HOUSE BILL No. 4126

 

January 25, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Accavitti, Proos, Stahl, Miller, Angerer, Meekhof, Ball, Shaffer, Pearce, Steil, Hopgood, Mayes and Pavlov and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 1937 PA 94, entitled

 

"Use tax act,"

 

(MCL 205.91 to 205.111) by adding section 4z.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4z. (1) The tax levied under this act does not apply to a

 

qualified home appliance. As used in this section, "qualified home

 

appliance" means a clothes washer, dehumidifier, refrigerator,

 

dishwasher, freezer, room air conditioner, air cleaner, or water

 

cooler, intended for residential or noncommercial use, that meets

 

or exceeds the applicable energy star energy efficiency guidelines

 

developed by the United States environmental protection agency and

 

the United States department of energy.

 


     (2) This state shall reimburse the school aid fund created in

 

section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 for all

 

revenue lost as a result of the amendatory act that added this

 

section.