HOUSE BILL No. 6133


     September 17, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Brewer, Schroer, Brater, Frank, DeHart, Wojno, Scott, Rison, Kilpatrick, Bogardus, Murphy and Parks and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics.


        A bill to prohibit the use of the name of a state agency or

   a name similar to the name of a state agency without fair compen-

   sation; and to provide penalties.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

 2         (a) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,

 3    association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

 4         (b) "State agency" means a department, board, commission,

 5    office, agency, authority, or other unit of state government.

 6         Sec. 2.  (1) A person, society, association, or corporation

 7    shall not assume, adopt, or use the name of a state agency or a

 8    name that so nearly resembles the name of a state agency as to be

 9    an imitation of that name without fair compensation.

10         (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if a state agency gives

11    permission to use its name without fair compensation.


   06533'98                                                 LTB