2025 House Bill 4080

Property tax: special assessments; special assessment deferment program; reinstate.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 225, entitled “An act to defer the collection of special assessments on homestead properties; to provide for conditions of eligibility for such a deferment; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of treasury, local assessing officers, and local collecting officers; to provide for the advancement of moneys by the state to indemnify special assessment districts for losses from deferment of collections; to provide for the advancement of money by the state to an owner for the repayment of loans used by the owner to pay special assessments; to provide for the collection of deferred special assessments and interest thereon, and the disposition of these collections; to make an appropriation; and to prescribe penalties,” by amending sections 1 and 2 (MCL 211.761 and 211.762), section 2 as amended by 2020 PA 331.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill amends existing laws to update definitions and conditions for deferring special assessments on homestead properties, introduces new payment terms, and specifies interest rates, with enactment contingent on another bill's passage.

Introduced in the House

Feb. 12, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Mike Hoadley (R-99) and seven co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Bill Schuette (R-95), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Tom Kunse (R-100), Joey Andrews (D-38), Timothy Beson (R-96), Jay DeBoyer (R-63) and Gina Johnsen (R-78)

Referred to the Committee on Finance