HOUSE BILL No. 4571


     April 27, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Gilbert, Kowall and Birkholz and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.


        A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

   "The general property tax act,"

   by amending section 7l (MCL 211.7l), as added by 1980 PA 142.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 7l.  (1) Public property belonging to  the  THIS state,

 2    except licensed homestead lands, part-paid lands held under cer-

 3    tificates, and lands purchased at tax sales, and still held by

 4     the  THIS state is exempt from taxation under this act.  This

 5    exemption shall not apply to lands acquired after July 19, 1966,

 6    unless a deed or other memorandum of conveyance is recorded in

 7    the county where the lands are located before December 31 of the

 8    year of acquisition, or the local assessing officer is notified

 9    by registered mail of the acquisition before December 31 of the

10    year of acquisition.




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 1         (2) PUBLIC PROPERTY BELONGING TO THIS STATE IS SUBJECT TO

 2    THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO THE SAME EXTENT AND IN THE

 3    SAME MANNER AS PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY:

 4         (A) SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS UNDER 1951 PA 33, MCL 41.801 TO

 5    41.813.

 6         (B) SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE

 7    PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, 1923 PA 116,

 8    MCL 41.411 TO 41.419, FOR 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 9         (i) PROVIDING POLICE PROTECTION OR CONTRACTING FOR POLICE

10    PROTECTION.

11         (ii) PURCHASING FIRE APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT.

12         (iii) CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING HOUSING FACILITIES FOR

13    FIRE APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT.

14         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

15    effect unless all of the following bills of the 90th Legislature

16    are enacted into law:

17         (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request

18    no. 02131'99 a).

19         (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request

20    no. 02131'99 b).

21         (c) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request

22    no. 02131'99 c).













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