Michigan Laws 460.965 – Powers of municipality
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.965
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- District: means a district created under a clean energy program by a municipality. See Michigan Laws 460.963
- Home energy audit: means an evaluation of the energy performance of a residential structure, by a qualified person using building-performance diagnostic equipment and complying with American national standards institute approved home energy audit standards, that meets both of the following requirements:
(i) Determines how best to optimize energy performance while maintaining or improving human comfort, health, and safety and the durability of the structure. See Michigan Laws 460.963Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Municipality: means a city, village, or township, all or some of whose residents are served by a municipal electric utility. See Michigan Laws 460.963 program: means a program as described in section 5(2). See Michigan Laws 460.963 Property: means privately owned residential real property located within the municipality. See Michigan Laws 460.963 Record owner: means the person or persons possessed of the most recent fee title or land contract vendee's interest in property as shown by the records of the county register of deeds. See Michigan Laws 460.963
(1) Pursuant to section 7, a municipality may do all of the following:
(a) Establish a residential clean energy program.
(b) From time to time, designate a district or districts within its territorial jurisdiction where residents are served by a municipal electric utility. Districts may be separate, overlapping, or coterminous.
(2) Under a residential clean energy program, the municipality may enter into a contract with a record owner of property within a district to finance or refinance 1 or more energy projects on the property. The financing or refinancing may include the cost of materials and labor necessary for installation, home energy audit costs, permit fees, inspection fees, application and administrative fees, bank fees, and all other fees that may be incurred by the record owner for the installation on a specific or pro rata basis, as determined by the municipality.