SENATE BILL No. 918

December 4, 2001, Introduced by Senator MC COTTER and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1897 PA 263, entitled

"An act to authorize the auditor general to accept payment of

taxes and charges from the owner of any description of land held

by the state as state tax lands,"

by amending section 1 (MCL 211.541).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 1. Whenever IF any person, firm, or corporation,

2 owning or claiming to own 1 or more government subdivisions of

3 land or 1 or more lots or blocks included within the limits of

4 any township, village, or city plat included in the assessment

5 with other government subdivisions of land or with other lots or

6 blocks upon the tax roll, shall make MAKES an affidavit, or

7 cause said CAUSES AN affidavit to be made by any person having

8 knowledge of the facts, to the auditor general STATE TREASURER,

9 setting forth that the said person, firm, or corporation owns

10 at the time of making said THE affidavit the said government

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1 subdivision of land or said THE lot, lots, or blocks and that

2 the same has GOVERNMENT SUBDIVISION OR LOT, LOTS, OR BLOCKS

3 HAVE been included upon the assessment roll and has HAVE been

4 sold and is ARE held as state tax land with other government

5 subdivisions of land or with other lots or blocks and that the

6 said affiant is desirous of paying SEEKS TO PAY all the taxes

7 assessed against said THE land, and upon tender by such THE

8 person, firm, or corporation to the auditor general STATE

9 TREASURER, the proportionate amount of taxes, interest, and

10 charges accrued against said THAT description of land as

11 appearing by the tax lists and records at the time said THE

12 tender or payment and affidavit is made, it shall be the duty

13 of the auditor general STATE TREASURER SHALL, upon payment,

14 to issue to such THAT person, firm, or corporation, as

15 aforesaid, a deed of the description or descriptions of land

16 described in such THE affidavit.

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