Act No. 639

Public Acts of 2018

Approved by the Governor

December 28, 2018

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 28, 2018

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 2019

STATE OF MICHIGAN

99TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

Introduced by Rep. Lower

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6007

AN ACT to amend 1993 PA 327, entitled “An act to provide for a tax upon the sale and distribution of tobacco products; to regulate and license manufacturers, wholesalers, secondary wholesalers, vending machine operators, unclassified acquirers, transportation companies, transporters, and retailers of tobacco products; to prescribe the powers and duties of the revenue division and the department of treasury in regard to tobacco products; to provide for the administration, collection, and disposition of the tax; to levy an assessment; to provide for the administration, collection, defense, and disposition of the assessment; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the appointment of special investigators as peace officers for the enforcement of this act; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies for the violation of this act; to make and supplement appropriations; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 12 (MCL 205.432), as amended by 2016 PA 309.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 12. (1) The proceeds derived from the payment of taxes, fees, and penalties provided for under this act and the license fees received by the department shall be deposited with the state treasurer and disbursed only as provided in this section and section 7(5). However, before a distribution of funds is made under this section, subject to appropriation, the funds described in this section may be used by the department, the attorney general, and the department of state police for enforcement and administration of this act.

(2) The tax imposed under section 7(1)(a) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) 94% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(b) 6% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(3) The tax imposed on cigarettes under section 7(1)(b) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) Beginning May 1, 1994 and through June 30, 2004, 5.3% of the proceeds shall be credited to the health and safety fund created in the health and safety fund act, 1987 PA 264, MCL 141.471 to 141.479.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2004, 6.5% of the proceeds shall be credited to the health and safety fund created in the health and safety fund act, 1987 PA 264, MCL 141.471 to 141.479.

(c) Through June 30, 2004, 25.3% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(d) Beginning July 1, 2004 and through September 30, 2014, 24.1% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(e) 63.4% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(f) 6% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(g) Beginning October 1, 2014, 24.1% of the proceeds shall be disbursed as follows:

(i) For the 2014-2015 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, $3,000,000.00 to the Michigan state capitol historic site fund created in section 7 of the Michigan state capitol historic site act, 2013 PA 240, MCL 4.1947. For the 2015-2016 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, the state treasurer shall adjust the figure described in this subparagraph by an amount determined by the state treasurer at the end of each calendar year to reflect the cumulative annual percentage change in the consumer price index. Beginning for the 2015-2016 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, if the cumulative annual percentage change in the consumer price index is negative, then the adjustment for that fiscal year is zero. As used in this subsection, “consumer price index” means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for this state from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. From the funds described in this subparagraph, not later than February 1 of each year, the Michigan state capitol commission created in section 5 of the Michigan state capitol historic site act, 2013 PA 240, MCL 4.1945, shall report to the chairpersons of the house and senate appropriations committees. The report shall contain all of the following:

(A) The proposed maintenance plan for the Michigan State Capitol Historical Site for the immediately following fiscal year.

(B) The projected 5-year maintenance plan for the Michigan State Capitol Historical Site for the immediately following 5 fiscal years.

(C) Projected large-scale projects for the Michigan State Capitol Historical Site that exceed $1,000,000.00.

(ii) The remaining proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(4) Beginning August 1, 2002, the tax imposed on cigarettes under section 7(1)(c) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) Through June 30, 2004, 74.2%, and beginning July 1, 2004, 9.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(b) Through June 30, 2004, 4.6%, and beginning July 1, 2004, 56.3% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(c) 6.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(d) Through June 30, 2004, 3.0%, and beginning July 1, 2004, 3.7% of the proceeds shall be paid to counties with a 2000 population of more than 2,000,000, to be used only for indigent health care.

(e) Through June 30, 2004, 12.2%, and beginning July 1, 2004, 25.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(5) Beginning August 1, 2002, the tax imposed under section 7(1)(f) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) 75.6% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(b) 6.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(c) 18.4% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(6) Beginning August 1, 2002, the tax imposed on cigarettes under section 7(1)(d) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) 94.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(b) 6.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Healthy Michigan fund created under section 5953 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5953. Fifty percent of the proceeds described in this subdivision that are used for smoking prevention programs shall be used by the department of health and human services to expand the free smokers quit kit program to include the nicotine patch or nicotine gum.

(7) Beginning July 1, 2004, the tax imposed on cigarettes under section 7(1)(e) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) Beginning July 1, 2004 and through September 30, 2005, 100% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(b) Beginning October 1, 2005, 75.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(c) Beginning October 1, 2005, 25.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(8) Beginning July 1, 2004, the tax imposed under section 7(1)(g) shall be disbursed as follows:

(a) Beginning July 1, 2004 and through September 30, 2005, 100% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(b) Beginning October 1, 2005, 75.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund created under section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.

(c) Beginning October 1, 2005, 25.0% of the proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of this state.

(9) The proceeds of the fees and penalties provided for in this act shall be used for the administration of this act.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 6006 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor