Title 691, JUDICIARY

Sec. 6a. If the parties involved in a dispute resolution process reach a settlement and execute a written agreement, the agreement is enforceable in the same manner as any other written contract.

Sec. 7. (1) The work product and case files of a mediator or center and communications relating to the subject matter of the dispute made during the dispute resolution process by a party, mediator, or other person are confidential and not subject to disclosure in a judicial or ad…

Sec. 7a. A mediator of a community dispute resolution center shall not be held liable for civil damages for any act or omission in the scope of his or her employment or function as a mediator, unless he or she acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting…

Sec. 8. This program shall be administered through community dispute resolution centers operated by grant recipients pursuant to a grant contract awarded by the state court administrator.

Sec. 9. To be eligible for funding, a grant recipient shall do all of the following: (a) Comply with the provisions of this act, and any requirements or guidelines established by the state court administrator to effectuate the purposes of this act. (b) Provide neutral mediators w…

Sec. 10. (1) Grant recipients shall be selected from applications submitted to the state court administrator. The grant applications submitted for funding shall include all of the following: (a) The budget for the proposed center including the proposed compensation and qualificat…

Sec. 11. The state court administrator or other authorized state official shall have the power to inspect, examine, and audit the fiscal affairs of any grant recipient.

Sec. 12. Each grant recipient shall annually provide to the state court administrator statistical data on its operating budget, the number of referrals, categories or types of cases referred, number of parties serviced, number of disputes resolved, nature of resolution, amount an…

Sec. 13. This act shall take effect upon the expiration of 120 days after the date of its enactment.

Sec. 14. This act shall not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 816 of the 84th Legislature is enacted into law.

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Generally accepted operation practices" means those practices adopted by the commission of natural resources that are established by a nationally recognized nonprofit membership organization that provides voluntary firearm safety programs that in…

Sec. 2. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in addition to other protections provided in this act, a person who owns or operates or uses a sport shooting range that conforms to generally accepted operation practices in this state is not subject to civil liability …

Sec. 2a. (1) A sport shooting range that is operated and is not in violation of existing law at the time of the enactment of an ordinance shall be permitted to continue in operation even if the operation of the sport shooting range at a later date does not conform to the new ordi…

Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this act, this act does not prohibit a local unit of government from regulating the location, use, operation, safety, and construction of a sport shooting range.

Sec. 4. Each person who participates in sport shooting at a sport shooting range that conforms to generally accepted operation practices accepts the risks associated with the sport to the extent the risks are obvious and inherent. Those risks include, but are not limited to, inju…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "revised structured settlement protection act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Annuity issuer" means an insurer that has issued a contract to fund periodic payments under a structured settlement. (b) "Dependent" means a payee's spouse, minor child, or any other person for whom the payee is legally obligated to provide suppo…

Sec. 3. Not less than 3 days before the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement in bold type no smaller than 14 points setting forth all of the following: (a) The amounts and due dates of the stru…

Sec. 4. A direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights is not effective and a structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer is not required to make a payment directly or indirectly to a transferee of structured settlement payment rights unless the transfe…

Sec. 5. A transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this act has all of the following effects: (a) The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer are discharged and released from all liability for the transferred payments as to any person except the transfe…

Sec. 6. (1) The transferee may apply for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights with the court in the county in which the payee resides, in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of busines…

Sec. 7. (1) A payee shall not waive a provision of this act. (2) A transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this act by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including a claim that the payee has breach…

Sec. 8. This act applies to a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under any transfer agreement entered into on or after the thirtieth day after the effective date of this act.

Sec. 9. The structured settlement protection act, 2000 PA 330, MCL 691.1191 to 691.1197, is repealed effective 30 days after the effective date of this act.

Sec. 10. This act takes effect September 1, 2006.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "wrongful imprisonment compensation act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Charges" means the criminal complaint filed against the plaintiff by a county prosecutor or the attorney general on behalf of the people of this state that resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of the plaintiff that are the subject of the c…

Sec. 3. An individual convicted under the law of this state and subsequently imprisoned in a state correctional facility for 1 or more crimes that he or she did not commit may bring an action for compensation against this state in the court of claims as allowed by this act.

Sec. 4. (1) In an action under this act, the plaintiff shall attach to his or her verified complaint documentation that establishes all of the following: (a) The plaintiff was convicted of 1 or more crimes under the law of this state, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a …

Sec. 5. (1) In an action under this act, the plaintiff is entitled to judgment in the plaintiff's favor if the plaintiff proves all of the following by clear and convincing evidence: (a) The plaintiff was convicted of 1 or more crimes under the law of this state, was sentenced to…

Sec. 6. (1) The wrongful imprisonment compensation fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the wrongful imprisonment compensation fund. (3) The state treasurer shall direc…

Sec. 7. (1) An action for compensation under this act must be commenced within 3 years after entry of a verdict, order, or judgment as the result of an event described in section 4(1)(b). Any action by this state challenging or appealing a verdict, order, or judgment entered as t…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "equine activity liability act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Engage in an equine activity" means riding, training, driving, breeding, being a passenger upon, or providing or assisting in veterinary treatment of an equine, whether mounted or unmounted. Engage in an equine activity includes visiting, touring…

Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 5, an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or another person is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant or property damage resulting from an inherent risk of an equine activity. Except as otherwise prov…

Sec. 4. (1) This act does not apply to a horse race meeting that is regulated by the racing law of 1980, Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1980, being sections 431.61 to 431.88 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. (2) Two persons may agree in writing to a waiver of liability beyond the…

Sec. 5. Section 3 does not prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or another person if the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or other person does any of the following: (a) Provides equipment or tack and knows or should know …

Sec. 6. (1) An equine professional shall post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice set forth in subsection (3). The signs shall be placed in a clearly visible location in close proximity to the equine activity. The warning notice shall appear on the sign in conspicu…

Sec. 7. This act applies only to a cause of action filed on or after the effective date of this act.

Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform arbitration act". (2) As used in this act: (a) "Arbitration organization" means an association, agency, board, commission, or other entity that is neutral and initiates, sponsors, or administers an arbitration p…

Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person gives notice to another person by taking action that is reasonably necessary to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person acquires knowledge of the notice. (2) A person has notice if …

Sec. 3. (1) On or after July 1, 2013, this act governs an agreement to arbitrate whenever made. (2) This act does not apply to an arbitration between members of a voluntary membership organization if arbitration is required and administered by the organization. However, a party t…

Sec. 4. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), a party to an agreement to arbitrate or to an arbitration proceeding may waive or the parties may vary the effect of the requirements of this act to the extent permitted by law. (2) Before a controversy arises t…

Sec. 5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 28, a request for judicial relief under this act must be made by motion to the court and heard in the manner provided by court rule for making and hearing motions. (2) Unless a civil action is already pending between the parties…

Sec. 6. (1) An agreement contained in a record to submit to arbitration any existing or subsequent controversy arising between the parties to the agreement is valid, enforceable, and irrevocable except on a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract. …

Sec. 7. (1) On motion of a person showing an agreement to arbitrate and alleging another person's refusal to arbitrate under the agreement, the court shall do both of the following: (a) If the refusing party does not appear or does not oppose the motion, order the parties to arbi…