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MI Comp L § 445.2582 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 445 - Trade and Commerce|Act 186 of 2018 - Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act (445.2581 - 445.2586)|Section 445.2582 - Definitions.

445.2582 Definitions.Sec. 2.  As used in this act:  (a) "Compensation" means a payment of any money, thing of value, or financial benefit conferred in return for inducing an individual to participate in a pyramid promotional scheme.  (b) "Consideration" means the payment of cash or anything of value or the purchase of goods, services, or intangible property. The term does not include the purchase of goods or services furnished at cost to be used in making sales and not for resale, or time and effort spent in pursuit of sales or recruiting activities.  (c) "Inventory" means goods, including company-produced promotional materials, sales aids, and sales kits, that a plan or operation requires participants to purchase.  (d) "Inventory loading" means the requirement or encouragement by a plan or operation that its participants purchase inventory in an amount that exceeds the amount that the participant can expect to resell for ultimate consumption or to consume in a reasonable time period, or both.  (e) "Inventory repurchase program" means a program that does all of the following:  (i) Upon request, repurchases all current and marketable inventory in the possession of a participant within 12 months after the date of purchase, at not less than 90% of the original net cost, less appropriate setoffs, if any, when the participant's business relation is terminated.  (ii) Clearly and prominently communicates the terms of the inventory repurchase program in its recruiting literature, sales manual, or contracts with participants, including the manner in which the repurchase is to be exercised and how any setoffs are calculated.  (iii) Clearly and prominently communicates to a participant, before the purchase, in its recruiting literature, sales manual, or contracts with participants, what inventory is excluded from the inventory repurchase program, including inventory that is classified as seasonal, discontinued, special promotion, is no longer within the inventory's commercially reasonable use or shelf life period, or is otherwise not eligible for repurchase under the inventory repurchase program.  (f) "Participant" means an individual who joins a plan or operation.  (g) "Promote" means to contrive, prepare, establish, plan, operate, advertise, or otherwise induce or attempt to induce an individual to participate in a pyramid promotional scheme.  (h) "Pyramid promotional scheme" means any plan or operation in which an individual gives consideration for the opportunity to receive compensation that is derived primarily from recruiting other individuals into the plan or operation rather than from the sale of products or services to ultimate users or from the consumption or use of product or services by ultimate users.  (i) "Ultimate user" means an individual who consumes or uses a product or service, whether or not the individual is a participant in the plan or operation. History: 2018, Act 186, Eff. Sept. 11, 2018
MI Comp L § 445.2583 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 445 - Trade and Commerce|Act 186 of 2018 - Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act (445.2581 - 445.2586)|Section 445.2583 - Promotion or Participation in Pyramid Promotional Scheme; Prohibition; Penalties.

445.2583 Promotion or participation in pyramid promotional scheme; prohibition; penalties.Sec. 3.  (1) A person shall not promote or participate in a pyramid promotional scheme. A limitation as to the number of individuals who may participate or the presence of additional conditions affecting eligibility for the opportunity to receive compensation under a plan or operation does not change the identity of the plan or operation as a pyramid promotional scheme.  (2) A person that promotes a pyramid promotional scheme is guilty of a felony punishable by 1 or more of the following:  (a) Imprisonment for not more than 7 years.  (b) A fine of not more than $10,000.00 per violation.  (3) A person that knowingly participates in a pyramid promotional scheme is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. History: 2018, Act 186, Eff. Sept. 11, 2018
MI Comp L § 445.2584 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 445 - Trade and Commerce|Act 186 of 2018 - Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act (445.2581 - 445.2586)|Section 445.2584 - Reasonable Cause; Attorney General Duties; Cease and Desist Requirements; Circuit Court Review.

445.2584 Reasonable cause; attorney general duties; cease and desist requirements; circuit court review.Sec. 4.  (1) If the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice that violates this act, or any order issued under this act, the attorney general may do any of the following:  (a) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), issue a cease and desist order against any person that is engaged in the prohibited activities, directing the person to cease and desist from further illegal activities.  (b) Bring an action in the circuit court for the county in which the violation is believed to have occurred, or in the circuit court for Ingham County, to do any of the following:  (i) Enjoin the acts or practices that violate this act.  (ii) Enforce compliance with this act or any order issued under this act.  (iii) Recover a civil fine of not more than $10,000.00 for each violation. Fines assessed and recovered under this section must be paid to the state treasurer and credited to the state general fund.  (2) A cease and desist order issued under this section must state all of the following:  (a) The effective date of the order.  (b) The intent or purpose of the order.  (c) The grounds on which the order is based.  (3) A person aggrieved by a cease and desist order issued under this section may obtain a review of the order in the Ingham County circuit court.  (4) Upon a proper showing to the circuit court, a permanent injunction, temporary injunction, or restraining order may be granted and a receiver or conservator may be appointed for a person that is alleged to have violated this act or the assets of a person that is alleged to have violated this act. In addition, upon a proper showing by the attorney general, the circuit court may enter an order of rescission, restitution, or disgorgement directed to any person that has engaged in an act that violates this act or an order issued under this act.  (5) A circuit court may award to the attorney general court costs and attorney fees in an action brought under this section.  (6) This section does not bar the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney from proceeding under any other provision of law against a pyramid promotional scheme or any person that is involved with a pyramid promotional scheme. History: 2018, Act 186, Eff. Sept. 11, 2018
MI Comp L § 445.2585 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 445 - Trade and Commerce|Act 186 of 2018 - Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act (445.2581 - 445.2586)|Section 445.2585 - Rebuttable Presumption.

445.2585 Rebuttable presumption.Sec. 5.  There is a rebuttable presumption that a plan or operation is not a pyramid promotional scheme if both of the following conditions are satisfied:  (a) The plan or operation does not cause inventory loading.  (b) The plan or operation implements an inventory repurchase program. History: 2018, Act 186, Eff. Sept. 11, 2018
MI Comp L § 446.51 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.51 - Sale of New Merchandise at Public Auction; License Required.

446.51 Sale of new merchandise at public auction; license required. Sec. 1.  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, dispose of, or offer for sale at public auction at any place outside the limits of any city or village in the state of Michigan, or within the limits of any village in the state of Michigan that has not by ordinance provided for the licensing of sales by auction, any new merchandise, unless such person, firm or corporation, and the owners of such merchandise, if it is not owned by the vendors, shall have first secured a license as herein provided and shall have complied with the regulations hereinafter set forth. History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.52 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.52 - Licenses; Application, Filing, Contents.

446.52 Licenses; application, filing, contents.  Sec. 2.  Any person, firm or corporation desiring such license shall, at least 10 days prior to such proposed auction sale, file with the township clerk of the township wherein it is proposed to hold such auction sale, an application in writing duly verified by the person, firm or corporation proposing to sell, dispose of or offer for sale any new merchandise at public auction, which application shall state the following facts:  (1) The name, residence and postoffice address of the person, firm or corporation making the application, and if a firm or corporation, the name and address of the members of the firm or officers of the corporation, as the case may be;  (2) The name, residence and postoffice address of the auctioneer who will conduct such auction sale;  (3) A detailed inventory and description of all such new merchandise to be offered for sale at such auction and a valuation thereof;  (4) A statement as to whether or not the sale at public auction shall be with or without reservation.  History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.53 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.53 - Licenses; Bond; Amount; Beneficiaries; Conditions; Liability; Service of Process; Jurisdiciton; Joinder of Parties.

446.53 Licenses; bond; amount; beneficiaries; conditions; liability; service of process; jurisdiciton; joinder of parties.  Sec. 3.  At the time of filing said application, and as a part thereof, the applicant shall file and deposit with the township clerk a bond, with sureties to be approved by the township board, in the penal sum of 2 times the value of the merchandise proposed to be offered for sale at such auction as shown by the inventory filed, running to the state of Michigan and for the use and benefit of any purchaser of any merchandise at such auction who might have a cause for action of any nature arising from or out of such auction sale against the auctioneer or applicant; the bond to be further conditioned on the payment by the applicant of all taxes that may be payable by, or due from, the applicant to the state of Michigan, or any department or subdivision thereof, the payment of any fines that may be assessed by any court against the applicant or auctioneer for violation of the provisions of this act, and the satisfaction of all causes of action commenced within 1 year from date of such auction sale and arising therefrom: Provided, however, That the aggregate liability of the surety for all said taxes, fines and causes of action shall in no event exceed the sum of such bond.  In such bond the applicant and the surety shall appoint the township clerk of the township in which such bond is filed, the agent of the applicant and the surety for the service of process. In the event of such service, the agent on whom such service is made shall, within 5 days after the service, mail by ordinary mail a true copy of the process served upon him to each party for whom he is served, addressed to the last known address of such party. Failure to so mail said copy shall not, however, affect the court's jurisdiction.  Such bond shall contain the consent of the applicant and surety that the circuit court of the county or the justice court of the township wherein the application and bond is filed shall have jurisdiction of all actions within the jurisdiction of the respective courts against the applicant or surety, or both, arising out of said sale.  The state of Michigan, or any subdivision thereof, or any person having a cause of action against the applicant arising out of the sale of such new merchandise, may join the applicant and the surety on such bond in the same action, or may in such action sue either such applicant or the surety alone. History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.54 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.54 - Licenses; Fees.

446.54 Licenses; fees. Sec. 4.  At the time of filing said application and bond the applicant shall pay to the township clerk a license fee in the sum of $25.00 for each day it is supposed to hold such auction sale as shown by the application for such license. History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.55 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.55 - Licenses; Issuance, Transferability, Validity.

446.55 Licenses; issuance, transferability, validity. Sec. 5.  Upon the filing of such application and after the applicant has fully complied with all the provisions of this act, the township board, by the township clerk, shall issue to the applicant a license authorizing the holding of such auction sale as proposed in said application. Such license shall not be transferable, and shall be valid only in the township where issued, and shall not be valid in any village which has enacted an ordinance providing for the licensing of sales by auction.  History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.56 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.56 - Report of Sale and Inventory of Unsold Merchandise; Filing.

446.56 Report of sale and inventory of unsold merchandise; filing. Sec. 6.  Within 10 days after the last day of said auction the applicant shall file in duplicate with the township board a listing of all merchandise sold at such auction and the prices received therefor, together with a detailed inventory of all merchandise unsold at the close of such auction sale. The township clerk shall, immediately after receiving such listing of sales, forward a copy thereof to the department of revenue. History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.57 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.57 - Licensing of Sales by Auction; Definitions.

446.57 Licensing of sales by auction; definitions.  Sec. 7.  "New merchandise" as used in this act shall mean all merchandise not previously sold at retail. "Auction sale" as used in this act shall mean the offering for sale or selling of personal property to the highest bidder, or offering for sale or selling of personal property at a high price and then offering the same at successive lower prices until a buyer is secured. History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.58 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.58 - Cappers, Boosters, Shillers or False Bids Prohibited.

446.58 Cappers, boosters, shillers or false bids prohibited. Sec. 8.  At any such sale by auction, no person shall act as "bidder," or what is commonly known as a "capper,""booster" or "shiller," or offer or make any false bid, or offer any false bid or pretend to buy any article sold or offered for sale at any sale by auction. History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.59 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.59 - Nonapplication of Act as to Certain Sales.

446.59 Nonapplication of act as to certain sales. Sec. 9.  The provisions of this act shall not extend to the sale at public auction of livestock, farm machinery or farm produce, used homestead goods or other items commonly sold at farm or homestead sales, or to auction sales by individuals of new merchandise, which was assessed personal property tax in the state of Michigan or is replacement stock of merchandise inventory which was assessed personal property tax in the county in which the sale is to be had, and to auction sales under a mortgage foreclosure or under the direction of a court or court officers of such sales as may be required by law. The owner of the personal property specified in this section may furnish the person or persons conducting the public auction with a statement that the property set forth in the statement has been assessed as personal property in the state of Michigan or that it has been purchased as replacement for property that has been assessed, and the possession of such a statement shall absolve the person or persons to whom it is given from all liability under the provisions of this act. History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.60 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 224 of 1955 - Public Auctions (446.51 - 446.60)|Section 446.60 - Violation of Act; Penalty.

446.60 Violation of act; penalty. Sec. 10.  Any person, firm or corporation found to be in violation of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine not to exceed $100.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 90 days, or by both fine and imprisonment. History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
MI Comp L § 446.71 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 469 of 2008 - Restroom Access for Persons With Medical Conditions (446.71 - 446.76)|Section 446.71 - Definitions.

446.71 Definitions.Sec. 1.  As used in this act:  (a) "Customer" means an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment.  (b) "Doctor" means a licensed doctor of medicine or a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery.  (c) "Eligible medical condition" means Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, any other inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, pregnancy, or any other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility.  (d) "Retail establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services. History: 2008, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009
MI Comp L § 446.72 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 469 of 2008 - Restroom Access for Persons With Medical Conditions (446.71 - 446.76)|Section 446.72 - Retail Establishment; Use of Toilet Facility by Customer; Conditions.

446.72 Retail establishment; use of toilet facility by customer; conditions.Sec. 2.  A retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees shall allow a customer to use that facility during normal business hours if all of the following are met:  (a) The customer requesting use of the employee toilet facility suffers from an eligible medical condition or utilizes an ostomy device.  (b) Two or more employees of the retail establishment are working at the time the customer requests use of the employee toilet facility.  (c) The customer provides the retail establishment with a copy of a statement on a prescription form that indicates the customer suffers from an eligible medical condition or utilizes an ostomy device, signed by a doctor.  (d) The retail establishment does not normally make a restroom available to the public.  (e) The employee toilet facility is not located in an area where providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the customer or an obvious security risk to the retail establishment.  (f) A public restroom is not immediately accessible to the customer. History: 2008, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009
MI Comp L § 446.73 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 469 of 2008 - Restroom Access for Persons With Medical Conditions (446.71 - 446.76)|Section 446.73 - Liability.

446.73 Liability.Sec. 3.  A retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment is not civilly liable for any injury to or death of a customer allowed to use an employee toilet facility that is not a public restroom, or to an individual other than an employee accompanying the customer, unless all of the following are met:   (a) The retail establishment or the employee of the retail establishment knew or should have known of the condition that caused the injury or death, should have realized that the condition involved an unreasonable risk of harm to a customer or other individual, and should have expected that the customer or other individual would not discover or realize the danger.  (b) The retail establishment or the employee of the retail establishment failed to exercise reasonable care to make the condition safe or to warn the customer or other individual of the condition and the risk.  (c) The customer or other individual did not know or have reason to know of the condition and the risk involved.  (d) The injury or death occurred in an area of the retail establishment that is not accessible to the public. History: 2008, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009
MI Comp L § 446.74 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 469 of 2008 - Restroom Access for Persons With Medical Conditions (446.71 - 446.76)|Section 446.74 - Violation; Fine.

446.74 Violation; fine.Sec. 4.  A retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment that violates section 2 is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $100.00. History: 2008, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009
MI Comp L § 446.75 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 469 of 2008 - Restroom Access for Persons With Medical Conditions (446.71 - 446.76)|Section 446.75 - Physical Changes to Toilet Facility Not Required.

446.75 Physical changes to toilet facility not required.Sec. 5.  A retail establishment is not required to make any physical changes to an employee toilet facility under this act. History: 2008, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009
MI Comp L § 446.76 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 469 of 2008 - Restroom Access for Persons With Medical Conditions (446.71 - 446.76)|Section 446.76 - Prohibited Conduct; Violation as Misdemeanor.

446.76 Prohibited conduct; violation as misdemeanor.Sec. 6.  A person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:  (a) Falsely makes, publishes, passes, alters, or forges a prescription form described in section 2(c).  (b) Alters or forges a doctor's signature on a prescription form described in section 2(c).  (c) Knowingly possesses a false, forged, or altered prescription form described in section 2(c). History: 2008, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009
MI Comp L § 446.111 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 446 - Business Regulation|Act 66 of 2009 - Refund Anticipation Loan Disclosure Act (446.111 - 446.121)|Section 446.111 - Short Title.

446.111 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "refund anticipation loan disclosure act". History: 2009, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2009