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The Governor was able to find just enough votes to secure $69 million annually to fund his Renew Michigan Proposal. The final proposal does not increase tipping fees and does not negatively impact municipal budgets. HB 4991 reduces the amount of income tax revenue earmarked to the School Aid Fund [...]

The Michigan Department of Treasury has asked that the following information be shared with League members: Fiscal year 2018 reports, such as the audit report, Annual Local Unit Fiscal Report (F65 Report), and the Retirement System Annual Report (Form 5572) for local units of government with a fiscal year ending [...]

UPDATE: This bill is on the House agenda today (Dec., 20, 2018) as a potential addition so it is very important that you contact your state Representative today and tell them to vote against this legislation. The Michigan Municipal League needs your urgent help TODAY to oppose a bill that [...]

Legislation that would institute the Governor’s proposed water fee has passed the House by a vote of 60-49. A substitute to HB 5898 was adopted in committee and stripped the bill of the proposed fee increase. The bill now creates a Rebuild Michigan Fund, directs the Department of Treasury to [...]

Our third Monday Morning Live is in the can, as they say! Watch it here now. We heard your comments about the sound quality and we listened. For this episode, we have much better sound than we have had for our last two shows. So, we hope this episode is [...]

Legislation that would institute the Governor’s proposed water fee was a last minute addition the to the House Appropriation Committee agenda this afternoon. A substitute to HB 5898 was adopted but the committee stripped the bill of the proposed fee increase. The bill now creates a Rebuild Michigan Fund, directs [...]

Yesterday in the House local government committee SB 1188, the “Vegetation Removal Preemption Act” aka the tree bill, was on the agenda. The committee hearing ended without a vote being taken because the legislation lacked support from committee members to move it. This was a small victory, but the push to oppose [...]

Following months of advocacy and committee discussion, the House Tax Policy committee reported two bills this morning that would shift the cost burden for the disabled veteran property tax exemption from local governments to the state. During this morning’s hearing, two new versions of House Bills 4985 and 4986 were [...]

A recent court decision has disrupted how many communities have been operating under PA 152 of 2011, the state’s hard cap/80-20 law.  Both the House and Senate are considering bills that would address two key components of the recent Command Officers Association v Shelby Township case that the Michigan Supreme [...]

Last week legislation enacting the “Vegetation Removal Preemption Act”  (see previous blog HERE) saw swift action in the Senate. Senate Bills 1188-1194 were voted out of the Natural Resources committee on Wednesday afternoon and immediately taken up the next morning and passed by the full Senate 23-15. A substitute bill [...]