HB6049 Summary

• Updates Section 74 of the Drain Code of 1956 to use gender-neutral language, replacing references to "wife" with "spouse" and "she" with "the spouse" in provisions regarding release of right of way for drain construction.

• Modifies Section 381 of the Drain Code of 1956 to make language gender-neutral when describing circumstances under which a drain commissioner must recuse themselves, changing references from "wife or child" to "spouse or child" and updating related pronouns.

• Changes archaic statutory language throughout both sections, replacing terms like "Commissioners" with "A commissioner," "shall" with "will" or "is," and "deemed" with "considered" for modernization.

• Contains an enacting clause making the bill effective only if Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution T of the 100th Legislature becomes part of the 1963 Michigan Constitution.