HB-5070, As Passed House, November 14, 2013

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5070

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

"The Michigan penal code,"

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 553.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 553. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an

individual who occupies a building that is a single-family dwelling

or 1 or both units in a building that is a 2-family dwelling and

has not, at any time during that period of occupancy, occupied the

property with the owner's consent for an agreed-upon consideration

is guilty of a crime as follows:

     (a) For a first offense, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of

not more than $5,000.00 per dwelling unit occupied or imprisonment

for not more than 180 days, or both.

     (b) For a second or subsequent offense, a felony punishable by

a fine of not more than $10,000.00 per dwelling unit occupied or

imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both.

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a guest or a family

member of the owner of the dwelling or of a tenant.