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Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1069 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-425-of-1994 / Section 123.1069
Authority; general powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

An authority has all the powers necessary to own or operate a community swimming pool, including, but not limited to, the following:

Acquire and hold, by purchase, lease with or without option to purchase, grant, gift, devise, land contract, installment purchase contract, bequest, or other legal means, real and personal property inside or outside the boundaries of the district. The property may include franchises, easements, or rights of way on, under, or above any property. The authority may pay for the property from, or pledge for the payment of the property, revenue of the authority.

Apply for and accept grants or contributions from individuals, the federal government or any of its agencies, this state, a municipality, or other public or private agencies to be used for any of the purposes of this act.

Retain full-time or part-time employees.

Provide for the maintenance of all of the real and personal property of the authority.

Assess and collect fees for its services and expenses.

Levy the tax described in section 13 and distribute the proceeds of the tax.

Enter into contracts incidental to or necessary for the operation of a community swimming pool.

Subject to the limitations in section 11, borrow money and issue notes under the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, in anticipation of collection of the tax authorized in section 13.

Subject to the limitations in section 11, issue negotiable revenue bonds under the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140. Revenue bonds issued by the authority are not a debt of the district or this state. A participating municipality may by majority vote pledge its full faith and credit to support the authority's revenue bonds.

Subject to the limitations in section 11, issue general obligation unlimited tax bonds and authorize and levy taxes necessary to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

Subject to the limitations in section 11, issue general obligation limited tax bonds by resolution of the board, without submitting the question to the electors of the participating municipalities. The board shall not authorize or levy a tax to pay the principal of or interest on the general obligation limited tax bonds that exceeds the tax levy authorized by a vote of the qualified electors of the district as provided in section 13.

Money for an authority shall be paid to the board and deposited in a fund known as the community swimming pool fund. The board shall exclusively control the expenditure of money deposited in the community swimming pool fund.

History: 1994, Act 425, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995; Am. 2002, Act 232, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16238 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16238
Confidentiality of information; compliance conference closed to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16238.

Except as otherwise provided in section 13(1)(u)( i ) and ( ii ) of the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.243 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the information including, but not limited to, patient names, obtained in an investigation or a compliance conference before a complaint is issued, is confidential and shall not be disclosed except to the extent necessary for the proper functioning of a hearings examiner, a disciplinary subcommittee, or the department.

A compliance conference conducted under this part before a complaint is issued shall be closed to the public.

History: Add. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 765.7 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 765.7
Permitting defendant to post bail on own recognizance if appeal taken by or on behalf of state; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

If an appeal is taken by or on behalf of the people of the state of Michigan from a court of record, the defendant shall be permitted to post bail on his or her own recognizance, pending the prosecution and determination of the appeal, unless the trial court determines and certifies that the character of the offense, the respondent, and the questions involved in the appeal, render it advisable that bail be required.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17169; CL 1948, 765.7; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80305 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80305
Acquisition of watercraft from owner; certificate of title or manufacturer's or importer's certificate required; waiver or estoppel; judicial recognition of right, title, claim, or interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80305.

(1) Subject to section 80320(4), a person acquiring a watercraft from the owner of the watercraft, whether the owner is a manufacturer, importer, dealer, or otherwise, shall not acquire any right, title, claim, or interest in or to the watercraft until that person has issued to him or her a certificate of title to the watercraft, or delivered a manufacturer's or importer's certificate for the watercraft. A waiver or estoppel shall not operate in favor of that person against a person having possession of the certificate of title, or manufacturer's or importer's certificate for the watercraft, for a valuable consideration.

(2) A court shall not recognize the right, title, claim, or interest of a person in or to a watercraft sold or disposed of, or mortgaged or encumbered, unless the right, title, claim, or interest is 1 of the following:

(a) Subject to section 80320(4), evidenced by a certificate of title or a manufacturer's or importer's certificate issued pursuant to this part.

(b) Evidenced by admission in the pleadings or stipulation of the parties.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 678, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1027 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-270-of-1992 / Section 752.1027
Prohibited acts; violation; penalties; applicability of subsection (1); exceptions; effective date of section; repeal of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A person who has knowledge that another person intends to commit or attempt to commit suicide and who intentionally does either of the following is guilty of criminal assistance to suicide, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or by a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both:

Provides the physical means by which the other person attempts or commits suicide.

Participates in a physical act by which the other person attempts or commits suicide.

Subsection (1) shall not apply to withholding or withdrawing medical treatment.

Subsection (1) does not apply to prescribing, dispensing, or administering medications or procedures if the intent is to relieve pain or discomfort and not to cause death, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or increase the risk of death.

This section shall take effect February 25, 1993.

This section is repealed effective 6 months after the date the commission makes its recommendations to the legislature pursuant to section 4.

History: 1992, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993; Am. 1993, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.175 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.175
Educational foundations; board of directors, trustees; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 175.

Same; powers of board of directors or trustees. The control of the business and secular affairs of every such educational corporation shall be vested in a board of directors or trustees. Such board shall also have exclusive control over the educational affairs and policy of such institution, and as such may:

First, Appoint, employ and pay the salary of a president, or principal, and such professors, tutors, assistants, and employees, as the board shall determine necessary;

Second, Direct and prescribe the course or courses of study and the rules of discipline for such institution, and enforce the same; and prescribe the tuition and other fees to be paid by students attending such institution;

Third, Grant such diplomas, certificates of graduation, or honors and degrees, as the nature of the institution may warrant, or as contemplated in the articles;

Fourth, Delegate to the president or principal, and the various professors and tutors, such authority over the educational affairs of the institution as the board may deem advisable;

Fifth, Co-operate with other schools, colleges and educational institutions within this country in promoting the best interests of education.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 450.175
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.155 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.155
Agricultural employer; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 155.

An agricultural employer means one who hires a person performing services:

On a farm, in connection with cultivating the soil, or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training and management of livestock, bees, poultry and fur-bearing animals and wildlife.

In the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm, in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement or maintenance of such farm and its tools and equipment or in salvaging timber or clearing land of brush and other debris left by a hurricane, if the major part of such service is performed on a farm.

In connection with the production or harvesting of maple syrup or maple sugar or any commodity defined as an agricultural commodity or in connection with the raising or harvesting of mushrooms or in connection with the hatching of poultry or in connection with the operation or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs or waterways used exclusively for supplying and storing water for farming purposes.

In handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, storing or delivering to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market, any agricultural or horticultural commodity but only if such service is performed as an incident to ordinary farming operations or in the case of fruits and vegetables as an incident to the preparation of such fruits or vegetables for market. The provisions of this subdivision shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to service performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption.

As used in this section, farm includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animals and truck farms, plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities and orchards.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.821 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-55-of-1953 / Section 390.821
Board of control; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The board of control of Ferris state university may do all of the following:

Acquire, purchase, or erect residence halls and housing units.

Acquire, purchase, or erect buildings, rooms, and facilities to be used as social centers for the students and faculty members, separate from or combined with residence halls.

Acquire, purchase, or erect health residences and facilities and furnish, equip, and operate them.

Acquire, purchase, or erect structures designed for fostering of athletics, dramatics, music, and other similar activities and furnish, equip, and operate them.

Rent rooms and facilities in residence halls and housing units and provide board to the students, faculty members, guests, and employees at rates that will insure a reasonable excess of income over operation expense.

Collect from each student a reasonable fee for the use of or maintenance of social centers provided for them under this act.

Collect from each student a reasonable fee as a part of the student's tuition fee for the services, treatment, and benefits to which the student is entitled from the health service maintained by the institution.

Collect from each student a reasonable fee for the use of or maintenance of structures designed for the fostering of athletics, dramatics, music, and similar activities provided for students under this act.

Hold the funds derived from the operation of residence halls and housing units, fees collected for the use of or maintenance of social centers, health residences and facilities, or fees collected for the use of and maintenance of structures designed to foster athletics, dramatics, music, and other similar activities, and spend the funds for repairs, replacements, and betterments, including the payment of indebtedness resulting from the erection or purchase of residence halls and housing units or buildings, rooms and facilities to be used as social centers, for health residences and facilities, or structures designed to foster athletics, dramatics, music, and other similar activities.

Exercise full control and complete management of residence halls, housing units and social centers, health residences and facilities, and structures designed for the fostering of athletics, dramatics, music, and other similar activities.

History: 1953, Act 55, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1953; Am. 1959, Act 214, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1959; Am. 1987, Act 160, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.115g — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.115g
Support subsidy; payment; requirements; determination of amount; maximum amount; form to be signed by adoptive parent; presentment of first offer by adoptive parent; acceptance or counteroffer by department; completion of certification process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 115g.

(1) The department may pay a support subsidy to an adoptive parent of an adoptee who is placed in the home of the adoptive parent under the adoption code or under the adoption laws of another state or a tribal government, if all of the following requirements are met:

(a) The department has certified that the adoptee is a child with special needs.

(b) Certification is made before the adoptee's eighteenth birthday.

(c) Certification is made and the adoption assistance agreement is signed by the adoptive parent and the department before the adoption is finalized.

(2) The department shall determine eligibility for the support subsidy without regard to the income of the adoptive parent. The maximum amount shall be equal to the rate that the child received in the family foster care placement or the rate the child would have received if he or she had been in a family foster care placement at the time of adoption. This rate includes the determination of care rate that was paid or would have been paid for the adoptee in a family foster care placement, except that the amount shall be increased to reflect increases made in the standard age appropriate foster care rate paid by the department. The department shall not implement policy to limit the maximum amount at an amount less than the family foster care rate, including the determination of care rate, that was paid for the adoptee while the adoptee was in family foster care.

(3) The department shall, on a separate form, require an adoptive parent to sign that he or she either requests or does not request a support subsidy.

(4) The adoptive parent shall present to the department the first offer of the amount requested for the support subsidy. The department may accept the adoptive parent's offer or present a counteroffer to the adoptive parent for the support subsidy. The department shall consider the prospective adoptive parent's requested rate if that requested rate is consistent with the needs of the child being adopted and the prospective adoptive family's circumstances, unless the requested rate exceeds the maximum foster care rate the child is receiving or would receive if placed in a licensed family foster home.

(5) The department shall complete the certification process within 30 days after it receives a request for a support subsidy.

History: Add. 1990, Act 356, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1990; Am. 1994, Act 238, Eff. July 5, 1994; Am. 2002, Act 648, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 193, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2004; Am. 2009, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2009; Am. 2014, Act 308, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 102.5 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 102.5
Thoroughfares; street grading; diagrams, record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The council shall have authority to determine and establish the grades of all streets, avenues, alleys and public grounds within the city, and to require improvements and buildings adjacent to or abutting upon such streets, alleys or grounds to be made and constructed in conformity with such grade and upon such line as shall be prescribed by the council; and the council may change or alter the grade of any street, alley or public ground, or of any part thereof, whenever in their opinion the public convenience will be promoted thereby. Whenever a grade shall be established or altered, a record and diagram thereof shall be made in the book of street records in the office of the city clerk.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3177; CL 1915, 3091; CL 1929, 2015; CL 1948, 102.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.513 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.513
Officers and enlisted personnel; pay and allowances; appropriations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 113.

Officers and enlisted personnel of the state military establishment shall receive for each day spent by them on active state service under orders of the governor, who is authorized to determine when to place them on such duty, the pay and allowances provided for persons of the federal military forces of like grade or rank and years of service. Enlisted personnel so serving shall receive $3.00 per day allowance in addition to the pay herein authorized. There is hereby appropriated each year from the general fund, the sums necessary to implement the provisions of this type active state service including logistic costs.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1022 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1022
Person considered licensed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1022.

A person who holds a license to operate pursuant to this article on the effective date of the 1991 amendatory act that amended this section shall be considered by the department to be appropriately licensed under this article until that license expires.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1992, Act 253, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.10 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.10
Drains; location; meetings; jurisdiction of commissioner; exception; payment of bonds or drain orders; deficiency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Drains may be laid or extended into or along or from any lake or other body of water surrounded wholly or in part by a swamp, marsh or other low lands for the general purpose of drainage contemplated by this act, but not so as to impair the navigation of any navigable river.

Any meeting called pursuant to the provisions of this act, unless otherwise provided, may be adjourned from time to time by public announcement thereof and no advertisement of the time of said adjournment shall be required.

The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over all established county drains within his county, heretofore established and now in the process of being established except that in the case of a drain located or to be located entirely within a single city or village, such jurisdiction shall be consented to by resolution of the governing body of such city or village.

If any drainage project lies entirely within the limits of a municipality less than a county, such municipality, by its governing body, shall have the power to pledge the full faith and credit of the municipality for the payment of bonds or drain orders issued in connection with such project, and if a deficiency exists in the drain fund or sinking fund for said drain 1 year after the last installment of the deficiency assessment provided for in section 280 of this act, shall have become delinquent, such municipality shall forthwith advance to the county drain fund the amount of such deficiency and thereafter all receipts of such drain fund from the sale of delinquent tax lands, which had been assessed for said drain, shall be paid to the municipality within 90 days after receipt by the county treasurer.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1963, Act 228, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.501 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-157-of-2019 / Section 432.501
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "fantasy contests consumer protection act".

History: 2019, Act 157, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.33928 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.33928
Conflicting claims; determination by department; hearing; notice; depositions; appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33928.

In all cases where there is a contest or conflict between applicants for a lease to the same piece or parcel of land growing out of a prior occupation or improvements, such conflicting claims shall be determined by the department at a meeting scheduled by the department after notice to each of the claimants of the time and place of hearing, and in such cases depositions may be taken by any claimant in the manner provided for taking depositions in the circuit courts of this state. Any party considering himself or herself aggrieved by any decision of the department refusing to grant him or her a lease under the provisions of this part, whether in case of conflict, contest, or otherwise, has the right of appeal to the circuit court for the county in which the land is situated, and the proceedings to take the appeal and the trial of the appeal in any of those courts shall be in accordance with the statutes providing for appeals from district courts of this state, or the aggrieved party may take such other action at law or in equity as provided by the statutes and laws of this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.193 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.193
Drains; apportionment for cleaning, widening, deepening, straightening, and extending; review; notice; consolidated districts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 193.

All apportionments hereunder shall be made according to the benefits received and shall be subject to appeal the same as in the first instance. In case the apportionment shall be the same as the last recorded apportionment, no day of review shall be necessary. In case the apportionment shall be changed, or in case an apportionment is made in a consolidated district which apportions benefits between lands which have not been previously assessed by the consolidated district, the procedure shall be in all respects in accordance with the provisions of chapter 7 of this act, including the notice of and the holding of a day of review.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1962, Act 103, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1962
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2607 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2607
Definitions; R, S.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2607.

"Record" means a datum or a grouping of data about a person or an object under the ownership or control of a person or governmental entity in which the person, object, or governmental entity is identifiable by name, number, symbol, or other identifying particular.

"System of records" means an interrelated grouping of records for use by the department.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 92.3 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 92.3
City marshal; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The city marshal, subject to the direction of the mayor, shall, as chief of police, have the superintendence and direction of the policemen and night-watchmen, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the council.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3118; CL 1915, 3032; CL 1929, 1956; CL 1948, 92.3