HB-5197, As Passed Senate, April 29, 2004

HOUSE BILL No. 5197

October 22, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Kooiman, Vander Veen, Voorhees, Murphy, Sak, Drolet and Stahl and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

                                                                             A bill to amend 1846 RS 66, entitled                                              

"Of estates in dower, by the curtesy, and general provisions                

concerning real estate,"                                                    

by amending section 34 (MCL 554.134), as amended by 1990 PA 311.            

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 34.  (1) Except as provided otherwise in this section,                 

2   an estate at will or by sufferance may be terminated by either              

3   party by giving 1 month's notice  given  to the other party.  If            

4   the rent reserved in a lease is payable at periods of less than 3           

5   months, the time of notice is sufficient if it is equal to the              

6   interval between the times of payment.  Notice is not void                  

7   because it states a day for the termination of the tenancy that             

8   does not correspond to the conclusion or commencement of a rental           

9   period.  The notice terminates the tenancy at the end of a period           

10  equal in  time to that in which the rent is made payable length            

11  to the interval between times of payment.                                   

1       (2) If a tenant neglects or refuses to pay rent on a lease at               

2   will or otherwise, the landlord may terminate the tenancy by                

3   giving the tenant a written 7-day notice to quit.                           

4       (3) A tenancy from year to year may be terminated by either                 

5   party by a notice to quit, given at any time to the other party.            

6   The notice shall terminate the lease at the expiration of 1 year            

7   from the time of the service of the notice.                                 

8       (4) If a tenant holds over after a lease is terminated                      

9   pursuant to a clause in the lease providing for termination                 

10  because the tenant, a member of the tenant's household, or other            

11  person under the tenant's control has manufactured, delivered,              

12  possessed with intent to deliver, or possessed a controlled                 

13  substance on the leased premises, the landlord may terminate the            

14  tenancy by giving the tenant a written  7-day 24-hour notice to            

15  quit.  This subsection applies only if a formal police report has           

16  been filed by the landlord alleging that the person has                     

17  unlawfully manufactured, delivered, possessed with intent to                

18  deliver, or  possess possessed a controlled substance on the               

19  leased premises.  For purposes of this subsection, "controlled              

20  substance" means a substance or a counterfeit substance                     

21  classified in schedule 1, 2, or 3 pursuant to sections  7211,               

22  7212, 7213, 7214, 7215, and 7216 of Act No. 368 of the Public               

23  Acts of 1978, being sections 333.7211, 333.7212, 333.7213,                  

24  333.7214, 333.7215, and 333.7216 of the Michigan Compiled Laws

25  7211 to 7216 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7211           

26  to 333.7216.                                                                

27      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

House Bill 5197 as amended April 28, 2004                                   

1   effect unless House Bill No. 5182 of the 92nd Legislature is                

2    enacted into law.

    <<Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act takes effect September 1, 2004.>>