Section 8.5 – Severability.
8.5 Severability. Sec. 5. In the construction of the statutes of this state the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature, that is to say: If any portion of an act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be found to […]
Section 8.6 – Statutes and Rules; Time; Computation.
8.6 Statutes and rules; time; computation. Sec. 6. This section applies to the statutes and administrative rules. In computing a period of days, the first day is excluded and the last day is included. If the last day of any period or a fixed or final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the […]
Section 8.6a – Auditor General; Access to Records.
8.6a Auditor general; access to records. Sec. 6a. Any statutory provision that explicitly allows the auditor general to access records must not be used to interpret any other statute without that explicit allowance as preventing the auditor general from accessing records. History: Add. 2019, Act 155, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Section 8.7 – Department of Natural Resources; References.
8.7 Department of natural resources; references. Sec. 7. Whenever reference is made to the department of conservation or the conservation commission it shall mean the department of natural resources or the natural resources commission. History: Add. 1969, Act 208, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Section 8.8 – “Law” Defined; Reference to “Michigan Compiled Laws”; Reference to Statute as Including Latest Amendments; Use of “As Amended”; Reference in Title or Enacting Section to Law Adding or Amending Section Subsequent to Most Recent Published Compilation.
8.8 “Law” defined; reference to “Michigan Compiled Laws”; reference to statute as including latest amendments; use of “as amended”; reference in title or enacting section to law adding or amending section subsequent to most recent published compilation. Sec. 8. (1) As used in this section, “law” means any of the following: (a) A public act […]
Section 8.9 – Criminal Offense Committed on or After January 1, 2016; Guilt; Strict Criminal Liability; Culpability; Defense; Section Inapplicable to Certain Crimes; Definitions.
8.9 Criminal offense committed on or after January 1, 2016; guilt; strict criminal liability; culpability; defense; section inapplicable to certain crimes; definitions. Sec. 9. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person is not guilty of a criminal offense committed on or after January 1, 2016 unless both of the following apply: (a) […]
Section 8.3u – Re-Enactments.
8.3u Re-enactments. Sec. 3u. The provisions of any law or statute which is re-enacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and not as new enactments. If any provision of a law is repealed and in substance re-enacted, […]
Section 8.3v – Population.
8.3v Population. Sec. 3v. The population of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be determined, unless otherwise specifically provided, on the basis of the latest federal decennial census preceding the time as of which the population is to be determined. History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959
Section 8.3w – Section Numbers.
8.3w Section numbers. Sec. 3w. Wherever in the statute laws of this state a reference is made to several sections and the section numbers are connected by the word “to”, the reference includes both sections whose numbers are given and all intervening sections. History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959
Section 8.4 – Effect of Repeal of Repealing Statute.
8.4 Effect of repeal of repealing statute. Sec. 4. Whenever a statute, or any part thereof shall be repealed by a subsequent statute, such statute, or any part thereof, so repealed, shall not be revived by the repeal of such subsequent repealing statute. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 1 ;– CL 1857, 3 ;– CL 1871, […]