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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1244 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1244
Violation of chapter; hearing; serving copy of findings and cease and desist order; additional orders; reopening, altering, modifying, or setting aside order; violation of cease and desist order; notice and hearing; civil fine; suspension or revocation of license; disposition of fine; court of claims.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1244.

(1) If the director finds that a person has violated this chapter, after an opportunity for a hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, the director shall reduce the findings and decision to writing and shall issue and cause to be served on the person charged with the violation a copy of the findings and an order requiring the person to cease and desist from the violation. In addition, the director may order any of the following:

(a) Payment of a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00 for each violation. However, if the person knew or reasonably should have known that he or she was in violation of this chapter, the director may order the payment of a civil fine of not more than $5,000.00 for each violation. An order of the director under this subsection must not require the payment of civil fines exceeding $50,000.00. A fine collected under this subdivision must be turned over to the state treasurer and credited to the general fund of this state.

(b) A refund of any overcharges.

(c) That restitution be made to the insured or other claimant to cover incurred losses, damages, or other harm attributable to the acts of the person found to be in violation of this chapter.

(d) The suspension or revocation of the person's license.

(2) The director may by order, after notice and opportunity for hearing, reopen and alter, modify, or set aside, in whole or in part, an order issued under this section, if in the opinion of the director conditions of fact or of law have changed to require that action, or if the public interest requires that action.

(3) If a person knowingly violates a cease and desist order under this chapter and has been given notice and an opportunity for a hearing held under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, the director may order a civil fine of not more than $20,000.00 for each violation, a suspension or revocation of the person's license, or both. An order issued by the director under this subsection must not require the payment of civil fines exceeding $100,000.00. A fine collected under this subsection must be turned over to the state treasurer and credited to the general fund of this state.

(4) The director may apply to the court of claims for an order of the court enjoining a violation of this chapter.

History: Add. 1972, Act 133, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 1984, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 1, 1984; Am. 2001, Act 228, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002; Am. 2019, Act 21, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.843 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-305-of-2000 / Section 450.843
Evidence of record or signature in criminal or civil proceeding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

In a criminal or civil proceeding, evidence of a record or signature shall not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.

History: 2000, Act 305, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2807 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2807
Revocation upon divorce; revocation by other changes of circumstances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2807.

(1) Except as provided by the express terms of a governing instrument, court order, or contract relating to the division of the marital estate made between the divorced individuals before or after the marriage, divorce, or annulment, the divorce or annulment of a marriage does all of the following:

(a) Revokes all of the following that are revocable:

( i ) A disposition or appointment of property made by a divorced individual to his or her former spouse in a governing instrument and a disposition or appointment created by law or in a governing instrument to a relative of the divorced individual's former spouse.

( ii ) A provision in a governing instrument conferring a general or nongeneral power of appointment on the divorced individual's former spouse or on a relative of the divorced individual's former spouse.

( iii ) A nomination in a governing instrument, nominating a divorced individual's former spouse or a relative of the divorced individual's former spouse to serve in a fiduciary or representative capacity, including, but not limited to, a personal representative, executor, funeral representative, trustee, conservator, agent, or guardian.

(b) Severs the interests of the former spouses in property held by them at the time of the divorce or annulment as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, transforming the interests of the former spouses into tenancies in common.

(c) Bars the former spouse from exercising a power under section 3206(1).

(2) A severance under subsection (1)(b) does not affect a third-party interest in property acquired for value and in good faith reliance on an apparent title by survivorship in the survivor of the former spouses unless a writing declaring the severance has been noted, registered, filed, or recorded in records appropriate to the kind and location of the property that are relied on, in the ordinary course of transactions involving that type of property, as evidence of ownership.

(3) Each provision of a governing instrument is given effect as if the former spouse and relatives of the former spouse disclaimed all provisions revoked by this section or, for a revoked nomination in a fiduciary or representative capacity, as if the former spouse and relatives of the former spouse died immediately before the divorce or annulment.

(4) Each provision revoked solely by this section is revived by the divorced individual's remarriage to the former spouse or by a nullification of the divorce or annulment.

(5) No change of circumstances other than as described in this section and in sections 2803 to 2805, 2808, and 2809 causes a revocation.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 54, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.460 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-197-of-1883 / Section 322.460
Adjustment of amounts due claimants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The state treasurer shall adjust the amounts due claimants under this act, and shall draw a warrant upon the state treasury for the amount due in favor of the person entitled to the amount within 3 months after application is made by that person. The balance of the taxes previously assessed upon the lands granted to this state and lying within the counties of Ottawa and Muskegon, upon the route extending from Grand Haven to Owosso and then to Flint, as described in this act and returned by the county treasurers of the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa to the state treasurer as delinquent and unpaid, and all interest and charges since accrued, are hereby canceled, and the state treasurer is hereby directed to credit the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa respectively with the amount of those taxes in all cases in which the tax has been previously charged back to those counties, with all interest and charges accrued upon the amounts charged back. However, the total amount of the credit shall not exceed the total amount the county may now be indebted to the state, and the counties of Muskegon and Ottawa shall credit up to the several townships in their respective counties all of the tax which has been charged back to the townships, or the proportion of the tax the county is credited with by the state.

History: 1883, Act 197, Eff. Sept. 8, 1883; How. 5466j; CL 1897, 1431; CL 1915, 645; CL 1929, 5994; CL 1948, 322.460; Am. 2002, Act 355, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.12d — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.12d
Transfer of functions of governmental unit to county; service credit for retirement benefit purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12d.

Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, if the functions of a governmental unit are transferred to the county, and if all or part of the employees of the functions are transferred from the employ of a governmental unit to the employ of the county, the board of supervisors may regard for the purposes of retirement benefits as set forth in section 12a the service rendered to the governmental unit by the employees transferred as county service to the extent and under such reasonable terms and conditions as are mutually agreeable between the board of supervisors and the governing body of the governmental unit. As used in this section, "governmental unit" means a department, board, or commission of this state, or any political subdivision of this state.

History: Add. 1959, Act 163, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1959; Am. 2017, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3712 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3712
Decision to discontinue plan in geographic area.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3712.

(1) If a small employer carrier decides to discontinue offering all small employer health benefit plans in a geographic area, all of the following apply:

(a) The small employer carrier shall provide notice to the commissioner and to each small employer covered by the small employer carrier in the geographic area of the discontinuation at least 180 days prior to the date of the discontinuation of the coverage.

(b) All small employer health benefit plans issued or delivered for issuance in the geographic area are discontinued and all current health benefit plans in the geographic area are not renewed.

(c) The small employer carrier shall not issue or deliver for issuance any small employer health benefit plans in the geographic area for 5 years beginning on the date the last small employer health benefit plan in the geographic area is not renewed under subdivision (b).

(d) The small employer carrier shall not issue or deliver for issuance for 5 years any small employer health benefit plans in an area that was not a geographic area where the small employer carrier was issuing or delivering for issuance small employer health benefit plans on the date notice was given under subdivision (a). The 5-year period under this subdivision begins on the date notice was given under subdivision (a).

(2) A small employer carrier shall not discontinue offering a particular plan or product in the small employer group market unless the small employer carrier does all of the following:

(a) Provides notice to the commissioner and to each small employer provided coverage under the plan or product of the discontinuation at least 90 days before the date of the discontinuation.

(b) Offers to each small employer provided coverage under the plan or product the option to purchase any other plan or product currently being offered in the small employer group market by that small employer carrier without excluding or limiting coverage for a preexisting condition or providing a waiting period.

(c) Acts uniformly without regard to any health status factor of enrolled individuals or individuals who may become eligible for coverage in making the determination to discontinue coverage and in offering other plans or products.

History: Add. 2003, Act 88, Eff. Jan. 23, 2004; Am. 2013, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1223 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-296-of-2010 / Section 123.1223
Levy and collection of tax.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

A tax authorized to be levied by an authority under this act shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as provided by the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155.

History: 2010, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.352 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-263-of-1951 / Section 35.352
Public employees entering military duty; reemployment, restoration or placement in other position or department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any public employee who leaves a position while this act is in effect, or who left such position prior to such effective date but not earlier than June 27, 1950, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, in order to perform military duty, or who was performing military duty on June 27, 1950, and who is relieved or discharged from such duty under honorable conditions, and makes application for reemployment within 90 days after he is relieved from military duty or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 year shall-

If still qualified to perform the duties of such position, be restored to such position if it exists and is not held by a person with greater seniority, otherwise to a position of like seniority, status and pay;

If not qualified to perform the duties of such position by reason of disability sustained during such service, such public employee shall be placed in such other position, the duties of which he is qualified to perform, as will provide him like seniority, status and pay, or the nearest approximation thereof consistent with the circumstances of his case.

In the case of any person who is entitled to be restored to a position in accordance with the provisions of this act, if it is determined that the department or agency with which such person was employed immediately prior to his entry upon training and service aforesaid-

Is no longer in existence and its functions have not been transferred to any other agency, or

For any reason it is not feasible for such person to be restored to such department or agency, it shall be determined whether or not there is a position in any other department or agency of the same public employer for which such person is qualified and which is either vacant or held by a person having a temporary appointment thereto or less seniority than the employee returning from military service. In any case in which it is determined that there is such a position, such person shall be restored in service and appointed to such position by the department or agency in which such position exists.

History: 1951, Act 263, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2205 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.2205
Completion of requirements for licensure; demonstration of continuing professional competence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2205.

(1) All requirements for licensure shall be completed within 10 years after receipt of the application by the department. If the requirements are not completed within the 10-year period, the application shall be void.

(2) A demonstration of continuing professional competence shall be required for renewal of a license as determined by the department and provided for by rule of the director.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1988, Act 463, Eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Am. 2008, Act 490, Eff. May 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.273 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-267-of-1976 / Section 15.273
Violation; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A public official who intentionally violates this act shall be personally liable in a civil action for actual and exemplary damages of not more than $500.00 total, plus court costs and actual attorney fees to a person or group of persons bringing the action.

Not more than 1 action under this section shall be brought against a public official for a single meeting. An action under this section shall be commenced within 180 days after the date of the violation which gives rise to the cause of action.

An action for damages under this section may be joined with an action for injunctive or exemplary relief under section 11.

History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.83 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-66-of-1956 / Section 565.83
Oil and gas assignment; validity; certified copy; service on pipe line company.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The assignment shall become and be and remain effective and a good and valid assignment as against all persons, including the mortgagor or those claiming under or through him, from and after the date of execution and delivery thereof, subject however, as in the case of conveyances of an interest in real estate, to the provisions of chapter 65 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, as amended, being sections 565.1 to 565.49, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948. The assignment shall not be effective as to pipe line companies or other purchasers taking delivery of oil and gas produced from the mortgaged oil and gas properties at the time of execution and delivery of the assignment, until an executed or certified copy thereof shall have been served personally or by registered mail on the pipe line company or other purchaser.

History: 1956, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VIII § 2 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VIII § 2
Free public elementary and secondary schools; discrimination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The legislature shall maintain and support a system of free public elementary and secondary schools as defined by law. Every school district shall provide for the education of its pupils without discrimination as to religion, creed, race, color or national origin.

No public monies or property shall be appropriated or paid or any public credit utilized, by the legislature or any other political subdivision or agency of the state directly or indirectly to aid or maintain any private, denominational or other nonpublic, pre-elementary, elementary, or secondary school. No payment, credit, tax benefit, exemption or deductions, tuition voucher, subsidy, grant or loan of public monies or property shall be provided, directly or indirectly, to support the attendance of any student or the employment of any person at any such nonpublic school or at any location or institution where instruction is offered in whole or in part to such nonpublic school students. The legislature may provide for the transportation of students to and from any school.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VIII, § 2, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 3, 1970, Eff. Dec. 19, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.155 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-260-of-2018 / Section 408.155
Going pro talent fund; creation; deposit of money or other assets; administration; expenditures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The Going pro talent fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The department is the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(5) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a) The payment of awards to awardees.

(b) The administration of the program.

History: 2018, Act 260, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1401 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-203-of-1999 / Section 141.1401
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "the convention facility authority act".

History: 1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 39 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 39
Michigan veterans' trust fund board of trustees; administration of trust fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

The Michigan veterans' trust fund board of trustees shall administer the Michigan veterans' trust fund. The board of trustees shall not authorize the expenditure or transfer of a trust fund asset, interest, or earnings unless the board of trustees determines in its discretion and by a majority vote that the expenditure or transfer is for the benefit of veterans or their spouses or dependents.

History: Add. H.J.R. H., approved Nov. 5, 1996, Eff. Dec. 21, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.324 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.324
Drainage across lands adjacent to highways; right of way; approval of purchase.
Status: in_force

Sec. 324.

Whenever it is necessary or more convenient for the proper drainage of any highway in this state that the surplus water be taken onto or across the land adjacent thereto, the county road commission of the county in which said highway is situated may secure the right of way and may open such drain or outlet for the water, and for these purposes may use any highway moneys of the township in which said highway is situated, not otherwise appropriated, and such sums as may be voted for that use by the electors of the townships. The county road commission shall secure the right of way for any such drain by gift or purchase from the owners of the land to be crossed by such drain; but in case of purchase the purchase price must be approved by the township board whenever township funds are involved, before any money be paid thereon. Such right of way shall be acquired by deed duly executed by the owner or owners of the lands sought to be crossed by the said drain, and shall be taken in the name of the township wherein the same is located, and filed in the office of the register of deeds of the county before any highway money shall be expended in opening such drain outside the highway limits.

Before the township board approves the purchase price of any drain right of way under this section, the county road commission shall submit to the board for its approval details of the proposed drain, with specifications that the drain shall be constructed in accordance with good health and sanitation standards and in such a manner as not to constitute a hazard to health or safety and that in construction of the drain the township board shall approve the use of the land upon which the drain is to be located.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1962, Act 94, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.1067 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-115-of-2022 / Section 554.1067
Promotion of uniformity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

History: 2022, Act 115, Eff. Sept. 22, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.163 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-125-of-1966 / Section 565.163
Failure of mortgagee or agent to pay property taxes; liability for penalties or fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

If, pursuant to an agreement, a mortgagor has paid sufficient funds into an escrow account for the purpose of paying taxes on mortgaged real property, and if the mortgagee or his agent has not paid those property taxes, then the person to whom the mortgagor paid the funds shall be liable to the mortgagor for any penalties or fees incurred by the mortgagor as a result of that failure to pay taxes.

History: Add. 1976, Act 112, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1976