Act No. 414

Public Acts of 2016

Approved by the Governor

January 3, 2017

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 4, 2017

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 2017

STATE OF MICHIGAN

98TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

Introduced by Senators Horn, Schuitmaker, MacGregor, Zorn, Knollenberg and Schmidt

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 970

AN ACT to amend 2002 PA 468, entitled “An act to regulate the servicing, repair, and maintenance of certain appliances and the compensation received by certain persons for those activities; to provide for certain disclosures and warranties regarding those activities; to limit certain representations by service dealers; and to provide for certain remedies,” by amending section 2 (MCL 445.832).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 2. As used in this act:

(a) “Appliance” means a refrigerator, dehumidifier, freezer, oven, range, microwave oven, washer, dryer, dishwasher, trash compactor, or window room air conditioner.

(b) “Customer” means a member of the general public who seeks the services of a service dealer for the repair, maintenance, or service of an appliance that he or she uses personally and not as part of a business or commercial enterprise.

(c) “Service dealer” means a person that, for compensation, engages or offers to engage in repairing, servicing, or maintaining an appliance. Service dealer does not include a contractor that is licensed under article 8 of the skilled trades regulation act, MCL 339.5801 to 339.5819.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 963 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor