Mich. Comp. Laws § 19.144
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Complaint against person for wilful violation of law or rule.
Official statutory text
Sec. 4.
A member of each board set forth in section 1, an authorized person within a department prescribed in section 1 and any other person, having jurisdiction or power of control over property specified in section 1 may make a complaint, before that court in which a prosecution for a misdemeanor may be initiated, against a person who he or she believes has wilfully violated a law or rule pertaining to the property or building over which the respective board or department has jurisdiction or power of control.
History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 1968; CL 1929, 450; CL 1948, 19.144; Am. 1978, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978; Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979
A member of each board set forth in section 1, an authorized person within a department prescribed in section 1 and any other person, having jurisdiction or power of control over property specified in section 1 may make a complaint, before that court in which a prosecution for a misdemeanor may be initiated, against a person who he or she believes has wilfully violated a law or rule pertaining to the property or building over which the respective board or department has jurisdiction or power of control.
History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 1968; CL 1929, 450; CL 1948, 19.144; Am. 1978, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978; Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979
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