September 6, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Polidori, Clemente, Byrnes, Miller, Hopgood, Condino, Jones, Plakas, Espinoza, Gleason, Vagnozzi, Accavitti, Gonzales, Wojno, Lipsey, Hood, McConico, Lemmons, Jr., Murphy, Kolb, Adamini, Sak, Meisner, Alma Smith, Williams, Zelenko, Spade, Leland, Tobocman, Sheltrown, Garfield and Lemmons, III and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend 1964 PA 283, entitled
"Weights and measures act,"
by amending section 28b (MCL 290.628b).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
28b. (1) Whenever any If a commodity or service
is sold
,
or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale ,
by weight,
measure, or
count, a person shall not
misrepresent the price shall
not
be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented or
represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead
or
deceive an actual or prospective purchaser. Whenever
(2) If an advertised, posted, or labeled price per unit of
weight, measure, or count includes a fraction of a cent, a person
shall
prominently display all elements of the
fraction shall be
prominently
displayed and display
the numeral or numerals
expressing
the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to, of
in
the same general design and style as, and at least 1/2 the height
and width of the numerals representing the whole cents.
(3) If a retail purchaser of gasoline must purchase another
product or meet any other requirements to receive a posted price
per gallon of gasoline, the retail seller of the gasoline shall
include on each marquee or sign on which that price per gallon is
posted a description of the requirements, in 5-inch type or type
that is at least 1/2 the height and width of the type used for the
numerals expressing the posted price, whichever is larger.