{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-8.8","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.8","heading":"“Law” defined; reference to “Michigan Compiled Laws”; reference to statute as including latest amendments; use of “as amended”; reference in title or enacting section to law adding or amending section subsequent to most recent published compilation.","body":"Sec. 8.\n\nAs used in this section, \"law\" means any of the following:\n\nA public act of the legislature.\n\nAn initiated law adopted by the people.\n\nAn executive order of the governor submitted to the legislature pursuant to section 2 of article 5 of the state constitution of 1963 and having the force of law.\n\nA reference to \"Michigan Compiled Laws\" shall include all sections of law, as last amended, which are assigned a compilation number by the legislative service bureau and are not subsequently repealed.\n\nUnless otherwise specifically provided, a reference to all or part of a statute, regardless of whether the words \"as amended\" are used in the reference, shall include the latest amendments to the statute or part.\n\nWith respect to a section of the Michigan Compiled Laws which is added to a statute or amended subsequent to the most recent published compilation of the laws of this state in force, as certified by the legislative council, a reference within the title or an enacting section of a statute to the law which added or amended the section is not required, but a statute may include within the title or enacting section, or both, of the statute, a reference to the law which added or most recently amended the section subsequent to the most recent published compilation.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 8","Act R-S-of-1846"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-8-8","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"39abe1845d437201b4ee7a115c1939439e7a0fa8bc68d13936da0614ecc68af0","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-8.7","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-8.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}