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MI HB4166

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2021

Primary Sponsor

Ben Frederick

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Increases homestead exemption value from $30,000 to $150,000 for debtors in bankruptcy under federal bankruptcy code.

  • Removes the enhanced exemption of $45,000 for debtors or dependents who are 65 years of age or older or disabled.

  • Makes technical corrections to internal revenue code citations, changing "408a" to "408A" and adding "of 1986" for clarity.

  • Capitalizes "Consumer Price Index" and "Department of Labor" throughout the section for consistency with proper naming conventions.

  • Maintains existing exemptions for personal property, retirement accounts, pensions, and homestead proceeds while applying the new uniform $150,000 homestead exemption limit.

Legislative Description

Civil procedure: bankruptcy; value of home equity exempted from bankruptcy; modify. Amends sec. 5451 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5451).

Civil procedure: bankruptcy

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/04/2021

2/9/2021

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2021

Full Bill Text

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