SENATE BILL No. 142

February 6, 2001, Introduced by Senator BENNETT and referred to the Committee on

Education.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending sections 1272d, 1279, and 1613 (MCL 380.1272d,

380.1279, and 380.1613), section 1272d as amended by 1993 PA 335,

section 1279 as amended by 1997 PA 175, and section 1613 as added

by 1982 PA 333, and by adding section 1292; and to repeal acts

and parts of acts.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 1272d. The department of education shall do all of the

2 following:

3 (a) Prescribe a uniform reporting system for the collection,

4 compilation, and analysis of data relative to the administration

5 of this section and section 1272a.

6 (b) Pay a school district for each free meal served pursuant

7 to section 1272b(c) an amount calculated by subtracting the

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1 federal reimbursement rate for a free meal from the actual cost

2 of the meal, but not to exceed 5 cents per meal.

3 (c) Pay a school district for each reduced price meal served

4 pursuant to section 1272b(c) an amount calculated by subtracting

5 the sum of the federal reimbursement rate for a reduced price

6 meal and the fee charged from the actual average cost of the

7 meal, but not to exceed 2 cents per meal. (d) For 1982-83 and

8 thereafter, payments PAYMENTS TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT required by

9 subdivisions (b) and (c) to a school district THIS SUBDIVISION

10 AND SUBDIVISION (B) shall be credited to the state's matching

11 share required by section 7 of the national school lunch act,

12 CHAPTER 281, 60 STAT. 232, 42 U.S.C. 1756.

13 (D) (e) Designate a reimbursable cost per breakfast equal

14 to the lesser of the school district's actual costs or 100% of

15 the cost of a breakfast served by an efficiently operated break-

16 fast program, as determined by the department. The department

17 shall allocate, and the legislature shall appropriate as part of

18 the annual department appropriations and allocations, all reason-

19 able and necessary direct and indirect costs of an efficiently

20 operated breakfast program or the school district's actual costs,

21 whichever is less, incurred by a school district in the operation

22 of a breakfast program, which costs would not have been incurred

23 without the operation of a breakfast program, to any extent that

24 they exceed state and federal breakfast subsidies and permissible

25 pupil breakfast fees. These costs shall be reimbursed on a

26 per-breakfast-served basis and may include, but shall not be

27 limited to, compensation for needed additional personnel and

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1 supervision of both participating and nonparticipating pupils.

2 In a school year in which the total amount of reimbursements

3 under this subsection SUBDIVISION, as determined by the depart-

4 ment, are not appropriated, the requirements of section 1272a(2)

5 shall not apply to the affected school district.

6 Sec. 1279. (1) The board of a school district or public

7 school academy shall administer state assessments to high school

8 pupils in the subject areas of communications skills, mathemat-

9 ics, science, and , beginning with pupils scheduled to graduate

10 in 2000, social studies. The board shall include on the pupil's

11 high school transcript all of the following:

12 (a) For each high school graduate who has completed a

13 subject area assessment under this section, the pupil's scaled

14 score on the assessment.

15 (b) If the pupil's scaled score on a subject area assessment

16 falls within the range required under subsection (2) for a cate-

17 gory established under subsection (2), an indication that the

18 pupil has achieved state endorsement for that subject area.

19 (c) The number of school days the pupil was in attendance at

20 school each school year during high school and the total number

21 of school days in session for each of those school years.

22 (2) The department OF TREASURY shall develop scaled scores

23 for reporting subject area assessment results for each of the

24 subject areas under this section. Subject to approval by the

25 state board, the superintendent of public instruction THE

26 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY shall establish 3 categories for each

27 subject area indicating basic competency, above average, and

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1 outstanding, and shall establish the scaled score range required

2 for each category. The department OF TREASURY shall design and

3 distribute to school districts, intermediate school districts,

4 public school academies, and nonpublic schools a simple and con-

5 cise document that describes these categories in each subject

6 area and indicates the scaled score ranges for each category in

7 each subject area. A school district or public school academy

8 may award a high school diploma to a pupil who successfully com-

9 pletes local school district or public school academy require-

10 ments established in accordance with state law for high school

11 graduation, regardless of whether the pupil is eligible for any

12 state endorsement.

13 (3) The assessments administered for the purposes of this

14 section shall be administered to pupils during the last 30 school

15 days of grade 11. The department OF TREASURY shall ensure that

16 the assessments are scored and the scores are returned to pupils,

17 their parents or legal guardians, and school districts or public

18 school academies not later than the beginning of the pupil's

19 first semester of grade 12. Not later than fall 1999, the THE

20 department OF TREASURY shall arrange for those portions of a

21 pupil's assessment that cannot be scored mechanically to be

22 scored in Michigan by persons who are Michigan teachers, retired

23 Michigan teachers, or Michigan school administrators and who have

24 been trained in scoring the assessments. The returned scores

25 shall indicate the pupil's scaled score for each subject area

26 assessment, the range of scaled scores for each subject area, and

27 the range of scaled scores required for each category established

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1 under subsection (2). In reporting the scores to pupils,

2 parents, and schools, the department OF TREASURY shall provide

3 specific, meaningful, and timely feedback on the pupil's per-

4 formance on the assessment.

5 (4) For each pupil who does not achieve state endorsement in

6 1 or more subject areas, the board of the school district or

7 public school academy in which the pupil is enrolled shall pro-

8 vide that there be at least 1 meeting attended by at least the

9 pupil and a member of the school district's or public school

10 academy's staff or a local or intermediate school district con-

11 sultant who is proficient in the measurement and evaluation of

12 pupils. The school district or public school academy may provide

13 the meeting as a group meeting for pupils in similar

14 circumstances. If the pupil is a minor, the school district or

15 public school academy shall invite and encourage the pupil's

16 parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis to attend the

17 meeting and shall mail a notice of the meeting to the pupil's

18 parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis. The purpose

19 of this meeting and any subsequent meeting under this subsection

20 shall be to determine an educational program for the pupil

21 designed to have the pupil achieve state endorsement in each

22 subject area in which he or she did not achieve state

23 endorsement. In addition, a school district or public school

24 academy may provide for subsequent meetings with the pupil con-

25 ducted by a high school counselor or teacher designated by the

26 pupil's high school principal, and shall invite and encourage the

27 pupil's parent, legal guardian, or person in loco parentis to

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1 attend the subsequent meetings. The school district or public

2 school academy shall provide special programs for the pupil or

3 develop a program using the educational programs regularly pro-

4 vided by the district unless the board of the school district or

5 public school academy decides otherwise and publishes and

6 explains its decision in a public justification report.

7 (5) A pupil who wants to repeat an assessment administered

8 under this section may repeat the assessment, without charge to

9 the pupil, in the next school year or after graduation. An indi-

10 vidual may repeat an assessment at any time the school district

11 or public school academy administers an applicable assessment

12 instrument or during a retesting period under subsection (7).

13 (6) The department OF TREASURY shall ensure that the length

14 of the assessments used for the purposes of this section and the

15 combined total time necessary to administer all of the assess-

16 ments, including social studies, are the shortest possible that

17 will still maintain the degree of reliability and validity of the

18 assessment results determined necessary by the department OF

19 TREASURY. The department OF TREASURY shall ensure that the maxi-

20 mum total combined length of time that schools are required to

21 set aside for administration of all of the assessments used for

22 the purposes of this section, including social studies, does not

23 exceed 8 hours. However, this subsection does not limit the

24 amount of time that individuals may have to complete the

25 assessments.

26 (7) The department OF TREASURY shall establish, schedule,

27 and arrange periodic retesting periods throughout the year for

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1 individuals who desire to repeat an assessment under this

2 section. The department OF TREASURY shall coordinate the

3 arrangements for administering the repeat assessments and shall

4 ensure that the retesting is made available at least within each

5 intermediate school district and, to the extent possible, within

6 each school district.

7 (8) A school district or public school academy shall provide

8 accommodations to a pupil with disabilities for the assessments

9 required under this section, as provided under section 504 of

10 title V of the rehabilitation act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, 29

11 U.S.C. 794; subtitle A of title II of the Americans with disabil-

12 ities act of 1990, Public Law 101-336, 42 U.S.C. 12131 to 12134;

13 and the implementing regulations for those statutes.

14 (9) For the purposes of this section, the state board

15 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY shall develop or select and approve

16 assessment instruments to measure pupil performance in communica-

17 tions skills, mathematics, social studies, and science. The

18 assessment instruments shall be based on the state board model

19 core academic content standards objectives UNDER SECTION 1278.

20 (10) All assessment instruments developed or selected and

21 approved by the state under any statute or rule for a purpose

22 related to K to 12 education shall be objective-oriented and con-

23 sistent with the state board model core academic content stan-

24 dards objectives.

25 (11) A person who has graduated from high school after 1996

26 and who has not previously taken an assessment under this section

27 may take an assessment used for the purposes of this section,

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1 without charge to the person, at the school district from which

2 he or she graduated from high school at any time that school dis-

3 trict administers the assessment or during a retesting period

4 scheduled under subsection (7) and have his or her scaled score

5 on the assessment included on his or her high school transcript.

6 If the person's scaled score on a subject area assessment falls

7 within the range required under subsection (2) for a category

8 established under subsection (2), the school district shall also

9 indicate on the person's high school transcript that the person

10 has achieved state endorsement for that subject area.

11 (12) Not later than July 1 of each year until 2000, the

12 department shall submit a comprehensive report to the legislature

13 on the status of the assessment program under this section. The

14 report shall include at least all of the following:

15 (a) The annual pupil assessment data.

16 (b) A description of the feedback provided to pupils, par-

17 ents, and schools.

18 (c) A description of any significant alterations made in the

19 program by the department or state board during the period cov-

20 ered by the report.

21 (d) Any recommendations by the department or state board for

22 legislative changes to the program.

23 (e) An update of the reports of the assessment advisory com-

24 mittees of the state board.

25 (13) Pupils scheduled to graduate in 1998 who took the

26 assessments used for the purposes of this section during the

27 1996-97 school year may repeat 1 or more of the assessments

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1 during the 1997-98 school year. The department, in cooperation

2 with school districts and public school academies, shall make

3 arrangements for repeat assessments to be available for these

4 pupils in each school district that operates a high school during

5 the 1997-98 school year in time for these pupils to repeat the

6 assessments before graduation. The repeat assessments may be

7 administered at times other than regular school hours.

8 (12) (14) A child who is a student in a nonpublic school

9 or home school may take an assessment under this section. To

10 take an assessment, a child who is a student in a home school

11 shall contact the school district in which the child resides, and

12 that school district shall administer the assessment, or the

13 child may take the assessment at a nonpublic school if allowed by

14 the nonpublic school. Upon request from a nonpublic school, the

15 department OF TREASURY shall supply assessments and the nonpublic

16 school may administer the assessment.

17 (13) (15) The purpose of the assessment under this section

18 is to assess pupil performance in mathematics, science, social

19 studies, and communication arts for the purpose of improving aca-

20 demic achievement and establishing a statewide standard of

21 competency. The assessment under this section provides a common

22 measure of data that will contribute to the improvement of

23 Michigan schools' curriculum and instruction by encouraging

24 alignment with Michigan's curriculum framework standards. These

25 standards are based upon the expectations of what pupils should

26 know and be able to do by the end of grade 11.

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1 (14) (16) Not later than 90 days after the effective date

2 of this subsection, the state board THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

3 shall appoint an 11-member assessment administration advisory

4 committee to advise the state board DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY on

5 Michigan education assessment program (MEAP) tests and on the

6 assessments used for state endorsements under this section. This

7 advisory committee shall be composed of representatives of school

8 districts, intermediate school districts, school administrators,

9 teachers, and parents, with the appointments reflecting the geo-

10 graphic and population diversity of school districts in this

11 state. The representatives of school districts and intermediate

12 school districts shall be persons who are expert in testing or

13 test administration. This advisory committee shall evaluate

14 these tests and assessments and make recommendations to the

15 state board and department OF TREASURY on issues related to

16 administration, scoring, and reporting and use of results of

17 these tests and assessments, including, but not limited to,

18 length of the tests and assessments; the time of the testing

19 period during the school year; feedback provided to pupils, par-

20 ents, and schools; accurate and relevant reporting of results to

21 the general public; the selection of a retesting period and pro-

22 cedures and arrangements for repeating tests or assessments;

23 local scoring and other general issues regarding scoring of tests

24 and assessments; categories of scoring on the MEAP tests and cat-

25 egories of state endorsement under this section; and professional

26 development for teachers to assist in preparing pupils to have

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1 the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed on the tests and

2 assessments.

3 (15) (17) As used in this section:

4 (a) "Communications skills" means reading and writing.

5 (b) "Social studies" means geography, history, economics,

6 and American government.

7 SEC. 1292. (1) THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

8 SHALL PREPARE AND IMPLEMENT A STATE PLAN FOR CREATION OF A

9 MICHIGAN INFORMATION NETWORK LINKING EACH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT;

10 INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT; PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY; COMMUNITY

11 COLLEGE; INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN

12 THIS STATE; STATE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY; AND EACH STATE, LOCAL, OR

13 REGIONAL LIBRARY ON AN EQUAL BASIS BY FIBER OPTIC OR COAXIAL

14 CABLE OR OTHER COMPARABLE SYSTEM ALLOWING A WORLD-CLASS STATEWIDE

15 INTERACTIVE VIDEO AND DATA ACCESS AND EXCHANGE SYSTEM.

16 (2) ALL EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES IN THIS STATE ARE ENCOURAGED TO

17 PARTICIPATE IN THE MICHIGAN INFORMATION NETWORK DESCRIBED IN

18 SUBSECTION (1) AND IN SIMILAR NETWORKS OR SYSTEMS AND ARE ENCOUR-

19 AGED TO USE COMPUTER, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER INTERACTIVE

20 TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP AND USE DISTANCE LEARNING FOR EDUCATIONAL

21 PURPOSES.

22 Sec. 1613. (1) By adoption of a resolution of its board

23 before February 1, 1983, or before January 1 in any year,

24 thereafter, a school district or intermediate school district

25 may determine to impose a summer property tax levy, which resolu-

26 tion by its terms may be applicable until revoked by the board of

27 the school district or intermediate school district or for levies

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1 in any year specified therein IN THE RESOLUTION. For each year

2 such a resolution applies, the school district or intermediate

3 school district that has adopted the resolution shall request,

4 before February 1, 1983 or before January 1 in any OF THE

5 APPLICABLE year, thereafter, each city and township in which it

6 is located to agree to collect the summer levy in that year of

7 either the total or 1/2, as specified in the resolution, of the

8 school property taxes. Notice of the meeting of the respective

9 school district board or intermediate school district board at

10 which this resolution will be offered for adoption shall be pub-

11 lished by the district, not less than 6 days before holding the

12 meeting, in a newspaper of general circulation in the school dis-

13 trict or intermediate school district. This notice shall specify

14 the time, date, and place of the public meeting, shall be not

15 less than 8 vertical inches and 4 horizontal inches, shall be in

16 not less than 12-point type, shall be preceded by a headline in

17 not less than 18-point type stating "Notice of a public meeting

18 to institute a summer property tax levy", shall contain a concise

19 statement of the contents and purpose of the proposed resolution,

20 and shall not be placed in that portion of the newspaper reserved

21 for legal notices and classified advertisements. Upon receipt of

22 the request, the governing body of the city or township shall

23 negotiate the reasonable expenses for collection of the school

24 district's or intermediate school district's summer property tax

25 levy that the city or township may bill under section 1611 or

26 1612. If a city or township and the school district or

27 intermediate school district reach an agreement within 30 days of

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1 receipt of the district's request for the collection of the

2 district's summer property tax levy, including an agreement to

3 the amount of reasonable expenses that the city or township may

4 bill under section 1611 or 1612, section 1611 shall govern the

5 other terms of a city's agreement and section 1612 shall govern

6 the other terms of a township's agreement.

7 (2) If a city or township and the school district or inter-

8 mediate school district fail to reach an agreement pursuant to

9 subsection (1) for the collection of the summer property tax levy

10 of a school district or intermediate school district subject to

11 subsection (3), the school district or intermediate school dis-

12 trict then may negotiate, until April 1, a proposed agreement

13 with the county treasurer to collect its summer property tax levy

14 against property located in that city or township. If a proposed

15 agreement with the county treasurer has not been reached by April

16 1, the school district or intermediate school district may deter-

17 mine to serve as the property tax collecting unit and collect its

18 own summer property tax levy against property in that city or

19 township.

20 (3) If, pursuant to subsection (2), the school district or

21 intermediate school district has determined to collect its own

22 summer property tax levy or has reached a proposed agreement with

23 a county treasurer on the collection of its summer property tax

24 levy against property located in a city or township with which an

25 agreement to collect this levy could not be made pursuant to sub-

26 section (1), the school district shall notify by April 15 that

27 city or township of the terms of the statement required by

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1 subsection (4)(b) and the city or township shall have 15 days in

2 which to exercise an option to collect the school district's or

3 intermediate school district's summer property tax levy pursuant

4 to the terms of section 1611 or 1612.

5 (4) Collection of all or part of a school district's or

6 intermediate school district's property tax levy by a county

7 treasurer or by the school district or intermediate school dis-

8 trict shall comply with all of the following:

9 (a) Collection shall be either 1/2 or the total of the prop-

10 erty tax levy against the properties, as specified for that year

11 in the resolution of the district.

12 (b) The actual cost of the collection which the school

13 district or intermediate school district has agreed to incur

14 itself or to pay the county treasurer that is in addition to any

15 fees imposed pursuant to subdivision (g), and the aggregate

16 amount of costs of collection the district has agreed to incur or

17 the county treasurer may receive from district payments and from

18 fees and charges imposed pursuant to subdivision (g), shall be

19 stated in writing and reported to the state treasurer.

20 (c) Before June 30 the county treasurer or, if the district

21 is collecting its own summer property tax levy, the treasurer of

22 the school district or intermediate school district shall spread

23 the taxes being collected in terms of millages on the assessment

24 roll, assess the amount of tax levied in proportion to the state

25 equalized valuation, and prepare a tax roll which THAT commands

26 the appropriate treasurer to collect on July 1 the taxes

27 indicated as due on the tax roll.

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1 (d) Taxes authorized to be collected shall become a lien

2 against the property on which assessed, and due from the owner of

3 that property, on July 1.

4 (e) Taxes shall be collected on or before September 14 and

5 all taxes and interest imposed pursuant to subdivision (f) unpaid

6 before March 1 shall be returned as delinquent on March 1. Taxes

7 delinquent under this subdivision shall be collected pursuant to

8 Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, as amended THE GENERAL

9 PROPERTY TAX ACT, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 TO 211.157.

10 (f) Interest shall be added to taxes collected after

11 September 14 at that rate imposed by section 59 of Act No. 206

12 of the Public Acts of 1893, being section 211.59 of the Michigan

13 Compiled Laws THE GENERAL PROPERTY TAX ACT, 1893 PA 206,

14 MCL 211.59, on delinquent property tax levies which became a lien

15 in the same year.

16 (g) All or a portion of fees or charges, or both, authorized

17 under section 44 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893,

18 being section 211.44 of the Michigan Compiled Laws THE GENERAL

19 PROPERTY TAX ACT, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.44, may be imposed on

20 taxes paid before March 1 and shall be retained by the treasurer

21 actually performing the collection of the summer property tax

22 levy of the school district or intermediate school district,

23 regardless of whether all or part of these fees or charges, or

24 both, have been waived by the township or city.

25 (5) An agreement for the collection of a summer property tax

26 levy of a school district or intermediate school district with a

27 county treasurer shall include a schedule for delivering

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1 collections to the school district or intermediate school

2 district.

3 (6) To the extent applicable and consistent with the

4 requirements of this section, the provisions of Act No. 206 of

5 the Public Acts of 1893, shall apply GENERAL PROPERTY TAX ACT,

6 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 TO 211.157, APPLIES to proceedings in

7 relation to the assessment, spreading, and collection of taxes

8 pursuant to this section. Additionally, in relation to the

9 assessment, spreading, and collection of taxes pursuant to this

10 section, the county treasurer or, if the district is collecting

11 its own summer property tax levy, the treasurer of the school

12 district or intermediate school district shall have HAS powers

13 and duties similar to those prescribed by Act No. 206 of the

14 Public Acts of 1893 THE GENERAL PROPERTY TAX ACT, 1893 PA 206,

15 MCL 211.1 TO 211.157, for township supervisors, township clerks,

16 and township treasurers. However, this section shall not be

17 considered to DOES NOT transfer any authority over the assess-

18 ment of property.

19 (7) If a county treasurer or the treasurer of a school dis-

20 trict or intermediate school district collects the summer prop-

21 erty tax levy of the SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL dis-

22 trict, the township or city shall deliver by June 1 a certified

23 copy of the assessment roll containing state equalized

24 valuations TAXABLE VALUES for each parcel of taxable property in

25 the township or city to the treasurer collecting the summer prop-

26 erty tax levy of the school district or intermediate school

27 district. The county treasurer or the treasurer of a school

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1 district or intermediate school district receiving this certified

2 copy of the assessment roll shall remit the necessary cost inci-

3 dent to the reproduction of the assessment roll to the township

4 or city.

5 (8) A county treasurer or treasurer of a school district or

6 intermediate school district collecting taxes pursuant to this

7 section shall be bonded for tax collection in the same amount and

8 in the same manner as a township treasurer would be for undertak-

9 ing the duties prescribed by this section.

10 (9) An agreement for the collection of a summer property tax

11 levy between a school district or intermediate school district

12 and a county may cover summer collections for 2 years. If an

13 agreement covers summer collections for 2 years, the resolution

14 and request required by subsection (1), the notice required by

15 subsection (2) (3), and the option to reconsider provided by

16 subsection (3) shall DO not apply for summer collections in the

17 second year.

18 (10) If collections are made pursuant to this section by a

19 county treasurer or by the treasurer of a school district or

20 intermediate school district, all payments from a school district

21 or intermediate school district for collecting its summer prop-

22 erty tax levy and all revenues generated from collection fees

23 shall be deposited, when received or collected, in a current

24 school tax collection fund, which fund shall be used by the

25 county treasurer or treasurer of the school district or interme-

26 diate school district to pay for the cost of collecting the

27 district's summer property tax levy. The current school tax

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1 collection fund shall be segregated from all other funds and once

2 the current school tax collection fund has been established money

3 shall not be withdrawn except upon an order, check, or draft of

4 the collecting treasurer for the purpose of paying 1 or more of

5 the following costs:

6 (a) The cost of special deputy treasurers and equipment

7 directly involved in the collection of current property taxes.

8 (b) The cost of all services determined necessary by the

9 collecting treasurer to collect the summer property tax levy of

10 the school district or intermediate school district.

11 (c) The contract payments to any person, firm, or corpora-

12 tion employed by the collecting treasurer to assist in the col-

13 lection of the current property taxes.

14 (11) All surplus money in a current school tax collection

15 fund shall be invested by the collecting treasurer in any invest-

16 ment authorized by Act No. 20 of the Public Acts of 1943, being

17 sections 129.91 to 129.93 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1943

18 PA 20, MCL 129.91 TO 129.96. The county treasurer and the trea-

19 surer of a school district or intermediate school district shall

20 publish, on March 1 of the year after the treasurer first col-

21 lects the summer property tax levy of a school district or inter-

22 mediate school district and each year thereafter, an annual

23 report on the status of the fund for the last year ending

24 December 31. The report shall show the total charges, expenses,

25 and year-end surplus.

26 (12) Money in the current school tax collection fund shall

27 not be transferred to the general fund of the county, school

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1 district, or intermediate school district or made the subject of

2 appropriation by the county, school district, or intermediate

3 school district. Any surplus in a current school tax collection

4 fund shall be used by the county treasurer, school district trea-

5 surer, or intermediate school district treasurer to reduce the

6 following costs for the next summer property tax levy of a school

7 district or intermediate school district that is collected by the

8 county treasurer, school district treasurer, or intermediate

9 school district treasurer:

10 (a) The costs of collection, in excess of fees and charges,

11 incurred or paid pursuant to subsection (4)(b).

12 (b) The fees and charges imposed pursuant to subsection

13 (4)(g).

14 (13) A city treasurer, township treasurer, county treasurer,

15 school district treasurer, or intermediate school district trea-

16 surer that collects pursuant to this section, section 1611, or

17 section 1612 the summer property tax levy of a school district or

18 intermediate school district against property eligible for a

19 deferral of summer property taxes under section 51 of Act

20 No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, being section 211.51 of the

21 Michigan Compiled Laws THE GENERAL PROPERTY TAX ACT, 1893

22 PA 206, MCL 211.51, and, if not otherwise eligible for deferral

23 thereunder UNDER THAT SECTION, against property classified as

24 agricultural real property if the gross receipts of the agricul-

25 tural or horticultural operations in the previous year or the

26 average gross receipts of such operations in the previous 3 years

27 are not less than the household income of the owner in the

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1 previous year, shall defer the collection of these summer

2 property taxes without penalty or interest until the following

3 February 15 upon a filing by the taxpayer of an intent to defer

4 with the property tax collecting treasurer in the same manner as

5 provided by section 51 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of

6 1893 THE GENERAL PROPERTY TAX ACT, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.51. The

7 treasurer of a city, township, school district, intermediate

8 school district, or county who collects the summer property tax

9 levy of a school district or intermediate school district also

10 shall comply with the publication and assistance requirements of

11 section 51 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893 THE GEN-

12 ERAL PROPERTY TAX ACT, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.51, with respect to

13 property eligible for a deferral under this subsection.

14 Enacting section 1. Sections 1291[1] and 1615 of the

15 revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1291[1] and 380.1615,

16 are repealed.

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