SENATE BILL No. 583

 

 

September 20, 2017, Introduced by Senators MACGREGOR, ROBERTSON, JONES, SHIRKEY, STAMAS, COLBECK, HORN, CASPERSON, PAVLOV, NOFS, HANSEN, BRANDENBURG, MARLEAU, HILDENBRAND, KNOLLENBERG, EMMONS, GREEN, ZORN, SCHMIDT and ANANICH and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.

 

 

     A bill to prohibit local units of government from imposing an

 

excise tax on the manufacture, distribution, or sale of food.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Food" means that term as defined in section 1107 of the

 

food law, 2000 PA 92, MCL 289.1107.

 

     (b) "Local unit of government" means any local government or

 

its subdivision, including, but not limited to, a city, village,

 

township, county, or educational institution; a local public

 

authority, agency, board, commission, or other local governmental,

 

quasi-governmental, or quasi-public body; or a public body that

 

acts or purports to act in a commercial, business, economic

 

development, or similar capacity for a local government or its

 

subdivision.

 


     Sec. 3. A local unit of government shall not impose an excise

 

tax on, or enact, enforce, or administer any ordinance, regulation,

 

resolution, policy, rule, or directive imposing a tax or fee on,

 

the manufacture, distribution, wholesale, or retail sale of food

 

for immediate consumption or nonimmediate consumption, except as

 

otherwise provided by federal law or a law of this state.