Section 14.211. Declaratory ruling.

Rule 11. (1) A person may request a declaratory ruling from the attorney general as specified in section 63 of Act No. 306 of the Public  Acts   of 1969, being S24.263  of the Michigan Compiled Laws,  with  respect  to determining whether a course of action is in compliance with    the   act    or these rules. The attorney general shall consider

the    requests        and,      where  practical,  make  a   declaratory  ruling.  A   request  for  a declaratory ruling is inappropriate where:

(a)   The same, or substantially the  same,  course  of   action  is    under investigation, or is, or has been, the subject of a current action, order, judgment, or decree initiated or obtained by the attorney general.

(b)   The course of action, or its effects, may be such that an informed decision thereon cannot be made, or can be made only after extensive investigation, clinical study, testing, or collateral inquiry.

(2)   A request for declaratory ruling shall be submitted in writing to the attorney general, and shall include full and  complete  information regarding the course of action. Citations of legal authority   supporting the theory or position of the requester may accompany the request.

(3)   A declaratory ruling given  by  the   attorney  general  is  without prejudice to the right of the attorney general to reconsider the questions involved, and, where the public interest requires, to prospectively change the ruling. Sixty days' notice of a prospective change in a declaratory ruling shall be given to the requester so that a person  may  discontinue   a course of action taken in reliance upon the ruling.

History: 1979 AC.