HOUSE BILL NO. 4783
June 15, 2023, Introduced by Reps. Byrnes and Morgan and referred to the Committee on
Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 225, entitled
"An act to defer the collection of special assessments on homestead
properties; to provide for conditions of eligibility for such a
deferment; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of
treasury, local assessing officers, and local collecting officers;
to provide for the advancement of moneys by the state to indemnify
special assessment districts for losses from deferment of
collections; to provide for the advancement of money by the state
to an owner for the repayment of loans used by the owner to pay
special assessments; to provide for the collection of deferred
special assessments and interest thereon, and the disposition of
these collections; to make an appropriation; and to prescribe
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penalties,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 211.764), as amended by 1980 PA 403.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 4. An owner may apply to the local assessing officer for
2 deferment of the payment of special assessments on the owner's
3 homestead. The application shall must be made upon an affidavit
4 form to be furnished and made available by the department at
5 convenient locations throughout the this state. The affidavit form
6 shall must contain the following statement in 10-point boldface
7 type located immediately above the affiant's signature: "If this
8 deferment is authorized the state will place a lien on your
9 property." A person making a false affidavit for the purpose of
10 obtaining deferment of special assessments under this act is guilty
11 of perjury. If the homestead is owned jointly by husband and wife,
12 a married couple, each spouse shall sign and file the affidavit. If
13 the homestead is encumbered by a mortgage or an unpaid balance on a
14 land contract, a deferment of special assessments shall must not be
15 made without the written consent of the mortgagee or the land
16 contract vendor, which shall must be filed with the affidavit. The
17 affidavit shall must be filed with the local assessing officer at
18 least 30 days after the due date of a special assessment or
19 installment of a special assessment for which deferment is
20 requested.
21 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
22 unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution F
23 (request no. 00367'23) of the 102nd Legislature becomes a part of
24 the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article
25 XII of the state constitution of 1963.
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Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 211.764