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Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.3u (2026)

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Revised Statutes of 1846


R.S. of 1846


8.3u Re-enactments.

Sec. 3u.

    The provisions of any law or statute which is re-enacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and not as new enactments. If any provision of a law is repealed and in substance re-enacted, a reference in any other law to the repealed provision shall be deemed a reference to the re-enacted provision.

History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1973–2026 · leading case: In Re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2005 Pa 71, 740 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. 2007).
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In Re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2005 Pa 71, 740 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. 2007). · cites it 8× “" The opposing Attorney General maintains that, because 2005 PA 71 was an amendment of 1996 PA 583 , MCL 8.3u dictates that the effective date of 2005 PA 71 was March 31, 1997, the effective date of 1996 PA 583 .”
Int'l Bus. MacHines Corp. v. Dep't of Treasury, 852 N.W.2d 865 (Mich. 2014). · cites it 2× “1 MCL 8.3u provides that [t]he provisions of any law or statute which is re-enacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and not as new enactments.”
Max Trucking, LLC v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Corp., 802 F.3d 793 (6th Cir. 2015). · cites it 2× “Further, under Mich. Comp. Laws 8.3u: The provisions of any law or statute which is re-enacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and not as new enactments.”
People v. McFarlin, 208 N.W.2d 504 (Mich. 1973). · cites it 2× “See MCLA 8.3u; MSA 2.212(21). [3] See Ill Laws 1899, p 131, approved April 21, 1899.”
Reynolds v. Bureau of State Lottery, 610 N.W.2d 597 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “Further, plaintiffs’ characterization is not supported by statutory authority.”
City of Livonia v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 378 N.W.2d 402 (Mich. 1985). “] ■ Finally, we note that MCL 8.3u; MSA 2.212(21) allows us to update the reference to the afcfla: The provisions of any law or statute which is reenacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws…”
Radecki v. Dir. of Bureau of Worker's Disability Comp., 526 N.W.2d 611 (Mich. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “” Plaintiffs contend that because MCL 206.12; MSA 7.”
Tyler v. Livonia Pub. Schs., 561 N.W.2d 390 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). “” See also MCL 8.3u; MSA 2.212(21) (“The provisions of any law or statute which is reenacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and not as new amendments.”
West Mi Annual Conf of the United Methodist Church v. Grand Rapids, 969 N.W.2d 813 (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 3× “” MCL 8.3u. In addition, “[a] property tax exemption is in derogation of the principle that all property shall bear a proportionate share of the tax burden and, consequently, a tax exemption will be strictly construed.”
Swoope v Citizens Ins. Co. of the Midwest (Mich. 2026). · cites it 2× “at 10, quoting MCL 8.3u (brackets in Ahmed). Ahmed then applied the Spectrum Health and Rambin analyses to the amended language of MCL 500.”
People of Michigan v. Joseph Robert Bensch, 935 N.W.2d 382 (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “” MCL 8.3u. In 1927, when the “matter of grace” language was first adopted, our courts uniformly interpreted the phrase to mean that something was not a matter of right but rather of judicial discretion.”
Mohamed Ahmed v. Tokio Marine Am. Ins. Co., 972 N.W.2d 860 (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “” MCL 8.3u. C. “UNLAWFUL” TAKING UNDER MCL 750.”
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