HOUSE BILL No. 4989 October 12, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Pappageorge, Raczkowski, Ruth Johnson, Rocca, Richner, Geiger, Gosselin, Kukuk, Faunce, Shulman, Kowall, Toy, Wojno, Gieleghem, Woodward, Bishop, O'Neill, DeHart, Schermesser and Green and referred to the Committee on Economic Development. A bill to amend 1985 PA 106, entitled "State convention facility development act," by amending section 10 (MCL 207.630). THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 10. (1) Any money remaining in the convention facility 2 development fund at the end of the state fiscal year shall be 3 transferred to the general fund of the state treasury to be dis- 4 tributed in the next state fiscal year pursuant to subsection 5 (2). 6 (2) Money transferred from the convention facility develop- 7 ment fund to the general fund pursuant to subsection (1) shall be 8 distributed in the following order of priority in the following 9 amounts: 10 (a) An amount equal to the difference, if any, between the 11 tax imposed pursuant to this act in the preceding state fiscal 04222'99 JLB 2 1 year that is designated pursuant to section 9 to a qualified 2 local governmental unit and the tax imposed pursuant to this act 3 that is designated pursuant to section 9 in the state fiscal year 4 prior to the preceding state fiscal year for the same local gov- 5 ernmental unit shall be distributed to that local governmental 6 unit. This subdivision shall not apply unless a tax has been 7 imposed under this act in the entire 2 state fiscal years immedi- 8 ately preceding the state fiscal year in which a distribution 9 under this subdivision is made. Any amount distributed pursuant 10 to this subdivision shall be used by the local governmental unit 11 only for the retirement of outstanding bonds, obligations, or 12 other evidences of indebtedness incurred for which distributions 13 pursuant to section 9 are pledged. A distribution under this 14 subdivision shall not be made to the extent that the obligations, 15 bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness cannot be retired or 16 are not outstanding. 17 (b) Of the money transferred pursuant to subsection (1) and 18 remaining after distributions under subdivision (a), an amount 19 equal to that portion of the liquor tax collected pursuant to 20the convention facility promotion tax actSECTION 1207 OF THE 21 MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, 22 from licensees in counties in which convention hotels are not 23 located shall be distributed to those counties in which conven- 24 tion hotels are not located in the same proportion that the 25 amount of tax collected pursuant tothe convention facility pro-26motion tax actSECTION 1207 OF THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE 27 OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, in the preceding state fiscal 04222'99 3 1 year from the licensees in a county bears to the total tax 2 collections pursuant tothe convention facility promotion tax3actSECTION 1207 OF THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998, 4 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, in the preceding state fiscal year from 5 all counties in which convention hotels are not located. 6 (c) The remaining money transferred pursuant to subsection 7 (1) after distributions under subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be 8 distributed to each countyin the following amounts:9(i) The amount of money available to be distributed under10this subdivision multiplied by the percentage of collections in11the preceding state fiscal year under the convention facility12promotion tax act from licensees in counties in which convention13hotels are not located shall be distributed to each county in14which convention hotels are not located in the same proportion15that the amount of tax collected pursuant to the convention16facility promotion tax act in the preceding state fiscal year17from licensees in that county bears to the total tax collections18from the convention facility promotion tax act in the preceding19state fiscal year from all counties in which convention hotels20are not located.21(ii) The amount of money available to be distributed under22this subdivision multiplied by the percentage of collections in23the preceding state fiscal year under the convention facility24promotion tax act from licensees in countiesin which convention 25 hotels are locatedshall be distributed to each county in which26convention hotels are locatedin the same proportion that the 27 amount of tax collected pursuant tothe convention facility04222'99 4 1promotion tax actSECTION 1207 OF THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL 2 CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, AND THE EXCISE TAX COL- 3 LECTED UNDER THIS ACT in the preceding state fiscal yearfrom4licenseesin that county bears to the total tax collections from 5the convention facility promotion tax actSECTION 1207 OF THE 6 MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, 7 AND THE EXCISE TAX COLLECTED UNDER THIS ACT in the preceding 8 state fiscal year from all counties in which convention hotels 9 are located.However, in the calculation of the proportion rep-10resented by a county's share of distributions under this subpara-11graph, the amount of the tax collected from licensees in the12qualified local governmental unit that received distributions13under section 9 in the last state fiscal year shall not be14included.15 (3) A distribution to a county pursuant to this section 16 shall be included for purposes of the calculations required to be 17 made by section 24e of the general property tax act,Act No. 20618of the Public Acts of 1893, being section 211.24e of the Michigan19Compiled Laws1893 PA 206, MCL 211.24E. If the governing body 20 of a taxing unit approves the additional millage rate under 21 section 24e of the general property tax act,Act No. 206 of the22Public Acts of 18931893 PA 206, MCL 211.24E, which is due to 23 distributions pursuant to this section, then an amount equal to 24 50% of the distribution under this section shall be used for sub- 25 stance abuse treatment within the taxing unit. 04222'99 Final page. JLB