SENATE BILL No. 1266

 

 

April 15, 2010, Introduced by Senators ALLEN and GEORGE and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

 

"The general property tax act,"

 

by amending section 7gg (MCL 211.7gg), as added by 2003 PA 261.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7gg. (1) Property, the title to which is held by a land

 

bank fast track authority under the land bank fast track act, 2003

 

PA 258, MCL 124.751 to 124.774, is exempt from the collection of

 

taxes under this act.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), real

 

property sold or otherwise conveyed by a land bank fast track

 

authority under the land bank fast track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL

 

124.751 to 124.774, is exempt from the collection of taxes under

 

this act beginning on December 31 in the year in which the property

 

is sold or otherwise conveyed by the land bank fast track authority

 


until December 31 in the year 5 years after the December 31 on

 

which the exemption was initially granted under this subsection or,

 

if approved by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the

 

local tax collecting unit, until December 31 in the year 6 years

 

after the December 31 on which the exemption was initially granted

 

under this subsection.

 

     (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to property included in a

 

brownfield plan under the brownfield redevelopment financing act,

 

1996 PA 381, MCL 125.2651 to 125.2672, if all of the following

 

conditions are satisfied:

 

     (a) The brownfield plan for the property includes assistance

 

provided to a land bank fast track authority authorized by section

 

2(l)(iv)(E) of the brownfield redevelopment financing act, 1996 PA

 

381, MCL 125.2652.

 

     (b) If the land bank fast track authority has issued bonds or

 

notes, or has entered into a reimbursement agreement, pledging or

 

dedicating the specific tax levied under the tax reverted property

 

clean title act, 2003 PA 260, MCL 211.1021 to 211.1026, prior to

 

the sale of the property to which the exemption under subsection

 

(2) applies, the land bank fast track authority approves the

 

release of the exemption provided under subsection (2).

 

     (4) Property exempt from the collection of taxes under

 

subsection (2) is subject to the specific tax levied under the tax

 

reverted property clean title act, 2003 PA 260, MCL 211.1021 to

 

211.1026.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "land bank fast track authority"

 

means a land bank fast track authority created under the land bank

 


fast track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL 124.751 to 124.774.