May 1, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Minore and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending sections 2129 and 2150 (MCL 324.2129 and 324.2150),
section 2129 as added by 1995 PA 60 and section 2150 as amended
by 1996 PA 585, and by amending the heading to subpart 13 of part
21; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 2129. The department may grant easements, upon terms
2 and conditions the department determines just and reasonable, for
3 state and county roads and for the purpose of constructing,
4 erecting, laying, maintaining, and operating pipelines, electric
5 lines, telecommunication systems, and facilities for the intake,
6 transportation, and discharge of water, including pipes,
7 conduits, tubes, and structures usable in connection with the
8 lines, telecommunication systems, and facilities, over, through,
1 under, and upon any and
all lands belonging to the state which
2 are under the jurisdiction of the department and over, through,
3 under, and upon any and
all of the unpatented overflowed lands,
4 made lands, and lake bottomlands belonging to or held in trust by
5 this state. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,
6 revenue received as the result of the granting of an easement
7 shall be deposited in the state fund from which revenues are
8 appropriated for the payment in lieu of taxes required to be paid
9 in relation to state land
under subpart 14 13.
10 SUBPART 13 TAX ON
TAX REVERTED, RECREATION, AND FOREST LANDS
11 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
12 Sec. 2150. (1) On December 1 of each year, there shall be
13 paid into the treasury of each county in which are located tax
14 reverted, recreation, or forest lands under the control and
15 supervision of the
department , and on that date or any other
16 lands held by the
department , except lands purchased after
17 January 1, 1933 for
natural resource purposes, a tax of $2.50 per
18 acre or major portion
of an acre for years before December 1,
19 1994 and on that date a payment of $2.00 per acre or
major
20 portion of an acre.
for years after November 30, 1994 on all the
21 lands that belong to
this state on December 1 in each year. The
22 tax imposed The payment under this section shall be is
in lieu
23 of all other taxes now
levied against the state land under any
24 existing law. State land on which payments in lieu of
taxes
25 are made pursuant to
subpart 14 are exempt from this subpart.
26 (2) The department shall enter upon its records against each
27 description of the land the amounts provided by this subpart and
1 shall certify the amounts to the department of treasury. The
2 department of treasury shall make a detailed statement of account
3 between the state and each county in which the lands described in
4 subsection (1) are situated, including the descriptions of the
5 lands, and render the detailed statement of account to the county
6 treasurer of the county. The department of treasury shall cause
7 a warrant to be drawn on the state treasurer payable for the
8 amount indicated on the detailed statement of account to be due
9 to the county. The county treasurer of each county shall
10 immediately make up a detailed statement of the account between
11 the county and each
township, and school district, prorating
12 the amount received by the county according to the number of
13 acres of the lands
located in each unit township. For
14 disbursements made
before December 1, 1994, the proration shall
15 be 40% to county
general fund, 40% to township general fund, and
16 20% to school
operating fund. For disbursements made after
17 November 30, 1994, the
The proration shall be 50% to
the county
18 general fund and 50% to the township general fund. The county
19 treasurer shall immediately issue his or her warrant to each of
20 the units townships
according to the detailed statement of
21 account.
22 (3) (2)
The tax on tax reverted, recreation, forest lands,
23 or other lands under
the control of the department on which
24 payments are made payments in lieu of taxes under this subpart
25 shall be paid made
from the general fund.
26 Enacting section 1. Both of the following are repealed:
27 (a) Section 2151 of the natural resources and environmental
1 protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.2151.
2 (b) Subpart 14 of part 21 of the natural resources and
3 environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.2152 to
4 324.2154.