HOUSE BILL No. 5286

 

October 12, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Jones and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

 

"The general property tax act,"

 

by amending section 7m (MCL 211.7m), as added by 1980 PA 142.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7m. (1)  Property  Except as otherwise provided in

 

subsection (2), property owned  by,  or being acquired pursuant to 

 

,  an installment purchase agreement by a county, township, city,

 

village, or school district and that is used  for  to carry out a

 

public  purposes  purpose and property owned or being acquired

 

pursuant to an installment purchase agreement by an agency,

 

authority, instrumentality, nonprofit corporation, commission, or

 

other separate legal entity comprised solely of,  or which  that is

 

wholly owned by, or whose members consist solely of a political


 

subdivision, a combination of political subdivisions, or a

 

combination of political subdivisions and  the  this state and that

 

is used to carry out a public purpose itself or on behalf of a

 

political subdivision,  or  a combination of political

 

subdivisions, or a combination of political subdivisions and this

 

state, is exempt from  taxation  the collection of taxes under this

 

act. Parks shall be open to the public generally.  This  

 

     (2) The exemption  shall  under subsection (1) does not apply

 

to  property  the following:

 

     (a) Property acquired after July 19, 1966, unless a deed or

 

other memorandum of conveyance is recorded in the county  where  in

 

which the property is located before December 31 of the year of

 

acquisition, or the local assessing officer is notified by

 

registered mail of the acquisition before December 31 of the year

 

of acquisition.

 

     (b) Property owned or being acquired pursuant to an

 

installment purchase agreement by a public retirement system and

 

that is held for investment purposes.