Sec. 5b.
(1) The petition for the adoption of a separate tax limitation shall be in substantially the following form:
| "Petition initiating procedures for the adoption of separate tax |
| limitations to the county board of commissioners: |
| We, the undersigned qualified and registered electors and |
| residents of the city or township of ............., in the county |
| of .............., and state of Michigan, petition the county |
| board of commissioners to place before the voters of this county |
| the question of establishing separate tax limitation millage |
| rates for a period of ...... years or for an indefinite period, |
| or until altered by the voters of the county, for the county of |
| ............. and the townships and intermediate school districts |
| within the county, the aggregate of which shall not exceed ...... |
| mills, as follows: |
| Mills | |
| County of ................... | ............ |
| Townships | ............ |
| Intermediate school districts | ............ |
| Total | ............". |
(2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1), the petition shall also include a warning as prescribed in section 482 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.482.
(3) The circulator of the petition shall be a qualified and registered elector of the county in which he or she circulates the petition. Petitions shall be signed and acknowledged by the circulator before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments.
History: Add. 1964, Act 278, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 104, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1965 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Sept. 14, 1966 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 335, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1979 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1994 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 162, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Last modified: October 10, 2016