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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.595 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.595
Delegates to state conventions; apportionment to wards, precincts, townships or districts; basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 595.

At the time of issuing the call for the county convention of any political party for the election of delegates to a state convention, the county committee of each political party shall apportion to the various wards (or to the precincts, in case delegates to the county convention are elected by precincts) and townships of such county the delegates to the ensuing state convention to which such county is entitled upon the basis provided for in this act for the apportioning of such delegates to the several counties. Any township may be joined with 1 or more other contiguous townships or any ward of a city may be joined with 1 or more other wards of the same city (or, in case delegates to the county convention are elected by precincts, then any precinct may be joined with 1 or more precincts of the same city), in the formation of a district for the choosing of 1 delegate. The delegates to the county convention from each ward, precinct, township or district, as the case may be, shall choose the number of delegates to the state convention that have been apportioned to such ward, precinct, township or district. The number of delegates so apportioned to the several wards, precincts, townships and districts shall approximate, as nearly as may be, the number of delegates to which said county may be entitled. If any ward, precinct, township or district shall be without representation in the county convention, or if such ward, precinct, township or district shall not choose the delegate or delegates to which such ward, precinct, township or district is entitled, or if the apportionment has not been completed or followed in the selection of delegates, the convention shall choose the delegate or delegates to which such ward, precinct, township or district may be entitled.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.191 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-199-of-1987 / Section 3.191
Acceptance of legislative jurisdiction over federal lands or interests therein.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The governor may apply for and accept, on behalf of the state, all or any part of the legislative jurisdiction of the United States over federal lands or interests in federal lands that may be relinquished to the state pursuant to federal law.

History: 1987, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7911 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7911
Interest as general partner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7911.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner in a general or limited partnership is not personally liable on a contract entered into by the partnership after the trust's acquisition of the interest if the fiduciary capacity was disclosed in the contract or in a statement previously filed pursuant to the Michigan revised uniform limited partnership act, 1982 PA 213, MCL 449.1101 to 449.2108, or was known by the other party to the contract.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner is not personally liable for torts committed by the partnership or for obligations arising from ownership or control of the interest unless the trustee is personally at fault.

(3) The immunity provided by this section does not apply with respect to a general partnership interest held in any capacity other than as trustee.

(4) If the trustee of a revocable trust holds an interest as a general partner, the settlor is personally liable for contracts and other obligations of the partnership as if the settlor were a general partner.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1005 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-305-of-1996 / Section 722.1005
Acknowledgment of parentage; filing with state registrar; review; maintenance as permanent record; procedures and payment for issuance; basis for preparation of new birth certificate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) A completed original acknowledgment of parentage shall be filed with the state registrar. Upon receipt of an acknowledgment, the state registrar shall review the form. If it appears to be properly completed and notarized or each signature is witnessed as provided under section 3, the state registrar shall file the acknowledgment in a parentage registry in the office of the state registrar. An acknowledgment filed with the state registrar shall be maintained as a permanent record in a manner consistent with section 2876 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2876.

(2) The state registrar shall issue a copy of an acknowledgment filed in the parentage registry under the procedures and upon payment of the fee prescribed by section 2891 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2891.

(3) Upon filing, the completed acknowledgment form may serve as a basis for preparation of a new certificate of birth as provided in section 2831 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2831.

History: 1996, Act 305, Eff. June 1, 1997; Am. 2014, Act 409, Eff. Mar. 30, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2415 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2415
Costs; liability of next of friend or guardian.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2415.

Any person who brings an action as next of friend for an infant, or a person who is insane or otherwise mentally incompetent, shall be responsible for the costs of the suit. However, no person who defends a suit as guardian ad litem of an infant or otherwise incompetent person shall be responsible for the costs of the suit unless specifically charged by the court for some personal misconduct in the case.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1617c — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1617c
Grants to districts, intermediate districts, and eligible entities; accessibility; review by state board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17c.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under this article, the department shall do both of the following for funds appropriated under this article for grants distributed by the department to districts, intermediate districts, and eligible entities:

(a) Open the grant application for funds appropriated for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by not later than September 1 of the current fiscal year or 30 calendar days after the state school aid budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal year is enacted into law, whichever occurs later. The department shall also provide to districts, intermediate districts, and eligible entities, and post on its publicly accessible website, the grant application and award process schedule and the list of state grants and contracts available in the immediately succeeding fiscal year.

(b) Publish grant awards for funds appropriated in the current fiscal year by not later than December 1 of the current fiscal year.

(2) Information for grants awarded from funds appropriated under this article for the immediately succeeding fiscal year must be placed on the state board agenda in August of the current fiscal year or in the month immediately following the month in which the state school aid budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal year is enacted into law, whichever occurs later.

History: Add. 2018, Act 265, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018; Am. 2018, Act 586, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018; Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 317.205 — MI Code / Chapter 317 / Act Act-184-of-1929 / Section 317.205
Wild life sanctuaries; change in dedication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Dedications under this act may at any time be modified or terminated upon the application of the dedicator and approval by the conservation commission, or may be terminated without the application of the dedicator in case the commission shall determine that a given dedication has become ineffective or otherwise not in the public interest or that the dedicator has failed to erect or maintain the signs and posters provided for in section 3.

History: 1929, Act 184, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 6117; CL 1948, 317.205
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.717 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-292-of-1989 / Section 124.717
Metropolitan district; formation of metropolitan arts council; conditions; establishment of metropolitan arts council board; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

A metropolitan district may form a metropolitan arts council if the district's county commission does the following:

Adopts a resolution declaring an intent to participate in the formation of that council.

Adopts articles of incorporation in accordance with sections 69 and 71.

Upon adoption of the resolutions described in subsection (1), the metropolitan district shall establish a metropolitan arts council board. The board shall consist of not more than 12 members, each of whom is from a county commission district different from the county commission district of all other members.

A metropolitan arts council is a public corporate body with power to sue and be sued in any court of the state.

A metropolitan arts council is an authority under section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

A metropolitan arts council possesses all the powers necessary for carrying out the purposes of its formation. The enumeration of specific powers in this act shall not be construed as a limitation on the general powers of a metropolitan arts council, consistent with its articles.

History: Add. 1998, Act 373, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1219 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1219
Merger of services programs; appointment of members to new board; compliance with MCL 330.1212, 330.1214, and 330.1222.
Status: in_force

Sec. 219.

(1) A county having an established community mental health services program may elect to merge with an established community mental health services program in an adjoining county. A merger shall be approved by a majority vote of the board of commissioners of each participating county, and becomes effective on the first day of January, April, July, or October immediately following the date of final approval. The merger and creation of a community mental health authority shall be in accordance with this section and section 205.

The board of commissioners of each participating county may elect by a majority vote to appoint 1 or more of the community mental health services board members to the new board, even if that action would result in a size or composition of the board that is different than that provided for in sections 212, 214, and 222.

If the board of commissioners of 1 or more participating counties does not agree to permit appointment of members to the new board in the manner provided in subsection (2), the new board shall be appointed in the manner provided in sections 212, 214, and 222.

A new board that is different in size or composition than that provided for in section 212, 214, or 222 shall be brought into compliance with those sections not later than 3 years after the date of merger.

History: Add. 1986, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 1986; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 720.655 — MI Code / Chapter 720 / Act Act-214-of-1963 / Section 720.655
Taxes for construction and operation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The board of trustees of the district may levy upon the approval of the electors of the district for the purposes heretofore specified, a tax of not more than 1 mill upon each dollar of the state equalized value of the property in each of the counties comprising the regional juvenile detention home area and, from time to time, may submit to the electors of the district at any state general election or county-wide primary election the question of additional assessment or tax for the operation of such homes.

History: 1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.113 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-379-of-1984 / Section 493.113
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The commissioner may promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, as necessary for the administration and enforcement of this act.

History: 1984, Act 379, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.168 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.168
Candidates for state senator or representative; withdrawal after nomination; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 168.

When a candidate of any political party has filed a nominating petition or filing fee for state senator or representative and has been nominated for the office by a party, he or she shall not be permitted to withdraw unless he or she shall be certified as a nominee at the subsequent state convention of the same party for a statewide office, or has removed from the district, or has become physically unfit, or become disqualified for any reason. If certified by a state convention for a statewide office, the candidate shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the previous nomination. No such vacancy shall be filled by the county executive committee or committees except for the causes and as herein specified. This prohibition shall not be construed to prohibit the withdrawal of any candidate who has been nominated without having filed a nominating petition or filing fee and whose name has been written or placed on the ballot of any political party.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1970, Act 175, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970; Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5929 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5929
Local community demonstration and pilot projects; grants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5929.

The department shall utilize the fund to provide grants for local community demonstration and pilot projects that provide a network of care to AIDS patients in a nonacute care setting. The department shall give special consideration to applicants with projects designed to provide care on a regional basis.

History: Add. 1987, Act 258, Eff. July 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2046 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2046
Loans, loan insurance, or guarantees; limitation; lawful public improvement; prohibition; application.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

A loan, loan insurance, or a loan guarantee shall be provided pursuant to section 44 only for public works.

A public work financed in whole or in part pursuant to section 44 shall be a public improvement which the municipality is empowered to provide for the public under law or its charter. However, a public work shall not include public systems of mass transportation that involve solely the transportation of individuals.

A municipality shall apply for a loan, loan insurance, or loan guarantee pursuant to section 44 either in conjunction with any application the economic development project may make to the fund or with an affidavit of the economic development project attesting to the manner in which the public work will assist the economic development project.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1394 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-105-of-2015 / Section 123.1394
Employment discrimination; prohibition by local governmental body.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

This act does not prohibit a local governmental body from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, policy, or resolution prohibiting employment discrimination.

History: 2015, Act 105, Imd. Eff. June 30, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.6e — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-59-of-1935 / Section 28.6e
Law enforcement officer of Michigan Indian tribal police force; appointment; compensation; participation in pension or insurance plan; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6e.

The director may appoint a law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal police force to act as a police officer for a Michigan Indian tribe upon Indian country of the tribe.

The department of state police and the director are not liable for the acts of a law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal police force who is appointed under this section.

The Michigan Indian tribe to which the law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal police force is appointed shall pay compensation to the officer.

A law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal police force appointed under this section is not eligible to participate in any state pension, disability, or life insurance plan or any hospitalization or other medical insurance plan of the department solely on the basis of his or her employment under this section.

As used in this section:

"Law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal police force" means a regularly employed member of a police force of a Michigan Indian tribe who is appointed pursuant to 25 C.F.R. 12.100 to 12.103.

"Michigan Indian tribe" means a federally recognized Indian tribe that has trust lands located within this state.

"Indian country" means all of the following:

All land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and including rights-of-way running through the reservation.

All dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory of the dependent Indian community, and whether within or without the limits of a state.

All Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way.

History: Add. 1995, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1449p — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1449p
Taking and certifying affidavits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 49p.

The affidavits specified in section 49o may be taken and certified by any officer authorized by law to administer oaths.

History: Add. 1981, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Dec. 10, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.17 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.17
County seat; removal; relocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The county seat may be relocated to a new location if the removal and new location are approved by a 2/3 vote of the elected county board of commissioners and by the majority of the qualified electors within the county. The election required under this section shall be conducted under the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851; CL 1857, 351; CL 1871, 483; How. 489; CL 1897, 2490; CL 1915, 2280; CL 1929, 1139; CL 1948, 46.17; Am. 2004, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.211 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-283-of-1905 / Section 486.211
Furnishing and use of water or power; compensation; right to sue and be sued.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Such company may furnish and sell water, water power, electricity or electric power, and any and all other forms of power to other persons or companies for any and all purposes on such terms as shall be agreed upon, or it may use the same for such purposes itself. Any person or corporation receiving, using or enjoying any benefit from the operations or improvements of any company organized under this act shall pay to said company a reasonable compensation for all such benefits used or enjoyed. It is authorized to sue and be sued in any proper court in this state, the same as a natural person.

History: 1905, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 8930; CL 1929, 11865; CL 1948, 486.211
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.2004 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.2004
Discontinuance, compromise, or settlement of derivative action; court approval; notice; costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1004.

An action authorized by section 1001 shall not be discontinued, compromised, or settled without approval by the court having jurisdiction of the action. If the court determines that the interest of the limited partners or of any class thereof will be substantially affected by the discontinuance, compromise, or settlement, the court may direct that notice, by publication or otherwise, be given to the limited partners or any class thereof whose interests it determines will be so affected. If notice is so directed to be given, the court may determine which 1 or more of the parties to the action shall bear the expense of giving the notice, in such amount as the court determines and finds to be reasonable in the circumstances. The amount of such expense shall be awarded as special costs of the action and recoverable in the same manner as statutory taxable costs.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.534 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-120-of-1975 / Section 287.534
Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

A person shall not do or shall not cause any of the following:

(a) Manufacture or distribute any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded.

(b) Adulterate or misbrand any commercial feed.

(c) Distribute agricultural commodities such as whole grain, whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, and husks, that are adulterated within the meaning of section 8. Upon prior approval by the director, commodities described in this subdivision may be distributed if reworked to acceptable levels for safe use to be fed to animals.

(d) Remove or dispose of, without authorization from the director, commercial feed subject to a seizure order.

(e) Fail or refuse to obtain a license required under section 4.

(f) Fail to make records available, furnish reports, permit the examination of records, or pay an inspection fee as required under section 6.

(g) Refuse, or cause another person to refuse, to permit entry, inspection, sampling, or examination and copying of production and distribution records and production and control procedures authorized under section 7.

(h) Provide false information in a matter pertaining to this act or resist, impede, or hinder the director or authorized representatives in the discharge of their duties.

(i) Violate section 16(8).

(j) Violate a rule promulgated under section 11.

(k) Reuse bags, totes, or other containers for animal feed, including customer-formula feeds, unless the container has always been used and restricted to use within a commercial licensed facility, or is in, on, or upon a portable device and can be filled without entering the manufacturing facility. Containers that have been used to directly feed livestock, such as tubs, troughs, licks, or other containers, must not be refilled with feed.

History: 1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975; Am. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Am. 2018, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2704a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-350-of-1994 / Section 38.2704a
Freezing of retirement benefit; court order; delivery to retirement system; "prosecuting agency" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

(1) A retirement benefit subject to forfeiture under this act may be frozen pursuant to a freezing order issued by the court on a showing of probable cause that the retirement benefit is subject to forfeiture.

(2) On an ex parte application by the prosecuting agency, the court may determine ex parte whether there is probable cause to believe that a member's or retirant's retirement benefit is subject to forfeiture under this act and that notice to the member or retirant before a freezing of the retirement benefit would cause the loss of the retirement benefit subject to forfeiture under this act. If the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that the retirement benefit is subject to forfeiture and to believe that prior notice would cause loss of the retirement benefit, the court shall issue a freezing order freezing the retirement benefit.

(3) If a court enters a freezing order under this section, the clerk of the court shall deliver the freezing order to the retirement system.

(4) As used in this section, "prosecuting agency" means the attorney general of this state, or his or her designee, or the prosecuting attorney of a county, or his or her designee.

History: Add. 2017, Act 43, Eff. Sept. 5, 2017