Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.467
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Violations; penalties.
Official statutory text
Sec. 17.
Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person who knowingly violates this act, and a person who neglects or refuses to perform a duty enjoined upon the person by this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. When, by this act, an act or duty is required to be done by or under the supervision or authority of an officer, and the act or duty is not done or performed, then the officer who has wilfully neglected to perform the duty, or has wilfully permitted the omission or nonperformance of the duty or act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person convicted of an act or omission which is by this act declared to be a misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (2) or (3), shall be fined not less than $50.00 and not more than $100.00, or be imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.
A member of the board who intentionally violates section 7(2) shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.
If the board arbitrarily and capriciously violates section 7(3), the board shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History: 1965, Act 246, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1977, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person who knowingly violates this act, and a person who neglects or refuses to perform a duty enjoined upon the person by this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. When, by this act, an act or duty is required to be done by or under the supervision or authority of an officer, and the act or duty is not done or performed, then the officer who has wilfully neglected to perform the duty, or has wilfully permitted the omission or nonperformance of the duty or act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person convicted of an act or omission which is by this act declared to be a misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (2) or (3), shall be fined not less than $50.00 and not more than $100.00, or be imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.
A member of the board who intentionally violates section 7(2) shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.
If the board arbitrarily and capriciously violates section 7(3), the board shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History: 1965, Act 246, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1977, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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