Proposal Text

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.

Pennfield Charter Township -- Road Repair Millage Proposal

PENNFIELD CHARTER TOWNSHIP ROAD REPAIR MILLAGE PROPOSAL Shall Pennfield Charter Township, Michigan, borrow the principal sum of not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series, payable in not to exceed eleven (11) years from the date of issue of each series, for the purpose of paying the cost of maintenance and improvement of county roads in the Township, including necessary rights of way and appurtenances and attachments thereto? If approved, the estimated millage to be levied in 2015 is 2.7292 mills ($ 2.7292 per $1,000 of taxable value) and the estimated simple average annual millage rate required to retire this bond is 2.8211 mills ($2.8211 per $1000 of taxable value).

Sheridan Township -- Road Millage Proposal

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP ROAD MILLAGE PROPOSAL Shall Sheridan Township impose an increase of up to 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution and levy it for 5 years, 2014 through 2019, inclusive for road construction, improvement and maintenance purposes, which 1 mill increase will raise an estimated $45,730 in the first year the millage is levied?

Tekonsha Township -- Library Millage Proposal

TEKONSHA TOWNSHIP LIBRARY MILLAGE PROPOSAL Shall Tekonsha Township be authorized pursuant to Public Act 164 of 1877, MCL 397.201, et seq to impose an increase of a new additional 1 mil ($1.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) on the taxable value of all property located in Tekonsha Township for ten years beginning with the 2014 tax levy year through the 2023 tax levy year inclusive, for all library purposes to be disbursed solely to the credit of the library fund under the direction of the Tekonsha Township Library Board of Directors, which 1 mill increase will raise an estimated $45,686 in the first year the millage is levied?

Athens Area Schools -- Bonding Proposal

ATHENS AREA SCHOOLS BONDING PROPOSAL Shall Athens Area Schools, Calhoun, Branch, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($625,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of purchasing and equipping school buses? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated millage that will be levied for the first series of the proposed bonds is .14 mill ($0.14 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding for all series, exclusive of any refunding, is seven (7) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is .70 mill ($0.70 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). (Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited, and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)