LAND DIVISION ACT REVISIONS - S.B. 93: FLOOR ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 93 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

Sponsor: Senator Leon Stille

Committee: Local, Urban, and State Affairs

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Land Division Act, as amended by Public Act 591 of 1996, to specify that the term "parent parcel" or "parent tract" would mean a parcel or tract in existence on January 22, 1997, rather than on the effective date of Public Act 591. (Public Act 591 was filed with the Secretary of State on January 22, 1997, and will take effect on March 31, 1997.)

Under the bill, a parcel or tract created after January 22, 1997, but before March 31, 1997, by the lawful partitioning or splitting, other than by subdivision, of a parcel or tract would be a division for purposes of Section 108 of the Act. (Section 108 exempts a division from the Act's platting requirements, and establishes the maximum number of parcels that may result from a division together with any previous divisions of the same parent parcel or parent tract.) Any remaining right to partition or split the land after the bill's effective date and exempt from the Act's platting requirements would attach to the remainder of the parent parcel or tract retained by the grantor unless the deed contained a statement that the grantor granted to the grantee the right to make some or all of these partitions or splits.

The bill also specifies that the amended Act's definitions of "division", "exempt split", "subdivide" or "subdivision", "accessible", and "development site" would not apply before March 31, 1997. The current definition of "subdivide" or "subdivision" would not apply after March 30, 1997.

MCL 560.102 - Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed: 2-4-97 - Fiscal Analyst: R. Rossfloor\sb93

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.