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Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.1 (2026)

Authority of council to levy taxes; general fund.

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THE GENERAL LAW VILLAGE ACT


Act 3 of 1895


69.1 Authority of council to levy taxes; general fund.

Sec. 1.

    (1) Actions taken by the council under this chapter are subject to the voting requirements of section 5 of chapter V. However, the council shall not increase a tax or impose a special assessment except by an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members of council.

    (2) The council may raise, by general tax upon the real and personal property liable to taxation in the village (exclusive of taxes for highway and street purposes and not otherwise provided for in this act), a sum not exceeding in any 1 year 1-1/4% of the assessed value of that property, to defray the general expenses and liabilities of the village, and to carry into effect the powers in this act granted. The money so raised constitutes a "general fund".

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2852 ;-- CL 1915, 2726 ;-- CL 1929, 1635 ;-- CL 1948, 69.1 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1972–2014 · leading case: People v. Harris, 583 N.W.2d 680 (Mich. 1998).
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People v. Harris, 583 N.W.2d 680 (Mich. 1998). · cites it 2× “), § 69.1, p. 1457 (emphasis in original).] [On the other hand,] [w]hen character evidence is used circumstantially, the existence of a particular disposition is not itself the matter in issue; rather, evidence of a person's disposition is offered to show the doing or not-doing…”
Airlines Parking, Inc v. Wayne Cnty., 550 N.W.2d 490 (Mich. 1996). · cites it 2× “§ 69.1; M.S.A. § 5.1371. Wayne County is a charter county, Wayne Co, Mich, Charter § 1.”
Nash v. Duncan Park Comm'n, 848 N.W.2d 435 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “1A Scott & Fratcher, Scott on Trusts (4th ed, 1987), § 69.1, p 406. Michigan enacted a statute of uses abolishing passive trusts in 1846.”
Butcher v. Twp. of Grosse Ile, 194 N.W.2d 845 (Mich. 1972). “, general village act, 1895 PA 3 (MCLA 69.1; MSA 5.1371). As to the nonapplicability of the limitations, the question and answer between Delegate Bradley and Chairman Brake is enlightening: "MR.”
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