Chapter 19

BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS

Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

19.44-19.48 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





SESSIONS OF BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS

Act 130 of 1869

19.61 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





HEARING OF CLAIMS

Act 29 of 1848

19.71,19.72 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





COSTS BEFORE BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS

J.R. 36 of 1848

19.81 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





APPROPRIATION FOR ALLOWED CLAIMS

Act 119 of 1855

19.91 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





REPORT OF CLAIMS

Act 90 of 1903

19.101 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





FRANK J. KELLEY WALKWAY

Act 486 of 2012

AN ACT to provide for the designation of the Frank J. Kelley Walkway; and to prescribe the powers of certain state agencies and officials.


History: 2012, Act 486, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


19.111 Frank J. Kelley Walkway; designation.

Sec. 1.

    In recognition of the outstanding service provided to this state by former State Attorney General Frank J. Kelley during the course of his service from December 28, 1961 to December 31, 1998, the pedestrian walkway running east to west connecting the Michigan State Capitol Building with the Michigan Hall of Justice, in Lansing, Michigan, is designated as the Frank J. Kelley Walkway.


History: 2012, Act 486, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013





19.112 Signage; recognition.

Sec. 2.

    The department of technology, management, and budget shall provide appropriate signage and recognition to reflect the designation under section 1.


History: 2012, Act 486, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013




SUPERVISION OF CAPITOL AND OFFICE BUILDINGS

Act 23 of 1917

19.121 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





NAMING OF STATE BUILDINGS

Act 173 of 1968

AN ACT naming certain state buildings.


History: 1968, Act 173, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


19.131 Buildings designated as Murray D. Van Wagoner transportation building and Richard H. Austin building.

Sec. 1.

    The state transportation department building in the capitol complex, Lansing, Michigan, shall be designated and known as the Murray D. Van Wagoner transportation building, and the state treasury building shall be designated and known as the Richard H. Austin building.


History: 1968, Act 173, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 229, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1999 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 209, Eff. Mar. 30, 2006





19.132 Buildings renamed G. Mennen Williams building and George W. Romney building.

Sec. 2.

     The following state owned buildings are renamed as follows:
    (a) The law building, located in the capitol complex, is renamed the G. Mennen Williams building.
    (b) The Olds Plaza building, located across Capitol Avenue from the capitol building, is renamed the George W. Romney building.


History: Add. 1996, Act 592, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1997





19.133 Patient programming center in Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital; designation as "James K. Havemen Center for Activity, Rehabilitation, and Therapy."

Sec. 3.

    The patient programming center located in the Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital in Westland, Michigan, shall be designated and known as the "James K. Haveman Center for Activity, Rehabilitation, and Therapy".


History: Add. 2016, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 2016




CARE, ORDER, AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY

Act 80 of 1905

AN ACT to authorize and empower certain state departments, and the board of control, board of trustees or governing board of certain state institutions, or the governing body of a municipal corporation, to make, prescribe and enforce rules and regulations for the care, order and preservation of buildings or property dedicated and appropriated to the public use and the conduct of those coming upon the property thereof; to prescribe penalties for a violation thereof and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act.


History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


19.141 Care, preservation, and protection of state buildings and property; rules and regulations; conduct of persons on property; enforcement; violation.

Sec. 1.

     The department of management and budget, the state board of education, the department of social services, the board of control of the Michigan technological university, the department of mental health, the department of corrections, the department of education, the board of regents of the university of Michigan, the department of agriculture, and the board of managers of state fairs may prescribe rules and regulations for the care, preservation, and protection of buildings and property dedicated and appropriated to the public use, over which they have jurisdiction or power of control and the conduct of those coming upon the property thereof, which is necessary for the maintenance of good order and the protection of the state property; may enforce the rules and regulations, and empower 1 or more persons with the authority prescribed in this act, and may cause a person found guilty of a violation of this act to be punished in the manner prescribed in this act.


History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- Am. 1907, Act 302, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1907 ;-- CL 1915, 1965 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 262, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 447 ;-- CL 1948, 19.141 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979
Admin Rule: R 18.201 et seq.; R 291.201 et seq.; and R 330.1001 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.





19.142 Prohibited conduct; penalty; trespass upon state correctional facility.

Sec. 2.

    (1) A person shall not do any of the following with respect to property that is dedicated or appropriated to public use and is within the control or under the jurisdiction of a board or department prescribed in section 1:
    (a) Willfully cut, peel, or otherwise injure or destroy a tree or shrub standing on the property.
    (b) Carry, draw, leave, or deposit within or upon the property any filth, rubbish, or garbage.
    (c) Efface a mark or inscription on the property, or mutilate or destroy a building, machine, or appliance, fence, or hedge on the property.
    (d) Enter, hunt, or trespass upon the property, or skate upon, or fish, in a pond, brook, or stream, the use of which is forbidden to the general public, and relative to which there are signs or notices prohibiting this conduct.
    (e) Conduct himself or herself in a disorderly manner upon the premises or annoy, harass, assault, or disturb an inmate or person cared for or under the control of the board or department having jurisdiction.
    (f) Unlock or open a gate, window, or door or enter a room, hall, ward, or yard or other portion of an institution in which inmates or persons are detained under state control without authority or permission.
    (g) Create, cause, or attempt to create a disturbance or openly and willfully refuse to conform to a rule or regulation prescribed by a board or department.
    (2) A person who performs an act prohibited by subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not less than 10 days or more than 60 days or a fine of not more than $50.00, or both.
    (3) A trespass upon a state correctional facility is governed by section 552b of the Michigan penal code, Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being section 750.552b of the Michigan Compiled Laws. As used in this subsection, “state correctional facility” means a facility or institution that houses a prisoner population under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections. State correctional facility does not include a community corrections center or a community residential home.


History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 1966 ;-- CL 1929, 448 ;-- CL 1948, 19.142 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 231, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Admin Rule: R 330.1001 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.





19.143 Authority of superintendent, watchperson, or guard as to arrest and custody of offender; complaint; warrantless arrest for trespass upon state correctional facility; limitation.

Sec. 3.

    (1) A person appointed or chosen by a board or department set forth in section 1 to act as a superintendent, watchperson, or guard has the general authority of a deputy sheriff, relative to the arrest and custody of an offender against a rule prescribed by the appointing board or department, and may arrest without warrant a person found violating a rule which is prescribed by that board or department relative to trespasses upon property, good order, the preservation of property, or the mutilation or destruction or injury to property. Such an appointee shall make a complaint against an offender of this act, or a rule of the appointing board or department, before that court in which a prosecution for a misdemeanor may be initiated.
    (2) The warrantless arrest of a person for a trespass upon a state correctional facility by a person described in subsection (1) is limited to those persons authorized under section 23a of chapter IV of the code of criminal procedure, Act No. 175 of the Public Acts of 1927, being section 764.23a of the Michigan Compiled Laws. As used in this subsection, “state correctional facility” means a facility or institution that houses a prisoner population under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections. State correctional facility does not include a community corrections center or a community residential home.


History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 1967 ;-- CL 1929, 449 —CL 1948, 19.143 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 231, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Admin Rule: R 330.1001 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.





19.144 Complaint against person for wilful violation of law or rule.

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
Admin Rule: R 330.1001 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.





19.145 Rules and regulations; entering in record book; posting; duty of prosecuting attorney.

Sec. 5.

     Each board or department prescribed in section 1 shall have all rules and regulations which are made or prescribed, entered in convenient form, in a record book kept in the respective office of the board or department, for that purpose and posted in not less than 3 conspicuous places on the premises subject to regulation. The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense is committed shall prosecute offenders against this act or a rule or regulation made or prescribed by a board or department, under this act.


History: 1905, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 1969 ;-- CL 1929, 451 ;-- CL 1948, 19.145 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979




HEATING, PRINTING, BINDING, AND SUPPLIES

Act 12 of 1903

19.151-19.157 Repealed. 1967, Act 139, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.





STATIONERY, PRINTING, AND BINDING

Act 135 of 1903

19.161-19.163 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





HEATING OF CAPITOL AND STATE BUILDING

Act 155 of 1903

19.171,19.172 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.





EXPENSES OF LEGISLATURE AND STATE OFFICES

Act 22 of 1849

19.181,19.182 Repealed. 1978, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.




Rendered 8/15/2025 8:24 AM
Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 5 of 2025
Courtesy of legislature.mi.gov