SB-0602, As Passed House, June 2, 2016

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 602

     A bill to amend 1968 PA 203, entitled

"State tax lien registration act,"

by amending section 5 (MCL 211.685).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 5. (1) (a) The fee for recording or filing and indexing

each a notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the tax

lien is as follows:

(a) (1) For a tax lien, on real estate or on tangible and

intangible property, the same fee provided by law for recording a

real estate mortgage.

     (2) For a tax lien on tangible and intangible personal

property, $1.00.

(b) (3) For a certificate of discharge or subordination, the

same fee provided by law for recording a discharge of a real estate

mortgage.

(c) (4) For all other notices, including a certificate of

release or nonattachment, $1.00.the same fee provided by law for

recording a real estate mortgage.

(2) (b) A register of deeds shall bill the state collecting

agencies on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by

them.the agencies, unless alternative payment methods are

established.

(3) (c) No The secretary of state shall not charge or collect

a fee shall apply or be collected for filing and recording an

instrument presented for filing and recording to the secretary of

state by a state collecting agency.

     (4) A state collecting agency may recover fees paid under this

section from the person liable for the unpaid tax as additional

costs.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October

1, 2016.

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless Senate Bill No. 599 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into

law.