Sec. 64.
Unless an exclusive procedure or remedy is provided by a statute governing the agency, the validity or applicability of a rule, including the failure of an agency to accurately assess the impact of the rule on businesses, including small businesses, in its regulatory impact statement, may be determined in an action for declaratory judgment if the court finds that the rule or its threatened application interferes with or impairs, or imminently threatens to interfere with or impair, the legal rights or privileges of the plaintiff. The action shall be filed in the circuit court of the county where the plaintiff resides or has his or her principal place of business in this state or in the circuit court for Ingham county. The agency shall be made a party to the action. An action for declaratory judgment may not be commenced under this section unless the plaintiff has first requested the agency for a declaratory ruling and the agency has denied the request or failed to act upon it expeditiously. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the determination of the validity or applicability of the rule in any other action or proceeding in which its invalidity or inapplicability is asserted.
History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 243, Imd. Eff. Dec. 8, 2011 Popular Name: Act 306Popular Name: APA
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 24 - Printing and State Documents
Act 306 of 1969 - Administrative Procedures Act of 1969 (24.201 - 24.328)
306-1969-3 - Chapter 3 Procedures for Processing and Publishing Rules (24.231...24.266)
Section 24.231 - Rules; Continuation; Amendment; Rescission.
Section 24.233 - Rules; Organization; Operations; Procedures.
Section 24.234 - Office of Regulatory Reform; Agency; Powers and Duties.
Section 24.235a - Repealed. 1993, Act 7, Eff. Dec. 8, 1994.
Section 24.236 - Office of Regulatory Reform Procedures and Standards for Rules.
Section 24.238 - Filing of Requests by Individuals for Promulgation of Certain Rules.
Section 24.239 - Request for Rule-Making.
Section 24.239a - Notice of Public Hearing; Approval by Office; Copies.
Section 24.241a - Request by Legislator for Copies of Proposed Rules or Changes in Rules.
Section 24.243 - Compliance Required; Contesting Rule on Ground of Noncompliance.
Section 24.245b - Information to Be Posted on Office of Regulatory Reinvention Website.
Section 24.249 - Filed Rules; Transmission.
Section 24.250 - Legislative Standing Committees; Functions.
Section 24.251 - Amendment and Rescission of Rules by Legislature; Introduction of Bill.
Section 24.252 - Suspension of Rules.
Section 24.253 - Annual Regulatory Plan; Link to Website of Office of Regulatory Reinvention.
Section 24.254 - Failure of Committee to Provide Notice.
Section 24.261 - Filing and Publication of Rules; Presumptions Arising Therefrom; Judicial Notice.
Section 24.263 - Declaratory Ruling by Agency as to Applicability of Rule.
Section 24.264 - Declaratory Judgment as to Validity or Applicability of Rule.