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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 228 of 1959 - Fruits and Vegetables; Controlled Atmosphere Storage (286.371 - 286.379) › Section 286.376 - License; Denial, Suspension, or Revocation; Notice and Opportunity for Hearing; Administrative Fine; Warning; Action by Attorney General to Recover Fine; Injunction; Disposition of Payments.

286.376 License; denial, suspension, or revocation; notice and opportunity for hearing; administrative fine; warning; action by attorney general to recover fine; injunction; disposition of payments.
Sec. 6.
(1) In addition to any other penalties or sanctions provided for by law, the director after notice and opportunity for a hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, may deny, suspend, or revoke a license for any sealed storage room, space, or building that had not been operated, or is not prepared to be operated, in compliance with this act or any rules issued under this act.
(2) The director, upon finding after notice and opportunity for a hearing that a person has violated any provision of this act, may impose an administrative fine of not more than $1,000.00 for each violation.
(3) If the director finds that a person or firm has violated provisions of the act despite the exercise of due care, the director may issue a warning instead of imposing an administrative fine.
(4) The director shall advise the attorney general of the failure of a person to pay an administrative fine imposed under this section. The attorney general shall bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the fine.
(5) The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of this act or a rule promulgated pursuant to this act in a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the violation occurs or is about to occur.
(6) Any civil penalties or recovery of any economic benefits associated with a violation of this act and collected under this section shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the department for the enforcement of this act.
History:
1959, Act 228, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 228 of 1959 - Fruits and Vegetables; Controlled Atmosphere Storage (286.371 - 286.379) › Section 286.377, 286.378 - Repealed. 2000, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 2000.

286.377, 286.378 Repealed. 2000, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 2000.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to labeling requirements, registration numbers, and permits.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 228 of 1959 - Fruits and Vegetables; Controlled Atmosphere Storage (286.371 - 286.379) › Section 286.379 - Violation of Act as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

286.379 Violation of act as misdemeanor; penalty.
Sec. 9.
Any person or other legal entity who violates any of the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $200.00 or more than $5,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days.
History:
1959, Act 228, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 6 of 1959 - Grape Growers; Use of Chemical Substances (286.401 - 286.406) › Section 286.401 - Grape Growers; Chemical Substances; Definitions.

286.401 Grape growers; chemical substances; definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Grape grower" means a producer of grapes for profit.
(b) "Grape vineyard" means lands upon which grapevines are maintained and harvested for profit.
(c) "Townships" means government survey townships, and need not be in the same county.
(d) "Proximity" means a radial distance of 2 miles from the site of damage.
(e) "Development" means natural and normal growth before harvest.
(f) "Affected area" means the area defined in the petition. The affected area may be altered by description in the order of the director, if the director finds that such alteration should be made to effectuate the purposes of the petition.
(g) "Major source of agricultural income" means that the producers of grapes within the affected area obtain at least 10% of their gross income as a group in any 5-year period from the production of grapes.
(h) "Director" means the director of the state department of agriculture.
History:
1959, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1959
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 6 of 1959 - Grape Growers; Use of Chemical Substances (286.401 - 286.406) › Section 286.402 - Chemical Substances; Petition by Grape Grower for Prohibition.

286.402 Chemical substances; petition by grape grower for prohibition.
Sec. 2.
Whenever the director receives a petition in a form prescribed by him, signed by 10 or more grape growers in the same or contiguous townships in this state, alleging that the use of 2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorolphenoxyacetic acid), 2,4-5-T (2,4-5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid) or MCP (2 Methyl, 4 Chlorophenoxyacetic acid) in proximity to grape vineyards or crops of grapes described in the petition has proved harmful to the development of grapevines or the grape crop in the affected area in the same or any prior year and asking that the use of such chemical substances be prohibited or restricted within the affected area, the director shall ascertain whether at least 10 of the signers of the petition are grape growers and owners of grape vineyards within the affected area. In counting the required number of petitioners, joint tenants or tenants by the entireties shall be counted as 1 signer.
History:
1959, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1959 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 6 of 1959 - Grape Growers; Use of Chemical Substances (286.401 - 286.406) › Section 286.403 - Chemical Substances; Hearing, Posting of Notice.

286.403 Chemical substances; hearing, posting of notice.
Sec. 3.
If the director determines that the petition is properly filed, he shall hold a public hearing after giving at least 10 days' notice of the time and place at which the hearing will be held by posting in at least 5 of the most public places within the affected area, and by notice by mail to each of the petitioners and to each manufacturer, supplier and dealer furnishing the chemical substance complained of within the affected area, so far as is known to the director, after diligent inquiry. Proof of notice shall be evidenced by affidavit of the director appended to the minutes of the hearing at which the petition is considered.
History:
1959, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1959
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 6 of 1959 - Grape Growers; Use of Chemical Substances (286.401 - 286.406) › Section 286.404 - Chemical Substances; Director's Findings; Damage; Orders, Continuing Effect.

286.404 Chemical substances; director's findings; damage; orders, continuing effect.
Sec. 4.
If the director finds, from testimony adduced, that:
(a) There has been actual damage to grapevines or grape crops within the affected area; and
(b) Such damage was caused by the use of the chemical substance complained of in the petition, and by that cause alone; and
(c) Such use was upon lands within the affected area or in proximity to the affected area, or upon the damaged crop itself; and
(d) The commercial production of grapes within the affected area constitutes a major source of agricultural income within the affected area; then the director may issue his order prohibiting or restricting the use of 2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorolphenoxyacetic acid), 2,4-5-T (2,4-5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid) or MCP (2 Methyl, 4 Chlorophenoxyacetic acid) within or in proximity to the affected area during the period from May 1 to October 1. The order shall continue in effect from year to year unless modified or rescinded by the director. Not later than March 15 of each year, the director shall give notice of the order by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected. The notice shall state the terms of the order in general language and that the order will continue in effect for the ensuing period of May 1 to October 1, unless a petition for modification or recision of the order, signed by 10 or more grape growers or 50 or more persons not grape growers in the affected area, is filed with the director on or before April 1. If a request for modification or recision is received, the director shall hold a hearing after giving notice as provided in section 3. After the hearing, the director shall make such findings as the evidence adduced justifies and may continue, modify or rescind the order. If the director modifies or rescinds the order, he shall give notice of his action as provided in section 4. All restrictions upon the use of 2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorolphenoxyacetic acid), 2,4-5-T (2,4-5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid) or MCP (2 Methyl, 4 Chlorophenoxyacetic acid) within or in proximity to the affected area shall be set forth in the order with particularity.
History:
1959, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1959 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 6 of 1959 - Grape Growers; Use of Chemical Substances (286.401 - 286.406) › Section 286.405 - Chemical Substances; Orders, Effective Date.

286.405 Chemical substances; orders, effective date.
Sec. 5.
All orders shall be effective upon posting the same prominently in at least 5 of the most public places within the affected area. They shall be published in the administrative code, provided for in Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.82 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, but publication within the quarterly supplement to the administrative code shall not be a condition precedent to their effectiveness.
History:
1959, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1959
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 6 of 1959 - Grape Growers; Use of Chemical Substances (286.401 - 286.406) › Section 286.406 - Chemical Substances; Penalty for Violation.

286.406 Chemical substances; penalty for violation.
Sec. 6.
Any person who uses 2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorolphenoxyacetic acid), 2,4-5-T (2,4-5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid) or MCP (2 Methyl, 4 Chlorophenoxyacetic acid) within or in proximity to an affected area, in violation of an order of the director prohibiting or restricting such use, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1959, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1959 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Repealed - Act 233 of 1959 - Use of Economic Poisons (286.411 - 286.420)

USE OF ECONOMIC POISONS
Act 233 of 1959
286.411-286.420 Repealed. 1976, Act 171, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Repealed - Act 193 of 2012 - Agricultural Disaster Loan Origination Program Act of 2012 (286.421 - 286.425)

AGRICULTURAL DISASTER LOAN ORIGINATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2012
Act 193 of 2012
286.421-286.425 Repealed. 2012, Act 193, Eff. Feb. 15, 2018.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 111 of 2018 - Agricultural Disaster Loan Origination Program Act (286.431 - 286.435) › Section 286.431 - Short Title.

286.431 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "agricultural disaster loan origination program act".
History:
2018, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 111 of 2018 - Agricultural Disaster Loan Origination Program Act (286.431 - 286.435) › Section 286.433 - Qualified Agricultural Loan Origination Program; Establishment; Requirements; Use of Work Project Funds Appropriated.

286.433 Qualified agricultural loan origination program; establishment; requirements; use of work project funds appropriated.
Sec. 3.
(1) The state treasurer may establish a qualified agricultural loan origination program as provided in this act.
(2) The program shall meet all of the following:
(a) A person receiving a qualified agricultural loan shall pay an interest rate authorized under this act and established by the qualified financial institution.
(b) This state shall pay loan origination fees for administrative costs incurred by the qualified financial institution equal to 5% of the original principal amount of the loan. Loan origination fees may be paid by this state in equal installments over the term of the work project appropriation or in a lump-sum payment for the entire term of the work project appropriation.
(3) A qualified agricultural loan shall comply with both of the following:
(a) Interest shall be set by the qualified financial institution at the rate of the 5-year United States treasury note plus 2.0%, unless otherwise provided in an appropriation act.
(b) The term of the loan shall not be more than 7 years, unless otherwise provided in an appropriation act.
(4) A qualified agricultural loan described in section 2(h)(i)(A) shall be equal to not more than the value of the crop loss as certified by the producer in an affidavit demonstrating an accurate and valid qualified loss of production. The qualified agricultural loan shall not exceed the lesser of $400,000.00 or the value of the qualified loss. If crop insurance was available for a particular crop and the producer did not purchase the crop insurance for that crop, the amount of the loan shall be reduced by 30% or reduced by $100,000.00, whichever is less.
(5) A qualified agricultural loan described in section 2(h)(i)(B) or (C) shall not exceed the lesser of the following:
(a) Eight hundred thousand dollars per facility.
(b) One million dollars per person applying for the loan.
(6) From the work project funds appropriated by 2019 PA 45, a qualified financial institution shall make qualified agricultural loans after March 1, 2020 and before June 1, 2020. For any additional work project funds subsequently appropriated for this program, a qualified financial institution shall not make qualified agricultural loans before March 1 of the immediately succeeding calendar year or as otherwise provided in an appropriation act.
History:
2018, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 2018 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 2020
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 111 of 2018 - Agricultural Disaster Loan Origination Program Act (286.431 - 286.435) › Section 286.434 - Actions by State Treasurer; Approval of Legal Form of Documents by Attorney General; Duties of Qualified Institution; Forwarding and Destruction of Affidavits; Program as Valid Public Purpose.

286.434 Actions by state treasurer; approval of legal form of documents by attorney general; duties of qualified institution; forwarding and destruction of affidavits; program as valid public purpose.
Sec. 4.
(1) The state treasurer may take any necessary action to ensure the successful operation of the program, including, but not limited to, entering into agreements with qualified financial institutions related to the operation of the program and the issuance of qualified agricultural loans.
(2) The attorney general shall approve, as to legal form, all documents relating to the payment of a loan origination fee by this state.
(3) Each qualified financial institution participating in the program shall do both of the following:
(a) Report to the state treasurer the principal amount of loans made under the program by June 30, 2020 and June 30 for each year after any subsequent appropriation.
(b) File an affidavit with the state treasurer signed by a senior executive officer of the qualified financial institution stating that the qualified financial institution is in compliance with the program and this act.
(4) Upon request by the state treasurer, a qualified financial institution shall forward a copy of any affidavits executed by a person receiving a loan under this act to the state treasurer. The qualified financial institution and the state treasurer shall destroy the affidavit or its copy after the qualified agricultural loan is repaid.
(5) The program is found and declared to be for a valid public purpose.
History:
2018, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 2018 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 2020
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 111 of 2018 - Agricultural Disaster Loan Origination Program Act (286.431 - 286.435) › Section 286.435 - Appropriation.

286.435 Appropriation.
Sec. 5.
(1) From the work project funds appropriated by 2019 PA 45, an amount sufficient to pay loan origination fees under section 3, not to exceed $15,000,000.00, shall be expended if it is appropriated to the department of treasury. Not more than $3,000,000.00 of the amount appropriated by 2019 PA 45 shall be used for loans offered under section 2(h)(i)(B) or (C). The appropriation authorized in this subsection is a work project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the following fiscal year. The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the project is to provide financial assistance to the agricultural sector of this state's economy and to alleviate financial distress caused by crop damage and related economic impacts through the program.
(b) The work project will be accomplished through the use of payments to qualified financial institutions for qualified agricultural loan origination fees for administrative costs incurred by qualified financial institutions.
(c) The total estimated completion cost of the work project is $15,000,000.00.
(d) The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2023.
(2) Subject to appropriation, any subsequent funds appropriated for this program shall be expended solely to pay loan origination fees under section 3 and subject to any other limitations as provided in the appropriation. Any subsequent work project appropriation for this program shall be in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.
History:
2018, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 2018 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 2020
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Repealed - Act 188 of 1965 - Hazardous Substances Act (286.463 - 286.463)

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ACT
Act 188 of 1965
286.463 Repealed. 1982, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1982;--286.451-286.462 Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 93 of 1981 - Michigan Right to Farm Act (286.471 - 286.474) › Section 286.471 - Short Title.

286.471 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan right to farm act".
History:
1981, Act 93, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1981
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 93 of 1981 - Michigan Right to Farm Act (286.471 - 286.474) › Section 286.473 - Farm or Farm Operation as Public or Private Nuisance; Review and Revision of Practices; Finding; Conditions.

286.473 Farm or farm operation as public or private nuisance; review and revision of practices; finding; conditions.
Sec. 3.
(1) A farm or farm operation shall not be found to be a public or private nuisance if the farm or farm operation alleged to be a nuisance conforms to generally accepted agricultural and management practices according to policy determined by the Michigan commission of agriculture. Generally accepted agricultural and management practices shall be reviewed annually by the Michigan commission of agriculture and revised as considered necessary.
(2) A farm or farm operation shall not be found to be a public or private nuisance if the farm or farm operation existed before a change in the land use or occupancy of land within 1 mile of the boundaries of the farm land, and if before that change in land use or occupancy of land, the farm or farm operation would not have been a nuisance.
(3) A farm or farm operation that is in conformance with subsection (1) shall not be found to be a public or private nuisance as a result of any of the following:
(a) A change in ownership or size.
(b) Temporary cessation or interruption of farming.
(c) Enrollment in governmental programs.
(d) Adoption of new technology.
(e) A change in type of farm product being produced.
History:
1981, Act 93, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1981 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 240, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 94, Eff. Sept. 30, 1995
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 93 of 1981 - Michigan Right to Farm Act (286.471 - 286.474) › Section 286.473a - Repealed. 1999, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000.

286.473a Repealed. 1999, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to complaints generally.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 93 of 1981 - Michigan Right to Farm Act (286.471 - 286.474) › Section 286.473b - Recovery of Costs and Expenses.

286.473b Recovery of costs and expenses.
Sec. 3b.
In any nuisance action brought in which a farm or farm operation is alleged to be a nuisance, if the defendant farm or farm operation prevails, the farm or farm operation may recover from the plaintiff the actual amount of costs and expenses determined by the court to have been reasonably incurred by the farm or farm operation in connection with the defense of the action, together with reasonable and actual attorney fees.
History:
Add. 1995, Act 94, Eff. Sept. 30, 1995
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 93 of 1981 - Michigan Right to Farm Act (286.471 - 286.474) › Section 286.473c - Property Subject to Disclosure; Contents of Statement.

286.473c Property subject to disclosure; contents of statement.
Sec. 3c.
(1) Certain real property is subject to those disclosures described in section 7 of the seller disclosure act, Act No. 92 of the Public Acts of 1993, being section 565.957 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A seller of real property located within 1 mile of the property boundary of a farm or farm operation may voluntarily make available to the buyer the following statement: "This notice is to inform prospective residents that the real property they are about to acquire lies within 1 mile of the property boundary of a farm or farm operation. Generally accepted agricultural and management practices may be utilized by the farm or farm operation and may generate usual and ordinary noise, dust, odors, and other associated conditions, and these practices are protected by the Michigan right to farm act.".
(2) Certain subdivided land is subject to those disclosures described in section 8 of the land sales act, Act No. 286 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 565.808 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
Add. 1995, Act 94, Eff. Sept. 30, 1995
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 187 of 1965 - Pest Control Compact (286.501 - 286.507) › Section 286.502 - Cooperation by State Departments, Agencies and Officers With Insurance Fund.

286.502 Cooperation by state departments, agencies and officers with insurance fund.
Sec. 2.
Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies and officers of this state may cooperate with the insurance fund established by the pest control compact.
History:
1965, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 187 of 1965 - Pest Control Compact (286.501 - 286.507) › Section 286.503 - Bylaws and Amendments; Filing.

286.503 Bylaws and amendments; filing.
Sec. 3.
Pursuant to article IV (h) of the compact, copies of bylaws and amendments thereto shall be filed with the department of agriculture.
History:
1965, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 187 of 1965 - Pest Control Compact (286.501 - 286.507) › Section 286.504 - Compact Administrator; Duties.

286.504 Compact administrator; duties.
Sec. 4.
The compact administrator for this state shall be the director of agriculture. The duties of the compact administrator shall be deemed a regular part of the duties of his office.
History:
1965, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 187 of 1965 - Pest Control Compact (286.501 - 286.507) › Section 286.505 - Insurance Fund; Application for Assistance.

286.505 Insurance fund; application for assistance.
Sec. 5.
Within the meaning of article VI (b) or VIII (a), a request or application for assistance from the insurance fund may be made by the governor whenever in his judgment the conditions qualifying this state for such assistance exist and it would be in the best interest of this state to make such request.
History:
1965, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 187 of 1965 - Pest Control Compact (286.501 - 286.507) › Section 286.506 - Credit to Account of Department Liable for Expenditure.

286.506 Credit to account of department liable for expenditure.
Sec. 6.
The department, agency, or officer expending or becoming liable for an expenditure on account of a control or eradication program undertaken or intensified pursuant to the compact shall have credited to his account in the state treasury the amount or amounts of any payments made to this state to defray the cost of such program, or any part thereof, or as reimbursement thereof.
History:
1965, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 187 of 1965 - Pest Control Compact (286.501 - 286.507) › Section 286.507 - Executive Head; Definition.

286.507 Executive head; definition.
Sec. 7.
As used in the compact, with reference to this state, the term "executive head" means the governor.
History:
1965, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 288 of 1965 - Transportation of Migrant Agricultural Workers (286.601 - 286.602) › Section 286.601 - Transportation of Migrant Agricultural Workers; Minimum Safety Standards, Rules and Regulations.

286.601 Transportation of migrant agricultural workers; minimum safety standards, rules and regulations.
Sec. 1.
The department of commerce, public service commission division, shall adopt rules and regulations on or before July 1, 1966 in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, to protect the health and safety of migrant workers proceeding to or returning from employment in agriculture in any motor vehicle carrier.
The rules and regulations shall specify the minimum safety and other requirements for motor vehicles, parts, accessories, equipment and safety devices thereon and for health, language, driving skill, age and other requirements for operators of motor vehicles which transport migrant workers and which are covered by the regulations. The rules may also specify other minimum safety requirements for transportation of migrant workers to or from agricultural employment.
The department may, by rule, require the additional licensing of persons authorized to operate motor vehicles used to transport migrant agricultural workers which otherwise are subject to the regulations promulgated pursuant to this act. There shall be no fee for such license.
History:
1965, Act 288, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 190, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of Public Service Commission highway enforcement functions relating to motor carriers to Department of State Police, see E.R.O. No. 1982-1, compiled at MCL 28.21 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 288 of 1965 - Transportation of Migrant Agricultural Workers (286.601 - 286.602) › Section 286.602 - Encouragement of Compliance With Safety Regulations.

286.602 Encouragement of compliance with safety regulations.
Sec. 2.
The department shall encourage compliance with the regulations promulgated pursuant to this act and shall meet periodically with municipal and private associations and other groups to promote the health and safety of migrant workers proceeding to or returning from employment in agriculture.
History:
1965, Act 288, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Repealed - Act 197 of 1970 - Remodeling Housing for Migratory Workers (286.611 - 286.616)

REMODELING HOUSING FOR MIGRATORY WORKERS
Act 197 of 1970
286.611-286.616 Repealed. 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 160 of 1966 - Overnight Rest Camps for Migrant Agricultural Workers (286.641 - 286.644) › Section 286.641 - Overnight Rest Camps for Migrant Agricultural Workers; Selection of Sites.

286.641 Overnight rest camps for migrant agricultural workers; selection of sites.
Sec. 1.
The department of labor shall plan, construct or lease, and provide custodial administration for at least 2 supervised overnight rest camps for migrant agricultural workers; 1 in the southwest part of the state and 1 in the southeast part of the state near U.S.-23. The final selection of the sites shall be determined with the approval of the department of labor—employment security commission.
History:
1966, Act 160, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 160 of 1966 - Overnight Rest Camps for Migrant Agricultural Workers (286.641 - 286.644) › Section 286.642 - Minimum Size of Camp, and Minimum Facilities; Time of Operation.

286.642 Minimum size of camp, and minimum facilities; time of operation.
Sec. 2.
Each camp shall have not less than 6 18 feet by 24 feet units with roof, for use as sleeping quarters for migrant workers; 5 roofed cooking facilities; drinking water; separate toilet facilities and washrooms for men and women; living space for the camp supervisor; sufficient space for at least 3 desks and waiting space suitable for a farm labor services office equipped with heat, lights and telephone and radio communication systems. Each camp shall be in operation for the period from May 1 to October 31 of each year.
History:
1966, Act 160, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 160 of 1966 - Overnight Rest Camps for Migrant Agricultural Workers (286.641 - 286.644) › Section 286.643 - Rules and Regulations; Promulgation.

286.643 Rules and regulations; promulgation.
Sec. 3.
The department of labor may make rules and regulations necessary for administration of this act and setting fees for space and services provided by it. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.
History:
1966, Act 160, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 160 of 1966 - Overnight Rest Camps for Migrant Agricultural Workers (286.641 - 286.644) › Section 286.644 - Authorization or Expenditure of Federal and Other Funds, Limitation.

286.644 Authorization or expenditure of federal and other funds, limitation.
Sec. 4.
The authorization provided in section 1 does not include authorization for any expenditures in excess of funds obtainable from the federal government for the purpose provided in section 1 and funds obtainable from non-governmental sources for this purpose and such other funds as may hereafter be appropriated by the state legislature and expressly designated for such purpose, and provided that the acceptance of such funds does not obligate the state to continue those programs after the federal and other funds are no longer available, and that such federal and other funds shall be allotted for expenditure only after approval by the state budget director.
History:
1966, Act 160, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 234 of 1966 - Licensing and Regulation of Emigrant Agents (286.651 - 286.657) › Section 286.651 - Emigrant Agents; Definition.

286.651 Emigrant agents; definition.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy or receiver.
(b) "Emigrant agent" means a person engaged in recruiting, hiring, soliciting or enticing laborers by any means whatsoever in this state to be employed beyond the limits of this state in farm labor.
(c) "Employer" means a person employing or seeking to employ an employee for farm labor.
(d) "Farm labor" means cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodity, the raising of livestock, bees, furbearing animals or poultry, any practices performed on the farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparation for market, delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market or any forestry or lumbering operations, and first processing of any agricultural or horticultural commodity during seasonal operations.
(e) "Director" means the director of labor or any person authorized to act in his behalf.
History:
1966, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 234 of 1966 - Licensing and Regulation of Emigrant Agents (286.651 - 286.657) › Section 286.652 - Exemption From Act of Certain Employment Agencies.

286.652 Exemption from act of certain employment agencies.
Sec. 2.
This act does not apply to an employment agency established and operated by this state, the United States or a municipality of this state or a person who operates a labor bureau or employment office in conjunction with his own business for the sole and exclusive purpose of employing help for his own use within this state, or to agricultural producers acting jointly or severally in securing farm laborers for their own use in this state.
History:
1966, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 234 of 1966 - Licensing and Regulation of Emigrant Agents (286.651 - 286.657) › Section 286.653 - License; Necessity; Application; Form; Fee; Bond; Cancellation, Hearing, Grounds.

286.653 License; necessity; application; form; fee; bond; cancellation, hearing, grounds.
Sec. 3.
No person other than those exempt shall engage in the business of emigrant agent without first having obtained a license therefor from the director. Application for a license may be made in person or by mail on an approved form and shall be accompanied by the annual fee of $75.00 and a valid noncancelable surety bond in the amount of $2,000.00 in favor of the director and conditioned for the faithful observance of all laws and regulations covering the licensee's actions as an emigrant agent. The license shall cover the calendar year for which it is issued. The license is subject to cancellation by the director, after a hearing, when he finds that the agent used fraud or deception in obtaining the license or in soliciting farm laborers, or is convicted of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude or has violated any provision of this act.
History:
1966, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 234 of 1966 - Licensing and Regulation of Emigrant Agents (286.651 - 286.657) › Section 286.654 - Weekly Report; Filing; Failure to File; Contents.

286.654 Weekly report; filing; failure to file; contents.
Sec. 4.
A licensed emigrant agent shall make weekly reports to the director covering each week in which he conducts any activity in this state covered by the license. The report shall be mailed to the director not later than Monday following the week covered by the report. Failure to file such report promptly is sufficient cause for suspension or revocation of the license. The report shall include:
(a) The name, age, sex and address of each person solicited to be employed beyond the limits of this state.
(b) The name and address of the employer of each such person.
(c) The kind of work each such person is to be employed in.
(d) The place where each such person is to be employed.
(e) The term of employment of each such person.
(f) The wages to be paid and perquisites offered to each such person for his work.
(g) Whether or not transportation is to be furnished, arranged for or paid any such agricultural worker either upon leaving or returning to this state.
History:
1966, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 234 of 1966 - Licensing and Regulation of Emigrant Agents (286.651 - 286.657) › Section 286.655 - Agent to Carry License; Inspection.

286.655 Agent to carry license; inspection.
Sec. 5.
An emigrant agent shall carry the original license or a certified copy thereof on his person at all times he is soliciting, enticing or otherwise recruiting agricultural labor for employment beyond the limits of this state and shall produce the license or copy upon request of a police officer or the director.
History:
1966, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 234 of 1966 - Licensing and Regulation of Emigrant Agents (286.651 - 286.657) › Section 286.656 - Violation of Act; Penalty.

286.656 Violation of act; penalty.
Sec. 6.
Any person who acts as an emigrant agent without having secured a license is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1966, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 234 of 1966 - Licensing and Regulation of Emigrant Agents (286.651 - 286.657) › Section 286.657 - Effective Date.

286.657 Effective date.
Sec. 7.
This act shall become effective July 1, 1966.
History:
1966, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 94 of 2018 - Seed Potato Act (286.681 - 286.689) › Section 286.681 - Short Title.

286.681 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "seed potato act".
History:
2018, Act 94, Eff. June 24, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 94 of 2018 - Seed Potato Act (286.681 - 286.689) › Section 286.682 - Definitions.

286.682 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Advisory committee" means the seed potato advisory committee created in section 6.
(b) "Certified seed" means a class of seed that meets the requirements of 1959 PA 221, MCL 286.71 to 286.75, and the rules promulgated under that act.
(c) "Certifying authority" means the official seed-certifying agency of this state or the authorized seed potato certifying agency of another state, territory, or country.
(d) "Cultivar" means unique variety.
(e) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural development.
(f) "Director" means the director of the department.
(g) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, barter, deliver, supply, furnish, or otherwise provide seed potatoes.
(h) "Field year" means the number of years a particular seed lot has been grown in the field after greenhouse propagation.
(i) "Fund" means the agriculture licensing and inspection fees fund created in section 9 of the insect pest and plant disease act, 1931 PA 189, MCL 286.209.
(j) "Hundredweight" means a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds.
(k) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, governmental entity, or other legal entity.
(l) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
(m) "Seed lot" means all the seed potatoes of the same variety that are of a single class and specific seed source and are harvested from a field or stored together in a specific storage facility.
(n) "Seed potato" means the tuber that is used for the reproduction of the potato.
(o) "State national harmonization program" means the state national harmonization program for seed potatoes developed by the plant protection and quarantine program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in the United States Department of Agriculture.
History:
2018, Act 94, Eff. June 24, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 94 of 2018 - Seed Potato Act (286.681 - 286.689) › Section 286.683 - Distribution of Certified Seed Potatoes; Documents.

286.683 Distribution of certified seed potatoes; documents.
Sec. 3.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2021, a person who distributes combined seed lots sufficient to plant 1 or more acres in this state as determined by the director by rule must distribute only certified seed potatoes, except that the person may distribute uncertified seed potatoes to a grower that has been granted permission to plant uncertified seed potatoes under section 4(3).
(2) All seed lots of seed potatoes required to be certified seed under subsection (1) must at the time of distribution, be accompanied by all of the following documents:
(a) An official tag or bulk certificate indicating their status as certified seed.
(b) A certificate of shipping point inspection.
(c) A North American plant health certificate issued by the certifying authority for seed potatoes imported from outside of this state.
(d) Any other documentation necessary to provide the information required by subsection (3).
(3) The documents described in subsection (2) must provide the following:
(a) A description of the grade of the seed potatoes.
(b) The findings of field inspections and postharvest inspections conducted on each seed lot of seed potatoes.
(c) The field year of the seed potatoes.
(d) Evidence that the seed potatoes were tagged and, if imported from outside this state, packed and sealed under the certification standards of the state, territory, or country in which they were grown.
History:
2018, Act 94, Eff. June 24, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 94 of 2018 - Seed Potato Act (286.681 - 286.689) › Section 286.684 - Planting Seed Potatoes in Combined Seed Lots; Certified Seed Required; Exception; Conditions; Permission.

286.684 Planting seed potatoes in combined seed lots; certified seed required; exception; conditions; permission.
Sec. 4.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2021, and except as otherwise permitted under this section, seed potatoes in combined seed lots that are sufficient to plant 1 or more acres as determined by the director by rule may only be planted if the seed potatoes are certified seed. Seed potatoes imported into this state must meet the minimum standards in the state national harmonization program and in any active applicable quarantine or rule.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2021, a potato grower may plant uncertified potatoes if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The potatoes were grown and stored as part of that grower's farming operations.
(b) The uncertified potatoes are no more than 1 field year from certified seed potatoes.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2021, in any year that there is an insufficient volume of any cultivar of certified seed potatoes and seed potatoes meeting the requirements of this section, potato growers may apply to the advisory committee for permission to plant uncertified seed potatoes. Upon recommendation from the advisory committee, the director may grant applying growers permission to plant uncertified seed potatoes for only that growing season.
History:
2018, Act 94, Eff. June 24, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 94 of 2018 - Seed Potato Act (286.681 - 286.689) › Section 286.685 - Growing Potatoes in Combined Seed Lots of 1 Acre or Greater; Notification to Director; Records; Contents; Review; Conduct by Independent Auditor; Notice of Alleged Violation; Investigation by Director.

286.685 Growing potatoes in combined seed lots of 1 acre or greater; notification to director; records; contents; review; conduct by independent auditor; notice of alleged violation; investigation by director.
Sec. 5.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2021, each person growing potatoes in this state in combined seed lots of 1 acre or greater shall notify the director of this fact by January 1 of each year and shall keep and maintain records as described in this section. The records must contain the information required for an independent records review conducted under subsection (2). Growers shall maintain the records for a period of at least 2 years at the grower's business address.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2021, the director shall select a qualified department employee or independent auditor to perform a records review on at least 10% of potato growers subject to this act once every seed potato crop cycle. The director shall determine a method for the annual random selection of growers.
(3) A records review performed under this section must verify records that trace back the grower's potatoes, including records that evidence both of the following:
(a) Acreage planted by cultivar.
(b) Hundredweight and source of the seed potatoes used to plant the acreage, with verifiable documents related to the following:
(i) For seed potatoes purchased, the documents described in section 3.
(ii) For seed potatoes planted as provided under section 4, the testing history and seed potatoes used to replant the grower's own operations.
(4) If the independent auditor who conducted the records review believes that a violation of this section has occurred, he or she shall notify the director within 5 business days. The director must then investigate the alleged violation according to section 8.
History:
2018, Act 94, Eff. June 24, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 286 - Agricultural Industry › Act 94 of 2018 - Seed Potato Act (286.681 - 286.689) › Section 286.686 - Seed Potato Advisory Commission; Creation; Membership; Qualifications; Terms; Vacancy; Compensation or Expenses; Powers and Duties.

286.686 Seed potato advisory commission; creation; membership; qualifications; terms; vacancy; compensation or expenses; powers and duties.
Sec. 6.
(1) The seed potato advisory committee is created.
(2) The advisory committee shall consist of 5 members appointed by the director as follows:
(a) Two commercial potato growers who do not grow seed potatoes.
(b) The current chair of the Michigan Seed Potato Association.
(c) One person employed by Michigan State University.
(d) One person employed by the department.
(3) Whenever possible, the advisory committee members appointed under subsection (2)(c) and (d) must have knowledge of or experience with seed potatoes.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (5), members appointed to the advisory committee shall serve for terms of 3 years. Members may be appointed for an unlimited number of terms, except that a member appointed under subsection (2)(a) may not serve more than 2 terms consecutively.
(5) In the event of a vacancy on the advisory committee prior to the completion of a member's full term, the director shall appoint a person to complete the remainder of that term. The person appointed under this subsection must represent the same group as the member he or she is replacing, as provided in subsection (2).
(6) The members of the advisory committee will receive no compensation or reimbursement for any expenses incurred in the exercise of their duties.
(7) The advisory committee shall advise the director in establishing rules under this act, assist in the determination of availability of seed potatoes, recommend whether to grant permission to plant uncertified seed potatoes, recommend independent auditors to perform records reviews under section 5, and consult with the director regarding the administration and enforcement of this act.
History:
2018, Act 94, Eff. June 24, 2018