Act No. 477

Public Acts of 2008

Approved by the Governor

January 9, 2009

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 12, 2009

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2009

STATE OF MICHIGAN

94TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

Introduced by Reps. Sak, Farrah, Virgil Smith, Shaffer, Wojno, Hammon, Amos, Pavlov, Green, Meadows, Dean and Cushingberry

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6036

AN ACT to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending section 2926a (MCL 600.2926a).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 2926a. (1) Circuit court judges in the exercise of their equitable powers in matters relating to cemeteries or other entities regulated under the cemetery regulation act, 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.521 to 456.543; 1869 PA 12, MCL456.101 to 456.119; 1855 PA 87, MCL 456.1 to 456.36; 1915 PA 58, MCL 456.201 to 456.213; and 1882 (Ex Sess) PA13, MCL 456.251 to 456.253, may appoint receivers and conservators.

(2) Appointments under subsection (1) shall be limited to 1 year with reappointment permissible. Any person appointed under this section shall be required to make an accounting to the court at least once each 90 days. Compensation and reimbursable expenses for such receivers and conservators shall be determined and approved by the appointing court.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 674 of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor