Bill Text: MI HB6547 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Property tax; millage; millage levy authorized for a zoological authority; increase. Amends sec. 13 of 2008 PA 49 (MCL 123.1173).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-10 - Printed Bill Filed 11/10/2010 [HB6547 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB6547-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6547

 

November 9, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Cushingberry and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 2008 PA 49, entitled

 

"Zoological authorities act,"

 

by amending section 13 (MCL 123.1173).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 13. (1) An authority may levy a tax of not more than 0.1

 

mill 0.2 mills for a period of not more than 20 years on all of the

 

taxable property within the county for the purpose of providing

 

revenue to an accredited zoological institution that is an

 

accredited zoological institution as of the date of the electors'

 

approval of the levy. The authority may levy the tax only if a

 

majority of the electors in the county voting on the tax at a

 

statewide general or primary election approve the tax. The proposal

 

for a tax shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the

 

authority by resolution of the board.

 

     (2) A ballot proposal for a tax shall comply with the

 

requirements of section 24f of the general property tax act, 1893

 

PA 206, MCL 211.24f. A proposal for a tax shall not be placed on

 

the ballot unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the

 

board and certified by the board not later than 60 days before the

 

election to the county clerk of the county for inclusion on the

 

ballot. The proposal shall be certified for inclusion on the ballot

 

at the next eligible election, as specified by the board's

 

resolution.

 

     (3) If a majority of the electors in the county voting on the

 

question of a tax approve the proposal as provided under subsection

 

(1), the tax levy is authorized. Not more than 2 elections may be

 

held in a calendar year on a proposal for a tax authorized under

 

this act.