HOUSE BILL No. 5688

 

February 16, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Baxter, Nofs, Stahl, Schuitmaker, LaJoy, Stewart, David Law, Accavitti, Moolenaar, Wenke, Jones, Green, Moore, Marleau, Hansen, Kooiman, Hunter, Booher, Huizenga, Mayes, Farrah, Steil, Caswell, Dillon, Palsrok, Farhat, Kahn, Proos, Clemente, Polidori, Plakas, Hune, Hildenbrand, Wojno, Gaffney, Walker, Nitz, Alma Smith, Brandenburg, Rocca, Pearce, Emmons, Vander Veen, Ball, Caul, Newell, Gosselin, Sheen, Taub, Shaffer and Pastor and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 1929 PA 48, entitled

 

"An act levying a specific tax to be known as the severance tax

upon all producers engaged in the business of severing oil and gas

from the soil; prescribing the method of collecting the tax;

requiring all producers of such products or purchasers thereof to

make reports; to provide penalties; to provide exemptions and

refunds; to prescribe the disposition of the funds so collected;

and to exempt those paying such specific tax from certain other

taxes,"

 

(MCL 205.301 to 205.317) by adding section 14a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 14a. All taxes, penalties, and costs collected under this

 

act each year, after the distributions are made as provided under

 

section 14, shall be credited to the general fund of this state and

 

shall be available for any purpose for which the general fund is

 

made available by law.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5686(request no.


 

05342'05) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.