Bill Text: MI HB5666 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Counties; boards and commissions; certain counties to levy a special tax or appropriate from the county general funds for the purpose of advertising agricultural advantages; revise to allow. Amends title & sec. 1 of 1913 PA 88 (MCL 46.161).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-12 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5666 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5666-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5666
June 11, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Outman and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend 1913 PA 88, entitled
"An act empowering the board of supervisors of any of the several
counties of the state of Michigan to levy a special tax, or by
appropriating from the general fund for the purpose of advertising
the agricultural advantages of the state or for displaying the
products and industries of any county in the state at domestic or
foreign expositions, for the purpose of encouraging immigration and
increasing trade in the products of the state, and advertising the
state and any portion thereof for tourists and resorters, and to
permit the boards of supervisors out of any sum so raised, or out
of the general fund, to contribute all or any portion of the same
to any development board or bureau to be by said board or bureau
expended for the purposes herein named,"
by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 46.161).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An
act empowering the county board of supervisors of any of
the
several commissioners of
certain counties of the this state
of
Michigan
to levy a special tax, or by
appropriating from the
general fund for the purpose of advertising the agricultural
advantages
of the this state or for displaying the products and
industries
of any county certain
counties in the this state
at
domestic or foreign expositions, for the purpose of encouraging
immigration
and increasing trade in the products of the this state,
and
advertising the this state and any portion thereof of this
state for tourists and resorters, and to permit the county boards
of
supervisors commissioners out of any sum so raised, or out of
the general fund, to contribute all or any portion of the same to
any
development board or bureau to be expended
by said the board
or
bureau
expended for the purposes herein named.
Sec.
1. The boards of supervisors of the several counties
county board of commissioners of a county with a population of more
than 325,000 and less than 375,000 may levy a special tax on the
taxable
property within their respective counties that county for
the purpose of creating a fund; or appropriate out of the general
fund an amount to be used for advertising agricultural or
industrial
advantages of the this state or the
county or any part
of
the this state, or for collecting, preparing, or
maintaining an
exhibition of the products and industries of the county at any
domestic or foreign exposition, for the purpose of encouraging
immigration
and increasing the trade in the products of Michigan,
this
state, or advertising the this state
and any portion thereof
of this state for tourists and resorters. The total tax levied in
any
one 1 year shall not exceed 5 cents on each $100.00 of
taxable
property within the county according to the assessment rolls. The
sums
so raised or appropriated out of the general fund shall be
used
as directed by the county board of supervisors. commissioners.
The
county board of supervisors commissioners may appropriate the
sum
so raised by special tax, or appropriated out of the general
fund, or any part of the same to the support and work and
maintenance of a legal association, development bureau, or board
organized
under the laws of Michigan, this
state, not organized or
conducted
for profit, and which that
is engaged in the purpose of
advertising the advantages of and encouraging immigration, and
increasing the trade of the county and other adjoining counties of
the
this state.
