SENATE BILL NO. 491
September 13, 2023, Introduced by Senators IRWIN, CHERRY, MCMORROW, CAMILLERI,
GEISS, BAYER, CHANG and CAVANAGH and referred to the Committee on Housing and
Human Services.
A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled
"The general property tax act,"
by amending section 2a (MCL 211.2a), as amended by 1982 PA 539.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 2a. (1) For purposes of section 2, a mobile home which
2 that is not covered by section 41 of Act No. 243 of the Public Acts
3 of 1959, being section 125.1041 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and
4 subject to the specific tax described in section 41 of 1959 PA 243,
5 MCL 125.1041, while located on land otherwise assessable as real
6 property under this act, and whether or not permanently affixed to
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1 the soil, shall must be considered real property and shall must be
2 assessed as part of the real property upon on which the mobile home
3 is located.
4 (2) As used in this section: , "mobile
5 (a) "Camping trailer" means a vehicular portable temporary
6 living quarters that is used for recreational camping or travel and
7 is of a size and weight as not to require special highway movement
8 permits when drawn by a motor vehicle.
9 (b) "Mobile home" does not include a either of the following:
10 (i) A travel trailer or camping trailer which is either that
11 meets 1 of the following:
12 (A) Is parked in a campground licensed by this state for not
13 more than 180 days in any calendar year. , or
14 (B) Is parked upon on private property, including a designated
15 storage area of a licensed campground, for the sole purpose of
16 storage.
17 (ii) (3) As used in this section, "mobile home" does not
18 include a A truck camper which that is parked in a campground
19 licensed by this state, which is a portable structure , designed
20 and constructed to be loaded onto, or affixed to, the bed or
21 chassis of a truck, and which is used to provide temporary living
22 quarters for recreational camping or travel.
23 (4) For purposes of this section, the following definitions
24 shall apply:
25 (c) (a) A travel trailer is "Travel trailer" means a vehicular
26 portable structure that is mounted on wheels, and is of a size and
27 weight as not to require special highway movement permits when
28 drawn by a stock passenger automobile or when drawn with a fifth
29 wheel hitch mounted on a motor vehicle, and is primarily designed,
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1 constructed, and used to provide temporary living quarters for
2 recreational camping or travel.
3 (b) A camping trailer is a vehicular portable temporary living
4 quarters used for recreational camping or travel and of a size and
5 weight as not to require special highway movement permits when
6 drawn by a motor vehicle.
7 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
8 unless Senate Bill No. 492 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into
9 law.
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Statutes affected:
Senate Introduced Bill: 211.2