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A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE THAT MONEY HELD IN
CONSERVATION AND RECREATION FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THEIR
INTENDED PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Create a Conservation and Recreation Legacy Fund within the Constitution and establish existing conservation and recreation accounts as components of the fund.
* Use current funding sources such as state park entrance and camping fees; snowmobile, ORV and boating registration fees; hunting and fishing license fees; taxes and other revenues to fund accounts.
* Establish the current Game and Fish Protection Fund and the Nongame Fish and Wildlife Fund within the Constitution.
* Provide that money held in Funds can only be used for specific purposes related to conservation and recreation and cannot be used for any purpose other than those intended.
Should this proposal be adopted?
A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
PROGRAMS THAT GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS
BASED ON THEIR RACE, GENDER, COLOR, ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN FOR
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR CONTRACTING PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Ban public institutions from using affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, education or contracting purposes. Public institutions affected by the proposal include state government, local governments, public colleges and universities, community colleges and school districts.
* Prohibit public institutions from discriminating against groups or individuals due to their gender, ethnicity, race, color or national origin. (A separate provision of the state constitution already prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin.)
Should this proposal be adopted?
A REFERENDUM ON PUBLIC ACT 160 OF 2004 -- AN ACT TO ALLOW THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUNTING SEASON FOR MOURNING DOVES
Public Act 160 of 2004 would:
* Authorize the Natural Resources Commission to establish a hunting season for mourning doves.
* Require a mourning dove hunter to have a small game license and a $2.00 mourning dove stamp.
* Stipulate that revenue from the stamp must be split evenly between the Game and Fish Protection Fund and the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.
* Require the Department of Natural Resources to address responsible mourning dove hunting; management practices for the propagation of mourning doves; and participation in mourning dove hunting by youth, the elderly and the disabled in the Department's annual hunting guide.
Should this law be approved?
A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENT FROM
TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR CERTAIN PRIVATE
PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Prohibit government from taking private property for transfer to another private individual or business for purposes of economic development or increasing tax revenue.
* Provide that if an individual’s principal residence is taken by government for public use, the individual must be paid at least 125% of property’s fair market value.
* Require government that takes a private property to demonstrate that the taking is for a public use; if taken to eliminate blight, require a higher standard of proof to demonstrate that the taking of that property is for a public use.
* Preserve existing rights of property owners.
Should this proposal be adopted?
A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH MANDATORY SCHOOL FUNDING LEVELS
The proposed law would:
* Increase current funding by approximately $565 million and require State to provide annual funding increases equal to the rate of inflation for public schools, intermediate school districts, community colleges, and higher education (includes state universities and financial aid/grant programs).
* Require State to fund any deficiencies from General Fund.
* Base funding for school districts with a declining enrollment on three-year student enrollment average.
* Reduce and cap retirement fund contribution paid by public schools, community colleges and state universities; shift remaining portion to state.
* Reduce funding gap between school districts receiving basic per-pupil foundation allowance and those receiving maximum foundation allowance.
Should this proposed law be approved?
Shall the limitation on general ad valorem taxes within Barry County, as established by Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution, be renewed and levied at a total of .2275 mill ($.2275 per $1,000 of taxable value) upon all taxable real and personal property within Barry County, Michigan for a period of five (5) years, 2007 through 2011, inclusive, subject to reduction as provided by law? The purpose of this levy is to provide funding for the operation and maintenance of Charlton Park. If approved, it is estimated that the levy of .2275 mill will provide revenue of $388,530 in the first calendar year of the levy. The revenue from this millage will be disbursed to Barry County.
Shall the Township of Irving issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds in one or more series in an amount not to exceed Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000) for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, furnishing and equipping a new building in the Township to be used as a Fire Station and Township Hall and to acquire fire-fighting apparatus, equipment and vehicles for the Township? The bonds will be outstanding a maximum of 20 years, exclusive of refunding. It is estimated that it will be necessary to levy .3090 mill ($.3090 per $1,000 of taxable value) of additional new millage to pay debt service on the bonds in the first year of the levy, and to levy an estimated average of .6359 mill ($.6359 per $1,000 of taxable value) for debt service in the following years, until the bonds are retired. The tax revenue received by the Township as a result of the unlimited tax pledge will be disbursed to the Township of Irving to repay the proposed bonds.
Shall Orangeville Township impose an increase of .3 mills ($.30 per $1,000 of taxable value) in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution and levy it for two (2) years, 2006 through 2007 inclusive, for library purposes as a participating municipality in the Delton District Library, raising an estimated $33,264.22 in the first year the millage is levied of which millage shall be disbursed to the Delton District Library. [The Delton District Library will be comprised of Barry Township, Prairieville Township, Hope Township, Orangeville Township and such other or fewer local units of government as will comprise the Delton District Library in the future]
Shall the allocated Thornapple Township millage rate of 1.0 mill, reduced to .9464 mills by the required millage rollbacks, be increased by .0536 mills ($.0536 per $1,000 of taxable value) to recover that reduction and be levied by Thornapple Township, for a period of five (5) years, for general operating purposes, raising an estimated $12,638 in the first year the millage is levied, of which a portion will be disbursed to the Village of Middleville Downtown Development Authority and Local Development Finance Authority?
This proposal will allow the City of Hastings to levy 1.00 mill on all taxable property to receive revenue to support the operation and maintenance of a municipal cemetery. Shall the City of Hastings amend the Hastings Charter, to increase the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all taxable property within the City of Hastings by one mill ($1.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for the year 2007 and forward, to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of a municipal cemetery?
