HOUSE BILL No. 4133


     February 6, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Bradstreet, Gilbert, Bishop, Shackleton, Mead, Allen, Ruth Johnson and Pappageorge and referred to the
Committee on Tax Policy.


        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   by amending section 2150 (MCL 324.2150), as amended by 1996 PA

   585.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 2150.  (1) On December 1 of each year, there shall be

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      paid into the treasury of each county in which are located tax

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      reverted, recreation, or forest lands under the control and

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      supervision of the department, and any other lands held by the

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      department, except lands purchased after January 1, 1933 for nat-

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      ural resource purposes, a tax of  $2.50  $2.86 per acre or major

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      portion of an acre,  for years before December 1, 1994 and $2.00

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      per acre or major portion of an acre for years after November 30,

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      1994  on all  the  SUCH lands IN THE COUNTY that 
   belong to  ARE

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      HELD BY this state on December 1 in each year.  The tax imposed


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      under this section shall be in lieu of all other taxes now levied

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      against the state land under any existing law.  State land on

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      which payments in lieu of taxes are made pursuant to subpart 14

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      are exempt from this subpart.  The department of treasury shall

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      make a detailed statement of account between the state and each

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      county in which the lands are situated, including the descrip-

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      tions of the lands, and render the detailed statement of account

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      to the county treasurer of the county.  The department of trea-

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      sury shall cause a warrant to be drawn on the state treasurer

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      payable for the amount indicated on the detailed statement of

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      account to be due to the county.  The county treasurer of each

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      county shall immediately make up a detailed statement of the

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      account between the county and each township,  and school

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      district,  prorating the amount received by the county according

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      to the number of acres of the lands located in each LOCAL unit.

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       For disbursements made before December 1, 1994, the proration

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      shall be 40% to county general fund, 40% to township general

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      fund, and 20% to school operating fund.  For disbursements made

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      after November 30, 1994, the  THE proration shall be 50% to the

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      county general fund and 50% to the township general fund.  The

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      county treasurer shall immediately issue his or her warrant to

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      each of the  units  TOWNSHIPS according to the detailed statement

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      of account.

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           (2) The tax on tax reverted, recreation, forest lands, or

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      other lands under the control of the department on which payments

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      are made under this subpart shall be paid from the general fund.





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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect

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      January 1, 2001.




















































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