2023 Senate Bill 175 / 2024 Public Act 97

Property tax: payment and collection; penalties for failure to file a property tax transfer affidavit; 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 27b (MCL 211.27b), as amended by 2012 PA 382.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

Senate Bill 175 would amend the General Property Tax Act to increase the fines for certain individuals that fail to file a transfer of property ownership with the local assessing officer.

Introduced in the Senate

March 14, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-2)

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

Oct. 4, 2023

Reported with substitute S-1

Oct. 5, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Oct. 18, 2023

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

Oct. 19, 2023

Amendment offered by Sen. Jonathan Lindsey (R-17)

1. Amend page 5, line 6, after “property” by striking out the balance of the bill and inserting a period.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 21 to 17 (details)

Received in the House

Oct. 24, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy

Nov. 8, 2023

Reported with substitute H-1

June 26, 2024

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Substitute H-2 offered by Rep. Cynthia Neeley (D-70)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 56 to 54 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

June 26, 2024

Substitute H-2 concurred in 20 to 18 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 23, 2024