December 3, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Garrett and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 178, entitled
"An act to provide for the collection of water or sewage system
rates, assessments, charges, or rentals; and to provide a lien for
water or sewage system services furnished by municipalities as
defined by this act,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 123.161), as amended by 1981 PA 132, and
by adding section 1a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. As used in this act:
(a) "Municipality" means a county, city, township, village,
authority, or metropolitan district.
(b) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership,
association, or corporation which is the owner or occupant of any
house or other building or any premises, lot, or parcel of land.
(c) "Sewage system" means a sewage disposal system, including
sanitary sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, plants, works,
instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with
the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage or industrial
wastes.
Sec. 1a. (1) A municipality that owns or operates a water
distribution system or a sewage system and that provides water or
sewerage service in this state shall include on each customer's
water or sewerage bill both of the following:
(a) The water or sewerage rates charged to the customer for
the billing period.
(b) The actual water or sewerage usage by the customer for the
billing period.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a customer of a municipality
that provides water or sewerage service is not responsible for any
water or sewerage usage for a billing period if that water or
sewerage usage is not billed to that customer by the municipality
within 10 business days after the end of the billing period.
(3) Subsection (2) only applies if, during the period in which
the customer of the municipality that owns or operates a water
distribution system or sewage system does not receive a water or
sewerage bill, the customer provides 2 separate written or
electronic notices to the municipality about the failure to receive
a water or sewerage bill and the municipality fails to respond to
the customer's first written or electronic notice within 30 days of
receipt of that notice.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.