HOUSE BILL No. 5792


     March 12, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Jamnick and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.


        A bill to amend 1947 PA 359, entitled

   "The charter township act,"

   by amending section 27 (MCL 42.27), as amended by 1988 PA 82.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 27.  (1) Not later than 60 days  prior to  BEFORE the

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        commencement of the fiscal year, the township board shall, by

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        resolution, adopt the budget for the next fiscal year and shall,

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        in that resolution, make an appropriation of the money needed for

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        township purposes during the ensuing fiscal year of the township

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        and provide for a levy of the amount necessary to be raised by

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        taxes upon real and personal property for the municipal purposes

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        of the township.  This levy shall not exceed  1/10 of 1% of the

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        assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to

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        taxation within the limits of a village located within the

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        township and  1/2 of 1% of the assessed valuation of all real and


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        personal property subject to taxation in the  balance of  the

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        township.  The electors of a charter township may increase the

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        tax levy limitation to not to exceed a total of 1% of the

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        assessed valuation of all real and personal property in the town-

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        ship for a period of not to exceed 20 years at  one  1 time.  IN

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        A CHARTER TOWNSHIP HAVING A POPULATION OF 50,000 OR MORE, THE

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        ELECTORS OF THAT TOWNSHIP MAY INCREASE THE TAX LEVY LIMITATION TO

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        NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 1.2% OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF ALL

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        REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE TOWNSHIP FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO

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        EXCEED 20 YEARS AT 1 TIME.

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             (2) In a township  in which there is located  THAT HAS 1 or

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        more villages  which  THAT maintain either a fire department or a

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        police department  which  THAT is not limited solely to the vil-

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        lage marshal, or both a fire department and a police department,

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        the expense of a township fire department or police department,

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        or both of the departments,  in case  IF both are maintained by

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        the township, shall be appropriated separately from the other

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        expenses of the township and a tax levy shall not be spread upon

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        the township assessment roll against the property, either real or

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        personal, located in these villages.

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             (3) The adoption of the resolution shall constitute complete

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        and final authority for the township supervisor to spread the

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        levy or levies provided upon the tax roll for the current year,

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        according and in proportion to the valuations entered by the

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        board of review in the assessment roll of the township and to

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        include the amount of each levy in his or her warrant to the

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        township treasurer.  The township treasurer shall collect and



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        return the warrant in the manner provided by the general property

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        tax act,  Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, being sections

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        211.1 to 211.157 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1893 PA 206, MCL

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        211.1 TO 211.157.

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             (4) Within 60 days after the incorporation of a township as

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        a charter township under this act, the township board shall adopt

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        an interim budget to defray the expenses of the township until

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        the commencement of the next fiscal year as established in this

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        act and shall, in the adopting resolution, make an appropriation

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        of the money needed for these purposes from the funds and assets

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        of the township available for these purposes.


































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