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Attorney General Opinion Legal Authority

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HB5712 (103rd Legislature) amends section 32 of 1846 RS 12 (MCL 14.32) to clarify the legal authority of attorney general opinions as they apply to public employees and officers. The bill is an incremental clarification of existing statutory language and does not introduce a new mechanism; it has passed chamber.

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Public employees and officers: state; legal authority of an attorney general opinion; clarify. Amends sec. 32 of 1846 RS 12 (MCL 14.32).

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