HOUSE BILL No. 5697

 

March 24, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Pappageorge, Ruth Johnson, Rocca, Stewart, Shulman, Palmer, Drolet, LaJoy, Stakoe, Ward, Garfield, Brandenburg, Koetje, Steil, DeRoche, Stahl, Taub, Casperson, Hoogendyk, Woodward, Smith, Farhat, Amos, Gaffney, Vagnozzi, Accavitti, Plakas, O'Neil, Pastor, Woronchak, Wojno, Meisner, Gleason, Law, Hopgood, Condino, Waters, Anderson, Bieda, Gieleghem, Hunter, McConico, Farrah, Cheeks, Reeves, Hood, Stallworth and Hardman and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 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                 

                                                                                

4   distributed in the next state fiscal year pursuant to subsection            

                                                                                

5   (2).                                                                        

                                                                                

6       (2) Money transferred from the convention facility                          

                                                                                

7   development fund to the general fund pursuant to subsection (1)             

                                                                                

8   shall be distributed in the following order of priority in the              

                                                                                

9   following 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              

                                                                                


                                                                                

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                 

                                                                                

5   governmental 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                   

                                                                                

8   immediately preceding the state fiscal year in which a                      

                                                                                

9   distribution under this subdivision is made.  Any amount                    

                                                                                

10  distributed pursuant to this subdivision shall be used by the               

                                                                                

11  local governmental unit only for the retirement of outstanding              

                                                                                

12  bonds, obligations, or other evidences of indebtedness incurred             

                                                                                

13  for which distributions pursuant to section 9 are pledged.  A               

                                                                                

14  distribution under this subdivision shall not be made to the                

                                                                                

15  extent that the obligations, bonds, or other evidences of                   

                                                                                

16  indebtedness cannot be retired or 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              

                                                                                

20  the convention facility promotion tax act  section 1207 of the             

                                                                                

21  Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207,             

                                                                                

22  from licensees in all counties  in which convention hotels are              

                                                                                

23  not located  of this state shall be distributed to  those                   

                                                                                

24  counties in which convention hotels are not located  each county            

                                                                                

25  in the same proportion that the amount of tax collected pursuant            

                                                                                

26  to  the convention facility promotion tax act  section 1207 of              

                                                                                

27  the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL                   

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   436.2207, in the preceding state fiscal year from the licensees             

                                                                                

2   in  a  that county bears to the total tax collections pursuant to           

                                                                                

3   the convention facility promotion tax act  section 1207 of the             

                                                                                

4   Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207,             

                                                                                

5   in the preceding state fiscal year from all counties.  in which             

                                                                                

6   convention hotels are not located.                                          

                                                                                

7       (c) The remaining money transferred pursuant to subsection                  

                                                                                

8   (1) after distributions under subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be             

                                                                                

9   distributed to each county  in the following amounts:                       

                                                                                

10                                                                               (i) The amount of money available to be distributed under                           

                                                                                

11  this subdivision multiplied by the percentage of collections in             

                                                                                

12  the preceding state fiscal year under the convention facility               

                                                                                

13  promotion tax act from licensees in counties in which convention            

                                                                                

14  hotels are not located shall be distributed to each county in               

                                                                                

15  which convention hotels are not located in the same proportion              

                                                                                

16  that the amount of tax collected pursuant to the convention                 

                                                                                

17  facility promotion tax act in the preceding state fiscal year               

                                                                                

18  from licensees in that county bears to the total tax collections            

                                                                                

19  from the convention facility promotion tax act in the preceding             

                                                                                

20  state fiscal year from all counties in which convention hotels              

                                                                                

21  are not located.                                                            

                                                                                

22      (ii) The amount of money available to be distributed under                   

                                                                                

23  this subdivision multiplied by the percentage of collections in             

                                                                                

24  the preceding state fiscal year under the convention facility               

                                                                                

25  promotion tax act from licensees in counties in which convention            

                                                                                

26  hotels are located shall be distributed to each county in which             

                                                                                

27  convention hotels are located  in the same proportion that the              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   amount of tax collected pursuant to  the convention facility                

                                                                                

2   promotion tax act  section 1207 of the Michigan liquor control              

                                                                                

3   code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, in the preceding state              

                                                                                

4   fiscal year  from licensees  in that county bears to the total              

                                                                                

5   tax collections from  the convention facility promotion tax act             

                                                                                

6   section 1207 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA           

                                                                                

7   58, MCL 436.2207, in the preceding state fiscal year from all               

                                                                                

8   counties.  in which convention hotels are located.  However, in             

                                                                                

9   the calculation of the proportion represented by a county's share           

                                                                                

10  of distributions under this subparagraph, the amount of the tax             

                                                                                

11  collected from licensees in the qualified local governmental unit           

                                                                                

12  that received distributions under section 9 in the last state               

                                                                                

13  fiscal year shall not be included.                                          

                                                                                

14      (3) A distribution to a county pursuant to this section shall               

                                                                                

15  be included for purposes of the calculations required to be made            

                                                                                

16  by section 24e of the general property tax act,  Act No. 206 of             

                                                                                

17  the Public Acts of 1893, being section 211.24e of the Michigan              

                                                                                

18  Compiled Laws  1893 PA 206, MCL 211.24e.  If the governing body             

                                                                                

19  of a taxing unit approves the additional millage rate under                 

                                                                                

20  section 24e of the general property tax act,  Act No. 206 of the            

                                                                                

21  Public Acts of 1893  1893 PA 206, MCL 211.24e, which is due to              

                                                                                

22  distributions pursuant to this section, then an amount equal to             

                                                                                

23  50% of the distribution under this section shall be used for                

                                                                                

24  substance abuse treatment within the taxing unit.