While Personal Property Tax has its short comings and should be addressed, our state government has a
long history of cutting funding to local government in pursuit of other priorities. For that reason, I could not
vote for HB 5351, unless we address the long term funding of local government services including law
enforcement and fire protection.”
Senate Bill No. 242, entitled
A bill to amend 1966 PA 261, entitled “An act to provide for the apportionment of county boards of
commissioners; to prescribe the size of the board; to provide for appeals; to prescribe the manner of election
of the members of the county board of commissioners; to provide for compensation of members; to prescribe
penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 10 and 12 (MCL
46.410 and 46.412), section 12 as amended by 2013 PA 84.
Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, by yeas and nays,
as follows: