HB-5822, As Passed House, December 10, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5822

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1895 PA 161, entitled

 

"An act to require county treasurers to furnish transcripts and

abstracts of records, and fixing the fees to be paid therefor,"

 

by amending section 1 (MCL 48.101), as amended by 1984 PA 291.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) A Except as provided in subsection (6), a county

 

treasurer shall make upon request a transcript of any paper or

 

record on file in the treasurer's office for the following fees:

 

     (a) For an abstract of taxes on any description of land, 25

 

cents for each year covered by the abstract.

 

     (b) For an abstract with statement of name and residence of

 

taxpayers, 25 cents per year for each description of land covered

 

by the abstract.

 

     (c) For list of state tax lands or state bids, 25 cents for

 

each description of land on the list.

 


     (c) (d) For 1 copy of any paper or document, at the rate of 25

 

cents per 100 words.

 

     (d) (e) For each certificate, 25 cents.

 

     (2) For statements in respect to the payment of taxes required

 

by section 135 of the general property tax act, Act No. 206 of the

 

Public Acts of 1893, as amended, being section 211.135 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.135, except as

 

provided in subsection (6), the county treasurer shall receive

 

collect 20 cents for each description of land contained in the

 

certificate but the total amount paid shall not be less than

 

$1.00.$5.00.

 

     (3) In no case shall any An abstract, list, copy, or statement

 

made as required by this act , shall not be furnished for a sum

 

less than 50 cents.

 

     (4) All moneys money collected under the provisions of this

 

act shall be retained by the county treasurer collecting the same,

 

except in counties in which the county treasurer receives a salary

 

in lieu of all fees, in which counties such moneys shall be placed,

 

by the treasurers collecting the same, to the credit of credited to

 

the general fund of the county.

 

     (5) A Except as provided in subsection (6), a charter county

 

with a population of more than 2,000,000 may impose by ordinance a

 

different amount for the fees prescribed by this section. A charter

 

county shall not impose a fee which that is greater than the cost

 

of the service for which the fee is charged.

 

     (6) The maximum charge shall be $0.25 per parcel record, not

 

to exceed $1,500.00 for each request under this section, if the

 


request is for an electronic copy of records in a qualified data

 

file that is maintained with the county treasurer. A response to a

 

request for an electronic copy of records in the qualified data

 

file shall be transmitted electronically using a format that is

 

documented by an open standards organization and that has defined,

 

delimited fields.

 

     (7) Copies of records obtained under subsection (6) may not be

 

resold for a commercial purpose.

 

     (8) As used in this act, "qualified data file" means an

 

electronic data file that includes at least the following

 

information in the record for each parcel of real property in the

 

county for the current tax year:

 

     (a) The taxable value.

 

     (b) The state equalized value.

 

     (c) The assessed value.

 

     (d) Past sale data.

 

     (e) Property classification.

 

     (f) Property address.

 

     (g) Parcel identification number.

 

     (h) Owner name and address.

 

     (i) Taxpayer name and address.

 

     (j) Principal residence status.

 

     (k) Other tax equalization data.

 

     (l) Special assessments.

 

     (m) Total millage rate.

 

     (n) Enumerated millage list.

 

     (o) Tax bill amount for winter tax bill.

 


     (p) Tax bill amount for summer tax bill.