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Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1463 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-365-of-2014 / Section 722.1463
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Alleged father" means a man who by his actions could have fathered the child.

(b) "Child born out of wedlock" means a child conceived and born to a woman who was not married from the conception to the date of birth of the child or a child that the court has determined to be a child born or conceived during a marriage but not the issue of that marriage.

(c) "DNA identification profiling" and "summary report" mean those terms as defined in section 1 of the paternity act, MCL 722.711.

(d) "Genetic paternity determination form" means a form issued by the title IV-D agency to provide genetic testing information to the state registrar. A genetic paternity determination form provides identifying information for individuals on the summary report and includes, but is not limited to, the following information:

( i ) As provided under section 7 or 9, the man is the child's father.

( ii ) The child's name, date of birth, and the name of the city, county, and state where the child was born.

( iii ) The mother's name, social security number, and date of birth.

( iv ) The father's name, social security number, and date of birth.

( v ) Other information required to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

(e) "Paternity act" means the paternity act, 1956 PA 205, MCL 722.711 to 722.730.

(f) "Public health code" means the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.

(g) "State registrar" means that term as defined in section 2805 of the public health code, MCL 333.2805.

(h) "Title IV-D agency" means that term as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.602.

History: 2014, Act 365, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.1081 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-257-of-2018 / Section 206.1081
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial fund act".

History: 2018, Act 257, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.19 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 67.19
Bridges, streets, and highways; principles of tax apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

Assessments made under section 18 upon exempt public lands may be paid from the general highway fund, or may be apportioned to the other assessable lots, at the option of the council. If because of the shape or size of any lot an assessment thereon in proportion to its frontage would be unjust and disproportionate to the assessment upon other lots, the council making the assessment may assess the lot for such number of feet frontage as in their opinion is just.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2787; CL 1915, 2658; CL 1929, 1567; CL 1948, 67.19; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7505 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7505
Discretionary trust; effect of standard; right of transferee or creditor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7505.

The transferee or creditor of the beneficiary of a discretionary trust provision does not have a right to any amount of trust income or principal that may be distributed only in the exercise of the trustee's discretion, and trust property is not subject to the enforcement of a judgment until income or principal, or both, is distributed directly to the trust beneficiary.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1503 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.1503
Allocation of profits and losses among partners; determining value of contributions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503.

The profits and losses of a limited partnership shall be allocated among the partners, and among classes of partners, in the manner provided in the partnership agreement. If the partnership agreement does not provide for an allocation, profits and losses shall be allocated on the basis of the value of the contributions made by each partner to the extent they have been received by the partnership and have not been returned. For purposes of this section, the value of the contributions made by each limited partner shall be as stated in the certificate of limited partnership, and the value of the contributions made by each general partner shall be as stated in the partnership agreement, and if the partnership agreement does not so state, the value of the contributions made by each general partner shall be as stated in the books and records of the partnership or determined by any other reasonable method.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.149 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.149
County plat board's certificate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 149.

A certificate shall be signed and dated by the majority of the county plat board, signifying its approval of the plat.

The certificate shall include a statement that the plat was reviewed for conformance to all applicable provisions of this act by the county plat board, by the county plat engineer, or both.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.707 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-55-of-1917 / Section 457.707
Business offices; change in location; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The business office of the grand council shall be located in the village of L'Anse, county of Baraga, and state of Michigan, and subordinate councils shall have their business office where said subordinate council shall have been chartered and organized, and the location of the business office of the grand council may be changed at any time by said grand council, upon filing a written notice of such change in the office of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce within 20 days from the time of the change from such location.

History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 10843; CL 1948, 457.707; Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1304 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1304
Selection of jurors; list.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1304.

The jury board shall select from a list that combines the driver's license list and the personal identification cardholder list the names of persons as provided in this chapter to serve as jurors.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1986, Act 104, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.896 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-358-of-1994 / Section 287.896
Sale or transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A person who sells or transfers a ferret shall furnish a ferret health information sheet provided by the director to the person to whom a ferret is sold or transferred.

History: 1994, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.53 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-55-of-1895 / Section 457.53
Grand lodge; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; associates and successors as body politic and corporate; power and authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter and constitution of said grand lodge, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors, estates real and personal, of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal, which may be changed and altered at their pleasure, provided that the value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of $100,000.00 and that they and their successors shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate, or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents and incomes shall be devoted exclusively to such charitable and benevolent purposes of the Loyal Orange Institution as shall best promote the welfare and the membership and the interests of the society, but such real and personal estate shall be subject to taxation for all purposes. Said corporation shall have the full power and authority to make and establish rules and regulations for the governing of all the affairs and business of said corporation, according to the laws of this state, and the United States, and to designate, elect or appoint from its members such officers, under such name and style, as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand lodge.

History: 1895, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1895; CL 1897, 7835; CL 1915, 10271; CL 1929, 10561; CL 1948, 457.53; Am. 1982, Act 77, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.17 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.17
Organizational election; canvass of results.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Subject to section 24a of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.24a, the county board of canvassers shall conduct the canvass of the results of an organizational election or other election of a community college district organized under this chapter.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966; Am. 2000, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001; Am. 2003, Act 306, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1384 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-311-of-1972 / Section 125.1384
Sales; identification of nonconforming glazing material.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A person shall not knowingly sell for use in this state any glazing material not meeting the requirements of ANSI Standard Z-97.1-1972 and of 300 square inches or more in area without a sticker or other identification affixed thereto clearly indicating it should not be used in doors or other hazardous locations.

History: 1972, Act 311, Eff. July 1, 1973; Am. 1974, Act 32, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.20 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 111.20
Delinquent taxes; collection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

All the provisions of law respecting delinquent taxes levied in townships shall apply to all taxes levied in any ward of the city, and be returned as delinquent to the county treasurer and the ward, in respect to taxes levied therein and returned to the county treasurer, as delinquent, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be considered and treated as a township, and all provisions of law for the sale of lands for the payment of taxes levied for state, county and township purposes, and returned delinquent, shall apply to the return and sale of property for the non-payment of delinquent taxes levied in any ward of the city except as herein otherwise provided.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3337; CL 1915, 3261; CL 1929, 2183; CL 1948, 111.20
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.356 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.356
Dams in drains; intercounty drains; governing provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 356.

Each and every act required by the foregoing sections of this chapter to be done and performed by the commissioner shall be done and performed by the drainage board where the petition for the establishment of such dam relates to or affects drains traversing more than 1 county or affecting lands in more than 1 county. On receipt of such petition it shall be the duty of such commissioner to notify the commissioner of each county affected and the state director of agriculture and call a meeting in the manner and at the time provided by section 102 of this act.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2603 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-123-of-1995 / Section 125.2603
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

There exists in this state the continuing need for programs to alleviate and prevent conditions of long-term unemployment, economic distress, and accompanying social ills. Accordingly, the legislature finds that in order to stimulate the creation of new jobs and to promote the revitalization of distressed areas, it is necessary to empower municipalities to create enterprise community development corporations to facilitate the implementation of municipalities' strategic plans aimed toward those ends, and to ensure local oversight of strategic plan implementation.

History: 1995, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.33 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.33
"Motor vehicle" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle that is self-propelled, but for purposes of chapter 4, motor vehicle does not include industrial equipment such as a forklift, a front-end loader, or other construction equipment that is not subject to registration under this act. Motor vehicle does not include a power-driven mobility device when that power-driven mobility device is being used by an individual with a mobility disability. Motor vehicle does not include an electric patrol vehicle being operated in compliance with the electric patrol vehicle act, 1997 PA 55, MCL 257.1571 to 257.1577. Motor vehicle does not include an electric personal assistive mobility device. Motor vehicle does not include an electric carriage. Motor vehicle does not include a commercial quadricycle. Motor vehicle does not include an electric bicycle. Motor vehicle does not include an electric skateboard.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1993, Act 300, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Am. 1995, Act 140, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1995; Am. 1997, Act 56, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1997; Am. 2002, Act 494, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002; Am. 2013, Act 36, Imd. Eff. May 21, 2013; Am. 2015, Act 127, Imd. Eff. July 15, 2015; Am. 2017, Act 139, Eff. Jan. 28, 2018; Am. 2018, Act 204, Eff. Sept. 18, 2018; Am. 2018, Act 391, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.36c — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.36c
"Other on-track equipment" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36c.

"Other on-track equipment" means any car, rolling stock, or other device that, alone or coupled to another device, is operated on stationary rails.

History: Add. 2018, Act 393, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.514 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.514
“Senior citizen,”“serviceperson,” and “state income tax” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 514.

(1) "Senior citizen" means an individual, or either 1 of 2 persons filing a joint tax return under this part, who is 65 years of age or older at the close of the tax year. The term also includes the unremarried surviving spouse of a person who was 65 years of age or older at the time of death.

(2) "Serviceperson" means a person who is currently serving in the armed forces of the United States or is separated from the armed forces for less than a year, and who was a resident of this state at least 6 months prior to the time of entering the armed forces or was a resident of this state at least 5 years prior to filing a claim under this chapter.

(3) "State income tax" or "state income tax act" means the tax levied by this part.

History: Add. 1973, Act 20, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1973; Am. 1974, Act 156, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1974; Am. 1987, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987; Am. 2011, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2025 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2025
Unfair methods of competition or deception; exclusions from discrimination, rebates.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2025.

Nothing in sections 2017 through 2024 shall be construed as including within the definition of discrimination or rebates any of the following practices:

In the case of any contract of life insurance or life annuity, paying bonuses to policyholders or otherwise abating their premiums in whole or in part out of surplus accumulated from non-participating insurance: Provided, That any such bonuses or abatement of premiums shall be fair and equitable to policyholders and for the best interest of the company and its policyholders;

In the case of life insurance policies issued on the industrial debit plan, making allowance to policyholders who have continuously for a specified period made premium payments directly to an office of the insurer in an amount which fairly represents the saving in collection expense;

Readjustment of the rate of premium for a group insurance policy based on the loss or expense experience thereunder, at the end of the first or any subsequent policy year of insurance thereunder, which may be made retroactive only for such policy year.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.209 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-58-of-1915 / Section 456.209
Directors; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The board of directors shall have the general management of such corporation, and shall have the power: To purchase land for such company or association, but for no other purpose; to levy assessments upon the subscribers to the articles of association, not exceeding the amount severally subscribed by them payable at such times as the directors shall determine, and to enforce the collection thereof either by suit or forfeiture; to maintain and operate a crematorium or columbarium, or both, and to dispose of niches in the aforesaid urn-hall, fix the prices thereof and to guarantee to the owners of niches the perpetual maintenance and care of said columbarium. To invest the moneys received from incinerations or the sale of niches or both, and to prescribe, from time to time, the interest or dividends which shall be paid to holders of the stock of such corporation, subject to the restrictions hereinafter named.

History: 1915, Act 58, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 11185; CL 1929, 10470; CL 1948, 456.209
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.627d — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-238-of-1975 / Section 722.627d
Release of information by director; preliminary decision to release or deny information; extension of time period; evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7d.

(1) Subject to sections 7c to 7i, at the director's initiative or upon written request, the director may release specified information. If a written request for specified information is submitted to the department, the director must make a preliminary decision to release or to deny release of the specified information within 14 days after receipt of the request. After notifying the requester, the director may extend that time period for an additional 14 days if the additional time is necessary to research and compile the requested specified information.

(2) The director may release specified information under this section if there is clear and convincing evidence that either of the following is true:

(a) The release of the specified information is in the best interest of the child to whom the specified information relates.

(b) The release of the specified information is not in conflict with the best interest of the child to whom the specified information relates, and 1 or more of the following are true:

( i ) The release is in the best interest of a member of the child's family or of an individual who resides in the same home in which the child resides. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the child's family includes the child's parents, legal guardians, grandparents, and siblings.

( ii ) The release clarifies actions taken by the department on a specific case.

( iii ) The report or record containing the specified information concerns a child who has died or concerns a member of that child's family.

( iv ) All or part of the report or record containing the specified information is publicly disclosed in a judicial proceeding.

( v ) A child abuse or child neglect complaint or investigation to which the report or record containing the specified information relates has been part of the subject matter of a published or broadcast media story.

( vi ) The report or record containing the specified information concerns a confirmed report of sexual abuse, serious injury, or life threatening harm involving the child or a sibling of the child identified in the request.

History: Add. 1998, Act 428, Eff. Apr. 1, 1999; Am. 2022, Act 66, Eff. Nov. 1, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.71 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-95-of-1909 / Section 128.71
Township board of trustees; taking, receiving, and holding property in trust; purpose; expenditure of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The board of trustees of a township may take, receive, and hold property, real or personal, which may be granted, transferred, bequeathed, or devised to the board in trust, for the purpose of caring for or keeping in good repair a lot or lots, or a portion of a lot or lots, or the whole or a part of a township cemetery, and to expend the funds as specified in the trust.

History: 1909, Act 95, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 5137; CL 1929, 2678; CL 1948, 128.71; Am. 1980, Act 379, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1019 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1019
“Adler Memorial Highway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The portion of highway M-10 located in Oakland county between the intersections of US-24 and M-102 shall be known as the "Adler Memorial Highway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.252 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-22-of-1919-Ex-Sess- / Section 400.252
County juvenile officer or assistant county juvenile officer; options; election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A person employed as a county juvenile officer or assistant county juvenile officer as of September 30, 1980 shall elect 1 of the following options before October 1, 1980:

To receive the applicable salary specified in section 1(3) or (4) and the expenses specified in section 1(5), and to participate in the retirement program provided by the state employees' retirement system in Act No. 240 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 38.1 to 38.47 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and fringe benefits provided by the state civil service commission rules for members in state classified service, including retirement and insurance programs, sick leave, annual leave, and holidays as provided in section 1(7) and subject to section 4.

To receive the applicable salary specified in section 1(3) or (4), the expenses specified in section 1(5), the fringe benefits prescribed in section 1(8), and the retirement program provided by the state employees' retirement system in Act No. 240 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended. A person electing this option shall not participate in, nor be subject to, the fringe benefits provided by the state civil service commission rules for members in state classified service.

To receive the salary, expenses, and fringe benefits provided by the county to juvenile court employees under section 3. This option shall not be elected without the approval of the presiding judge of the probate court for the county.

History: 1919, Ex. Sess., Act 22, Eff. Sept. 25, 1919; CL 1929, 8204; CL 1948, 400.252; Am. 1980, Act 248, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2442 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2442
Adoption of regulation; notice of public hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2442.

Before adoption of a regulation the local health department shall give notice of a public hearing and offer any person an opportunity to present data, views, and arguments. The notice shall be given not less than 10 days before the public hearing and not less than 20 days before adoption of the regulation. The notice shall include the time and place of the public hearing and a statement of the terms or substance of the proposed regulation or a description of the subjects and issues involved and the proposed effective date of the regulation. The notice shall be published in a manner calculated to give notice to persons likely to be affected by the proposed regulation. Methods which may be employed, depending on the circumstances, include publication of the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction, or when appropriate, in a trade, industry, governmental, or professional publication.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978