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A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO PERMIT THE USE AND CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA FOR SPECIFIED MEDICAL CONDITIONS
The proposed law would:
* Permit physician approved use of marijuana by registered patients with debilitating medical conditions including cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis C, MS and other conditions as may be approved by the Department of Community Health.
* Permit registered individuals to grow limited amounts of marijuana for qualifying patients in an enclosed, locked facility.
* Require Department of Community Health to establish an identification card system for patients qualified to use marijuana and individuals qualified to grow marijuana.
* Permit registered and unregistered patients and primary caregivers to assert medical reasons for using marijuana as a defense to any prosecution involving marijuana.
Should this proposal be adopted?
PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS HUMAN EMBRYO AND HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH IN MICHIGAN
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Expand use of human embryos for any research permitted under federal law subject to the following limits: the embryos --
-- are created for fertility treatment purposes;
-- are not suitable for implantation or are in excess of clinical needs;
-- would be discarded unless used for research;
-- were donated by the person seeking fertility treatment.
* Provide that stem cells cannot be taken from human embryos more than 14 days after cell division begins.
* Prohibit any person from selling or purchasing human embryos for stem cell research.
* Prohibit state and local laws that prevent, restrict or discourage stem cell research, future therapies and cures.
Should this proposal be adopted?
Shall the constitutional tax limitation on general ad valorem taxes in Big Prairie Township be increased by 1.0 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied on taxable property for four (4) years, 2008 through 2011, inclusive, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a Fire Department substation? If approved, this millage would raise an estimated $66,182 in the first year of the levy.
Shall the 15-mill tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution on all taxable real and tangible personal property within the Township of Croton, Newaygo County, Michigan, be increased for said Township in an amount not to exceed .40 mill ($.40 on each $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of five (5) years, 2008 to 2012 inclusive, 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 2008 calendar year is approximately $47,800?
Shall the previously voted increase of the 12 mill limitation on the total amount of general ad valorem taxes imposed on real and personal property for all purposes in any one year within the City of Grant, Michigan, of one-half (1/2) mill on each dollar of taxable value ($.500 per $1,000.00), as reduced by the required millage rollback which last resulted in a levy of .4926 mills ($.4926 per $1,000 of taxable value) upon taxable real and personal property within the City of Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan, be renewed at .50 of 1 mill ($.500 per $1,000 of taxable value) for levy for one (1) year, 2009, to enable the City to levy said tax for the purpose of providing for fire protection and contracting for such purpose? (If approved, .500 of 1 mill will raise approximately $8,696 in 2009, the one year of the levy.)
Shall the previously voted increase of the 12 mill limitation on the total amount of general ad valorem taxes imposed on real and personal property for all purposes in any one year within the City of Grant, Michigan, of one-half (1/2) mill on each dollar of taxable value ($.500 per $1,000.00), as reduced by the required millage rollback which last resulted in a levy of .4926 mills ($.4926 per $1,000 of taxable value) upon taxable real and personal property within the City of Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan, be renewed at .50 of 1 mill ($.500 per $1,000 of taxable value) for levy for one (1) year, 2009, to enable the City to levy said tax for the purpose of funding the fire protection equipment fund in accordance with the Joint Fire Protection Contract, dated January 1, 2006, between the Township of Grant, the Township of Ashland, and the City of Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan? (If approved, .500 of 1 mill will raise approximately $8,696 in 2009, the one year of the levy.)
Shall the previously voted increase in the constitutional tax rate limitation on general ad valorem taxes within Lincoln Township of 1.5 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of taxable value), as reduced to 1.3848 mills ($1.38 per $1,000 of taxable value) by required rollbacks, be renewed at and increased up to the original voted 1.5 mills ($1.50 per $1,000 of taxable value) and levied for four (4) years, 2009 through 2012, inclusive, for the purpose of improving and maintaining public roads? (If approved and levied, 1.5 mills is estimated to raise $55,251 in the first year of the levy.)
Shall the previous voted increase in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution on general ad valorem taxes within Merrill Township be renewed at 2 mills ($2 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period 2009 through 2016 inclusive for township fire protection; and shall the Township levy such renewal in millage for said purpose, thereby, raising in the first year an estimated $22,600?
