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Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1535 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-546-of-2008 / Section 400.1535
Expenditures; limitation; award of grants and contracts; manner; annual audit and report; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The board may expend money from the sexual assault victims' medical forensic intervention and treatment fund created in section 3, as appropriated. Money in the fund shall be expended only as follows:

(a) At least 80% of the money shall be distributed to entities that do, or demonstrate immediate capacity to do, all of the following:

( i ) Operate under the auspices of or in documented partnership with a local sexual assault crisis center.

( ii ) Provide specialized assistance to victims.

( iii ) Perform, or subcontract with another entity through an agreement approved by the board to perform, the procedures required by sexual assault evidence kits in a manner that complies with the standards of training and practice of the International Association of Forensic Nurse Examiners or a similar organization designated by the board in consultation with the department of health and human services.

( iv ) Provide, or subcontract with another entity through an agreement approved by the board to provide, access to medical forensic intervention and treatment services 24 hours a day.

(b) Not more than 15% of the money may be expended for medical forensic intervention related training and technical assistance for staff members and for needs assessment.

(c) Not more than 10% of the money may be expended for administrative costs incurred by the board in implementing and administering this act.

(2) The board shall distribute money under subsection (1) by awarding grants and contracts in a manner that reflects the population, geographic area, and rural and urban diversity of this state using criteria developed by the board in consultation with the department of health and human services.

(3) The board may require an annual audit of income and expenditures under this section and shall provide an annual report of incomes and expenditures to the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives by February 1 of each year.

(4) The board may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement this section.

History: 2008, Act 546, Eff. Apr. 1, 2009; Am. 2018, Act 526, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.1 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-78-of-1945 / Section 2.1
Area of state; basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The total area of the state of Michigan is hereby declared to be 96,720 square miles consisting of 57,022 square miles of land and 39,698 square miles of inland water as based upon the boundaries of the state of Michigan according to article I, section 1 of the constitution of the state of Michigan of 1909, and United States statutes at large, volume 5, page 49, chapter 99, approved June 15, 1836.

History: 1945, Act 78, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 2.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.236 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.236
Unpaid wages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Unpaid wages greater than $50.00, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks greater than $50.00, owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business that remain unclaimed by the owner for more than 1 year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned.

Unpaid wages of $50.00 or less owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business that remain unclaimed by the owner for more than 1 year after becoming payable are not subject to this act.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2002, Act 677, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.329 — MI Code / Chapter 800 / Act Act-15-of-1968 / Section 800.329
Purchase and sale of similar finished goods, materials, or equipment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Correctional industries, with the approval of the department of management and budget, may purchase finished goods, materials, or equipment of the same type as ordinarily produced by correctional industries. The industries may then sell the items to those entities for whom production by correctional industries is permitted by this act. The purpose of this section is to provide for the completing of orders when production is not sufficient or for other reasons of economy and good business practice which may make the purchases beneficial to the state.

History: 1968, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1968; Am. 1980, Act 245, Eff. Oct. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.22 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-234-of-1925 / Section 120.22
Lease of property; maximum term, bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

Each port commission shall have power to lease under such covenants and conditions as the commission may prescribe, all storage facilities, wharves, piers, bulkheads, docks, sheds, warehouses, industrial locations and other property owned and controlled by said port district upon such terms as the port commission may deem proper: Provided, That no lease shall be executed for longer than a period of 50 years and every such lease shall be secured by a bond with surety satisfactory to or approved by the port commission.

History: 1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 2311; Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933; CL 1948, 120.22; Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2946a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2946a
Determination of damages; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2946a.

In an action for product liability, the total amount of damages for noneconomic loss shall not exceed $280,000.00, unless the defect in the product caused either the person's death or permanent loss of a vital bodily function, in which case the total amount of damages for noneconomic loss shall not exceed $500,000.00. On the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the state treasurer shall adjust the limitations set forth in this subsection so that the limitations are equal to the limitations provided in section 1483. After that date, the state treasurer shall adjust the limitations set forth in this subsection at the end of each calendar year so that they continue to be equal to the limitations provided in section 1483.

In awarding damages in a product liability action, the trier of fact shall itemize damages into economic and noneconomic losses. Neither the court nor counsel for a party shall inform the jury of the limitations under subsection (1). The court shall adjust an award of noneconomic loss to conform to the limitations under subsection (1).

The limitation on damages under subsection (1) for death or permanent loss of a vital bodily function does not apply to a defendant if the trier of fact determines by a perponderance of the evidence that the death or loss was the result of the defendant's gross negligence, or if the court finds that the matters stated in section 2949a are true.

If damages for economic loss cannot readily be ascertained by the trier of fact, then the trier of fact shall calculate damages for economic loss based on an amount that is equal to the state average median family income as reported in the immediately preceding federal decennial census and adjusted by the state treasurer in the same manner as provided in subsection (1).

History: Add. 1995, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.744 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.744
Methods of acquiring property; disposition of real property; condemnation procedure; use continued without resolution or contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

A county operating under this act, by action of its board of public works, may acquire property for a water supply, an erosion control system, a sewage disposal or a refuse system or for lake improvements by purchase, construction, lease, gift, devise, or condemnation, either within or without its corporate limits and may hold, manage, control, sell, exchange, or lease the property. Real estate shall not be disposed of without the approval of the county board of commissioners. For the purpose of condemnation it may proceed as provided in chapter 3. If the property acquired by a county is already being used for water supply, sewage or refuse disposal or lake improvement purposes, such use may be continued by the county without a resolution of or contract with the municipality in which the property is located.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957; Am. 1967, Act 63, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1967; Am. 1970, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Dec. 3, 1970; Am. 1973, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1973; Am. 1974, Act 200, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5901 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5901
Definitions; "experience" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 901.

As used in this article:

(a) "Antique steam boiler" means a boiler that is no longer used in production applications and is used to demonstrate the historical significance of steam boilers in American history.

(b) "Approved apprenticeship program" means a training program for boiler operators or stationary engineers that is certified by or meets the standards of the Office of Apprenticeship in the United States Department of Labor and is approved by the board.

(c) "Associated auxiliaries" means equipment that is required in the operation of a boiler that includes, but is not limited to, pumps, regulators, feedwater heaters, superheaters, de-superheaters, economizers, air preheaters, draft fans, combustion and pollution control equipment, and prime movers.

(d) "Board" means the board of boiler rules described in section 905.

(e) "Boiler" means a closed vessel in which water is heated, steam is generated, or steam is superheated, or a combination of those actions occurs, under pressure or vacuum by the application of heat from combustible fuels, electricity, or nuclear energy. Boiler does not include facilities of an integral part of a continuous processing unit but does include a fired unit for heating or vaporizing liquids other than water, if the unit is separate from a processing system and is complete within itself.

(f) "Boiler for agricultural purposes" means a portable boiler used in a field or similar open area for the sole purpose of operating farm equipment or farm machinery.

(g) "Boiler operator" or "stationary engineer" means an individual who is engaged in the operation of boilers and associated auxiliaries.

(h) "Certificate inspection" means an inspection that is conducted for purposes of preparing a report described in section 945. The certificate inspection shall be an internal inspection if construction allows; otherwise the certificate inspection shall be as complete an inspection as possible.

(i) "External inspection" means an inspection that does not involve examination of the internal surfaces of the pressure parts of the boiler.

(j) "Heating surface" means the heating surface determined by the boiler manufacturer and recorded in the manufacturer's data report or by rules established by the board for a boiler if the manufacturer's data report is not available or the boiler is not stamped with its heating surface.

(k) "High pressure, high temperature water boiler" means a water heating boiler operating at pressure that exceeds 160 p.s.i.g. or temperatures that exceed 250 degrees Fahrenheit.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2606 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2606
Transfer of assets, rights, and obligations under former retirement systems to judges retirement system.
Status: in_force

Sec. 606.

All assets, rights, and obligations under the former judges retirement system and former probate judges retirement system are transferred to this retirement system. These assets, rights, and obligations shall continue to be accounted for in the various reserves created under this retirement system and all rights and liabilities existing under the former judges retirement system and former probate judges retirement system are preserved.

History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.152 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-325-of-2006 / Section 208.152
Proration.
Status: in_force

2. Tax at Zero-Rate After Effective Date

Sec. 2. The department of treasury shall prorate the liability for the tax imposed under the single business tax act as necessary to impose the equivalent of a tax at the rate of zero on business activity after December 31, 2007.

History: 2006, Act 325, Eff. Dec. 31, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1283 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1283
Central payroll system; state budget office as tax withholding agency; payroll deductions or withholding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 283.

(1) The state budget office shall issue directives necessary to establish and maintain the central payroll system for the periodic compensation of the officers and employees of all state agencies of all branches of state government.

(2) The state budget office shall perform such duties as required as the tax withholding agency for the state government payroll pursuant to any local, state, or federal law.

(3) The state budget office shall issue directives for the approval or disapproval of any proposal for payroll deductions or withholding other than those required by law.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 2018, Act 389, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.266 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.266
County road commissioner; resignation, notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 266.

Any person duly elected to the office of county road commissioner of any county who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective date of such resignation with the chairman of the board of county supervisors and a copy with the county clerk.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8137 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8137
Seventy-second district; St. Clair county.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8137.

The seventy-second district consists of the county of St. Clair, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720d — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.720d
Local administration of early voting; agreements; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 720d.

(1) Each municipality shall administer early voting under 1 of the following provisions:

(a) Conduct early voting as a single municipality separate from any other municipality as provided under section 720e.

(b) Enter into a municipal agreement and jointly conduct early voting with 1 or more other municipalities located in the same county as provided under section 720f.

(c) Enter into a county agreement and authorize the county clerk of the county in which that municipality is located to conduct early voting for 1 or more municipalities located in that county, with the assistance of, and in consultation with, the clerk of each municipality that is a party to the county agreement as provided under section 720g.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), no later than 155 days before the first regularly scheduled statewide or federal election in an even numbered year, the clerk of each county shall notify the clerk of each municipality in that county regarding whether the county clerk intends to conduct early voting through a county agreement. No later than 150 days before the first regularly scheduled statewide or federal election in an even numbered year, the clerk of each municipality shall notify the county clerk of the county in which that municipality is located regarding whether the municipality intends to enter into a municipal agreement or a county agreement, or whether the municipality intends to conduct early voting as a single municipality separate from any other municipality.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), no later than 125 days before the first regularly scheduled statewide or federal election to be held in an even numbered year, the municipal clerks entering into a municipal agreement, and the municipal clerks and county clerk of each county entering into a county agreement, must finalize and sign those agreements. No later than 90 days before a special statewide or federal election, the municipal clerks entering into a municipal agreement, and the municipal clerks and county clerk of each county entering into a county agreement, must finalize and sign those agreements.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), a municipality that conducts early voting as a single municipality under section 720e for a presidential primary election may, no later than April 15 of the year in which that presidential primary election is held, enter into a municipal agreement under section 720f or a county agreement under section 720g for the remaining statewide and federal elections to be held in that year and the following year, and for any other elections included in the municipal agreement or county agreement. The municipal agreement or county agreement entered into under this subsection may be a new agreement, or an amendment to an existing agreement that was in effect for the presidential primary election if all of the parties to the agreement agree to the amendment.

History: Add. 2023, Act 81, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6067 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6067
Right to deed; assignments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6067.

When the premises mentioned in any officer's certificate of sale of real estate under execution is not redeemed, the legal holder of the certificate is entitled to a deed therefor at any time within 10 years from the expiration of the time of redemption. Before any assignee or his personal representative shall be entitled to a deed, every assignment under which he claims title shall be executed and acknowledged or proved in the same manner that deeds are required to be executed, acknowledged, or approved, to entitle the same to be recorded, and the assignee shall cause them to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the real estate sold is situated. When the deed is not taken and recorded in the time limited by this chapter, the certificate of purchase shall become null and void.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1834 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1834
Functions of dissolved corporation and its officers, directors, and shareholders continued.
Status: in_force

Sec. 834.

Subject to section 833 and except as otherwise provided by court order, a dissolved corporation, its officers, directors and shareholders shall continue to function in the same manner as if dissolution had not occurred. Without limiting the generality of this section:

The directors of the corporation are not deemed to be trustees of its assets and shall be held to no greater standard of conduct than that prescribed by section 541a.

Title to the corporation's assets remains in the corporation until transferred by it in the corporate name.

The dissolution does not change quorum or voting requirements for the board or shareholders, and does not alter provisions regarding election, appointment, resignation or removal of, or filling vacancies among, directors or officers, or provisions regarding amendment or repeal of bylaws or adoption of new bylaws.

Shares may be transferred.

The corporation may sue and be sued in its corporate name and process may issue by and against the corporation in the same manner as if dissolution had not occurred.

An action brought against the corporation before its dissolution does not abate because of the dissolution.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.511 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.511
State code of military justice; application; jury and posse comitatus duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.

The state code of military justice applies to all members of the organized militia when not in active federal service. Officers and enlisted personnel of the organized militia during service in the organized militia are exempt from jury duty and service on a posse comitatus.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.727 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-218-of-1979 / Section 400.727
Posting license, inspection report, and other documents; retention of materials for public inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

A licensee operating an adult foster care congregate facility shall conspicuously post all of the following in an area of the facility accessible to residents, employees, and visitors:

A current license.

A complete copy of the most recent inspection report of the facility received from the department.

A description, provided by the department, of complaint procedures established under this act and the name, address, and telephone number of a person authorized by the department to receive complaints.

A complete list of materials available for public inspection which the facility is required to retain under subsection (2).

A licensee operating an adult foster care congregate facility shall retain all of the following for public inspection:

A complete copy of each inspection report of the facility received from the department during the past 5 years.

A description of the services provided by the facility and the rates charged for those services and items for which a resident may be separately charged.

A list of the name, address, and official position of each person having an ownership interest in the facility as required by section 13(4).

A list of personnel employed or retained by the facility.

History: 1979, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.1947 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-240-of-2013 / Section 4.1947
Michigan state capitol historic site fund; creation within state treasury; deposit of money or other assets into fund; investment; money remaining at end of fiscal year; administration; expenditures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) The Michigan state capitol historic site fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund, including private gifts, bequests, and donations. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The commission shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(5) The commission shall expend money from the fund to carry out its responsibilities under this act.

History: 2013, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 14, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.145q — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.145q
Violation of other applicable laws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 145q.

A conviction or sentence imposed for a violation of this chapter does not preclude a conviction or sentence for a violation of any other applicable law.

History: Add. 1994, Act 149, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.242 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.242
Sale of vehicle for salvage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 242.

An owner may sell a vehicle to a dealer for salvage by writing on the face of the certificate of title in bold print the word, scrap, along with the signature of the owner or authorized agent, and by then assigning the certificate of title to the dealer purchasing the vehicle. A certificate of title shall not again be issued for the vehicle.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1958, Act 100, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958; Am. 1960, Act 142, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960; Am. 1978, Act 507, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.308 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-312-of-1915 / Section 570.308
Applicability of act to warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act does not apply to a vehicle for which the garage keeper issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title.

History: Add. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998