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Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.1202 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-268-of-1986 / Section 4.1202
Statutes compilation fund; creation; administration; expenditures; disposition of money received from sale of compilations and public and local acts volumes; utilization of fund; price of publications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 202.

The statutes compilation fund is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the council. The fund shall be expended only as provided in this section.

The money received from the sale of each of the following shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the statutes compilation fund:

The compilations of the statutes required under 1970 PA 193, MCL 8.41 to 8.48.

The public and local acts volumes required under section 35 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963 and prepared and published under section 1 of 1899 PA 44, MCL 24.1.

The council shall utilize the statutes compilation fund to pay the costs of preparing and publishing the publications described in subsection (2).

The department of management and budget shall sell copies or electronic access of the publications described in subsection (2) at a price determined by the bureau not to exceed the actual cost of preparation, printing, and distribution.

History: 1986, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1986; Am. 1999, Act 264, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2488 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-173-of-1992 / Section 125.2488
Transfer of property within authority district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 38.

A township in which all or a portion of an authority district is located may transfer all or a portion of the property in that township that is within the authority district to a local unit pursuant to Act No. 425 of the Public Acts of 1984, being sections 124.21 to 124.30 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A transfer of property within an authority district by a township under Act No. 425 of the Public Acts of 1984 does not affect the validity or continued existence of the authority.

The contract for the conditional transfer of property may provide that appointments to the authority board authorized to be made by a township or county shall be made as provided in the contract for conditional transfer of property.

The contract for the conditional transfer of property may provide for the transfer of a function or duty otherwise assigned by this act to the township from which the property is transferred, as provided by Act No. 425 of the Public Acts of 1984.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a local unit to which property within an authority district is transferred, and its public officials, officers, employees, agents, and appointees, have the same authority, rights, immunities, and duties under this act as a township, its public officials, officers, employees, agents, and appointees in carrying out a function or duty assumed by the local unit under subsection (3).

If the local unit to which property is transferred has jurisdiction over roads, then it shall have the same power over roads as granted to the board of county road commissioners under section 18(2).

History: 1992, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.384 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-76-of-1965 / Section 123.384
Local governmental units; financing according law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Local units of government may finance the construction, maintenance and operation of such systems pursuant to any laws now existing in this state or such other laws as may be hereafter enacted.

History: 1965, Act 76, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 328.232 — MI Code / Chapter 328 / Act Act-255-of-1986 / Section 328.232
Conversion of funds as felony; violation as misdemeanor; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

A person who converts funds paid pursuant to a prepaid contract to his or her own use or benefit other than as authorized by this act or who fails to escrow or trust funds according to this act is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of $5,000.00 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, for each violation.

A person who violates any other provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, for each violation.

History: 1986, Act 255, Eff. July 1, 1987; Am. 2004, Act 21, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1067 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1067
"James M. Pelton Firefighters Memorial Highway"; "Trooper Starr Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the portion of highway US-127 in Ingham County shall be known as the "James M. Pelton Firefighters Memorial Highway".

(2) The portion of highway US-127 in Ingham County beginning at the Cedar Street exit and continuing north to the highway I-96 interchange shall be known as the "Trooper Starr Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2003, Act 195, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 2003; Am. 2023, Act 70, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6802 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6802
Formation of mutual plan insurers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6802.

Companies may be incorporated upon the mutual plan to insure against loss and damage by fire, lightning, cyclones, windstorms, tornadoes, hail, riot, riot attending a strike, aircraft, smoke, vehicles and death of livestock from any cause, by complying with the provisions of this chapter as provided in the succeeding sections.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.2252 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-223-of-2024 / Section 257.2252
Peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement; driver's license requirements; records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52.

(1) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall not enter into a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement with an individual unless the individual will operate the shared vehicle and satisfies 1 of the following:

(a) The individual holds a driver license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, that authorizes the individual to operate vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle in this state.

(b) The individual is a nonresident of this state to whom both of the following apply:

( i ) The individual has a driver license issued by the state or country of the individual's residence that authorizes the individual to drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle in that state or country.

( ii ) The individual is at least the same age as that required of a resident of this state to drive.

(c) The individual is otherwise specifically authorized by the law of this state to drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle.

(2) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall keep a record of all of the following:

(a) The name and address of the shared vehicle driver.

(b) The number of the driver license of the shared vehicle driver and of each other individual, if any, who will operate the shared vehicle.

(c) The place of issuance of the driver licenses identified under subdivision (b).

History: 2024, Act 223, Eff. Oct. 17, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.491 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-31-of-2025 / Section 32.491
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act may be cited as the "Michigan National Guard member benefit fund act".

History: 2025, Act 31, Eff. Dec. 9, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.603 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-21-of-1861 / Section 565.603
Certificate of acknowledgment; effect of imperfection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

No deed of lands situate in this state heretofore or hereafter executed, shall be deemed defective by reason of any informality or imperfection in the certificate of acknowledgment, if it shall sufficiently appear by such certificate that the person making the same was legally authorized to take such acknowledgment, and that the grantor or grantors named in such deed were personally known to him, and that he or they personally appeared before him and acknowledged such deed to be his or their free act, and if such deed was executed out of this state, it shall be sufficient if the certificate under the seal of office of the clerk or other proper certifying officer of the court of record of the county or district within which such acknowledgment was taken, in cases where any such certificate was required, sufficiently shows that the person before whom such acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof such officer as he is therein represented to be. And whenever such deed has been recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county, such record shall be effectual for all purposes of a legal record, and the record of such deed or a transcript thereof may be given in evidence as in other cases: Provided, That nothing in this section, or in the preceding 2 sections contained, shall impair the rights of any person under a purchase heretofore made in good faith, and on valuable consideration.

History: 1861, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Feb. 2, 1861; CL 1871, 4252; How. 5726; CL 1897, 9050; CL 1915, 11783; CL 1929, 13385; CL 1948, 565.603
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1107 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1107
Definitions; P.
Status: in_force

Sec. 107.

"Participating provider" means a provider that has entered into a participating contract with a health care corporation and that meets the standards set by the corporation for that class of providers.

"Participating contract" means an agreement, contract, or other arrangement under which a provider agrees to accept the payment of the health care corporation as payment in full for health care services or parts of health care services covered under a certificate, as provided for in section 502(1).

"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, or association.

"Personal data" means a document incorporating medical or surgical history, care, treatment, or service; or any similar record, including an automated or computer accessible record, relative to a member, which is maintained or stored by a health care corporation.

"Proposed rate" means any of the following:

A proposed increase or decrease in the rates to be charged to nongroup subscribers.

For group subscribers, any proposed changes in the methodology or definitions of any rating system, formula, component, or factor subject to prior approval by the commissioner.

A proposed increase or decrease in deductible amounts or coinsurance percentages.

A proposed extension of benefits, additional benefits, or a reduction or limitation in benefits.

A review pursuant to section 608(2).

"Provider class" means classes of providers, as defined in section 105(4), that have a provider contract or a reimbursement arrangement with a health care corporation to render health care services to subscribers, as those classes are established by the corporation.

"Provider class plan" or "plan" means a document containing a reimbursement arrangement and objectives for a provider class, and, in the case of those providers with which a health care corporation contracts, provisions that are included in that contract.

"Provider contract" or "contract" means an agreement between a provider and a health care corporation that contains provisions to implement the provider class plan.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.11 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-47-of-1945 / Section 331.11
Declaration of necessity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

This act is necessary for the protection of the public welfare, health and safety.

History: 1945, Act 47, Imd. Eff. Mar. 15, 1945; CL 1948, 331.11
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.154 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-187-of-1881 / Section 565.154
Mortgage; wording; validity and enforceability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A mortgage of lands that is worded in substance as follows: "A.B. mortgages and warrants to C.D., (here describe the premises) to secure the re-payment of" (here describe the indebtedness or obligations the mortgage secures) and is signed by the grantor, is a valid and enforceable mortgage to the grantee and the grantee's heirs, assigns, successors, and personal representatives with warranty from the grantor and the grantor's legal representatives, of marketable title in the grantor, free from prior incumbrances. If the indebtedness or obligations secured are described generally, such as "all indebtedness that A.B. now and in the future owes to C.D.", and if the words "and warrant" are omitted from the form, the mortgage is valid and enforceable, but without warranty.

History: 1881, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881; How. 5731; CL 1897, 9017; CL 1915, 11752; CL 1929, 13324; CL 1948, 565.154; Am. 2004, Act 422, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.23b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.23b
“Juvenile disposition” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23b.

"Juvenile disposition" means the entry of an order of disposition for a juvenile found to be within the court's jurisdiction under chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.1 to 712A.32.

History: Add. 1998, Act 356, Eff. Oct. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3942a — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3942a
Reporting requirements; agent activities; preparation of report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3942a.

Every insurer marketing long-term care insurance in Michigan shall comply with all of the following reporting requirements for the purpose of reviewing more closely agent activities regarding the sale of long-term care insurance:

Maintain records for each agent of that agent's amount of replacement sales as a percent of the agent's total annual sales and the amount of lapses of long-term care insurance policies sold by the agent as a percent of the agent's total annual sales and report annually by June 30 the top 10% of its agents that have the greatest percentages of lapses and replacements.

Report annually by June 30 the number of lapsed policies as a percent of its total annual sales and as a percent of its total number of policies in force as of the end of the preceding calendar year.

Report annually by June 30 the number of replacement policies sold as a percent of its total annual sales and as a percent of its total number of policies in force as of the preceding calendar year.

All reports prepared pursuant to subsection (1) shall be on a statewide basis.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.73 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-37-of-1913 / Section 289.73
Expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

All expenses incurred by the state dairy and food commissioner under this act shall be defrayed by the state dairy and food department out of its annual appropriation.

History: 1913, Act 37, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 6392; CL 1929, 5424; CL 1948, 289.73
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.429a — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-29-of-1970 / Section 290.429a
Referendum; vote as to whether commission shall levy assessments and carry out act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9a.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, a referendum under this act shall be valid for 5 years. Every 5 years, the department shall conduct a referendum at which growers shall vote whether or not the commission shall continue to levy the assessments and otherwise carry out this act. If a majority of the growers voting who represent a majority of the hundredweight sold in the previous year vote against having the commission continue to function, the commission shall cease its operations and deliver its assets to the director who shall transfer the assets to Michigan state university for potato research. A grower is entitled to 1 vote and the grower must be able to verify the hundredweight claimed as being sold on the ballot.

History: Add. 1996, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1996; Am. 2013, Act 202, Eff. Mar. 14, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.505 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-299-of-1947 / Section 331.505
Office of hospital survey and construction; application for federal funds, deposit, expenditure, repayment of unexpended funds; gifts, grants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The state budget director is authorized to make application to the surgeon general for federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities herein provided. Such funds shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall be available to the office of hospital survey and construction for expenditure in carrying out the purposes of this act in such manner as is or may be provided by law. Any such funds received and not expended for such purposes shall be repaid to the treasury of the United States. The state budget director is further authorized to accept on behalf of the state and to deposit with the state treasurer, to be credited to the hospital construction and planning fund, any grant, gift or contribution made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purposes of this act.

History: 1947, Act 299, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 331.505
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2201 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2201
Michigan judges retirement system; creation; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 201.

The Michigan judges retirement system is created for judges and state officials.

History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.317 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-15-of-2011 / Section 445.317
Display of total price of consumer item offered for sale; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person shall display the total price of a consumer item offered for sale at retail at the place of the retail sale.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

(a) A consumer item that is sold by weight or volume and is not in a package or container.

(b) A consumer item sold in a coin-operated vending machine.

(c) Prepared food intended for immediate consumption, as defined in section 4g of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.54g.

(d) A consumer item purchased by mail or through catalog order, or that is not otherwise visible for inspection by the consumer at the time of the sale, and that is ordered or requested by the consumer, if the price of the consumer item is on the consumer's written order or request or on a bill, invoice, or other notice that describes or names the consumer item and is enclosed with the consumer item.

(e) An unpackaged food item.

(f) A consumer item that has a total weight of not more than 3 ounces, a total volume of not more than 3 cubic inches, and a total price of not more than 30 cents.

(g) Live plants.

(h) Live animals.

(i) Motor vehicles.

(j) Motor vehicle parts.

(k) Packages of 20 or fewer cigarettes.

( l ) Greeting cards that are sold individually and have a readable coded price on the back of the card.

(m) Merchandise that is ordered as a gift by a consumer and is sent by mail or other delivery service to a person other than the consumer by the retailer at the request of the consumer.

History: 2011, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.413a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-370-of-1941 / Section 38.413a
Classified civil service; provisional status made regular, exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13a.

Any county employee in the classified service who has held a provisional appointment or provisional promotion continuously in the same class and agency for a period of 6 months as of July 1, 1968, shall be granted regular status in the class of positions in which such provisional appointment or provisional promotion is held. This section shall not pertain to any deputy sheriffs who hold such provisional appointments or provisional promotions, to any employees who are not citizens of the United States, to any employees holding provisional appointments in the class of common laborer nor to any employees holding seasonal appointments.

History: Add. 1968, Act 188, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1489 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1489
Legal competence; presumption; effect of prior commitment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 489.

(1) No determination that a person requires treatment, no order of court authorizing hospitalization or assisted outpatient treatment, nor any form of admission to a hospital gives rise to a presumption of, constitutes a finding of, or operates as an adjudication of legal incompetence.

(2) No order of commitment under any previous statute of this state, in the absence of a concomitant appointment of a guardian, constitutes a finding of or operates as an adjudication of legal incompetence.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 2018, Act 593, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.903 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-331-of-1993 / Section 211.903
State education tax; levy; rate; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Beginning in 1994, except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), there is levied a state education tax on all property not exempt by law from ad valorem property taxes or not subject to a tax under 1905 PA 282, MCL 207.1 to 207.21, at a rate of 6 mills.

(2) In 2003 only, there is levied a state education tax on all property not exempt by law from ad valorem property taxes or not subject to a tax under 1905 PA 282, MCL 207.1 to 207.21, at the rate of 5 mills.

(3) For taxes levied after December 31, 2007, the following property is exempt from the tax levied under this act:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), personal property classified under section 34c of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.34c, as industrial personal property.

(b) Beginning December 31, 2011, a turbine powered by gas, steam, nuclear energy, coal, or oil the primary purpose of which is the generation of electricity for sale is not eligible for the exemption under this subsection.

History: 1993, Act 331, Eff. Mar. 15, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 187, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1994; Am. 2002, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 2002; Am. 2007, Act 38, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2007; Am. 2011, Act 318, Eff. Dec. 31, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 224.7 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 224.7
County road commissioners; oath, bond, regular term, succession, eligibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any person elected or appointed county road commissioner shall, within 10 days after being notified in writing by the clerk of such county of his election or appointment, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file the same with said clerk. Each and every county road commissioner shall be required to execute and give official bond in such amount as the board of supervisors of such county may determine, the expense of securing such bond, if any, to be paid from the county road fund. The term of office of the first commissioners elected or appointed in any county under this act, shall commence immediately upon filing such oath of office and bond, and shall continue as herein provided. The successor to each such commissioner shall be elected at the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November preceding the expiration of his term. They shall hold office for 2, 4 and 6 years respectively, from the said first day of January; and thereafter 1 commissioner shall be elected or appointed biennially for the full term of 6 years. No member of the board of supervisors shall be eligible to the office of county road commissioner, and such offices shall not be held by the same person at the same time.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; Am. 1915, Act 75, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4353; Am. 1917, Act 356, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1917; CL 1929, 3982; CL 1948, 224.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.247 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.247
Exceptions to chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 247.

Exceptions-This chapter shall not apply to any act permitted by the statutes of the United States or of this state, or by the United States army and navy regulations, nor shall it apply to any printed or written document or production, stationery, ornament, picture or jewelry whereon shall be depicted said flag, standard, color, ensign, coat-of-arms or shield with no design or words thereon and disconnected with any advertisement.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.247