February 9, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Geiss and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to amend 1989 PA 257, entitled
"An act to regulate the activities of businesses engaged in the
cleaning, repair, alteration, or storage of clothing and certain
other articles; to provide for the disposition of those articles
that are unclaimed; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending sections 3, 5, 9, and 11 (MCL 445.1753, 445.1755,
445.1759, and 445.1761).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 7, the owner of an
article delivered to a business for the purpose of cleaning or
repair services shall lose his or her ownership rights to the
article
not less than 1 year 180
days after the date the article
was delivered to the business if the article has been in the
possession
of the business for more than 1 year 180 days after the
date of delivery to that business.
Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 7, the owner of an
article delivered to a business for the purpose of storage shall
lose
his or her ownership rights to the article not less than 1
year
180 days after the date on which the storage agreement
terminated or expired if the article has been in the possession of
that
business for more than 1 year 180
days after the storage
agreement terminated or expired.
Sec.
9. (1) On or after the effective date of this act,
Beginning April 1, 2011, the owner's rights to an article shall
immediately terminate if any of the following circumstances exists:
(a) The article was delivered to the business for the purpose
of cleaning or repair services and has been in the possession of
that
business for more than 1 year 180
days after the date of
delivery to that business.
(b) The article was delivered to the business for the purpose
of storage and has been in the possession of that business for more
than
1 year 180 days after the date the storage agreement
terminated or expired.
(2)
Upon the loss of Subject
to section 7, when the owner's
rights
to an article as provided for by are terminated under this
act,
the business shall become becomes
the owner of the article.
(3) A business may sell, donate, or otherwise dispose of an
article
upon the loss of if the owner's rights to an article are
terminated under this act.
Sec. 11. A business shall display in a prominent place in its
retail store notices substantially complying with the following:
"ANY CLOTHING, GARMENT, WEARING APPAREL, LEATHER GARMENT, FUR
COAT OR GARMENT, CURTAIN, DRAPERY, RUG, CARPET, OR HOUSEHOLD
FURNISHING DRY CLEANED, DYED, PRESSED, LAUNDERED, ALTERED, OR
REPAIRED
WHICH THAT IS NOT PICKED UP WITHIN 1 YEAR 180 DAYS AFTER
THE DATE IT WAS DELIVERED MAY BE SOLD, DONATED, OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED
OF PURSUANT TO ACT NO. _____ OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF _____
1989 PA 257."
"ANY CLOTHING, GARMENT, WEARING APPAREL, LEATHER GARMENT, FUR
COAT OR GARMENT, CURTAIN, DRAPERY, RUG, CARPET, OR HOUSEHOLD
FURNISHING
DELIVERED FOR STORAGE WHICH THAT
IS NOT PICKED UP WITHIN
1
YEAR 180 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE STORAGE AGREEMENT TERMINATED OR
EXPIRED MAY BE SOLD, DONATED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF PURSUANT TO
ACT
NO. _____ OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF _____ 1989 PA 257."
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect April 1,
2011.