§ 211.761 — Definitions.

Michigan § 211.761

• Jurisdiction: Michigan
• Ch. 211: TAXATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
• Act 225 of 1976: DEFERMENT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ON HOMESTEADS (211.761-211.770)

Text

DEFERMENT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ON HOMESTEADS (EXCERPT) Act 225 of 1976 211.761 Definitions. Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Department" means the department of treasury. (b) "Totally and permanently disabled" means a person as defined in 42 U.S.C. section 416. (c) "Homestead" means a dwelling or a unit in a multiple-unit dwelling, owned and occupied as a home by the owner thereof, including all contiguous unoccupied real property owned by the person. Homestead includes a dwelling and an outbuilding used in connection with a dwelling, situated on the lands of another. (d) "Owner" includes a person eligible for the exemption specified in this act, who is purchasing a homestead under a mortgage or land contract or who owns a dwelling situated on the leased lands of another or is a tenant-stockholder of a cooperative housing corporation. (e) "Special assessment" means an assessment against real property calculated on a benefit or ad valorem basis for curb and gutter, sidewalk, sewer, water, or street paving; a drain; a connection fee or similar charge for a sewer or water system; or the land contract on a parcel of property acquired under the circumstances set forth in section 3(2). Special assessment does not include charges for current service.

Legislative History

1976, Act 225, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1976 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 437, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 360, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978