November 8, 2018, Introduced by Senator SCHMIDT and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to prohibit a local unit of government from imposing a
certain restaurant grading system on certain food service
establishments; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain
local governmental entities.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "local
government restaurant grading system preemption act".
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Restaurant grading system" means a system that requires a
food service establishment licensed in this state to display a
letter, color, or number representing the total violations found at
the food service establishment during public health inspections.
(b) "Local unit of government" means any local government or
its subdivision, including, but not limited to, a city, village,
township, county, or educational institution; a local public
authority, agency, board, commission, or other local governmental,
quasi-governmental, or quasi-public body; or a public body that
acts or purports to act in a commercial, business, economic
development, or similar capacity for a local government or its
subdivision.
Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided by federal law or a law
of this state, a local unit of government shall not enact, enforce,
or administer an ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, rule,
or directive imposing a restaurant grading system on a food service
establishment licensed in this state.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
date it is enacted into law.