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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1212 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1212
Persons acting as solicitors; contract with agent; license; notice of appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1212.

An agent may not appoint, employ or in any manner receive the benefit of business done or services rendered in this state by a person acting as a solicitor unless that person is so authorized to act by a written contract with the agent, he is licensed as a solicitor in accordance with this chapter, and the agent has notified the commissioner in writing of the appointment.

A person who is licensed as a solicitor, within the lines of insurance permitted by the license, may act on behalf of a licensed agent if the agent has properly notified the commissioner of the appointment of that person as his solicitor.

History: Add. 1972, Act 133, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.158 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.158
Trustee corporations; hospital, asylum, charitable institution; gifts, acceptance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 158.

Same; hospital; asylum, or other charitable institution. Whenever there shall exist any hospital, asylum, home for the care of indigent, aged or infirm persons, or any other charitable institution in this state, the legal title to which and the land used in connection therewith has been conveyed to 1 or more persons in trust, for charitable purposes, and the care and management of which institution is entrusted to a board of control consisting of 5 or more persons, appointed from 1 or more charitable, religious or fraternal bodies, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the deed conveying the legal title of such institution and land to such trustees, such board of control may become incorporated as a trustee corporation and become subject to the provisions of this act.

Gifts. Such trustee corporation may receive gifts, bequests and devises of money and other personal property and real estate for the benefit of the hospital, asylum or home for the care of indigent, aged or infirm persons, or other charitable institution which it has in its charge, and shall have power to sell such real estate and personal property as shall be given to it, and invest the proceeds thereof in the same manner as is provided in this act for the investment of gifts and bequests of money to trustee corporations whenever, in the judgment of the proper officers or committee or committees of such corporation, it may be deemed beneficial to such institution.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 450.158
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2670 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2670
Violation of chapter; imposition and disposition of civil fines; suspension or revocation of license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2670.

Subject to subsection (3), the commissioner may, if he or she finds that any person or organization has violated any provision of this chapter, impose a civil fine of not more than $300.00 for each violation, but if the commissioner finds the violation to be wilful, the commissioner may impose a civil fine of not more than $1,500.00 for each violation. Civil fines imposed under this subsection may be in addition to any other penalty provided by law. A fine collected under this subsection shall be turned over to the state treasurer and credited to the general fund of the state.

The commissioner may suspend the license of any rating organization or insurer which fails to comply with an order of the commissioner within the time specified by the order, or any extension of the order which the commissioner may grant. The commissioner shall not suspend the license of any rating organization or insurer for failure to comply with an order until the time prescribed for an appeal from the order has expired or if an appeal has been taken, until the order has been affirmed. The commissioner may determine when a suspension of license shall become effective, and the suspension shall remain in effect for the period fixed by the commissioner, unless he or she modifies or rescinds the suspension, or until the order upon which the suspension is based is modified, rescinded, or reversed.

A civil fine shall not be imposed and a license shall not be suspended or revoked except upon a written order of the commissioner, specifying the alleged violation and stating his or her findings, made after a hearing held upon not less than 10 days' written notice to the person or organization. An order issued by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall not require the payment of civil fines exceeding $10,000.00.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1984, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.391 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-299-of-1905 / Section 552.391
Divorced woman; change of name.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The circuit courts of this state, whenever a decree of divorce is granted, may, at the instance of the woman, whether complainant or defendant, decree to restore to her her birth name, or the surname she legally bore prior to her marriage to the husband in the divorce action, or allow her to adopt another surname if the change is not sought with any fraudulent or evil intent.

History: 1905, Act 299, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 11435; CL 1929, 12787; CL 1948, 552.391; Am. 1975, Act 40, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.1055 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-115-of-2022 / Section 554.1055
Recording with register of deeds; perfected security interest; priority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) A document creating an assignment of rents may be submitted for recording to the register of deeds in the same manner as any other document evidencing a conveyance of an interest in real property.

(2) Upon recording, the security interest in rents created by an assignment of rents is fully perfected, even if a provision of the document creating the assignment or law of this state other than this act would preclude or defer enforcement of the security interest until the occurrence of a subsequent event, including a subsequent default of the assignor, the assignee's obtaining possession of the real property, or the appointment of a receiver.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), a perfected security interest in rents takes priority over the rights of a person that, after the security interest is perfected, does either of the following:

(a) Acquires a judicial lien against the rents or the real property from which the rents arise. If the judicial lien arises out of a construction lien, the priority of the security interests in the rents must be determined under the construction lien act, 1980 PA 497, MCL 570.1101 to 570.1305.

(b) Purchases an interest in the rents or the real property from which the rents arise.

(4) A perfected security interest in rents has priority over the rights of a person described in subsection (3) with respect to future advances to the same extent as the assignee's security interest in the real property has priority over the rights of that person with respect to future advances.

History: 2022, Act 115, Eff. Sept. 22, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1098 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1098
Transportation of gasoline or diesel fuel by pipeline or marine vessel; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 98.

A carrier shall file with the department on forms or in a format prescribed by the department a monthly report of all motor fuel delivered by the person during the month and any other information that the department requires as reasonably necessary for the department to determine the liability of a carrier or any other person transporting gasoline or diesel fuel in a pipeline or by marine vessel under this act.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.726 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-188-of-1954 / Section 41.726
Filing and review of special assessment roll; hearing; notice; adjournments; objections; confirmation, referral, or annulment; endorsement; finality; action contesting assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

When a special assessment roll is reported by the supervisor to the township board, the assessment roll shall be filed in the office of the township clerk. Before confirming the assessment roll, the township board shall appoint a time and place when it will meet, review, and hear any objections to the assessment roll. The township board shall give notice of the hearing and the filing of the assessment roll as required by section 4a.

A hearing under this section may be adjourned from time to time without further notice. A person objecting to the assessment roll shall file the objection in writing with the township clerk before the close of the hearing or within such further time as the township board may grant. After the hearing the township board, at the same or at a subsequent meeting, may confirm the special assessment roll as reported to the township board by the supervisor or as amended or corrected by the township board; may refer the assessment roll back to the supervisor for revision; or may annul it and direct a new roll to be made.

If a special assessment roll is confirmed, the township clerk shall endorse on the assessment roll the date of the confirmation. After the confirmation of the special assessment roll, all assessments on that assessment roll shall be final and conclusive unless an action contesting an assessment is filed in a court of competent jurisdiction within 30 days after the date of confirmation.

History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954; Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974; Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.372 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-125-of-1963 / Section 550.372
Dental care corporations; tax exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

A corporation subject to the provisions of this act is declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and its funds and property shall be exempt from taxation by the state, or any political subdivision.

History: 1963, Act 125, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.614 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-72-of-1977 / Section 400.614
Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

(1) A person shall not bring a civil action under section 10a after the later of the following:

(a) More than 6 years after the date on which the violation described in section 10a was committed.

(b) More than 3 years after the date when facts material to the right of action are known or reasonably should have been known by the official of the state of Michigan charged with responsibility to act in the circumstances, but in no event more than 10 years after the date on which the violation was committed.

(2) A person may bring an action under this act for conduct that occurred before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section if the action is filed within the time limitation in subsection (1).

History: Add. 2008, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.614 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-295-of-1982 / Section 552.614
Termination or interruption of payer's income; notice; service on new employer or other source of income.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

A source of income that has been served with a notice of income withholding or with an order or notice of an order for dependent health care coverage shall notify the appropriate office of the friend of the court if the parent's income from that source or dependent health care coverage is terminated.

If the source of income is an employer, the source of income shall promptly notify the appropriate office of the friend of the court when the payer's employment is terminated or interrupted for a period of 14 or more consecutive days, and shall provide the payer's last known address and the name and address of the payer's new employer or other source of income, if known. The office of the friend of the court shall immediately serve the payer's new employer or other source of income with a notice of income withholding and, if the payer's source of income is an employer, with a notice of the order for dependent health care coverage.

History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983; Am. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986; Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998; Am. 2001, Act 106, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.552 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.552
Repeal of MCL 554.451 to 554.461.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

The Michigan uniform gifts to minors act, 1959 PA 172, MCL 554.451 to 554.461, is repealed.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 101.11 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 101.11
Construction petition; sewer districts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

When the owner of a majority of the lands liable to taxation in any sewer district or part of the city which may be constituted a sewer district, shall petition for the construction of a sewer therein, the council shall construct a district sewer in such location, and if the lands included in the line of such proposed sewer are not within any sewer district, a district shall be formed for that purpose. In other cases sewers shall be constructed in the discretion of the council.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3165; CL 1915, 3079; CL 1929, 2003; CL 1948, 101.11
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2461 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2461
Violation; schedule of monetary civil penalties; issuance, contents, and delivery of citation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2461.

In the manner prescribed in sections 2441 and 2442 a local governing entity may adopt a schedule of monetary civil penalties of not more than $1,000.00 for each violation or day that the violation continues which may be assessed for a specified violation of this code or a rule promulgated, regulation adopted, or order issued which the local health department has the authority and duty to enforce.

If a local health department representative believes that a person has violated this code or a rule promulgated, regulation adopted, or order issued under this code which the local health department has the authority and duty to enforce, the representative may issue a citation at that time or not later than 90 days after discovery of the alleged violation. The citation shall be written and shall state with particularity the nature of the violation, including reference to the section, rule, order, or regulation alleged to have been violated, the civil penalty established for the violation, if any, and the right to appeal the citation pursuant to section 2462. The citation shall be delivered or sent by registered mail to the alleged violator.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1061 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-241-of-2004 / Section 752.1061
Short title; legislative intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan children's protection registry act".

(2) The intent of this act is to provide safeguards to prevent certain messages regarding tobacco, alcohol, pornography, gambling, illegal drugs, and other illegal products from reaching the minor children of this state.

History: 2004, Act 241, Imd. Eff. July 21, 2004; Am. 2005, Act 298, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.557 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.557
Occurrence of cybersecurity event; investigation; maintenance of records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 557.

(1) If the licensee learns that a cybersecurity event has or may have occurred, the licensee or an outside vendor or service provider, or both, designated to act on behalf of the licensee, shall conduct a prompt investigation.

(2) During the investigation under subsection (1), the licensee, or an outside vendor or service provider, or both, designated to act on behalf of the licensee, shall, at a minimum, do as much of the following as possible:

(a) Determine whether a cybersecurity event has occurred.

(b) Assess the nature and scope of the cybersecurity event.

(c) Identify any nonpublic information that may have been involved in the cybersecurity event.

(d) Perform or oversee reasonable measures to restore the security of the information systems compromised in the cybersecurity event to prevent further unauthorized acquisition, release, or use of nonpublic information in the licensee's possession, custody, or control.

(3) The licensee shall maintain records concerning all cybersecurity events for at least 5 years from the date of the cybersecurity event and shall produce those records on demand of the director.

History: Add. 2018, Act 690, Eff. Jan. 20, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.28d — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.28d
Shared-work plan; approval by unemployment agency; requirements; reduction percentage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28d.

(1) The unemployment agency shall approve a shared-work plan only if the plan meets all of the following requirements:

(a) The shared-work plan applies to 1 affected unit.

(b) All employees in the affected unit are participating employees, except that, until March 31, 2021, an employee whose hours of work per week determined under subdivision (e) are 40 or more hours must not be a participating employee.

(c) There are no fewer than 2 participating employees, determined without regard to corporate officers.

(d) The participating employees are identified by name and Social Security number.

(e) The number of hours a participating employee will work each week during the effective period of the shared-work plan is the number of the employee's normal weekly hours of work reduced by the reduction percentage.

(f) The plan includes an estimate of the number of employees who would have been laid off if the plan were not implemented.

(g) The plan indicates the manner in which the employer will give advance notice, if feasible, to an employee whose hours of work per week under the plan will be reduced.

(h) As a result of a decrease in the number of hours worked by each participating employee, there is a corresponding reduction in wages.

(i) The shared-work plan does not affect the fringe benefits of any participating employee.

(j) The specified effective period of the shared-work plan is 52 consecutive weeks or less and the benefits payable under the shared-work plan will not exceed 20 times the weekly benefit amount for each participating employee, calculated without regard to any existing benefit year.

(k) The reduction percentage satisfies the requirements of subsection (2).

(2) The reduction percentage under an approved shared-work plan shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) The reduction percentage shall be no less than 15% and no more than 45% or, until March 31, 2021, no less than 10% and no more than 60%.

(b) The reduction percentage shall be the same for all participating employees.

(c) The reduction percentage shall not change during the period of the shared-work plan unless the plan is modified in accordance with section 28i.

History: Add. 2012, Act 216, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Am. 2020, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2020; Am. 2020, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.718 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.718
Annual report; research and development tax credits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 718.

(1) By July 1 of each year, the department, in cooperation with the board of directors of the Michigan strategic fund, shall submit to each member of the legislature, the governor, the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, and the senate and house fiscal agencies an annual report concerning the operation and effectiveness of the research and development tax credits created under sections 677 and 717. The report shall include all of the following:

(a) A brief assessment of the overall effectiveness of the research and development tax credits created under sections 677 and 717. The department may use the applicable provisions of the economic development incentive evaluation prepared under the economic development incentive evaluation act, 2018 PA 540, MCL 18.1751 to 18.1759, to satisfy this subdivision.

(b) The number of authorized businesses filing tentative claims for a research and development tax credit for the immediately preceding calendar year.

(c) The name of each authorized business submitting claims for a research and development credit with an annual return and the amount of the research and development tax credit allowed for the immediately preceding calendar year.

(d) The name of each authorized business claiming an additional credit for collaboration with a research university in this state and the amount of that additional credit for the immediately preceding calendar year.

(2) The board of directors of the Michigan strategic fund may delegate any actions under this chapter to authorized employees, officers, and agents of the fund, which may include employees of the MEDC.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "MEDC" means that term as defined in section 4 of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2004.

(b) "Michigan strategic fund" means the Michigan strategic fund created under section 5 of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2005.

History: Add. 2024, Act 119, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.228 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.228
Notification of old and new addresses; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 228.

If a person, after making application for or obtaining the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, moves from the address named in the application as shown upon a registration certificate or certificate of title, the person within 10 days after moving shall notify the secretary of state in writing of the old and new addresses.

A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.81 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.81
Constables; bond; filing; certified copy as evidence of contents and execution; actions against constables or sureties upon bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81.

The bond required in section 80 shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, and a copy of the bond certified by the township clerk is presumptive evidence of the contents and execution of the bond. Actions against a constable or his or her sureties upon such a bond shall be commenced within 6 years after the expiration of the year in which commenced the term of office during which the neglect, default, misfeasance, or failure occurred.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 573; CL 1871, 724; How. 763; CL 1897, 2365; CL 1915, 2145; CL 1929, 1021; CL 1948, 41.81; Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1073 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1073
"Veterans Memorial Bridge."
Status: in_force

Sec. 73.

The bridge on highway US-141 over the Menominee river in Dickinson county between Breitung township and the city of Niagara in the state of Wisconsin shall be known as the "Veterans Memorial Bridge".

History: Add. 2011, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2011