SENATE BILL NO. 783


  November 4, 1997, Introduced by Senator BERRYMAN and 
       referred to the Committee on Finance.
     


        A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

   "The general property tax act,"

   by amending section 2a (MCL 211.2a), as amended by 1982 PA 539;

   and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 2a.  (1) For purposes of section 2, a mobile home

 2     which is not covered by section 41 of Act No. 243 of the
             Public

 3     Acts of 1959, being section 125.1041 of the Michigan
                       Compiled

 4     Laws, and while  located on  land otherwise
                       assessable as  real

 5    property,  under this act, and  whether or not
             permanently

 6    affixed to  the soil, shall be  THAT REAL PROPERTY,
             IS considered

 7    real property and shall be assessed as part of the real property

 8    upon which the mobile home is located.

 9         (2) As used in this section, "mobile home" does not include

10    a travel trailer or camping trailer  which  THAT is
             either parked


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 1    in a campground licensed by this state for not more than 180 days

 2    in any calendar year, or parked upon private property, including

 3    a designated storage area of a licensed campground, for the sole

 4    purpose of storage.

 5         (3) As used in this section, "mobile home" does not include

 6    a truck camper  which is  parked in a campground
             licensed by this

 7    state  which  THAT is a portable structure,
             designed and con-

 8    structed to be loaded onto  ,  or affixed to
              ,  the bed or chas-

 9    sis of a truck, and  which  THAT is used to provide
             temporary

10    living quarters for recreational camping or travel.

11         (4) For purposes of this section:  , the following
             defini-

12     tions shall apply: 

13         (a)  A travel trailer is  "TRAVEL TRAILER"
             MEANS a vehicular

14    portable structure mounted on wheels  and of  THAT
             IS a size and

15    weight  as  THAT DOES not  to 
             require special highway movement

16    permits when drawn by a stock passenger automobile or when drawn

17    with a fifth wheel hitch mounted on a motor vehicle, and is pri-

18    marily designed, constructed, and used to provide temporary

19    living quarters for recreational camping or travel.

20         (b)  A camping trailer is  "CAMPING TRAILER"
             MEANS a vehicu-

21    lar portable temporary living quarters used for recreational

22    camping or travel  and of  THAT IS a size and
             weight  as  THAT

23    DOES not  to  require special highway movement
             permits when drawn

24    by a motor vehicle.

25         Enacting section 1.  1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043,

26    is repealed.





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