Bill Text: MI HB6304 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Housing; other; energy-saving home improvements; invalidate prohibition of by homeowners' association. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-09-06 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/05/2018 [HB6304 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB6304-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6304
September 5, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Neeley and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy.
A bill to invalidate provisions in certain homeowners'
association agreements requiring association approval for the
installation or operation of energy-saving or energy-generating
improvements; and to prohibit local units of government from
requiring such homeowners' association approval.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"energy-saving residential improvement act".
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Energy-saving improvement" includes, but is not limited
to, all of the following:
(i) A clothesline.
(ii) A solar panel array.
(iii) A wind turbine.
(b) "Local unit" means a county, township, city, or village.
Sec. 3. A provision in a homeowners' association agreement
entered into on or after the effective date of this act that
prohibits, or requires association approval for, a homeowner to
install or operate an energy-saving improvement is invalid and
unenforceable.
Sec. 4. A local unit shall not require a homeowner to obtain
the approval of a homeowners' association to install or operate an
energy-saving improvement.
Sec. 5. Subject to section 4, this act does not prohibit a
local unit from imposing requirements that may prohibit or limit
the installation or operation of energy-saving improvements by a
homeowner.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
date it is enacted into law.
