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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Michigan Highways: Introduction
According to MDOT, Michigan ranks 48th in the U.S. in percentage of roads under the jurisdiction of the state as compared to all roads system in the state (7.9%).
The Michigan Department of Transportation does correctly note that "the density of development varies considerably throughout Michigan, with the heaviest concentration existing in the southeast portion of the lower peninsula." Even with this obvious disparity in settlement density, there has always been a level of "geographic equity" in the organization of the state highway system.
MDOT notes their aim has been to "provide everyone with reasonable access to a state highway, regardless of where they live." Over the more than 85 year history of the signed state highway system, MDOT and its predecessors have done a excellent job of adhearhing to their goal.
www.michiganhighways.org /introduction.html   (598 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
The state is bordered on the N and E by Ontario, on the S by Ohio and Indiana, and on the W by Wisconsin.
Michigan’s highest court, the supreme court, is made up of seven judges popularly elected to 8-year terms; one of the judges is elected by the court to serve a 2-year term as chief justice.
The population swelled from 9000 in 1820 to 29,000 in 1830 and 212,000 in 1840.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/michigan.html   (4500 words)

  
 Michigan Highways: The History of Roads in Michigan (page 2)
Under Michigan law, the townships which controlled the construction and maintenance of roads were divided into numerous road districts, each under the charge of a highway commissioner or overseer.
Congress had granted to Michigan in 1850 certain wilderness lands referred to as swamp lands, with the stipulation that these lands, or the proceeds thereof, would be applied, so far as necessary, to the reclaiming of said lands.
The leader of the movement in Michigan was Horatio S. “Good Roads” Earle, chief of the League of American Wheelmen in Michigan in 1899, and national president in 1901.
www.michiganhighways.org /history2.html   (1433 words)

  
 OWPD: Operating with the Presence of Drugs
The State of Michigan intends to employ these tests to determine whether a motorist is “driving drunk,” without regard to the number of nanograms or picograms of drug metabolites detected.
With many states passing medical marijuana laws permitting small amounts of marijuana to be purchased and used under a doctor’s direction, Michigan’s new law may violate the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, as it fails to recognize that there are legal users of marijuana.
When the State of Georgia passed a similar law in 1996 prohibiting a driver from operating a motor vehicle with “any amount of a controlled substance” in his or her body, the Georgia courts were forced to address the questions that now confront our state and its citizens.
www.michigan-drunk-driving.com /OWPD.html   (1644 words)

  
 Michigan League of Conservation Voters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
State agencies should also be required to coordinate their planning efforts and strive for consensus from affected local governments.
In addition, state programs designed to encourage private landowners to open their property to public access should be examined and expanded wherever possible.
Statement of problem: The state forests in Michigan are used by a variety of parties including timber-related interests, trail users (both motorized and non-motorized), hunters (both wildlife and mushroom), and others.
www.michiganlcv.org /summit2002.htm   (3835 words)

  
 Michigan Car Accident No Fault Advice - Michigan No Fault Act - MichiganAutoLaw.com
Vehicle identification numbers received by the secretary of state under this subsection are confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person except pursuant to an order by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with a claim or fraud investigation or prosecution.
The transmission to the secretary of state of a vehicle identification number is proof of insurance to the secretary of state for motor vehicle registration purposes only and is not evidence that a policy of insurance actually exists between an insurer and an individual.
(3) A person who supplies false information to the secretary of state under this section or who issues or uses an altered, fraudulent, or counterfeit certificate of insurance is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
www.michiganautolaw.com /nofault/michigan-no-fault.php   (1138 words)

  
 Michigan OWI Lawyer, Detroit DUI Attorney, OWI, Criminal Defense Law Firm
Federal and state legislatures can pass laws governing how criminal procedures work in their jurisdictions, but these laws cannot reduce the protections offered by the federal and state constitutions.
In some states, certain crimes, called "wobblers," may be considered either a misdemeanor or a felony, because under some conditions the punishment may be imprisonment for less than a year, and in other situations, the criminal may go to prison for a year or more.
State or federal police officers are allowed, where justified, to search your premises, car, or other property in order to look for and seize illegal items, stolen goods or evidence of a crime.
www.michigan-ouil.com /faq.html   (2464 words)

  
 State Policy on Navigablilty
In this administrative appeal, the State of Alaska and Doyon Limited, an ANCSA regional corporation, successfully established that the use or susceptibility of use of a river or stream by an 18-24 foot wooden riverboat capable of carrying at least 1,000 pounds of gear or supplies is sufficient to establish navigability.
The state claimed that the extensive use of floatplanes on Slopbucket Lake, a twenty acre lake adjacent to Lake Iliamna, was sufficient to establish navigability.
Free access to the navigable or public waters of the state, as defined by the legislature, shall not be denied any citizen of the United States or resident of the state, except that the legislature may by general law regulate and limit such access for other beneficial uses or public purposes.
www.dnr.state.ak.us /mlw/nav/nav_policy.htm   (6967 words)

  
 Highway Funding and Safety
The good news is that while the number of vehicles on Michigan roads and the number of miles traveled are increasing, traffic crashes and fatalities are not, and this probably is due to a number of actions taken in recent years.
In late 2000 federal legislation was enacted requiring all states either to adopt.08 percent blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) as the presumptive level of intoxication for driving or lose a portion of their federal highway monies.
Michigan's BAC level currently is.10 percent, and legislation to lower it to.08 (HBs 4084 and 4134) was introduced in 2001.
www.michiganinbrief.org /edition07/Chapter5/Highways.htm   (1962 words)

  
 Opinion #5145   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The word 'incidentally' used within the context of the exemption of 'implements of husbandry incidentally moved upon a highway' from the size, weight and load restrictions of the Michigan Vehicle Code pertains to the movement of the vehicle on a road subsidiary to an agricultural operation.
It seems more reasonable to look upon this word 'incidentally' as characterizing the operation of a vehicle when the operating is something 'naturally happening or appertaining, esp. as a subordinate or subsidiary feature', these meanings being found in the same authority among the definitions of the noun and the adjective 'incident'.
State trunk lines are under the jurisdiction and control of the Michigan State Highway Commission pursuant to Const 1963, art 5, Sec.
www.ag.state.mi.us /opinion/datafiles/1970s/op05145.htm   (958 words)

  
 SOM - Executive Branch
The attorney general is the lawyer for the State of Michigan.
The Department of State is the oldest department of Michigan state government and is administered by the secretary of state.
The primary functions of the Department of Transportation are the construction, improvement, and maintenance of the state highway system -the 9,620 miles of interstate, U.S.- and M-numbered highways,...
www.michigan.gov /som/0,1607,7-192-29701_29702---,00.html   (715 words)

  
 MSP - Missing Children
According to the State of Washington’s Office of the Attorney General, "the murder of a child who is abducted….
Parents should teach their children that when they are talking on the telephone to the "911" operator, they should tell the person their name, speak loudly, slowly and clearly, and not to hang-up.
Armed with the technology to fight child abduction the Michigan Department of State Police is assisting families to reunite with their lost children.
www.michigan.gov /msp/0,1607,7-123-1589_1878_1883---,00.html   (1128 words)

  
 2005 2006 oral argument session
The plaintiff, a state government employee, sued the state of Michigan in the Court of Claims after her long-term disability payments were stopped.
In this case, OV 3 (physical injury to a victim) was misscored at 100 points, resulting in a higher-than-warranted assessment of the range within which the defendant’s minimum sentence should fall.
MCL 418.845 states that the Michigan worker’s compensation system has jurisdiction over an out-of-state injury when the contract is made in Michigan and the injured person is a Michigan resident.
courts.michigan.gov /supremecourt/Clerk/MSC_orals.htm   (4606 words)

  
 Conceptualization of the Future Highway Maintenance Vehicle
These challenges are of major importance to three-quarters of the states' departments of transportation (DOT) who must face the perils of winter as they strive to provide around the clock mobility to the road user.
These representatives are on the outer edges of the highway maintenance activities and, as a result, they provide some of the most innovative input to the process.
In addition to private sector representatives, all of the snowbelt states will be given the opportunity to attend the workshop in Detroit and will be given the opportunity to join the consortium states in the pursuit of the concept maintenance vehicle research project.
www.ctre.iastate.edu /pubs/semisesq/session5/smith/index.htm   (2589 words)

  
 Michigan State Police - Office of Highway Safety Planning
Each state in Region V was invited to send their governor’s representative, public information coordinator and public relations agency representatives to discuss campaigns and strategy.
Michigan Safe Communities is a program that invites local community leaders, organizations and citizens to work with OHSP to prevent traffic safety crashes, violence and substance abuse in their communities.
Michigan currently has 35 communities or counties who have participated in the Safe Community Program and 22 communities working on completing the Assessing Community Traffic Safety (ACTS) tool or have completed the ACTS and are developing strategic injury prevention plans.
www.state.mi.us /ohsp/news/SummerSafetyNetwork2001.htm   (4539 words)

  
 Michigan News
Michigan's three top-tier universities will be able to continue their current admissions and financial aid policies through the end of the current cycle, a federal judge decided today.
Michigan's rate of return on tax dollars makes it a...
Facts about how Michigan is preparing for a flu pandemic: --State health officials have held 90 flu pandemic exercises in the last year and a half with local officials, community organizations, health workers...
www.topix.net /state/mi   (811 words)

  
 Michigan Driving Law, Traffic Law Lawyer Attorney,Reckless Driving Laws, Driving on Suspended License, Michigan ...
The prima facie speed limit in a school zone is in force from 30 minutes before to 30 minutes after school is in session and during school lunch periods when students are allowed to leave the school.
If, in order to attend classes, school children must cross a state highway with a speed limit 35 MPH, the State Transportation Commission, at the request of school authorities and based upon traffic engineering studies, may reduce the speed limit at designated school crossing zones.
The offense of "drag racing" on a highway is defined as operating a motor vehicle either (1) in a speed or acceleration contest, (2) for the purpose of making a record, or (3) where 2 or more vehicles accelerate in an attempt to out-distance each other.
www.michiganowi.com /michigan_traffic_laws.php   (1739 words)

  
 MDTSEA - Constitution & By-Laws
No substantial part of the activities of the organization shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the organization shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Active members shall be individuals teaching or supervising driver and traffic safety education in an approved program; safety education teachers and supervisors; safety patrol sponsors; transportation supervisors; and college, university or state personnel working directly with driver and traffic safety education in the state of Michigan.
There shall be one (1) annual state conference each school year, the time and place to be at the discretion of the Executive Board.
adtsea.iup.edu /michigan/constitution_bylaws.htm   (2049 words)

  
 ESL Quiz - Michigan 1 (Passive Voice and Modals) (Carol E. Kubota) I-TESL-J   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The university of Michigan is one of the best universities in the United States and it ___ in Ann Arbor.
The University of Michigan and Michigan State University are famous for their football teams.
You ___ winter clothes to visit the state of Michigan in December because the weather is so cold.
a4esl.org /q/h/9704/ck-michigan1.html   (285 words)

  
 GHSA State Info & Laws
Automated enforcement laws vary significantly from state to state; some authorize enforcement statewide, whereas others permit it only in specified communities.
Red light cameras usually only photograph the license tag of the vehicle and include the date, time and place, vehicle speed, and elapsed time from the light turning red to the time the photograph was taken.
A few states treat automated enforcement citations just like parking tickets in that the registered owner is liable.
www.statehighwaysafety.org /html/stateinfo/laws/auto_enforce.html   (1007 words)

  
 National Volunteer Fire Council -- State Benefits: Michigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The benefit is 80% of the state average weekly wage at the time of injury for spouse or spouse with children under age 21.
The amount of the award is based on the state average wage and the severity and permanence of the injury.
Funding is available through the Emergency Management Division of the Michigan State Police for hazardous materials and terrorism training.
www.nvfc.org /benefits/state.php?State=Michigan   (699 words)

  
 Iron Horse Motorcycle Helmets MI Michigani State Motorcycle Helmet Laws
All persons riding a motorcycle, and any person less than 19 years of age operating a moped on a public thoroughfare, are required to wear a crash helmet on his or her head.
The Michigan Department of State Police has been given the legislative responsibility to approve crash helmets and to promulgate rules to implement this law.
The department of state police shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this section pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.315.
www.ironhorsehelmets.com /Statemichigan.htm   (762 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Michigan: State Highway Commissioners
Michigan State Highway Commissioners: Events and Candidates of the 1920's (may be incomplete!)
Michigan State Highway Commissioners: Events and Candidates of the 1930's (may be incomplete!)
The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/MI/ofc/hwyc.html   (326 words)

  
 The Michigan Drunk Driving Statute
(a) He or she shall not operate a vehicle in violation of subsection (1), (3), (4), (5), or (8) while another person who is less than 16 years of age is occupying the vehicle.
(16) If a person is charged with a violation of subsection (1), (3), (4), (5), (7), or (8) or section 625m, the court shall not permit the defendant to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a charge of violating subsection (6) in exchange for dismissal of the original charge.
(b) On a form or forms prescribed by the state court administrator, forward to the department of state police a record that specifies the penalties imposed by the court, including any term of imprisonment, and any sanction imposed under section 625n or 904d.
www.michigan-drunk-driving.com /drunk_driving_statute.htm   (2928 words)

  
 Lemon Law Office.com
(g) "New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is purchased or leased in this state or purchased or leased by a resident of this state and is covered by a manufacturer's express warranty at the time of purchase or lease.
Additionally, any sales tax, license and registration fees, and similar government charges not included elsewhere paid by the lessor on behalf of the lessee are included as a part of lease price.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2000, the secretary of state shall include a summary of the provisions of this act on a database that is accessible to the public through the internet.
www.lemonlawoffice.com /lemonpages/att_info.php?state=mi   (1975 words)

  
 Michigan Ski Conditions and Weather
Since many of you will be heading into northwest lower Michigan, here is the weather page of TV 9 and 10 out of Cadillac and Sault Ste.
The Michigan State Police Weather and Highway website gives trouble spots, weather alerts, construction delays, and a lot of travel and recreation information.
For Michigan Ski Conditions you can't beat the Weather Underground from the University of Michigan.
www.michiganskier.com /weather.htm   (421 words)

  
 M-14 (Michigan highway) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The portion of Plymouth Road/Ann Arbor Road between I-275 and the city boundary with Redford Township is retained as an unsigned trunkline, maintained by the state to this day.
North of a grade-level railroad crossing, a new United States Postal Service branch office and the Compuware Sports Arena were constructed.
Sheldon was upgraded to a divided highway along the eastern boundary of the plant to accommodate increased traffic at the interchange.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michigan_State_Highway_14   (1160 words)

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