    {"id":3000,"date":"2014-02-26T14:16:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2014-02-26T14:16:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T18:16:07","slug":"senate-finance-committee-unanimously-passes-personal-property-tax-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/02\/26\/senate-finance-committee-unanimously-passes-personal-property-tax-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Finance Committee Unanimously Passes PPT Package with 100% Reimbursement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3005\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/PPT-Press-Conference-Walling-Dykstra-OReilly-Calley-small-for-web2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3005\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27320%27%20height%3D%27241%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20320%20241%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27320%27%20height%3D%27241%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/02\/PPT-Press-Conference-Walling-Dykstra-OReilly-Calley-small-for-web2.jpg\" alt=\"PPT press conference pix\" width=\"320\" height=\"241\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-3005\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dearborn Mayor Jack O&#039;Reilly and Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra (standing in back) listen to Lt. Gov. Brian Calley during a PPT press conference Tuesday.<\/p><\/div>This afternoon the Senate Finance Committee unanimously passed a ten bill package that represents months of negotiations on personal property tax (PPT) reform. The Michigan Municipal League\u2019s message on PPT has consistently been 100 percent, guaranteed replacement. The bills do represent 100 percent replacement and a more stable reimbursement mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>The bills, Senate Bills <a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/%28S%2802cncf55wdmgkx454m0n4x55%29%29\/mileg.aspx?page=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">821-830<\/a>, will be taken up by the full Senate next week. We anticipate the bills moving quickly through the legislative process, likely before spring break in April.<\/p>\n<p>League staff and League members (Dearborn Mayor Jack O&#8217;Reilly, Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra, Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and Delta Township Manager Richard Watkins) joined Lt. Gov. Brian Calley yesterday in a news conference about the new PPT package. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/2014\/02\/25\/league-victory-new-personal-property-tax-bills-reimburse-100-of-ppt-revenues\/\">Go here<\/a> to read about the news conference. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/michigancommunities\/sets\/72157641529337254\/\">View more photos<\/a> from today\u2019s PPT press conference. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mml.org\/newsroom\/press_releases\/2014-2-25-league-supports-new-ppt.html\">View a League press release<\/a> about the announcement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League.\u00a0 She can be reached at 517-908-0306 or email at sharkins@mml.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon the Senate Finance Committee unanimously passed a ten bill package that represents months of negotiations on personal property tax (PPT) reform. 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