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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7022 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7022
Name of MEWA; proof of existence of MEWA.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7022.

No MEWA authorized under this chapter shall take any name which is the same as or closely resembles the name of any other MEWA doing business in this state. A MEWA shall transact its business under its own name, and shall not adopt any assumed name: excepting that a MEWA, by amending its articles, may change its name or take a new name with the approval of the commissioner. Whenever it shall be necessary, in any legal proceedings, to prove the existence of a MEWA, a certified copy of such MEWA's certificate of authority shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of the MEWA.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.8117 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.8117
Pharmaceutical-grade cannabis licensed facility registry.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8117.

The department shall establish a pharmaceutical-grade cannabis licensed facility registry. The registry shall be an online database that contains information regarding the pharmaceutical-grade cannabis licensed facilities licensed under part 82. Information in the database shall be made available to the public.

History: Add. 2013, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80311 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80311
Fee for processing application for certificate of title or duplicate; additional fee; check or draft not paid on first presentation as delinquent fee; liability; notice or demand; suspension of certificate; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80311.

The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $5.00 for the processing of an application for a certificate of title or a duplicate certificate of title. The secretary of state shall charge an additional fee of $5.00 for the processing of an application on an expedited basis.

If a check or draft in payment of a fee payable to the secretary of state under this section is not paid on its first presentation, the fee is delinquent as of the date the check or draft was tendered. The person tendering the check or draft remains liable for the payment of each fee and any penalty.

The secretary of state may suspend a certificate of title if the secretary of state determines that a fee prescribed in this section has not been paid and remains unpaid after reasonable notice or demand.

If a fee is still delinquent 15 days after the secretary of state gives notice to a person who tendered the check or draft, a $5.00 penalty shall be assessed and collected in addition to the fee.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 325.1018 — MI Code / Chapter 325 / Act Act-399-of-1976 / Section 325.1018
Water haulers; license; source of water; water quality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

Water haulers shall obtain an annual license from the department for their containers, equipment, and operation. The source of water shall be acceptable to the department and the water quality shall meet the state drinking water standards.

History: 1976, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.650b — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-44-of-1984 / Section 290.650b
Conduct as misdemeanor or felony; assessment of costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10b.

(1) A person who individually, or by the action of his or her agent or employee, or as the agent or employee of another, performs any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than $2,000.00, or both:

(a) Renders less effective or inoperable any part of a stage I vapor-recovery system.

(b) Makes a false statement, representation, or certification on an application, report, plan, label, or other document that is required to be maintained under this act or rules promulgated under this act.

(c) Fails to disclose to the department any knowledge or information relating to or observation of any modification of a stage I vapor-recovery system which makes the system less effective or inoperable, or falsification of records required to be maintained under this act or rules promulgated under this act.

(d) Removes a tag, seal, or mark placed on a dispensing device by the director.

(e) Violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act for which a specific penalty is not prescribed.

(2) A person who individually, or by the action of his or her agent or employee, or as the agent or employee of another, performs any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not less than $2,000.00 or more than $10,000.00, or both:

(a) Violates a prohibited act listed in this section within 24 months after another violation of this section that results in a conviction.

(b) Impersonates in any way the director or any department inspector.

(3) A person who individually, or by the action of his or her agent or employee, or as the agent or employee of another, performs any of the following acts is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not less than $10,000.00 or more than $15,000.00, or both:

(a) Intentionally commits a prohibited act under this section.

(b) Violates a prohibited act listed in this section within 24 months after 2 previous violations of this section that result in convictions.

(4) If a violation of this section results in a conviction, the court shall assess against the defendant the costs of the department's investigation, and these costs shall be paid to the state treasury and deposited in the gasoline inspection and testing fund to be used for the enforcement of this act.

History: Add. 1993, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1993; Am. 2002, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 2002; Am. 2006, Act 104, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.941 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.941
Peace officers; duty to institute proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 941.

It is hereby made the duty of any police, sheriff or other peace officer, present and having knowledge of any violation of any of the provisions of this act, to forthwith institute criminal proceedings for the punishment of such offender.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.74 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.74
Child care and social welfare funds; disbursement; bond; purchases made locally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 74.

All moneys in the child care fund provided for the use of the county department and all moneys in the social welfare fund shall be disbursed on the order or warrant of the county department, over the signature of a person or persons designated by the board. The board shall require a suitable and adequate bond from all persons designated to sign such orders conditioned for the proper handling of all such disbursements.

All purchases by the board shall, insofar as possible, be placed with business concerns located within the county for which such board is appointed and shall be spread equitably among business concerns.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.74; Am. 1955, Act 113, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.153 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-379-of-1913 / Section 552.153
Order for payment; demand or notice not necessity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

No demand or notice of making the order for such payment shall be necessary in the cases enumerated in section 1.

History: 1913, Act 379, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 11445; CL 1929, 12775; CL 1948, 552.153; Am. 1962, Act 176, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.305 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-89-of-1933 / Section 451.305
Protective committees, depositaries and solicitors; licenses, suspension or revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The commission shall have the power to suspend or revoke licenses once issued for any practices on the part of the person licensed partaking of, or actually resulting in, fraud, deception or imposition upon the holders or owners of securities whether or not such holders or owners have deposited their securities and/or consented to a protective committee agreement, and also for activity in violation of the commission's orders or rulings or the provisions of this act, or in case of members of protective committees for failure to act expeditiously in the matter with respect to which they organized: Provided, That no order of suspension or revocation of license shall be entered until the person licensed has been given a hearing on the reasons for such suspension or revocation. Upon notice of revocation, it shall be the duty of the person licensed to return the license to the commission for cancellation.

History: 1933, Act 89, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1933; CL 1948, 451.305
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.333 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-235-of-1947 / Section 123.333
Disposal system; electors' approval; ordinance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

If such proposition shall receive the favorable vote of 3/5 of the electors voting thereon, the legislative or governing body of such public corporation may adopt an ordinance providing for taking the ownership of that portion of such system lying within its boundaries on a specified date not less than 3 months from the adoption of said ordinance and cause a copy of said ordinance to be delivered within 10 days after its adoption to the clerk of each other public corporation within which any part of such system is located.

History: 1947, Act 235, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 123.333
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2965 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2965
Acceptance of goods; opportunity to inspect; conduct; accepting part of unit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A515.

Acceptance of goods occurs after the lessee has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods and either of the following applies:

The lessee signifies or acts with respect to the goods in a manner that signifies to the lessor or the supplier that the goods are conforming or that the lessee will take or retain them in spite of their nonconformity.

The lessee fails to make an effective rejection of the goods (section 2A509(2)).

Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire unit.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.550 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.550
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.543r — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.543r
Obtaining or possessing certain information about vulnerable target; intent; felony; penalty; “vulnerable target” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 543r.

A person shall not obtain or possess a blueprint, an architectural or engineering diagram, security plan, or other similar information of a vulnerable target, with the intent to commit an offense prohibited under this chapter.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.

As used in this section, "vulnerable target" means that term as defined in section 212a.

History: Add. 2002, Act 115, Eff. Apr. 22, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.16 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-282-of-1905 / Section 207.16
Irregularities not authorizing court intervention.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

No tax assessed upon any property and no average rate determined by said state board of assessors as hereinbefore required, shall be held invalid by any court of this state on account of any irregularity in any assessment, or on account of any assessment or tax roll not having been made or proceeding had within the time required by law, or on account of the property having been assessed without the name of the owner, or in the name of any corporation or person other than the owner, or on account of any other irregularity, informality or omission, if the method and manner of ascertaining and determining the average rate of taxation on property in this state is in accordance with the constitution and statutes of this state.

History: 1905, Act 282, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 4228; CL 1929, 3567; CL 1948, 207.16
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.736 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.736
Tax tribunal; subpoenas; compliance; assistance from state and local governments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36.

Tribunal, upon written request of a party to a proceeding, shall issue subpoenas forthwith requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence including but not limited to books, records, correspondence, and documents in their possession or under their control. On written request, the tribunal shall revoke a subpoena if the evidence, the production of which is required, does not relate to a matter in issue, or if the subpoena does not describe with sufficient particularity the evidence, the production of which is required, or if for any other reason sufficient in law the subpoena is invalid. In case of refusal to comply with a subpoena, the party on whose behalf it was issued may file a petition, in the circuit court for Ingham county or for the county in which the proceeding is held, for an order requiring compliance.

When directed by the chairman, a state or local governmental unit or agency shall make available books, records, documents, information, and assistance to the tribunal.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.121 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.121
Private employers; voluntary assumption of coverage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 121.

Any private employer not otherwise included by sections 115 and 118 may assume the liability for compensation and benefits imposed by this act upon employers. The purchase and acceptance by an employer of a valid compensation insurance policy, except in the case of domestics and agricultural employees, constitutes an assumption by him of such liability without any further act on his part, which assumption of liability shall take effect from the effective date of the policy and continue only as long as the policy remains in force, in which case the employer shall be subject to no liability other than workmen's compensation as provided for in this act. Agricultural and domestic employees may be voluntarily included by specific indorsement to a workmen's compensation policy in those cases where such coverage is not required.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1665 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-351-of-1994 / Section 691.1665
Liability not prevented or limited; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Section 3 does not prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or another person if the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or other person does any of the following:

(a) Provides equipment or tack and knows or should know that the equipment or tack is faulty, and the equipment or tack is faulty to the extent that it is a proximate cause of the injury, death, or damage.

(b) Provides an equine and fails to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to engage safely in the equine activity and to determine the ability of the participant to safely manage the particular equine. A person shall not rely upon a participant's representations of his or her ability unless these representations are supported by reasonably sufficient detail.

(c) Owns, leases, rents, has authorized use of, or otherwise is in lawful possession and control of land or facilities on which the participant sustained injury because of a dangerous latent condition of the land or facilities that is known to the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or other person and for which warning signs are not conspicuously posted.

(d) If the person is an equine activity sponsor or equine professional, commits an act or omission that constitutes a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant, and that is a proximate cause of the injury, death, or damage.

(e) If the person is not an equine activity sponsor or equine professional, commits a negligent act or omission that constitutes a proximate cause of the injury, death, or damage.

History: 1994, Act 351, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2015, Act 87, Eff. Sept. 21, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.64 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-39-of-1889 / Section 455.64
Property; taxation, exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The property of such corporation shall be subject to taxation, except all houses of public worship, and also all school buildings used exclusively for school purposes and the lot upon which they stand, and the furniture therein, which shall be exempt therefrom.

History: 1889, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1889; How. 3983e-9; CL 1897, 7652; CL 1915, 10075; CL 1929, 10340; CL 1948, 455.64
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VIII § 6 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VIII § 6
Other institutions of higher education, controlling boards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Other institutions of higher education established by law having authority to grant baccalaureate degrees shall each be governed by a board of control which shall be a body corporate. The board shall have general supervision of the institution and the control and direction of all expenditures from the institution's funds. It shall, as often as necessary, elect a president of the institution under its supervision. He shall be the principal executive officer of the institution and be ex-officio a member of the board without the right to vote. The board may elect one of its members or may designate the president, to preside at board meetings. Each board of control shall consist of eight members who shall hold office for terms of eight years, not more than two of which shall expire in the same year, and who shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Vacancies shall be filled in like manner.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VIII, § 6, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71501 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71501
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71501.

As used in this part:

"Bonds" means the bonds issued under part 713 or former Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1988.

"Fund" means the recreation bond fund created in section 71506.

"Local public recreation project" means capital improvement projects including, but not limited to, the construction, expansion, development, or rehabilitation of recreational facilities, and the restoration of the natural environment. Local public recreation project does not include the operation, maintenance, or administration of those facilities, wages, or administration of projects or purchase of facilities already dedicated to public recreational purposes.

"Local unit of government" means a county, city, township, village, school district, the Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, or any authority composed of counties, cities, townships, villages, or school districts, or any combination of those entities, which authority is legally constituted to provide public recreation.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.571 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-26-of-1875 / Section 457.571
Independent Order of Philanthropists; incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That grand and subordinate lodges of the Independent Order of Philanthropists of the state of Michigan, may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.

History: 1875, Act 26, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4559; CL 1897, 8083; CL 1915, 10557; CL 1929, 10758; CL 1948, 457.571
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5315 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5315
Payments for care of ward; claims at death.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5315.

(1) To the extent granted by the court under section 5306, the guardian of an individual for whom a conservator also is appointed controls the ward's custody and care and is entitled to receive reasonable amounts for those services and for room and board furnished to the ward as agreed upon between the guardian and the conservator if the amounts agreed upon are reasonable under the circumstances. The guardian may request the conservator to expend the ward's estate by payment to a third person or institution for the ward's care and maintenance.

(2) If a ward dies while under guardianship and a conservator has not been appointed for the ward's estate and if the guardian has possession of money of the deceased ward, upon petition of the guardian and with or without notice, the court may hear a claim for burial expenses or any other claim as the court considers advisable. Upon hearing the claim, the court may enter an order allowing or disallowing the claim or a part of the claim and may provide in the order of allowance that the claim or a part of it be paid immediately if the payment can be made without injury or serious inconvenience to the ward's estate.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2012, Act 173, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1316 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1316
Providing accurate database information; customer telephone numbers and service addresses; expenses; waiver of privacy; notice of inaccurate information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 316.

Except for a CMRS supplier, a service supplier shall provide to a 9-1-1 database service provider accurate database information, including the name, service address, and telephone number of each user, in a format established and distributed by that database service provider. The information shall be provided to the 9-1-1 database service provider within the following time periods:

Within 1 business day after the initiation of service or the processing of a service order change.

Within 1 business day after receiving database information from a service supplier or service district.

Except for a CMRS supplier, if an ALI is not offered by the service supplier with the 9-1-1 system and the 9-1-1 system requires that information, a service supplier shall provide current customer telephone numbers and service addresses to each PSAP and secondary PSAP within the 9-1-1 system and shall periodically update customer telephone numbers and service addresses and provide such information to each PSAP and secondary PSAP within the 9-1-1 system. The 9-1-1 service district shall determine the period within which the service supplier shall update customer telephone numbers and service addresses. Expenses incurred in providing this information shall be included in the price of the system. Private listing service customers in a 9-1-1 service district shall waive the privacy afforded by nonlisted and nonpublished numbers to the extent that the name and address associated with the telephone number may be furnished to the 9-1-1 system.

A service district shall notify the service supplier or the database provider within 1 business day of any address that comes to the service district's attention that does not match the master street address guide.

A CMRS supplier shall provide accurate database information for the ANI and the ALI to the 9-1-1 database service provider that complies with the wireless emergency service order.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986; Am. 1999, Act 80, Eff. Oct. 27, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1202 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-116-of-1963 / Section 125.1202
Executive director; deputy executive director; appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The governor shall appoint, with the advise and consent of the senate, an executive director of economic expansion who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The executive director may appoint a deputy executive director of economic expansion.

History: 1963, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1963