HOUSE BILL No. 4667 April 24, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Cassis, Richardville, Basham, Minore, Schauer, O'Neil, Drolet, Van Woerkom, Richner, Lockwood, Kooiman, Pappageorge, Woronchak, Murphy, Waters, Spade, Hale, Quarles, Cameron Brown, Birkholz and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy. A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled "Income tax act of 1967," by amending section 260 (MCL 206.260), as amended by 1996 PA 484. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 260. (1) A taxpayer may credit against the tax imposed 2 by this act for the tax year, an amount, subject to the applica- 3 ble limitations provided by this section, equal to 50% of the 4 aggregate amount of charitable contributions made by the taxpayer 5 during the tax year to any of the following: 6 (a) This state pursuant to the Faxon-McNamee art in public 7 places act,Act No. 105 of the Public Acts of 1980, being sec-8tions 18.71 to 18.81 of the Michigan Compiled Laws1980 PA 105, 9 MCL 18.71 TO 18.81, of an artwork created by the taxpayer, for 10 display in a public place. 02595'01 * RJA 2 1 (b) The state art in public places fund created pursuant to 2Act No. 105 of the Public Acts of 1980THE FAXON-MCNAMEE ART IN 3 PUBLIC PLACES ACT, 1980 PA 105, MCL 18.71 TO 18.81. 4 (c) A municipality in this state of an artwork created by 5 the personal effort of the taxpayer for display in a public 6 place. 7 (d) Either a municipality of this state or a nonprofit cor- 8 poration affiliated with both a municipality and an art institute 9 located in the municipality, of money or artwork, whether or not 10 created by the personal effort of the taxpayer, if for the pur- 11 pose of benefiting an art institute located in that 12 municipality. 13 (E) A HISTORICAL MUSEUM, OF MONEY OR A HISTORICAL ARTIFACT, 14 IF FOR THE PURPOSE OF BENEFITING THAT HISTORICAL MUSEUM. 15 (F) A HISTORICAL SOCIETY ACTING AS A GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF 16 A HISTORICAL MUSEUM, OF MONEY OR A HISTORICAL ARTIFACT SOLELY FOR 17 THE PURPOSE OF BENEFITING A HISTORICAL MUSEUM, AND IF THE HISTOR- 18 ICAL SOCIETY IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM TAXATION 19 UNDER SECTION 501(c)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. 20 (G)(e)A public library. 21 (H)(f)A public broadcast station as defined by section 22 397 of subpart d of title III of the communications act of 1934, 23 47 U.S.C. 397, that is not affiliated with an institution of 24 higher education and that is located within this state. 25 (I)(g)An institution of higher learning located within 26 this state. 02595'01 * 3 1 (J)(h)The Michigan colleges foundation. 2 (K)(i)The state museum. 3 (l)(j)The department of state for the purpose of preser- 4 vation of the state archives. 5 (M)(k)A nonprofit corporation, fund, foundation, trust, 6 or association organized and operated exclusively for the benefit 7 of institutions of higher learning located within this state. A 8 tax credit for a contribution described in this subdivision is 9 permitted only if the donee corporation, fund, foundation, trust, 10 or association is controlled or approved and reviewed by the gov- 11 erning board of the institution benefiting from the charitable 12 contribution. The nonprofit corporation, fund, foundation, 13 trust, or association shall provide copies of its annual indepen- 14 dently audited financial statements to the auditor general of 15 this state and chairpersons of the senate and house appropria- 16 tions committees. 17 (2) For a taxpayer other than a resident estate or trust, 18 the amount allowable as a credit under this section for a tax 19 year shall not exceed $100.00, or for a husband and wife filing a 20 joint return as provided in section 311, $200.00. 21 (3) For a resident estate or trust, the amount allowable as 22 a credit under this section for a tax year shall not exceed 10% 23 of the tax liability for the year as determined without regard to 24 this section or $5,000.00, whichever is less and shall not have 25 been deducted in arriving at federal taxable income. 26 (4) As used in this section: 02595'01 * 4 1 (a) "Institution of higher learning" means only an 2 educational institution located within this state that meets all 3 of the following requirements: 4 (i) It maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and has a 5 regularly enrolled body of students in attendance at the place 6 where its educational activities are carried on. 7 (ii) It regularly offers education above the twelfth grade. 8 (iii) It awards associate, bachelors, masters, or doctoral 9 degrees or a combination of those degrees or higher education 10 credits acceptable for those degrees granted by other institu- 11 tions of higher learning. 12 (iv) It is recognized by the state board of education as an 13 institution of higher learning and appears as an institution of 14 higher learning in the annual publication of the department of 15 education entitled "The Directory of Institutions of Higher 16 Education". 17 (b) "Public library" means that term as defined in section 2 18 of the state aid to public libraries act,Act No. 89 of the19Public Acts of 1977, being section 397.552 of the Michigan20Compiled Laws1977 PA 89, MCL 397.552. 21 (c) "Contributions made by the taxpayer" means, but is not 22 limited to, the fair market value of artwork created by the per- 23 sonal effort of the taxpayer that is donated to and accepted as a 24 donation by a qualified organization. The fair market value of a 25 piece of artwork OR HISTORICAL ARTIFACT shall be determined at 26 the time of the donation by independent appraisal OR BY THE 27 RECIPIENT. 02595'01 * 5 1 (d) "Artwork" means an original, visual creation of quality 2 executed in any size or shape, in any media, using any kind or 3 type of materials. 4 (E) "HISTORICAL MUSEUM" MEANS A PERMANENT, NONPROFIT INSTI- 5 TUTION THAT MEETS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: 6 (i) IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ADMINISTERED IN THE PUBLIC 7 INTEREST. 8 (ii) COLLECTS, CONSERVES, PRESERVES, RESEARCHES, AND INTER- 9 PRETS FOR PURPOSES OF STUDY, EDUCATION, AND ENJOYMENT MATERIAL 10 EVIDENCE OF HISTORY. 11 (5) The sum of the credits allowed by section 257 and this 12 section shall not exceed the tax liability of the taxpayer. 13 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect for 14 tax years that begin after December 31, 2000. 02595'01 * Final page. RJA