HOUSE BILL No. 5211


     October 16, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Vear, Wojno, Richardville, Cassis, Drolet, Gosselin, Koetje, Birkholz, Basham, Raczkowski, Pappageorge,
Hummel, Shackleton, Mead, Newell, Allen, Meyer, Kowall, Woronchak, Toy, Godchaux, Faunce, Switalski, O'Neil, Minore, Hale, Hart, Hager, Van
Woerkom and Bovin and referred to the Committee on Commerce.


        A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

   "The general property tax act,"

   by amending section 19 (MCL 211.19), as amended by 1996 PA 126.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 19.  (1) A written statement described in section 18

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      shall be in a form prescribed by the state tax commission.  A

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      form required under  Section  SECTION 18(2) shall be completed

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      and delivered to the supervisor or assessor on or before February

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      20 of each year.  A supervisor or assessor shall not require that

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      a written statement described in section 18 be filed before

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      February 20 of each year.

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           (2) A LOCAL TAX COLLECTING UNIT MAY PROVIDE FOR THE ELEC-

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      TRONIC FILING OF THE STATEMENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 18.  IF A

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      LOCAL TAX COLLECTING UNIT HAS PROVIDED FOR ELECTRONIC FILING OF




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      THE STATEMENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 18, A PERSON MAY

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      ELECTRONICALLY FILE THE STATEMENT DESCRIBED UNDER SECTION 18.




















































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