Bill Text: MI HB4193 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Property tax: millage; combining millages into a single ballot proposal; prohibit. Amends sec. 24f of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.24f).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-11 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/10/2021 [HB4193 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4193-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4193
February 10, 2021, Introduced by Rep.
Hornberger and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal
Finance.
A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled
"The general property tax act,"
by amending section 24f (MCL 211.24f), as amended by 2000 PA 244.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 24f. (1) If
a taxing unit submits a proposal on the question of authorizing the issuance of
bonds, imposing a new millage, or increasing or renewing an existing millage,
except an ad valorem special assessment millage for police or fire protection
under 1951 PA 33, MCL 41.801 to 41.813, the ballot shall
must fully disclose each local
unit of government to which the revenue from that millage will be disbursed. As
used in this subsection:
(a) "Local unit of government" means a county,
city, village, township, school district, intermediate school district,
community college district, public library, or local authority created under
state law.
(b) "Public library" means that term as defined in
section 2 of the state aid to public libraries act, 1977 PA 89, MCL 397.552.
(2) In addition to the requirement set forth in subsection
(1) and any other requirement provided by law, when submitting a proposal on
the question of authorizing a millage rate to be levied under this act, the
ballot shall must
state all of the following:
(a) The millage rate to be authorized.
(b) The estimated amount of revenue that will be collected in
the first year that the millage is authorized and levied.
(c) The duration of the millage in years.
(d) A clear statement of the purpose for the millage.
(e) A clear statement indicating whether the proposed millage
is a renewal of a previously authorized millage or the authorization of a new
additional millage.
(3) In addition to any other requirement provided by law,
when submitting a proposal to authorize the issuance of bonds, the ballot shall must
state all of the following:
(a) The principal amount to be borrowed.
(b) The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding,
exclusive of any refunding.
(c) A clear statement of the purpose for which the proceeds
of the bonds will be used.
(d) For bonds other than bonds that are intended to be paid
from a separate revenue source or from taxes levied in less than the entire
taxing unit, the estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds
in the first year that the levy is authorized and the estimated simple average
annual millage that will be required to retire the debt. Inaccuracies in the
estimates provided under this subdivision shall
do not affect the validity of the
bonds, the general obligation unlimited tax status requiring the levy of taxes
sufficient to pay the bonds, or the results of an election.
(e) For bonds that are intended to be paid from a separate
revenue source or from taxes levied in less than the entire taxing unit, the
primary source of the revenue that is intended to be used to retire the bonds.
(4) A taxing unit shall hold not more than 2 elections in a
calendar year concerning the authorization of a millage rate greater than the
product of the immediately preceding year's reduced maximum authorized rate or
rates as defined in section 34d(16) 34d multiplied by the current year's millage
reduction fraction, regardless of the number of questions presented at the
election.
(5) A taxing unit that levies a
millage under this act shall not submit a single question to the
electors of the taxing unit requesting both the renewal of voter authorized
millage and the authorization of new additional millage if the additional
millage is greater than 0.5 mill. If authorization to levy a millage has expired and the taxing unit submits to
the electors the authorization of a millage
greater than the number of expired mills reduced pursuant to the millage
reduction in section 34d(11), 34d(7), and if the additional millage is greater than
0.5 mill, the taxing unit shall submit 1 question for authorization of the
number of expired mills reduced pursuant to the millage reduction in section 34d(11) 34d(7)
and 1 or more additional questions for the authorization of the millage in excess of that amount.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), a taxing unit that levies millage under this act shall not submit in a single question or ballot proposal to the electors of the taxing unit a request for either of the following:
(a) More than 1 millage renewal or authorization.
(b) A single millage renewal or authorization that combines millages for 2 or more dedicated purposes.