LEAD SAFE HOUSING REGISTRY
House Bill 5116
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Richardville
Committee: Health Policy
Complete to 1-15-04
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 5116 AS INTRODUCED 10-2-03
The bill would add a new section to the Public Health Code to require the Department of Community Health and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to establish and maintain the Lead Safe Housing Registry. The purpose of the registry would be to provide the public with a listing of residential and multifamily dwellings and child occupied facilities that had been inspected and certified as lead free or lead safe following an abatement to control or eliminate lead-based paint hazards.
An owner of target housing that was offered for rent or lease as a residence would have to register the property with the department, free of charge, on a department-prescribed form that included the name of the building’s owner, the building’s address, the date of construction, and the date and description of any lead-based activity (the bill specifies the information that would need to be detailed).
The owner of any other residential or multifamily dwelling offered for rent or lease as a residence or the owner of a child occupied facility could register the property and be included on the Lead Safe Housing Registry, but would have to pay a registration fee as prescribed by the department.
The department would have to publish the registry on its web site and provide a copy of the registry to anyone upon request. Within 30 days before the beginning of each school year, the department would have to publish the registry in a newspaper with statewide circulation.
MCL 333.5474a
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.