Michigan
2010 Ballot Measures
Eaton County, MI
Type: Property Tax
Summary:
A measure identical to the failed August 3 measure will be back on the ballot this November. The proposal would replace the 0.2469 mill levy with a 0.75 mill tax levy for five years, from 2012 through 2016. The county Board of Commissioners voted to put this measure back on the ballot two weeks after the disappointing August election.
Ballot Language:
For the purpose of providing funds for the exclusive use of public transportation purposes, to include accommodation for the elderly and handicapped, by the Eaton County Transportation
Authority (EATRAN); shall the tax limitation and levy imposed under the Michigan Constitution by the County of Eaton be increased in an amount not to exceed 0.7500 of a mill ($0.7500 on each $1,000 dollars of taxable value) against all taxable real and tangible personal property within the County of Eaton for a period of five (5) years, 2012 to 2016, inclusive, and shall the County of Eaton levy such millage for said purposes? The estimate of the revenue for the County of Eaton in the 2012 calendar year is approximately $2,554,672. A small portion of the revenue collected (approximately $38,576 in 2012) may be required to be distributed to Downtown Development Authorities, Tax Increment Financing Authorities, Local Development Financing Authorities and Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Authorities established in cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Potterville and Olivet.
Proponent Info:
Friends of Eatran
Website: http://www.friendsofeatran.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=160083917338711
Opponent Info: N/A
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