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MI SB0059
Bill
Status
1/28/2021
Primary Sponsor
Sylvia Santana
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AI Summary
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Adds prohibition against requiring buyers to pay by credit or refusing to accept legal tender in retail sales of goods or services conducted in person.
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Exempts telephone, mail, and internet-based transactions from the legal tender requirement.
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Changes language in existing unfair trade practice provisions from "shall" to "must" for grammatical consistency.
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Removes quotation marks around the words "free" and "without charge" in subsection (1)(r) relating to promotional offers.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.
Legislative Description
Consumer protection: unfair trade practices; refusing to accept cash in a retail sale of goods or services; prohibit. Amends sec. 3 of 1976 PA 331 (MCL 445.903).
Trade: consumer goods and services
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform
1/28/2021