HOUSE BILL No. 4487

 

March 20, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Rick Jones, LaJoy, Wenke, Stahl, Mayes, Sheltrown, Farrah, Pearce, Elsenheimer and Polidori 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.