Section 125.541b - Noncompliance with order as misdemeanor; penalties; designation of blight violation by municipality. - Michigan Statutes

HOUSING LAW OF MICHIGAN (EXCERPT)
Act 167 of 1917

125.541b Noncompliance with order as misdemeanor; penalties; designation of blight violation by municipality.

Sec. 141b.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2), a person who fails or refuses to comply with an order approved or modified by the legislative body or board of appeals under section 141 within the time prescribed by that section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 120 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(2) If a legislative body of a municipality formed under the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.1 to 117.38, has enacted an ordinance that is substantially the same as sections 138 to 142, the municipality may designate the violation of its ordinance as a blight violation in accordance with section 4q of the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.4q.

History: Add. 1992, Act 144, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 50, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2008