Mich. Const. art. IX, § 6

Real and tangible personal property; limitation on general ad valorem taxes; adoption and alteration of separate tax limitations; exceptions to limitations; propertytaxonschooldistrictextendinginto2ormorecounties. Section6.Exceptasotherwiseprovidedinthisconstitution,thetotalamountofgeneralad valorem taxes imposed upon real and tangible personal property for all purposes in any one year shall not exceed 15 mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of property as finally equalized. Under procedures provided by law, which shall guarantee the right of initiative, separate tax limitations for any county and for the townships and for school districts therein, the aggregate of which shall not exceed 18 mills on each dollar of such valuation, may be adoptedandthereafteralteredbythevoteofamajorityofthequalifiedelectorsofsuchcounty voting thereon, in lieu of the limitation hereinbefore established. These limitations may be increased to an aggregate of not to exceed 50 mills on each dollar of valuation, for a period of not to exceed 20 years at any one time, if approved by a majority of the electors, qualified underSection6ofArticleIIofthisconstitution,votingonthequestion. Theforegoinglimitationsshallnotapplytotaxesimposedforthepaymentofprincipaland interestonbondsapprovedbytheelectorsorotherevidencesofindebtednessapprovedbythe electors or for the payment of assessments or contract obligations in anticipation of which bonds are issued approved by the electors, which taxes may be imposed without limitation as torateoramount;or,subjecttotheprovisionsofSection25through34ofthisarticle,totaxes imposed for any other purpose by any city, village, charter county, charter township, charter authorityorotherauthority,thetaxlimitationsofwhichareprovidedbycharterorbygeneral law. In any school district which extends into two or more counties, property taxes at the highestrateavailableinthecountywhichcontainsthegreatestpartoftheareaofthedistrict maybeimposedandcollectedforschoolpurposesthroughoutthedistrict any other purpose by any city, village, charter county, charter township, charter authorityorotherauthority,thetaxlimitationsofwhichareprovidedbycharterorbygeneral law. In any school district which extends into two or more counties, property taxes at the highestrateavailableinthecountywhichcontainsthegreatestpartoftheareaofthedistrict maybeimposedandcollectedforschoolpurposesthroughoutthedistrict. History: Const.1963,Art.IX,§6,Eff.Jan.1,1964;—Am.Init.,approvedNov.7,1978,Eff.Dec.23,1978. FormerConstitution: SeeConst.1908,Art.X,§21.