information filed by the electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company with any state or federal agency, national electric reliability coalition, or regional electric reliability coalition.

Additional information required by commission rule or order that directly relates to the construction plan.

At the same time the electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company submits a construction plan to the commission under subsection (1), the electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall provide a copy of the construction plan to each municipality in which construction of the planned major transmission line is intended.

History: 1995, Act 30, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.325 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-90-of-1905 / Section 457.325
Subordinate lodges; chartering; existing lodges; regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Such corporation, when duly formed, shall have power to institute and charter subordinate lodges within this state and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute and establish such constitution, general laws and by-laws, ordinances and regulations, as the grand lodge shall judge proper for the regulation and government of such subordinate lodges, not repugnant to the laws of this state: Provided, That the existing subordinate lodges heretofore duly chartered by the grand lodge, shall be subject to the control of the grand lodge, under this act, as heretofore, and in the same manner and to the same extent, as those that may be hereafter instituted and chartered under this act: Provided further, That in case the corporators, or persons associating in the first instance, shall by death, resignation, or for other cause, under the rules of the grand lodge, become ineligible to act in such capacity, their successors may, from time to time, be appointed by the grand lodge.

History: 1905, Act 90, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1905; CL 1915, 10454; CL 1929, 10657; CL 1948, 457.325
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.725 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.725
Principal office of tribunal and chief clerk; accommodations and equipment; legal, technical, and secretarial assistance; restrictions on clerks or employees; salaries and expenses of tribunal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

The principal office of the tribunal and its chief clerk shall be in the city of Lansing, and the department of administration shall furnish suitable accommodations and equipment there.

Subject to appropriations therefor, the tribunal shall have such legal, technical, and secretarial assistance as the chairman deems necessary.

A clerk or employee of the tribunal shall not provide legal, accounting, or technical assistance relevant to a federal, state or local tax matter, or to any other matter of which the tribunal may acquire jurisdiction.

Salaries and expenses of the tribunal shall be paid as provided by law.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1934 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-92-of-2005 / Section 388.1934
Failure of school district to pay principal and interest due on qualified bonds; notice; payment by state treasurer; billing of school district for amount paid; remittance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

(1) If any paying agent for a school district's qualified bonds notifies the state treasurer that the school district has failed to deposit sufficient funds to pay principal and interest due on the qualified bonds when due, or if a bondholder notifies the state treasurer that the school district has failed to pay principal or interest on qualified bonds when due, whether or not the school district has filed a draw request with the state treasurer, the state treasurer shall promptly pay the principal or interest on the qualified bond when due.

(2) If the state treasurer pays any amount described in this section, the state treasurer shall bill the school district for the amount paid and the school district shall immediately remit the amount to the state treasurer. If the school district would have been eligible to borrow the debt service in accordance with the terms of this act, the school district shall enter into a loan agreement establishing the terms of the qualified loan as provided in this act. If the state treasurer directs the Michigan municipal bond authority to pay any amount described in this section, the state treasurer shall cause the Michigan municipal bond authority to bill the school district for the amount paid and the school district shall immediately remit the amount to the Michigan municipal bond authority.

History: 2005, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1642b — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-182-of-1986 / Section 38.1642b
Qualified participant; Tier 1 and Tier 2 vesting schedule.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42b.

(1) A qualified participant is immediately 100% vested in his or her contributions made to Tier 2.

(2) A qualified participant who is a member of Tier 1 vests in the employer contributions made on his or her behalf to Tier 2 according to the following schedule:

(a) On completion of 2 years of service, 50%.

(b) On completion of 3 years of service, 75%.

(c) On completion of 4 years of service, 100%.

History: Add. 2018, Act 674, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1475a — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1475a
Hospitalization without hearing; objection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 475a.

(1) If an individual is hospitalized without a hearing after placement in an assisted outpatient treatment program, the individual has a right to object to the hospitalization. Upon transfer of the individual to the hospital, the hospital shall notify the individual of his or her right to object under this section.

(2) Upon receipt of an objection to a hospitalization under subsection (1), the court shall schedule a hearing for a determination that the individual requires hospitalization.

History: Add. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997; Am. 2018, Act 593, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.907 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-140-of-1971 / Section 141.907
Special census of population; cost; provisions; certification and utilization of results; enumeration date; share of revenues based on increased population.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A city, village, or township may contract with the secretary of state or the United States bureau of the census to have conducted a special census of its population. The entire cost of the census shall be borne by the city, village, or township. The special census shall provide for separate identification by institution of wards, patients, or convicts in tax supported institutions in accordance with definitions used by the United States bureau of the census in the enumeration of the preceding statewide federal census. The results of the special census shall be certified to the department of management and budget by the secretary of state.

The results of the special census as certified in subsection (1) shall be utilized for the purpose of making distributions under section 14a starting on the July 1 next following the date of certification of the results. Only 1 special census may be utilized between 2 statewide federal censuses. The enumeration date of a special census utilized under this act shall not be less than 3 years from the enumeration date of a regular statewide federal decennial census.

A city, village, or township that on the enumeration date of a special census is determined to have an increase of population of 10% or more over its population as determined by the last preceding statewide federal census shall receive its share of revenues distributed under section 14a based on its population increase which exceeds the estimated state growth rate. Estimated state growth rate means the estimate determined by the department of management and budget as of the enumeration date of a special census.

History: Add. 1975, Act 245, Imd. Eff. Sept. 4, 1975; Am. 1998, Act 532, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.276 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-78-of-1971 / Section 14.276
Split interest trust; applicability of section 14.275(3)(b) and (c).
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Subdivisions (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of section 5 do not apply to a split interest trust if:

All the income interest, and none of the remainder interest, of the trust is devoted solely to 1 or more of the purposes described in section 170(c)(2)(B) of the IRC and all amounts in the trust for which a deduction was allowed under sections 170, 545(b)(2), 556(b)(2), 642(c), 2055, 2106(a)(2) or 2522 of the IRC have an aggregate fair market value not more than 60% of the aggregate fair market value of all amounts in the trust.

A deduction was allowed under sections 170, 545(b)(2), 556(b)(2), 642(c), 2055, 2106(a)(2) or 2522 of the IRC for amounts payable under the terms of the trust to every remainder beneficiary but not to any income beneficiary.

History: 1971, Act 78, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.721 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.721
Application of alternative method or basis to contract reserve; assumptions; methods to determine sound value of liabilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 721.

If the contract reserve on all health insurance policies and certificates to which an alternative method or basis is applied is not less in the aggregate than the amount determined according to the applicable standards specified in this chapter, an insurer may use any reasonable assumptions as to interest rates, termination, and mortality rates, and rates of morbidity or other contingency.

Subject to subsection (1), the insurer may employ other methods in determining a sound value of its liabilities under health insurance policies and certificates, including, but not limited to, the following:

The net level premium method.

The 1-year full preliminary term method.

Prospective valuation on the basis of actual gross premiums with reasonable allowance for future expenses.

The use of approximations such as those involving age groupings, groupings of several years of issue, average amounts of indemnity, and grouping of similar contract forms.

The computation of the reserve for 1 contract benefit as a percentage of, or by other relation to, the aggregate contract reserves exclusive of the benefit or benefits so valued.

The use of a composite annual claim cost for all or any combination of the benefits included in the policies or certificates valued.

History: Add. 1994, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43301 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43301
Limitation on acreage held for sporting purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43301.

A person shall not acquire, hold, or occupy by purchase, lease, or other evidence of title, possession, or right of occupancy or enclose by fences or other barriers in 1 tract an amount of real estate within this state exceeding 15,000 acres for the purpose of the preservation or propagation of game or fish or for use for yachting, hunting, boating, fishing, rowing, or any other sporting purpose.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1574 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-198-of-1984 / Section 125.1574
Community board; appointment or designation; membership; chairperson; compensation prohibited; terms; conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public; disclosing matters of proprietary nature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A local governmental unit or educational institution or other organization that desires to have a vacant or nearly vacant building designated, in whole or in part, as a business incubation center shall appoint, in conjunction with local governmental units or private organizations that agree to contribute monetarily or in kind to the center, a community board to perform the duties required of the board by this act. A local governmental unit or educational institution may designate an existing board of an economic development entity, such as an economic development corporation created pursuant to the economic development corporations act, Act No. 338 of the Public Acts of 1974, being sections 125.1601 to 125.1636 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, a downtown development authority created pursuant to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1975, being sections 125.1651 to 125.1680 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or other similar economic development entity, upon consent of that entity, as the community board.

Except as provided in subsection (3), the board shall be of a size that the appointing bodies determine to be appropriate, but shall consist of not more than 15 persons. The members of the board shall consist of representatives from key segments of the community, including, but not limited to, political, financial, business, labor, and educational representatives. The board shall elect from its members a chairperson.

An existing board of an economic development entity designated as a community board pursuant to subsection (1) need not meet the number requirements of subsection (2), but must meet the composition requirements of subsection (2).

Board members shall serve without compensation and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing bodies or until the board's task is completed, whichever occurs first.

Except as provided in subsection (7), the business which the board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, 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.

Except as provided in subsection (7), a writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the board in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The board shall not disclose, either orally or in writing, matters of a proprietary nature without the consent of the applicant or lessee submitting the information.

History: 1984, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2510 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.2510
Real estate salesperson; commission or valuable consideration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2510.

(1) A real estate salesperson shall not accept a commission or valuable consideration for the performance of an act specified in this article from any person other than the real estate broker that employs the salesperson.

(2) If an individual earned commissions or other income while employed by a real estate broker, it is not grounds for disciplinary action under section 2512 for that broker to pay those commissions or income to that individual, regardless of whether that individual is now employed by another real estate broker or is no longer licensed.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 2016, Act 502, Eff. Mar. 29, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.4d — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.4d
Permissible charter provisions; assessing costs of public improvement and boulevard lighting system; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4d.

Each city may in its charter provide:

For assessing and reassessing the costs, or a portion of the costs, of a public improvement to a special district.

For assessing the cost, or a portion of the costs, of installing a boulevard lighting system on a street upon the lands abutting the street. A city shall not establish a special assessment district for a boulevard lighting system if the district includes the entire city, unless the special assessments against the real property within the district are levied on other than an ad valorem basis.

As used in this section:

"Boulevard lighting system" means any design or method of providing light to a street.

"Cost" includes necessary condemnation cost and necessary expenses incurred for engineering, financial, legal, or administrative services; operation and maintenance of a boulevard lighting system, whether that service is provided directly by the city or is provided by an investor-owned utility; and other services of a similar kind involved in the making and financing of the improvement and in the levying and collecting of the special assessments for the improvement. If the service is rendered by city employees, the city may include the fair and reasonable cost of rendering the service. The inclusion of a cost specified in this subdivision as part of the cost of an improvement for which special assessments have been levied before the effective date of the 1987 amendatory act amending this section is validated.

"Street" means a public avenue, street, highway, road, path, boulevard, or alley or other access used for travel by the public.

History: Add. 1929, Act 126, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2234; CL 1948, 117.4d; Am. 1961, Act 124, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1964, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1964; Am. 1988, Act 201, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.852 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.852
Liability of carrier or fund; determination; reimbursement of carrier or fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 852.

The liability of a carrier or fund regarding a claim under this act shall be determined by the hearing referee or worker's compensation magistrate, as applicable, at the time of the award of benefits.

If a carrier or fund originally determined to be liable pursuant to subsection (1) is subsequently determined to not be liable or not to the same extent as originally determined, that carrier or fund shall be reimbursed by the liable party or parties with interest at 12% per annum.

History: Add. 1985, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.951 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.951
Transfer of territory between school districts; resolution or petition; final action; territory being detached to be contiguous; approval of electors; request by board of condominium association.
Status: in_force

Sec. 951.

An intermediate school board may detach territory from 1 school district and attach the territory to another school district if requested to do so by resolution of the board of a school district whose boundaries would be changed by the action; subject to subsection (2), by resolution of the board of a condominium association acting pursuant to a petition signed by not less than 2/3 of the co-owners of the condominium association who reside on the land to be transferred; or if petitioned by not less than 2/3 of the persons who own and reside on the land to be transferred. The intermediate school board shall take final action within 60 days after the receipt of the resolution or petition. The territory to be detached shall be contiguous to the school district to which it is attached. If the latest assessed valuation of the territory to be detached is more than 10% of the latest assessed valuation of the entire school district from which the territory is to be detached, the action of the intermediate school board shall not be effective unless approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the school electors of the school district from which the territory is to be detached.

The board of a condominium association may request that an intermediate school board detach territory from 1 school district and attach the territory to another school district as described in subsection (1) only if the board of the condominium association represents the co-owners of a condominium project that is completed and not less than 75% of the units are sold and occupied.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1988, Act 508, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 147, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1990