Bill Text: MI SB1141 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

Michigan Senate Bill 1141 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Property tax: payment and collection; collection of taxes levied by community college districts; prohibit in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 43 of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.43). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1055'20, SB 1142'20

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-23 - Referred To Committee On Finance [SB1141 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB1141-Introduced.html

SENATE BILL NO. 1141

September 23, 2020, Introduced by Senator STAMAS and referred to the Committee on Finance.

A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

"The general property tax act,"

by amending section 43 (MCL 211.43), as amended by 1994 PA 253.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 43. (1) The supervisor of each township, immediately upon authorization to raise money by taxation pursuant to an election held under section 36 or on or before the November 5 in each year, shall notify the township treasurer of the amount of the state, county, school, and public transportation authority taxes as apportioned to his or her township.

(2) The treasurer, immediately upon authorization to raise money by taxation pursuant to an election held under section 36 or on or before the third day immediately preceding the day the taxes to be collected become a lien, shall give to the county treasurer a bond running to the county in the actual amount of state, county, and school taxes, except school taxes collected through a city treasurer, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the supervisor of the township and the county treasurer, conditioned that he or she will pay over to the county treasurer as required by law all state and county taxes, pay over to the respective school treasurers all school taxes that he or she collects during each year of his or her term of office, and duly and faithfully perform all the other duties of the office of treasurer. If a corporate surety bond is provided, the bond shall must be approved only by the county treasurer. If the bond is furnished by a surety company authorized to transact business under the laws of this state, it is sufficient that the bond is equal to 40% of the amount of state, county, and school taxes. If the bond is furnished by a surety company, the premium and cost of the bond given to the county shall must be paid by the county treasurer from the general fund of the county against which the premium and cost is made a charge. However, the county treasurer having paid the premium may bill each district school board afforded protection by the bond that portion of the premium charge as is allocated to the school taxes and the school district treasurers shall pay that allocated premium charge as determined by the county treasurer for the protection of school taxes from available school district funds. If the county treasurer and township supervisor determine that the bond of the township treasurer recorded with the township clerk and on file with the township supervisor is adequate and sufficient to safeguard the proper accounting of state, county, and school taxes as required by law, the township treasurer shall is not be required to file with the county treasurer the bond provided for in this section. The county treasurer shall deliver to the supervisor on or before the day the taxes to be collected become a lien a signed statement of approval of the bond. Upon the receipt of the signed statement and on or before the day the taxes to be collected become a lien, the supervisor shall deliver to the township treasurer the tax roll of this the township. The county treasurer shall file and safely keep the bond in his or her office and shall give to the township treasurer a receipt stating that the required bond was received, which receipt the township treasurer shall deliver to the supervisor on or before the day the taxes to be collected become a lien. After the delivery of the receipt and on or before the day the taxes to be collected become a lien, the supervisor shall deliver to the township treasurer the tax roll of the township.

(3) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5), tax collections shall must be delivered pursuant to the following schedule:

(a) Within 10 business days after the first and fifteenth day of each month, the township or city treasurer shall account for and deliver to the county treasurer the total amount of state and county tax collections on hand on the first and fifteenth day of each month; to the school district treasurers the total amount of school tax collections on hand on the first and fifteenth day of each month; and to the public transportation authorities the total amount of public transportation authority tax collections on hand the first and fifteenth day of each month. If the intermediate school district and community college district provide for direct payment pursuant to subsection (9), the township or city treasurer shall also account for and deliver to the intermediate school district and the community college district the total respective amounts of school tax collections on hand the first and fifteenth day of each month. This subdivision shall does not apply to the month of March.

(b) Within 10 business days after the last day of February, the township or city treasurer shall account for and deliver to the county treasurer at least 90% of the total amount of state and county tax collections on hand on the last day of February; to the school district treasurers at least 90% of the total amount of school tax collections on hand on the last day of February; and to the public transportation authorities at least 90% of the total amount of public transportation authority tax collections on hand on the last day of February. If the intermediate school district and community college district provide for direct payment pursuant to subsection (9), the township or city treasurer shall also account for and deliver to the intermediate school district and community college district at least 90% of the total respective amounts of school tax collections on hand on the last day of February.

(c) A final adjustment and delivery of the total amount of tax collections on hand for the county, community college districts, intermediate school districts, school districts, and public transportation authorities shall must be made not later than April 1 of each year.

(4) Instead of following the schedule prescribed in subsection (3), the township or city serving as the tax collecting unit and the local governmental unit for which the tax collections are made may enter into an agreement to establish an alternative schedule for delivering tax collections.

(5) A township that has a state equalized valuation of $15,000,000.00 or less shall account for and deliver to the county treasurer, the school district treasurers, and the public transportation authorities and, if the intermediate school district and community college district provide for direct payment pursuant to subsection (9), the intermediate school district treasurers and community college treasurers the taxes collected up to and including January 10, within 10 business days after January 10. However, a township treasurer subject to this subsection shall at no time have on hand collections of state, county, community college, intermediate school district if applicable pursuant to subsection (9), school district, and public transportation authority taxes in excess of 25% of the amount of the taxes apportioned to the township and, when if collections on hand reach this that percentage, the township treasurer shall immediately account for and turn over the total amount of state and county tax collections on hand to the county treasurer, the total respective amounts of school tax collections on hand to the respective treasurers, and the total respective amounts of public transportation authority tax collections on hand to the respective public transportation authorities. The township treasurer shall notify the secretary or superintendent of each community college district, intermediate school district, and school district applicable and each of the applicable public transportation authorities of the total amount of taxes paid to the respective treasurer or authority, which notification shall must show the different funds for which the taxes were collected.

(6) Except as may be provided under section 1613 of Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 380.1613 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1613, when a county treasurer is collecting the school district or intermediate school district levy, the county treasurer shall account for and deliver to the appropriate local governmental unit treasurer the tax collections received by the county treasurer within 10 business days after the county treasurer receives the funds.

(7) The A county treasurer shall account for and deposit in the county library fund for the use of the county library board, county tax collections received pursuant to a tax levied under section 1 of Act No. 138 of the Public Acts of 1917, being section 397.301 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, 1917 PA 138, MCL 397.301, within 10 business days after the county treasurer receives the funds.

(8) The A county treasurer shall account for and deliver to the boards of each metropolitan transportation authority the county tax collections for transportation authority purposes received by the county treasurer within 10 business days after the county treasurer receives the funds.

(9) For taxes that become a lien in December 1984 or after 1984, an intermediate school district board or the board of trustees of a community college may provide that a local tax collecting treasurer shall account for and deliver tax collections directly to the respective intermediate school district or community college treasurer pursuant to the schedule contained in subsections (3), (4), and (5) for delivery of the respective taxes to the county treasurer. A resolution shall must be adopted at least 60 days before the day taxes to be collected become a lien and shall must specify the period for which the resolution is effective. Copies of the resolution shall must be transmitted to each local tax collecting treasurer and county treasurer within the intermediate school district or community college district.

(10) By the fifteenth day of each month, the a county treasurer shall account for and deliver to the state the collections under the state education tax act, Act No. 331 of the Public Acts of 1993, being sections 211.901 to 211.906 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, 1993 PA 331, MCL 211.901 to 211.906, on hand on the last day of the preceding month. By the first day of each month, the a county treasurer shall account for and deliver to the state the collections under the state education tax act, Act No. 331 of the Public Acts of 1993, 1993 PA 331, MCL 211.901 to 211.906, on hand on or before the fifteenth day of the immediately preceding month. The A county treasurer may retain the interest earned on the money collected under Act No. 331 of the Public Acts of 1993 the state education tax act, 1993 PA 331, MCL 211.901 to 211.906, while held by the county treasurer, as reimbursement for the cost incurred by the county in collecting and transmitting the tax imposed by that act. The money retained by the a county treasurer under this section shall must be deposited in the treasury of the county in which the tax is collected to the credit of the general fund.

(11) A treasurer who willfully neglects or refuses to perform a duty required by subsections (3) to (8) is subject to the penalty prescribed in section 119(1).

(12) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (10), interest earned by a city, township, or county on collections of taxes levied on or after November 5, 1985 before the tax collections are accounted for and delivered to the respective taxing units pursuant to this section shall must also be accounted for and delivered to the respective taxing units on a pro rata basis. Interest earned by a city, township, or county on collections of taxes levied before November 5, 1985 before those collections were accounted for and delivered to the respective taxing units in compliance with the requirements of this section is not subject to claim and retroactive collection by those taxing units. However, interest earned on collections of taxes levied on or after November 5, 1985 and before December 1, 1987 are not subject to claim and retroactive collection unless a claim has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction before March 1, 1988. This subsection does not apply to interest or penalties imposed by law or charter and does not nullify or prohibit any agreements made between a collecting unit and a taxing unit regarding the earned interest.

(13) If there is an agreement for an alternative schedule for delivering tax collections or for interest earned under subsections (4) and (12), the collection of the state education tax is subject to those provisions of that agreement.

(14) Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, the collection and return of taxes levied by the board of trustees of a community college district is subject to the limitation set forth in section 144(6) of the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.144.

(15) (14) As used in this section:

(a) "Metropolitan transportation authority" means an authority created under the metropolitan transportation authorities act of 1967, Act No. 204 of the Public Acts of 1967, being sections 124.401 to 124.425 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1967 PA 204, MCL 124.401 to 124.426.

(b) "Public transportation authority" means an authority created under Act No. 55 of the Public Acts of 1963, being sections 124.351 to 124.359 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1963 PA 55, MCL 124.351 to 124.359.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 1055.

(b) Senate Bill No. 1142.