HOUSE BILL No. 4983


     June 21, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Pappageorge, Richner, Toy, Stallworth, Raczkowski, Sanborn, Shulman, Patterson, Schermesser, Thomas,
Jacobs, Basham, Clark, Rocca, Ruth Johnson, Faunce, Kowall, O'Neil, Mans, Waters, Stewart, Anderson, Plakas, Quarles, Bishop, Drolet, Daniels,
Reeves, Hardman, Switalski, Godchaux, Woronchak, Woodward, Gieleghem, McConico, Wojno, Bob Brown, Shackleton, Ehardt, DeRossett, Phillips and
Lemmons 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:

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           Sec. 10.  (1) Any money remaining in the convention facility

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      development fund at the end of the state fiscal year shall be

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      transferred to the general fund of the state treasury to be dis-

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      tributed in the next state fiscal year pursuant to subsection

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      (2).

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           (2) Money transferred from the convention facility develop-

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      ment fund to the general fund pursuant to subsection (1) shall be

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      distributed in the following order of priority in the following

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      amounts:

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           (a) An amount equal to the difference, if any, between the

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      tax imposed pursuant to this act in the preceding state fiscal


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      year that is designated pursuant to section 9 to a qualified

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      local governmental unit and the tax imposed pursuant to this act

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      that is designated pursuant to section 9 in the state fiscal year

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      prior to the preceding state fiscal year for the same local gov-

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      ernmental unit shall be distributed to that local governmental

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      unit.  This subdivision shall not apply unless a tax has been

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      imposed under this act in the entire 2 state fiscal years immedi-

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      ately preceding the state fiscal year in which a distribution

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      under this subdivision is made.  Any amount distributed pursuant

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      to this subdivision shall be used by the local governmental unit

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      only for the retirement of outstanding bonds, obligations, or

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      other evidences of indebtedness incurred for which distributions

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      pursuant to section 9 are pledged.  A distribution under this

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      subdivision shall not be made to the extent that the obligations,

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      bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness cannot be retired or

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      are not outstanding.

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           (b) Of the money transferred pursuant to subsection (1) and

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      remaining after distributions under subdivision (a),  an amount

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      equal to that portion of  the liquor tax collected pursuant to

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       the convention facility promotion tax act  SECTION 1207 OF THE

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      MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207,

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      from licensees in ALL counties  in which convention hotels are

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      not located  OF THIS STATE shall be distributed to  those coun-

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      ties in which convention hotels are not located  EACH COUNTY in

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      the same proportion that the amount of tax collected pursuant to

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       the convention facility promotion tax act  SECTION 1207 OF THE

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      MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207,



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      in the preceding state fiscal year from the licensees in  a  THAT

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      county bears to the total tax collections pursuant to  the con-

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      vention facility promotion tax act  SECTION 1207 OF THE MICHIGAN

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      LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, in the

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      preceding state fiscal year from all counties.  in which conven-

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      tion hotels are not located.

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           (c) The remaining money transferred pursuant to subsection

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

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      distributed to each county  in the following amounts:

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

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      this subdivision multiplied by the percentage of collections in

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      the preceding state fiscal year under the convention facility

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      promotion tax act from licensees in counties in which convention

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      hotels are not located shall be distributed to each county in

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      which convention hotels are not located in the same proportion

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      that the amount of tax collected pursuant to the convention

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      facility promotion tax act in the preceding state fiscal year

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      from licensees in that county bears to the total tax collections

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      from the convention facility promotion tax act in the preceding

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      state fiscal year from all counties in which convention hotels

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      are not located.

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

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      this subdivision multiplied by the percentage of collections in

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      the preceding state fiscal year under the convention facility

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      promotion tax act from licensees in counties in which convention

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      hotels are located shall be distributed to each county in which

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      convention hotels are located  in the same proportion that the



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      amount of tax collected pursuant to  the convention facility

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      promotion tax act  SECTION 1207 OF THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL

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      CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.2207, in the preceding state

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      fiscal year  from licensees  in that county bears to the total

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      tax collections from  the convention facility promotion tax act

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      SECTION 1207 OF THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA

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

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

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

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      of distributions under this subparagraph, the amount of the tax

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      collected from licensees in the qualified local governmental unit

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      that received distributions under section 9 in the last state

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      fiscal year shall not be included.

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

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      shall be included for purposes of the calculations required to be

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

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

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

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      of a taxing unit approves the additional millage rate under

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

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

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      distributions pursuant to this section, then an amount equal to

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

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      stance abuse treatment within the taxing unit.









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