SENATE BILL NO. 347


   February 23, 1999, Introduced by Senators EMERSON, SCHUETTE,
        SIKKEMA, STEIL, SHUGARS, HAMMERSTROM and GOSCHKA and 
        referred to the Committee on Economic Development,
        International Trade and Regulatory Affairs.



        A bill to amend 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 18, entitled

   "An act to authorize any city, village, township, or county to
   purchase, acquire, construct, maintain, operate, improve, extend,
   and repair housing facilities; to eliminate housing conditions
   which are detrimental to the public peace, health, safety,
   morals, or welfare; and for any such purposes to authorize any
   such city, village, township, or county to create a commission
   with power to effectuate said purposes, and to prescribe the
   powers and duties of such commission and of such city, village,
   township, or county; and for any such purposes to authorize any
   such commission, city, village, township, or county to issue
   notes and revenue bonds; to regulate the issuance, sale, retire-
   ment, and refunding of such notes and bonds; to regulate the
   rentals of such projects and the use of the revenues of the
   projects; to prescribe the manner of selecting tenants for such
   projects; to provide for condemnation of private property for
   such projects; to confer certain powers upon such commissions,
   cities, villages, townships, and counties in relation to such
   projects, including the power to receive aid and cooperation of
   the federal government; to provide for a referendum thereon; to
   provide for cooperative financing by 2 or more commissions,
   cities, villages, townships, or counties or any combination
   thereof; to provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of
   revenue bonds and special obligation notes for such purposes; to
   provide for financing agreements between cooperating borrowers;
   to provide for other matters relative to the bonds and notes and
   methods of cooperative financing; and for other purposes,"



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   by amending section 44b (MCL 125.694b).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec.  44b.  (1) To the extent not inconsistent with federal

 2    law or regulation, state law, or local ordinance, the housing

 3    commission shall adopt and promulgate reasonable rules 
             which 

 4    THAT establish THE FOLLOWING:

 5         (a) Eligibility requirements for admission to housing.

 6         (b) Obligations of tenants, including regulations for the

 7    use and occupation of housing units and common areas.

 8         (c) Just cause for the termination of the right of use and

 9    occupation, so that a tenant may be clearly apprised of the pre-

10    cise reasons for a termination.

11         (d) Conditions for continued occupancy, taking INTO account

12     of such  factors  as  INCLUDING,
             BUT NOT LIMITED TO, family

13    size,  and changes therein,  fluctuations in
             income, availability

14    of standard accommodations elsewhere, and other relevant

15    matters.

16         (E) OPERATION OF HOMESTEADING PROGRAMS UNDER ALL OF THE

17    FOLLOWING:

18         (i) THE URBAN HOMESTEADING IN SINGLE-FAMILY PUBLIC
             HOUSING

19    ACT.

20         (ii) THE URBAN HOMESTEADING IN MULTIFAMILY PUBLIC
             HOUSING

21    ACT.

22         (2) The commission may adopt  such  other
             rules  which  THAT

23    are necessary  to  FOR the just and effective
             administration of

24    local housing projects constructed and operated as provided by

25    this act.



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 1         (3) All rules to be valid shall be published in a

 2    conspicuous place in each housing project operated by the

 3    commission.


















































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