Vulnerable adults in Michigan have new protections in place as the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act took effect yesterday, September 26. The statute enacts new requirements on financial institutions to ensure they have training and procedures in-place to better recognize the signs of financial exploitation and take action to protect those who are unable to protect themselves from abuse, neglect, or exploitation because of a mental or physical impairment or because of advanced age.
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The enacted legislation addressed four key areas: arrest alternatives, alternatives to jail sentences, community supervision reforms, and responses to traffic violations.
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House Bill 4202 stated cameras could be installed on the stop signs attached to school buses to take pictures of vehicles that pass illegally and allow them to be used by the police.
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A woman with 14 tickets has won a major decision in a dispute over whether Saginaw violated the U.S. Constitution by chalking her car tires without a search warrant.
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To be eligible, they can have only one offense and it cannot have caused another person's death or injury.
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An agreement that ensures unlimited Personal Injury Protection medical coverage for uninsured vehicle occupants and pedestrians who were injured in car crashes before the July 2020 implementation of the state’s new auto insurance law.
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The law says it's illegal to advertise or sell any glass of beer as a "pint" in Michigan unless that glass contains at least 16 ounces of beer. It's becoming more common for establishments to sell “pints” that don’t contain a proper pint of liquid.
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Yes, there are actually laws for Fantasy Football pools in Michigan.
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The proposed ordinance would also prohibit people from using drones near the county’s jail, juvenile detention center, three courthouses and above any other county-owned property, including parks.
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