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Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.303 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.303
Revolving drain fund; accounting records; reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.

The county treasurers shall carry as a separate account upon the books of their office a revolving fund and all accounts and items pertaining thereto. A record shall be kept of the amount of money paid from the revolving fund for the use and benefit of any particular drainage district and upon payment to the county treasurer of the taxes assessed in the particular drainage district, the county treasurer, out of the moneys received, shall transfer to the revolving fund pro rata according to the number of installments of taxes the sum expended.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1969, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.403 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-261-of-1966 / Section 46.403
County apportionment commission; membership; convening apportionment commission; adopting rules of procedure; quorum; action by majority vote; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the county apportionment commission shall consist of the county clerk, the county treasurer, the prosecuting attorney, and the statutory county chairperson of each of the 2 political parties receiving the greatest number of votes cast for the office of secretary of state in the last preceding general election. If a county does not have a statutory chairperson of a political party, the 2 additional members shall be a party representative from each of the 2 political parties receiving the greatest number of votes cast for the office of secretary of state in the last preceding general election and appointed by the chairperson of the state central committee for each of the political parties. In a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more that has adopted an optional unified form of county government under 1973 PA 139, MCL 45.551 to 45.573, with an elected county executive, the county apportionment commission shall be the county board of commissioners. The clerk shall convene the apportionment commission and they shall adopt their rules of procedure. A majority of the members of the apportionment commission shall be a quorum sufficient to conduct its business. All action of the apportionment commission shall be by majority vote of the commission.

(2) The business which the apportionment commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

(3) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

History: 1966, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1977, Act 185, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977; Am. 2011, Act 280, Eff. Mar. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1581 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-221-of-2011 / Section 691.1581
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "bowling center act".

History: 2011, Act 221, Imd. Eff. Nov. 15, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61708 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.61708
Amendment of orders; approval; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61708.

An order providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the supervisor in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as an original order for unit operations. If an amendment affects only the rights and interests of those persons responsible for the payment of the costs of unit operations, only 75% of these persons shall be required to effectuate amendment. If an amendment in whole or in part changes the percentage of allocation of cost, then the consent of all these persons is required. An amendment shall not change the percentage for the allocation of oil and gas as established for any separately owned tract without the consent of all persons entitled to receive the allocation.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 444.9 — MI Code / Chapter 444 / Act Act-220-of-1895 / Section 444.9
Warehouse receipts; issuance for property not stored.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

No warehouseman shall issue any receipt or voucher for any goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property to any person or persons purporting to be the owner or owners thereof, unless such property shall have been actually received into store or upon the premises of such warehouseman, and shall be in store or on the premises as aforesaid, and under his control, at the time of issuing such receipt or voucher.

History: 1895, Act 220, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 5038; CL 1915, 6544; CL 1929, 9631; CL 1948, 444.9
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.744 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.744
Intervention or impleading.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44.

Except for petitions filed under chapter 6, the tax tribunal may permit the intervention or impleading of any governmental unit which receives tax funds from the petitioner who is making the appeal.

If a petition is filed under chapter 6, the tribunal may permit the intervention or impleading of a state or local governmental unit or officer thereof or of any person or other entity upon a showing of a material monetary interest in the decision of the tribunal which is not likely to be adequately presented by the parties to the proceeding.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 365, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.369b — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-291-of-1966 / Section 29.369b
Maintenance of employment history record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9b.

An organized fire department or public safety department shall maintain an employment history record for each fire service member employed by the organized fire department or public safety department.

History: Add. 2017, Act 144, Eff. Jan. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.960 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.960
Recall of elective county commissioner or township, city, village, or school official; recall of elective district library board member; filing petition; recall of elective metropolitan district officer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 960.

(1) A petition demanding the recall of an elective county commissioner or township, city, village, or school official shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the largest portion of the registered voters in the electoral district reside.

(2) A petition demanding the recall of an elective district library board member shall be filed with the clerk of the largest county. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "largest" has the meaning ascribed to it in section 2 of the district library establishment act, 1989 PA 24, MCL 397.172.

(3) A petition demanding the recall of an elective metropolitan district officer shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the largest portion of the registered voters in the electoral district reside.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1976, Act 66, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1976; Am. 1989, Act 26, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989; Am. 2012, Act 586, Imd. Eff. Jan. 7, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.402 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-237-of-1919 / Section 45.402
County officers; statement of fees collected, disposition, receipts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The sheriff, under-sheriff and deputy sheriffs and the county clerks, county treasurers and registers of deeds and their deputies who receive a salary shall collect and make itemized statements of all fees required by law for the service of any process other than that of the county, and of all other fees collected by them which said fees shall be paid by them when collected to the county treasurer, on or before the last day of each month taking duplicate receipts therefor.

History: 1919, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; Am. 1921, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 1347; CL 1948, 45.402
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.13 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.13
Conveyance by nonresident married person; effect; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

When a married person not residing in this state joins with his or her spouse in a conveyance of real estate situated within this state, the conveyance shall have the same effect as if he or she were not married, and the acknowledgment or proof of the execution of the conveyance by him or her may be the same as if he or she were not married.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2732; CL 1871, 4215; How. 5663; CL 1897, 8968; CL 1915, 11700; CL 1929, 13288; CL 1948, 565.13; Am. 1983, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Nov. 11, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1631 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1631
Venue; action by attorney general; other actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1631.

The county in which the seat of state government is located is a proper county in which to commence and try the following actions:

when the action is commenced by the attorney general in the name of the state or of the people of the state for the use and benefit thereof;

when venue cannot be laid under any other of the venue provisions.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16137 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16137
Board, committee, or task force; compensation and expenses of members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16137.

The legislature annually shall fix the per diem compensation of the members of the council, the committee, the boards, and the task forces. Expenses of members incurred in the performance of official duties shall be reimbursed as provided in section 1216.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.533 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-294-of-1982 / Section 552.533
Repeal of MCL 552.251 to 552.255.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, being sections 552.251 to 552.255 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.

History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.73 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-4-of-1937-Ex-Sess- / Section 38.73
“Controlling board” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act, "controlling board" means all boards having the care, management, or control over public school districts and public educational institutions other than a public school academy established under the revised school code, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 380.1 to 380.1852 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1937, Ex. Sess., Act 4, Eff. Sept. 1, 1937; CL 1948, 38.73; Am. 1993, Act 337, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993; Am. 1996, Act 282, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80177 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80177
Violation of MCL 324.80176(1); sanctions; costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80177.

(1) If a person is convicted of violating section 80176(1), the following apply:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by 1 or more of the following:

( i ) Community service for not more than 45 days.

( ii ) Imprisonment for not more than 93 days.

( iii ) A fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00.

(b) If the violation occurs within 7 years of a prior conviction, the person shall be sentenced to a fine of not less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00 and either of the following:

( i ) Community service for not less than 10 days or more than 90 days, and may be imprisoned for not more than 1 year.

( ii ) Imprisonment for not less than 48 consecutive hours or more than 1 year, and may be sentenced to community service for not more than 90 days.

(c) If the violation occurs after 2 or more prior convictions regardless of the number of years that have elapsed since any prior conviction, the person is guilty of a felony and shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 1 year or more than 5 years or a fine of not less than $500.00 or more than $5,000.00, or both.

(2) A term of imprisonment imposed under subsection (1)(b)( ii ) or (1)(c) shall not be suspended unless the defendant agrees to participate in a specialty court program and successfully completes the program. A person sentenced to perform service to the community under this section shall not receive compensation and shall reimburse the state or appropriate local unit of government for the cost of supervision incurred by the state or local unit of government as a result of the person's activities in that service.

(3) In addition to the sanctions prescribed under subsection (1) and section 80176(4) and (5), the court may, under chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.1 to 769.36, order the person to pay the costs of the prosecution. The court shall also impose sanctions under sections 80185 and 80186.

(4) A person who is convicted of violating section 80176(2) is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00, or both.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2001, Act 12, Eff. July 1, 2001; Am. 2014, Act 402, Eff. Mar. 31, 2015; Am. 2020, Act 385, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 10.53 — MI Code / Chapter 10 / Act Act-195-of-1931 / Section 10.53
Special commissions; organization, officers, sub-commissions, rules of procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As soon as practicable after creation of a commission and the appointment and qualification of its members, they shall meet at the direction of the governor for purposes of organization. Each commission shall thereupon elect a chairman, as many vice-chairmen as may be advisable, and a secretary, and may appoint such sub-commission as it may deem necessary or advisable. Each commission may adopt its own rules of procedure.

History: 1931, Act 195, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1931; CL 1948, 10.53
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.717 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-620-of-1978 / Section 780.717
Special assistant appellate defenders; appointment; duties; payment on contract basis; practice of law not restricted.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) The appellate defender may appoint special assistant appellate defenders to do any of the following:

(a) Represent indigent adults or otherwise assist in the representation of indigent adults at any stage of appellate or postconviction proceedings, upon rules adopted by the commission.

(b) Represent indigent youth or otherwise assist in the representation of indigent youth at any stage of appellate proceedings, upon rules adopted by the commission.

(2) A special assistant appellate defender shall be paid on a contract basis approved by the commission within funds available to the commission.

(3) A special assistant appellate defender is not subject to the restrictions on the practice of law applicable to the appellate defender, deputy appellate defender, and assistant appellate defender under section 4.

History: 1978, Act 620, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979; Am. 2023, Act 299, Eff. Oct. 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12511 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12511
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12511.

The department, with the advice, assistance, and approval of the advisory board, shall promulgate rules regarding sanitation and safety standards for campgrounds and public health. The rules shall recognize and provide controls for different types of campgrounds.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1105 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.1105
Definitions; I to L.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1105.

As used in this act:

(a) "Incapacitated individual" means an individual who is impaired by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, or other cause, not including minority, to the extent of lacking sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate informed decisions.

(b) "Informal proceedings" means proceedings for probate of a will or appointment of a personal representative conducted by the probate register without notice to interested persons.

(c) "Interested person" or "person interested in an estate" includes, but is not limited to, the incumbent fiduciary; an heir, devisee, child, spouse, creditor, and beneficiary and any other person that has a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent, ward, or protected individual; a person that has priority for appointment as personal representative; and a fiduciary representing an interested person. Identification of interested persons may vary from time to time and shall be determined according to the particular purposes of, and matter involved in, a proceeding, and by the supreme court rules.

(d) "Issue" means an individual's descendant.

(e) "Joint tenants with the right of survivorship" includes, but is not limited to, co-owners or ownership of property held under circumstances that entitle 1 or more to the whole of the property on the death of the other or others, but does not include forms of co-ownership registration in which the underlying ownership of each party is in proportion to that party's contribution.

(f) "Jurisdiction," with respect to a geographic area, includes a county, state, or country.

(g) "Lawyer-guardian ad litem" means an attorney appointed under section 5213 or 5219 who has the powers and duties referenced by and provided in section 5213.

(h) "Lease" includes, but is not limited to, an oil, gas, or other mineral lease.

(i) "Legally incapacitated individual" means an individual, other than a minor, for whom a guardian is appointed under this act or an individual, other than a minor, who has been adjudged by a court to be an incapacitated individual.

(j) "Letters" includes, but is not limited to, letters testamentary, letters of guardianship, letters of administration, and letters of conservatorship.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 54, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 314, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004; Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.461 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-246-of-1965 / Section 38.461
Classified civil service; vacancies, promotion, basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Wherever possible, vacancies shall be filled by promotion. Promotion shall be made from among employees, in the grades nearest below the grade in which the vacancy exists, qualified by training and experience to fill the vacancy and whose length of service in such lower grade entitles them to consideration. The commission, for the purpose of promotion, shall rate the qualified employees in the lower grades on the basis of their service record, experience in the work involved in the vacant position, training and qualification for such work, seniority and war service ratings. Seniority shall be controlling only when other factors are equal.

History: 1965, Act 246, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.715a — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-278-of-1965 / Section 390.715a
Public safety department; public safety officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5a.

The board may establish a public safety department and prescribe the powers and duties of the public safety department and prescribe the conditions of employment of its public safety officers. The public safety officers shall be peace officers of this state and shall have the authority of police officers under the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The public safety officers shall be vested with the same powers and authority as deputy sheriffs in the county where property of the board is situated, and shall enforce state law and the rules and ordinances of the university.

The jurisdiction of public safety officers shall be limited to the property of the university and public property running through or adjacent to the university.

The public safety officers shall be required to meet the training standards of the Michigan law enforcement officers training council act of 1965, Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being sections 28.601 to 28.616 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1982, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1982; Am. 1987, Act 155, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2030 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2030
State park improvement account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2030.

(1) The state park improvement account is established as an account within the legacy fund.

(2) The state park improvement account shall consist of both of the following:

(a) All money in the state park improvement fund, formerly created in section 74108, immediately prior to the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, which money is hereby transferred to the state park improvement account.

(b) Revenue from the following sources:

( i ) Revenue derived from concessions, leases, contracts, fees, and permits from activities in or entry into state parks and recreation areas.

( ii ) Unless otherwise provided by law, damages paid for illegal activities in state parks and recreation areas.

( iii ) Other revenues as authorized by law.

(3) Money in the state park improvement account shall be expended, upon appropriation, only as provided in section 2045 and part 741 and for the administration of the state park improvement account.

(4) Money in the state park improvement account may be expended pursuant to subsection (3) for grants to state colleges and universities to implement programs funded by the state park improvement account.

History: Add. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006; Am. 2010, Act 32, Eff. Oct. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 395.307 — MI Code / Chapter 395 / Act Act-11-of-1968 / Section 395.307
Commission on handicapper concerns; promulgation of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The commission shall have no authority to promulgate rules and regulations.

History: 1968, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 454.156 — MI Code / Chapter 454 / Act Act-145-of-1885 / Section 454.156
Trade promotion societies; board of trustees, powers, quorum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The board of trustees shall be the executive board of such association, and shall be charged with the general management of its affairs. Said board shall adopt by-laws for the association, and change the same at pleasure: Provided, That the by-law for the election of the members of said board of trustees and their terms of office shall be of no effect until the same is ratified by a majority vote of the members of the association. A majority of said board of trustees shall be a quorum for the transaction of business.

History: 1885, Act 145, Eff. Sept. 19, 1885; How. 3934f; CL 1897, 7456; CL 1915, 9828; CL 1929, 10295; CL 1948, 454.156
Mich. Comp. Laws § 121.27 — MI Code / Chapter 121 / Act Act-4-of-1957 / Section 121.27
Additional powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

The powers herein granted shall be in addition to those granted by any charter or other statute.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.337 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-235-of-1947 / Section 123.337
Disposal system; operation as a single unit; segregation and disposition of revenues, retirement of bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The integrity and unit of operation of the entire system as a single unit shall be preserved, and the segregation, safekeeping and disposition of its revenues as provided by the bond ordinance shall be continued until all outstanding bonds assumed by the revenues of the entire system shall have been retired by payment, redemption, assumption, or exchange, or provision made for their priority in accordance with section 6 of this act.

History: 1947, Act 235, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 123.337