SENATE BILL No. 946

 

 

December 5, 2007, Introduced by Senator ALLEN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

(MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772) by adding section 22e.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 22e. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that,

 

beginning in 2008-2009, an amount will be allocated each fiscal

 

year from the amount allocated under section 22b for additional

 

payments under this section to districts that meet the eligibility

 

requirements under subsection (2). It is estimated that the amount

 

to be allocated under this section for 2008-2009 will be an amount

 

not to exceed $1,300,000.00.

 

     (2) To be eligible for a payment under this section, a

 


district must be determined by the department and the department of

 

treasury to meet all of the following:

 

     (a) The district levies all of the millage it is authorized to

 

levy under section 1211 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1211,

 

but receives a reduced amount of local school operating revenue

 

under that section as a result of the exemptions of industrial

 

personal property and commercial personal property that were

 

enacted in 2007 PA 37.

 

     (b) The district does not receive any state portion of its

 

foundation allowance, as calculated under section 20(4).

 

     (3) The amount of the additional funding to each eligible

 

district under this section is the sum of the following and shall

 

be paid to the eligible districts in the same manner as payments

 

under section 22b:

 

     (a) The product of the taxable value of the district's

 

industrial personal property for the calendar year ending in the

 

fiscal year multiplied by the total number of mills the district

 

levies on nonexempt property under section 1211 of the revised

 

school code, MCL 380.1211, for that calendar year.

 

     (b) The product of the taxable value of the district's

 

commercial personal property for the calendar year ending in the

 

fiscal year multiplied by the lesser of 12 mills or the total

 

number of mills the district levies on nonexempt property under

 

section 1211 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1211, for that

 

calendar year.