March 18, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Pavlov, DeShazor, Elsenheimer, Kowall, Stamas, Walsh, Marleau, Horn, Rick Jones and Crawford and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
A bill to amend 1923 PA 116, entitled
"Township and village public improvement and public service act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 41.412), as amended by 1989 PA 82.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
2. (1) Upon Subject
to the provisions of subsection (2),
upon the filing of petitions verified both as to signature and
ownership, signed by record owners of land to be made into a
special assessment district in which an improvement or service
specified in section 1 is desired by the owners of the land, the
township board may construct and maintain the improvement or
provide the service, determine the cost of the improvement or
service, and create, define, and establish a special assessment
district within all or within and comprising not less than 80% of
the area. The cost of the improvement or service shall be levied
upon the district. However, the record owners of not less than 51%
of the land actually created into the special assessment district
by the township board must have signed the petitions. A district
established and assessed may be enlarged through a petition,
circulated and signed as required for an original district, but
covering only the area to be added to create the enlarged district.
Benefits of an improvement or service may be extended to the added
part, and the entire enlarged district may, subject to the
provisions of subsection (2), be assessed for the improvement or
service, as provided for an original district. If a service has
been instituted and no assessment bonds for the service are
outstanding, the service may be discontinued upon petition by
owners of 51% of the lands.
(2) After December 31, 2009, if a special assessment district
on land benefited by the improvement or service includes the entire
township, the question of raising money by special assessment and
the amount of the special assessment to be levied shall be approved
by a majority of electors of the township at a general election or
special election called for that purpose.