HOUSE BILL No. 4416

 

February 24, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Knollenberg, Kowall, Lund, Agema, Opsommer, DeShazor, Haines, Bolger, Marleau, Horn, Crawford, Pavlov, Daley, Hildenbrand, Rogers, Clemente and Barnett and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1933 PA 167, entitled

 

"General sales tax act,"

 

(MCL 205.51 to 205.78) by adding section 4ee.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4ee. A person subject to tax under this act may exclude

 

from the gross proceeds used for the computation of this tax the

 

sale of a textbook required for taking a course for credit at an

 

institution of higher education in this state. As used in this

 

section, "institution of higher education" means a college or

 

university listed in section 4 or 5 of article VIII of the state

 

constitution of 1963 or described in section 6 of article VIII of

 

the state constitution of 1963 or a community or junior college

 

established under section 7 of article VIII of the state

 

constitution of 1963.