HOUSE BILL No. 5452

 

November 8, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Bennett and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 59, entitled

 

"Condominium act,"

 

by amending section 71a (MCL 559.171a), as added by 1983 PA 113.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 71a. (1) The rules of the department of public health

 

environmental quality relating to suitability of soils and

 

groundwater supply for subdivisions not served by public water and

 

or public sewers shall apply to a condominium project not served by

 

public water and or public sewers.

 

     (2) If public water and or public sewers are not available and

 

accessible to the land proposed to be included in a project, a

 

developer shall submit 3 copies of the condominium subdivision plan

 

to the department of public health. The department of public health

 

shall transmit these copies environmental quality or to a local

 


health department that elects to maintain jurisdiction over the

 

approval or rejection of the plan pursuant to subsection (3).

 

     (3) Not later than 30 days after receipt of the condominium

 

subdivision plan, the state department of public health

 

environmental quality or, if the local health department elects to

 

maintain jurisdiction over approval or rejection of the plan, the

 

local health department shall approve the plan and note its

 

approval on the copy to be returned to the developer or reject all

 

or such portion of the plan that is not suitable. If the plan is

 

rejected, the department rejecting the plan shall notify the

 

developer and the governing body in writing of the reasons for

 

rejection of the plan and the requirements for approval.

 

     (4) The plan submittal to the department of environmental

 

quality or to a local health department under this section shall be

 

accompanied by a filing fee of $300.00 plus $20.00 for each

 

condominium unit. The filing fee shall be payable to the local

 

health department if the plan is submitted to the local health

 

department or to the state of Michigan if the plan is submitted to

 

the department of environmental quality. Filing fees received by a

 

local health department shall be forwarded to the department of

 

environmental quality not more than 90 days following the date of

 

plan submittal to the local health department.

 

     (5) The department of environmental quality shall forward

 

filing fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for

 

deposit into the on-site wastewater treatment program fund created

 

in section 5003 of the natural resources and environmental

 

protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5003.

 


     (6) The department shall annually adjust the fees under

 

subsection (4) by an amount determined by the state treasurer to

 

reflect the cumulative annual percentage change in the Detroit

 

consumer price index, rounded to the nearest dollar.

 

     (7) As used in this section, "Detroit consumer price index"

 

means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for

 

the Detroit area from the United States department of labor, bureau

 

of labor statistics.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5450(request no.

 

02661'07) of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.