Participate in the Michigan REALTORS® Call For Action TODAY; Grand Traverse County Septic Inspection Ordinance Ad Hoc Committee Drafts Septic Regulations for County Board’s Consideration; The NAR Settlement Has Received Final Approval... What Does This Mean?
If you have not yet participated in the Michigan REALTORS® Call For Action against Michigan Senate Bill 1022, please do so today to protect yourself from frivolous lawsuits under the MCPA. Check out the Grand Traverse County Draft Septic Regulations before the GT County Board of Commissioners considers them in December and January. Learn more about the NAR Settlement’s final approval and what it means for you and your business, courtesy of Miami REALTORS®.
1. Participate in the Michigan REALTORS® Call for Action TODAY
If you have not already participated in the Michigan REALTORS® Call for Action please do so through this link today!
The Michigan Legislature is considering eliminating an important recognition for licensed brokers and salespersons within the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA) through Michigan Senate Bill 1022. This bill would create new incentives to sue real estate brokers and salespersons. In less than 19 hours over 1,600 people statewide have participated in this Call for Action. Add your voice and help protect yourself from frivolous lawsuits under the MCPA by participating in the Call for Action today!
Click this link to participate!
To receive future Call for Action alerts on your mobile phone, text REALTOR to 30644
If you would like to learn more about the Michigan REALTORS® Call for Action check out this video update from Brad Ward, Vice President of Public Policy & Legal Affairs.
2. Grand Traverse County Septic Inspection Ordinance Ad Hoc Committee Drafts Septic Regulations for County Board’s Consideration
As covered in previous GAD Top 3s (Oct. 21st and Nov. 18th) Grand Traverse (GT) County has been holding Septic Inspection Program Ad Hoc Committee Meetings on October 11th, November 13th, and this past Monday, December 2nd. At the December 2nd Ad Hoc Committee Meeting, Grand Traverse County Commissioners approved moving forward with the introduction of Draft Point-of-Transfer Septic Regulations with the edits that are included in this attachment and after it has been cleaned up by GT County Health Department staff and GT County legal staff.
Members of this ad hoc committee included GT County Health Department Staff; Grand Traverse County Commissioners TJ Andrews, Rob Hentschel, and Brad Jewett; Christine Crissman with the Watershed Center; as well as participants from local townships including East Bay Township, Long Lake Township, and Paradise Township; septic inspector Butch Strait; in addition to myself (Connor Miller). The Aspire North REALTORS® Public Policy Committee has been kept informed of these discussions to the point that the Public Policy Committee passed a recommendation that was approved by the Aspire North Board of Directors at their October Board Meeting which reads, “Recommendation to support Grand Traverse County putting in place a Point-of-Sale or Point-of-Transfer ordinance for properties within 300 feet of a body of water.” A recommendation that ultimately guided policy for GT County’s Draft Point-of-Transfer Septic Regulation.
Once the GT County Health Department has cleaned up this document and run it by the GT County legal department this Draft Point-of-Transfer Septic Regulation will be introduced to the GT County Commission as early as December 18th with the intention to pass the policy as soon as January. The enactment date would be October 1st, 2025. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to me at connor@aspirenorthrealtors.com.
3. The NAR Settlement Has Received Final Approval What Does This Mean?
As hopefully you have heard by now on Tuesday, November 26th the NAR Settlement in the Sitzer/Burnett Case was granted final approval. So what exactly does this NAR Settlement approval mean? Check out this piece by Miami REALTORS® which provides a summary of what this settlement approval means as we move forward following the settlement.
