REGULATION OF HOUSEBOATS
Act 68 of 1957
AN ACT to provide for the regulation by county boards of supervisors of sanitation requirements and location of houseboats in the portion of the county outside incorporated cities and villages and to prescribe penalties for the violation of such regulation.

History: 1957, Act 68, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1959

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

123.591 Houseboats; regulation of sanitation and location by counties.

Sec. 1.

The boards of supervisors of any county in the portions of such county outside incorporated cities and villages may regulate by ordinance the sanitation requirements and the location of houseboats on those portions of the lakes, rivers, canals and waterways of the county under their control and jurisdiction.

History: 1957, Act 68, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1959

123.592 Houseboats; designation of enforcement officer.

Sec. 2.

The boards of supervisors in enacting ordinances under the provisions of this act shall designate the proper county and township official or officials whose duty it shall be to cooperate in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of ordinances so enacted.

History: 1957, Act 68, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957

123.593 Penalty for violation.

Sec. 3.

Any person violating the provisions of such ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: Add. 1959, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1959

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