{"id":1480,"date":"2012-02-01T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/advocacy\/inside208\/post\/Michigan-Senate-committee-passes-bill-to-reinstate-two-inch-rule-for-sidewalk-liability.aspx"},"modified":"2012-02-01T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T08:19:00","slug":"michigan-senate-committee-passes-bill-to-reinstate-two-inch-rule-for-sidewalk-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2012\/02\/01\/michigan-senate-committee-passes-bill-to-reinstate-two-inch-rule-for-sidewalk-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Senate committee passes bill to reinstate two inch rule for sidewalk liability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed HB 4589, a bill that would reinstate the long-standing two inch rule for sidewalk liability.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the rule in <em>Robinson v. City of Lansing<\/em>. This is the second legislative session where the League has been pushing to reinstate the rule.<\/p>\n<p>The committee passed version may be viewed here: <a href=\"\/advocacy\/inside208\/file.axd?file=2012%2f2%2f2+Inch+Rule+Sub.pdf\">2 Inch Rule Sub.pdf (220.91 kb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill now goes to the full Senate for its consideration.<\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha Harkins works for the Michigan Municipal League handling municipal services and energy and technology issues. She can be reached at (517) 908-0306 or by e-mail at sharkins@mml.org. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed HB 4589, a bill that would reinstate the long-standing two inch rule for sidewalk liability. In 2009 the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the rule in Robinson v. City of Lansing. 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