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Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-034 Order Primary source read

Executive Order No. 2020-53

Enhanced restrictions on price gouging; Rescission of Executive Order 2020-18

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
2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-04-17 (immediately; 4:06 p.m.) (read as 2020-04-17)
End
May 15, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. by its terms. (read as 2020-05-15)
In force
Apr. 17, 2020 to May 15, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • any person (an individual, business, or other legal entity) selling any good, material or consumer food item under $1,000 or any emergency supply in Michigan
Functions reached
  • SF retail and resale pricing (20 percent cap over March 9, 2020)
  • SC
  • CB
  • OP
Collection
State utilities, housing and agriculture agencies AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG

Operative words

1. A person must not resell a product in this state at a price that is grossly in excess of the purchase price at which the person acquired the product. 2. 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.... 5. This order is effective immediately and continues through May 15, 2020 at 11:59 pm. 6. Executive Order 2020-18 is rescinded. 7. Consistent with MCL 10.33 and MCL 30.405(3), a willful violation of this order is a misdemeanor.

Enforcement

MCL 10.33 and 30.405(3) (misdemeanor); Michigan Consumer Protection Act

Notes

The order 'strengthens them and extends their duration'; recites the April 1, 2020 declaration of a state of disaster (EO 2020-33).

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF; three pages read as images (signature page dated April 17, 2020, 4:06 p.m.).