Act No. 50
Public Acts of 2008
Approved by the Governor
March 27, 2008
Filed with the Secretary of State
March 28, 2008
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2008
STATE OF MICHIGAN
94TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2008
Introduced by Reps. Jackson, Tobocman, Johnson, Lemmons, Meadows, Farrah, Opsommer, Clack, Hammon, Leland, Cushingberry, Cheeks, Accavitti, Clemente, Condino, Constan, Espinoza, Gillard, Gonzales, Hammel, Hopgood, Robert Jones, Kathleen Law, Melton, Sak, Scott, Virgil Smith and Vagnozzi
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5319
AN ACT to amend 1917 PA 167, entitled "An act to promote the health, safety and welfare of the people by regulating the maintenance, alteration, health, safety, and improvement of dwellings; to define the classes of dwellings affected by the act, and to establish administrative requirements; to prescribe procedures for the maintenance, improvement, or demolition of certain commercial buildings; to establish remedies; to provide for enforcement; to provide for the demolition of certain dwellings; and to fix penalties for the violation of this act," by amending section141b (MCL 125.541b), as added by 1992 PA 144.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 141b. (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2), a person who fails or refuses to comply with an order approved or modified by the legislative body or board of appeals under section 141 within the time prescribed by that section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 120 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(2) If a legislative body of a municipality formed under the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.1 to 117.38, has enacted an ordinance that is substantially the same as sections 138 to 142, the municipality may designate the violation of its ordinance as a blight violation in accordance with section 4q of the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL117.4q.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor