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Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.592 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-125-of-2021 / Section 460.592
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Affiliated transmission company" means that term as defined in section 2 of the electric transmission line certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL 460.562.

(b) "Commission" means the Michigan public service commission.

(c) "Cooperative electric utility" means either of the following:

( i ) An electric cooperative organized as a cooperative corporation under sections 98 to 109 of 1931 PA 327, MCL 450.98 to 450.109.

( ii ) A cooperative corporation in the business of generating or transmitting electricity.

(d) "Electric utility" means any of the following:

( i ) An electric utility as that term is defined in section 10h of 1939 PA 3, MCL 460.10h.

( ii ) A municipal electric utility system as that term is defined in section 4 of the Michigan energy employment act of 1976, 1976 PA 448, MCL 460.804.

( iii ) A cooperative electric utility.

( iv ) A joint agency acting on its own behalf or on behalf of 1 or more of its member municipal electric utility systems.

(e) "High-voltage transmission line" means a line used to transmit electricity and all associated structures, equipment, facilities, and other personal property necessary to transfer electricity over the line at a system bulk supply voltage of 100 kilovolts or more.

(f) "Incumbent electric transmission company" means an electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company that owns a high-voltage transmission line in this state on or after the effective date of this act.

(g) "Independent transmission company" means that term as defined in section 2 of the electric transmission line certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL 460.562.

(h) "Joint agency" means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan energy employment act of 1976, 1976 PA 448, MCL 460.803.

(i) "Recognized electric planning authority" means a person recognized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the North American Electric Reliability Corporation as authorized under federal law to approve a high-voltage transmission line for construction by an incumbent electric transmission company, including, but not limited to, a regional transmission organization.

(j) "Regional transmission organization" means a person that meets all of the following:

( i ) Possesses characteristics required under 18 CFR 35.34(j).

( ii ) Performs functions required under 18 CFR 35.34(k).

( iii ) Accommodates an open architecture as required under 18 CFR 35.34( l ).

( iv ) Is recognized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as the organization with oversight responsibility for a region that includes the service territory of an incumbent electric transmission company.

(k) "Regionally cost-shared transmission line" means a high-voltage transmission line that is eligible for regional cost sharing and is not subject to a right of first refusal in accordance with the tariff of a recognized electric planning authority.

History: 2021, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Dec. 17, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.350q — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-107-of-1941 / Section 41.350q
Withholding and paying lender constitutionally allocated money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20q.

An ordinance pledging sales tax money pursuant to section 20p may provide that the official charged with disbursement of sales tax money returnable to the township pursuant to sections 8 and 10 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 shall withhold and pay to the lending person, firm, corporation, bank, or trust company such of the constitutionally allocated money of the township as may be necessary to fulfill the pledge.

History: Add. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.2060a — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.2060a
Definitions; C to J.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1060a.

(1) "Competency evaluation" means a court-ordered examination of a juvenile directed to developing information relevant to a determination of his or her competency to proceed at a particular stage of a court proceeding involving a juvenile who is the subject of a delinquency petition.

(2) "Competency hearing" means a hearing to determine whether a juvenile is competent to proceed.

(3) "Incompetent to proceed" means that a juvenile, based on age-appropriate norms, lacks a reasonable degree of rational and factual understanding of the proceeding or is unable to do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Consult with and assist his or her attorney in preparing his or her defense in a meaningful manner.

(b) Sufficiently understand the charges against him or her.

(4) "Juvenile" means a person who is less than 18 years of age who is the subject of a delinquency petition.

History: Add. 2012, Act 540, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013; Am. 2019, Act 99, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.2004 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-116-of-2001 / Section 4.2004
Transmission of conference committee report; filing with office of the great seal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall transmit a report of the conference committee explaining this act to the secretary of state for filing with the office of the great seal.

History: 2001, Act 116, Eff. Mar. 22, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.14 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-32-of-1989 / Section 722.14
McGruff house/Michigan community child watch house signs; condition to display; sign as property of local law enforcement agency; return of sign; violation as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A person shall not display a sign bearing the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol so that the sign is visible from the outside of the person's house unless the person's home has been approved as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house by a program sponsor.

The McGruff house and Michigan community child watch house signs are the property of the local law enforcement agency that sponsors or cooperates with the sponsor of the program that issued the sign. If the sponsor determines that a person's home no longer qualifies as a McGruff house and Michigan community child watch house, the person shall return the sign to the local law enforcement agency.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989; Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1308 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-195-of-2001 / Section 722.1308
Petition and order; service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 308.

Except as otherwise provided in section 310, the petition and order must be served, by a method authorized by the law of this state, upon respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.493 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.493
Final order of determination; contents, recording, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 493.

After the hearing, the drainage board shall determine whether or not it will assume jurisdiction and perform the work proposed, if any, and shall issue its order accordingly, which order shall be known as the "final order of determination". The final order of determination shall contain the description of the bed, tributaries, banks and flood plains of the river, creek or watercourse over which jurisdiction has been assumed and shall be recorded in the county records in the county in which any part thereof is located. After recording, no constructing, excavating, land filling, removing of structures, trees, plants or shrubs, dumping or discharging of sewers or drains shall be permitted or continued in the bed, tributaries, banks or flood plains of the river, creek or watercourse within the recorded description thereof, except upon written order or permit issued by the drainage board.

History: Add. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 803.308 — MI Code / Chapter 803 / Act Act-150-of-1974 / Section 803.308
Records confidential; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

All records of a youth agency pertaining to a public ward are confidential and shall not be made public except as follows:

If the person is less than 18 years of age, by the agency's authorization when necessary for the person's best interests.

If the person is 18 years of age or older, by his or her consent.

History: 1974, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1974; Am. 1998, Act 517, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.933a — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-243-of-1980 / Section 141.933a
Proceeds of a loan; special assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

The proceeds of a loan issued under this act to a municipality shall not be used by the municipality to finance any costs associated with a special assessment or special assessment district established after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.

History: Add. 2012, Act 284, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.3 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.3
Definitions; A to C.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) "Area" as used in the phrase "area vocational-technical education program" or "area career and technical education program" means the geographical territory, within the boundaries of a K to 12 school district, an intermediate school district, or a community college district, that is designated by the department as the service area for the operation of an area vocational-technical education program.

(2) "Area vocational-technical education program", "area career and technical education program", or "career and technical education program" means a program of organized, systematic instruction designed to prepare the following individuals for useful employment in recognized occupations:

(a) Individuals participating in career and technical education readiness activities that lead to enrollment in a career and technical education program in high school.

(b) Individuals enrolled in high school in a school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school.

(c) Individuals who have completed or left high school and who are available for full-time study in preparation for entering the labor market.

(d) Individuals who have entered the labor market and who need training or retraining to achieve stability or advancement in employment.

(3) "Board" or "school board" means the governing body of a local school district unless clearly otherwise stated.

(4) "Boarding school" means a place accepting for board, care, and instruction 5 or more children under 16 years of age.

(5) "Community district" means a school district organized under part 5b.

(6) "Constituent district" means a local school district the territory of which is entirely within and is an integral part of an intermediate school district.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2004, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 2004; Am. 2007, Act 45, Imd. Eff. July 17, 2007; Am. 2016, Act 192, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.111 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-207-of-1969 / Section 3.111
Rifles and shotguns; purchases by residents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Residents of this state may purchase rifles and shotguns in any state if they conform to the federal gun control act of 1968, Public Law 90-618, and the regulations issued under that act, as administered by the secretary of the treasury, and with the laws of the state in which the purchase is made.

History: 1969, Act 207, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969; Am. 2012, Act 378, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.788 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-274-of-1984 / Section 445.788
Effect of repeals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

The repeal of any statute or part thereof contained herein shall not have the effect to release, relinquish or affect any crime, penalty, fine, forfeiture or liability committed or incurred under such repealed statute or part thereof, and such repealed statute or part thereof shall remain in force for the purpose of instituting or sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of any penalty, fine, forfeiture or liability.

History: 1984, Act 274, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3402e — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3402e
Blanket disability insurance policies; issuance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3402e.

(1) An insurer authorized to write disability insurance in this state may issue blanket disability insurance policies.

(2) An insurer shall not deliver or issue for delivery in this state a blanket disability insurance policy unless a copy of the form of the policy is filed with and approved by the director.

(3) A blanket disability insurance policy is subject to sections 3474 and 3474a.

History: Add. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.961a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.961a
Notice to officer whose recall is sought; challenge; checking signatures; verifying challenged signature; use of qualified voter file.
Status: in_force

Sec. 961a.

(1) Not later than the business day following the filing of a recall petition, the official with whom the recall was filed shall notify in writing the officer whose recall is sought that the recall petition has been filed.

(2) An officer whose recall is sought may challenge the validity of the registration or the validity and genuineness of the signature of a circulator or person signing the recall petition. A challenge shall be in writing, specifying the challenged signature, and shall be delivered to the filing official within 30 days after the filing of the petitions. The officer whose recall is sought shall have not less than 8 days after the clerk has examined the signatures to check signatures on the original registration records.

(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a challenged signature shall be verified by the official with whom the recall was filed.

(4) The qualified voter file may be used to determine the validity of a challenged petition signature appearing on a recall petition by verifying the registration of the signer. If the qualified voter file indicates that, on the date the elector signed the petition, the elector was not registered to vote, there is a rebuttable presumption that the signature is invalid. If the qualified voter file indicates that, on the date the elector signed the petition, the elector was not registered to vote in the city or township designated on the petition, there is a rebuttable presumption that the signature is invalid.

(5) The qualified voter file shall be used to determine the genuineness of a challenged petition signature appearing on a recall petition. Signature comparisons shall be made with the digitized signature in the qualified voter file. If the qualified voter file does not contain a digitized signature of an elector, the official with whom the recall petition was filed shall compare the challenged signature to the signature on the master card.

History: Add. 1978, Act 533, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 456, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1982; Am. 1999, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2005, Act 71, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.3021 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-313-of-2023 / Section 330.3021
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act may be cited as the "overdose fatality review act".

History: 2023, Act 313, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1424a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1424a
Land acquisition and development fund; creation; payment of moneys into fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24a.

A fund to be known as the "land acquisition and development fund" is created and established under the jurisdiction and control of the authority.

There shall be paid into the land acquisition and development fund: any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for the purposes of this fund; any moneys which the authority receives from the sale or rental of real property purchased by the authority with moneys from this fund; and any other moneys which may be made available to or by the authority and designated by the authority for the purpose of this fund from any other source including unpledged accumulated fees and charges and unpledged interest income of the authority. As used in this section, "real property" means an interest, including fee or leasehold interest, in land or improvements to land or a portion thereof.

History: Add. 1970, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 29, 1970; Am. 1976, Act 410, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 427.11 — MI Code / Chapter 427 / Act Act-188-of-1913 / Section 427.11
Hotel inspectors; power to enter hotels.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Said inspector and his deputies are hereby granted police power to enter any hotel at reasonable hours to determine whether the provisions of this act are being complied with.

History: 1913, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 6942; CL 1929, 8816; CL 1948, 427.11
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.18 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act Act-328-of-1976 / Section 433.18
Return of animal to owner; claim; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The owner of an animal in the custody or possession of a law enforcement agency pursuant to this act, at any time prior to the sale thereof, may claim and be entitled to the possession of the animal. Upon payment to the law enforcement agency of reasonable compensation for the care and keeping of the animal, upon satisfactory proof of ownership of the animal, and upon making reparation as provided in section 3, the animal shall be returned to its owner.

History: 1976, Act 328, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1251 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1251
Formation of corporation for lawful purpose; exception; aiding national emergency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 251.

A corporation may be formed under this act for any lawful purpose, except to engage in a business for which a corporation may be formed under any other statute of this state unless that statute permits formation under this act.

In time of war or other national emergency, a corporation may take any lawful action to provide aid, notwithstanding the purposes set forth in its articles of incorporation, at the request or direction of a competent governmental authority.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.781 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.781
Report of court commissioners; confirmation, orders for payment of witness fees, attorney fees, damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.

After the court shall confirm the report of the court commissioners, it shall enter an order authorizing the county to pay the several sums awarded for damages and it shall pay the same accordingly. The court may determine and include in the order an allowance to the persons, partnership or corporation from whom property is taken, for attorney fees and witness fees in an amount to be fixed by the court; such attorney fees and witness fees shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as sums awarded for damages in such proceeding. It shall not be lawful for the court to make such order allowing witness and attorney fees to more than 1 title interest and such lien interests as are adverse thereto and to each other in any single parcel of real estate as set up and described in the determination of necessity on file. The payment shall be made in money or by an order drawn on the county treasurer to the several persons entitled thereto, and if refused, or if there is no person properly authorized to receive the same, or if the person entitled thereto is a non-resident of the county or cannot be found, it shall be deposited as directed by the court.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.991 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-448-of-2014 / Section 554.991
Life interest or long-term lease agreement under former act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 91.

A life interest or long-term lease agreement entered into under the former 1976 PA 440 is not invalidated by the repeal of that act and the adoption of this act.

History: 2014, Act 448, Eff. Apr. 2, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1134 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1134
Psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units; licensing; separate criteria for minors; coordination, cooperation, and agreements with state agencies; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 134.

(1) The director shall establish a comprehensive system of licensing for psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units in the state to protect the public by ensuring that these hospitals and units provide the facilities and the ancillary supporting services necessary to maintain a high quality of patient care. Separate criteria shall be developed for licensing hospital beds for minors.

(2) The director shall coordinate all functions within state government affecting psychiatric hospitals, and shall cooperate with other state agencies that establish standards or requirements for facilities providing mental health care to assure necessary, equitable, and consistent state regulation of these facilities without duplication of inspections or services. The director may enter into agreements with other state agencies to accomplish this purpose.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1988, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1988; Am. 1994, Act 137, Eff. June 1, 1994; Am. 2015, Act 59, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.421 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-112-of-2003 / Section 2.421
American heroes week.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The legislature declares that the calendar week in which September 11 falls each year is American heroes week in this state and encourages academic institutions to educate and inspire children about local heroes and role models.

History: 2003, Act 112, Imd. Eff. July 24, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.624 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-173-of-1958 / Section 550.624
Effect of act; scope of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

This act shall not alter or amend any provision of Act No. 21 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being sections 493.1 to 493.26 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, or permit any premium, contribution or other charge to be collected for credit life or health and accident insurance in connection with loans made by licensees under said act: Provided, however, That if section 13 of said Act No. 21 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, is amended to permit licensees to collect premiums from borrowers for credit life insurance or credit health and accident insurance in addition to the maximum rate of charge authorized by said section 13, this act shall apply to licensees as provided by such amendment to section 13.

History: 1958, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17821 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17821
Michigan board of physical therapy; creation; membership; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17821.

(1) The Michigan board of physical therapy is created in the department and shall consist of the following 11 voting members who shall meet the requirements of part 161: 6 physical therapists, 1 physical therapist assistant, and 4 public members.

(2) The terms of office of the individual members of the board created under this section, except those appointed to fill vacancies, expire 4 years after appointment on December 31 of the year in which the term expires.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994; Am. 2006, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2006; Am. 2009, Act 55, Imd. Eff. June 25, 2009