Bill Text: MI HB5070 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

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-Engrossed.html

---

HB-5070, As Passed Senate, June 11, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(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.