Bill Text: MI SB0221 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Businesses; associations; Masonic associations; allow property tax exemption for property used for Masonic purposes. Amends 1895 PA 1 (MCL 457.221 - 457.227) by adding sec. 4a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-08 - Referred To Committee On Finance [SB0221 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0221-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 221

 

 

March 8, 2017, Introduced by Senators JONES, ROBERTSON, HANSEN, ZORN and KNOLLENBERG and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1895 PA 1, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the incorporation of Masonic Associations;

and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce,"

 

(MCL 457.221 to 457.227) by adding section 4a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4a. (1) Real property or any portion of real property

 

owned by a corporation organized under this act and occupied solely

 

for Masonic purposes is exempt from ad valorem property taxes

 

collected under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL

 

211.1 to 211.155.

 

     (2) Personal property owned by a corporation organized under

 

this act and used solely for Masonic purposes is exempt from ad

 

valorem property taxes collected under the general property tax

 

act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155.