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The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation was abolished with most responsibilities transferred to the newly formed Department. [1] It was renamed the Department of Consumer and Industry Services under an executive order issued in 1996 by Governor John Engler, merging most of the Department of Labor within the Department of Commerce. [2]
Michigan Department of Information Technology [7] Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation, abolished by Governor Engler with most of the department transfer to the Department of Commerce until Commerce was split up with the former L&R powers transferred to the Department of Consumer and Industry Services [1] Michigan Department of Labor ...
The Michigan Liquor Control Commission was established when Michigan voters approved a legislatively referred amendment to the Michigan Constitution by way of a statewide ballot measure in November 1932. [4] The state's first liquor control act, which went into effect April 27, created a 17-member commission, one from each Congressional ...
The U.S. state of Michigan first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1910, when the state began to issue plates. [1] As of 2022, plates are issued by the Michigan Secretary of State. Only rear plates have been required since 1981.
It also serves as the state's department of motor vehicles, administering motor vehicle registration and licensing automobile drivers. [1] The department is led by the Secretary of State of Michigan, a constitutional executive officer elected on a partisan ballot every four years alongside gubernatorial elections.
The Commissioner of the OFIR, Kevin Clinton, was selected to be the first department director. The Governor formed the department in hopes of better regulations thus drawing more insurance and banking companies to the state thus leading to more jobs. [4] In May 2013, the DIFS ordered two unlicensed pay day loan operators to stop activities in ...
The Michigan Department of Management and Budget (DMB) was formed in 1984 by law as a principal department of state government. [1] Created within the department, under the same law, was the Office of the State Budget Director. In 1979, the Governor created an autonomous Office of the State Employer within the department. [2]
In 1995, the Department of Environmental Quality was created by Executive Order No. 1995-18, which transferred environmental regulatory functions from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to the newly created department. [2] [3] This was part of a broader effort by Governor John Engler to "secure more direct oversight over" state ...