Bill Text: MI HB5738 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Property tax; delinquent taxes; deadline extension for property tax payments during a declared emergency; provide for. Amends 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.1 - 211.155) by adding sec. 78t.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-28 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/30/2020 [HB5738 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5738-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5738
April 24, 2020, Introduced by Rep. Elder and
referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance.
A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled
"The general property tax act,"
(MCL 211.1 to 211.155) by adding section 78t.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 78t. Notwithstanding any
provision of this act to the contrary, if the governor has, for the entire
state, declared a state of disaster or state of emergency under both the
emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to 30.421, and 1945 PA 302,
MCL 10.31 to 10.33, both of the following apply:
(a)
A foreclosing governmental unit may temporarily suspend strict compliance with
section 78g(3) and extend the deadline by which property forfeited to the county
treasurer must be redeemed until as late as 30 days after the termination of
the state of disaster or state of emergency.
(b) Upon the motion of a foreclosing governmental unit made during a deadline extension under subdivision (a), a court may, in a manner consistent with the deadline extension, amend orders of foreclosure that it issued under section 78k(5) while conditions leading up to the governor's declaration existed or while the governor's declaration was in effect.
