SB1025 Summary

• Reduces the automatic expiration period for gubernatorial declarations of disaster or emergency from 28 days to 14 days, after which further extensions require legislative approval by resolution of both houses.

• Changes penalties for willful violations of gubernatorial emergency directives from criminal misdemeanor charges to state civil infractions with fines of up to $100 for individuals and up to $500 for entities other than individuals.

• Removes a subsection that limited the governor's authority under the Act relative to powers under the 1945 Public Acts and Michigan Constitution, effectively clarifying the governor's emergency powers.

• Makes minor technical corrections to statutory language, including capitalization of "Armed Forces" and grammatical edits.