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2007 Media Citations

...State confusing ‘cuts’ with genuine reforms, Adrian Daily Telegram, October 31, 2007 Budget Puzzle Coming Together, Detroit News, October 31, 2007 Senator wants a tune-up for state

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November 22, 2014

Report – Reforming Statutory State Revenue Sharing

...history, it served solely to send funding to all local governments. That purpose is currently served by the constitutional revenue sharing program that shares funding with local

Publication

February 18, 2015
Tags fiscal capacity, Michigan, sales tax, state revenue sharing

Memo – State Support of Nonpublic School Students

State Support of Nonpublic School Students Memorandum 1126, January 2014 Michigan has a constitutional prohibition against providing direct state financial aid to nonpublic (private and parochial) elementary

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January 22, 2014
Tags Michigan, parochiaid, private education, school finance, shared time

Can Dedicated Millages and Tax Increment Financing Coexist in Michigan?

...misses the larger point of whether tax increment financing is constitutional to begin with, and if it is, whether it is advisable. What is tax increment financing?

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January 31, 2013
Tags authorities, authority, brownfield redevelopment, corridor improvement, DDA, dedicated, development, earmarked, finance, LDFA, Michigan, tax increment financing, TIF

CRC Study Aims to Reform Michigan’s Ballot Question Process

...of the laws and procedures for getting constitutional amendments, initiatives and referendums to the ballot and bringing those questions to a vote. This study was spurred by

Press Release

January 10, 2014
Tags ballot circulator, ballot questions, board of canvassers, constitutional amendments, Michigan, proposals, statutory initiative

CRC and the Tax Revolt

...and reports since its inception in 1916. The most striking aspect of 20 years of attempts to place tax and spending limitations in the Michigan Constitution is

Council Briefs

April 28, 2016
Tags CRC history, Michigan, school finance, top ten

Analysis of the Governor's Educational Reform Proposals

...proposing constitutional amendments and ten bills proposing statutory changes. The governor’s proposals would provide for increased state _responsibility for elementary-secondary education in order to promote a uniform

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November 1, 1969
Tags education finance, expenditures, Michigan, organization, reform, school aid

CRC Report Examines Expanding Legislative Fiscal Impact Statements

...whether legislation imposes a mandate on local governments. Under Article IX, Section 29 of the Michigan Constitution, generally referred to as the Headlee Amendment, the state cannot

Press Release

July 8, 2015
Tags budget impact, business, fiscal notes, House Fiscal Agency, Senate Fiscal Agency

The Cost of Legislation: Expanding Michigan’s Fiscal Notes

...a mandate to local governments that would need to be funded based on Article IX, Section 29 of the Michigan Constitution. These additions to fiscal notes would

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July 8, 2015
Tags fiscal notes, House Fiscal Agency, legislative analysis, mandates, Section 29, Senate Fiscal Agency

CRC Offers Testimony on Tax Increment Financing to Michigan House of Representatives Local Government Committee

...When the Michigan Supreme Court opined in Advisory Opinion on Constitutionality of 1986 PA 281, the validity of using TIF, even though taxes were authorized for other

Council Briefs

October 14, 2015
Tags brownfield redevelopment authority, DDA, downtown development authority, LDFA, local development finance authority, tax increment financing, TIF, TIFA, waterfront redevelopment
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