Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 8. Statutes § 8.8

Sec. 8. (1) As used in this section, “law” means any of the following:

(2) A 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as last amended, which are assigned a compilation number by the legislative service bureau and are not subsequently repealed.

(3) Unless 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.

(4) With 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.