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Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1065 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-425-of-1994 / Section 123.1065
Board of directors; appointment; terms; ex officio member; eligibility; vacancy; quorum; compensation and reimbursement for expenses; public meetings; availability of writings; election of officers; meetings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

An authority shall be governed by a board of directors appointed by the participating municipalities.

The legislative body of the participating municipality with the greatest population in the district shall appoint 4 members to the board. The legislative body of each of the other participating municipalities shall appoint 1 member to the board. Appointed members of the board shall serve a term of 4 years, except that, of the 4 board members initially appointed by the participating municipality with the greatest population in the district, 1 shall serve a term of 1 year, 1 shall serve a term of 2 years, and 1 shall serve a term of 3 years.

The superintendent of the district or his or her designated representative shall serve on the board as an ex officio member without the right to vote.

A member of the legislative body of a participating municipality or the board of education of the district is not eligible to become a member of the board.

A vacancy shall occur on the board as provided in section 3 of chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 201.3 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term.

A majority of the members of the board constitutes 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 bylaws of the authority require a larger number.

Members of the board shall not receive compensation for services as members of the board but shall be reimbursed by the authority for necessary expenses, including travel expenses previously authorized by the board, incurred in the discharge of their duties.

The business that an authority may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board 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.

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, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

At its first meeting, a board shall elect a chairperson, a secretary, a treasurer, and any other officers it considers necessary. A board shall meet at least quarterly.

History: 1994, Act 425, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 55.279 — MI Code / Chapter 55 / Act Act-238-of-2003 / Section 55.279
Reappointment; licensed attorney as notary public; cause for cancellation of appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

(1) The secretary shall not automatically reappoint a notary public.

(2) A person desiring another notary public appointment may apply to the secretary, in a format prescribed by the secretary, for an original appointment as a notary public. The application may be submitted not more than 60 days before the expiration of his or her current notary public commission.

(3) In the case of a licensed attorney granted an appointment as a notary public under this act and after the initial application under section 15, the secretary shall send a reappointment application form to the licensed attorney at least 90 days before the expiration of the current notary appointment. The application for reappointment shall contain a certification to be completed by the applicant certifying that he or she is still a member in good standing in the state bar of Michigan. The applicant shall otherwise comply with the requirements for appointment as a notary public as described in section 15.

(4) The secretary shall automatically cancel the notary public commission of any person who makes, draws, utters, or delivers any check, draft, or order for the payment of a processing fee under this act that is not honored by the bank, financial institution, or other depository expected to pay the check, draft, or order for payment upon its first presentation.

History: 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004; Am. 2006, Act 426, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006; Am. 2006, Act 510, Eff. Apr. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1211 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.1211
Court personnel prohibited from providing legal advice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1211.

Court personnel shall not provide or offer to provide legal advice or legal counsel to a fiduciary or an interested person and shall not complete a form, petition, or document for a fiduciary or interested person. This section does not prohibit the court from providing general information, blank forms, and information concerning the preparation of a form provided by the court.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.605 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-106-of-1891 / Section 457.605
Articles; filing, recording; body corporate, powers; certified copy of articles as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The articles of any such association shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, and a copy of the record thereof duly certified by such secretary, together with the certificate, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the business office of the association is located, and thereupon the persons so associating therein, their associates and successors, shall be a body corporate and politic, by the name expressed in such articles, and by that name they and their associates and successors shall have succession and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and shall have a common seal to be altered at pleasure, in such manner as the constitution or laws of the order shall prescribe. Such corporation may take, purchase, receive, hold and enjoy real, personal and mixed property, not exceeding in amount 150,000 dollars; and may give, grant, mortgage, sell, lease, devise and dispose of all or any part of such property at pleasure, and the rents, profits and proceeds shall be devoted exclusively to the benevolent purposes of the said order. A copy of such articles of association and certificate, as recorded by the county clerk, duly certified by such clerk, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and tribunals, of the due incorporation of such association.

History: 1891, Act 106, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8103; CL 1915, 10577; CL 1929, 10778; CL 1948, 457.605
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.973a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.973a
Nominating candidate for partisan office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 973a.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), if the recall election involves a partisan office, a political party candidate shall be nominated for that partisan office as follows:

(a) If the office is in the office of county commissioner or in a district office within an electoral district of 1 county, the county executive committee of the political party shall nominate a candidate for that office.

(b) If the office is in a district office within an electoral district in less than 1 county and 3 or more members of the county executive committee of a political party reside in the electoral district, the members of the county executive committee of the political party residing in the electoral district shall nominate a candidate for that office. If the office is in a district office within an electoral district in less than 1 county and less than 3 members of the county executive committee of a political party reside in the electoral district, the county executive committee of the political party shall nominate a candidate for that office.

(c) If the office is in a district office having an electoral district in more than 1 county, the members of the several county executive committees of the political party residing in those parts of the counties that are in the district shall nominate a candidate for that office.

(d) If the office is in a ward or township office and 3 or more members of the county executive committee of a political party reside in the ward or township, the members of the county executive committee of the political party residing in that ward or township shall nominate a candidate for that office. If the office is in a ward or township office and less than 3 members of the county executive committee of a political party reside in the ward or township, the county executive committee of the political party shall nominate a candidate for that office.

(2) If the incumbent candidate declines to be a candidate at the recall election as provided in section 971c, the political party of that incumbent candidate shall nominate a candidate using the nominating procedure as provided in subsection (1).

(3) Each nomination by a committee under subsection (1) shall be certified to the officer with whom the recall petitions were filed within 10 days after the calling of the recall election.

(4) A candidate without a political party affiliation may qualify for a partisan office by filing a qualifying petition with the officer with whom the recall petitions were filed that contains 10% of the number of signatures required under section 544f within 10 days after the calling of the recall election.

History: Add 2012, Act 417, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.295 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-72-of-1979 / Section 21.295
Reporting estimate of revenue foregone from exemptions under MCL 450.2062.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

The governor shall report an estimate of revenue foregone from exemptions granted pursuant to section 1062 of Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, being section 450.2062 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The estimate shall include revenue foregone by any deductions or credits granted under the act.

History: 1979, Act 72, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3411 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3411
Report of open-market sale.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3411.

(1) Unless required to do so within a shorter time under chapter 33, a real estate broker appointed under section 3410(2) to offer heirs property for open-market sale shall file a report with the court not later than 7 days after receiving an offer to purchase the property for not less than the value determined under section 3406 or 3410.

(2) The report required by subsection (1) must contain all of the following information:

(a) A description of the property to be sold to each buyer.

(b) The name of each buyer.

(c) The proposed purchase price.

(d) The terms and conditions of the proposed sale, including the terms of any owner financing.

(e) The amounts to be paid to lienholders.

(f) A statement of contractual or other arrangements or conditions of the broker's commission.

(g) Other material facts relevant to the sale.

History: Add. 2024, Act 215, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18001 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18001
Definitions; principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18001.

(1) As used in this part:

(a) "Medical care services" means those services within the scope of practice of podiatric physicians licensed by the board, except those services that the board prohibits or otherwise restricts within a practice agreement or determines shall not be delegated by a podiatric physician without endangering the health and safety of patients as provided for in section 18048.

(b) "Participating podiatrist" means a podiatric physician or a podiatric physician designated by a group of podiatric physicians under section 18049 to represent that group.

(c) "Podiatric physician" means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of podiatric medicine and podiatric surgery.

(d) "Practice agreement" means an agreement described in section 18047.

(e) "Practice as a physician's assistant" means the practice of podiatric medicine and podiatric surgery with a participating podiatric physician under a practice agreement.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (g), "practice of podiatric medicine and podiatric surgery" means any of the following:

( i ) The evaluation, diagnosis, management, and prevention of conditions of the lower extremities, including local manifestations of systemic disease in the human foot and ankle, by attending to and advising patients and through the use of devices, diagnostic tests, drugs and biologicals, surgical procedures, or other means. The evaluation, diagnosis, management, and prevention of conditions of the lower extremities may include osseous and soft tissue procedures that address the pathology of the foot, ankle, and the contiguous attachments below the tibial tuberosity.

( ii ) The treatment of ulcerations below the tibial tuberosity and of human nail diseases, callosities, and verruca.

(g) "Practice of podiatric medicine and podiatric surgery" does not include amputations proximal to the tibiotalar joint, proximal osseous procedures that do not involve the tibiotalar joint, or the administration of intravenous sedation or general anesthesia.

(h) "Task force" means the joint task force created in section 17025.

(2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains definitions applicable to this part.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2006, Act 161, Eff. Nov. 26, 2006; Am. 2016, Act 379, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017; Am. 2018, Act 355, Eff. Feb. 13, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.42 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.42
Retirement system records; falsification, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.

Penalty for false statements. Any person who shall knowingly make any false statements, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud the retirement system as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00.

History: 1943, Act 240, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 38.42
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.142e — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-105-of-1855 / Section 21.142e
Loan of surplus funds to sugar beet growers' cooperative.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2e.

(1) The state treasurer may loan not more than $5,000,000.00 in surplus funds, without interest, to sugar beet growers' cooperatives for the purpose of purchasing the assets of 1 or more agricultural processors if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The agricultural processor employs at least 300 full-time employees and 1,000 seasonal employees and is in bankruptcy proceedings or was in bankruptcy proceedings at any time during the 1-year period preceding the date of the loan.

(b) The loan amount does not exceed 10% of the total purchase price of the agricultural processor's assets.

(c) The loan is for a period not to exceed 10 years.

(2) In addition to the conditions provided in subsection (1), the state treasurer may prescribe additional terms of a loan issued under this section.

(3) In the case of a loan executed under subsection (1), the state treasurer, as part of the modification of the loan, shall subordinate the loan to the primary loan of the sugar beet growers' cooperative and shall relinquish any enforcement powers or authority that may exist under the current contract or agreement. The modification shall be for not more than a $5,000,000.00 loan to a sugar beet growers' cooperative for the purpose of purchasing the assets of 1 or more agricultural processors that employ at least 300 full-time employees and 1,000 seasonal employees. However, the modification agreement for the loan extension provided for by the amendatory act that added this sentence shall provide that if a quarterly payment is missed by the borrower after February 15, 2007, the entire loan is in default and is due and payable immediately, in full.

(4) As used in this section, "sugar beet growers' cooperative" means a farmer owned cooperative comprised of sugar beet growers who own the assets of the cooperative and use the cooperative's services or processing equipment.

History: Add. 2001, Act 123, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 2001; Am. 2004, Act 342, Imd. Eff. Sept. 28, 2004; Am. 2007, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20729 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20729
Enforcement of part.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20729.

Notwithstanding part 201, the department shall not enforce this part or any rules promulgated for purposes of this part, including, but not limited to, the requirement that a freestanding birth center be licensed under this article, until 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this part.

History: Add. 2024, Act 252, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5411 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5411
Chronic disease prevention and control program; statewide program as to mental disabilities; establishment; scope; programs continued.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5411.

The department shall establish a chronic disease prevention and control program which shall include arthritis, cancer, dental disease, diabetes, genetic disease, heart disease, hypertension, renal disease, and any other disease the department designates as chronic pursuant to section 5439. The department shall cooperate with the department of mental health in establishment of a statewide program for genetic screening and counseling in the area of mental disabilities.

Programs established under this part shall continue, at a minimum, the programs established pursuant to Act No. 96 of the Public Acts of 1975, being sections 329.551 to 329.557 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and Act No. 335 of the Public Acts of 1974, being sections 325.531 to 325.533 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.761 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.761
Jurisdiction over documents irrespective of ownership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 761.

The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over documents which are within the state whether or not the persons owning or claiming interests therein are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8541 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8541
Superintending control of district judge; limitation; functions and duties of district judge in chambers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8541.

The judges of the district court shall exercise superintending control over all magistrates within their districts. A district judge may not extend the jurisdiction of a district court magistrate beyond the jurisdiction expressly provided by law.

A district court judge may perform in chambers all functions and duties which a district court magistrate is authorized to perform under section 8511 or 8512a.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1418 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1418
Courts of record; discontinuance, vacancy, new commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1418.

No court of record shall discontinue any matter before it because of a vacancy in the office of any or all of its judges nor because of any judge being issued a new commission. Judges assigned temporarily or persons appointed in any new commissions, have power to continue, hear, determine and sign all matters that their respective predecessors could have continued, heard, determined, and signed.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 64.9 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 64.9
Village treasurer; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The treasurer shall do all of the following:

Have the custody of all money, bonds other than official bonds filed with the clerk under chapter II, mortgages, notes, leases, and evidences of value belonging to the village.

Receive all money belonging to, and receivable by the corporation.

Keep an account of all receipts and expenditures.

Collect and keep an account of all taxes and money appropriated, raised, or received for each fund of the village, and keep a separate account of each fund.

Pay check disbursement authorizations out of the particular fund raised for the purpose for which the disbursement was authorized.

Perform duties prescribed by this act relating to assessing property and levying taxes.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2735; CL 1915, 2605; CL 1929, 1515; Am. 1935, Act 199, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935; CL 1948, 64.9; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.4303 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-23-of-1993 / Section 450.4303
Distribution of assets; allocation; manner; basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.

Distributions of cash or other assets of a limited liability company shall be allocated among the members and among classes of members in the manner provided in an operating agreement. If an operating agreement does not provide for an allocation, distributions shall be allocated as follows:

Prior to July 1, 1997, on the basis of the value, as stated in the records the limited liability company is required to keep under section 213 or as determined by any other reasonable method, of the contributions made by each member to the extent that the contributions have been received by the limited liability company and have not been returned.

On and after July 1, 1997, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), in equal shares to all members. A membership interest held by 2 or more persons, whether as fiduciaries, members of a partnership, tenants in common, joint tenants, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, is considered as held by 1 member for an allocation under this subdivision.

If a limited liability company in existence before July 1, 1997 allocated distributions on the basis of subsection (1)(a), the limited liability company shall continue to allocate distributions pursuant to subsection (1)(a) until the allocation is changed by an operating agreement.

History: 1993, Act 23, Eff. June 1, 1993; Am. 1997, Act 52, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1997; Am. 2002, Act 686, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.1003 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act Act-159-of-2004 / Section 555.1003
Repeal of MCL 555.51 to 555.68.
Status: in_force

Sec. 603.

The revised uniform principal and income act, 1965 PA 340, MCL 555.51 to 555.68, is repealed.

History: 2004, Act 159, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17826 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17826
Physical therapist assistant; licensure requirements; approval of physical therapist assistant training program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17826.

(1) An applicant for licensure as a physical therapist assistant shall meet the requirements of section 16174 and, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), all of the following requirements, as applicable:

(a) Is a graduate of a program for the training of physical therapist assistants approved by the board.

(b) If graduated from a program described in subdivision (a) after January 1, 2008, has passed an examination approved by the board.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the board shall approve a physical therapist assistant training program from the United States military or from outside of the United States if that training program is determined to be substantially equivalent to physical therapist assistant entry level training in the United States by a credentials evaluation organization approved by the American physical therapy association or is listed as a credentialing organization in 8 CFR 212.15(e).

History: Add. 2009, Act 55, Imd. Eff. June 25, 2009