November 27, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Hammoud and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 2011 PA 258, entitled
"Municipal partnership act,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 124.117).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the joint endeavor may
levy a tax of not more than 5 mills on all taxable property in the
areas served by the joint endeavor for the purpose of providing
revenue to the joint endeavor.
(2)
A proposal for a tax shall must
not be placed on the
ballot unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the
governing body of each local government participating in the joint
endeavor.
(3) If a joint endeavor levies a millage under this section,
each year the joint endeavor shall, as necessary, decrease the
number of mills the joint endeavor levies to ensure that, with
respect to each participating local government in the joint
endeavor, the number of mills levied by a participating local
government plus the number of mills levied by the joint endeavor
will not exceed the maximum number of mills that the participating
local government is constitutionally and statutorily authorized to
levy under each of the following:
(a) Section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.
(b) The property tax limitation act, 1933 PA 62, MCL 211.201
to 211.217a.
(c) Section 14(1)(m) of 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.514.
(d) Section 3(g) of the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL
117.3.
(e) Section 27(2) of the charter township act, 1947 PA 359,
MCL 42.27.
(f) Section 26(1)(i) of the home rule village act, 1909 PA
278, MCL 78.26.
(g) Section 1(2) of chapter IX of the general law village act,
1895 PA 3, MCL 69.1.
(h)
Any other applicable millage limit enacted after the
effective
date of this act.December 14,
2011.
(4) If only a portion of a local government is located in the
service area of a joint endeavor, as described in the contract for
the joint endeavor, only those electors residing in that portion of
the local government located in the service area of the joint
endeavor are eligible to vote on the ballot proposal for a tax and
that
tax shall must only be levied against the property within that
service area.
(5) The proposal for a tax under this act may be submitted to
a
vote of the electors served by the joint endeavor only at an even
year
general November election held on the November regular
election date as provided in section 641 of the Michigan election
law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.641.
(6)
A ballot proposal for a tax shall must comply with the
requirements of section 24f of the general property tax act, 1893
PA
206, MCL 211.24f. In addition, the ballot shall must state
the
manner in which the tax levy will result in any reduction of taxes
levied by each local government participating in the joint
endeavor.
(7) The joint endeavor may levy a new tax or the increase of
an existing tax only if a majority of the electors in each local
government served by the joint endeavor voting on the tax approve
the tax. The joint endeavor may levy the renewal of an existing tax
only if a majority of the electors served by the joint endeavor
voting on the renewal of the existing tax approve the tax.
(8) A tax authorized to be levied by a joint endeavor under
this
act shall must be levied and collected at the same time and in
the same manner as provided by the general property tax act, 1893
PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155.