SENATE BILL No. 225

February 20, 2001, Introduced by Senators LELAND, SMITH, CHERRY, EMERSON,

HART, MURPHY, DE BEAUSSAERT, SCHWARZ, JAYE, BENNETT, HAMMERSTROM and SIKKEMA and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, International Trade and Regulatory Affairs.

A bill to amend 1972 PA 348, entitled

"An act to regulate relationships between landlords and tenants

relative to rental agreements for rental units; to regulate the

payment, repayment, use and investment of security deposits; to

provide for commencement and termination inventories of rental

units; to provide for termination arrangements relative to rental

units; to provide for legal remedies; and to provide penalties,"

(MCL 554.601 to 554.616) by adding section 15a.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 SEC. 15A. BEFORE A PERSON SIGNS A LEASE AGREEMENT OR RENTAL

2 AGREEMENT FOR A RENTAL UNIT, THE LANDLORD SHALL PROVIDE TO THAT

3 PERSON WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PREVI-

4 OUS 2-YEAR PERIOD THE RENTAL UNIT HAS BEEN FUMIGATED OR HAS HAD

5 ANOTHER METHOD OF PEST CONTROL APPLIED.

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