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.

Emerson Township -- Hall Project

EMERSON TOWNSHIP HALL PROJECT MILLAGE Shall the limitation on general ad valorem taxes within Emerson Township, Gratiot County, Michigan imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution be increased for said Township by up to .75 mill ($.75 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period of seven (7) years, 2014 through 2020, inclusive, for the purpose of demolition, constructing, furnishing and equipping of a township hall, related parking, site improvements, and maintaining of the building and site; and shall the Township levy such increase in millage for said purposes, thereby, raising in the first year an estimated $60,092.00?

Breckenridge Schools -- Operating Millage

OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL This proposal will allow the school district to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance and renews millage that will expire with the 2014 tax levy. Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation of 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Breckenridge Community Schools, Gratiot, Midland and Saginaw Counties, Michigan, be renewed for a period of 8 years, 2015 to 2022, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2015 is approximately $1,072,032 (this is a renewal of millage which will expire with the 2014 tax levy)?

Shepherd Schools -- Operating Millage

OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance. The remaining .2390 mill is only available to be levied to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the

Montcalm Community College -- Operating Millage

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL Shall the currently authorized charter millage rate limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Montcalm Community College, Michigan, which will expire with the 2015 tax levy, be renewed by not more than 1.1823 mills ($1.1823 on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2016 to 2025, inclusive, to be used for all purposes authorized by law; if approved, the estimate of the revenue the community college will collect the first year of levy, 2016, is approximately $2,575,684?