2007 Senate Bill 631: Authorize “excessive gas price” reporting rewards

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Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on June 28, 2007, to authorize granting rewards to individuals who report that a gas station is violating the state consumer protection act’s prohibition on “charging the consumer a price that is grossly in excess of the price at which similar property or services are sold.” The bill would authorize lawsuits by the Attorney General, and additional civil fines of up to $1,500, or $3,000 for subsequent motor fuel price offenses that are “persistent and knowing.” Up to 50 percent of these fines could be distributed as rewards under rules and procedures specified by the bill, and the Attorney General would be required to publicize the availability of such rewards.
- Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on June 28, 2007.
- Referred to the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee on June 28, 2007.

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1) Price Gouging Seminar by Mike Hignite on July 9, 2007
People, Kurt has just given you a one-paragraph summary of why price controls don't work, can't work, and will never work.

Seems simple to me. I suppose the state legislature repealed all economic laws in the state of Michiganistan so that now price control laws can work.

Now if they just repeal the law of gravity, pigs can fly.
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2) Maybe by Anonymous Citizen on July 5, 2007
if we got the government out of private business alltogether we would see $1 gas again. They won't let the oil companies drill or build new refineries and then get their panties all bunched up when the price rises. Now they have decided to let them open up refinery capacity a bit and then the nannys start shoving the ethanol debacle down our throats. If you had a billion or two to spend would you build a refinery if the feds were going to force everyone to stop using your product?
One more thing, if you want to see who is "gouging" look at the state and the feds. They make 3 or 4 times as much on each gallon as the "evil oil companies" do without ever investing or risking a dime.
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3) PRUS by Anonymous Citizen on July 5, 2007
Welcome to the Peoples Republic of the United States.
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