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We’re hearing some members of the House of Representatives today, on the FINAL day of session, are proposing a whole new plan on personal property tax. We’re hearing this new plan will exempt ALL new personal property tax from local taxation as of January 1, 2013. This plan has NO...

New Emergency Manager legislation passed the House late this evening. The new language was substituted into SB 865, which passed the Senate last year. The brand new language was just made available to legislators and interested parties. The new legislation would allow struggling local governments to have four options: emergency management;...

Wednesday evening the Senate passed House Bills 6022, 6024-26, the bills creating the use tax/essential services assessment reimbursement plan. The repeal bills, SBs 1065-1072, remained on the House floor without a vote. You can view how your Senator voted in the Senate Journal when it’s published here on the legislative website....

LANSING, Michigan – Despite hearing numerous questions and concerns from the Michigan Municipal League and other organizations, the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday passed House Bills 6022 and 6024-26. These bills create the reimbursement scheme for the personal property tax repeal as outlined in the Lt. Governor’s plan. The Lt. Governor’s...

This morning the Replace Don’t Erase Coalition, made up of the League and other local government organizations, prepared the attached letter to send to legislators. Rep. Opsommer, R-Dewitt, has offered to distribute this letter on the House floor. The letter is available here: PPT floor letter.pdf (147.10 kb) We continue...

On Wednesday morning the Senate Finance Committee has posted to hear testimony on House Bills 6022, 6024-26, bills that create the reimbursement scheme for personal property tax repeal as outlined in the Lt. Governor’s plan. The hearing is at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, December 12 in the ground floor hearing...

Last night the House passed part of the personal property tax package, House Bills 6022, 6024-6026. These bills reflect the PPT reimbursement mechanism identified by the Lt. Governor. The bills were stripped down to their introduced versions and passed in order to satisfy the constitutional five day rule for legislation....

The Michigan House of Representatives has passed SB 972, which now goes back to the Senate for concurrence then will go to the Governor for his signature. Earlier in the year, the League testified in opposition to SB 972, a bill that would require locals report past due tax amounts...

As the debate over how to reduce the deficit continues, tax expenditures—including the federal exemption for municipal bonds—are going to be on the table.  Please contact your congressional delegation and let them know how important this exemption is for communities. Several deficit reduction proposals, including Simpson-Bowles, either cap or eliminate...

New Emergency Manager legislation passed the House Local, Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs Committee today. The new language was substituted into SB 865, which passed the Senate last year. The brand new language was just made available to legislators and interested parties. The new legislation would allow struggling local governments to have...