April 21, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Rick Jones and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs.
A bill to require municipalities to provide notice to property
owners within a specified time of abating a nuisance; to permit
municipalities to have a lien for expenses incurred in abating
nuisances; to provide for reimbursement of expenses incurred by
municipalities; and to provide for certain procedures.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. As used in this act:
(a) "Municipality" means a city, township, or village.
(b) "Owner" means any person or persons, natural or corporate,
owning a legal or equitable title to property in a municipality
where a nuisance is abated.
Sec. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, if a municipality abates a nuisance as provided in the
charter or ordinances of the municipality, the municipality shall,
within 30 days of abating the nuisance, notify by first-class mail
the owner of the expense incurred by the municipality to abate the
nuisance.
Sec. 5. The expense incurred by a municipality to abate a
nuisance shall be a lien on the property. Any amount delinquent for
30 days or more after the date notice is sent to the owner under
section 3 shall be certified to the proper tax assessing officer or
agency of the municipality to be entered on the tax roll against
the property. The expense incurred by a municipality to abate a
nuisance shall be collected and the lien enforced in the same
manner as provided for the collection of taxes assessed upon the
tax roll and the enforcement of a lien for unpaid taxes.