SENATE BILL No. 1257

 

 

September 11, 2012, Introduced by Senator KAHN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1987 PA 248, entitled

 

"Airport parking tax act,"

 

by amending section 7a (MCL 207.377a), as amended by 2006 PA 135.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7a. (1) On the first day of each month, the state

 

treasurer shall make a distribution from the fund in the following

 

order of priority:

 

     (a) To the state aeronautics fund created in section 34 of the

 

aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.34,

 

an amount that equals a total of $6,000,000.00 per state fiscal

 

year. The funds distributed subject to this subdivision shall be

 

used exclusively for safety and security projects at state

 

airports, including reimbursement to the comprehensive

 

transportation fund of amounts used to pay principal and interest

 

on bonds issued on or before December 31, 2007 by the state


 

transportation commission under section 18b of 1951 PA 51, MCL

 

247.668b, and to provide the matching funds by this state for

 

federal funds to be used for safety and security at state airports.

 

     (b) To each city within which a regional airport facility is

 

wholly located in an amount that equals a total of $1,500,000.00

 

per calendar year divided by the total number of cities within

 

which a regional airport facility is wholly located. The

 

distribution described in this subdivision shall be deposited in

 

the general fund of the city.

 

     (c) To the Michigan medicaid benefits trust fund established

 

in section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL

 

12.255, an amount equal to $6,653,800.00.

 

     (d) (c) A distribution to each qualified county in an amount

 

equal to the total amount remaining in the fund multiplied by a

 

fraction the numerator of which is the population of that qualified

 

county during the immediately preceding year and the denominator of

 

which is the total population of all qualified counties during the

 

immediately preceding year. The distribution described in this

 

subdivision shall be deposited in the general fund of the qualified

 

county to be used only for indigent health care. Each fiscal year

 

the qualified county shall provide written documentation to the

 

state treasurer, to the state treasurer's satisfaction, that the

 

distribution described in this subdivision was used for indigent

 

health care. In addition, the qualified county shall also provide

 

written documentation to the state treasurer of all other revenues

 

that were used for indigent health care in that fiscal year. If the

 

state treasurer determines that the qualified county did not use


 

the distribution described in this subdivision for indigent health

 

care in any fiscal year, the qualified county shall immediately

 

repay those funds to the state treasurer to be deposited into the

 

general fund of this state.

 

     (2) The distribution provided by subsection (1) shall not be

 

made if all taxing units are authorized by law to impose taxes and

 

the collection is made of taxes imposed under 1953 PA 189, MCL

 

211.181 to 211.182, on concessions at a regional airport facility.

 

     (3) As used in subsection (1)(a), "state airports" means all

 

of the following airports located in this state:

 

     (a) Adrian - Lenawee County airport.

 

     (b) Allegan - Padgham field.

 

     (c) Alma - Gratiot community airport.

 

     (d) Alpena - Alpena County regional airport.

 

     (e) Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor municipal airport.

 

     (f) Atlanta - Atlanta municipal airport.

 

     (g) Bad Axe - Huron County memorial airport.

 

     (h) Baraga - new airport.

 

     (i) Battle Creek - W.K. Kellogg airport.

 

     (j) Bay City - James Clements airport.

 

     (k) Bellaire - Antrim County airport.

 

     (l) Benton Harbor - southwest Michigan regional airport.

 

     (m) Big Rapids - Roben-Hood airport.

 

     (n) Cadillac - Wexford County airport.

 

     (o) Caro - Tuscola area/Caro municipal airport.

 

     (p) Charlevoix - Charlevoix municipal airport.

 

     (q) Charlotte - Fitch H. Beach airport.


 

     (r) Cheboygan - Cheboygan County airport.

 

     (s) Clare - Clare municipal airport.

 

     (t) Coldwater - Branch County airport.

 

     (u) Detroit - Detroit city airport.

 

     (v) Detroit - Detroit metropolitan Wayne County airport.

 

     (w) Detroit - Willow Run airport.

 

     (x) Dowagiac - Dowagiac municipal airport.

 

     (y) Drummond Island - Drummond Island airport.

 

     (z) Escanaba - Delta County airport.

 

     (aa) Evart - Evart municipal airport.

 

     (bb) Flint - Bishop international airport.

 

     (cc) Frankfort - Dow memorial airport.

 

     (dd) Fremont - Fremont municipal airport.

 

     (ee) Gaylord - Otsego County airport.

 

     (ff) Gladwin - Gladwin Zettal memorial airport.

 

     (gg) Grand Haven - Grand Haven memorial airpark.

 

     (hh) Grand Ledge - Abrams municipal airport.

 

     (ii) Grand Rapids - Gerald R. Ford international airport.

 

     (jj) Grayling - Grayling army airfield.

 

     (kk) Greenville - Greenville municipal airport.

 

     (ll) Grosse Ile - Grosse Ile municipal airport.

 

     (mm) Hancock - Houghton County memorial airport.

 

     (nn) Harbor Springs - Harbor Springs municipal airport.

 

     (oo) Hastings - Hastings city/Barry County airport.

 

     (pp) Hillsdale - Hillsdale municipal airport.

 

     (qq) Holland - tulip city airport.

 

     (rr) Houghton Lake - Roscommon County airport.


 

     (ss) Howell - Livingston County airport.

 

     (tt) Ionia - Ionia County airport.

 

     (uu) Iron County - county airport.

 

     (vv) Iron Mountain - Ford airport.

 

     (ww) Ironwood - Gogebic-Iron County (Wisconsin) airport.

 

     (xx) Jackson - Jackson County-Reynolds field.

 

     (yy) Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo/Battle Creek international airport.

 

     (zz) Lakeview - Lakeview-Griffith field.

 

     (aaa) Lambertville - suburban airport.

 

     (bbb) Lansing - capital city airport.

 

     (ccc) Lapeer - Dupont-Lapeer airport.

 

     (ddd) Linden - Price airport.

 

     (eee) Ludington - Mason County airport.

 

     (fff) Mackinac Island - Mackinac Island airport.

 

     (ggg) Manistee - Manistee County airport.

 

     (hhh) Manistique - Schoolcraft County airport.

 

     (iii) Marlette - Marlette Township airport.

 

     (jjj) Marquette - Sawyer airport.

 

     (kkk) Marshall - Brooks field.

 

     (lll) Mason - Mason Jewett field.

 

     (mmm) Menominee - Menominee-Marinette twin city airport.

 

     (nnn) Midland - Jack Barstow airport.

 

     (ooo) Monroe - Custer airport.

 

     (ppp) Mt. Pleasant - Mt. Pleasant municipal airport.

 

     (qqq) Munising - Hanley field.

 

     (rrr) Muskegon - Muskegon County airport.

 

     (sss) New Hudson - Oakland-southwest airport.


 

     (ttt) Newberry - Luce County airport.

 

     (uuu) Niles - Jerry Tyler memorial airport.

 

     (vvv) Ontonagon - Ontonagon County airport.

 

     (www) Oscoda - Wurtsmith airport.

 

     (xxx) Owosso - Owosso community airport.

 

     (yyy) Pellston - Pellston regional airport.

 

     (zzz) Plymouth - Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal airport.

 

     (aaaa) Pontiac - Oakland County international airport.

 

     (bbbb) Port Huron - St. Clair County international airport.

 

     (cccc) Rogers City - Presque Isle County/Rogers City airport.

 

     (dddd) Romeo - Romeo state airport.

 

     (eeee) Saginaw - Harry W. Browne airport.

 

     (ffff) Saginaw - MBS international airport.

 

     (gggg) St. Ignace - Mackinac County airport.

 

     (hhhh) St. James - Beaver Island airport.

 

     (iiii) Sandusky - Sandusky city airport.

 

     (jjjj) Sault Ste. Marie - Chippewa County international

 

airport.

 

     (kkkk) South Haven - South Haven area regional airport.

 

     (llll) Sparta - Sparta airport.

 

     (mmmm) Statewide - various sites.

 

     (nnnn) Sturgis - Kirsch municipal airport.

 

     (oooo) Three Rivers - Three Rivers municipal/Dr. Haines

 

airport.

 

     (pppp) Traverse City - Cherry capital airport.

 

     (qqqq) Troy - Oakland-Troy airport.

 

     (rrrr) West Branch - West Branch community airport.


 

     (ssss) White Cloud - White Cloud airport.