STATE OF MICHIGAN 99TH LEGISLATUREREGULAR SESSION OF 2018Introduced by Reps. Kesto and Kosowski


ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4780

AN ACT to amend 1970 PA 193, entitled “An act to provide for the compilation of the general laws of this state and the compilation and revision of state administrative rules; and to prescribe certain functions of the legislative council and certain state agencies relative thereto,” by amending sections 1 and 7 (MCL 8.41 and 8.47), as amended by 1999 PA 263.


The People of the State of Michigan enact:


Sec. 1. (1) The legislative council shall provide for the compilation of all general laws in force and shall make this compilation available to the general public.

  1. The office of performance and transformation shall provide for the compilation of administrative rules promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, and shall make this compilation available to the general public.

  2. The legislative council shall do all of the following in a compilation under subsection (1):

    1. Arrange the general laws without alteration.

    2. Provide appropriate headings and titles.

    3. Provide for an index or means of searching the compilation.

    4. Include any notes, references, and other materials the council considers necessary or appropriate.

    5. Include the date that the compilation was last designated as official under section 7.

    6. Identify the most recent public act included in the compilation.

  3. The office of performance and transformation shall do all of the following in a compilation under subsection (2):

    1. Arrange the administrative rules without alteration.

    2. Provide appropriate headings and titles.

    3. Provide for an index or a means of searching the compilation.

    4. Include any notes, references, and other materials the office of performance and transformation considers necessary or appropriate.

  4. The legislative council shall determine all matters concerning the format and content of the compilation under subsection (1) and the manner in which the compilation is made available to the general public.

  5. The office of performance and transformation shall determine all matters concerning the format and content of the compilation under subsection (2) and the manner in which the compilation is made available to the general public.

Sec. 7. (1) Not later than 180 days after the effective date of the 2018 amendatory act that amended this section, the legislative council shall examine the electronic compilation of the Michigan Compiled Laws and, if in compliance with this act, the legislative council shall designate the electronic compilation as official pursuant to chapter 1A of the legislative council act, 1986 PA 268, MCL 4.1121 to 4.1131. In addition, after the final adjournment of a regular session held in an even-numbered year, the legislative council shall authenticate that the compilation of the Michigan Compiled Laws is an accurate copy of the general laws in force through the end of that regular session.

  1. Before the compilation of the Michigan Administrative Code is made available to the general public, the office of performance and transformation shall examine the Michigan Administrative Code and, if in compliance with this act, the office of performance and transformation shall designate the electronic compilation as official pursuant to chapter 1A of the legislative council act, 1986 PA 286, MCL 4.1121 to 4.1131.

  2. After the designation as official under subsection (1) or (2), the Michigan Compiled Laws and the Michigan Administrative Code, as appropriate, are considered to be the official statutes and administrative rules of this state and evidence in all courts having jurisdiction. An individual contesting the accuracy of a compilation of the Michigan Compiled Laws or the Michigan Administrative Code designated as official under this section has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the compilation is not accurate.


Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4779 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.


Clerk of the House of Representatives


Secretary of the Senate


Approved Governor