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A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OF ANY FORM OF GAMBLING AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND CERTAIN NEW STATE LOTTERY GAMES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Require voter approva l of any form of gambling authorized by law after January 1, 2004.
* Require voter approval of any new state lottery games utilizing 'table games' or 'player operated mechanical or electronic devices' introduced after January 1, 2004.
* Provide that when voter approval is required, both statewide voter approval and voter approval in the city or township where gambling will take place must be obtained.
* Specify that the voter approval requirement does not apply to Indian tribal gaming or gambling in up to three casinos located in the City of Detroit.
Should this proposal be adopted?
A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO SPECIFY WHAT CAN BE RECOGNIZED AS A 'MARRIAGE OR SIMILAR UNION' FOR ANY PURPOSE
The proposal would amend the state constitution to provide that 'the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.'
Should this proposal be adopted?
Shall the County of Newaygo, State of Michigan, borrow the principal amount of not to exceed Nine Million Dollars ($9,000,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor payable over a period of approximately twenty (20) years from the date of issuance, for the purpose of paying the costs of improvements to the Newaygo Medical Care Center consisting of constructing, furnishing and equipping an assisted living care facility and constructing, furnishing, equipping, and remodeling the Newaygo Medical Care Facility includng an addition thereto and the costs of issuance of the bonds? The estimated millage to be levied in 2005 is .48 mill ($0.48 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage rate required to retire the bonds is .58 mill ($0.58 per $1,000 of taxable value). The taxes will be distributed to the County to pay debt service on the bonds.
The functions of the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Board having been transferred to The Newaygo County Veterans Affairs, should the tax dollars collected under the Soldiers and Sailors Relief millage be transferred to the Newaygo County Department of Veterans Affairs to fund that department and the services it provides?
Shall the previously voted increase of 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value), as reduced by the required rollback which last resulted in a levy of 0.97240 mill ($.9724 per $1,000 of taxable value) upon all taxable property within Big Prairie Township, Newaygo County, Michigan, be renewed at 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five (5) years, 2004 through 2008, inclusive, for the purpose of operating and providing fire protection and emergency services and acquiring equipment and property for such services? (If approved, 1 mill will raise approximately $54,870.00 in the first calendar year of the levy.)
Shall the 15-mill tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution on all taxable real and tangible personal property within the Township of Croton, Newaygo County, Michigan, be increased for said Township in an amount not to exceed 1.20 mills ($1.20 on each $1,000 of taxable value) in perpetuity beginning in the year 2004, to provide funds for establishing, operating, and equipping a Township library and for all other library purposes authorized by law; and shall the township levy such new additional millage for said purposes; the estimate of the revenue the Township of Croton will collect if the millage is approved and levied by the Township in the 2004 calendar year is approximately $114,000?
Shall the limitation on general ad valorem taxes within Croton Township, Newaygo County, Michigan, under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution, as amended by the Headlee Amendment, be increased by .216 mill ($0.216 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of fifteen (15) years (2004 through 2018, inclusive) for all lawful municipal purposes for which public funds may be expended from the General Fund of Croton Township? If approved and levied in its entirety, this millage would increase the general operating millage from .7840 mill ($0.7840 per $1,000 of taxable value) to 1.0 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) and is estimated to raise an estimated $20,517 for Croton Township in the first year of the levy.
Shall the tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes within Troy Township, Newaygo County, Michigan, imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution be increased for said Township by 1.50 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period of 2004 through 2006, inclusive, for the purpose of providing fire protection services to Troy Township; and shall the Township levy such increase in millage for said purpose, thereby, raising in the first year an estimated $12,581.76?
Shall the Township of Troy, Newaygo County, Michigan, renew an ad valorem tax of one-half (1/2) mill ($.50 per $1,000 of Taxable Valuation) for each of four years from 2005 through 2008, inclusive, for the purpose of providing fire protection service to said Township, thereby, raising in the first year an estimated $4,193.92?
Shall the previously voted increase of the 12 mill limitation on the total amount of general ad valorem taxes imposed on real and personal property for all purposes in any one year within the City of Grant, Michigan, of one-half (1/2) mill on each dollar of taxable value ($.50 per $1,000.00), as reduced by the required millage rollback which last resulted in a levy of .4736 mill ($.4736 per $1,000 of taxable value) upon taxable real and personal property within the City of Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan, be renewed at .5000 of 1 mill ($.5000 per $1,000 of taxable value) for levy for four (4) years, 2005 through 2008, inclusive, to enable the City to levy said tax for the purpose of providing for fire protection? (If approved, .5000 of 1 mill will raise approximately $7,397 in the first year of the levy.)
Shall the previously voted increase of the 12 mill limitation on the total amount of general ad valorem taxes imposed on real and personal property for all purposes in any one year within the City of Grant, Michigan, of one-half (1/2) mill on each dollar of taxable value ($.50 per $1,000.00), as reduced by the required millage rollback which last resulted in a levy of .4736 mill ($.4736 per $1,000 of taxable value) upon taxable real and personal property within the City of Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan, be renewed at .5000 of 1 mill ($.5000 per $1,000 of taxable value) for levy for four (4) years, 2005 through 2008, inclusive, to enable the City to levy said tax for the purpose of funding the fire protection equipment fund? (If approved, .5000 of 1 mill will raise approximately $7,397 in the first year of the levy.)
