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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3011 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3011
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3011.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Asbestos" means chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, asbestiform winchite, asbestiform richterite, asbestiform amphibole minerals, and any of these minerals that have been chemically treated or altered.

(b) "Asbestos action" means a claim for damages or other civil or equitable relief presented in a civil action that arises out of, is based on, or is related to the health effects of exposure to asbestos, and any other derivative claim made by or on behalf of an individual exposed to asbestos or a representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of the individual.

(c) "Asbestos trust" means a government-approved or court-approved trust, qualified settlement fund, compensation fund, or claims facility that is created as a result of an administrative or legal action, a court-approved bankruptcy, or under 11 USC 524(g), 11 USC 1121(a), or another applicable provision of law and that is intended to provide compensation to claimants arising out of, based on, or related to the health effects of exposure to asbestos.

(d) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

(e) "Plaintiff" means the person bringing the asbestos action, including a personal representative if the asbestos action is brought by an estate, or a conservator or next friend if the asbestos action is brought on behalf of a minor or legally incapacitated individual.

(f) "Trust claims materials" means a final executed proof of claim and all other documents and information related to a claim against an asbestos trust, including claims forms and supplementary materials, affidavits, depositions and trial testimony, work history, and medical and health records, all documents that reflect the status of a claim against an asbestos trust, and, if the trust claim has settled, all documents that relate to the settlement of the trust claim.

(g) "Trust governance documents" means all documents that relate to eligibility and payment levels, including claims payment matrices, trust distribution procedures, and plans for reorganization, for an asbestos trust.

History: Add. 2018, Act 100, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2720 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2720
Cancellation, rescission, antecedent breach.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2720.

Unless the contrary intention clearly appears, expressions of "cancellation" or "rescission" of the contract or the like shall not be construed as a renunciation or discharge of any claim in damages for an antecedent breach.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.6152 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.6152
Food allergy awareness; display of poster; rules; private cause of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6152.

(1) Until December 31, 2020, each food service establishment in this state shall prominently display in the staff area a poster developed and approved by the department relative to food allergy awareness that includes, but is not limited to, information regarding the risk of an allergic reaction, or post the information from the poster in a different, readable notice in the staff area.

(2) The department may promulgate rules to carry out this section.

(3) This section does not establish or change any private cause of action. This section does not change any duty under any other statute or the common law, except as this section expressly provides.

History: Add. 2014, Act 516, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2761 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-128-of-1999 / Section 125.2761
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "urban homesteading in single-family public housing act".

History: 1999, Act 128, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2235 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2235
Local health department; authorization to exercise power or function; primary organization as to services and programs; exceptions; summary reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2235.

Except as provided in subsection (3), the department may authorize a local health department to exercise a power or function of the department where not otherwise prohibited by law or rule.

The director, in determining the organization of services and programs which the department may establish or require under this code, shall consider a local health department which meets the requirements of part 24 to be the primary organization responsible for the organization, coordination, and delivery of those services and programs in the area served by the local health department.

Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if the director determines that 1 of the following exists:

The local health department does not have and is unable or unwilling to obtain qualified personnel or does not have and is unable or unwilling to obtain the administrative capacity or programmatic mechanisms to perform a specific function.

The services or programs are so specialized in nature and of such technical complexity that cost benefit or cost effectiveness does not justify administration through the local health department.

Legal constraints preclude the assignment of the responsibility.

When a branch of the state department of public health directly delivers services within a local health department area, the state department of public health shall provide summary reports of those activities to the local health department upon the request of the local health officer.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1103 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.1103
Name of limited partnership; reservation of exclusive right to use; application; time period; expiration; extension; transfer of right.
Status: in_force

Sec. 103.

The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by any of the following:

Any person intending to organize a limited partnership under this act and to adopt that name.

Any domestic limited partnership or any foreign limited partnership registered in this state, which, in either case, intends to adopt that name.

Any foreign limited partnership intending to register in this state and adopt that name.

Any person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and intending to have the partnership registered in this state and adopt that name.

The reservation shall be made by filing with the administrator an application, executed by the applicant, to reserve a specified name. If the administrator finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign limited partnership, and all filing fees required by law have been paid, he or she shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period expiring at the end of the fourth full calendar month following the month in which the application was filed. The administrator, for good cause shown, may extend the reservation for periods of not more than 2 calendar months each. Not more than 2 extensions shall be granted. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing in the office of the administrator a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved and specifying the name and address of the transferee.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.37 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 552.37
Marriage annulment; ground of force or fraud; effect of voluntary cohabitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

No marriage shall be annulled on the ground of force or fraud, if it shall appear that, at any time before the commencement of the suit, there was a voluntary cohabitation of the parties as husband and wife.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84; CL 1857, 3258; CL 1871, 4769; How. 6257; CL 1897, 8649; CL 1915, 11425; CL 1929, 12756; CL 1948, 552.37
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21505 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21505
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21505.

The legislature finds that releases from underground storage tanks are a significant cause of contamination of the natural resources, water resources, and groundwater in this state. The purpose of this part and of the authority created by this part is to preserve and protect the water resources of the state and to prevent, abate, or control the pollution of water resources and groundwater, to protect and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and to assist in the financing of corrective actions due to releases from refined petroleum underground storage tank systems.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004; Am. 2014, Act 416, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.529 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.529
Twenty-eighth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 529.

The twenty-eighth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Missaukee and Wexford and has 1 judge.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972; Am. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.54 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-222-of-1943 / Section 125.54
Building permits, granting; public hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

For the purpose of accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the municipality and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development; including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, and the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements, the legislative body of any city or village may provide by ordinance that no permit shall be issued for, and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected on any land located within the proposed future outside lines of any new, extended or widened street, avenue, place or other public way, or of any park, playground or other public grounds or extension thereof shown on any such certified and adopted plat. Any such ordinance shall provide that the zoning board of appeals, if the municipality has such a board, or if not, that a board of appeals created for the purpose in such ordinance, shall have the power on appeal filed with it by the owner of such land to authorize the granting of a permit for and the erection of a building, or structure, or part thereof, within the lines of any such mapped street, park, playground, or other public ground in any case in which such board finds, upon the evidence and arguments presented to it on such appeal, (a) that the entire property of the appellant located in whole, or in part, within the lines of such mapped street, park, playground, or other public ground cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless such permit be granted, and (b) that, balancing the interest of the municipality in preserving the integrity of the adopted map, and the interest of the owner of the property in the use and benefits of his property, the granting of such permit is required by considerations of justice and equity. Before taking any such action, the board of appeals shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least 10 days' notice of the time and place of which shall be given to the appellant by mail at the address specified by the appellant in his appeal petition. In the event that the board of appeals decides to authorize a building permit and erection, it shall have the power to specify the exact location, ground area, height, and other details and conditions of size, character and construction, and also the duration of the building, structure, or part thereof to be permitted.

History: 1943, Act 222, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 125.54
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4213a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4213a
Borrowing money; issuing revenue bonds or notes; purpose; costs; security; pledge and lien of pledge valid and binding; filing or recordation not required; tax exemption; bonds or notes neither liability nor debt of municipality; statement; investment and deposit of bonds and notes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 213a.

(1) The authority may with approval of the local governing body borrow money and issue its revenue bonds or notes to finance all or part of the costs of acquiring or constructing property in connection with the implementation of a development plan in the downtown district or to refund or refund in advance bonds or notes issued pursuant to this section. The costs which may be financed by the issuance of revenue bonds or notes may include the cost of purchasing, acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending, or repairing property in connection with the implementation of a development plan in the downtown district; any engineering, architectural, legal, accounting, or financial expenses; the costs necessary or incidental to the borrowing of money; interest on the bonds or notes during the period of construction; a reserve for payment of principal and interest on the bonds or notes; and a reserve for operation and maintenance until sufficient revenues have developed. The authority may secure the bonds and notes by mortgage, assignment, or pledge of the property and any money, revenues, or income received in connection therewith.

(2) A pledge made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The money or property pledged by the authority immediately shall be subject to the lien of the pledge without a physical delivery, filing, or further act. The lien of such a pledge shall be valid and binding as against parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise, against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution, the trust agreement, nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded.

(3) Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this section shall be exempt from all taxation in this state except inheritance and transfer taxes, and the interest on the bonds or notes shall be exempt from all taxation in this state, notwithstanding that the interest may be subject to federal income tax.

(4) The municipality shall not be liable on bonds or notes of the authority issued pursuant to this section and the bonds or notes shall not be a debt of the municipality. The bonds or notes shall contain on their face a statement to that effect.

(5) The bonds and notes of the authority may be invested in by all public officers, state agencies and political subdivisions, insurance companies, banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and fiduciaries and trustees, and may be deposited with and received by all public officers and the agencies and political subdivisions of this state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds is authorized.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 61.1a — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 61.1a
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

As used in this act:

"Appointed officer" means any officer, except an officer who is appointed to fill an elective but vacant seat on the council.

"Civil infraction action", "municipal civil infraction", and, except as used in section 2 of chapter VI, "civil infraction" mean those terms as defined in section 113 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.113.

"Council" or "members of council", with respect to voting procedure, means 1 of the following:

The president and 6 trustees, if the village has not adopted an ordinance reducing the number of trustees under chapter II.

The president and 4 trustees, if the village has adopted an ordinance reducing the number of trustees under chapter II.

"Elector" means an individual who has the qualifications of an elector under section 492 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.492.

"Officer" means the village president, clerk, or treasurer, a village trustee, or an appointed person authorized by the council.

"Quorum" means, except as otherwise defined, 1 of the following:

Three council members, if the village has adopted an ordinance reducing the number of trustees under chapter II.

Four council members, if the village has not adopted an ordinance reducing the number of trustees under chapter II.

History: Add. 1945, Act 24, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 61.1a; Am. 1994, Act 16, Eff. May 1, 1994; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.313 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-9-of-1955-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 390.313
Highway traffic safety center; personnel, apparatus, rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The state board of agriculture may employ for the center, and may assign thereto, such professors, instructors, tutors, demonstrators and such other persons as from time to time may be considered necessary and may furnish all necessary apparatus and appliances for research and the study of highway traffic safety problems and for the teaching of courses related thereto, including extension courses and demonstrations, and may prescribe and regulate the courses offered and may make such rules and regulations for the operation of the center as may be necessary.

History: 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 9, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47340 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47340
Marquette Bay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47340.

A person shall not drive stakes for fishing purposes, or set, place, or extend any pound, trap, stake, or set net of any kind, or any other device, except hook and line and spear as permitted by law, to take or catch fish in the waters of Marquette Bay, beginning with a line from the Presque Isle breakwater on the S.S.E. period line to east side of section 8 opposite the mouth of the Chocolay river.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 224.19a — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 224.19a
Contract for maintenance of road surface; charges; payment of damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19a.

As used in this section:

"Board" means the governing body of a fair or exposition, which board is created under section 2 of Act No. 11 of the Public Acts of 1929, being section 46.152 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; section 4 of Act No. 80 of the Public Acts of 1855, as amended, being section 453.234 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; or Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being sections 450.62 to 450.192 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

"Maintenance" means snow removal, grading, salting, controlling weed growth, or a related activity.

"Road surface" means a highway, street, or other surface designed for and used primarily by, motor vehicles or fair events. Road surface includes parking lots, fair tracks, or similar area.

A county road commission may contract with a board for the maintenance of a road surface. Before entering into a contract, the county road commission shall determine the charges to be made for maintenance, which charges shall be sufficient to completely reimburse the county road commission for all expenses incurred in the performance of the maintenance. The contract shall contain terms by which the board and not the county road commission shall be responsible for the payment of damages resulting from the maintenance of a road surface.

History: Add. 1979, Act 42, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2802 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2802
Applicability of article.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A102.

This article applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.557 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.557
School of excellence; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 557.

In addition to other powers set forth in this part, a school of excellence may take action to carry out the purposes for which it was incorporated under this part, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) To sue and be sued in its name.

(b) Subject to section 555, to acquire, hold, and own in its own name real and personal property, or interests in real or personal property, for educational purposes by purchase, gift, grant, devise, bequest, lease, sublease, installment purchase agreement, land contract, option, or condemnation, and subject to mortgages, security interests, or other liens; and to sell or convey the property as the interests of the school of excellence require.

(c) To receive, disburse, and pledge funds for lawful purposes.

(d) To enter into binding legal agreements with persons or entities as necessary for the operation, management, financing, and maintenance of the school of excellence, if the agreement is in compliance with sections 7 and 18 of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1607 and 388.1618.

(e) To incur temporary debt in accordance with section 1225.

(f) To solicit and accept any grants or gifts for educational purposes and to establish or permit to be established on its behalf 1 or more nonprofit corporations the purpose of which is to assist the school of excellence in the furtherance of its public purposes.

(g) To borrow money and issue bonds in accordance with section 1351a and in accordance with part VI of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2601 to 141.2613, except that the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds by a school of excellence is not subject to section 1351a(4) or section 1351(2) to (4). Bonds issued under this section are full faith and credit obligations of the school of excellence, pledging the general funds or any other money available for such a purpose. Bonds issued under this section are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

History: Add. 2009, Act 205, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2010; Am. 2024, Act 214, Eff. Apr. 17, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.5b — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-282-of-1905 / Section 207.5b
Taxable value; determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5b.

As used in this act, "taxable value" is that value determined in the same manner taxable value is determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, being section 211.27a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

All property of a company subject to taxation under this act shall be considered 1 parcel in determining the taxable value of that company's property.

History: Add. 1995, Act 257, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1996