{"id":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-033","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Michigan (Governor, enforced by the Attorney General)","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Gretchen Whitmer","authority":"MCL 30.403(1)-(2); MCL 10.31(1)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2020-18","title":"Enhanced restrictions on price gouging; Rescission of Executive Order 2020-8","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20 (immediately; filed with the Secretary of State March 23, 2020)","end":"April 17, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.; rescinded and replaced by Executive Order 2020-53 (Ex. 034)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-04-17","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["any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"],"clause":"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. \u0027Person\u0027 means an individual, business, or other legal entity. b. \u0027Product\u0027 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 Executive Order 2020-8 is rescinded.","enforcement":"MCL 10.33 and MCL 30.405(3): willful violation is a misdemeanor; Attorney General enforcement under MCL 445.903 et seq.","functions":["SF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"],"notes":"At unjustified, exceptionally high prices.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/executiveorder/pdf/2020-EO-18.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":140071,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","url":"/library/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-033","citation":"Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order No. 2020-18 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-033)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-051","AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-013","AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-034"]}