Main Content House Bill 5491 (2009) rss friendly link printer friendly Sponsors John Walsh - (primary)Jim Stamas, Hugh Crawford, Roy Schmidt, James Marleau, Brian Calley, Kenneth Horn, Pete Lund, Wayne Schmidt, Joe Haveman, Matt Lori, Bob Constan, Eileen Kowall, Dave Hildenbrand, Marty Knollenberg, Paul Opsommer, Richard LeBlanc Categories Torts, governmental immunity; Local government, public services Torts; governmental immunity; "rebuttable inference" regarding a defect of less than 2 inches in a sidewalk; revise to rebuttable presumption, and require that municipality knew of the defect. Amends sec. 2a of 1964 PA 170 (MCL 691.1402a). Bill Document Formatting Information [x] The following bill formatting applies to the 2009-2010 session:- New language in an amendatory bill will be shown in BOLD AND UPPERCASE.- Language to be removed will be stricken.- Amendments made by the House will be blue with square brackets, such as: [House amended text].- Amendments made by the Senate will be red with double greater/lesser than symbols, such as: <<Senate amended text>>. (gray icons indicate that the action did not occur or that the document is not available) Documents House Introduced Bill Introduced bills appear as they were introduced and reflect no subsequent amendments or changes. As Passed by the House As Passed by the House is the bill, as introduced, that includes any adopted House amendments. As Passed by the Senate As Passed by the Senate is the bill, as received from the House, that includes any adopted Senate amendments. House Enrolled Bill Enrolled bill is the version passed in identical form by both houses of the Legislature. History(House actions in lowercase, Senate actions in UPPERCASE) Date JournalAction 9/30/2009HJ 82 Pg. 1951introduced by Representative John Walsh 9/30/2009HJ 82 Pg. 1951read a first time 9/30/2009HJ 82 Pg. 1951referred to Committee on Judiciary 10/1/2009HJ 83 Pg. 1980printed bill filed 10/01/2009