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Michigan Statutes, Title 37

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Title 37, CIVIL RIGHTS

17 chapters · 139 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 37139 Ch 453-of-1976, ELLIOTT-LARSEN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT50 Ch 220-of-1976, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CIVIL RIGH…38 Ch 44-of-1982, POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT OF 19819 Ch 536-of-2008, ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS COMMI…9 Ch 478-of-2012, INTERNET PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT8 Ch 146-of-2015, IDENTIFICATION AND PATCH FOR SERVICE…4 Ch 241-of-2023, MEANINGFUL LANGUAGE ACCESS TO STATE …4 Ch 242-of-2023, STATEWIDE MEANINGFUL LANGUAGE ACCESS…4 Ch 71-of-2018, FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT3 Ch 197-of-2014, BREASTFEEDING ANTIDISCRIMINATION ACT3 Ch 1-of-2000, DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION O…2 Ch E.R.O. No. 1966-1, EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER1 Ch E.R.O. No. 2020-3, EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER1 Ch E.R.O. No. 1991-20, EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER1

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1101 Short title.
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Sec. 101. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "persons with disabilities civil rights act".
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1102 Opportunity guaranteed; civil right; accommodation of person with disability; undue hardship.
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Sec. 102. (1) The opportunity to obtain employment, housing, and other real estate and full and equal utilization of public accommodations, public services, and educational facilities without discrimination because of a disability is guaranteed by this act and is a civil right. (…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1102a Adoption of standardized design; international symbol of access; removal of "handicapped".
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Sec. 102a. (1) The commission shall adopt and post on the website of the department of civil rights a standardized design that is a variation of the current international symbol of access. The design must comply with all of the following: (a) Depict a dynamic character leaning fo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1103 Definitions.
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Sec. 103. As used in this act: (a) "Alcoholic liquor" means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1105. (b) "Commission" means the civil rights commission established by section 29 of article V of the state constituti…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1201 Definitions.

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Sec. 201. As used in this article: (a) "Employee" does not include an individual employed in domestic service of any person. (b) "Employer" means a person who has 1 or more employees or a person who as contractor or subcontractor is furnishing material or performing work for the …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1202 Employer; prohibited conduct; exceptions; access to genetic information.

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Sec. 202. (1) Except as otherwise required by federal law, an employer shall not: (a) Fail or refuse to hire, recruit, or promote an individual because of a disability or genetic information that is unrelated to the individual's ability to perform the duties of a particular job o…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1203 Employment agency; prohibited conduct.

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Sec. 203. An employment agency shall not fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise discriminate against an individual because of a disability or classify or refer for employment an individual on the basis of a disability that is unrelated to the individual's ability to…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1204 Labor organization; prohibited conduct.

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Sec. 204. A labor organization shall not: (a) Exclude or expel from membership, or otherwise discriminate against a member or applicant for membership because of a disability that is unrelated to the individual's ability to perform the duties of a particular job or position which…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1205 Apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining programs; discrimination prohibited.

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Sec. 205. An employer, labor organization, or joint labor management committee controlling apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining programs shall not discriminate against an individual because of a disability in admission to, or employment or continuation in, …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1206 Prohibited notices, advertisements, inquiries, applications, and records.

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Sec. 206. (1) An employer, labor organization, or employment agency shall not print or publish or cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement relating to employment by the employer or membership in or a classification or referral for employment by the labor organiz…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1208 Plan.

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Sec. 208. A person subject to this article may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal opportunity with respect to individuals who have disabilities if the plan has been filed with the commission under rules of the …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1209 Contract to which state a party; covenant not to discriminate against employee or applicant for employment; breach.

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Sec. 209. A contract to which this state, or a political subdivision, or an agency of this state or of a political subdivision of this state is a party shall contain a covenant by the contractor and any subcontractors not to discriminate against an employee or applicant for emplo…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1210 Burden of proof; cost of accommodation as undue hardship; reduction of limitations; restructuring job or altering schedule; applicability of subsections (2) to (16); violation; notices.

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Sec. 210. (1) In an action brought pursuant to this article for a failure to accommodate, the person with a disability shall bear the burden of proof. If the person with a disability proves a prima facie case, the person shall bear the burden of producing evidence that an accommo…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1211 Powers of person under article.

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Sec. 211. A person may, under this article, do 1 or more of the following: (a) Establish employment policies, programs, procedures, or work rules regarding the use of alcoholic liquor or the illegal use of drugs. (b) Apply different standards of compensation, or different terms, …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1212 Education and training programs.

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Sec. 212. The department of civil rights shall offer education and training programs to employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies to assist employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies in understanding the requirements of this article.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1213 Article not in conflict with civil rights act.

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Sec. 213. Nothing in this article shall be construed to conflict with the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act, Act No. 453 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 37.2101 to 37.2804 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1214 Accommodation not construed as preferential treatment or employee benefit.

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Sec. 214. For purposes of this act, an accommodation required under this article shall not be construed to be preferential treatment or an employee benefit.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1301 Definitions.

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Sec. 301. As used in this article: (a) "Place of public accommodation" means a business, educational institution, refreshment, entertainment, recreation, health, or transportation facility of any kind, whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advant…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1302 Prohibited conduct.

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Sec. 302. Except where permitted by law, a person shall not: (a) Deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation or public service because of a disability that is unr…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1303 Exemptions.

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Sec. 303. This article shall not apply to a private club, or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of the private club or establishment are made available to the cus…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1401 “Educational institution” defined.

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Sec. 401. As used in this article, "educational institution" means a public or private institution or a separate school or department of a public or private institution, includes an academy, college, elementary or secondary school, extension course, kindergarten, nursery, school …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1402 Educational institution; prohibited conduct.

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Sec. 402. An educational institution shall not do any of the following: (a) Discriminate in any manner in the full utilization of or benefit from the institution, or the services provided and rendered by the institution to an individual because of a disability that is unrelated t…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1403 Educational institution; plan.

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Sec. 403. An educational institution may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal opportunity with respect to persons with disabilities if the plan is filed with the commission, under rules of the commission and the …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1501 Definitions.

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Sec. 501. As used in this article: (a) "Housing accommodation" includes improved or unimproved real property, or a part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of 1 or more persons. (b) "Immediate …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1502 Owners, persons engaging in real estate transactions, real estate brokers, and real estate salesmen; prohibited conduct.

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Sec. 502. (1) An owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or a real estate broker or salesman shall not, on the basis of a disability of a buyer or renter, of a person residing in or intending to reside in a dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made avail…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1503 Certain rentals excepted from MCL 37.1502.

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Sec. 503. Section 502 shall not apply to the rental of a housing accommodation in a building which contains housing accommodations for not more than 2 families living independently of each other, if the owner or a member of the owner's immediate family resides in 1 of the housing…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1504 Financial assistance or financing; prohibited conduct.

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Sec. 504. A person shall not discriminate on the basis of disability in making or purchasing loans for acquiring, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining real property, or in providing other financial assistance secured by or otherwise related to real property.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1505 Information as to applicant's credit worthiness.

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Sec. 505. Nothing in this article shall be considered to prohibit an owner, lender, or his or her agent from requiring that an applicant who seeks to buy, rent, lease, or obtain financial assistance for housing accommodations supply information concerning the applicant's financia…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1506 Prohibited representations.

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Sec. 506. A person shall not represent, for the purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which he or she may benefit financially or otherwise, that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition with respect to persons with disabilities of the owners or o…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1506a Real estate transaction; prohibited conduct; “covered multifamily dwellings” defined.

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Sec. 506a. (1) A person shall not do any of the following in connection with a real estate transaction: (a) Refuse to permit, at the expense of the person with a disability, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by the person with a disability i…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1507 Person subject to article; plan.

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Sec. 507. A person subject to this article may adopt and carry out a plan to eliminate present effects of past discriminatory practices or assure equal opportunity with respect to individuals who have disabilities, if the plan is filed with the commission under rules of the commi…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1601 Administration of act; rules.

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Sec. 601. This act shall be administered by the civil rights commission. The commission may promulgate rules to carry out this act pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1602 Prohibited conduct.

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Sec. 602. A person or 2 or more persons shall not do the following: (a) Retaliate or discriminate against a person because the person has opposed a violation of this act, or because the person has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in an invest…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1603 Adjustment order; violation of terms prohibited.

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Sec. 603. A person shall not violate the terms of an adjustment order made under this act.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1604 Other acts not invalidated.

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Sec. 604. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted as invalidating any other act that establishes or provides programs or services for persons with disabilities.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1605 Complaints.

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Sec. 605. A complaint alleging an act prohibited by this act shall be subject to the same procedures as a complaint alleging an unfair employment practice under Act No. 453 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 37.2101 to 37.2804 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1606 Civil action; commencement; “damages” defined; compensation for lost wages; notice as condition to bringing civil action; applicability of subsection (5).

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Sec. 606. (1) A person alleging a violation of this act may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief or damages, or both. (2) An action commenced pursuant to subsection (1) may be brought in the circuit court for the county where the alleged violation occurred, or f…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1607 Diminishment of rights prohibited.

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Sec. 607. This act shall not diminish the right of a person to seek direct and immediate legal or equitable remedies in the courts of this state.