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January 11, 2021

That’s A Wrap – 100th Legislative Session Finalized

With the expiration of 14-days on the Governor's desk this past week, the last bills presented from December's lame duck legislative action brought the 100th Legislative Session to an official close. All told, nearly 300 new bills were introduced between…
December 20, 2020

Lame Duck Round Up – Week 3…

With the Michigan Senate's final action late Friday night, only Monday's House session remains before the 100th Legislative Session comes to an end. The Senate remained in session throughout the day Friday, concurring in bills that the House had sent…
December 17, 2020

Treasury Announces PPT Reimbursement Error Correction Process

Earlier this afternoon the Michigan Department of Treasury released the following information for communities seeking to correct any valuation errors related to their Eligible Manufacturing Personal Property reimbursement calculations. League members are encouraged to review their calculations and submit error…
December 11, 2020

Lame Duck Round Up – Week 2

We entered this second week of lame duck expecting action on bills along multiple fronts as the legislature positioned themselves to wrap up activity for the year next week. Instead, this second week ended up feeling a little more like…
December 3, 2020

Lame Duck Round Up – Week 1

This week kicked off the first full week of lame duck legislative activity since the November election.  The League's advocacy team is engaged on multiple fronts to promote a number of pieces of legislation we have been supporting and defending…
December 3, 2020

Headlee/Proposal A Reform Bill Introduced

As a part of the League's long-term commitment to municipal finance reform and following the League's recent press conference promoting critical policy changes needed during the current lame duck legislative session, State Representative Jim Ellison (D-Royal Oak) introduced House Bill…
December 2, 2020

Commercial Equipment PPT Tax Cut Moves Despite Opposition

The Senate Economic & Small Business Development committee reported a series of bills along a party line vote this afternoon to exempt consumer goods handling equipment and so-called "micro-fulfillment" systems from personal property tax assessment.  Senate Bills 1149, 1150, & 1153…
October 12, 2020

Treasury Hosting Webinar Tuesday on CARES Funding

Related to the federal funding that local units of government received in place of their normal statutory revenue sharing payment from August 2020, Treasury released the following webinar details for local units to receive updates and training on required reporting.…
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