HOUSE BILL No. 5549


     February 10, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Hale, Wallace, Parks, Varga, Schermesser, Scott, Quarles, Rison, Bogardus, LaForge, Hanley, Murphy, Price, Tesanovich, Martinez, Thomas, Agee, DeHart, Gubow, Vaughn, McBryde, Hood, Stallworth, Schroer, Palamara, Kilpatrick, Schauer, Profit, Cherry and Leland and referred to the Committee on Constitutional and
Civil Rights.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled

   "Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"

   (MCL 37.2101 to 37.2804) by adding section 701a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 701A.  A PERSON SHALL NOT SELL OR OFFER TO SELL TO MEM-

 2    BERS OF DIFFERENT RACES GOODS WITH IDENTICAL INGREDIENTS OR COM-

 3    PONENTS OR GOODS WITH SPECIFIC, IDENTIFIABLE RACIAL CHARACTERIS-

 4    TICS UNLESS THE PRICE FOR THE SALE OF THOSE GOODS IS IDENTICAL

 5    FOR MEMBERS OF EACH RACE.














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