2015-2016 Session	House Committee on Local Government
Friday, December 30, 2016

Bill/Resolution	Sponsor	Subject	Meetings	Status
HB 4004 referred 1/15/2015	Heise	Townships; charter; procedures to approve annexation petition; revise.
HB 4025 referred 1/15/2015	Kosowski	Local government; other; use of qualifications-based selection process when employing certain professionals; require.
HB 4033 referred 1/15/2015	Heise	Counties; other; sale or transfer of assets of a water supply system or sewage disposal system; require approval by a majority of entities served by the water supply system or sewage disposal system.
HB 4039 referred 1/21/2015	Bumstead	Property tax; delinquent taxes; notice by publication; revise.
HB 4044 referred 1/21/2015	Johnson	Local government; audits; audit requirements for local government authorities; allow 2-year audit under certain conditions.
HB 4048 referred 1/22/2015	Yonker	Libraries; other; compensation to members of the board of directors; allow.
HB 4075 referred 1/27/2015	Rendon	Records; public; transcripts and abstracts of records act; clarify fee for electronic copies.
HB 4082 referred 1/28/2015	Heise	Drains; financing; sale of assets of county or intercounty drains that are assessed to public corporations; require approval of the public corporations.
HB 4087 referred 1/28/2015	Graves	Local government; other; ability to charge for sewer tap-in fees; modify.
HB 4166 referred 2/10/2015	Outman	Counties; boards and commissions; certain counties to levy a special tax or appropriate from the county general funds for the purpose of advertising agricultural advantages; revise, and allow each county to levy the special tax if approved by a majority of the electors in the county.
HB 4168 referred 2/10/2015	Singh	Property tax; other; requirement of hard copy of tax rolls; eliminate if maintained on computerized database.
HB 4183 referred 2/11/2015	Price	Local government; other; publication of legal notices; revise, and create the local government public notice act.
HB 4191 referred 2/12/2015	Zemke	Libraries; district; school district establishing new district library; remove sunset.
HB 4201 referred 2/17/2015	Somerville	Property tax; millage; revenue from millage returned back to community; clarify.
HB 4212 referred 2/17/2015	Victory	Counties; boards and commissions; transfer of functions of a county road commission to the county board of commissioners; extend sunset, and allow a county board of commissioners by majority vote to return to a county road system with a board of county road commissioners.
HB 4215 referred 2/17/2015	Victory	Counties; boards and commissions; powers and duties of county road commissioners to be exercised by the county board of commissioners; extend sunset.
HB 4219 referred 2/18/2015	Santana	Law enforcement; funds; certain percentage of any narcotic proceeds recovered; require to allocate to community organizations in municipalities over certain population.
HB 4233 referred 2/24/2015	Neeley	Law enforcement; local police; high-speed chase policy; modify.
HB 4259 referred 2/26/2015	Lane	Cities; public services; definition of qualified city in the police and fire protection act; modify.
HB 4264 referred 2/26/2015	Potvin	State; other; accurate boundaries of the state; establish in statute.
HB 4292 referred 3/4/2015	Cochran	Criminal procedure; other; authority of counties to offer reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction; increase maximum reward.
HB 4563 referred 5/7/2015	Leutheuser	Townships; financing; contracting for services to assist victims of domestic or sexual violence; authorize.
HB 4578 referred 5/12/2015	Potvin	Local government; authorities; recreational authorities act; revise to include school districts.
HB 4633 referred 5/21/2015	Plawecki	Animals; birds; issuance of carrier pigeon permits; require compliance with local ordinances and regulations and prohibit the enactment of local ordinances that prohibit the keeping of carrier pigeons.
HB 4656 referred 5/27/2015	Johnson	Drains; other; entry on property for drain maintenance project; require written notification to property owner.
HB 4686 referred 10/27/2015	Santana	Torts; governmental immunity; sidewalk injury claims; allow use of "open and obvious" defense.
HB 4696 referred 6/9/2015	Durhal	Labor; collective bargaining; certain automatic increases in benefits clause in city bargaining agreements; prohibit.
HB 4727 referred 6/17/2015	Cole	Aeronautics; other; regulations for tall structures; revise for meteorological towers.
HB 4758 referred 6/18/2015	Pscholka	Drains; financing; term bonds with mandatory redemption; provide for.
HB 4770 referred 7/14/2015	Heise	Local government; other; regional water and sewer alliance; create.
HB 4771 referred 7/14/2015	Heise	Public utilities; rates; power to set rates for certain water and sewer authorities; grant to public service commission.
HB 4795 referred 12/1/2015	Chatfield	Local government; other; prohibition of local ordinances dealing with pistols and other firearms; clarify, and provide penalties.
HB 4798 referred 8/18/2015	Brunner	Local government; financing; municipal budget stabilization fund; increase.
HB 4835 referred 8/20/2015	Franz	Property tax; other; membership on the board of review; revise.
HB 4860 referred 9/10/2015	Kelly	Counties; financing; automation fund cap; provide for, and allocate additional revenue to be deposited into the county general fund.
HB 4861 referred 9/10/2015	McCready	Housing; condominium; board members; require to be residents and to certify familiarity with certain condominium documents.
HB 4862 referred 9/10/2015	Chatfield	Environmental protection; recycling; textile recycling collection bins; provide for standardized local regulation.
HB 4863 referred 9/10/2015	Chatfield	Land use; zoning and growth management; zoning enabling act; make subject to textile recycling bin act.
HB 4888 referred 9/22/2015	Hughes	Property tax; other; assessment roll; allow assessor to maintain electronically.
HB 4912 referred 9/29/2015	Hughes	Animals; dogs; service dogs for veterans; provide grant program.
HB 4913 referred 9/29/2015	Hughes	Animals; dogs; dog license application; allow for a voluntary $10.00 contribution and earmark revenue to the veterans service dog fund.
HB 4990 referred 10/15/2015	Pscholka	State financing and management; other; certain forms of energy improvement financing for cities; provide for.
HB 4991 referred 10/15/2015	Pscholka	State financing and management; other; certain forms of energy improvement financing for general law villages; provide for.
HB 4992 referred 10/15/2015	Pscholka	State financing and management; other; certain forms of energy improvement financing for home rule villages; provide for.
HB 4993 referred 10/15/2015	Pscholka	State financing and management; other; certain forms of energy improvement financing for certain townships; provide for.
HB 4994 referred 10/15/2015	Pscholka	State financing and management; other; certain forms of energy improvement financing for counties; provide for.
HB 5041 referred 11/3/2015	Chatfield	Land use; zoning and growth management; nonconforming property; allow for improvements or additions.
HB 5089 referred 12/1/2015	Liberati	Local government; financing; prohibition in the local financial stability and choice act on revising any ordinance or order of an emergency manager for 1 year after the termination of receivership; remove.
HB 5093 referred 12/1/2015	Plawecki	Public utilities; water utilities; annual water rate disclosure; require, and provide specific information regarding shut-off statistics.
HB 5094 referred 12/1/2015	Neeley	Water; quality; process for collection of water samples; modify.
HB 5097 referred 12/1/2015	Chang	Human services; services or financial assistance; water rate affordability program and fund; create.
HB 5100 referred 12/1/2015	Chang	Local government; other; eligibility for membership on a receivership transition advisory board; allow former emergency manager or emergency financial manager of the local government as nonvoting members only.
HB 5101 referred 12/1/2015	Plawecki	Public utilities; water utilities; human right to water act; create.
HB 5110 referred 12/3/2015	Garrett	Local government; other; failure of municipality to bill for water or sewerage services; clarify customer responsibility.
HB 5113 referred 12/3/2015	Cox	Local government; public services; enforcing a municipal water or sewage system lien; modify term.
HB 5122 referred 12/8/2015	Chang	Public utilities; water utilities; water shutoff protection act; enact.
HB 5124 referred 12/8/2015	Johnson	Highways; local; inclusion of seasonal county road along which a primary residence exists in determining distribution of snow removal funds; allow.
HB 5150 referred 12/15/2015	Poleski	Civil procedure; remedies; judgments against municipalities; limit ability to collect by levying a tax or issuing bonds.
HB 5151 referred 12/15/2015	Poleski	Property tax; payment and collection; payment of collected taxes by local tax collecting unit; provide for payment of judgment against local unit of government.
HB 5163 referred 12/16/2015	Heise	State financing and management; funds; urban land assembly act; repeal, and transfer any remaining funds into the Michigan land bank.
HB 5164 referred 12/16/2015	Chatfield	Land use; land division; fee collected for final plat; revise.
HB 5165 referred 12/16/2015	Moss	Property; recording; recording fee for judgments recorded by register of deeds; clarify.
HB 5177 referred 12/17/2015	Canfield	Water; quality; access to water for drinking or household purposes; require supplier of water to provide under certain circumstances.
HB 5178 referred 12/17/2015	Canfield	Cities; public services; continuous water and sewer billing to customers; require.
HB 5232 referred 1/26/2016	Afendoulis	History and arts; other; procedure to establish a local historic district; modify.
HB 5238 referred 1/26/2016	Kosowski	Local government; other; local government professional services selection act; create.
HB 5239 referred 1/26/2016	Kosowski	Villages; general law; reference to local government professional services selection act in the general law village act; provide for.
HB 5240 referred 1/26/2016	Lucido	Villages; home rule; reference to local government professional services selection act in the home rule village act; provide for.
HB 5241 referred 1/26/2016	Sheppard	Counties; charter; reference to local government professional services selection act in the charter county act; provide for.
HB 5242 referred 1/26/2016	Kesto	Cities; home rule; reference to local government professional services selection act in the home rule city act; provide for.
HB 5243 referred 1/26/2016	Heise	Counties; other; reference to local government professional services selection act in 1851 PA 156; provide for.
HB 5244 referred 1/26/2016	Schor	Counties; optional unified form of county government; reference to local government professional services selection act in the optional unified form of county government act; provide for.
HB 5245 referred 1/26/2016	Santana	Townships; other; reference to local government professional services selection act in 1846 RS 16; provide for.
HB 5253 referred 1/27/2016	Gay-Dagnogo	Local government; financing; emergency management process under the local financial stability and choice act; modify.
HB 5254 referred 1/27/2016	Sheppard	Townships; charter; reference to local government professional services selection act in the charter township act; provide for.
HB 5260 referred 1/27/2016	Garrett	Local government; other; local financial stability and choice act; repeal.
HB 5261 referred 1/27/2016 re-referred on 3/10/2016	Cole	Transportation; funds; funding for township road construction projects; provide for.
HB 5278 referred 1/28/2016	Glardon	Drains; financing; incomplete drain improvement; specify types of costs that can be apportioned.
HB 5279 referred 1/28/2016	Glardon	Drains; districts; authority to consolidate drainage districts by petition; expand to include villages.
HB 5282 referred 2/2/2016	Webber	Drains; sewers; liability for overflow or backups; specify rainfall levels and what constitutes a defect.
HB 5285 referred 2/2/2016	Zemke	Water; quality; testing for levels of lead and other contaminants in water supplied to public schools; require.
HB 5313 referred 2/4/2016	Yanez	Public utilities; consumer services; water or sewerage service contingent on accepting installation of advanced meter; prohibit.
HB 5353 referred 2/11/2016	Schor	State financing and management; bonds; Michigan infrastructure repair bond; create.
HB 5375 referred 2/16/2016	Chatfield	Property tax; delinquent taxes; transfer of foreclosed property to land bank authority before auction sale; prohibit.
HB 5393 referred 2/23/2016	Chang	Economic development; other; qualifying period for assessment; modify.
HB 5423 referred 3/2/2016	Price	Water; quality; replacement of residential lead pipe service lines; provide for financing on water supply bills.
HB 5424 referred 3/3/2016	Heise	Cities; home rule; detachment to a charter township; exempt under certain circumstances.
HB 5431 referred 3/8/2016	Forlini	Local government; other; local governments, law enforcement agencies, and universities operating a motor vehicle storage facility; prohibit.
HB 5446 referred 3/9/2016	Leutheuser	Economic development; neighborhood enterprise zones; requirement to send report of assessed values and ad valorem taxes to the Michigan enterprise zone authority; eliminate.
HB 5459 referred 3/15/2016	Phelps	Water; quality; testing for lead and copper in drinking water; require, and specify procedures.
HB 5460 referred 3/15/2016	Phelps	State financing and management; other; modifications to emergency management plans; provide for.
HB 5461 referred 3/15/2016	Neeley	Water; quality; program for testing and removing lead in drinking water; establish for schools and child care centers.
HB 5465 referred 3/15/2016	Lucido	Land use; zoning and growth management; state licensed residential facilities with more than 6 residents; allow exclusion from single-family residential zones.
HB 5466 referred 3/15/2016	Lucido	Human services; adult foster care; local zoning requirements; clarify applicability of.
HB 5467 referred 3/15/2016	Lucido	Corrections; state facilities; applicability of single-family residential zoning; provide for if more than 6 residents.
HB 5493 referred 3/22/2016	Kivela	Local government; other; compensation for directors of a village or township community center; provide for.
HB 5515 referred 3/24/2016	Kosowski	Construction; plumbing; definition of lead-free pipes and pipe fittings; revise to federal safe drinking water act language.
HB 5516 referred 3/24/2016	Lane	Transportation; funds; loans from counties to cities for road construction projects; allow.
HB 5524 referred 3/24/2016	Howrylak	Economic development; downtown development authorities; provision related to taking, transfer, and use of private property; repeal.
HB 5553 referred 4/13/2016	Kosowski	Water; quality; testing for levels of lead and other contaminants in water supplied to colleges and universities; require.
HB 5554 referred 4/13/2016	Kosowski	Water; quality; testing for levels of lead and other contaminants in water supplied to hospitals; provide for.
HB 5561 referred 4/14/2016	Graves	Housing; inspection; inspection procedures and regulations; modify.
HB 5591 referred 4/21/2016	Cole	Property; conveyances; restrictive covenants; allow a vote to amend or repeal to be by electronic signature.
HB 5609 referred 4/28/2016	Chang	Fire; other; power of fire officials in situations involving dangerous conditions; clarify.
HB 5610 referred 4/28/2016	Wittenberg	Local government; other; power of an emergency manager; limit under certain circumstances.
HB 5651 referred 5/12/2016	Hughes	State financing and management; authorities; port authority act; revise, and allow to create certain authority under certain circumstances.
HB 5652 referred 5/12/2016	Byrd	Economic development; Michigan strategic fund; definition of port projects; modify.
HB 5655 referred 5/17/2016	Lucido	Housing; condominium; co-owner approval of budgets; provide for, and require LARA to provide investigative, enforcement, and dispute resolution services in conflicts between a co-owner and an association.
HB 5678 referred 5/24/2016	Brinks	Vehicles; other; operation of electric patrol vehicles on sidewalks; permit under certain circumstances and modify certain equipment requirements.
HB 5851 referred 9/8/2016	Chatfield	Economic development; other; reporting and oversight of certain downtown development authorities and other tax increment financing changes; provide for.
HB 5852 referred 9/8/2016	Theis	Economic development; other; reporting and oversight of water resource improvement tax increment financing and certain tax increment financing changes; provide for.
HB 5853 referred 9/8/2016	Price	Economic development; local development financing authority; reporting and oversight of local development financing authorities and certain tax increment financing changes; provide for.
HB 5854 referred 9/8/2016	Somerville	Economic development; corridor improvement; reporting and oversight of corridor improvement authorities and certain tax increment financing changes; provide for.
HB 5855 referred 9/8/2016	Maturen	Economic development; tax increment financing; reporting and oversight of tax increment financing and certain tax increment financing changes; provide for.
HB 5856 referred 9/8/2016	Chatfield	Economic development; brownfield redevelopment authority; ability to capture future special millages; eliminate.
HB 5860 referred 9/13/2016	Hughes	Local government; financing; safe drinking water revolving fund; authorize use of for replacing lead or galvanized service lines.
HB 5887 referred 9/15/2016	Chang	Housing; landlord and tenants; rent control policies; allow for local governments.
HB 5956 referred 10/19/2016	Pagan	Labor; benefits; local government labor regulatory limitation act; repeal.
HB 5966 referred 10/19/2016	Neeley	Water; quality; drinking water; reduce lead action level.
HB 5968 referred 10/19/2016	Zemke	Housing; landlord and tenants; protection for victims of domestic violence from eviction; provide for under certain circumstances.
HB 5980 referred 10/19/2016	Lucido	Housing; condominium; mediation process within the condominium association bylaws; require adoption of.
HB 5983 referred 10/19/2016	Chang	Housing; affordable; rent limitation for senior citizens and individuals with disabilities; authorize local units to impose, and provide for tax exemptions and specific tax.
HB 5991 referred 10/19/2016	McCready	Environmental protection; sewage; municipal storm water utilities; provide for, and authorize fee.
HB 6014 referred 11/9/2016	Price	Drains; districts; addition of county to or removal of county from drainage district; provide for.
HB 6030 referred 11/9/2016	Irwin	Local government; other; local financial stability and choice act; provide for general amendments.
HB 6031 referred 11/9/2016	Irwin	Labor; collective bargaining; reference to local financial stability and choice act; remove in the public employment relations act.
HB 6036 referred 11/9/2016	Pscholka	State financing and management; other; certain forms of energy improvement financing for certain local units of government; provide for.
HB 6054 referred 11/29/2016	Chang	Education; facilities; certain measures to address indoor air and water quality in public schools; require.
HB 6074 referred 11/30/2016	Cotter	Retirement; health benefits; local unit of government retirement act; create.
HB 6075 referred 11/30/2016	Lauwers	Retirement; investments; reporting requirements of a local unit of government retirement system; expand.
HB 6076 referred 11/30/2016	Poleski	Labor; public service labor disputes; retirement plans and health savings accounts; exclude from arbitration awards for public police and fire departments.
HB 6077 referred 11/30/2016	Nesbitt	Labor; collective bargaining; certain retirement plan and retirement health care plan terms; make prohibited subjects of bargaining for local public employees.
HB 6078 referred 11/30/2016	Nesbitt	Retirement; other; retirement health benefits for township employees subject to the local unit of government retirement act; provide for.
HB 6079 referred 11/30/2016	Nesbitt	Retirement; fire and police; paying retiree health benefits from interest earned on a local unit of government retirement system subject to the local unit of government retirement act; provide for.
HB 6080 referred 11/30/2016	Poleski	Retirement; fire and police; retirement health benefits subject to the local unit of government retirement act; provide for.
HB 6081 referred 11/30/2016	Poleski	Retirement; county employees; retirement health benefits under a retirement system established by a county board of commissioners; make subject to the local unit of government retirement act.
HB 6082 referred 11/30/2016	Pscholka	Retirement; other; retirement system established by a library board; make subject to the local unit of government retirement board.
HB 6083 referred 11/30/2016	Pscholka	Retirement; municipal employees; retirement health benefits under a retirement system established by a city; make subject to the local unit of government retirement act.
HB 6084 referred 11/30/2016	Somerville	Retirement; county employees; retirement health benefits for charter county employees subject to the local unit of government retirement act; provide for.
HB 6085 referred 11/30/2016	Somerville	Retirement; municipal employees; retirement health benefits offered under the municipal employees retirement system; make subject to the local unit of government retirement act.
HB 6086 referred 11/30/2016	Somerville	Retirement; county employees; retirement health benefits for optional unified form of county government; subject to the local unit of government retirement act.
SB 62 referred 6/3/2015	Hertel	Property; recording; recording requirements; modify to include electronic signatures, and exempt certified copy of death certificate from requirements of act.
SB 108 referred 3/5/2015	Zorn	Libraries; district; district library establishment act; modify.
SB 239 referred 10/8/2015	Robertson	Animals; other; breed discrimination; eliminate.
SB 303 referred 10/14/2015	Knollenberg	Cemeteries and funerals; other; investment of money in a perpetual care and maintenance fund; expand authority.
SB 309 referred 5/27/2015	Stamas	Housing; condominium; condominium subdivision plan; modify survey plan signature and cover sheet content requirements.
SB 394 referred 11/5/2015	Robertson	Housing; inspection; multi-unit inspections; make discretionary unless complaint is received and include certain townships within scope of act.
SB 481 referred 12/8/2015	Booher	Local government; authorities; recreational authorities act; clarify regarding use of tax proceeds by a recreational authority.
SB 569 referred 2/17/2016	Nofs	Local government; financing; municipal budget stabilization fund; increase.
SB 599 referred 2/16/2016	MacGregor	Property; recording; fees for recording documents; revise.
SB 600 referred 2/16/2016	MacGregor	Liens; other; liens for labor on oil and gas wells; clarify fee for recording and indexing a statement claiming a lien.
SB 601 referred 2/16/2016	Zorn	Liens; other; federal tax liens; modify fee for filing and indexing liens and notices.
SB 602 referred 2/16/2016	Zorn	Liens; other; state tax liens; modify fee for recording or filing and indexing liens and notices.
SB 603 referred 2/16/2016	Booher	Liens; other; fee for recording or discharging lien; modify in the Michigan employment security act.
SB 604 referred 2/16/2016	Hertel	Commercial code; secured transactions; recording fees for mortgages that are effective as financing statements; clarify.
SB 610 referred 3/10/2016	O'Brien	Housing; condominium; reversion of undeveloped units to common elements after period of time; require approval by condominium association.
SB 729 referred 3/1/2016	Schmidt	Transportation; funds; counties to provide loans to townships for purpose of funding township road construction projects; allow.
SB 737 referred 2/16/2016	MacGregor	State financing and management; funds; recovery of certain fees for recording certain documents; allow.
SB 950 referred 11/9/2016	Stamas	Water; quality; provision of alternative water supplies under certain circumstances when department of health and human services issues a drinking water advisory; require.
SB 959 referred 12/7/2016	Schmidt	Property; other; Michigan community foundation act; create.
SB 979 referred 11/9/2016	Ananich	Local government; authorities; municipal recovery and development authority; create.
SB 999 referred 11/9/2016	Ananich	Higher education; financial aid; number of governing bodies authorized to establish promise zones; increase.
SB 1026 referred 10/19/2016	Horn	Economic development; tax increment financing; tax increment finance authorities into a single act; provide for.
SB 1061 referred 11/29/2016	Horn	Economic development; brownfield redevelopment authority; transformational brownfield plans; provide for.
SB 1062 referred 11/29/2016	Brandenburg	Individual income tax; collections; certain revenues attributable to transformational brownfield plans; capture and earmark.
SB 1063 referred 11/29/2016	Stamas	Sales tax; collections; certain revenue attributable to transformational brownfield plans; capture and earmark.
SB 1064 referred 11/29/2016	MacGregor	Use tax; collections; certain revenue attributable to transformational brownfield plans; capture and earmark.
SB 1065 referred 11/29/2016	Bieda	Economic development; renaissance zones; exemption of certain taxes; modify.
SB 1153 referred 11/29/2016	Stamas	Economic development; Michigan strategic fund; business withholding abatement program; create.
SB 1154 referred 11/29/2016	Schmidt	Individual income tax; withholding requirements; redirect withholdings from state to certain businesses for economic development; provide for.
SB 1155 referred 11/29/2016	Bieda	Taxation; administration; disclosure of certain information of certain authorized business under the Michigan strategic fund act; allow.
HCR 11 referred 4/30/2015	Chatfield	A concurrent resolution to urge the United States Supreme Court to recognize its limited historic role in a federal system and to urge the states to become proactive in defending their sovereignty against federal overreach.
HCR 28 referred 11/10/2016	McCready	A concurrent resolution to urge the President and Congress of the United States to comply with the Refugee Resettlement Act of 1980 and to halt further refugee placements until the Federal government is able to comply with appropriate screening and security checks, and consult with local governments in future placements.