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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6550 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6550
Loans.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6550.

Any pool organized under this chapter may secure its required funds for the deposit required under section 411, contingency reserve and other reserve purposes, and to defray the reasonable expenses of its organization by means of loans, upon an agreement that has first been submitted to and approved by the commissioner, that the funds shall be repaid with interest accrued in a manner and at a rate approved by the commissioner. The agreement under which the funds are obtained shall provide that any claim for their return shall be inferior and subordinate to all claims of and reserves for policyholders and creditors and shall not be liabilities or claims against the pool or any of its assets except as provided in this section. Interest shall be paid and principal shall be retired only out of surplus of the pool in excess of current obligations and of reserves required by this chapter. No part of principal shall be retired or interest paid unless the surplus remaining after repayment is determined adequate to comply with section 403 and the pool has received the written consent of the commissioner. The amount of funds obtained pursuant to this section and any portion retired during any year shall be reported in the pool's annual statement.

History: Add. 1986, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986; Am. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.371 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-125-of-1963 / Section 550.371
Previously existing corporations merger; agreement, approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

A nonprofit corporation heretofore incorporated under Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, engaged in operations prior to the effective date of this act and offering dental care contracts to persons or groups by the terms of which contracts dental services by licensed dentists are made available to such persons or groups at the expense of such persons or groups, or at the expense of others on their behalf, under an agreed-upon fee schedule, may be merged into a dental care corporation organized under this act under such terms as shall be specified in an agreement of merger. The corporation organized under this act is the surviving corporation. A majority of directors or trustees of each corporation desiring to merge, may enter into and sign the agreement, under the corporate seals of the corporations, prescribing the terms and conditions of merger and the mode of carrying the same into effect. The agreement shall also state such other facts required or permitted by Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, as it applies to nonprofit corporation articles in the case of a merger, stated in such altered form as the circumstances of the case required. It shall also state the manner of converting the shares or memberships of each of the constituent corporations into shares or memberships of the surviving corporation, with such other details and provisions as are deemed necessary, including provisions as to conversion of contracts with subscribers. No vote or consent shall be required of the members or shareholders of either of the corporations and no notice need be given or published as otherwise required by the laws of this state relating to merger of corporations. The agreement shall be effective upon the date of its approval by and filing with the commissioner of insurance and filing by the Michigan corporation and securities commission, whichever is later.

History: 1963, Act 125, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.44 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-84-of-1879 / Section 457.44
By-laws and rules; officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Said corporation shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules, regulations and by-laws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporation, according to the laws of this state and the United States, and to designate, elect or appoint from its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of said order.

History: 1879, Act 84, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1879; How. 4537; CL 1897, 7828; CL 1915, 10264; CL 1929, 10554; CL 1948, 457.44
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.204 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-169-of-1970 / Section 399.204
Historic district commission; establishment; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; commissions previously established by charter or ordinance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The legislative body of a local unit may establish by ordinance a commission to be called the historic district commission. The commission may be established at any time, but not later than the time the first historic district is established by the legislative body of the local unit. Each member of the commission shall reside within the local unit. The membership of the historic district commission in a local unit having a population of 5,000 or more individuals shall consist of not less than 7 or more than 9 members. The membership of the historic district commission in a local unit having a population of less than 5,000 individuals shall consist of not less than 5 or more than 7 members. A majority of the members shall have a clearly demonstrated interest in or knowledge of historic preservation. The members shall be appointed by the township supervisor, village president, mayor, or chairperson of the board of commissioners, unless another method of appointment is provided in the ordinance creating the commission. Initial members shall be appointed within 6 months after the ordinance establishing the commission is enacted. Members shall be appointed for 3-year terms except the initial appointments of some of the members shall be for less than 3 years so that the initial appointments are staggered and that subsequent appointments do not recur at the same time. Members shall be eligible for reappointment. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled within 60 calendar days by an appointment made by the appointing authority. The ordinance creating the commission may provide procedures for terminating an appointment due to the acts or omissions of the member. The appointing authority of a local unit having a population of 25,000 or more individuals shall appoint at least 2 members from a list of citizens submitted by 1 or more duly organized local historic preservation organizations. A local unit having a population of more than 5,000 individuals but less than 25,000 individuals shall appoint at least 1 member from a list of citizens submitted by 1 or more duly organized local historic preservation organizations. The commission of all local units shall include as a member, if available, a graduate of an accredited school of architecture who has 2 years of architectural experience or who is an architect registered in this state. This section does not apply to historic district commissions established by charter or to historic district commissions established by ordinance before August 3, 1970.

History: 1970, Act 169, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970; Am. 1971, Act 30, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1971; Am. 1992, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1207 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1207
Diversion from jail incarceration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 207.

Each community mental health services program shall provide services designed to divert persons with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability from possible jail incarceration when appropriate. These services shall be consistent with policy established by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2607 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-123-of-1995 / Section 125.2607
Enterprise community development corporation; application for incorporation; notice; public hearing; process for approving articles of incorporation and bylaws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A written application may be made by not less than 3 persons to the governing body of a municipality with a population of less than 900,000 for permission to incorporate an enterprise community development corporation on behalf of the municipality. The application shall include proposed articles of incorporation and proposed bylaws. The name of the corporation shall be "the enterprise community development corporation of _______________" (the name of the incorporating municipality).

The governing body of the municipality shall notify the public of receipt of the application as provided in subsection 3. The application may be approved after a public hearing by adoption of a resolution by the governing body.

Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation designated by the municipality not less than 10 days before the date set for the hearing. In addition, notice of the hearing shall be posted not less than 10 days before the hearing in at least 10 conspicuous and public places within the designated enterprise community.

The process for approving the articles of incorporation and the bylaws and for amending the articles or bylaws shall be prescribed by an ordinance of the municipality.

History: 1995, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 442.357 — MI Code / Chapter 442 / Act Act-40-of-1987 / Section 442.357
Supplying information for multiple produced after December 31, 1899.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

For a multiple produced after December 31, 1899, and before January 1, 1950, the information required under section 5(1)(a), (b), (c), and (i) shall be supplied.

History: 1987, Act 40, Eff. Dec. 9, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3205 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-135-of-1986 / Section 338.3205
Additional duties of board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 205.

The board shall do all of the following:

Make recommendations to the department concerning the denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses required pursuant to this act, and other enforcement matters under this act.

Upon request by the department, advise the department on the preparation and distribution of information on asbestos.

Advise the department on the promulgation of administrative rules pursuant to this act.

History: 1986, Act 135, Eff. July 2, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2201 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.2201
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2201.

As used in this article:

(a) "Landscape architect" means a person qualified to engage in the practice of landscape architecture as provided in this article.

(b) "Practice of landscape architecture" means all of the following:

( i ) The performance of professional services such as consultation, investigation, research, planning, design, or responsible field observation in connection with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that the dominant purpose of the services is the preservation, enhancement, or determination of proper land uses, natural land resources, ground cover and planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings and approaches to structures or other improvements, natural drainage, and the consideration and determination of inherent problems of the land relating to erosion, use and stress, blight, or other hazards.

( ii ) The location and arrangement of tangible objects and features incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined in this article.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 2008, Act 490, Eff. May 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.622 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-332-of-2020 / Section 460.622
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Commission" means the propane commission created in section 3.

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

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

(d) "Education" means any action to provide propane consumers or members of the propane industry with information regarding the safe use and handling of propane, the proper use and handling of propane equipment, and the proper mechanical and technical practices when using and handling propane.

(e) "Financial institution" means a state or nationally chartered bank, member of the farm credit system, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union, whose deposits are insured by an agency of the United States government and that maintains a principal or branch office located in this state under the laws of this state or the United States.

(f) "Import" means to bring odorized propane into this state by motor vehicle, marine vessel, pipeline, or any other means. Import does not include bringing odorized propane into this state in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle if the odorized propane is used to power that motor vehicle.

(g) "Industry association" means the Michigan Propane Gas Association, a nonprofit corporation of this state.

(h) "MiPERC" means the national Propane Education and Research Council affiliate in this state.

(i) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, limited liability company, or any other business entity.

(j) "Propane" means a hydrocarbon whose chemical composition is predominantly C3H8, and includes liquefied petroleum gases, renewable propane, and any mixture of both liquefied petroleum gases and renewable propane.

(k) "Propane Education and Research Council" means a nonprofit corporation operated by the national propane industry to promote propane education, research, and use.

( l ) "Research" means any type of study, investigation, or other activity designed to advance the image, desirability, usage, marketability, efficiency, and safety of propane and propane use equipment and to further the development of information and products related to propane and propane use equipment.

(m) "Retail propane dispenser" means a person that sells odorized propane to consumers only in containers of less than 240 pounds water capacity or for use as fuel to power motor vehicles.

(n) "Retail propane marketer" means a person engaged in the business of selling odorized propane to consumers in containers larger than 240 pounds water capacity or selling odorized propane to retail propane dispensers.

(o) "Wholesale propane distributor" means a person that sells odorized propane to a retail propane marketer.

History: 2020, Act 332, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.942 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-243-of-1980 / Section 141.942
Conditional effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

This act shall not take effect unless the following Senate Bills of the 1980 regular session of the legislature are enacted into law:

Senate Bill No. 1192.

Senate Bill No. 1193.

History: 1980, Act 243, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.10 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.10
“Cross-walk” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

"Cross-walk" means: (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs from the edges of the traversable highway.

Any portion of a highway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1863 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1863
Holding room requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1863.

A refrigeration facility must have a holding room that meets all of the following:

(a) Is not accessible by the general public.

(b) Maintains a temperature between 36 degrees Fahrenheit and 39 degrees Fahrenheit.

(c) Complies with all other applicable public health and safety laws.

History: Add. 2024, Act 107, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.813 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-174-of-2004 / Section 205.813
Appointment of members to board; terms; membership; representation by state delegation; voting; report; administration of taxes by department; participation by state delegation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A state delegation of 4 representatives from this state shall be appointed to the board on July 1, 2004 according to the following:

A member or former member of the senate or an employee of the senate or the senate fiscal agency appointed jointly by the majority and minority leaders of the senate for a term of 2-1/2 years.

A member or former member of the house of representatives or an employee of the house of representatives or the house fiscal agency appointed jointly by the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives for a term of 1-1/2 years.

The state treasurer or his or her designee for a term of 2-1/2 years.

The governor or his or her designee for a term of 1-1/2 years.

At the end of each initial appointment, a member shall be appointed every 2 years for a 2-year term as follows:

A member or former member of the senate or an employee of the senate or the senate fiscal agency appointed jointly by the majority and minority leaders of the senate.

A member or former member of the house of representatives or an employee of the house of representatives or the house fiscal agency appointed jointly by the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives.

The state treasurer or his or her designee.

The governor or his or her designee.

The state delegation may represent this state in all meetings of the board. The state delegation shall vote on behalf of this state and represent the position of this state in all of the following coming before the board:

Certify a person as a certified service provider.

Certify a software program as a certified automated system.

Establish 1 or more sales or use tax performance standards for multistate sellers that meet eligibility criteria set by the board and that have developed a proprietary system to determine the amount of sales and use tax due on transactions.

Participate in the issue resolution process.

Participate in determining the compliance of petitioning states.

Any other actions necessary and proper to fulfill the purposes of the agreement.

The state delegation shall report quarterly in writing to the committees responsible for reviewing tax issues in the senate and the house of representatives on the board's activities and shall recommend what state statutes are required to be amended to be substantially in compliance with the agreement. The report shall be posted on the department's website.

The taxes imposed under the sales tax act and the use tax act shall be administered by the department under the provisions of those acts, 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this act.

The state delegation may also participate as a member of the streamlined sales and use tax implementing states in all matters.

History: 2004, Act 174, Eff. July 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.82 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-29-of-1901 / Section 458.82
Articles of association and certificate of consent; execution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of the Free Methodist church. To such articles of association there shall be attached a certificate by the district elder of the district in which said church is to be located, that the said church was organized by and with the consent of said district elder.

History: 1901, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901; CL 1915, 11004; CL 1929, 10889; CL 1948, 458.82
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 29 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 29
State financing of activities or services required of local government by state law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

The state is hereby prohibited from reducing the state financed proportion of the necessary costs of any existing activity or service required of units of Local Government by state law. A new activity or service or an increase in the level of any activity or service beyond that required by existing law shall not be required by the legislature or any state agency of units of Local Government, unless a state appropriation is made and disbursed to pay the unit of Local Government for any necessary increased costs. The provision of this section shall not apply to costs incurred pursuant to Article VI, Section 18.

History: Add. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 7, 1978, Eff. Dec. 23, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.931 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-89-of-2013 / Section 206.931
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "ALS of Michigan ("Lou Gehrig's disease") fund act".

History: 2013, Act 89, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.12101 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.12101
Financial institutions bureau; creation; jurisdiction; commissioner; appointment; duties; seal; other employment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2101.

A financial institutions bureau is created within the department of consumer and industry services, and the bureau shall have jurisdiction over and administer the laws relating to financial institutions transacting business in this state.

The head of the financial institutions bureau is the commissioner who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

Before assuming the duties of office, the commissioner shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it with the secretary of state.

The commissioner shall approve a seal for the use of the bureau. A description and impression of the seal shall be filed with the secretary of state.

The commissioner is prohibited for a period of 6 months from the date he or she leaves office from accepting employment with a state chartered depository financial institution regulated by the bureau.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000