Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
[email protected]  
REQUEST FOR RULEMAKING (RFR)  
1. Department:  
Civil Rights  
2. Bureau:  
Civil Rights Commission  
3. Promulgation type:  
Full Process  
4. Title of proposed rule set:  
Organization, Practice, And Procedure  
5. Rule numbers or rule set range of numbers:  
R 37.1 - R 37.31  
6. Estimated time frame:  
6 months  
Name of person filling out RFR:  
Lamont Satchel  
E-mail of person filling out RFR:  
SatchelL1@michigan.gov  
Phone number of person filling out RFR:  
313-929-5552  
Address of person filling out RFR:  
3054 West Grand Blvd., Ste. 3-600  
Detroit, Michigan 48202  
7. Describe the general purpose of these rules, including any problems the changes are intended  
to address.  
The purposes of these rules are to regulate and manage the operations of the Michigan Department  
of Civil Rights and Michigan Civil Rights Commission.  
8. Please cite the specific promulgation authority for the rules (i.e. department director,  
commission, board, etc.).  
Michigan Civil Rights Commission.  
A. Please list all applicable statutory references (MCLs, Executive Orders, etc.).  
MCL 37.2601; Mich. 1963, Michigan Constitution of 1963, Article V, Section 29.  
B. Are the rules mandated by any applicable constitutional or statutory provision? If so, please  
explain.  
MCL 37.2601(f) gives the commission the power to "promulgate, amend, or repeal rules to carry  
out [the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act] pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as  
amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws."  
9. Please describe the extent to which the rules conflict with or duplicate similar rules,  
compliance requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
These rules do not conflict, or duplicate similar rules, compliance requirements, or other standards  
adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
MCL 24.239  
RFR-Page 2  
10. Is the subject matter of the rules currently contained in any guideline, handbook, manual,  
instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda?  
The subject matter of the rules are not contained in any guideline, handbook, manual, instructional  
bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda.  
11. Are the rules listed on the department’s annual regulatory plan as rules to be processed  
for the current year?  
Yes.  
12. Will the proposed rules be promulgated under Section 44 of the Administrative Procedures  
Act, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.244, or under the full rulemaking process?  
Full Process  
13. Please describe the extent to which the rules exceed similar regulations, compliance  
requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
These rules do not exceed any similar regulations, compliance requirements, or other standards at  
the state, regional, or federal level.  
14. Do the rules incorporate the recommendations received from the public regarding any  
complaints or comments regarding the rules? If yes, please explain.  
The rules do not incorporate recommendations from the public regarding any complaints or  
comments regarding the rules.  
15. If amending an existing rule set, please provide the date of the last evaluation of the rules  
and the degree, if any, to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed  
the regulatory activity covered by the rules since the last evaluation.  
These rules were last amended in May of 2023. There has been no technology, economic  
conditions, or other factors that have changed the regulatory activity covered by the rules since the  
last evaluation, other than the department/commissions need for clarity and efficiency in its  
operations.  
16. Are there any changes or developments since implementation that demonstrate there is no  
continued need for the rules, or any portion of the rules?  
No.  
17. Is there an applicable decision record (as defined in MCL 24.203(6) and required by MCL  
24.239(2))? If so, please attach the decision record.  
No  
Based on the information provided in this RFR, MOAHR concludes that there are sufficient  
policy and legal bases for approving the RFR. The RFR satisfies the requirements of the  
Administrative Procedures Act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, and Executive  
Order No. 2019-6.  
MCL 24.239  
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