Bill Text: MI SB0363 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Human services; other; uses for bridge card; clarify. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding secs. 14k & 14l.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-30 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole With Substitute S-1 [SB0363 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0363-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 363

 

 

May 5, 2011, Introduced by Senator BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding sections 14k and 14l.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 14k. A retailer or merchant shall not buy or sell food

 

assistance benefits for cash or other items besides eligible food.

 

A retailer or merchant who violates this section is subject to a

 

fine of up to $5,000.00 for each offense. The provisions of this

 

section do not preclude prosecution or other action under any other

 

criminal or civil statute.

 

     Sec. 14l. Subject to any requirements established in federal

 

statute, rule, or regulation, any person who has been found by a

 

state or federal court or administrative agency in a hearing under

 

this act to have intentionally sold any food that was purchased

 

using supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits shall be

 

ineligible for benefits for a period of time to be determined by

 

the department.