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MI SB0023
Bill
Status
1/13/2021
Primary Sponsor
James Runestad
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AI Summary
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Adds limitation beginning January 1, 2022, making school millage elections subject to restrictions in section 24f(4) of the General Property Tax Act, which limits such elections to November regular election dates.
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Modifies MCL 168.312 to require school board ballot questions be submitted "subject to subsection (3)," establishing the new January 1, 2022 limitation on election timing.
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Modifies MCL 168.641(4) to subject school district special elections for borrowing, millage increases, or bond establishment to the same January 1, 2022 limitation in the General Property Tax Act.
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Updates MCL 168.821(2) to apply the January 1, 2022 limitation to canvassing deadlines for millage elections, requiring canvassing to occur between May 31 and June 15 only when subject to the General Property Tax Act restriction.
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Bill contains technical language corrections throughout, changing "shall" to "must" and "lesser" to "less" for statutory modernization.
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Takes effect only if Senate Bill No. 22 of the 101st Legislature is enacted into law.
Legislative Description
Elections: school; millage elections; limit to November elections. Amends secs. 312, 641 & 821 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.312 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0022'21
Property tax: millage
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Elections
1/13/2021