Bill Text: MI HB5070 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Crimes; trespassing; definition of squatter; provide for, and provide penalties for squatting on certain premises. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 553.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-16 - Assigned Pa 224'14 With Immediate Effect [HB5070 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5070-Chaptered.html
Act No. 224
Public Acts of 2014
Approved by the Governor
June 21, 2014
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 26, 2014
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 24, 2014
STATE OF MICHIGAN
97TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
Introduced by Rep. Heise
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5070
AN ACT to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, codify, and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties and remedies; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at criminal trials; to provide for liability for damages; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,” (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 553.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 553. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an individual who occupies a building that is a single-family dwelling or 1 or both units in a building that is a 2-family dwelling and has not, at any time during that period of occupancy, occupied the property with the owner’s consent for an agreed-upon consideration is guilty of a crime as follows:
(a) For a first offense, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 per dwelling unit occupied or imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both.
(b) For a second or subsequent offense, a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 per dwelling unit occupied or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a guest or a family member of the owner of the dwelling or of a tenant.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
