HOUSE BILL No. 4204

 

 

February 12, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Jamnick and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1993 PA 331, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "State education tax act,"                                                  

                                                                                

    by amending sections 3 and 5 (MCL 211.903 and 211.905), as amended          

                                                                                

    by 2002 PA 244; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 3.   (1)  Beginning in 1994,  except as otherwise                      

                                                                                

2   provided in subsection (2),  there is levied a state education              

                                                                                

3   tax on all property not exempt by law from ad valorem property              

                                                                                

4   taxes or not subject to a tax under 1905 PA 282, MCL 207.1 to               

                                                                                

5   207.21, at a rate of 6 mills.                                               

                                                                                

6       (2) In 2003 only, there is levied a state education tax on                  

                                                                                

7   all property not exempt by law from ad valorem property taxes or            

                                                                                

8   not subject to a tax under 1905 PA 282, MCL 207.1 to 207.21, at             

                                                                                

9   the rate of 5 mills.                                                        

                                                                                

10      Sec. 5.  (1)  Beginning in 1994 through 2002, the  The tax                  

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   levied under this act shall be collected and distributed by the             

                                                                                

2   local tax collecting unit under the provisions of the general               

                                                                                

3   property tax act at the same time as other taxes levied by the              

                                                                                

4   local school district for school operating purposes.  However, in           

                                                                                

5   each year after 1993 if a local school district is not going to             

                                                                                

6   levy a tax in that summer but levied a tax in the summer of 1993,           

                                                                                

7   and the local tax collecting unit in which the local school                 

                                                                                

8   district is located is collecting a tax for any taxing unit in              

                                                                                

9   that summer, the local tax collecting unit shall collect within             

                                                                                

10  that local school district 1/2 of the tax under this act in that            

                                                                                

11  summer.   The tax levied under this act that is collected by a              

                                                                                

12  city shall become a lien against the property on which assessed             

                                                                                

13  in the same manner and on the same date as city taxes or, if the            

                                                                                

14  city approves the collection of the tax levied under this act on            

                                                                                

15  a date other than the date it collects the city taxes, on                   

                                                                                

16  July 1.  The tax levied under this act that is collected with the           

                                                                                

17  city taxes shall be subject to the same penalties, interest, and            

                                                                                

18  collection charges as city taxes and, except as otherwise                   

                                                                                

19  provided in subsection (3), shall be returned as delinquent to              

                                                                                

20  the county treasurer in the same manner and with the same                   

                                                                                

21  interest, penalties, and fees as city taxes, except as provided             

                                                                                

22  in section 89a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL            

                                                                                

23  211.89a.                                                                    

                                                                                

24      (2) Beginning in 2003, the tax levied under this act shall be               

                                                                                

25  collected under the provisions of the general property tax act in           

                                                                                

26  a summer levy and shall be distributed as provided in this act.             

                                                                                

27  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) and section 5b,              


                                                                                

1   the tax levied under this act shall be collected by each city and           

                                                                                

2   township.                                                                   

                                                                                

3       (3) Notwithstanding the provision of a charter of a county                  

                                                                                

4   adopted pursuant to 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, or the               

                                                                                

5   provisions of the charter of a home rule city, to the contrary,             

                                                                                

6   the city treasurer of a city that does not return delinquent real           

                                                                                

7   property taxes levied by the city to the county treasurer shall             

                                                                                

8   return all uncollected delinquent taxes levied under this act to            

                                                                                

9   the county treasurer as provided by the general property tax act,           

                                                                                

10  1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, on the March 1 immediately               

                                                                                

11  following the year in which the taxes are levied.  After the                

                                                                                

12  delinquent real property taxes are returned to the county                   

                                                                                

13  treasurer for collection under this section, the provisions of              

                                                                                

14  the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157,            

                                                                                

15  apply for the collection of those taxes and for the issuance of             

                                                                                

16  notes in anticipation of the collection of the taxes.                       

                                                                                

17      (4) Beginning in 2003, if a school district or intermediate                 

                                                                                

18  school district collects taxes in the summer under section 1613             

                                                                                

19  of the revised school code of 1976, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1613,              

                                                                                

20  the school district or intermediate school district shall collect           

                                                                                

21  the taxes levied under this act in the summer and shall                     

                                                                                

22  distribute the taxes collected as provided in this act.                     

                                                                                

23      (2)  (5)  The state treasurer shall certify the levy of the                 

                                                                                

24  tax under this act pursuant to the general property tax act.                

                                                                                

25      (3)  (6)  The state treasurer upon receipt shall deposit the                

                                                                                

26  collections from the tax into the state treasury to the credit of           

                                                                                

27  the state school aid fund.                                                  


                                                                                

1       Enacting section 1.  Section 5b of the state education tax                  

                                                                                

2   act, 1993 PA 331, MCL 211.905b, is repealed.                                

                                                                                

3       Enacting section 2.  Section 44d of the general property tax                

                                                                                

4   act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.44d, is repealed.