{"id":9553,"date":"2014-02-14T11:07:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T15:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2014-02-14T11:07:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T15:07:39","slug":"house-considers-bill-to-allow-counties-to-administer-tax-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/02\/14\/house-considers-bill-to-allow-counties-to-administer-tax-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"House Considers Bill to Allow Counties to Administer Tax Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week the House Local Government Committee heard testimony on <a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/documents\/2013-2014\/billintroduced\/House\/pdf\/2013-HIB-5160.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 5160<\/a>, a bill that would allow a local unit of government the option of contracting with the county treasurer to administer tax collection.<\/p>\n<p>The bill allows an agreement to let the county collect taxes, and the agreement would have to be approved by the governing body of the city, village or township.<\/p>\n<p>We anticipate a vote on this legislation next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League.\u00a0 She can be reached at <\/em><em>517-908-0306<\/em><em> or email at <a href=\"mailto:sharkins@mml.org\">sharkins@mml.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week the House Local Government Committee heard testimony on House Bill 5160, a bill that would allow a local unit of government the option of contracting with the county treasurer to administer tax collection. 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