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Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.12 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-385-of-1927 / Section 26.12
Delivery of copies to state librarian by contractor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Such contractor shall, within 60 days after receiving the final manuscripts of any volume from the reporter, deliver to the state librarian at Lansing, free of cost for publication or delivery, 375 copies of the Michigan reports and 25 copies of the advance sheets of Michigan reports, in good order and according to contract, to be distributed by the state librarian as authorized in writing from time to time by the justices of the supreme court.

History: 1927, Act 385, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 534; CL 1948, 26.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.6a — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-59-of-1935 / Section 28.6a
Conservation officers; appointment by commissioner as state police officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6a.

The commissioner is hereby authorized, with the approval of the director of conservation and the governor, to appoint any conservation officer as a special state police officer, who shall be vested with the powers of an officer of the state police, and who shall in his capacity as special state police officer be under the direction of the commissioner.

History: Add. 1942, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 28, 1942; CL 1948, 28.6a
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.35 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-44-of-1899 / Section 24.35
State publications; distribution by township clerks; procedure in case of vacancy in township offices; compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35.

It shall be the duty of the township clerk or deputy clerk, within 10 days after the receipt of the notice for books from the secretary of state, to call for the same and give his or her receipt to the county clerk, and distribute the books so received to the different officers of his or her township entitled to the same, taking their receipts, and filing said receipts in his or her office, and transcribing them in a book for that purpose to be delivered to his or her successor. In case any vacancy occurs in a township office provided with books, the property of the state, which should be turned over to the officer filling such vacancy, it shall be the duty of the township clerk or deputy clerk to collect at once all such books and keep them in his or her custody until he or she can turn them over to the new officer filling such vacancy. The township board is authorized and directed to allow said township clerk or deputy clerk all just and necessary expenses incurred by him or her, or a per diem for his or her compensation, for the performance of his or her duties imposed upon said township clerk by this section. However, in case of a vacancy in the office of township clerk and deputy township clerk, or his or her inability to perform the duties as prescribed in this section, then the supervisor of the township shall perform the duties. The supervisor performing such duties shall be entitled to the same compensation as the clerk if he or she had performed the duties.

History: 1899, Act 44, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899; CL 1915, 853; CL 1929, 518; CL 1948, 24.35; Am. 1991, Act 157, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.821 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-448-of-1976 / Section 460.821
Joint venture agreement; undivided interest in project; determination of future power requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) A governmental unit may join in a joint venture agreement to plan, finance, develop, construct, reconstruct, acquire, improve, enlarge, better, own, operate, or maintain an undivided interest in a project situated within or without the state with 1 or more municipalities, joint agencies, or power utilities; and make plans and enter into contracts in connection with that project, not inconsistent with this act, as are necessary or appropriate.

(2) Before entering a joint venture agreement, the governing body of a municipality shall determine the needs of the municipality for power and energy based on engineering studies and reports. In determining the future power requirements of a municipality, the following shall be considered:

(a) The economies and efficiencies to be achieved in constructing on a large scale facilities for the generation and transmission of electric power and energy.

(b) The municipality's need for reserve and peaking capacity, and to meet obligations under pooling and reserve sharing agreements reasonably related to its needs for power and energy to which it is or may become a party.

(c) The estimated useful life of the project.

(d) The estimated time necessary for the planning, development, acquisition, or construction of the project, and the length of time required in advance to obtain, acquire, or construct additional power supply.

(e) The reliability and availability of existing or alternative power supply sources, and the cost of those existing or alternative power supply sources.

History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2008, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.506 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.506
Optional jail sentence for first offenders convicted of felonies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 506.

Optional jail sentence for first offenders convicted of felonies-Whenever any person shall be convicted of a first offense herein declared to be a felony, punishable by imprisonment for a term of not more than 5 years, the court may instead of imposing the sentence provided, sentence such convicted person to the county jail for a period not to exceed 6 months.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.506
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712.15 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712.15
Court order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Based on the court's finding under section 14 of this chapter, the court may issue an order that does 1 of the following:

(a) Grants legal or physical custody, or both, of the newborn to the parent and either retains or relinquishes jurisdiction.

(b) Determines that the best interests of the newborn are not served by granting custody to the petitioner parent and orders the child placing agency to petition the court for jurisdiction under section 2(b) of chapter XIIA.

(c) Dismisses the petition.

History: Add. 2000 Act 232, Eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 488, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Am. 2010, Act 349, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.106 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-639-of-1978 / Section 120.106
Bond of secretary-treasurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Before the issuance of any bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness under this act, the secretary-treasurer of an authority shall execute a bond in the penal sum of $100,000.00, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office and executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state as surety. The bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The premium of the bond shall be a current expense of the authority.

History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 108.11 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 108.11
Board of public works abolished; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The council of every city subject to the provisions of this act and the acts to which this act is amendatory, upon petition to them of 50 or more registered electors of the city praying that an election of the qualified voters of the city be called to determine whether the board of public works in the city shall be abolished, shall, by resolution, submit the question of abolishing the board of public works to the qualified electors of the city at the city election held in the month of April next following. The board of public works in the city shall not be abolished unless a majority of the electors voting on the proposition shall by ballot so determine.

History: Add. 1899, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1899; CL 1915, 3195; Am. 1921, Act 282, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 2119; CL 1948, 108.11; Am. 1998, Act 149, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 774.9 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 774.9
Authority of municipal court judge to issue subpoena and administer oaths in misdemeanor and ordinance violation cases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A judge of a municipal court has the same authority to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness and to administer oaths in misdemeanor or ordinance violation cases as a district court judge has in misdemeanor or ordinance violation cases which are tried in the district court.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17434; CL 1948, 774.9; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.151 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-42-of-1842 / Section 458.151
Baptist convention; incorporation, objects.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That said association of which John Booth is president, and W. Taylor, R. Powell, J. I. Fulton, J. Hall, C. H. Swain, S. Goodman, J. O. Beardsall, M. Allen, J. S. Twiss, J. Knapp, J. Harris, D. B. Brown, E. Weaver and J. Michell are vice presidents; and R. C. Smith, treasurer; and D. B. Brown, auditor; and M. Sanford, secretary; and M. Pearsall, D. Barrett, N. G. Chase, C. L. Bacon, R. B. Rexford, W. S. Gregory, S. Chase, A. Wattles, J. Tenny, L. Moore, T. W. Merrill, M. B. Savage, A. Piper, T. Z. R. Jones, W. G. Wisner, E. Hodge, G. B. Day, W. B. Brown, A. Ten Broek, F. Darrow, D. Hendee, E. Comstock, C. B. Taylor, C. Eldred, C. P. Jacobs, R. Tiffany, E. H. Hamlin, H. D. Buttolph, L. H. Moore and B. G. Lewis, directors, is hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the Michigan Baptist Convention. The object of this convention shall be:

To promote the preaching of the gospel and the establishment and maintenance of Baptist churches and Sunday schools within the state of Michigan.

To encourage the educational interests of the denomination within the state.

The disseminating of the gospel, aiding home and foreign missions, promoting ministerial education, Sabbath school instruction, and the circulation of religious tracts.

History: 1842, Act 42, Eff. Mar. 19, 1842; Am. 1905, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1905; CL 1929, 10913; CL 1948, 458.151
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.247 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-266-of-1995 / Section 129.247
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

This act shall take effect 6 months after the date of its enactment.

History: 1995, Act 266, Eff. July 8, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2444 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2444
Fees for services; expenses and compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2444.

A local governing entity, or in case of a district the district board of health, may fix and require the payment of fees for services authorized or required to be performed by the local health department. The local governing entity or district board may revoke, increase, or amend the fees. The fees charged shall not be more than the reasonable cost of performing the service.

Members of a local board of health may receive necessary traveling expenses for attending meetings and may receive compensation as determined by the local governing entity for each meeting attended.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1009 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-323-of-1984 / Section 752.1009
Liability of person to health care corporation or health care insurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A person who receives a health care benefit or payment from a health care corporation or health care insurer which the person knows that he or she is not entitled to receive or be paid; or a person who knowingly presents or causes to be presented a claim which contains a false statement, shall be liable to the health care corporation or health care insurer for the full amount of the benefit or payment made.

History: 1984, Act 323, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.38 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 67.38
Preservation of purity of water; regulation of navigable waters; duties of council.
Status: in_force

Sec. 38.

The council may do all of the following:

Provide by ordinance for the preservation of the purity of the waters of any harbor, river, or other waters within the village.

Control and regulate the anchorage, moorage, and management of all boats, watercraft, and floats within the jurisdiction of the village.

Regulate and prescribe by ordinance, or through a harbor master or other officer, the location of any boat, craft, vessel, or float, and the changes of station in, and use of the harbor as may be required to promote order and the safety and convenience of all boats, craft, vessels, and floats.

Regulate the opening and passage of bridges.

Adopt and enforce ordinances and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or this state, as in the opinion of the council shall be most conducive to the orderly, safe, and convenient use and occupancy of the harbor, navigable waters, wharves, docks, piers, and landing places within the village.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2806; CL 1915, 2677; CL 1929, 1586; CL 1948, 67.38; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2617a — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2617a
Maternal death; submission of information for inclusion in health information system.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2617a.

A physician or an individual in charge of a health facility who is present for or is aware of a maternal death shall submit information regarding that death at the time and in the manner specified or approved by the department for inclusion in the health information system established under section 2616. As used in this section:

(a) "Health facility" means a hospital, freestanding surgical outpatient facility, or other outpatient facility that is licensed or otherwise authorized to operate in this state under article 17.

(b) "Maternal death" means the death of a woman who was pregnant at the time of her death or within 1 year before her death.

(c) "Physician" means an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of medicine or practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery under article 15.

History: Add. 2016, Act 479, Eff. Apr. 6, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21540 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21540
Use of aircraft transport vehicle or rotary aircraft ambulance; nonemergency patient; medically necessary; violation; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21540.

(1) A nonemergency patient shall be transported by an ambulance that is a motor vehicle instead of an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft, unless transporting the patient by an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft is medically necessary for the patient.

(2) If it is determined that ordering an aircraft transport vehicle or ambulance that is a rotary aircraft to transport a nonemergency patient is medically necessary for the nonemergency patient, an aircraft transport vehicle from an aircraft transport operation, or an ambulance that is a rotary aircraft from an ambulance operation, that is a participating provider with the nonemergency patient's health benefit plan must be ordered before ordering an aircraft transport vehicle from an aircraft transport operation, or an ambulance that is a rotary aircraft from an ambulance operation, that is not a participating provider with the nonemergency patient's health benefit plan. This subsection does not apply if the hospital does not have electronic access to the information described in section 21541(1)(a)( i )(A) and (B).

(3) A hospital that violates this section is liable to the aircraft transport operation or ambulance operation for the reasonable cost of transporting the nonemergency patient, as negotiated between the hospital and the aircraft transport operation or ambulance operation, to the extent that the cost exceeds the amount covered by the patient's health benefit plan.

History: Add. 2018, Act 383, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.6503 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.6503
Definitions; E to N.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6503.

"Emission control device" means a catalytic converter, thermal reactor, or other component part used by a vehicle manufacturer to reduce emissions or to comply with emission standards prescribed by regulations promulgated by the United States environmental protection agency under the clean air act.

"Fleet testing station" means a testing station that is authorized to conduct inspections on 10 or more vehicles owned or leased by 1 person.

"Initial inspection" means an annual inspection performed on a motor vehicle for the first time in a test cycle.

"Inspection" means testing of a motor vehicle for compliance with emission control requirements of this part and the clean air act.

"Maintenance" means the repair or adjustment of a motor vehicle to bring that motor vehicle into compliance with emission control requirements of this part and rules promulgated under this part.

"Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle as defined in section 79 of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.79 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less and which is required to be registered for use upon the public streets and highways of this state under Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. For purposes of this part, motor vehicle includes those vehicles owned by the government of the United States, this state, and any political subdivision of this state.

"National ambient air quality standards" means the air quality standards for outside air as established in the clean air act.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2252 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2252
Telecommunication services offered by public entity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 252.

(1) A public entity may provide telecommunication services within its boundaries if the public entity has complied with the requirements of section 14 of the metropolitan extension telecommunications right-of-way oversight act, 2002 PA 48, MCL 484.3114, and all of the following apply:

(a) The public entity has issued a request for competitive sealed bids to provide telecommunication services.

(b) The public entity has received less than 3 qualified bids from private providers.

(c) It is more than 60 days from the date the request for bids was issued.

(d) The public entity is providing the telecommunication services under the same terms and conditions as required under the request for bids issued pursuant to subdivision (a).

(2) Except as provided under subsection (3), a public entity shall not provide telecommunication services outside its boundaries.

(3) Two or more public entities may jointly request bids under subsection (1) and provide telecommunication services if all participating public entities meet the requirements of this section. If a public entity does not receive a qualified bid as required under subsection (1), the public entity may contract with another public entity to receive telecommunication services.

(4) A public entity shall not establish a board or other entity for the purpose of providing regulation of a private provider of services under this section.

(5) This section does not apply to all of the following:

(a) Public safety systems.

(b) Systems used only for the internal use of the public entity or for the sharing of information between the public entity and another public entity.

(c) A public entity that is currently providing telecommunication services or that has held a public hearing by November 1, 2005 on a proposal to provide telecommunication services, or has issued a request for bids by November 1, 2005 to provide telecommunication services, or has an enforceable contract to begin construction of a telecommunication system by November 1, 2005.

(d) A public entity that is currently providing service in another public entity's boundaries.

(e) Services offered by a public entity to the public within a facility owned and operated by the public entity.

(f) Systems or services used or offered by 1 or more public entities or consortiums to advance or promote the public health, safety, and provision of e-government services.

(6) This section may not be construed to prevent a municipally-owned utility from providing to its energy customers, either directly or indirectly, any energy related service involving the transfer or receipt of information or data concerning the use, measurement, monitoring, or management of energy services provided by the municipally-owned utility, including services such as load management or automated meter reading.

(7) As used in this section, "public entity" means a county, city, village, township, or any agency or subdivision of the public entity.

History: Add. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12514 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12514
Access to campground; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12514.

An agent or representative of the department or a representative of a designated local health department shall have access during all reasonable hours to a campground for the purpose of inspection or otherwise carrying out sections 12501 to 12516.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2004, Act 408, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.114 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.114
Preliminary plat; county drain commissioner's approval or rejection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 114.

(1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of the preliminary plat to the county drain commissioner, if there is a county drain commissioner.

(2) The county drain commissioner or, if there is no drain commissioner, the governing body may require a topographic map showing direction of storm water drainage both within the lands proposed to be subdivided and from the land as subdivided.

(3) The county drain commissioner or governing body, within 30 days after receipt of the preliminary plat, shall approve it, approve it subject to conditions, or reject it. If the preliminary plat is approved, the drain commissioner or governing body shall note its approval on the copy to be returned to the proprietor. If the preliminary plat is approved subject to conditions or rejected, the reasons for rejection and requirements for approval shall be given in writing to the proprietor and each of the other officers and agencies to which the proprietor was required to submit the preliminary plat under sections 113 to 115 and 117 to 119.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.662 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-102-of-1983 / Section 211.662
Applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

This act shall apply only to federal tax liens and to other notices of federal liens which under any act of congress or any regulation adopted pursuant to an act of congress are required or permitted to be filed in the same manner as notices of federal tax liens.

History: 1983, Act 102, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8147 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8147
Petition to reopen proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8147.

After the liquidation proceeding has been terminated and the liquidator discharged, the commissioner or other interested party may petition the circuit court at any time to reopen the proceedings for good cause, including the discovery of additional assets. If the court is satisfied that there is justification for reopening, it shall order a reopening.

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990