HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE
REP. JAMES LOWER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
12:00 PM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance was called to
order by Chair Lower.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Markkanen, Paquette,
Ellison, Sowerby, Hope, Kuppa.
Absent/Excused: Rep. Garza.
Representative Crawford moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 15, 2020. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5260 before the committee:
HB 5260
(Rep. Paquette)
A bill to amend 1945 PA 200, entitled "An act to define a
marketable record title to an interest in land; to require the
filing of notices of claim of interest in such land in certain
cases within a definite period of time and to require the
recording thereof; to make invalid and of no force or effect
all claims with respect to the land affected thereby where no
such notices of claim of interest are filed within the required
period; to provide for certain penalties for filing slanderous
notices of claim of interest, and to provide certain exceptions
to the applicability and operation thereof," by amending
section 4 (MCL 565.104), as amended by 2018 PA 572.
Representative Paquette testified in support of HB 5260; Kevin Hirzel and Elizabeth Butler,
representing the Community Associations Institute, testified in support of HB 5260. Questions
and discussion followed.
Brian Westrin and David Pierson, representing the Michigan Realtors, testified with a neutral
position on HB 5260. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5260, but did not wish to speak:
Mark Petrie, representing The Meisner Law Group.
Dave Worthams, representing the Michigan Bankers Association.
The Chair laid HB 4030 before the committee:
HB 4030
(Rep. Allor)
A bill to amend 1972 PA 139, entitled "An act authorizing
township boards to provide for the maintenance and
improvement of private roads by contract and to provide
payments by special assessment districts; and to repeal
certain acts and parts of acts," by amending section 2 (MCL
247.392).
Representative Allor testified in support of HB 4030. Questions and discussion followed.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4030, but did not wish to speak:
Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Townships Association.
The Chair laid HB 5197 and HB 5198 before the committee:
HB 5197
(Rep. Maddock) A bill to amend 1992 PA 116, entitled "Records reproduction
act," (MCL 24.401 to 24.406) by adding section 2a.
HB 5198
(Rep. Maddock) A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "The Michigan penal
code," by amending section 491 (MCL 750.491), as
amended by 2017 PA 182.
Representative Maddock testified in support of HB 5197 and 5198; David Scott, representing the
Charter Township of Commerce, testified in support of HB 5197 and HB 5198. Questions and
discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5197 and HB 5198, but did not wish to
speak:
Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Townships Association.
Deena Bosworth, representing the Michigan Association of Counties.
Representative Ellison moved to excuse Representative Garza from the meeting. There being no
objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. James Lower adjourned the meeting
at 12:32 PM.
Representative James Lower, Chair
Molly Wingrove
Committee Clerk
mwingrove@house.mi.gov