Bill Text: MI HB5187 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Property tax; exemptions; property tax exemption for disabled veterans; modify. Amends 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.1 - 211.155) by adding sec. 7xx & repeals sec. 7b of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.7b). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5186'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-10-31 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/26/2017 [HB5187 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5187-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5187

 

 

October 26, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Noble, Kosowski, Lucido, Marino, Gay-Dagnogo, Hornberger and Glenn and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

 

"The general property tax act,"

 

(MCL 211.1 to 211.155) by adding section 7xx; and to repeal acts

 

and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7xx. For taxes levied after December 31, 2017, real

 

property used and owned as a homestead by an eligible disabled

 

veteran or an eligible surviving spouse of a disabled veteran is

 

exempt from the collection of taxes under this act. Real property

 

used and owned as a homestead by an eligible disabled veteran or an

 

eligible surviving spouse of a disabled veteran exempt under this

 

section is subject to the specific tax levied under the disabled

 

veteran's homestead tax relief act. As used in this section,

 

"eligible disabled veteran" and "eligible surviving spouse of a

disabled veteran" mean those terms as defined in the disabled

 

veteran's homestead tax relief act.

 

     Enacting section 1. Section 7b of the general property tax

 

act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.7b, is repealed effective December 31,

 

2017.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5186 (request no.

 

04262'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.