Sec. 6.

(1) A new facility for which a commercial housing facilities exemption certificate is in effect, but not the land on which the new facility is located, shall be exempt from ad valorem real and personal property taxes imposed under Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, as amended, being sections 211.1 to 211.157 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for the period beginning on the effective date of the certificate and continuing so long as the commercial housing facilities exemption certificate is in force.

(2) The owner of a new facility exempt from the ad valorem real and personal property taxes as provided in this section shall pay an annual specific tax to be known as the commercial housing facilities tax which shall be determined by multiplying the state equalized value of the new facility, not including the land, by 1/2 of the total mills levied as ad valorem taxes for that year by all taxing units within which the facility is situated. The commercial housing facilities tax shall be collected, assessed, and disbursed in the same manner as provided for the collection, assessment, and disbursement of the commercial facilities tax in section 12(5) of Act No. 255 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 207.662 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and shall be a lien on the real property to which the certificate is applicable, until paid, in the same manner as provided in section 13 of Act No. 255 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 207.663 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The legislative body of the local governmental unit may waive the payment of the commercial housing facilities tax on new facilities. The issuance of a commercial housing facilities exemption certificate may be made conditional upon the annual payment of the commercial housing facilities tax imposed pursuant to this section.

(3) The lessee, occupant, user, or person in possession of the new facility for which a commercial housing facilities exemption certificate is in effect shall be exempt from ad valorem taxes imposed under Act No. 189 of the Public Acts of 1953, as amended, being sections 211.181 to 211.182 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for the same period.

History: 1976, Act 438, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1980