Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.104
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Principal departments.
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Sec. 4.
Except as otherwise provided by this act, or the state constitution, all executive and administrative powers, duties, and functions, excepting those of the legislature and the judiciary, previously vested by law in the several state departments, commissions, boards, officers, bureaus, divisions, or other agencies are vested in the following principal departments:
Department of State
Department of Attorney General
Department of Treasury
Department of Management and Budget
Department of State Police
Department of Military Affairs
Department of Agriculture
Department of Civil Service
Department of Commerce
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Corrections
Department of Education
Department of Licensing and Regulation
If section 28 of article 5 of the state constitution of 1963 is amended to provide for changing the name of the state highway department to the department of transportation. However, until section 28 of article 5 is amended in the manner described in this section, the name of the department shall be the Department of State Highways and Transportation.
Department of Labor
Department of Mental Health
Department of Public Health
Department of Social Services
Department of Civil Rights
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1968, Act 353, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1973, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Aug. 22, 1973; Am. 1978, Act 483, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Except as otherwise provided by this act, or the state constitution, all executive and administrative powers, duties, and functions, excepting those of the legislature and the judiciary, previously vested by law in the several state departments, commissions, boards, officers, bureaus, divisions, or other agencies are vested in the following principal departments:
Department of State
Department of Attorney General
Department of Treasury
Department of Management and Budget
Department of State Police
Department of Military Affairs
Department of Agriculture
Department of Civil Service
Department of Commerce
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Corrections
Department of Education
Department of Licensing and Regulation
If section 28 of article 5 of the state constitution of 1963 is amended to provide for changing the name of the state highway department to the department of transportation. However, until section 28 of article 5 is amended in the manner described in this section, the name of the department shall be the Department of State Highways and Transportation.
Department of Labor
Department of Mental Health
Department of Public Health
Department of Social Services
Department of Civil Rights
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1968, Act 353, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1973, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Aug. 22, 1973; Am. 1978, Act 483, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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