Consumer protection division; enforcement and administration of fact; location; assistant attorney general in charge; powers and duties; investigative agent

Rule 2. (1) The Michigan consumer protection act shall be regularly enforced and administered by the department of attorney general, consumer protection division, or such other division of the department as from time to time is authorized by the attorney general. (2) The consumer protection division is located at the Law Building, Lansing, Michigan 48913. (3) The consumer protection division shall be headed by the assistant attorney general in charge thereof as appointed by the attorney general, which assistant in charge shall have the care, custody, and control of the files and records of the division. In addition, the assistant attorney general in charge shall administer the act and approve all applications for subpoenas, initiation of investigations, commencement and disposition of actions, acceptance of assurances of discontinuances, and promulgation of rules pursuant to the consumer protection act. In the absence of, or when designated by, the assistant in charge, the first assistant attorney general of the consumer protection division may act in the place of the assistant in charge. The assistant in charge is hereby authorized to delegate to such persons within the division such other duties, functions, and responsibilities under the act as he determines from time to time to be appropriate. (4) Any investigative agent of the attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or any person selected by the officers described in sections 17 to 21 of the act have authority and power to serve a subpoena or other process. History: 1979 AC.