SB-0725, As Passed House, October 21, 2003SB-0725, As Passed Senate, October 2, 2003
September 24, 2003, Introduced by Senators KUIPERS, TOY, PATTERSON, BIRKHOLZ, GOSCHKA and McMANUS and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.
A bill to amend 1947 PA 359, entitled
"The charter township act,"
by amending section 27 (MCL 42.27), as amended by 1988 PA 82.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 27. (1) Not
later than 60 days Except as otherwise
2 provided by this subsection, prior to the commencement of the
3 fiscal year, the township board shall, by resolution, adopt the
4 budget for the next
fiscal year, and shall, in that resolution,
5 make an appropriation of the money needed for township purposes,
6 during the ensuing
fiscal year of the township and
provide for
7 a levy of the amount
necessary to be raised by taxes upon real
8 and personal property.
for the municipal purposes of the
9 township. This levy If a township operates on a calendar year
10 budget cycle, a public hearing on the proposed budget shall be
11 held not later than December 15 and adopted not later than
1 December 31, in the year preceding the calendar year covered by
2 the budget.
3 (2) The levy allowed under subsection (1) shall not exceed
4 1/10 of 1% of the assessed valuation of all real and personal
5 property subject to taxation within the limits of a village
6 located within the township and 1/2 of 1% of the assessed
7 valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation
8 in the balance of the township. The electors of a charter
9 township may increase the
tax levy limitation to not to exceed
10 a total of 1% of the assessed valuation of all real and personal
11 property in the township
for a period of not to exceed 20 years
12 at one 1
time. In a township in which there is located
13 (3) If a township
has 1 or more villages which that
14 maintain either or both a fire department or a police department,
15 which is not limited
solely to the village marshal, or both a
16 fire department and a
police department, the expense of a
17 township fire department
or police department , or both of the
18 departments, in case
both are maintained by the township, shall
19 be appropriated separately from the other expenses of the
20 township and a tax levy for these expenses shall not be spread
21 upon the township assessment roll against the property, either
22 real or personal, located in these villages.
23 (4) The
adoption of the resolution shall constitute complete
24 and under this section is the final authority for
the township
25 supervisor to spread the
levy or levies provided any approved
26 levies upon the tax roll
for the current year , according and in
27 proportion to the
valuations entered by the board of review in
1 the assessment roll of
the township and to include the
amount of
2 each levy in his or her warrant to the township treasurer. The
3 township treasurer shall
collect and return the warrant in the
4 manner provided by the
general property tax act, Act No. 206 of
5 the Public Acts of
1893, being sections 211.1 to 211.157 of the
6 Michigan Compiled Laws
as provided under the general
property
7 tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157.
8 (5) Within 60 days after the incorporation of a township as a
9 charter township under this act, the township board shall, by
10 resolution, adopt an
interim budget to defray the expenses of
11 the township until the commencement of the next fiscal year as
12 established in this
act and shall, in the adopting resolution,
13 and make an appropriation
of the money needed for these
14 purposes from the funds and assets of the township available
for
15 these purposes.