SENATE BILL No. 717

 

 

December 10, 2013, Introduced by Senator WARREN and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the protection of children through the

licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide

for the establishment of standards of care for child care

organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain

departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide

penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"

 

(MCL 722.111 to 722.128) by amending the title, as amended by 1997

 

PA 165, and by adding section 16a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

TITLE

 

     An act to provide for the protection of children through the

 

licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide

 

for the establishment of standards of care for child care

 

organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain

 

departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to prohibit

 

restrictions on the location of child care homes; to provide

 


penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

     Sec. 16a. (1) A property owners association shall not prohibit

 

the use of real property as a family child care home or a group

 

child care home. A prohibition adopted in violation of this section

 

is void.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "property owners association"

 

means an organization of real property owners or lessees,

 

regardless of the legal form of the organization, that has the

 

power to restrict the use of real property within a geographical

 

area. Property owners association does not include a governmental

 

entity.