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MCL 24.248 stat es:
“Sec. 48. (1) If an agency finds that preservati on of the public healt h, safety, or welfare requires promulgati on of an emergency rule without following the notice and parti cipati on procedu res required by sections 41 and 42 and stat es in the rule the agency's reasons for that find ing, and the governor concurs in the find ing of emergency, the agency may dispense with all or part of the procedu res and file in the office of the secretary of stat e the copies prescribed by section 46 indorsed as an emergency rule, to 3 of which copies shall be atta ched the certifi cates prescribed by section 45 and the governor's certifi cate concurri ng in the find ing of emergency. The emergency rule is effectiv e on fili ng and remains in effect un til a date fixed in the rule or 6 months after the date of its fili ng, whichever is earlier. The rule may be extended once for not more than 6 months by the fili ng of a governor's certifi cate of the need for the extension with the office of the secretary of stat e before expirati on of the emergency rule. An emergency rule shall not be nu mbered and shall not be com piled in the Michigan Administrat ive Code, but shall be noted in the annu al supplement to the code. The emergency rule shall be publis hed in the Michigan regis ter pursuant to section 8.
(2) If the agency desires to promulgate an identical or similar rule with an effectiv eness beyond the final effectiv e date of an emergency rule, the agency shall com ply with the procedu res prescribed by this act for the processi ng of a rule which is not an emergency rule. The rule shall be publis hed in the Michigan regis ter and in the code.”
