HOUSE BILL No. 4234

 

February 8, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Nitz, Casperson, Gosselin, Acciavatti, Gaffney, Vander Veen, Kathleen Law, Ball, Sheltrown, Caswell, Drolet, Baxter, Hune and Kahn and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

               

     A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

 

"The general property tax act,"

 

by amending section 44b (MCL 211.44b), as added by 1994 PA 297.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 44b. (1)  For  Except as otherwise provided in this

 

section, for purposes of determining the date payment of the tax is

 

received under this act, the date of a United States postal service

 

postmark  may  shall be considered the date of receipt.  However, a

 

     (2) A tax payment shall not be considered received prior to 7

 

calendar days before the date of actual receipt.  This section does

 

not apply to the payment of the tax prior to the sale provided

 

under section 60.

 

     (3) A United States postal service postmark shall not be

 


considered the date of receipt of payment in any of the following

 

circumstances:

 

     (a) If the payment is for delinquent taxes.

 

     (b) If the date of the postmark is after February 15 for taxes

 

levied in the immediately preceding tax year.

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2006.