Bill Text: MI HB5077 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Property tax; assessments; notice of change in assessment; extend mailing to 30 days before board of review. Amends sec. 24c of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.24c).

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-01 - Printed Bill Filed 11/12/2015 [HB5077 Detail]

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HOUSE BILL No. 5077

 

November 10, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Heise, Hughes, LaVoy and Santana and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

 

"The general property tax act,"

 

by amending section 24c (MCL 211.24c), as amended by 2010 PA 332.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 24c. (1) The assessor shall give to each owner or person

 

or persons listed on the assessment roll of the property a notice

 

by first-class mail of an increase in the tentative state equalized

 

valuation or the tentative taxable value for the year. The notice

 

shall specify each parcel of property, the tentative taxable value

 

for the current year, and the taxable value for the immediately

 

preceding year. The notice shall also specify the time and place of

 

the meeting of the board of review. The notice shall also specify

 

the difference between the property's tentative taxable value in

 

the current year and the property's taxable value in the

 

immediately preceding year.


     (2) The notice shall include, in addition to the information

 

required by subsection (1), all of the following:

 

     (a) The state equalized valuation for the immediately

 

preceding year.

 

     (b) The tentative state equalized valuation for the current

 

year.

 

     (c) The net change between the tentative state equalized

 

valuation for the current year and the state equalized valuation

 

for the immediately preceding year.

 

     (d) The classification of the property as defined by section

 

34c.

 

     (e) The inflation rate for the immediately preceding year as

 

defined in section 34d.

 

     (f) A statement provided by the state tax commission

 

explaining the relationship between state equalized valuation and

 

taxable value. If the assessor believes that a transfer of

 

ownership has occurred in the immediately preceding year, the

 

statement shall state that the ownership was transferred and that

 

the taxable value of that property is the same as the state

 

equalized valuation of that property.

 

     (3) When required by the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281,

 

MCL 206.1 to 206.532, 206.713, the assessment notice shall include

 

or be accompanied by information or forms prescribed by the income

 

tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.532.206.713.

 

     (4) The assessment notice shall be addressed to the owner

 

according to the records of the assessor and mailed not less than

 

14 30 days before the meeting of the board of review. The failure

 


to send or receive an assessment notice does not invalidate an

 

assessment roll or an assessment on that property.

 

     (5) The tentative state equalized valuation shall be

 

calculated by multiplying the assessment by the tentative equalized

 

valuation multiplier. If the assessor has made assessment

 

adjustments that would have changed the tentative multiplier, the

 

assessor may recalculate the multiplier for use in the notice.

 

     (6) The state tax commission shall prepare a model assessment

 

notice form that shall be made available to local units of

 

government.

 

     (7) The assessment notice under subsection (1) shall include

 

the following statement:

 

     "If you purchased your principal residence after May 1 last

 

year, to claim the principal residence exemption, if you have not

 

already done so, you are required to file an affidavit before May

 

1.".

 

     (8) For taxes levied after December 31, 2003, the assessment

 

notice under subsection (1) shall separately state the state

 

equalized valuation and taxable value for any leasehold

 

improvements.

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