Taxation: hotel-motel; excise tax on business of providing accommodations; clarify application to short-term rentals and make other modifications. Amends title & secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7 of 1974 PA 263 (MCL 141.861 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5438'24
Retirement: other; retirement program for certain nonpublic employees to participate in a benefit plan; create, and provide oversight. Creates new act.
Education: other; inclusion of incidents involving possession or dissemination of sexually explicit or abusive material in required incident reporting; provide for. Amends sec. 1310a of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1310a).
Communications: internet; departmental authority under broadband expansion act of Michigan; transfer to department of labor and economic opportunity. Amends sec. 2 of 2020 PA 224 (MCL 484.3252).
Counties: employees and officers; 1947 PA 261 dealing with the compensation of certain county officials; repeal, and repeal 1879 PA 154. Repeals 1947 PA 261 (MCL 45.451 - 45.457) & repeals 1879 PA 154 (MCL 45.421).
Economic development: Michigan strategic fund; insulin production program; include in report of activities. Amends sec. 9 of 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2009). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4890'23
Campaign finance: contributions and expenditures; contributions to political action committees by utility companies; prohibit. Amends 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.201 - 169.282) by adding sec. 30a.
Public utilities: other; use of revenues as donation to a 501(c)(4) that engages in campaign or lobbying activities; prohibit. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 6aa.
Civil procedure: civil actions; remedies for harm, injury, or death of a service animal; provide for. Amends 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.101 - 600.9947) by adding sec. 2980.
Marihuana: other; cannabis regulatory agency; allow to operate a marihuana reference laboratory and to collect, transport, possess, test, and perform research with marihuana. Amends sec. 7 of 2018 IL 1 (MCL 333.27957).
Occupations: pawnbrokers; allowable rate of interest charged by pawnbrokers; increase, and prescribe civil sanctions. Amends title & sec. 18 of 1917 PA 273 (MCL 446.218). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5536'24