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Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.487 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-259-of-1959 / Section 259.487
Application for permit; investigation; considerations; notice of determination; hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) On receiving an application for a permit, the commission shall investigate as necessary to process the application properly under this act. In an investigation under this section, the commission shall consider the safety and welfare of persons and property in the air and on the ground and that consideration must be paramount to a consideration of economic and technical factors.

(2) If, on investigation, the commission determines that a permit should not be issued or that the height or location should be other than as applied for, the commission shall notify the applicant in writing of the commission's determination. The notification may be served by delivering it personally to the applicant or by sending it by first-class mail to the applicant at the address specified in the application. The determination is final 30 days after notification of the determination is served, unless the applicant, within the 30-day period, requests in writing that a hearing be held before the commission with reference to the application. The commission shall make a hearing under this section open to the public. Any person interested may appear and be heard either in person or by counsel and may present pertinent evidence and testimony.

History: 1959, Act 259, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1986, Act 296, Eff. Apr. 1, 1987; Am. 2016, Act 28, Eff. May 30, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.2469 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-551-of-2008 / Section 451.2469
Rules; compliance with state or federal statute, rule, or regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 469.

(1) The department may promulgate any rules that the administrator considers necessary to administer this article if those rules are consistent with the provisions of this act.

(2) Nothing in this article exempts any person to which this article is subject from complying with any applicable state or federal statute, rule, or regulation that applies to that person or the conduct of that person's business.

History: Add. 2014, Act 355, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3548 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3548
Maintenance of books, records, files, and financial records; funds and assets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3548.

(1) A health maintenance organization shall keep all of its books, records, and files at or under the control of its principal place of doing business in this state, and shall keep a record of all of its securities, notes, mortgages, or other evidences of indebtedness, representing investment of funds at its principal place of doing business in this state in the same manner as provided for in section 5256.

(2) A health maintenance organization shall maintain financial records for its health maintenance activities separate from the financial records of any other operation or activity.

(3) A health maintenance organization shall hold and maintain legal title to all assets, including cash and investments. A health maintenance organization shall not commingle funds or assets in pooling or cash management type arrangements with affiliates or other persons. A health maintenance organization shall hold all of its assets separate from all other activities of other members in a holding company system.

History: Add. 2000, Act 252, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.74203 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.74203
Disposal of rubbish.
Status: in_force

Sec. 74203.

Upon breaking camp, every member of a camping party is responsible for the disposal, by burying or burning, of all rubbish, papers, cans, containers, or any other article or thing of any nature whatsoever brought into or built upon the premises by the camping party. A person camping upon the state owned lands shall not deposit and leave any tin cans, bottles, refuse, or other rubbish unburied or otherwise disposed of on the premises.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4503 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4503
Documentary draft; responsibility of presenting bank for documents and goods; report of reasons for dishonor; referees; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4503.

Unless otherwise instructed and except as provided in article 5 a bank presenting a documentary draft

must deliver the documents to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more than 3 days after presentment; otherwise, only on payment; and

upon dishonor, either in the case of presentment for acceptance or presentment for payment, may seek and follow instructions from any referee in case of need designated in the draft or if the presenting bank does not choose to utilize his services it must use diligence and good faith to ascertain the reason for dishonor, must notify its transferor of the dishonor and of the results of its effort to ascertain the reasons therefor and must request instructions.

But the presenting bank is under no obligation with respect to goods represented by the documents except to follow any reasonable instructions seasonably received; it has a right to reimbursement for any expense incurred in following instructions and to prepayment of or indemnity for such expenses.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.304 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-53-of-1901 / Section 458.304
Right to vote.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

At all meetings of said corporations, subsequent to the first, right to vote upon questions involving the acquirement and disposition of property and the expenditure of money shall be confined to adult members of the church so incorporated, and, if the articles of association so provide, those persons, being of legal age, who are regular contributors to its support: Provided, That if said church shall have suspended worship, the right to vote shall be determined as of the date of such suspension.

History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901; Am. 1905, Act 84, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1905; Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 11019; CL 1929, 10953; CL 1948, 458.304
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.434 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.434
Drain project; construction or studies; borrowing money or accepting advances; reimbursement; contract or note as evidence of obligation; full faith and credit; source of payments; applicability of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 434.

(1) A drainage district may borrow money or accept an advance of work, material, or money from a public or private corporation, partnership, association, individual, or the federal government or any agency of the federal government for any of the following for any project under this act:

(a) Payment of costs in connection with the maintenance and repair of a drain or the construction of any part of a drain project, including costs of easement and land acquisition, engineering fees, financing costs, and legal fees.

(b) Payment of or financing costs of a feasibility, practicability, environmental assessment, or impact study of a drain project, including engineering or legal fees.

(2) The drainage district shall pay or provide reimbursement for the obligations under subsection (1), with or without interest as may be agreed, when funds are available. The obligation of the drainage district to make the repayment or reimbursement may be evidenced by a contract or note. The contract or note may pledge the full faith and credit of the drainage district and may be made payable out of any of the following:

(a) Drain assessments made against public corporations at large, or against lands in the drainage district.

(b) The proceeds of drain orders, notes, or bonds issued by the drainage district pursuant to this act.

(c) Any other available funds.

(3) A contract or note described in subsection (2) is not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, unless the principal amount of the obligation is more than $600,000.00. However, if the principal amount of the obligation is $600,000.00 or less, then the contract or note is subject to the agency financing reporting act, 2002 PA 470, MCL 129.171 to 129.177. However, projects in which advances or loans are made by any public corporation, the federal government, or any agency of the federal government are not subject to either the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, or the agency financing reporting act, 2002 PA 470, MCL 129.171 to 129.177.

(4) A county board of commissioners by a majority vote of 2/3 of its members may pledge the full faith and credit of the county for the payment of a contract or note of the drainage district.

History: Add. 1970, Act 112, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970; Am. 1974, Act 185, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 1976; Am. 1980, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1980; Am. 2002, Act 406, Imd. Eff. June 3, 2002; Am. 2020, Act 291, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.22239 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.22239
Stipulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22239.

If the certificate of need approval was based on a stipulation that the project would participate in title XIX and the project has not participated in title XIX for at least 12 consecutive months within the first 2 years of operation or continued to participate annually thereafter, the department shall revoke the certificate of need. A stipulation described in this section is germane to all health facility projects.

The department shall monitor the participation in title XIX of each certificate of need applicant approved under this part. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the department shall require each applicant to provide verification of participation in title XIX with its application and annually thereafter.

The department shall not revoke or deny a certificate of need for a nursing home licensed under part 217 if that nursing home does not participate in title XIX on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection but agrees to participate in title XIX if beds become available. This section does not prohibit a person from applying for and obtaining a certificate of need to acquire or begin operation of a nursing home that does not participate in title XIX.

History: Add. 1988, Act 332, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988; Am. 1993, Act 88, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1993; Am. 2002, Act 619, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.12116 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.12116
Violations; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12116.

(1) A person that violates section 12105(c), 12107(2) or (3), 12109(4), or 12112(1)(b) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or a fine of not less than $200.00 and not more than $500.00, or both. A peace officer may issue an appearance ticket to a person who is in violation of section 12105(c), 12107(2) or (3), 12109(4), or 12112(1)(b).

(2) A person that knowingly makes or causes to be made a false statement or entry in a registration or permit application or a shipping document under this part is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not less than $2,500.00 or more than $10,000.00, or both.

(3) A person that violates this part or a registration or permit issued under this part, except as provided in subsections (1) and (2), is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than $2,500.00, or both.

(4) Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate violation.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 140, Eff. Sept. 1, 1998; Am. 2015, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 16, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.499 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.499
Registration of elector; registration application; oaths; interpreter; false material statement as misdemeanor; accepting fee as misdemeanor; voter identification card; effect of voter identification card returned to post office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 499.

An elector entitled to registration in an election precinct may become registered in the precinct by applying in person and signing the registration application before the clerk or assistant clerk of the township, city, or village in which the precinct is located. For the performance of his or her duties under this act, each clerk and assistant clerk has the power to administer oaths and to swear persons as to the truth of statements contained in an application. For a better examination of the applicant, a clerk may employ and swear an interpreter to interpret all questions put to applicants and the answers to those questions. If the applicant, in answer to a question or in the registration application, makes a material statement that is false, the applicant is guilty of a misdemeanor.

A clerk or assistant clerk shall not accept a fee from an elector applying for registration, either for the registering of the elector or for the taking of the acknowledgment on the application. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The clerk, immediately after receiving the registration or change of address of an elector, shall prepare a voter identification card for the elector. The clerk shall also prepare and send a corrected voter identification card to an elector affected by a change in United States representative, state senatorial, state representative, or county commissioner district or precinct. The clerk shall forward by first-class mail the voter identification card to the elector at the elector's registration address. The voter identification card shall contain the name and address of the registrant and the United States representative, state senatorial, state representative, or county commissioner district and precinct in which the registrant is an elector. If the original voter identification card is returned to the clerk by the post office as nondeliverable, the clerk shall reject the registration and send the individual a notice of rejection. If a duplicate voter identification card is returned to the clerk by the post office, the clerk shall accept this as information that the elector has moved and the clerk shall proceed in conformity with section 509aa.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1957, Act 224, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1961, Act 171, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1964, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1964; Am. 1975, Act 28, Eff. July 1, 1975; Am. 1977, Act 260, Eff. Mar. 30, 1978; Am. 1984, Act 105, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1984; Am. 1988, Act 275, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988; Am. 1995, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.367 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-469-of-1980 / Section 15.367
Employer not required to compensate employee for participation in investigation, hearing, or inquiry.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

This act shall not be construed to require an employer to compensate an employee for participation in an investigation, hearing or inquiry held by a public body in accordance with section 2 of this act.

History: 1980, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767A.8 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767A.8
Confidentiality of certain material and information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Petitions for immunity, orders of immunity, transcripts of testimony delivered to witnesses pursuant to grants of immunity, and records, documents, and physical evidence obtained by the prosecuting attorney pursuant to an investigation under this chapter are confidential and shall not be available for public inspection or copying or divulged to any person except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Material and information obtained under this act are exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1995, Act 148, Eff. Oct. 1, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6103 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6103
Automobile theft prevention authority; creation; board of directors; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; compensation and expenses; quorum; meetings; exercising powers, duties, and functions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6103.

There is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the automobile theft prevention authority.

The purposes, powers, and duties of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a board of directors.

The board of directors shall consist of 7 members, appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, 2 of whom shall be representative of purchasers of automobile insurance in this state, 2 of whom shall be representative of automobile insurers doing business in this state, 2 of whom shall be representative of law enforcement officials in this state, and 1 of whom shall be the director of the department of state police or his or her designee. The governor shall designate 1 member to serve as the chairperson of the authority.

Members of the board shall serve for a term of 4 years.

Members of the board shall serve without compensation for their membership on the board, except that members of the board shall receive reasonable reimbursement for necessary travel and expenses.

A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting, or the exercise of a power or function of the authority, notwithstanding the existence of 1 or more vacancies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action may be taken by the authority at a meeting upon a vote of the majority of its members present in person or through the use of amplified telephonic equipment, if authorized by the bylaws of the board. The authority shall meet at the call of the chair or as may be provided in the bylaws of the authority. Meetings of the authority may be held anywhere within the state of Michigan.

The authority shall be within the department of state police and shall exercise its prescribed statutory powers, duties, and functions independently of the head of that department. The budgeting, procurement, and related functions of the authority, and administrative responsibilities for employees of the authority, shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the director of the department of state police.

History: Add. 1992, Act 174, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3428 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3428
Provider network.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3428.

An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy shall establish and maintain a provider network that, at a minimum, satisfies any network adequacy requirements imposed by the director under federal law.

History: Add. 2013, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 2013; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.636 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-295-of-1982 / Section 552.636
Friend of the court enforcement action; assessment of reasonable expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36.

In addition to any remedy or sanction provided in section 31 or 33, the court may assess the payer the actual reasonable expense of the friend of the court in bringing any enforcement action for noncompliance with a spousal support order that is not eligible for funding under title IV-D.

History: Add. 2014, Act 378, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20929 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20929
Operation of nontransport prehospital life support vehicle; conditions; application for and issuance of license or annual renewal; fee; certificate of insurance; communications system; equipment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20929.

A person shall not operate a nontransport prehospital life support vehicle unless the vehicle is licensed by the department under this section and is operated as part of a licensed nontransport prehospital life support operation.

Upon proper application and payment of a $25.00 fee, the department shall issue a nontransport prehospital life support vehicle license or annual renewal to the applicant nontransport prehospital life support operation. Receipt of the application by the department serves as attestation to the department by the nontransport prehospital life support operation that the vehicle being licensed or renewed is in compliance with the minimum standards required by the department. The inspection of a nontransport prehospital life support vehicle by the department is not required as a basis for issuing a licensure renewal, unless otherwise determined by the department.

A nontransport prehospital life support operation shall submit an application and required fee to the department for each vehicle in service. Each application shall include a certificate of insurance for the vehicle in the amount and coverage required by the department.

A nontransport prehospital life support vehicle shall be equipped with a communications system utilizing frequencies and procedures consistent with the statewide emergency medical services communications system developed by the department.

A nontransport prehospital life support vehicle shall be equipped according to the department's minimum equipment list and approved medical control authority protocols based upon the level of life support the vehicle and personnel are licensed to provide.

History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990; Am. 2000, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.107a — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-382-of-1972 / Section 432.107a
Charity game tickets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

All charity game tickets used in the conduct of a charity game shall be purchased by the qualified organization from the bureau or a supplier.

The bureau shall determine the number of charity game tickets that constitute a charity game.

The bureau shall determine the price at which the qualified organization shall resell each charity game ticket and shall have that price printed on each charity game ticket.

The bureau or a supplier shall sell charity game tickets to a qualified organization that is eligible to conduct a charity game at a percentage, to be determined by the bureau, of the gross revenues that are realized by the resale of all the charity game tickets for that game at the price established by the bureau.

The qualified organization shall retain 60% and the bureau shall retain 40% of the money obtained from the sale of charity game tickets.

A qualified organization that conducts a charity game shall be solely responsible for paying prizes won by purchasers of winning charity game tickets.

When all charity game tickets for a single charity game are resold, prizes distributed shall have an aggregate value of, as near as practicable, not less than 60% of the resale value of all the charity game tickets for that charity game.

The bureau shall determine the number of winning charity game tickets provided on a random basis for resale for any 1 charity game and shall establish the value of the prize won by each winning charity game ticket.

A charity game ticket shall not have a price for resale by a qualified organization of less than 30 cents.

The bureau shall have a bureau control number for identification purposes imprinted upon each charity game ticket.

A value of prizes awarded for a charity game shall not be included within the prize limitations of a licensed bingo game or millionaire party in conjunction with which the charity game is held.

A charity game ticket shall not be sold to a person under 18 years of age. This subsection shall not prohibit the purchase of a charity game ticket by a person 18 years of age or older for the purpose of making a gift to a person under 18 years of age, and shall not prohibit a person under 18 years of age from receiving a prize or prizes won in a charity game conducted pursuant to this act.

History: Add. 1981, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1982; Am. 1999, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000