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Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.157 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.157
Orders, regulations, practices, and services; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 157.

All orders, lawfully promulgated regulations, practices, and services prescribed by the department shall be in force and shall be prima facie lawful and reasonable until finally found otherwise in an action brought for the purpose pursuant to the appeal provisions of this act, or until changed or modified by the department.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61725 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.61725
Rules, regulations, or orders; public hearings; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61725.

Except as provided in section 61704, rules, regulations, or orders shall not be made, promulgated, put into effect, revoked, changed, renewed, or extended, unless public hearings are held thereon. Public hearings shall be held at such time, place, and manner and upon notice, not less than 20 days, as provided for in this part or by rules promulgated under this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.255 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1952 / Section 124.255
Water supply system; acquisition of property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The authority may acquire property for a water supply system by purchase, construction, lease, gift, devise or condemnation, either within or without its corporate limits, and may hold, manage, control, sell, exchange or lease such property. For the purpose of condemnation, it may proceed under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, being sections 213.21 to 213.41, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, as now or hereafter amended, or any other appropriate statute.

History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.423 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-427-of-1996 / Section 15.423
Availability of financial report pertaining to local unit or state department, institution, or office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A local unit or a state department, institution, or office shall obtain and retain a copy of any financial report pertaining to that local unit or state department, institution, or office. A local unit or state department, institution, or office, including but not limited to the state treasurer or auditor general shall make an annual financial report prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the local unit or state department, institution, or office available for public inspection under 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.

History: 1996, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.326 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-298-of-1992 / Section 14.326
Attorney general or local prosecutors; powers or duties not limited or restricted by act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

This act does not limit or restrict the exercise of powers or the performance of the duties of the attorney general or local prosecutors which they are otherwise authorized to exercise or perform under any other provisions of law, including seeking injunctive relief to stop prohibited activity.

History: 1992, Act 298, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1361 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-158-of-1991 / Section 257.1361
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "aftermarket crash parts act".

History: 1991, Act 158, Eff. Feb. 1, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.12111 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.12111
Incidents threatening public health, safety, and welfare, or environment; duties of generator, transporter, or owner or operator of facility; exemptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12111.

(1) If a fire, explosion, or discharge of liquid industrial by-product occurs that could threaten the public health, safety, and welfare, or the environment, or when a generator, transporter, or owner or operator of a designated facility first has knowledge that a spill of by-product has reached surface water or groundwater, the generator, transporter, or owner or operator of the designated facility shall take appropriate immediate action to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and the environment, including notification of local authorities and the pollution emergency alerting system using the telephone number 800-292-4706, unless the incident is reported to this state under another state law.

(2) The generator, transporter, or owner or operator of a designated facility shall, within 30 days, prepare and maintain as part of his or her records a written report documenting the incident described in subsection (1) and the response action taken, including any supporting analytical data and cleanup activities. The report shall be provided to the department upon request. Both the initial notification, as appropriate, and the report shall include all of the following information:

(a) The name and telephone number of the person reporting the incident.

(b) The name, address, and telephone number of the generator, transporter, or designated facility, and the site identification number of the transporter or designated facility.

(c) The date, time, and type of incident.

(d) The name and quantity of liquid industrial by-product involved and discharged.

(e) The extent of injuries, if any.

(f) The estimated quantity and disposition of recovered materials that resulted from the incident, if any.

(g) An assessment of actual or potential hazards to human health or the environment.

(h) The response action taken.

(3) Incidents occurring in connection with activities regulated under part 615 or the rules, orders, or instructions under that part or regulated under part C of title XIV of the public health service act, 42 USC 300h to 300h-8, or the regulations promulgated under that act are exempt from the requirements of this section.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2008, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 2008; Am. 2015, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 16, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.858 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-224-of-1966 / Section 445.858
Prepayment of unpaid balance; amount of refund credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Notwithstanding contrary provisions of a retail installment contract, a buyer may prepay in full the unpaid balance of the retail installment contract at any time before its final due date and, if the buyer does so, shall receive a refund credit for the prepayment, except as provided in section 23. The amount of the refund credit shall not be less than the amount that would be refunded using the actuarial method.

A refund credit of less than $1.00 need not be made.

History: 1966, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1978, Act 97, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1978; Am. 1995, Act 167, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.77 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-321-of-1937 / Section 35.77
Guardians; notice of filing petition for appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Notice. Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian, under the provisions of this act, the court shall cause such notice to be given as is provided by law. If demanded, jury trial shall not be denied.

History: 1937, Act 321, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1937; CL 1948, 35.77
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.5 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-21-of-1939 / Section 493.5
Licenses; contents; posting; transfer; assignment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Except as otherwise provided under this section, the license shall state the address at which the principal office of the business is to be conducted and shall state fully the name of the licensee, and if the licensee is a co-partnership or association, the names of the members, and if a corporation, the date and place of its incorporation.

The license shall be kept conspicuously posted in the places of business specified in the license.

The license is not transferable or assignable without the prior approval of the commissioner.

The sale, transfer, assignment, or conveyance of more than 25% of the outstanding voting stock of a licensee that is a corporation, or more than 25% of the interest in a licensee that is a partnership or other unincorporated legal entity, shall be considered to be a transfer of the license.

History: 1939, Act 21, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 493.5; Am. 2001, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1145 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1145
Type I transfers to department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 145.

As used in this section, "type I transfer" means a type I transfer as defined in section 3 of Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1965, being section 16.103 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The state building authority created under Act No. 183 of the Public Acts of 1964, being sections 830.411 to 830.425 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is transferred by a type I transfer to the department.

The following boards and agencies are transferred by a type I transfer to the department:

The judges' retirement system retirement board created under section 3 of Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1951, being section 38.803 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The municipal employees' retirement system retirement board created under section 3 of Act No. 135 of the Public Acts of 1945, being section 38.603 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The probate judges' retirement system retirement board created under section 3 of Act No. 165 of the Public Acts of 1954, being section 38.903 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The Michigan public school employees' retirement board created under section 22 of chapter 1 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1980, being section 38.1322 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The state employees' retirement system retirement board created under section 3 of Act No. 240 of the Public Acts of 1943, being section 38.3 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The state police pension board of review created under section 5 of Act No. 251 of the Public Acts of 1935, being section 28.105 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The Michigan veterans' trust fund board of trustees created under section 3 of Act No. 9 of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1946, being section 35.603 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The state administrative board created under Act No. 2 of the Public Acts of 1921, being sections 17.1 to 17.3 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is transferred as an organizational entity, together with all of its records, staff, property, and funds, to the department. The provisions of any other act notwithstanding, the membership of the state administrative board shall be the governor, who shall serve as chairperson, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and state treasurer. The provisions of any other act notwithstanding, the action of the board shall become final within 2 calendar days unless the governor, in writing, disapproves such action.

All powers, duties, and functions of the secretary of state under Act No. 44 of the Public Acts of 1899, being sections 24.1 to 24.37 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, are transferred to the department.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.311 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-161-of-1911 / Section 455.311
Trustees; court appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

If any corporation organized under this act shall at any time fail, from any cause, to perform the duties of trustee as herein provided, and by reason of such failure injury may result to any of the drives, parks, playgrounds, boulevards or other property held by such corporation as trustee, or shall make unreasonable rules and regulations regarding the same, or do other acts to the permanent injury of the public, then upon petition to the circuit court in chancery of the county in which said corporation shall be located of any 5 citizens and freeholders residing within said county, said court may, upon notice to such corporation, appoint a day for hearing said petition, and if upon such hearing it shall appear that damage has resulted to, or is likely to result to, the public or to any of the property held by such corporation, said court may appoint such number of trustees ad interim as shall be deemed necessary to protect the interests of the public in said trust, until such time as the disability of said corporation as trustee shall have been removed.

History: 1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 10140; CL 1929, 10398; CL 1948, 455.311
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2506 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2506
Financing agency; rights; reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2506.

(1) A financing agency by paying or purchasing for value a draft that relates to a shipment of goods acquires to the extent of the payment or purchase and in addition to its own rights under the draft and any document of title securing it any rights of the shipper in the goods including the right to stop delivery and the shipper's right to have the draft honored by the buyer.

(2) The right to reimbursement of a financing agency that has in good faith honored or purchased the draft under commitment to or authority from the buyer is not impaired by subsequent discovery of defects with reference to any relevant document which was apparently regular.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.675 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-18-of-1933-Ex-Sess- / Section 125.675
Free services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

No free services or rental shall be furnished by any such project or combined projects to the city or village or any state agency or to any agency, instrumentality, person, firm or corporation.

History: 1933, Ex. Sess., Act 18, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1934; CL 1948, 125.675
Mich. Comp. Laws § 490.54 — MI Code / Chapter 490 / Act Act-41-of-1968 / Section 490.54
Equal undivided interests.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

In the absence of satisfactory proof of the net contributions, those who are parties from time to time shall be presumed to own a multiple-party account in equal undivided interests.

History: 1968, Act 41, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1307 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-296-of-2006 / Section 691.1307
Waiver prohibited; scope and effect of act; failure to comply with act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) A payee shall not waive a provision of this act.

(2) A transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this act by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including a claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this state. A transfer agreement shall not authorize the transferee or any other person to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.

(3) A transfer of structured settlement payment rights that are life-contingent is not effective unless, before the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for both of the following:

(a) Periodically confirming the payee's survival.

(b) Giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death.

(4) A payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall not incur a penalty, forfeit an application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur liability to the proposed transferee or assignee based on the failure of the transfer to satisfy the conditions of this act.

(5) This act does not authorize a transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of law or validate or invalidate a transfer under a transfer agreement entered into before the effective date of this act.

(6) The transferee has sole responsibility for complying with the requirements in section 3 and fulfilling the conditions in section 4 in a transfer of structured settlement payment rights. A structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall not bear any responsibility or liability arising from a transferee's failure to comply with those requirements or to fulfill those conditions.

History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.234 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-188-of-1899 / Section 205.234
Notification as personal representative; waiver of notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

The personal representative, within 2 months after the decedent's death, or within 2 months after qualifying as the personal representative, whichever is later, shall give written notice that he or she is the personal representative to the department on a form prescribed by the department. However, the department may waive the filing of this notice.

History: Add. 1993, Act 54, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1314 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-195-of-2001 / Section 722.1314
International child abduction; actions by prosecutor or attorney general.
Status: in_force

Sec. 314.

In a case arising under this act or involving the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction, a prosecutor or the attorney general may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under this article or another available civil proceeding, to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child-custody determination if there is 1 or more of the following:

An existing child-custody determination.

A request from a court in a pending child-custody proceeding.

A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated.

A reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction.

A prosecutor or the attorney general acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and shall not represent a party to a child-custody determination.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6053 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6053
Execution; time, place, adjournment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6053.

The sale of real estate by virtue of any execution shall be by public sale, between the hour of 9 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at the court house or place of holding the circuit court in the county in which the real estate is situated.

The sheriff or other officer making the sale has the power to adjourn the sale for reasonable cause and for a reasonable period.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2712 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2712
Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2712.

A person who purchases property for value and without notice, or who receives a payment or other item of property in partial or full satisfaction of a legally enforceable obligation, is not obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit and is not liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit. However, a person who, not for value, receives a payment, item of property, or another benefit to which the person is not entitled under sections 2709 and 2710 is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who is entitled to it under sections 2709 and 2710.

If this section and sections 2709 and 2710 are, or any part of these sections is, preempted by federal law with respect to a payment, an item of property, or another benefit covered by these sections, a person who, not for value, receives the payment, item of property, or another benefit to which the person is entitled under those sections is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who would have been entitled to it if these sections or a part of these sections were not preempted.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19114 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.19114
Composting operational grant program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19114.

The department shall establish a composting operational grant program. The program shall provide temporary operating subsidies to assist municipalities, nonprofit private entities, and private entities in undertaking composting projects. The department shall make the grants described in this section.

The department shall not make a composting operational grant unless all of the following conditions are met:

The proposed composting project is located in a county with an approved solid waste management plan.

The proposed composting project is consistent with the approved solid waste management plan.

A positive feasibility study of the proposed composting project, or sufficient data justifying project expansion, is available.

The applicant agrees to match the grant on a dollar for dollar basis.

The applicant agrees to provide the department with an annual operation report.

The department shall consider the following factors in determining whether to make a composting operational grant:

The portion of the waste stream projected to be diverted from a landfill, compared to projected costs.

A demonstration by the applicant that land, buildings, personnel, support services, or funds have been committed to the composting project.

The applicant's willingness to show others the program.

The potential of the composting project to be replicated in similar areas of the state.

The extent to which selection of the project contributes to the achievement of a balanced distribution of grants throughout the state.

The demonstrated municipality, community group, or volunteer interest in undertaking a composting project.

The demonstrated capability in working with adjacent municipalities on alternative resource recovery projects, such as development of a regional resource recovery organization, jointly sponsored resource recovery initiatives, or regional materials marketing strategies.

The availability of capacity at existing licensed landfills that serve the area to be served by the proposed composting project.

A plan for transferring financial responsibility for the program to another funding source has been developed.

The sources of capital funding for the project.

The department shall not dispense a composting operational grant unless all the permits that are required by this part and otherwise required by state law and that are specifically applicable to the nature of the proposed project have been obtained.

The department shall not expend more than 5% of the total amount in the fund in any state fiscal year for the composting operational grant program. The department shall not expend more than $150,000.00 for any single composting operational grant made under this section.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995