2023 Senate Bill 337 / Public Act 238

Land use: other; certified survey map requirements; modify.

An act to amend 1970 PA 132, entitled “An act to provide for the filing of surveys in the office of the register of deeds relative to land divisions; and to prescribe the conditions of the survey,” by amending sections 1, 2, and 3 (MCL 54.211, 54.212, and 54.213), sections 1 and 3 as amended by 2018 PA 193 and section 2 as amended by 1988 PA 24.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

Senate Bill 337 would amend 1970 PA 132, an act that provides for land surveys to be filed with a county register of deeds and requires those surveys to meet certain requirements. The bill would modernize several provisions and provide for an alternative monumentation process in cases of an obstruction, among other changes.

Introduced in the Senate

May 11, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-5) and three co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Jeff Irwin (D-15) and Erika Geiss (D-1)

Referred to the Committee on Local Government

Sept. 12, 2023

Reported with substitute S-1

Sept. 13, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Sept. 19, 2023

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

Sept. 26, 2023

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

Sept. 26, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance

Oct. 25, 2023

Reported without amendment

Nov. 8, 2023

Passed in the House 77 to 32 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Nov. 30, 2023