Michigan Code — LEGISLATURE
Browse 178 sections in division LEGISLATURE of the Michigan code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 4.11. Commission on legislative apportionment; number, selection, regional distribution.
- § 4.12. Commission on legislative apportionment; membership eligibility; ineligible for election to legislature.
- § 4.13. Commission on legislative apportionment; appointment, terms, vacancies.
- § 4.14. Secretary of state as secretary of commission; duties; election of chairman or co-chairmen; rules; compensation; expenses.
- § 4.15. Commission; convening; completion of work; hearings; notice.
- § 4.16. Publication of apportionment and districting plan; inclusion of plan in public acts.
- § 4.17. Commission; disagreement on plan; submission to supreme court.
- § 4.18. Elector's application for review of plan, supreme court powers.
- § 4.19. Effective date.
- § 4.20. Repeal.
- § 4.41. Legislature, members elect; delivery of list by secretary of state, time; designation by districts.
- § 4.42. Convening of legislature, time, organization, temporary rules.
- § 4.43. Lieutenant governor's absence, secretary to preside; roll call.
- § 4.44. Clerk to preside pending election of speaker; roll call.
- § 4.45. Secretary of senate, clerk of house; vacancies in office.
- § 4.61. House of representatives; assignment of seats; applicability of act.
- § 4.82. Contempts; punishable offenses.
- § 4.83. Contempts; misdemeanor; penalty.
- § 4.84. Administration of oath of office.
- § 4.85. Oath of witnesses.
- § 4.101. Legislative committees; powers, punishment for contempt.
- § 4.121. Oaths, depositions, acknowledgments; powers of legislators.
- § 4.141. Oaths of office; preservation.
- § 4.171. Bills affecting local revenues; fiscal note.
- § 4.181. Witnesses before legislative committees; compensation, mileage allowance.
- § 4.182. Committee expenses; payment.
- § 4.183. Sergeant at arms; traveling expenses for summoning witnesses.
- § 4.184. Incidental expenses; payment.
- § 4.201. Legislative adjournment dates since 1850; publication.
- § 4.202. Future legislative adjournment dates; publication.
- § 4.221. Interim session legislative committees and commissions.
- § 4.241. Secretary of senate and clerk of house; interim duties.
- § 4.261. Redistricting plan for senate and house of representatives; enactment by legislature; guidelines.
- § 4.261a. Senate and house districts; violation of voting rights act of 1965 prohibited.
- § 4.262. Jurisdiction of supreme court to decide cases or controversies involving redistricting plan; procedures for review of legislative redistricting plan; modification of plan; remand to special master.
- § 4.263. Preparation of plan by supreme court; petition or pleadings.
- § 4.264. Filing of petition for review; duties of supreme court.
- § 4.265. Act as severable.
- § 4.351. Definitions.
- § 4.352. Office of legislative corrections ombudsman; creation; legislative corrections ombudsman as principal executive officer; appointment; term.
- § 4.353. Procedures as to budget, expenditures, and personnel.
- § 4.354. Commencement of investigation; procedures as to complaints, investigations, hearings, and reports.
- § 4.355. Access to physical and electronic information, records, and documents; authorization to interview; inspection of premises; informal hearings; appearance; evidence.
- § 4.356. Administrative process; investigation or hearing discretionary.
- § 4.357. Notice of investigation; notice when investigation declined.
- § 4.358. Legislative council; hearing; administration of oaths, subpoena of witness, and examination of books and records.
- § 4.359. Correspondence between ombudsman and prisoner as confidential and privileged; secrecy; disclosures; exemption.
- § 4.360. Report of investigative findings; recommendations; forwarding report.
- § 4.361. Announcing critical conclusion or recommendation; publishing adverse opinions; publishing statement in defense or mitigation of action; notice of action on recommendation.
- § 4.362. Annual report.
- § 4.363. Prisoner not to be penalized for complaint, cooperation, or communication; prohibitions.
- § 4.364. Authority of ombudsman.
- § 4.381. Short title.
- § 4.382. Sergeant at arms; powers and duties; locations; office as law enforcement agency; training and licensure or certification requirements; report.
- § 4.411. Meanings of words and phrases.
- § 4.412. Definitions generally.
- § 4.413. Additional definitions.
- § 4.414. Additional definitions.
- § 4.415. Additional definitions.
- § 4.416. Additional definitions.
- § 4.416a. Member of legislature; lobbying after leaving or resigning from office within 2 years; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; applicability to new position or office.
- § 4.416c.added. Member of the legislature; compensation for certain communications influencing legislative or administrative action; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
- § 4.416d. Governor, lieutenant governor, or head of principal department of executive branch; lobbying after leaving office within 2 years; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; applicability to new position or office.
- § 4.417. Registration forms; filing; contents; failure to register; late registration fee; penalty; notice of termination.
- § 4.418. Signed report; filing; form; extension; filing amended report; contents of report; reporting expenditures for food and beverage; failure to report; late filing fee; penalty; reporting activities of employee lobbyist agent; report to elected public official; preservation and destruction of statements and reports.
- § 4.419. Preservation of accounts, bills, receipts, books, papers, and documents; inspection of records; contents of records; violation; penalty.
- § 4.420. Accounting of lobbying and expenditures; waiver; violation; penalty.
- § 4.421. Employment of lobbyist agent for compensation contingent on outcome of administrative or legislative action; gifts, loans, or preferential interest rates; selling or utilizing certain information for commercial purpose; compensation or reimbursement of public official engaging in lobbying; violations; penalties.
- § 4.422. Summaries of statements and reports.
- § 4.423. Statement or report; determination of filing; deadline for filing; notice of error or omission; notice of failure to file; failure to give notice; making corrections; reporting errors, omissions, or failure to file; copy; investigations and hearings.
- § 4.424. Enforcement of penalties; filing sworn complaint; determination of probable cause; notices; cooperation in conduct of investigations.
- § 4.425. Ordinance or resolution.
- § 4.426. Rules.
- § 4.427. Civil action; criminal prosecution.
- § 4.428. Severability.
- § 4.429. Declaratory ruling or interpretive statement.
- § 4.429a. Adjustment of monetary amounts established for registration and reporting thresholds and for penalties; applicability, determination, and announcement of adjustments; approximation if index unavailable.
- § 4.430. Effective date of MCL 4.417, 4.418, 4.419, 4.420, 4.421, 4.422, 4.423, and 4.431.
- § 4.431. Repeal of MCL 4.401 to 4.410.
- § 4.511. Legislators; definitions.
- § 4.512. Compensation.
- § 4.513. Mileage.
- § 4.514. Copies of documents; insurance benefits; expense allowance for members, house speaker.
- § 4.515. Payment of compensation, mileage and expenses.
- § 4.541. Legislative committees; inspection of records and files of state departments, boards, institutions, and agencies; subpoena duces tecum.
- § 4.551. Liability of legislator in civil action.
- § 4.552. Legislator as party in contested case or other administrative proceeding.
- § 4.553. Subpoena as to statements made by legislator.
- § 4.554. Subpoena duces tecum.
- § 4.555. Conditional effective date.
- § 4.771. Definitions.
- § 4.772. Office of Michigan veterans' facility; creation; Michigan veterans' facility ombudsman as principal executive officer; appointment.
- § 4.773. Council; approval of budget; expenditure of funds; employment of personnel.
- § 4.774. Commencement of investigation by ombudsman; interview; conditions; establishment of procedures.
- § 4.775. Access to information, records, and documents; inspection; informal hearings; appearance.
- § 4.776. Administrative remedies.
- § 4.777. Notice of decision to investigate complaint.
- § 4.778. Council; hearing.
- § 4.779. Confidentiality; disclosure; privacy provisions.
- § 4.780. Report of findings; recommendations.
- § 4.781. Report critical of person, facility, or department; consultation before submission of report; statement.
- § 4.782. Report; contents.
- § 4.783. Prohibited conduct.
- § 4.784. Scope of authority.
- § 4.791. Definitions.
- § 4.792. Office of the tribal legislative liaison; creation; principal executive officer; appointment.
- § 4.793. Council; approval of budget; expenditure of funds; employment of personnel.
- § 4.794. Powers and duties of liaison.
- § 4.801. Division of state into 38 senatorial districts; constitution and numbering of districts.
- § 4.802. Division of state into 110 representative districts; constitution and numbering of districts.
- § 4.803. Maps and legal descriptions of districts; conveyance by secretary of state to legislature and governor; supplemental appropriation for costs; appropriations and expenditures subject to MCL 21.501 to 21.531.
- § 4.804. Definitions.
- § 4.805. Effective dates.
- § 4.901. Appointment of certified public accounting firm; audits; scope and frequency; reports.
- § 4.1101. Short title.
- § 4.1102. Definitions.
- § 4.1103. Legislative council; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; alternates; removal; vacancies; expenses.
- § 4.1104. Legislative council; election of chairperson and alternate chairperson; meetings; notice; rules; quorum; report; oaths; subpoena of witnesses; examination of books and records; creation of subcommittees; expenses; availability of writings to public.
- § 4.1104a. Council administrator; appointment; duties; responsibilities.
- § 4.1105. Legislative service bureau; creation; bill drafting, research, and other services; organization; appointment of director to serve at pleasure of council; duties, qualifications, and compensation of director.
- § 4.1106. Director as chief administrative officer of bureau; employment and compensation of employees; employees as nontenured, at-will employees; discipline, transfer, demotion, or summary discharge of employee; management of bureau; expenses; responsibilities of council.
- § 4.1107. Legislative reference library; research services; technical and other assistance.
- § 4.1108. Legislative service bureau; drafting duties; publication of general laws in force; publication of public and local acts.
- § 4.1109. Employees not to urge or oppose legislation; duties of employees; recommendation of legislation by director; confidentiality.
- § 4.1110. Text of statutes, constitution, index, and other matter included in compiled laws; maintenance; use of materials for departmental publications.
- § 4.1121. Definitions.
- § 4.1122. Applicability of chapter.
- § 4.1123. Official publisher; duties; designation of electronic record as official; compliance.
- § 4.1124. Authentication of record.
- § 4.1125. Presumption of accurate copy; recognition of record from another state; contesting authentication; burden of proof.
- § 4.1126. Preservation and security of record; requirements.
- § 4.1127. Availability of records to the public.
- § 4.1128. Official publisher; implementation; considerations.
- § 4.1129. Cooperative agreement between council administrator and supreme court administrator's office.
- § 4.1130. Application and construction of chapter; uniformity.
- § 4.1131. Laws superseded; exception.
- § 4.1201. Reprints; sale; disposition of money received; creation of statutes reprint publishing fund; expenditures; utilization of fund.
- § 4.1202. Statutes compilation fund; creation; administration; expenditures; disposition of money received from sale of compilations and public and local acts volumes; utilization of fund; price of publications.
- § 4.1203. Michigan register fund; creation; administration; expenditures; disposition of money received from sale of Michigan register and amounts paid by state agencies; use of fund; price of Michigan register; availability of text on internet; copyright or other proprietary interest; fee prohibited; definition.
- § 4.1204. Access to computerized council legislative databases and information; rules; conditions and restrictions; creation and administration of legislative computer information fund; expenditures; disposition of money received; utilization of fund; availability of database search and retrieval system on Internet; fee prohibited.
- § 4.1204a. Legislative calendar, notices, agendas, and listing of committees; availability on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
- § 4.1204b. Bills and resolutions; availability of text on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
- § 4.1204c. Bill analysis; availability on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
- § 4.1204d. House or senate fiscal agencies; availability of fiscal bill analysis on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
- § 4.1204e. Bills and resolutions; availability of status on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
- § 4.1204f. House and senate journals; availability of text on internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
- § 4.1204g. House fiscal bill analysis; availability on internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
- § 4.1206. Creation and administration of funds in state treasury.
- § 4.1207. Approval of expenditures.
- § 4.1301. Michigan commission on uniform state laws; creation; composition; meetings; purpose; annual report; expenses; continuation of commissioners appointed under former law.
- § 4.1401. Michigan law revision commission; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; designation of chairperson; continuation of members appointed under former law.
- § 4.1402. Salaries and expenses of members; appointment, duties, and compensation of employees.
- § 4.1403. Duties of commission; availability of writings to public.
- § 4.1501. Senate fiscal agency; creation; purpose; government; availability of writings to public; confidentiality; definitions; employees as nontenured, at-will employees; discipline, transfer, demotion, suspension, or summary discharge of employee.
- § 4.1502. Senate Fiscal analysis; requirements.
- § 4.1601. House fiscal agency; creation; purpose; governing committee; availability of writings to public; confidentiality; definitions; financial statements; employees as nontenured, at-will employees; discipline, transfer, demotion, suspension, or summary discharge of employee.
- § 4.1602. House Fiscal analysis; requirements.
- § 4.1850. Definitions.
- § 4.1851. Opioid advisory commission; creation; membership; appointment; terms; removal; meetings; compensation; duties.
- § 4.1901. Repeal of MCL 4.311 to 4.327.
- § 4.1941. Short title.
- § 4.1942. Definitions.
- § 4.1943. Legislative findings.
- § 4.1944. Michigan state capitol historic site; establishment; boundaries; exclusive control by commission.
- § 4.1945. Michigan state capitol commission; establishment; membership; compensation; expenses; quorum; vote; compliance with open meetings act; writings subject to freedom of information act.
- § 4.1946. Commission; duties; limitation.
- § 4.1947. Michigan state capitol historic site fund; creation within state treasury; deposit of money or other assets into fund; investment; money remaining at end of fiscal year; administration; expenditures.
- § 4.1948. Parking facilities.
- § 4.1949. State capitol parking fund; creation within state treasury; deposit of money or other assets; investment; money remaining at end of fiscal year; administration; expenditures.
- § 4.2001. Representative districts; division; composition; numbering.
- § 4.2001a. Representative districts; division after January 1, 2013; numbering.
- § 4.2002. Senatorial districts; division; composition; numbering.
- § 4.2002a. Senatorial districts; terms of office beginning after January 1, 2015.
- § 4.2003. Map; preparation by secretary of state; legal description; appropriation.
- § 4.2004. Transmission of conference committee report; filing with office of the great seal.
- § 4.2005. Applicable provisions.
- § 4.2005a. Redistricting plans; principles.
- § 4.2006. “Block” and “tract” defined.