reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MI Comp L § 37.1209 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 2 - (37.1201...37.1214)|Section 37.1209 - Contract to Which State a Party; Covenant Not to Discriminate Against Employee or Applicant for Employment; Breach.

37.1209 Contract to which state a party; covenant not to discriminate against employee or applicant for employment; breach. Sec. 209.  A contract to which this state, or a political subdivision, or an agency of this state or of a political subdivision of this state is a party shall contain a covenant by the contractor and any subcontractors not to discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or a matter directly or indirectly related to employment, because of a disability that is unrelated to the individual's ability to perform the duties of a particular job or position. A breach of this covenant shall be regarded as a material breach of the contract. History: Add. 1980, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1981 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
MI Comp L § 37.1211 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 2 - (37.1201...37.1214)|Section 37.1211 - Powers of Person Under Article.

37.1211 Powers of person under article. Sec. 211.  A person may, under this article, do 1 or more of the following:  (a) Establish employment policies, programs, procedures, or work rules regarding the use of alcoholic liquor or the illegal use of drugs.  (b) Apply different standards of compensation, or different terms, conditions, or privileges of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system, transfer system, scheduling system, assignment system, or attendance plan if those standards of compensation or terms, conditions, or privileges of employment are not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this article.  (c) Establish uniform policies requiring employees who have been absent from work because of illness or injury to submit evidence of the ability to return to work. This subdivision does not allow a person to establish a policy requiring only persons with disabilities to submit evidence of the ability to return to work.  (d) Either of the following:  (i) Prohibit an employee who is being compensated under the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941, for an injury arising out of and in the course of his or her employment with that person from returning to work in a restructured job.  (ii) Require an employee who is being compensated under the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941, for an injury arising out of and in the course of his or her employment with that person to return to work as provided by law, if the person accommodates the employee as required under this article. History: Add. 1990, Act 121, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1990 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
MI Comp L § 37.1212 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 2 - (37.1201...37.1214)|Section 37.1212 - Education and Training Programs.

37.1212 Education and training programs. Sec. 212.  The department of civil rights shall offer education and training programs to employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies to assist employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies in understanding the requirements of this article. History: Add. 1990, Act 121, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1990
MI Comp L § 37.1213 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 2 - (37.1201...37.1214)|Section 37.1213 - Article Not in Conflict With Civil Rights Act.

37.1213 Article not in conflict with civil rights act. Sec. 213.  Nothing in this article shall be construed to conflict with the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act, Act No. 453 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 37.2101 to 37.2804 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. History: Add. 1990, Act 121, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1990
MI Comp L § 37.1214 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 2 - (37.1201...37.1214)|Section 37.1214 - Accommodation Not Construed as Preferential Treatment or Employee Benefit.

37.1214 Accommodation not construed as preferential treatment or employee benefit. Sec. 214.  For purposes of this act, an accommodation required under this article shall not be construed to be preferential treatment or an employee benefit. History: Add. 1990, Act 121, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1990
MI Comp L § 37.1301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 3 - (37.1301...37.1303)|Section 37.1301 - Definitions.

37.1301 Definitions. Sec. 301.  As used in this article:  (a) "Place of public accommodation" means a business, educational institution, refreshment, entertainment, recreation, health, or transportation facility of any kind, whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or otherwise made available to the public.  (b) "Public service" means a public facility, department, agency, board, or commission owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of this state or a subdivision of this state, a county, city, village, township, or independent or regional district in this state or a tax exempt private agency established to provide service to the public, except that public service does not include a state or county correctional facility with respect to actions or decisions regarding an individual serving a sentence of imprisonment. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1981 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 201, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 201 of 1999 provides:“Enacting section 1. This amendatory act is curative and intended to correct any misinterpretation of legislative intent in the court of appeals decision in Doe v Department of Corrections, 236 Mich App 801 (1999). This legislation further expresses the original intent of the legislature that an individual serving a sentence of imprisonment in a state or county correctional facility is not within the purview of this act.”
MI Comp L § 37.1302 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 3 - (37.1301...37.1303)|Section 37.1302 - Prohibited Conduct.

37.1302 Prohibited conduct. Sec. 302.  Except where permitted by law, a person shall not:  (a) Deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation or public service because of a disability that is unrelated to the individual's ability to utilize and benefit from the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations or because of the use by an individual of adaptive devices or aids.  (b) Print, circulate, post, mail, or otherwise cause to be published a statement, advertisement, or sign which indicates that the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation or public service will be refused, withheld from, or denied an individual because of a disability that is unrelated to the individual's ability to utilize and benefit from the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations or because of the use by an individual of adaptive devices or aids, or that an individual's patronage of or presence at a place of public accommodation is objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable, or undesirable because of a disability that is unrelated to the individual's ability to utilize and benefit from the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations or because of the use by an individual of adaptive devices or aids. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
MI Comp L § 37.1303 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 3 - (37.1301...37.1303)|Section 37.1303 - Exemptions.

37.1303 Exemptions. Sec. 303.  This article shall not apply to a private club, or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of the private club or establishment are made available to the customers or patrons of another establishment that is a place of public accommodation, or if it is licensed, chartered, or certified by the state or any of its political subdivisions. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 37.1401 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 4 - (37.1401...37.1403)|Section 37.1401 - “Educational Institution” Defined.

37.1401 “Educational institution” defined. Sec. 401.  As used in this article, "educational institution" means a public or private institution or a separate school or department of a public or private institution, includes an academy, college, elementary or secondary school, extension course, kindergarten, nursery, school system, school district, or university, and a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school, and includes an agent of an educational institution. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1981
MI Comp L § 37.1402 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 4 - (37.1401...37.1403)|Section 37.1402 - Educational Institution; Prohibited Conduct.

37.1402 Educational institution; prohibited conduct. Sec. 402.  An educational institution shall not do any of the following:  (a) Discriminate in any manner in the full utilization of or benefit from the institution, or the services provided and rendered by the institution to an individual because of a disability that is unrelated to the individual's ability to utilize and benefit from the institution or its services, or because of the use by an individual of adaptive devices or aids.  (b) Exclude, expel, limit, or otherwise discriminate against an individual seeking admission as a student or an individual enrolled as a student in the terms, conditions, and privileges of the institution, because of a disability that is unrelated to the individual's ability to utilize and benefit from the institution, or because of the use by an individual of adaptive devices or aids.  (c) Make or use a written or oral inquiry or form of application for admission that elicits or attempts to elicit information, or make or keep a record, concerning the disability of an applicant for admission for reasons contrary to the provisions or purposes of this act.  (d) Print or publish or cause to be printed or published a catalog or other notice or advertisement indicating a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on the disability of an applicant that is unrelated to the applicant's ability to utilize and benefit from the institution or its services, or the use of adaptive devices or aids by an applicant for admission to the educational institution.  (e) Announce or follow a policy of denial or limitation through a quota or otherwise of educational opportunities of a group or its members because of a disability that is unrelated to the group or member's ability to utilize and benefit from the institution or its services, or because of the use by the members of a group or an individual in the group of adaptive devices or aids.  (f) Develop a curriculum or utilize textbooks and training or learning materials which promote or foster physical or mental stereotypes. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1981 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
MI Comp L § 37.1403 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 4 - (37.1401...37.1403)|Section 37.1403 - Educational Institution; Plan.

37.1403 Educational institution; plan. Sec. 403.  An educational institution may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal opportunity with respect to persons with disabilities if the plan is filed with the commission, under rules of the commission and the commission has not disapproved the plan. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998 Admin Rule: R 37.27 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 37.1501 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 5 - (37.1501...37.1507)|Section 37.1501 - Definitions.

37.1501 Definitions. Sec. 501.  As used in this article:  (a) "Housing accommodation" includes improved or unimproved real property, or a part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of 1 or more persons.  (b) "Immediate family" means a spouse, parent, child, or sibling.  (c) "Real estate broker or salesman" means a person, whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation of receiving a consideration, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases real property, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any of these activities, or who holds himself out as engaged in these activities, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan secured or to be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance upon real property, or who is engaged in the business of listing real property in a publication; or a person employed by or acting on behalf of any of these persons.  (d) "Real estate transaction" means the sale, exchange, rental, or lease of real property, or an interest therein.  (e) "Real property" includes a building, structure, mobile home, real estate, land, mobile home park, trailer park, tenement, leasehold, or an interest in a real estate cooperative or condominium. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 37.1502 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 5 - (37.1501...37.1507)|Section 37.1502 - Owners, Persons Engaging in Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Brokers, and Real Estate Salesmen; Prohibited Conduct.

37.1502 Owners, persons engaging in real estate transactions, real estate brokers, and real estate salesmen; prohibited conduct. Sec. 502.  (1) An owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or a real estate broker or salesman shall not, on the basis of a disability of a buyer or renter, of a person residing in or intending to reside in a dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available, or of any person associated with that buyer or renter, that is unrelated to the individual's ability to acquire, rent, or maintain property or use by an individual of adaptive devices or aids:   (a) Refuse to engage in a real estate transaction with a person.  (b) Discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection with a real estate transaction.  (c) Refuse to receive or fail to transmit a bona fide offer to engage in a real estate transaction from a person.  (d) Refuse to negotiate for a real estate transaction with a person.  (e) Represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is available, fail to bring a property listing to a person's attention, refuse to permit a person to inspect real property, or otherwise deny or make real property unavailable to a person.  (f) Make, print, circulate, post, or mail or cause to be made or published a statement, advertisement, or sign, or use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record of inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction, which indicates, directly or indirectly, an intent to make a limitation, specification, or discrimination with respect to a real estate transaction.  (g) Offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with the understanding that a person may be discriminated against in a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection with a real estate transaction.  (h) Discriminate against a person in the brokering or appraising of real property.  (2) A person shall not deny a person access to or membership or participation in a multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting real property, or discriminate against a person in the terms or conditions of that access, membership, or participation. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1992 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
MI Comp L § 37.1503 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 5 - (37.1501...37.1507)|Section 37.1503 - Certain Rentals Excepted From MCL 37.1502.

37.1503 Certain rentals excepted from MCL 37.1502. Sec. 503.  Section 502 shall not apply to the rental of a housing accommodation in a building which contains housing accommodations for not more than 2 families living independently of each other, if the owner or a member of the owner's immediate family resides in 1 of the housing accommodations, or to the rental of a room or rooms in a single housing dwelling by a person if the lessor or a member of the lessor's immediate family resides therein. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
MI Comp L § 37.1504 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 5 - (37.1501...37.1507)|Section 37.1504 - Financial Assistance or Financing; Prohibited Conduct.

37.1504 Financial assistance or financing; prohibited conduct. Sec. 504.  A person shall not discriminate on the basis of disability in making or purchasing loans for acquiring, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining real property, or in providing other financial assistance secured by or otherwise related to real property. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1992 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
MI Comp L § 37.1505 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 5 - (37.1501...37.1507)|Section 37.1505 - Information as to Applicant's Credit Worthiness.

37.1505 Information as to applicant's credit worthiness. Sec. 505.  Nothing in this article shall be considered to prohibit an owner, lender, or his or her agent from requiring that an applicant who seeks to buy, rent, lease, or obtain financial assistance for housing accommodations supply information concerning the applicant's financial, business, or employment status or other information designed solely to determine the applicant's credit worthiness, but not concerning disabilities for reasons contrary to the provisions or purposes of this act. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
MI Comp L § 37.1506 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 5 - (37.1501...37.1507)|Section 37.1506 - Prohibited Representations.

37.1506 Prohibited representations. Sec. 506.  A person shall not represent, for the purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which he or she may benefit financially or otherwise, that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition with respect to persons with disabilities of the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located, or represent that this change will or may result in the lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located. History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
MI Comp L § 37.1506a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 37 - Civil Rights|Act 220 of 1976 - Persons With Disabilities Civil Rights Act (37.1101 - 37.1607)|Article 5 - (37.1501...37.1507)|Section 37.1506a - Real Estate Transaction; Prohibited Conduct; “Covered Multifamily Dwellings” Defined.

37.1506a Real estate transaction; prohibited conduct; “covered multifamily dwellings” defined. Sec. 506a.  (1) A person shall not do any of the following in connection with a real estate transaction:  (a) Refuse to permit, at the expense of the person with a disability, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by the person with a disability if those modifications may be necessary to afford the person with a disability full enjoyment of the premises. In the case of a rental, the landlord may, if reasonable, make permission for a modification contingent on the renter's agreement to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted.  (b) Refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when the accommodations may be necessary to afford the person with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy residential real property.  (c) In connection with the design and construction of covered multifamily dwellings for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, fail to include all of the following features:   (i) The dwellings have at least 1 building entrance on an accessible route, unless that is impractical because of the terrain or unusual characteristics of the site.  (ii) The public and common use portions of the dwellings are readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities.  (iii) All the doors designed to allow passage into and within all premises within the dwellings are sufficiently wide to allow passage by persons with disabilities in wheelchairs.  (iv) All premises within covered multifamily dwellings contain an accessible route into and through the dwelling; light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats, and other environmental controls in accessible locations; reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab bars; and kitchens and bathrooms designed so that an individual in a wheelchair can maneuver about the space.  (2) As used in this section, "covered multifamily dwellings" means buildings consisting of 4 or more units if the buildings have 1 or more elevators, and ground floor units in other buildings consisting of 4 or more units. History: Add. 1992, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1992 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998