5211: COMMITTEE SUMMARY - E-FILE PROPERTY STATEMENT

E-FILE PROPERTY STATEMENT - H.B. 5211: COMMITTEE SUMMARY

House Bill 5211 (as passed by the House)

Sponsor: Representative Steve Vear

House Committee: Tax Policy

Senate Committee: Finance

Date Completed: 2-19-02

CONTENT

The bill would amend the General Property Tax Act to allow a local tax collecting unit to provide for the electronic filing of personal property statements; and specify that if a local unit had provided for the electronic filing of the statements, a person could electronically file a statement of personal property.

Under the Act, a supervisor or other assessing officer must require any person whom the supervisor or assessing officer believes has personal property in his or her possession, to make and sign, manually or by facsimile, a written statement of the personal property.

MCL 211.19 - Legislative Analyst: George Towne

FISCAL IMPACT

This bill would have no fiscal impact on State government. Local governments that decided to allow taxpayers to file their personal property list electronically could incur costs related to establishing and implementing such a filing system, but the costs would probably be very minimal.

- Fiscal Analyst: Jay WortleyS0102\s5211sa

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.