SENATE BILL No. 825

 

 

February 25, 2014, Introduced by Senators ROBERTSON, BRANDENBURG, PROOS, PAPPAGEORGE, JANSEN, WARREN and MOOLENAAR and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2012 PA 408, entitled

 

" An act to amend 1937 PA 94, entitled "An act to provide for the

levy, assessment, and collection of a specific excise tax on the

storage, use, or consumption in this state of tangible personal

property and certain services; to appropriate the proceeds of that

tax; to prescribe penalties; and to make appropriations," by

amending sections 3, 19, and 21 (MCL 205.93, 205.109, and 205.111),

section 3 as amended by 2007 PA 103, section 19 as added by 2004 PA

172, and section 21 as amended by 2010 PA 37, and by adding

sections 2c and 10a,"

 

by amending enacting sections 1 and 2.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act, 2012 PA 408,

 

does not take effect unless approved by a majority of the qualified

 

electors of this state voting on the question at an election. to be

 

held on the August regular election date in 2014. This If Senate

 

Bill No.822                                               of the

 


97th Legislature is enacted and submitted to the qualified electors

 

of this state at the August regular election date in 2014, this

 

amendatory act, 2012 PA 408, shall not be submitted to the

 

qualified electors of this state. If Senate Bill No.822           

 

                                    of the 97th Legislature is not

 

enacted and not submitted to the qualified electors of this state

 

at the August regular election date in 2014, this amendatory act,

 

2012 PA 408, shall be submitted to the qualified electors of this

 

state at that election as provided by the Michigan election law,

 

1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. When submitted to the qualified

 

electors of this state, this amendatory act, 2012 PA 408, shall be

 

presented with the following question:

 

"APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE 2012 PA 408, AN AMENDATORY ACT

 

DEDICATING A PORTION OF USE TAX REVENUE TO BENEFIT METROPOLITAN

 

AREAS THROUGHOUT THIS STATE

 

The amendatory act adopted by the Legislature 2012 PA 408 would:

 

     1. Dedicate a portion of the existing state use tax as a local

 

tax levied by a new metropolitan areas authority.

 

     2. Distribute revenue from that local tax throughout the state

 

for local purposes, including police and fire protection.

 

     3. Increase that portion of the state use tax currently

 

dedicated for aid to schools.

 

     4. Prohibit the total use tax rate from exceeding the

 

constitutional limit of 6%.

 

Should this amendatory act be approved?

 

YES [ ]

 

NO  [ ]".

 


     Enacting section 2. If approved by the qualified

 

electors of this state as provided in enacting section 2, 1, this

 

amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2015.