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MI Comp L § 484.204 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 123 of 1867 - Telegraph Companies (484.201 - 484.204)|Section 484.204 - Penalty.

484.204 Penalty. Sec. 4.  Any person or persons violating the provisions of this act, shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum of not less than 10 and not exceeding 100 dollars, for each and every act, at the discretion of the court; violations of the provisions of this act may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the state of Michigan, and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of each county in this state to prosecute for any violation of the provisions of this act. History: 1867, Act 123, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 1618 ;-- How. 3717 ;-- CL 1897, 5267 ;-- CL 1915, 6685 ;-- CL 1929, 11687 ;-- CL 1948, 484.204
MI Comp L § 484.251 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 195 of 1893 - Telegraph Companies (484.251 - 484.252)|Section 484.251 - Duty to Serve; Civil Liability.

484.251 Duty to serve; civil liability. Sec. 1.  That it shall be the duty of all telegraph companies incorporated either within or without this state, doing business within this state to receive dispatches from and for other telegraph companies' lines, and from and for any individual, and on payment of their usual charges for individuals for transmitting dispatches as established by the rules and regulations of such telegraph companies, to transmit the same with impartiality and good faith. Such telegraph companies shall be liable for any mistakes, errors or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery of any repeated or non-repeated message in damages to the amount which such person or persons may sustain by reason of mistakes, errors or delays in the transmission or delivery due to negligence of such company, or for the non-delivery of any such dispatch, due to negligence of such telegraph company or its agents, to be recovered with costs of suit, by the person or persons sustaining such damage. History: 1893, Act 195, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 5268 ;-- CL 1915, 6686 ;-- CL 1929, 11688 ;-- CL 1948, 484.251
MI Comp L § 484.252 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 195 of 1893 - Telegraph Companies (484.251 - 484.252)|Section 484.252 - Duty to Transmit Dispatches in Order; Civil Liability.

484.252 Duty to transmit dispatches in order; civil liability. Sec. 2.  It shall likewise be the duty of every such telegraph company to transmit all such dispatches in the order in which they are received. In case such telegraph company shall refuse or neglect to so transmit such dispatches, such telegraph company shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person or persons whose dispatch is postponed or delayed out of its order as herein prescribed, to be recovered as in the foregoing section: Provided, however, That arrangements may be made with the proprietors or publishers of newspapers for the transmission, for the purpose of publication, of intelligence of general and public interest, out of its regular order. History: 1893, Act 195, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 5269 ;-- CL 1915, 6687 ;-- CL 1929, 11689 ;-- CL 1948, 484.252
MI Comp L § 484.331 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 221 of 1951 - Actions Against Broadcasting Stations for Defamatory Statements (484.331 - 484.332)|Section 484.331 - Actions for Damages Against Owners, Operators or Licensees of Radio Broadcasting Stations for Defamatory Statements.

484.331 Actions for damages against owners, operators or licensees of radio broadcasting stations for defamatory statements. Sec. 1.  The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast, by one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, unless it shall be alleged and proved by the complaining party that such owner, licensee, operator or such agent or employee has failed to exercise due care to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement in such broadcast. History: 1951, Act 221, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
MI Comp L § 484.332 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 221 of 1951 - Actions Against Broadcasting Stations for Defamatory Statements (484.331 - 484.332)|Section 484.332 - Defamatory Statement by or on Behalf of Candidate for Public Office; Liability.

484.332 Defamatory statement by or on behalf of candidate for public office; liability. Sec. 2.  The owner, licensee or operator, or the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator of such a station or network of stations, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement uttered over the facilities of such station or network by or on behalf of any candidate for public office where such statement is not subject to censorship or control by reason of any federal statute or any ruling or order of the federal communications commission made pursuant thereto. History: 1951, Act 221, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
MI Comp L § 484.1901 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 218 of 2010 - Military Personnel Wireless Contract Act (484.1901 - 484.1907)|Section 484.1901 - Short Title.

484.1901 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "military personnel wireless contract act". History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
MI Comp L § 484.1902 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 218 of 2010 - Military Personnel Wireless Contract Act (484.1901 - 484.1907)|Section 484.1902 - Definitions.

484.1902 Definitions.Sec. 2.  As used in this act:  (a) "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, an act of congress, or an order of the governor.  (b) "Armed forces" means that term as defined in section 2 of the veteran right to employment services act, 1994 PA 39, MCL 35.1092.  (c) "Michigan national guard" means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan military act, 1967 PA 150, MCL 32.505.  (d) "Service member" means a member of the armed forces, a reserve branch of the armed forces, or the Michigan national guard. History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
MI Comp L § 484.1903 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 218 of 2010 - Military Personnel Wireless Contract Act (484.1901 - 484.1907)|Section 484.1903 - Contract With Wireless Telecommunications Provider; Termination; Requirements.

484.1903 Contract with wireless telecommunications provider; termination; requirements.Sec. 3.  If a service member is transferred, or deployed overseas, on active duty for a period of 179 days or more, to an area where the service member's existing wireless telecommunications provider does not offer facilities-based wireless service, the service member, or the spouse of a service member acting on behalf of that service member if he or she is authorized by the service member to make changes to the account, may terminate any contract with the wireless telecommunications provider that meets all of the following requirements:  (a) The service member is a party to the contract.  (b) The contract is entered into on or after the effective date of this act.  (c) The contract is executed before the service member is transferred, or deployed overseas, on active duty.  (d) The wireless telecommunications service provided under the contract is not wireless telecommunications service to a wireless telephone or other telecommunications device installed in a motor vehicle. History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
MI Comp L § 484.1904 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 218 of 2010 - Military Personnel Wireless Contract Act (484.1901 - 484.1907)|Section 484.1904 - Termination of Contract; Effective Date; Conditions.

484.1904 Termination of contract; effective date; conditions.Sec. 4.  A termination of a contract with a wireless telecommunications provider under section 3 is effective on the date all of the following are met:  (a) The service member who is transferred, or deployed overseas, on active duty, or the service member's spouse, provides the lessor by certified mail, return receipt requested, a written notice of the service member's intention to terminate the contract, a copy of the military or gubernatorial orders transferring the service member or calling the service member to active duty, and a copy of any orders further extending the service member's period of active duty.  (b) Any wireless telecommunications equipment not owned by the service member acquired from the wireless telecommunications provider is returned to the custody or control of the wireless telecommunications provider within 30 days after the delivery of the written notice under subdivision (a). History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
MI Comp L § 484.1905 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 218 of 2010 - Military Personnel Wireless Contract Act (484.1901 - 484.1907)|Section 484.1905 - Charges Incurred Before Termination; Early Termination Charge.

484.1905 Charges incurred before termination; early termination charge.Sec. 5.  (1) If a contract with a wireless telecommunications provider is terminated under this act, the service member remains responsible for any use charges incurred before termination.   (2) If a contract with a wireless telecommunications provider is terminated under this act, the wireless telecommunications provider may not impose an early termination charge for that termination. History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
MI Comp L § 484.1906 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 218 of 2010 - Military Personnel Wireless Contract Act (484.1901 - 484.1907)|Section 484.1906 - Violation of Act; Filing of Civil Action by Attorney General; Disposition of Recovered Money.

484.1906 Violation of act; filing of civil action by attorney general; disposition of recovered money.Sec. 6.  In addition to any other penalty that may be provided by law, the attorney general may file a civil action in which the court may impose on a wireless telecommunications provider that violates this act a civil fine of not more than $2,000.00 for each violation. Money recovered under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the military family relief fund created in section 3 of the military family relief fund act, 2004 PA 363, MCL 35.1213. History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
MI Comp L § 484.1907 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 218 of 2010 - Military Personnel Wireless Contract Act (484.1901 - 484.1907)|Section 484.1907 - Act Inapplicable to Prepaid Wireless Telecommunications Services.

484.1907 Act inapplicable to prepaid wireless telecommunications services.Sec. 7.  This act does not apply to prepaid wireless telecommunications services. History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
MI Comp L § 484.3101 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 48 of 2002 - Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (484.3101 - 484.3120)|Section 484.3101 - Short Title; Purpose of Act.

484.3101 Short title; purpose of act. Sec. 1.  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "metropolitan extension telecommunications rights-of-way oversight act".  (2) The purpose of this act is to do all of the following:  (a) Encourage competition in the availability, prices, terms, and other conditions of providing telecommunication services.  (b) Encourage the introduction of new services, the entry of new providers, the development of new technologies, and increase investment in the telecommunication infrastructure in this state.  (c) Improve the opportunities for economic development and the delivery of telecommunication services.  (d) Streamline the process for authorizing access to and use of public rights-of-way by telecommunication providers.  (e) Ensure the reasonable control and management of public rights-of-way by municipalities within this state.  (f) Provide for a common public rights-of-way maintenance fee applicable to telecommunication providers.  (g) Ensure effective review and disposition of disputes under this act.  (h) Allow for a tax credit as the sole means by which providers can recover the costs under this act and to insure that the providers do not pass these costs on to the end-users of this state through rates and charges for telecommunication services.  (i) Promote the public health, safety, welfare, convenience, and prosperity of this state.  (j) Create an authority to coordinate public right-of-way matters with municipalities. History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002 Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of the director of the metropolitan extension telecommunication rights-of-way oversight authority to the director of the department of labor and economic growth, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.
MI Comp L § 484.3104 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 48 of 2002 - Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (484.3101 - 484.3120)|Section 484.3104 - Enactment of Local Laws; Limitation; Existing Rights.

484.3104 Enactment of local laws; limitation; existing rights. Sec. 4.  (1) Except as otherwise provided by this act, after the effective date of this act, a municipality in a metropolitan area shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance, local law, or other legal requirement applicable to telecommunication providers that is inconsistent with this act or that assesses fees or requires other consideration for access to or use of the public rights-of-way that are in addition to the fees required under this act.  (2) This act shall not affect any existing rights that a provider or municipality may have under a permit issued by a municipality or contract between the municipality and the provider related to the use of the public rights-of-way.  (3) Obtaining a permit or paying the fees required under this act does not give a provider a right to use conduit or utility poles. History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002
MI Comp L § 484.3105 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 48 of 2002 - Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (484.3101 - 484.3120)|Section 484.3105 - Use of Public Rights-of-Way; Providers Subject to Permit and Fee Requirements; Facilities Located in Public Right-of-Way at Effective Date of Act; Permit Application.

484.3105 Use of public rights-of-way; providers subject to permit and fee requirements; facilities located in public right-of-way at effective date of act; permit application. Sec. 5.  (1) A provider using or seeking to use public rights-of-way in a metropolitan area for its telecommunication facilities shall obtain a permit under section 15 from the municipality and pay all fees required under this act. Authorizations or permits previously obtained from a municipality under section 251 of the Michigan telecommunications act, 1991 PA 179, MCL 484.2251, satisfy the permit requirement of this section.  (2) A provider asserting rights under 1883 PA 129, MCL 484.1 to 484.10, is subject to the permit and fee requirements of this act.  (3) Within 180 days from the effective date of this act, a provider with facilities located in a public right-of-way as of the effective date of this act that has not previously obtained authorization or a permit under section 251 of the Michigan telecommunications act, 1991 PA 179, MCL 484.2251, shall submit an application for a permit to each municipality in which the provider has facilities located in a public right-of-way. A provider submitting an application under this subsection is not required to pay the administrative fee required under section 6(4).  (4) The authority may, for good cause, allow a provider up to an additional 180 days to submit the application required under subsection (3). History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002
MI Comp L § 484.3107 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 48 of 2002 - Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (484.3101 - 484.3120)|Section 484.3107 - Inability of Provider and Municipality to Agree; Appointment of Mediator by Commission; Determination by Commission; Issuance; Extension.

484.3107 Inability of provider and municipality to agree; appointment of mediator by commission; determination by commission; issuance; extension. Sec. 7.  If a provider and 1 or more municipalities are unable to agree on arrangements for coordinating and minimizing the disruption of public rights-of-way, ensuring the efficient construction of facilities, restoring the public rights-of-way after construction or other activities by a provider, protecting the public health, safety, and welfare, and resolving disputes arising under this act, the commission shall appoint a mediator within 7 days from the date of the notice to make recommendations within 30 days from the date of the appointment for a resolution of the dispute. If any of the parties are unwilling to comply with the mediator's recommendations, any party to the dispute may within 30 days of receipt of the recommendation request the commission for a review and determination of a resolution of the dispute. The determination by the commission under this section shall be issued within 60 days from the date of the request to the commission. The commission shall issue its determination within 15 days from the date of the request if a municipality demonstrates that the public health, safety, and welfare require a determination before the expiration of the 60 days. The interested parties to the dispute may agree to an extension for up to 30 days of the 60-day requirement under this section. History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002
MI Comp L § 484.3109 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 48 of 2002 - Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (484.3101 - 484.3120)|Section 484.3109 - Fee Discount.

484.3109 Fee discount. Sec. 9.  (1) If 2 or more providers implement a shared use arrangement and meet the requirements of this section, each provider participating in the arrangement is entitled to a discount of the fees required under section 8 as provided under this section.  (2) To qualify for the shared use discount, each participating provider shall do all of the following:  (a) To the extent permitted by the safety provisions of the applicable electrical code, occupy and use the same poles, trenches, conduits, ducts, or other common spaces or physical facilities jointly with another provider.  (b) Coordinate the construction or installation of its own facilities with the construction schedules of another provider so that any pavement cuts, excavation, construction, or other activities undertaken to construct or install the facilities occur contemporaneously and do not impair the physical condition, or interrupt the normal uses, of the public rights-of-way on more than 1 occasion.  (c) Enter the shared use arrangement after the effective date of this act.  (3) This section does not apply to the utilization or attachment to poles, trenches, conduits, ducts, or other common facilities that were placed in the public rights-of-way before the effective date of this act.  (4) Two or more providers that qualify for a shared use discount are entitled to a 40% discount of the fees imposed by section 8 for each linear foot of public right-of-way in which the shared use occurs. History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002
MI Comp L § 484.3110 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 48 of 2002 - Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (484.3101 - 484.3120)|Section 484.3110 - Fee-Sharing Payments.

484.3110 Fee-sharing payments. Sec. 10.  (1) Except as reduced by the amount provided for under subsection (2), the authority shall allocate the annual maintenance fees collected under this act to fund the fee-sharing mechanism under section 11.  (2) To the extent that fees exceed $30,000,000.00 in any year and are from fees for linear feet of rights-of-way in which telecommunication facilities are constructed by a provider after the effective date of this act, the authority shall allocate that amount to fund the fee-sharing mechanism under section 12.  (3) To be eligible to receive fee-sharing payments under this act, a municipality shall comply with this act. For the purpose of the distribution under sections 11 and 12, a municipality is considered to be in compliance with this act unless the authority finds to the contrary in a proceeding against the municipality affording due process initiated by a provider, the commission, or the attorney general. If a municipality is found not to be in compliance, fee-sharing payments shall be held by the authority in escrow until the municipality returns to compliance. A municipality is not ineligible to receive fee-sharing payments for any matter found to be a good faith dispute or matters of first impression under this act or other applicable law.  (4) The amount received under sections 11 and 12 shall be used by the municipality solely for rights-of-way related purposes. Rights-of-way purposes does not include constructing or utilizing telecommunication facilities to serve residential or commercial customers.  (5) A municipality receiving funds under sections 11 and 12 with a population of less than 10,000 may file and a municipality receiving funds under sections 11 and 12 with a population of 10,000 or more shall file an annual report with the authority on the use and disposition of the funds. The authority shall prescribe the form of the report to be filed under this subsection, which report shall be in a simplified format. History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002
MI Comp L § 484.3111 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio|Act 48 of 2002 - Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (484.3101 - 484.3120)|Section 484.3111 - Fee Sharing; Allocation of Fund Under Section 10(1); Excluded Municipalities.

484.3111 Fee sharing; allocation of fund under section 10(1); excluded municipalities. Sec. 11.  (1) The authority shall allocate the funding provided for fee sharing under section 10(1) as follows:  (a) 75% to be disbursed to cities and villages in a metropolitan area on the basis of the distribution to each city or village under section 13 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.663, for the most recent year as a proportion of the total distribution to all cities and villages located in metropolitan areas under section 13 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.663, for the most recent year.  (b) 25% to be disbursed to townships in a metropolitan area on the basis of each township's proportionate share of the total linear feet of public rights-of-way occupied by providers within all townships located in metropolitan areas.  (2) Except as otherwise provided under sections 13 and 14, municipalities that are ineligible under section 13 or 14 shall be excluded from the computation, allocation, and distribution of funding under this section. History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002