Michigan Laws 338.3219 – Responsibility for removal of asbestos
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 338.3219
- Asbestos: means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Construction contractor: means a business entity that, pursuant to a contract with the owner or lessee of real property, provides an improvement to that property. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Construction subcontractor: means a business entity that, pursuant to a contract with a person other than the owner or lessee of the real property, performs any part of a construction contractor's contract for an improvement to that property. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Removal: means the taking out or stripping of asbestos from an existing structure. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
If the contract does not provide for asbestos abatement, a construction contractor or construction subcontractor who contracts to provide an improvement to real property shall not be responsible to provide for the removal of asbestos discovered in the course of providing the improvement to the property. This section shall not apply to construction contractor and construction subcontractor contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this act.