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Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.529 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-330-of-1993 / Section 207.529
Stamps; prescribing and preparing for use; requisition of stamps by county treasurer; use of tax meter machine; alternative means.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The treasurer shall prescribe and prepare for use by a county treasurer adhesive stamps of the denominations and quantities that are necessary for the payment of the tax imposed by this act and the tax imposed by Act No. 134 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 207.501 to 207.513 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The county treasurer shall requisition the stamps as required.

The treasurer shall prescribe conditions under which a county treasurer may utilize a tax meter machine to evidence the payment of the tax imposed under this act or the tax imposed under Act No. 134 of the Public Acts of 1966. The treasurer shall provide for the use of a tax meter machine or for the sale of the stamps in such places as the treasurer considers necessary.

The treasurer may prescribe alternate means for the county treasurer to evidence the payment of the tax under this act. The treasurer shall provide the alternative means to the county treasurer if alternative means are used to evidence the payment of the tax under this act.

History: 1993, Act 330, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 3, Eff. Mar. 30, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.303a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.303a
Applicability of chapter; recreational card playing conducted at senior citizen housing facility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303a.

This chapter does not apply to recreational card playing conducted at a senior citizen housing facility not licensed by the liquor control commission by a senior citizens club or a group of residents of a senior citizen housing facility that consists of at least 15 members who are 60 years of age or older under all of the following circumstances:

The card playing is conducted solely for the amusement and recreation of the members and guests of the club or group and is not conducted for fund-raising. The number of guests participating in the card playing shall not exceed the number of club or group members participating in the card playing.

Only bona fide members and employees of the club or group participate in the conduct of the activity.

The card playing is conducted after 9 a.m. and before midnight.

The participating cardplayers bet not more than 25 cents per bet.

The winnings from 1 hand of cards do not exceed $5.00.

Except for winnings, revenue generated from the activity is used for reasonable expenses incurred in conducting the card playing, and no person is compensated for participating in the conduct of the card playing.

History: Add. 1996, Act 539, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1572 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-198-of-1984 / Section 125.1572
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Business incubation center" or "center" means a building described in section 3.

"Community board" or "board" means a board created pursuant to section 4.

"Department" means the department of commerce.

"Educational institution" means a local school district, an intermediate school district, or a college, university, community college, or junior college within this state.

"Local governmental unit" means a county, township, city, or village within this state.

History: 1984, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1135 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1135
Proof of identity and age; notice of noncompliance; investigation; reporting inaccurate or suspicious affidavit; school record of transfer student; compliance; effect of tagged record; confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1135.

(1) Upon enrollment of a student for the first time in a local school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district, the local school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district shall notify in writing the person enrolling the student that within 30 days he or she shall provide to the local school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district either of the following:

(a) A copy of the student's birth certificate.

(b) Other reliable proof, as determined by the local school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district, of the student's identity and age, and an affidavit explaining the inability to produce a copy of the birth certificate.

(2) If a person enrolling a student fails to comply with subsection (1), the local school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district shall notify the person enrolling the student in writing that, unless he or she complies within 30 days after the notification, the case must be referred to the local law enforcement agency for investigation. If the person enrolling the student fails to comply within that 30-day period, the local school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district shall notify the local law enforcement agency.

(3) The local school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district shall immediately report to the local law enforcement agency any affidavit received under this section that appears inaccurate or suspicious in form or content.

(4) Within 14 days after enrolling a transfer student, the school shall request in writing directly from the student's previous school a copy of his or her school record. Any school that compiles records for each student in the school and that is requested to forward a copy of a transferring student's record to the new school shall comply within 30 days after receipt of the request unless the record has been tagged under section 1134. If a student record has been tagged under section 1134, a copy of the student record must not be forwarded, and the requested school shall notify the law enforcement agency that notified the school district of the missing student under section 8 of 1968 PA 319, MCL 28.258, of the request.

(5) A local school district, public school academy, or intermediate school district shall not disclose any personally identifiable information contained in a student record to a law enforcement agency, except in compliance with 20 USC 1232g, commonly referred to as the family educational rights and privacy act.

History: Add. 1987, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1987; Am. 2018, Act 619, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.272 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-211-of-1989 / Section 445.272
Reporting adverse information about cosigner; notice; response; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Before reporting adverse information about a cosigner to a consumer reporting agency as defined in the fair credit reporting act, 15 U.S.C. 1681-1681t, concerning the obligation that was cosigned or providing any information regarding the cosigner's obligation to a collection agency as defined in section 901 of the occupational code, Act No. 299 of the Public Acts of 1980, being section 339.901 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, concerning the obligation that was cosigned or taking any collection action on the obligation against the cosigner that was cosigned, other than orally communicating the information permitted in subdivision (a), a person shall do both of the following:

Send to the cosigner, by first class mail, a notice indicating that the primary obligor has become delinquent or defaulted on the obligation and that the cosigner is responsible for payment of the obligation.

Allow the cosigner not less than 30 days from the date that the notice was sent to respond to the notice by doing either of the following:

Paying the amount then due and owing under the obligation.

Making other arrangements satisfactory to the person to whom the obligation is owed.

A person shall not report adverse information regarding a cosigner if the cosigner has responded to a notice in the manner described in subsection (1)(b).

History: 1989, Act 211, Eff. Mar. 29, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1241 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-263-of-2005 / Section 257.1241
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "vehicle protection product act".

History: 2005, Act 263, Eff. June 14, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.37 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.37
Power of attorney to convey lands; recording of revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

No letter of attorney or other instrument so recorded, shall be deemed to be revoked by any act of the party by whom it was executed, unless the instrument containing such revocation be also recorded in the same office in which the instrument containing the power was recorded.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2756; CL 1871, 4239; How. 5692; CL 1897, 8998; CL 1915, 11730; CL 1929, 13311; CL 1948, 565.37
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.629 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-238-of-1975 / Section 722.629
Multidisciplinary services; biennial report; continuing education programs; dissemination of information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The department, in discharging its responsibilities under this act, shall provide, directly or through the purchase of services from other agencies and professions, multidisciplinary services such as those of a pediatrician, psychologist, psychiatrist, public health nurse, social worker, or attorney through the establishment of regionally based or strategically located teams. The department shall prepare a biennial report to the legislature containing information on the activities of the teams created pursuant to this subsection and including recommendations by the teams and the department regarding child abuse and neglect when committed by persons responsible for the child's health or welfare.

The department shall assure a continuing education program for department, probate court, and private agency personnel. The program shall include responsibilities, obligations, and powers under this act and the diagnosis and treatment of child abuse and neglect when committed by persons responsible for the child's health or welfare.

The department shall provide for the dissemination of information to the general public with respect to the problem of child abuse and neglect in this state and the facilities, prevention, and treatment methods available to combat child abuse and neglect when committed by persons responsible for the child's health or welfare.

History: 1975, Act 238, Eff. Oct. 1, 1975; Am. 1984, Act 418, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1988, Act 372, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1280a — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1280a
Specialized or alternative school or program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1280a.

The board of a school district or intermediate school district that operates or participates in a consortium that operates an alternative educational program pursuant to section 1301, a vocational-technical skills center or other separate vocational education program, or any other type of specialized or alternative school or program shall ensure that the requirements of sections 1204a, 1277a, 1278, and 1280 are met for each of those schools or programs.

History: Add. 1993, Act 335, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.430 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-372-of-1927 / Section 28.430
Theft of firearm; report required; failure to report theft as civil violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A person who owns a firearm shall, within 5 days after he or she knows his or her firearm is stolen, report the theft to a police agency having jurisdiction over that theft.

A person who fails to report the theft of a firearm as required under subsection (1) is responsible for a civil violation and may be fined not more than $500.00.

History: Add. 1990, Act 320, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.525 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-5-of-1956 / Section 730.525
Matters returnable before presiding judge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

All writs, summons, proceedings or matters of any kind, which by law are made returnable before a justice of the peace and are not herein otherwise provided for, shall be returnable before the presiding judge of the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act.

History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.191 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-352-of-1925 / Section 213.191
Compensation of highway condemnation commissioners; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

The court shall fix the compensation of the court commissioners, not to exceed $50.00 per day, and determine the amount of necessary expenses incurred in connection with such proceedings, and the whole cost thereof.

History: 1925, Act 352, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925; CL 1929, 3904; CL 1948, 213.191; Am. 1961, Act 172, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 720.201 — MI Code / Chapter 720 / Act Act-194-of-1947 / Section 720.201
State public administrator; appointment, term, salary, expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

There shall be a public administrator for the state of Michigan, to be known in this act as the “state public administrator.” The governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the attorney general, 1 of the assistants attorney general to act and hold office during the pleasure of the governor as such state public administrator. Such assistant attorney general shall receive no other or further annual salary than that paid to him as an assistant attorney general for services performed while acting as state public administrator. His actual and necessary traveling expenses shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as other accounts of assistants attorney general of like nature are allowed and paid, and the attorney general shall provide him with stationery, supplies and equipment and such legal and clerical assistance as may be required in the maintenance and performance of the duties of his office.

History: 1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947; CL 1948, 720.201
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.381 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-224-of-1969 / Section 287.381
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Animal protection shelter" means a facility that is registered under section 6 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.336, and is operated by any of the following:

( i ) A person.

( ii ) A humane society.

( iii ) A society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

( iv ) Any other nonprofit organization for the care of homeless animals.

(b) "Cat" means a domestic cat of any age of the species Felis catus .

(c) "Dealer" means a person that for compensation or profit delivers for transportation, transports, boards, buys, or sells dogs or cats for research purposes. Dealer does not include a person that breeds or raises dogs or cats for sale to a research facility.

(d) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural development.

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

(f) "Dog" means a domestic dog of any age of the species Canis lupus familiaris .

(g) "Laboratory animal" means a dog or cat that is used or intended to be used for laboratory research at a research facility.

(h) "Laboratory research" means research, tests, or experiments conducted for education, scientific, medical, or experimental purposes.

(i) "Municipality" means a county, city, village, or township.

(j) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.

(k) "Research facility" means a school, hospital, laboratory, institution, organization, or person that is licensed or otherwise registered with the United States Department of Agriculture, that uses or intends to use a laboratory animal in laboratory research, and that does 1 or both of the following:

( i ) Purchases or transports laboratory animals.

( ii ) Receives funds from this state, a local government, or an agency or instrumentality of this state or a local government to finance its operations through grants, loans, or other funds.

History: 1969, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970; Am. 2023, Act 315, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1243 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1243
Resignation of resident agent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 243.

A resident agent of a domestic or foreign corporation may resign by filing a written notice of resignation with the president or a vice president of the corporation and with the administrator. The corporation shall promptly appoint a successor resident agent. The appointment of the resigning agent terminates upon appointment of a successor or upon expiration of 30 days after receipt of the notice by the administrator, whichever first occurs. Upon the resignation becoming effective, the business or residence address of the resigned agent shall no longer be the registered office of the corporation.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.553 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-319-of-1929 / Section 125.553
Installation permit; temporary tag; inspection; existing plants; fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Before any fuel oil burners, tanks and other equipment pertaining thereto shall be installed within such city, the owner of such premises or his agent, shall obtain from the permit department of the department of buildings and safety engineering, a permit for the installation of such fuel oil burners and equipment and for the storage and use of fuel oil for the operation thereof. Upon issuing such permit the said department shall issue therewith a temporary tag to be attached to the fill pipe of the tank of such equipment until the bureau of safety engineering shall cause such equipment to be inspected, and if found to conform with this act, a permanent metal tag, properly numbered, shall be affixed by the inspector. The owners or occupants of premises on which fuel oil burners have been installed previous to the date on which this act becomes effective shall obtain from the department of buildings and safety engineering within 6 months thereafter a permit for the storage and use of fuel oil for the operation thereof. Such permits shall be issued by the department of buildings and safety engineering when such fuel oil burners shall have been inspected by the bureau of safety engineering and found to be reasonably safe. The fees for permits required under the provisions hereof shall be designated by the board of rules.

History: 1929, Act 319, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2610; CL 1948, 125.553
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.504 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-69-of-1929 / Section 460.504
Hearing; notices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Upon filing such application, the commission shall set a day for the hearing thereof in accordance with its rules and practice relating to hearings and notify the applicant thereof. A copy of said application and a notice of the time and place of hearing such application shall also be served upon each and every other utility or agency in the municipality or municipalities proposed to be served by said applicant then rendering similar service therein, and also upon the clerk or other similar officer of each municipality, at least 10 days before such hearing, and said persons so served shall each be permitted to appear and be heard with reference to said application.

History: 1929, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1929; CL 1929, 11090; CL 1948, 460.504
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.9 — MI Code / Chapter 78 / Act Act-278-of-1909 / Section 78.9
Proceedings; copy filed with secretary of state; recording; change effected; certificate to state treasurer; time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

On the filing in the office of the secretary of state and the clerk of the county or counties within which the village is located, of a copy of the petition and of every resolution, affidavit, or certificate necessarily following a petition, with the certificate of the board of county canvassers attached, showing that the purposes of the petition have been approved by a majority of the electors voting on the petition as provided in this act, the number of votes cast on that proposition and the number cast for and against the proposition, the village is from that date duly and legally incorporated under and by the name designated in that petition, or the territory described in that petition is duly and legally consolidated as 1 village, or attached to or detached from the village named in that petition, as the case may be, and that petition and the subsequent proceedings under that petition shall be duly recorded in each of the village offices in a book to be kept for that purpose. The records or certified copies of the records shall be prima facie evidence of the due and legal incorporation of the village or of the consolidation or change of boundaries prayed for in the petition. Territory detached from any village shall become a part of the township, village or city from which it was originally taken.

The secretary of state shall, within 10 days after the filing in his or her office of the certified copies as required by this section, make and file with the state treasurer a certificate showing the name of the village thus incorporated, a description of the land included within the limits of the village, or in case of a change of boundaries of any village a description of the land attached to or detached from that village.

History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; Am. 1911, Act 71, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 2851; CL 1929, 1771; CL 1948, 78.9; Am. 2002, Act 375, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 477.1 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 477.1
Operation of motor vehicle by motor carrier of household goods; certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

A motor carrier of household goods shall not operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of property for hire on any public highway in this state except in accordance with this act. A motor carrier of household goods shall not operate within this state without first having obtained from the commission a certificate of authority for the operation.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 477.1; Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982; Am. 2014, Act 493, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.642c — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-31-of-1915 / Section 722.642c
Requirements for selling and displaying of vapor products; violation as civil infraction; fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2c.

A person who sells vapor products or alternative nicotine products at retail shall not display for sale in this state a vapor product unless the vapor product is stored for sale behind a counter in an area accessible only to employees or within a locked case so that a customer wanting access to the vapor product must ask an employee for assistance. A person who violates this section is responsible for a state civil infraction and shall be fined not more than $500.00.

History: Add. 2019, Act 17, Eff. Sept. 2, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.378 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.378
Malicious destruction of property; dam, reservoir, canal, trench.
Status: in_force

Sec. 378.

Maliciously destroying, injuring, etc., dams, canals, etc.-Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy any dam, reservoir, canal or trench, or any gate, flume, flash-boards, or other appurtenances thereof, or any levee or structure for the purpose of conveying water to any such dam or reservoir, or any of the wheels, mill-gear, or machinery of any mill, or shall wilfully or wantonly, without color of right, draw off the water contained in any millpond, reservoir, canal, or trench, shall be guilty of a felony.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.378