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Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-033 Order Primary source read

Executive Order No. 2020-18

Enhanced restrictions on price gouging; Rescission of Executive Order 2020-8

Governor Gretchen Whitmer · Michigan (Governor, enforced by the Attorney General) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Michigan (Governor, enforced by the Attorney General) · Michigan
Level
State
Authority
MCL 30.403(1)-(2); MCL 10.31(1)
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20 (immediately; filed with the Secretary of State March 23, 2020) (read as 2020-03-20)
End
April 17, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.; rescinded and replaced by Executive Order 2020-53 (Ex. 034) (read as 2020-04-17)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to Apr. 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • any person (an individual, business, or other legal entity) offering for sale or selling any good, material or consumer food item with a fair market value of less than $1,000, or any emergency supply, in Michigan
Functions reached
  • SF pricing of every retailer and reseller in Michigan (20 percent cap over March 9, 2020 prices)
  • SC cost pass-through on proof
  • CB
  • OP pricing and records
Collection
State utilities, housing and agriculture agencies AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG

Operative words

1. Effective immediately and continuing until April 17, 2020 at 11:59 pm, if a person has acquired any product from a retailer, the person must not resell that product in this state at a price that is grossly in excess of the purchase price at which the person acquired the product. 2. Effective immediately and continuing until April 17, 2020 at 11:59 pm, a person must not offer for sale or sell any product in this state at a price that is more than 20% higher than what the person offered or charged for that product as of March 9, 2020, unless the person demonstrates that the price increase is attributable to an increase in the cost of bringing the product to market or to an extraordinary discount in effect as of March 9, 2020. 3. For purposes of this order: a. 'Person' means an individual, business, or other legal entity. b. 'Product' means any good, material, or consumer food item with a fair market value of less than $1,000.00, or any emergency supply. 4. This order does not limit or impair the ability of the attorney general to investigate, determine, or impose liability under the Michigan consumer protection act... 5. Consistent with MCL 10.33 and MCL 30.405(3), a willful violation of this order is a misdemeanor. 6. Executive Order 2020-8 is rescinded.

Enforcement

MCL 10.33 and MCL 30.405(3): willful violation is a misdemeanor; Attorney General enforcement under MCL 445.903 et seq.

Notes

At unjustified, exceptionally high prices.'

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF hosted by the Michigan Legislature; two pages read as images. Dated March 20, 2020, 3:37 p.m.