2023 House Bill 4926 / Public Act 218

Property tax: assessments; assessment of property in alternate location; modify.

An act to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled “An act to provide for the assessment of rights and interests, including leasehold interests, in property and the levy and collection of taxes on property, and for the collection of taxes levied; making those taxes a lien on the property taxed, establishing and continuing the lien, providing for the sale or forfeiture and conveyance of property delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the state and not redeemed or purchased; to provide for the establishment of a delinquent tax revolving fund and the borrowing of money by counties and the issuance of notes; to define and limit the jurisdiction of the courts in proceedings in connection with property delinquent for taxes; to limit the time within which actions may be brought; to prescribe certain limitations with respect to rates of taxation; to prescribe certain powers and duties of certain officers, departments, agencies, and political subdivisions of this state; to provide for certain reimbursements of certain expenses incurred by units of local government; to provide penalties for the violation of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 14a (MCL 211.14a), as amended by 2022 PA 240.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4926 would amend the General Property Tax Act to require personal property to be assessed in its original location rather than an alternate location that it was moved to. Previously, 2020 PA 352,1 2021 PA 164,2 and 2022 PA 2403 required the assessment of personal property, including exempt personal property, located in an alternate location on tax day due to the COVID-19 pandemic to be assessed in its ordinary location rather than the alternate location for the 2021, 2022, and 2023 tax years only.

Introduced in the House

Aug. 22, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Brenda Carter (D-53)

Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy

Sept. 6, 2023

Reported without amendment

Sept. 27, 2023

Passed in the House 105 to 5 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Jimmie Wilson (D-32)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Oct. 3, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection

Oct. 18, 2023

Reported without amendment

Oct. 19, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Oct. 24, 2023

Reported without amendment

Oct. 25, 2023

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

In the House

Oct. 31, 2023

Returned to the Senate

Received in the Senate

Nov. 1, 2023

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Nov. 22, 2023