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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 Eaton County for the purpose of general operations levy up to .2851 of a mill ($0.2851 per thousand dollars of taxable value) on all real and personal property for a period of five (5) years, 2006 through 2010 inclusive? The intent of this request is to restore the total County operating millage to the maximum allocated rate of 5.5000 mills authorized by the electorate of Eaton County in 1978. The 5.5000 mills has been reduced by required millage rollbacks in recent years to 5.2149 mills. If approved and levied in its entirety, this additional millage would raise an estimated $920,743 for Eaton County in 2006. A small portion of the revenue collected (approximately $13,859 in 2006) may be required to be distributed to Downtown Development Authorities, Tax Increment Financing Authorities, Local Development Financing Authorities and Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Authorities established in the cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Potterville and Olivet. _______ YES _______ NO
Shall Eaton County renew a tax levy of up to .2469 of a mill ($0.2469 per thousand dollars of taxable value) on real and personal property, for the exclusive use of public transportation purposes, to include accommodation for the elderly and handicapped, by the Eaton County Transportation Authority (EATRAN) for five years from 2007 through 2011, inclusive? The estimate of the revenue the County of Eaton will collect if the millage is approved and levied by the County of Eaton in the 2007 calendar year is approximately $788,530. A small portion of the revenue collected (approximately $12,002 in 2007) may be required to be distributed to Downtown Development Authorities, Tax Increment Financing Authorities, Local Development Financing Authorities and Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Authorities established in the cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Potterville and Olivet. _______ YES _______ NO
FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES MILLAGE PROPOSAL Shall the 15-mill tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution on general ad valorem taxes within the Township of Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan, be increased for said Township in an amount not to exceed 1.0 mill ($1.00 on each $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of four (4) years, 2006 to 2009, inclusive, to provide funds for operating, equipping, constructing and purchasing for the fire department or for any other purpose authorized by law for fire department purposes; and shall the Township levy such new additional millage for said purpose; the estimate of the revenue the Township of Eaton Rapids will collect if the millage is approved and levied by the Township in the 2006 calendar year is approximately $122,820. YES_______ NO________
ZONING AND PLANNING MILLAGE PROPOSAL Shall the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution on all taxable real and tangible personal property within the Township of Vermontville, Eaton County, Michigan, be increased for said Township in an amount not to exceed 1.0 mill ($1.00 on each $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of four (4) years, 2006 to 2009, inclusive, to provide funds for zoning enforcement, zoning administration, zoning ordinance and master plan revisions and any other zoning or planning purpose authorized by law; and shall the Township levy such new additional millage for said purposes; the estimate of the revenue the Township of Vermontville will collect if the millage is approved and levied by the Township in the 2006 calendar year is approximately $44,000.00?
Shall the City of Grand Ledge be authorized to provide the equipment and to proceed with the introduction of sufficient sodium fluoride to achieve a therapeutic concentration of fluoride within the water distributed by the City Water Supply System, which concentration shall, in no event, exceed the amount of fluoride established by applicable State and Federal regulations? Yes __________No __________
This proposal will renew and restore previously authorized millage for street and sidewalk purposes that expired with the 2005 tax levy. Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in the Village of Bellevue, County of Eaton, State of Michigan be increased by and the Village Council be authorized to levy 3 mills ($3.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2007 to 2011, inclusive, to provide additional funds for the maintenance and improvement of Village streets and sidewalks (2.7879 mills of the above is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2005 tax levy, as reduced by the 2006 reduction fraction, and .2121 mill is a restoration of millage lost as a result of said reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963); the estimate of the revenue the Village will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2007 is approximately $56,872.80? YES ______ NO_______
