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State Proposal - 14-1 -- Hunting Season for Wolves

A REFERENDUM OF PUBLIC ACT 520 OF 2012, ESTABLISHING A HUNTING SEASON FOR WOLVES AND AUTHORIZING ANNUAL WOLF HUNTING SEASONS

Public Act 520 of 2012 would:

• Designate wolf as game for hunting purposes and authorize the first wolf hunting season.
• Allow the Natural Resources Commission to schedule annual wolf hunting seasons.
• Provide criminal penalties for the unlawful possession or taking of wolves, but shield a person who lawfully captures or destroys a wolf from prosecution.
• Require a person who wishes to hunt wolves to obtain a wolf hunting license.
• Create a Wolf Management Advisory Council for the purpose of making nonbinding recommendations to the legislature regarding the proper management of wolves.

State Proposal - 14-2 -- Authority to Designate Game Animals

A REFERENDUM OF PUBLIC ACT 21 OF 2013, GRANTING THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION THE POWER TO DESIGNATE WOLVES AND CERTAIN OTHER ANIMALS AS GAME WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTION

Public Act 21 of 2013 would:

• Allow the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) to designate certain animals as game for hunting purposes and establish the first hunting season for game animals without legislative action.
• Continue the NRC's designation of wolves as game and allow the NRC to set a wolf hunting season.
• Grant the Legislature sole authority to remove a species from the list of designated game animals.
• Eliminate the $1.00 hunting and fishing licensing fee for members of the military, whether stationed inside or outside of Michigan, subject to any lottery.
• Give the NRC sole authority to regulate fishing.

Berrien Township -- Road Maintenance & Repair Special Millage

Shall the Township of Berrien Levy thirty six dollars ($36) on each parcel of real property subject to taxation, for a period of four years commencing in 2015 through 2018, inclusive, for the purpose of funding maintenance, repair and replacement of roads within the Township? This levy will raise approximatley $90,000 in the first calendar year.

Sodus Township -- Proposal to Renew Millage for Road Improvements

Shall the previously voted millage for road improvements continue to levy the statutory rate limitations of 2 mills ($2 per $1,000 of taxable value) on general ad valorem taxes within Sodus Township (Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution). This proposal is a renewal and levied for four years, 2015 through 2018 inclusive, for the purpose of road improvements. The estimated revenue generated in the first year levy is $142, 087.

Weesaw Township -- Fire Protection Renewal

Shall the expired previous voted millage increase in the tax limitations imposed under Article IX, Section 6, of the Michigan Constitution in Weesaw Township, of 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value). be renewed at the original voted 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied for four years, 2015 through 2018 inclusive, for providing fire protection services, including but not limited to, the maintenance, operation, housing and purchase of apparatus and equipment, raising an estimated $77,473.34, in the first year of the millage is levied?

Weesaw Township -- Road Millage Proposition

Shall the Township of Weesaw, Berrien County, Michigan, levy up to 1.0 (one) mill, which is equal to $1.00 for each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation of real and personal property subject to taxation. Said millage will be an extra-voted millage to be used for the maintenance, upkeep and construction of roads, within Weesaw Township, so designated by the Township Board. Said millage, if approved by the electors of the Weesaw Township, will be levied for a period of two years, beginning with the year 2014 and ending with the levy in the year 2015. Based on current valuation, it is estimatee that the levy will generate approximately $77,473.34 in the first year of the levy.

Bridgman Public Schools District -- Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to levy the statutory rate of up to 8.38 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance and renews millage that will expire with the 2014 tax levy. The estimate of the revenue the school disctrict will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2015 is approximatley $8,300,000 (this is a renewal of millage which will expire with the 2014 tax levy).

Dowagiac Union School District -- Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

This proposal will allow the school district to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance and renews millage that will expire with the 2014 tax levy. Be renewed for a period of 4 years, 2015 to 2018 inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2015 is approximately $4,619,393 (this is a renewal of millage which will expire with the 2014 tax levy)?

Riverside School - Hagar Township #6 -- Operating Millage Proposal

This proposal renews operating millage that will expire with the 2014 levy and restores millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963. The estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2015 is approximately $88,000 (this being a renewal of millage which will expire with the 2014 levy and a restoration of millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963).

River Valley School District -- Millage Proposal, Building and Site Sinking Fund Tax Levy

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in River Valley School District, Berrien County, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed .5 mills ($0.50 on each $1,000 of taxabel valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2015 to 2019, inclusive, to create a sinking fund for the construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2015 is approximately $324,586.