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.