The agreement, waive a requirement that schools have 1,098 hours and 180
days of instruction. They must still provide the educational or course
content that would have been delivered in a typical academic year.
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A search of Michigan laws on the state website finds only one reference to masks and guns, but it does not apply to lawful CPL carriers.
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While the state does depend on local police agencies to help enforce this rule, the state can levy fines against businesses that are not making an effort to enforce the mask mandate.
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The state received hundreds of complaints from liquor retailers that could not stock their shelves.
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Executive Order 2020-143 was signed on July 1 as the state’s daily new COVID-19 cases were on the upswing and after Harper’s Restaurant and Brew Pub in East Lansing was linked to more than 100 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
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This week, drivers in Michigan will begin having options for Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage on auto insurance policies.
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The legislation should help grow small craft breweries by simplifying and streaming the liquor law.
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The Court of Claims on June 4 deemed a portion of Whitmer’s June 5 order establishing coronavirus safety guidelines as a prerequisite to the opening of businesses "null and void.”
The Court ruled that the only penalty allowed by law is the 90 day / $100.00 fine. She cannot impose additional penalties such as those, addrrssed in this case, under MI-OSHA regulations.
The Court also ruled that "while the [MI-OSHA] penalty section of the executive order can’t be imposed, Murray said the unrelated portions remain enforceable and in tact."
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From the State Bar of Michigan:
New Executive Order Allows for Remote Notarization
The latest executive order from Gov. Whitmer encourages the use of electronic signatures and remote notarization, witnessing, and visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Order 2020-41 will facilitate the completion of legal documents that are more crucial now than ever, but were otherwise difficult or impossible to handle during the pandemic.
"The problem of how to validate critical legal documents in a quarantine environment was a difficult and crucial issue," State Bar of Michigan President Dennis M. Barnes said. "The State Bar thanks the governor for the thorough and thoughtful guidance provided in the executive order. We also applaud the Probate and Estate Planning and Elder Law and Disability Rights sections of the State Bar for proactively raising this critical issue and for using their subject matter expertise and valuable insight in offering a solution to this unprecedented problem."
Here are the highlights for lawyers:
Strict compliance with the rules and procedures of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Michigan Law on Notarial Acts is temporarily suspended under specified conditions.Any requirement under Michigan law that an in-person witness attest to or acknowledge an instrument, document, or deed may be satisfied by the use of two-way real-time audiovisual technology, under detailed conditions spelled out in the order. The recording must be kept for at least three years, or a different period of time required by law.State laws requiring an individual to appear personally before or be in the presence of either a notary at the time of a notarization or a witness at the time of attestation or acknowledgment are satisfied if the necessary persons can communicate simultaneously by sight and sound via two-way real-time audiovisual technology at the time of the notarization, attestation, or acknowledgment.Financial institutions and registers of deeds must not refuse to record a tangible copy of an electronic record on the ground that it does not bear the original signature of a person, witness, or notary, if the notary before whom it was executed certifies that the tangible copy is an accurate copy of the electronic record.
The executive order, which took effect immediately, continues through May 6, 2020.
Among its many upsides, the order makes it easier to complete important legal work for those on the frontline of the pandemic response.
Per the Governor's orders, as of 11:00 a.m., March 23, 2020, our office is now CLOSED to the public. We are still operating and conducting business, but it is now purely and solely via email, telephone and telecommunications (Skype, Zoom and other internet meeting options).
