Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 282 of 1905 - State Board of Assessors; Assessment of Property of Certain Public Utilities (207.1 - 207.21)
Section 207.20 - Bribery; Forfeiture, Criminal Prosecution.

Sec. 20.
If any person, company, association or corporation whose property is subject to assessment under this act shall directly or indirectly promise, offer or give to any member of said board, during his term of office, or to any other person at his request, any gratuity of any kind whatever, such person or corporation shall forfeit to the state the sum of 10,000 dollars for each such offense, to be recovered in an action in the name of the people of the state of Michigan, in any court of competent jurisdiction. And the recovery of such fine under this act shall not constitute a bar to any prosecution of the person or corporation so offending under the criminal laws of this state.
History: 1905, Act 282, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 4232 ;-- CL 1929, 3571 ;-- CL 1948, 207.20

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 207 - Taxation

Act 282 of 1905 - State Board of Assessors; Assessment of Property of Certain Public Utilities (207.1 - 207.21)

Section 207.1 - State Board of Assessors; Secretary, Duties; Assistants.

Section 207.2 - State Board of Assessors; Compensation for Clerical Assistance, Expenses.

Section 207.3 - Access to Public Records; Subpoena, Fees; Examination of Witnesses and Accounts; Refusal, Penalty.

Section 207.4 - Annual Assessment of Property of Certain Rail Transportation, Telephone, and Telegraph Companies; Reports.

Section 207.5 - Definitions.

Section 207.5a - Exemption of Materials and Supplies.

Section 207.5b - Taxable Value; Determination.

Section 207.6 - Company's Annual Statement; Contents, Time.

Section 207.7 - Sleeping Car Company Defined; Annual Statement, Contents, Time.

Section 207.8 - Blanks Furnished; Other Reports; Board, Self-Information; Penalty, Exception.

Section 207.9 - Assessment Roll; Contents; Time; Inspection of Physical Properties of Public Utilities; Determination of True Cash and Taxable Value; Ocean Routes; Mileage Adjustment.

Section 207.10 - Assessment Roll; Description; Form; Cash and Taxable Valuations; Placement on Roll.

Section 207.11 - State Board of Assessors; Annual Meeting; Time; Place; Proceedings; Cash or Taxable Value Correction; Certification; Contents.

Section 207.12 - County Director of Tax or Equalization Department; Assessing Officer; Duties; Failure to Report; Penalty; Inspection and Examination.

Section 207.13 - Determining Average Rate of Taxation; Entering Determination and Method on Records; Determination and Payment of Supplemental Tax; Credit Against Tax Allowed Railroad Company; Amount of Credit; Application for Credit; Proof of Expend...

Section 207.13a - Tax Credit; “Eligible Company,”“eligible Expenses,”“qualified Rolling Stock,” Defined.

Section 207.13b - Tax Credit; Amount; Limitation; Prohibition; Credit Against Remaining Tax; Carrying Forward Credit to Offset Tax Liability in Subsequent Years; Application; Submission to State Board of Assessors; Form; Definitions.

Section 207.14 - Tax Assessment; Tax Roll; Certificate; Time Payable; Interest; Lien; Warrant; Collection; Enforcement.

Section 207.15 - Payment of Tax Under Protest; Suit Against State; Unlawful Taxes; Disposition of Recovered Taxes.

Section 207.16 - Irregularities Not Authorizing Court Intervention.

Section 207.17 - Taxes on Public Utilities, Payment Into General Fund.

Section 207.18 - Collection of Specific Taxes Prior to 1909.

Section 207.19 - Certain Acts as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

Section 207.20 - Bribery; Forfeiture, Criminal Prosecution.

Section 207.21 - Repeal; Saving Clause.