SENATE BILL No. 921

 

 

December 1, 2005, Introduced by Senators ALLEN, TOY and BIRKHOLZ and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.

 

 

 

 

     A bill to require departments and regulatory agencies of this

 

state to acknowledge timely receipt of information requests

 

submitted by mail as the postmark date; and to provide for rule-

 

making authority.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"postmark acknowledgment act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Information submission" means information required to be

 

submitted by a regulated person to a regulatory agency through use

 

of the United States postal service.

 


     (b) "Regulated person" means an individual or legal entity

 

subject to the authority of a regulatory agency.

 

     (c) "Regulatory agency" means a department, bureau, or agency

 

of this state that has statutory regulatory authority over

 

activities of an individual, business, profession, or industry.

 

     Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided for by law or as

 

otherwise required by a rule promulgated before the effective date

 

of this act, a regulatory agency shall accept and acknowledge the

 

postmark date as the date of receipt of an information submission

 

made by a regulated person.

 

     Sec. 4. Except as otherwise provided for by law, a regulatory

 

agency may promulgate rules or amend existing rules under the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

 

24.328, to implement this act.

 

     Sec. 5. This act takes effect October 1, 2006.