HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE
REP. JOHN FITZGERALD
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
12:00 PM
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance was called to order by
Chair Fitzgerald.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Fitzgerald, Byrnes, Shannon, Breen, Rogers, Hill, Hoskins, Paiz, Zorn,
Paquette, Bezotte, BeGole, Prestin.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Paiz moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 24, 2024. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5598 and HB 5599 before the committee:
HB 5598
(Rep. Liberati)
A bill to amend 1883 PA 98, entitled "An act to
punish persons who procure or place upon record
spurious or fraudulent conveyances of real estate,
with intent to deceive," by amending the title and
section 1 (MCL 565.371).
HB 5599
(Rep. Liberati)
A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "The code
of criminal procedure," by amending section 15b
of chapter XVII (MCL 777.15b), as amended by
2014 PA 451.
Representative Liberati; Bernard Youngblood and Harry Kalogerakos, both representing the
Wayne County Register of Deeds office, testified in support of HB 5598 and HB 5599.
Questions and discussion followed.
Katie Kelly, Saginaw County Register of Deeds, representing the Michigan Association of
Registers of Deeds, testified in support of HB 5598 and HB 5599.
David Pierson, representing the Real Property Law Section, State Bar of Michigan, testified
in opposition to HB 5598 and HB 5599.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5598 and HB 5599, but did not wish
to speak:
Barb Farrah, representing the City of Detroit.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Fitzgerald adjourned the
meeting at 12:37 PM.
Representative John Fitzgerald, Chair
Molly Wingrove
Committee Clerk
mwingrove@house.mi.gov