HOUSE BILL No. 5029

 

July 18, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Steil and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 5474b (MCL 333.5474b), as added by 2004 PA 432;

 

and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5474b. (1) The department in cooperation with the family

 

independence agency department of human services and the Michigan

 

state housing development authority shall establish and maintain a

 

registry, to be known as the "Michigan lead safe paint housing

 

registry", to provide the public with a listing of residential and

 

multifamily dwellings and child occupied facilities that have been

 

abated of or have had interim controls performed to control lead-

 

based paint hazards as determined through a lead-based paint


 

investigation performed by a certified risk assessor certified

 

under this part.

 

     (2) The owner of target housing that is offered for rent or

 

lease as a residence or the owner of a child occupied facility

 

shall register that property with the department if that property

 

has been abated of or has had interim controls performed to control

 

lead-based paint hazards as determined through a lead-based paint

 

investigation performed by a certified risk assessor certified

 

under this part in a form as prescribed by the department free of

 

charge. The form shall include, at a minimum, the following:

 

     (a) Name of the owner of the building.

 

     (b) Address of the building.

 

     (c) Date of construction.

 

     (d) Date and description of any lead-based paint activity

 

including the name of the certified abatement worker or the

 

certified risk assessor certified under this part who performed the

 

abatement or conducted the inspection, lead-hazard screen,

 

assessment, or clearance testing of the building and the results of

 

the lead-based paint activity.

 

     (3) An owner required to register his or her property under

 

subsection (2) shall provide the department with a copy of each

 

report, document, or other information that is required to be filed

 

with the federal government under federal law and regulations

 

related to lead-based paint.

 

     (4) The owner of any other residential or multifamily dwelling

 

that is offered for rent or lease as a residence or the owner of a

 

child occupied facility may register that property with the


 

department and the department shall include that property on the

 

Michigan lead safe paint housing registry. A person who wishes to

 

register under this subsection shall execute and return the

 

registration form to the department with payment of the

 

registration fee in an amount as prescribed by the department.

 

     (5) The department shall publish the Michigan lead safe paint

 

housing registry on its website and provide a copy of the registry

 

to a person upon request. The department may charge a reasonable,

 

cost-based fee for providing copies of the Michigan lead safe paint

 

housing registry under this subsection.

 

     Enacting section 1. Section 5474b of the public health code,

 

1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5474b[1], is repealed.