WHEREAS, Act 390 of Public Acts of 1994 requires the legislative body of local assessing units to adopt guidelines which the local assessing unit shall use when considering and granting property tax poverty exemptions; and

WHEREAS, the United States Office of Management and Budget annually provides Poverty Income Standards which may be incorporated into such locally adopted guidelines; and

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that Columbia Township, Van Buren County, hereby approves and adopts the Poverty Exemption Guidelines; and

BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Columbia Township poverty thresholds be set at 10% above the Federal Poverty Income Standards.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in the event any part of said Guidelines is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, all other parts of said Guidelines shall remain valid and in full force and effect; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all resolutions and parts of resolutions insofar as they conflict with the provisions of this resolution are hereby rescinded; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect immediately upon passage by the Columbia Township Board.

The foregoing resolution offered by Board Member Burgett and supported by Board Member Fogarty.

Upon roll call vote, the following voted.

The Supervisor declared the resolution adopted.

Date of adoption February 21, 2006.

Mary Burgett

Columbia Township Clerk