SENATE BILL No. 1412

September 17, 2002, Introduced by Senator BULLARD and referred to the Committee on

Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1895 PA 161, entitled

"An act to require county treasurers to furnish transcripts and

abstracts of records, and fixing the fees to be paid therefor,"

by amending section 1 (MCL 48.101), as amended by 1984 PA 291.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 1. (1) A county treasurer shall make upon request a

2 transcript of any paper or record on file in the treasurer's

3 office for the following fees:

4 (a) For an abstract of taxes on any description of land, 25

5 cents for each year covered by the abstract.

6 (b) For an abstract with statement of name and residence of

7 taxpayers, 25 cents per year for each description of land covered

8 by the abstract.

9 (c) For list of state tax lands or state bids, 25 cents for

10 each description of land on the list.

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1 (d) For 1 copy of any paper or document at the rate of 25

2 cents per 100 words.

3 (e) For each certificate, 25 cents.

4 (2) For statements in respect to the payment of taxes

5 required by section 135 of the general property tax act, Act

6 No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, as amended, being section

7 211.135 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.135,

8 the county treasurer shall receive 20 cents for each description

9 of land contained in the certificate but the total amount paid

10 shall not be less than $1.00.

11 (3) In no case shall any abstract, list, copy, or statement

12 made as required by this act, be furnished for a sum less than 50

13 cents.

14 (4) All moneys MONEY collected under the provisions of

15 this act shall be retained by the county treasurer collecting

16 the same THAT MONEY, except in counties in which the county

17 treasurer receives a salary in lieu of all fees, in which coun-

18 ties such moneys THE MONEY shall be placed, by the treasurers

19 collecting the same MONEY, to the credit of the general fund of

20 the county.

21 (5) A charter county with a population of more than

22 2,000,000 may impose by ordinance a different amount for the fees

23 prescribed by this section. A charter county shall not impose a

24 fee which THAT is greater than the cost of the service for

25 which the fee is charged.

26 (6) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, A TRANSCRIPT MAY BE

27 HANDWRITTEN, TYPED, PHOTOCOPIED, ELECTRONICALLY COPIED, OR IN ANY

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1 OTHER FORM IN WHICH COPIES MAY BE PRESENTED. A COPY IS

2 CONSIDERED A TRANSCRIPT WHETHER THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED ON

3 PAPER, MAGNETIC TAPE, OR COMPUTER DISK, OR ANY OTHER FORM IN

4 WHICH THE INFORMATION MAY BE PRESENTED.

5 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take

6 effect unless Senate Bill No. 1411.

7 of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

8 law.

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