Michigan Laws 287.291 – Service animal not subject to licensing fee; definitions
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 287.291
- 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.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
(1) Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, a service animal is not subject to any fee for licensing if either of the following applies:
(a) The service animal is used by a person with a disability.
(b) The service animal is owned by a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that trains service animals for use by a person with a disability.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) “Person with a disability” means a person who has a disability as defined in section 12102 of the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, 42 USC 12102, and 28 C.F.R. § 36.104.
(b) As used in subdivision (a), “person with a disability” includes a veteran who has been diagnosed with 1 or more of the following:
(i) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(ii) Traumatic brain injury.
(iii) Other service-related disabilities.
(c) “Service animal” means all of the following:
(ii) A miniature horse that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks as described in 28 C.F.R. § 36.104 for the benefit of a person with a disability.
(d) “Veteran” means any of the following:
(i) A person who performed military service in the armed forces for a period of more than 90 days and separated from the armed forces in a manner other than a dishonorable discharge.
(ii) A person discharged or released from military service because of a service-related disability.
(iii) A member of a reserve branch of the armed forces at the time he or she was ordered to military service during a period of war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized, and was released from military service in a manner other than a dishonorable discharge.