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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Taxing &amp; Spending</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/10.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>2011 House Bill 5178 (Revise property tax “poverty exemption” detail )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/284889.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:17:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:284889</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/284889.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=10&amp;PostID=284889</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on November 28, 2011, to revise the requirement that a person who applies for property tax “poverty” exemption must provide federal and state income tax returns, to allow someone who is not required to file income tax returns to instead submit an affidavit stating this. These tax exemptions are granted at the discretion of local tax officials&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 94 in favor, 11 opposed and 3 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 44 at House Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-5178'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>