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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.

County Local Roads & Streets Repair & Rehabilitation Millage -- To increase a levy up to 1.5000 mills for a period of 12 years.

For the sole purpose of funding the rehabilitation, restoration, and resurfacing of existing paved and gravel surfaced county local roads within the townships and municipal streets in Eaton County, and including two (2) applications of dust control each year on all gravel surfaced county local roads within the townships in Eaton County, shall the Constitutional limitation upon the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in one (1) year upon all property within the County of Eaton, Michigan, be increased, and shall the County be authorized to levy, up to 1.5000 mills ($1.5000 on each $1,000 dollars of taxable value) for a period of twelve (12) years, 2014 to 2025, inclusive ? If approved and levied in full, this millage will raise an estimated $4,917,284 in 2014, to be disbursed to the Eaton County Road Commission, the Cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Lansing, Potterville, and Olivet, and the Villages of Bellevue, Dimondale, Mulliken, Sunfield and Vermontville. As required by State law, a small portion of the millage (approximately $72,776 in 2014) may be captured by the Downtown Development Authorities, Tax Increment Financing Authorities, Local Development Financing Authorities and Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Authorities established in cities of Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Potterville and Olivet and the Village of Bellevue.

Benton Twp Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Millage -- To increase a levy by 2 mills for 4 years.

Shall the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Sec. 6 of the Michigan Constitution in Benton Township, Eaton County, Michigan, be increased by 2 mills ($2.00 per $1,000 of taxable value) and be levied for four (4) years, 2014 through 2017 inclusive, for the purpose of fire protection and emergency medical services, including capital equipment expenditures, within Benton Township, raising an estimated $175,993.00 in 2014?

Eaton Rapids School Millage Building & Site Sinking Fund Tax Levy -- To increase a levy not to exceed 1 mill for a period of 10 years.

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Eaton Rapids Public Schools, Eaton and Ingham Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education by authorized to levy not to exceed 1 mill ($1.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2015 to 2024, inclusive, to create a sinking fund for teh construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect in the millage is approved and levied in 2015 is approximately $495,800?

Grand Ledge Schools Operating Millage Renewal -- Renewal of a levy by 19.558 mills for a period of 10 years.

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 1.558 mills is only available to be levied to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the

Lakewood Schools Operating Millage Renewal -- Renewal of a levy by 18 mills for a period of 10 years.

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 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 Lakewood Public Schools, Ionia, Barry, Eaton and Kent Counties, Michigan, be renewed for a period of 10 years, 2015 to 2024, 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 $1,617,695 (this is a renewal of millage which will expire with the 2014 tax levy)?

Maple Valley Schools Operating Millage Renewal Proposal -- Renewal of a levy by 18.9933 mills for 12 years

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 18.9933 mills ($18.9933 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 Maple Valley Schools, Eaton and Barry Counties, Michigan, be renewed for a period of 12 years, 2015 to 2026, 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 $606,000 (this is a renewal of millage which will expire with the 2014 tax levy)?