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Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.216 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-164-of-1877 / Section 397.216
Rights in use and benefits of library; uniform rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

After fulfilling the contractual requirements, the people of a township, village, or city that has contracted for library services with another township, village, or city have all rights in the use and benefits of the library that they would have if they lived in the township, village, or city where the library is established, subject to uniform rules and regulations established by the governing board.

History: Add. 1903, Act 19, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903; CL 1915, 3446; CL 1929, 8074; CL 1948, 397.216; Am. 1984, Act 128, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984; Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.360 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-261-of-1965 / Section 46.360
County and regional commission; acceptance of gifts and bequests, grants-in-aid.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A county commission may accept in the name of the county and a regional commission may accept in its name gifts, bequests, grants-in-aid, contributions and appropriations of money and other personal property for conservation purposes.

History: 1965, Act 261, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1965; Am. 1966, Act 242, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5719 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5719
Fire alarm contractor's license; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 719.

Subject to section 731(3), the department shall issue a fire alarm contractor's license to a person that meets the requirements described in article 2 and meets either of the following:

(a) Is an individual who holds a fire alarm specialty technician's license.

(b) Has at least 1 full-time employee who is a fire alarm specialty technician, resides in this state, and is actively in charge of and responsible for Michigan electrical code compliance of all installations of fire alarm system wiring and equipment.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.578 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.578
Primary elections; poll list, comparison of ballot number.
Status: in_force

Sec. 578.

When a duly registered and qualified elector shall ask for a ballot as before provided, the inspector shall enter his name upon the poll list, and the number of the ballot given to the elector. The inspector receiving the ballot after the same has been voted shall, before depositing it in the box, ascertain by comparison with such list whether the ballot given to him is the same ballot furnished to the elector, and if it is not the same ballot, he shall reject it and the elector shall not be allowed to vote at such primary election.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.43 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 552.43
Divorce from bed and board; decree; limited time, revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

When a decree of divorce from bed and board forever, or for a limited time, shall have been pronounced, it may be revoked at any time thereafter, under such regulations and restrictions as the court may impose, upon the joint application of the parties, and their producing satisfactory evidence of their reconciliation.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84; CL 1857, 3264; CL 1871, 4775; How. 6263; CL 1897, 8655; CL 1915, 11431; CL 1929, 12762; CL 1948, 522.43
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.16i — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.16i
Charter township; charter; continuation of incorporated village.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16i.

If a consolidated township is a charter township, the election under section 16c shall be considered the election required under section 2 of Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being section 42.2 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 42.1 to 42.34 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is the charter of that charter township.

If an incorporated village is located within the boundaries of a township that becomes part of a consolidated township, the village continues to be an incorporated village within the boundaries of the consolidated township.

History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.313 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.313
“After-tax average weekly wage” defined; tables.
Status: in_force

Sec. 313.

As used in this act, "after-tax average weekly wage" means average weekly wage as defined in section 371 reduced by the prorated weekly amount which would have been paid under the federal insurance contributions act, 26 U.S.C. 3101 to 3126, state income tax and federal income tax, calculated on an annual basis using as the number of exemptions the disabled employee's dependents plus the employee, and without excess itemized deductions. Effective January 1, 1982, and each January 1 thereafter, the applicable federal and state laws in effect on the preceding July 1 shall be used in determining the after-tax weekly wage.

Each December 1 the director shall publish tables of the average weekly wage and 80% of after-tax average weekly wage that are to be in effect on the following January 1. These tables shall be conclusive for the purpose of converting an average weekly wage into 80% of after-tax average weekly wage.

History: Add. 1980, Act 357, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Am. 1982, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.696 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.696
Revitalization and placemaking fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 696.

(1) The revitalization and placemaking fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the revitalization and placemaking fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the revitalization and placemaking fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the revitalization and placemaking fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(2) Money in the revitalization and placemaking fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(3) The Michigan strategic fund shall be the administrator of the revitalization and placemaking fund for auditing purposes.

(4) Beginning with the 2022-2023 state fiscal year and each state fiscal year thereafter, the Michigan strategic fund shall expend money from the revitalization and placemaking fund, upon appropriation, only to create and operate the revitalization and placemaking grants program to invest in projects that enable population and tax revenue growth through rehabilitation of vacant and blighted buildings and historic structures, rehabilitation and development of vacant properties, and development of permanent place-based infrastructure associated with social zones and traditional downtowns, outdoor dining, and place-based public spaces. If grant funds are used to support residential projects, those projects must comply with other program guidelines and eligibility as determined by the Michigan strategic fund.

(5) By December 31 annually, the Michigan strategic fund shall prepare and submit to the senate and house appropriations committees a report detailing the amount of revenue received by and expenditures from the revitalization and placemaking fund during the prior state fiscal year and the revitalization and placemaking fund balance at the end of the prior state fiscal year.

History: Add. 2023, Act 4, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17315 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17315
Nursing home administrator of Christian Science nursing home; limited license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17315.

Subject to section 16182, this part or a rule promulgated under this part shall not require an applicant for a limited license as a nursing home administrator of a Christian Science nursing home to meet a medical educational qualification or to pass an examination on medical subjects.

A license issued under this section shall describe its limitation.

History: Add. 2001, Act 139, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5432 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5432
Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5432.

A person indebted to a protected individual or having possession of property or of an instrument evidencing a debt, stock, or chose in action belonging to a protected individual may pay or deliver the money, property, or instrument to a conservator, guardian of the estate, or other similar fiduciary appointed by a court of the protected individual's state of residence upon being presented with proof of appointment and a sworn statement made by or on behalf of the fiduciary stating both of the following:

That no protective proceeding that relates to the protected individual is pending in this state.

That the foreign fiduciary is entitled to payment or to receive delivery.

If the person to whom the sworn statement is presented is not aware of a protective proceeding pending in this state, payment or delivery in response to the demand and sworn statement discharges the debtor or possessor.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.16 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 769.16
Clerk of court and sheriff; duty in executing sentence; fine or imprisonment in county jail; transcript.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

When any person convicted of an offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine or costs, or to be imprisoned in the county jail, the clerk of the court shall, as soon as may be, make out and deliver to the sheriff of the county or some officer in court, a transcript from the minutes of the court, of the conviction and sentence duly certified by such clerk, which shall be sufficient authority for the sheriff to execute such sentence, and he shall execute the same accordingly.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17344; CL 1948, 769.16
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.238 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.238
Judicial performance commission; creation; evaluation of judges; performance standards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 238.

The supreme court shall create a judicial performance commission. The commission shall develop standards for evaluating the performance of all judges in this state. The results of the evaluation of judges according to the standards shall be made available to the public on an annual basis, beginning June 1, 1999.

Beginning on January 1, 2000, unless the standards described in subsection (1) are developed and implemented, the trial court performance standards published by the national center for state courts shall be implemented, with each judge making public an annual report on how that judge has complied with each standard.

History: Add. 1996, Act 374, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 319.102 — MI Code / Chapter 319 / Act Act-178-of-1941 / Section 319.102
Gas and oil mining rights; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Definitions. The following words and terms as used in this act shall each have the meaning ascribed to them in this section.

"Person" means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, judiciary or common law trust, guardian, executor, administrator or fiduciary of any kind.

"Oil" means natural crude oil or petroleum or other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced at the well in liquid form by ordinary production methods and which are not the result of condensation of gas after it leaves the underground reservoir.

"Gas" means dry or natural gas, casinghead gas or gas produced incidental to the production of oil.

The phrase "oil and gas" shall not only refer to the oil and gas as such in combination 1 with the other, but shall also have general reference to oil, gas, casinghead gas or other hydrocarbons or any combination or combinations thereof, or any 1 thereof, which may be found in or produced from a natural reservoir or common source of supply of oil or gas or both.

The term "royalty interest" means that share of the produce or profits which the owner of land, or the oil and gas rights in such land, reserves or is entitled to whether under a lease or under the provisions of this act in consideration of permitting the owner of the working interest to develop such oil and gas mineral rights.

The term "working interest" means that share of the produce or profits to which the person who develops the oil and gas mineral rights is entitled by reason thereof pursuant to either the provisions of a lease providing therefor or to the provisions of this act.

The singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Each of the genders shall include each of the other genders.

History: 1941, Act 178, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 319.102
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2805 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2805
Definitions; S to V.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2805.

"State registrar" means the official appointed under section 2813 or his or her authorized representative.

"System of vital statistics" means the collection, certification, compilation, amendment, coordination, and preservation of vital records, including the tabulation, analysis, and publication of vital statistics.

"Vital record" means a certificate or registration of birth, death, marriage, or divorce; an acknowledgment of parentage; or related data.

"Vital statistics" means data derived from vital records and related reports.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1996, Act 307, Eff. June 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47353 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47353
Little Bay de Noquette, Big Bay de Noquette, and Green Bay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47353.

A person shall not in the waters of this state known as Little Bay de Noquette and Big Bay de Noquette, and that part of Green Bay lying north of a line drawn from the point where the south boundary of Delta county (being the south line of township 37 north) meets the west shore of Green Bay, thence easterly to the most southerly point of St. Martin Island, thence northeasterly through the most southeasterly point of Poverty Island to the most southeasterly point of Summer Island (also called Big Summer Island), thence northerly along the shore of Summer Island to the most easterly point thereof, thence northerly to the navigation buoy off the south end of Point Detour:

Fish, set, use, or maintain in the water any pound net designed for the impounding of fish, unless the pound net is held in place solely by 10 or more stakes driven firmly into the ground beneath the water.

Fish, set, use, or maintain any pound net in water having a depth greater than 50 feet.

Fish, set, or have in the water any trap net, hoop net, fyke net, drop net, or gobbler net at any time from April 15 to May 20.

Fish, set, use, maintain, or permit to remain in the water any net of any description, except minnow seines, between July 1 and September 10, in whole or in part within any of the areas described as follows:

In Big Bay de Noquette north of a line from the southernmost tip of Porcupine Point to the westernmost tip of Valentine Point.

In Little Bay de Noquette between the westerly shore and a line drawn from the extreme end of Saunders Point to the extreme end of Squaw Point and thence to the mouth of the channel into the Gladstone yacht harbor.

In Little Bay de Noquette and Green Bay between the westerly shore and a line drawn from the most easterly point on Portage Point 1 and 1/2 miles south, thence in a general southerly direction parallel to the westerly shoreline and 1 and 1/2 miles out from shore to a point where the township line between town 37 n and 38 n, r 23 w intersect, thence west to the shore.

Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply to or restrict the fishing, setting, use, or maintenance of pound nets otherwise lawfully used for the taking of smelt or herring during the winter months under the ice.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1903a — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1903a
Conviction or administrative disqualification of licensee; electronic transaction; sanctions; hearing and appeal procedures; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 903a.

(1) A licensee is subject to the licensing sanctions in subsection (2) if the licensee is convicted or administratively disqualified as the result of an electronic transaction to which all of the following apply:

(a) The transaction is a transaction for food assistance program benefits.

(b) The transaction involves an item other than eligible food.

(c) The transaction is related to the sale of alcoholic liquor under that licensee's liquor license.

(2) The commission or a commissioner or duly authorized agent of the commission designated by the chairperson of the commission shall, upon due notice and proper hearing, impose the following license sanctions upon a licensee described in subsection (1):

(a) For a first violation, a license suspension for between 30 and 60 days.

(b) For a second violation, a license suspension for between 61 and 120 days.

(c) For a third or subsequent violation, revocation of the license.

(3) A licensee aggrieved by a sanction imposed under subsection (2) may invoke the hearing and appeal procedures of section 903(2) and rules promulgated under that section.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Administratively disqualified" means administratively disqualified from acting as a merchant under the food and nutrition act of 2008, 7 USC 2011 to 2036a, or 7 CFR 278.6 because the licensee has engaged in trafficking as that term is defined in 7 CFR 271.2. A licensee is not administratively disqualified until any administrative or judicial review under 7 CFR 279 is complete.

(b) "Convicted" means that the licensee either was convicted of or pled guilty to a crime under section 300a(1)(c) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.300a.

(c) "Eligible food" means that term as defined in 7 CFR 271.2.

History: Add. 2013, Act 55, Eff. Sept. 10, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.706 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-344-of-1972 / Section 290.706
Proposed bargaining unit; determination of appropriateness; criteria.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The department shall determine whether a proposed bargaining unit is appropriate. This determination shall be made upon the petition of an association representing not less than 10% of the producers of the commodity eligible for membership in the proposed bargaining unit as defined by the association. An association with an overlapping definition of bargaining unit may, upon the presentation of a petition by not less than 10% of the producers eligible for membership in the overlapping bargaining unit, contest the proposed bargaining unit. The department shall hold a hearing in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to resolve the dispute.

(2) In making its determination, the department shall define as appropriate the largest bargaining unit in terms of the quantity of the agricultural commodity produced, the definition of the agricultural commodity, the geographic area covered, and the number of producers included as is consistent with the following criteria:

(a) The community of interest of the producers included.

(b) The potential serious conflicts of interest among members of the proposed unit.

(c) The effect of exclusions on the capacity of the association to effectively bargain for the bargaining unit as defined.

(d) The kinds, types, and subtypes of products to be classed together as agricultural commodity for which the bargaining unit is proposed.

(e) Whether the producers eligible for membership in the proposed bargaining unit meet the definition of "producer" for the agricultural commodity involved.

(f) The wishes of the producers.

(g) The pattern of past marketing of the commodity.

History: 1972, Act 344, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2012, Act 119, Imd. Eff. May 2, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2041 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2041
Real party in interest; actions on official or personal bonds; taxpayer's suit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2041.

Every action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest; but an executor, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express trust, a party with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another, or a party authorized by statute may sue in his own name without joining with him the party for whose benefit the action was brought, and further

an action upon the bond of any public officer required to give bond to the people of this state may be brought in the name of the person to whom the right thereon accrues; and

an action upon any bond, contract, or undertaking lawfully made with an officer of this state or any governmental unit, including but not limited to a public, municipal, quasi-municipal, or governmental corporation, unincorporated board, public body, or political subdivision, may be brought in the name of the state or any such unit for whose benefit the contract was made; and

an action to prevent the illegal expenditure of state funds or to test the constitutionality of a statute relating thereto may be brought in the name of a domestic nonprofit corporation organized for civic, protective, or improvement purposes, or in the names of at least 5 residents of this state who own property assessed for direct taxation by the county wherein they reside.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2208 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2208
Public health advisory council; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; removal; vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2208.

The public health advisory council is created in the department. The public health advisory council shall consist of 16 members. Initial members of the public health advisory council shall include those individuals currently appointed to the advisory council created under section 506 of Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1965, being section 16.606 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, who shall serve for the remainder of their terms under that section.

The advisory council shall represent consumers and providers of health care representative of the population as to sex, race, and ethnicity and shall include representatives of a local governing entity as defined in part 24 and a local health department. New members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Except for initial members, a member of the public health advisory council shall serve for a term of 4 years or until a successor is appointed. After the effective date of this part, an individual shall not serve more than 2 full terms and 1 partial term, consecutive or otherwise.

The director may request the governor to remove a member from the public health advisory council at any time for good cause.

A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26522 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-178-of-2004 / Section 333.26522
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Caregiver" means an individual providing ongoing care for an individual unable to care for himself or herself.

"Department" means the department of community health.

"Director" means the director of the department.

"Respite care" means providing short-term relief to primary caregivers from the demands of ongoing care for an individual whose health and welfare would be jeopardized if left unattended.

History: 2004, Act 178, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2004