A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “Revised judicature act of 1961,” by amending sections 4011, 4012, 4015, 4031, 4061a, 6023, 6027, 6059, and 6104 (MCL 600.4011, 600.4012, 600.4015, 600.4031, 600.4061a, 600.6023, 600.6027, 600.6059, and 600.6104), section 4011 as amended and section 4061a as added by 1994 PA 346, section 4012 as amended by 2015 PA 14, and section 6023 as amended by 2012 PA 553, and by adding sections 4001a, 4032, 4033, 6001a, 6023b, 6023c, 6023d, 6023e, 6023f, and 6023g.
Senate Bills 408 and 409 limit the ability of landlords (and other creditors) to recoup money they are owed. If a renter doesn’t pay, a creditor can go through a process to garnish the renter’s wages. This bill restricts property owners from garnishing funds coming from government benefits and places complicated new regulations on financial institutions that hold the funds of debtors.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
1 Amend page 21, line 2, after “value.” by inserting “However, if the homestead is a mobile home in a mobile home park, as those terms are defined in section 2 of the mobile home commission act, 1987 PA 96, MCL 125.2302, the exemption under this subdivision is 50 percent of the fair market value if all of the following conditions apply:
(i) A court has entered a judgment or order under chapter 57 or 57a restoring possession of the premises to the mobile home park owner.
(ii) The mobile home has been continuously unoccupied for at least 90 days after entry of the judgment or order described in subparagraph (i).
(iii) An indebtedness that is related to a lease agreement or terms of the tenancy between the mobile home park owner and the mobile home owner is delinquent, and an order to seize property or a writ of execution or eviction was issued because of the indebtedness.
(iv) The mobile home park owner has a license to operate the mobile home park under section 16 of the mobile home commission act, 1987 PA 96, MCL 125.2316.”.
Substitute S-4 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 22 to 14 (details)
