HB 4799 creates the Michigan Uniform Assignment of Rents Act, which provides and regulates rights and responsibilities for renters, landlords and creditors. | Canva
HB 4799 creates the Michigan Uniform Assignment of Rents Act, which provides and regulates rights and responsibilities for renters, landlords and creditors. | Canva
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) recently signed six bipartisan bills — House Bills 4173, 4799, 4800, 5659 and 5660 and Senate Bill 447 — bringing the total of bipartisan bills she has signed to 865.
“I am proud to sign six bipartisan bills,” Whitmer said, according to Michigan.gov. “Since I took office, I have signed 865 bipartisan bills, and our record of effective collaboration will help us stay focused on growing Michigan’s economy, creating good-paying jobs and lowering costs. Let’s continue to work together to get things done that put Michiganders first.”
"Lowering Health Care Costs," SB 447, encourages more competitive health care pricing by increasing transparency of costs and coverage. It requires an insurer to provide large employer group customers with specific information about the costs of its insurance plan any time someone asks.
"Everyone knows insurance is a major cost in our lives. I’m glad the Legislature and the governor were able to support this change, which can lead to greater transparency and lower insurance costs for the people of Michigan," state Sen. Dan Lauwers (R-Brockway Township) told Michigan.gov.
"Increasing Public Safety in Communities," HB 4173, aims to increase community safety by raising the maximum allowable reward that county commissioners can offer when a person provides information that leads to the arrest or conviction of criminal suspects.
"This common-sense law will improve public safety and help with criminal investigations. I'm grateful that this additional tool will be available to Michigan counties," state Rep. Kara Hope (D-Holt), who sponsored the bill, told Michigan.gov.
"Expanding Renter Rights," HB 4799, creates the Michigan Uniform Assignment of Rents Act (MUARA). MUARA will provide and regulate rights and responsibilities for renters, landlord-borrowers and creditors. HB 4800 is tie-barred to HB 4799 and specifies that an action to enforce an assignment of rents under MUARA would not be an action to recover debt for the purposes of foreclosure.
“The work done on this bipartisan legislation will bring needed stability and clarity to our Uniform Assignment of Rent laws,” state Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden (D-Southfield) said, according to Michigan.gov. ”I am proud to have worked across the aisle to revise outdated statute with common-sense solutions that will benefit Michiganders.”
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