PUBLIC PROPERTY
House Bills 4571-4574
Sponsor: Rep. Judson Gilbert II
Committee: Tax Policy
Complete to 10-12-99
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILLS 4571-4574 AS INTRODUCED 4-27-99
The bills would make public property belonging to the state subject to special assessments that pay for police and fire services.
House Bill 4571 would amend the General Property Tax Act (MCL 211.7l). House Bill 4572 would amend Public Act 33 of 1951, which deals with police and fire protection in townships, villages, and cities under 15,000 population (MCL 41.801). House Bill 4573 would amend the Township and Village Public Improvement and Public Service Act (MCL 41.413). House Bill 4574 would make complementary amendments to Public Act 289 of 1977, which deals with state payments to municipalities for fire protection services received by state facilities (MCL 141.953 and 141.954). It would allow amounts raised from special assessments to be subtracted from the calculation of payments due to a municipality. The bills are tie-barred to one another.
State public property would be subject to special assessments under Public Act 33 of 1951, which authorizes special assessments for the maintenance and operation of police and fire departments, including vehicles, apparatus, and housing; and would be would be subject to special assessments under the Township and Village Public Improvement and Public Service Act for providing police protection or contracting for police protection, purchasing fire apparatus and equipment, and constructing and maintaining housing facilities for fire apparatus and equipment.
Analyst: C. Couch