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Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.913 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-316-of-2000 / Section 286.913
Production, sale, or handling of organic products; certification required; exceptions; retail food establishments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The following persons must be certified by a certifying agent registered by the department in order to engage in the production, sale, or handling of organic products:

A producer who sells, intends to sell, or represents that he or she is engaged in the business of selling to the public.

A handler.

A handling operation except as otherwise provided in this section.

Handling operations, including wholesalers and retailers, that do not process, produce, package, or relabel organic products under their own name or for private label, or make organic claims about their operations or label their operation or a particular part of their operation as organic, are not required to be certified or registered.

A handling operation not required to be certified must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director that it strictly complies with all of the following:

Implements measures necessary for the prevention of commingling organic and nonorganic products.

Implements measures necessary to protect organic products from coming into contact with prohibited substances.

Maintains records sufficient to prove that organic products are certified and registered as required by this act, rules adopted under this act, or both.

Verifies quantities of organic products in a manner acceptable to the director.

Maintains records sufficient to verify compliance with this act and permits access to those records by the director for inspection and copying during normal business hours in order to determine compliance with this act.

Clearly labels, posts, or maintains original organic certification information or identification of the organic product it handles.

Retail food establishments advertising as organic, labeling as organic, or making organic claims about a final product, their operation, or a particular part of their operation are required to be certified or registered.

Retail food establishments not advertising as organic, not labeling as organic, or not making organic claims about any of the following are not subject to this act:

Their final product.

An ingredient.

Their operation.

A particular part of their operation.

Retail food establishments not required to be certified or registered may offer agricultural products for sale that contain organic and nonorganic components and may use a phrase such as "made with certified organic (specified ingredients)" if those organic components were certified in accordance with this act and the requirements in subsection (3)(b) through (f) are met.

History: 2000, Act 316, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 474.110 — MI Code / Chapter 474 / Act Act-432-of-1982 / Section 474.110
Liability insurance coverage; condition for maintaining authority; waiver; cancelation or coverage below required level as automatic revocation of authority; notification rights to department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

(1) An applicant shall acquire the following liability insurance coverage for acts or omissions of the applicant as a motor carrier:

(a) For buses with a seating capacity of between 9 and 15 passengers, including the driver, bodily injury and property damage liability insurance with a minimum combined single limit of $1,500,000.00 for all persons injured or for property damage.

(b) For buses with a seating capacity of 16 or more passengers, including the driver, bodily injury and property damage liability insurance with a minimum combined single limit of $5,000,000.00 for all persons injured or for property damage.

(c) Personal protection insurance and property protection insurance as required by chapter 31 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101 to 500.3179.

(2) A motor carrier shall maintain the insurance coverage described in subsection (1) as a condition of maintaining an authority issued under this act. For each authorized seasonal vehicle, a motor carrier shall maintain the insurance coverage described in subsection (1) during the approved seasonal period.

(3) The insurance requirements of subsection (1) are waived if the applicant qualifies for and obtains a certificate of self-insurance from the commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services under section 3101d of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101d.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this act, if a motor carrier cancels the insurance coverage required under this section for any reason or if the coverage level falls below the levels provided in subsection (1), the authority issued to that motor carrier is automatically revoked.

(5) A motor carrier shall grant notification rights to the department for all insurance policies required under this act to ensure that the department is notified of all activities related to the policy, including cancellation and replacement.

History: Add. 2016, Act 349, Eff. Mar. 21, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.278 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-72-of-1979 / Section 21.278
Reporting estimate of revenue foregone from exemptions under MCL 205.201 et seq.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The governor shall report an estimate of revenue foregone from exemptions granted pursuant to Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1899, as amended, being sections 205.201 to 205.221 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, including the exemption provided by section 1(6) to (8) of Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1899, being section 205.201 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; Am. 1983, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Mar. 16, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.151 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.151
Judicial power of state; vesting in courts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.

The judicial power of the state is vested exclusively in 1 court of justice which shall be divided into 1 supreme court, 1 court of appeals, 1 trial court of general jurisdiction known as the circuit court, 1 probate court, and courts of limited jurisdiction created by the legislature.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 18, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1501 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1501
Notice of intent to function as PSAP or secondary PSAP; forwarding notice to service supplier; commencement of function; payment of cost of equipment installation or system modification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 501.

After installation and commencement of operation of a 9-1-1 system implemented pursuant to this act, a public safety agency serving a public agency or county within the 9-1-1 service district may be added to the 9-1-1 system as a PSAP or a secondary PSAP by giving written notice of intent to function as a PSAP or secondary PSAP as provided in section 307 to the county clerk. Within 5 days of receipt of the notice, the county clerk shall forward the written notice to the service supplier. The public safety agency shall commence to function as a PSAP or secondary PSAP as soon as feasible after giving the written notice.

The costs of equipment installation or system modification, or both, necessary for a public safety agency to function as a secondary PSAP pursuant to subsection (1) shall be paid directly by the public safety agency and shall not be collected from service users in the 9-1-1 service district.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986; Am. 1994, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3461 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-161-of-2004 / Section 338.3461
Charge for services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

An immigration clerical assistant may charge the following for services:

Not more than $20.00 per page for translation of supporting documentation.

Not more than $10.00 per page to complete a government agency form.

The amount allowed under law for notarial acts.

A reasonable and fair fee for other services that include, but are not limited to, photocopying, mailing, and telephone calls.

History: 2004, Act 161, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.981 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-208-of-1964 / Section 390.981
Allotment of scholarships to high schools; eligibility of students; implementation of awarding procedure; award of remaining scholarships.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Four scholarships shall be allotted to each class "A" high school, 3 to each class "B" high school, 2 to each class "C" high school, and 1 to each class "D" high school. Scholarships allotted to a high school shall be awarded to those students having the highest competitive examination score and otherwise meeting all eligibility requirements of this act, including that of demonstrating financial need. The awarding of scholarships through this procedure shall be implemented only after sufficient additional funds are appropriated so as to not displace any student eligible for an award through the other awarding procedures established by this act.

The remaining scholarships shall be awarded on a statewide, competitive basis.

History: Add. 1976, Act 415, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.353 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-46-of-1975 / Section 4.353
Procedures as to budget, expenditures, and personnel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The council shall establish procedures for approving the budget of the office, for expending funds thereof, and for the employment of personnel for the office.

History: 1975, Act 46, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47354 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47354
Keweenaw bay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47354.

A person shall not take, catch, or attempt to take or catch any fish with seines, gill nets, or any form of pound or trap nets or in any manner except by the use of hook and line and spear as permitted by law in the waters of L'Anse bay, which are defined as follows: South of an east and west line beginning at the meander corner between sections 25 and 36, township 51 north, range 33 west, and extending west to the meander corner between section 27 and section 34, township 51 north, range 33 west. In the remaining waters of Lake Superior inside of a line extending from Manitou light on Manitou island, Keweenaw county, to the Huron island light on west Huron island and thence to the mouth of the Huron river in township 52 north, range 29 west, Marquette county, excluding Huron bay as defined in section 47356, from January 1 to October 31 in each year a person shall not set or use in waters between 120 feet in depth and 300 feet in depth any gill net with meshes less than 4-1/2 inches, except for taking herring when the net is floated so that the lower line of the net is not more than 42 feet below the surface of the water, and for the taking of bait for set hook lines in accordance with section 47309.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1952 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-175-of-1982 / Section 125.1952
State research fund; creation; public notice; grants for specific projects; evaluation criteria for proposed project; allocation of amount appropriated; priority for proposals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) The state research fund is hereby created. The department of labor and economic growth shall give public notice of the existence of the fund, the fund's objectives, and requirements for participation in the fund. From the amounts received by the fund, the department of labor and economic growth shall make grants for specific projects that are either proposed by Michigan colleges and universities in cooperation with a business or other private entity, or that are proposed by a business or other private entity, that is either a profit or nonprofit entity and that is doing business in Michigan. The department of labor and economic growth shall evaluate a proposed project according to whether it meets 1 or more of the following criteria:

(a) The project applies technological discoveries to new applications.

(b) The project provides a tangible, direct benefit for the economy of the state.

(c) The project is of interest to 1 or more of the following:

( i ) The college or university.

( ii ) The business or other private entity.

(d) The project is of general interest to an entire industrial field.

(e) The project contributes directly or indirectly to the development of additional products or processes.

(f) The applicant demonstrates the capability to implement the proposed project.

(g) The project meets any other criteria prescribed by the director of the department of labor and economic growth.

(2) Not more than 35% of the amount appropriated to the fund shall be allocated to any 1 college or university. Priority for proposed projects in subsection (1) shall be given to those projects that are submitted by a Michigan college or university in cooperation with a business or private entity, that do not require continuing grants, and that have prospects of receiving necessary financial assistance from other sources in the future.

(3) If a proposed project complies with subsection (1), the director of the department of labor and economic growth shall determine the amount and priority of the grant and release the grant to the college or university or the business or private entity named in the proposed project in accordance with the accounting laws of the state.

History: 1982, Act 175, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1982; Am. 2006, Act 229, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.50 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.50
Conviction or juvenile adjudication 10 or more years from discharge and commission of next offense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50.

In scoring prior record variables 1 to 5, do not use any conviction or juvenile adjudication that precedes a period of 10 or more years between the discharge date from a conviction or juvenile adjudication and the defendant's commission of the next offense resulting in a conviction or juvenile adjudication.

Apply subsection (1) by determining the time between the discharge date for the prior conviction or juvenile adjudication most recently preceding the commission date of the sentencing offense. If it is 10 or more years, do not use that prior conviction or juvenile adjudication and any earlier conviction or juvenile adjudication in scoring prior record variables. If it is less than 10 years, use that prior conviction or juvenile adjudication in scoring prior record variables and determine the time between the commission date of that prior conviction and the discharge date of the next earlier prior conviction or juvenile adjudication. If that period is 10 or more years, do not use that prior conviction or juvenile adjudication and any earlier conviction or juvenile adjudication in scoring prior record variables. If it is less than 10 years, use that prior conviction or juvenile adjudication in scoring prior record variables and repeat this determination for each remaining prior conviction or juvenile adjudication until a period of 10 or more years is found or no prior convictions or juvenile adjudications remain.

If a discharge date is not available, add either the time defendant was sentenced to probation or the length of the minimum incarceration term to the date of the conviction and use that date as the discharge date.

As used in this part:

"Conviction" includes any of the following:

Assignment to youthful trainee status under sections 11 to 15 of chapter II.

A conviction set aside under 1965 PA 213, MCL 780.621 to 780.624.

"Discharge date" means the date an individual is discharged from the jurisdiction of the court or the department of corrections after being convicted of or adjudicated responsible for a crime or an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult.

"Juvenile adjudication" includes an adjudication set aside under section 18e of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.18e, or expunged.

History: Add. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2601 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2601
Registration of order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.

A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.36 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-167-of-2008 / Section 460.36
Rates, charges, accounting standards, billing practices, and terms and conditions of service; jurisdiction and control by commission; scope.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) A cooperative electing to be member-regulated under this act shall, by board action, establish, maintain, and apply all rates, charges, accounting standards, billing practices, and terms and conditions of service in accordance with this act.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, the commission shall retain jurisdiction and control over all member-regulated cooperatives for matters involving safety, interconnection, code of conduct including, but not limited to, all relationships between a member-regulated cooperative and an affiliated alternative electric supplier, customer choice including, but not limited to, the ability of customers to elect service from an alternative electric supplier under 1939 PA 3, MCL 460.1 to 460.10cc, and the member-regulated cooperative's rates, terms, and conditions of service for customers electing service from an alternative electric supplier, service area, distribution performance standards, and quality of service, including interpretation of applicable commission rules and resolution of complaints and disputes, except any penalties pertaining to performance standards and quality of service shall be established by the cooperative's members when voting on the proposition for member-regulation or at an annual meeting of the cooperative.

History: 2008, Act 167, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.574 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-159-of-1993 / Section 3.574
Duties; oath of office; supplying bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The members of the authority shall enter upon their duties after their appointment and shall qualify by taking and filing the oath of office and supplying the bond required by the state administrative board.

History: 1993, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Sept. 13, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.843 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.843
Statements of votes; filing and preservation by secretary of state; certified copies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 843.

The secretary of state, on the receipt of the certified copies of the statements of votes given in the several counties directed by law to be sent to him by the county clerks, shall place on file and preserve such certified copies in his office. If from any county clerk such certified copies shall not have been received by the secretary of state on or before the fifteenth day after any election, the secretary of state shall communicate with such county clerk by telephone, telegraph or mail, requesting that such certified copies be immediately forwarded and such county clerk shall forthwith forward such certified copies to the secretary of state. When the board of state canvassers meets to canvass the returns and determine the result of any election, the secretary of state shall lay before the board the statements received by him of the votes given at such election in the several counties.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 395.102b — MI Code / Chapter 395 / Act Act-148-of-1943 / Section 395.102b
Evidence of surety; bond; amount; rules; expiration of surety; proof of renewal; failure to submit evidence of surety; applicability of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2b.

A proprietary school shall provide the department with evidence of surety conditioned to provide indemnification to a student suffering loss because of inability to complete an approved course or program of study due to the closing of the proprietary school. The surety may consist of a bond, the amount of which shall be determined according to rules promulgated by the department. Surety shall expire on June 30 following the date of issuance and the proprietary school must submit proof of renewal to the department before the date of expiration. Any failure to submit evidence of surety invalidates a license to operate a proprietary school. This section does not apply to a proprietary school with a license issued under this act before November 2, 1967.

History: Add. 1967, Act 210, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1983, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1983; Am. 2009, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8161 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8161
Ninety-sixth district; Marquette county.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8161.

The ninety-sixth district consists of the county of Marquette, is a district of the first class and has 2 judges.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.201 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-393-of-1913 / Section 247.201
Private roads; ingress and egress, application.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

When lands owned in different descriptions by the same person, copartnership or corporation, and are contiguous at the corners or as more fully described at the points of intersection of description lines projected, a private road may be secured across the adjacent lands, not to exceed 12 feet on each side of the point of intersection, or a passage way of 24 feet permitting ingress and egress. Application for such easement shall be made by the owner of such land contiguous at the corners, in writing to the highway commissioner of the township who shall act on such application in the manner prescribed in chapter 9 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials."

History: 1913, Act 393, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 4860; CL 1929, 4073; CL 1948, 247.201
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.181 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-23-of-1882-Ex-Sess- / Section 123.181
Sewers in private property; acquisition of property rights.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That the common council of any city and the board of trustees of any village in this state are hereby authorized to construct, enlarge and maintain sewers, hereby declared to be public improvements, in private property; and may enter, by committee and by agents and servants, into and upon private property where it is proposed to construct a sewer, and make necessary examinations and surveys, the better to enable them to determine the necessity for using such private property for a sewer and to locate the same, and for any such entry no action shall be maintainable. But the common council or board of trustees before constructing a sewer in private property shall acquire the right to take and use the property for such purpose, by agreement or purchase, or by proceedings in the proper court in behalf of the municipality, in the manner provided by law in that behalf. All laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

History: 1882, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 13, 1882; How. 3109a; CL 1897, 3436; CL 1915, 3425; CL 1929, 2463; CL 1948, 123.181