Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.941

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Local unit of government: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • program: means a program as described in section 5(2). See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Property: means privately owned commercial or industrial real property located within the local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • 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 460.933
  (1) A local unit of government may impose an assessment under a property assessed clean energy program only pursuant to a written contract with the record owner of the property to be assessed.
  (2) Before entering into a contract with a record owner under a program, the local unit of government shall verify all of the following:
  (a) That there are no delinquent taxes, special assessments, or water or sewer charges on the property.
  (b) That there are no delinquent assessments on the property under a property assessed clean energy program.