{"id":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-034","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. 2020-53","title":"Enhanced restrictions on price gouging; Rescission of Executive Order 2020-18","dateIssued":"2020-04-17","effective":"2020-04-17 (immediately; 4:06 p.m.)","end":"May 15, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. by its terms.","startDate":"2020-04-17","endDate":"2020-05-15","quarters":["2020Q2"],"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"],"clause":"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 Executive Order 2020-18 is rescinded. 7.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","functions":["SF retail and resale pricing (20 percent cap over March 9, 2020)","SC","CB","OP"],"notes":"The order \u0027strengthens them and extends their duration\u0027; recites the April 1, 2020 declaration of a state of disaster (EO 2020-33).","sourceUrl":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/executiveorder/pdf/2020-EO-53.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":134625,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","url":"/library/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-034","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-034","citation":"Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order No. 2020-53 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-034)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-013","AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-033","AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-051"]}