Act No. 98

Public Acts of 2001

Approved by the Governor

July 27, 2001

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 30, 2001

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 2001

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2001

Introduced by Rep. McConico

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4715

AN ACT to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of rights and interests, including leasehold interests, in property and the levy and collection of taxes on property, and for the collection of taxes levied; making those taxes a lien on the property taxed, establishing and continuing the lien, providing for the sale or forfeiture and conveyance of property delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the state and not redeemed or purchased; to provide for the establishment of a delinquent tax revolving fund and the borrowing of money by counties and the issuance of notes; to define and limit the jurisdiction of the courts in proceedings in connection with property delinquent for taxes; to limit the time within which actions may be brought; to prescribe certain limitations with respect to rates of taxation; to prescribe certain powers and duties of certain officers, departments, agencies, and political subdivisions of this state; to provide for certain reimbursements of certain expenses incurred by units of local government; to provide penalties for the violation of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending section 106 (MCL 211.106).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 106. For taxes levied before January 1, 1999, the taxes on any property returned as delinquent may be paid to the county treasurer at any time prior to the day of sale pursuant to section 60 or if the property is subject to forfeiture, foreclosure, and sale under sections 78 to 79a, until the day the property is forfeited to the county treasurer pursuant to section 78g. After a petition is filed with the county clerk pursuant to section 61, payment of part of the taxes specified in the petition shall not stay proceedings on the petition to enforce payment of the part of the taxes that are not paid, and proceedings on the petition shall continue as to all unpaid taxes as provided in this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.