Bill Text: MI HB4783 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Property tax: special assessments; certain references in act providing for deferment of special assessments on certain homesteads; make gender neutral. Amends sec. 4 of 1976 PA 225 (MCL 211.764). TIE BAR WITH: HJR F'23
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-20 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/15/2023 [HB4783 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4783-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4783
A bill to amend 1976 PA 225, entitled
"An act to defer the collection of special assessments on homestead properties; to provide for conditions of eligibility for such a deferment; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of treasury, local assessing officers, and local collecting officers; to provide for the advancement of moneys by the state to indemnify special assessment districts for losses from deferment of collections; to provide for the advancement of money by the state to an owner for the repayment of loans used by the owner to pay special assessments; to provide for the collection of deferred special assessments and interest thereon, and the disposition of these collections; to make an appropriation; and to prescribe penalties,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 211.764), as amended by 1980 PA 403.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 4. An owner may apply to the local assessing officer for deferment of the payment of special assessments on the owner's homestead. The application shall must be made upon an affidavit form to be furnished and made available by the department at convenient locations throughout the this state. The affidavit form shall must contain the following statement in 10-point boldface type located immediately above the affiant's signature: "If this deferment is authorized the state will place a lien on your property." A person making a false affidavit for the purpose of obtaining deferment of special assessments under this act is guilty of perjury. If the homestead is owned jointly by husband and wife, a married couple, each spouse shall sign and file the affidavit. If the homestead is encumbered by a mortgage or an unpaid balance on a land contract, a deferment of special assessments shall must not be made without the written consent of the mortgagee or the land contract vendor, which shall must be filed with the affidavit. The affidavit shall must be filed with the local assessing officer at least 30 days after the due date of a special assessment or installment of a special assessment for which deferment is requested.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution F (request no. 00367'23) of the 102nd Legislature becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963.
