SB-0230,As Passed Senate,Jun 10, 2003                                       

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 230

                                                                             A bill to amend 1917 PA 167, entitled                                             

"Housing law of Michigan,"                                                  

by amending section 134 (MCL 125.534).                                      

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 134.  (1) If the owner or occupant fails to comply with                

2   the order contained in the notice of violation, the enforcing               

3   agency may bring an action to enforce  the provisions of  this              

4   act and to abate or enjoin the violation.                                   

5       (2) An owner or occupant of the premises upon which  any a

6   violation exists may bring an action to enforce  the provisions             

7   of  this act in his or her own name.  Upon application by the               

8   enforcing agency, or upon motion of the party filing the                    

9   complaint, the local enforcing agency may be substituted for, or            

10  joined with, the complainant in the discretion of the court.                

11      (3)  When If the violation is uncorrected and creates an                   

1   imminent danger to the health and safety of the occupants of the            

2   premises, or if there are  not any no occupants and the                    

3   violation creates  in an imminent danger to the health and                 

4   safety of the public, the enforcing agency shall file a motion              

5   for a preliminary injunction or other temporary relief                      

6   appropriate to remove the danger during the pendency of the                 

7   action.                                                                     

8       (4) Owners and lienholders of record or  who are found

9   owners and lienholders ascertained by the complainant  upon with

10  the exercise of reasonable diligence shall be served with a copy            

11  of the complaint and a summons.  The complainant shall also file            

12  a notice of the pendency of the action  in the office of the

13  with the appropriate county register of deeds  for the county in            

14  which office where the premises are located.                               

15      (5) The court  , having obtained of jurisdiction  ,  shall                 

16  make  such  orders and determinations  as are  consistent with              

17  the objectives of this act.  The court may enjoin the maintenance           

18  of  any  unsafe, unhealthy, or unsanitary  condition conditions,           

19  or  any  violations of this act, and may order the defendant to             

20  make repairs or corrections necessary to abate the conditions.              

21  The court may authorize the enforcing agency to  make repairs

22  repair or to remove the building or structure.   When If an                

23  occupant is not the cause of  any an unsafe, unhealthy, or                 

24  unsanitary condition, or  any a violation of this act, and is              

25  the complainant, the court may authorize the occupant to correct            

26  the violation and deduct the cost  thereof  from the rent upon              

27  such  terms  as  the court determines  to be  just.   Whenever

1   If the court  shall find finds that the occupant is the cause of           

2   any an unsafe, unhealthy, or unsanitary condition, or  any a

3   violation of this act,  then  the court may authorize the owner             

4   to correct the violation and assess the cost  thereof  against              

5   the occupant or  his the occupant's security deposit.                      

6       (6)  No A building or structure shall not be removed unless                

7   the cost of repair of the building or structure will be greater             

8   than the state equalized value of the building or structure                 

9   except in urban core cities that have adopted stricter standards            

10  to expedite the rehabilitation or removal of a boarded or                   

11  abandoned building or structure that remains either vacant or               

12  boarded, or both, and a significant attempt has not been made to            

13  rehabilitate the building or structure for a period of 24                   

14  consecutive months.                                                         

15      (7)  When If the  expenses expense of repair or removal                   

16  are is not  otherwise  provided for, the court may enter an               

17  order approving the  expenses expense and  providing that there            

18  shall be placing a lien on the real property for the payment               

19  thereof of the expense.  The order may establish and provide              

20  for the priority of the lien  and may provide that it shall be a            

21  lien as a senior  to all other liens lien, except  taxes and              

22  assessments; as to tax and assessment liens, and except  that a

23  as to a recorded mortgage of  record having a recording date

24  first priority, recorded prior to all other liens of record                 

25  shall retain its first priority  if, at the time of recording of           

26  that mortgage or at  any a time subsequent,  thereto,  a                   

27  certificate of compliance as provided for in this  article act

1   is in effect on the subject property.  The order may also specify           

2   the time and manner for foreclosure of the lien if the lien is

3   not satisfied.  A true copy of the order shall be filed  in the             

4   office of the with the appropriate county register of deeds  for           

5   the county office where the real property is located within 10             

6   days after entry  thereof in of the order to perfect the lien              

7   granted in the order.                                                       

8       (8) This act does not preempt, preclude, or interfere with                  

9   the authority of a municipality to protect the health, safety,              

10  and general welfare of the public through ordinance, charter, or            

11  other means.                                                                

12  (9) As used in this section, "urban core cities" means                      

13  qualified local governmental units as that term is defined in               

14  section 2 of the obsolete property rehabilitation act, 2000                 

15  PA 146, MCL 125.2782.