Michigan Laws 487.1311 – Prohibited representations; permissible acts
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person transacting business in this state, other than a licensee, shall not use a name or title that indicates that the person is a business and industrial development company including, but not limited to, use of the term “BIDCO”, and shall not otherwise represent that the person is a business and industrial development company or a licensee.
(2) Before being issued a license under this act, a Michigan corporation or Michigan limited liability company that proposes to apply for a license or that applies for a license may, under a name that indicates that it is a business and industrial development company, perform the acts necessary to obtain a license and to otherwise prepare to transact business as a licensee. A corporation or limited liability company shall not represent that it is a licensee until after the license has been obtained.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 487.1311
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o