January 30, 2007, Introduced by Senators GARCIA, CHERRY, ALLEN, JACOBS, VAN WOERKOM, BRATER, RICHARDVILLE, ANDERSON, BIRKHOLZ and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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 1b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1b. A rental agreement shall provide that a tenant who is
a victim of domestic assault while that person is a tenant may
terminate a lease effective upon submittal of written notice of
termination and written evidence that the tenant is a victim of
domestic assault.
(2) Provision of a police report that indicates that the
tenant was a victim of domestic violence or a valid personal
protection order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction shall
satisfy the requirement of subsection (1) that the tenant provide
written evidence that he or she is a victim of domestic assault.
(3) This section applies only to leases entered into, renewed,
or renegotiated after the effective date of the amendatory act that
added this section.