SENATE BILL No. 523

 

 

May 28, 2003, Introduced by Senators BERNERO, BRATER, GOSCHKA and ALLEN and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1975 PA 228, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Single business tax act,"                                                  

                                                                                

    (MCL 208.1 to 208.145) by adding section 37e.                               

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 37e.  (1) For tax years beginning after December 31,                   

                                                                                

2   2002 and except as otherwise provided in this section, a                    

                                                                                

3   qualified taxpayer may claim a credit equal to 105% of the amount           

                                                                                

4   of contributions made by the taxpayer in the tax year to the                

                                                                                

5   Michigan housing and community development fund.                            

                                                                                

6       (2) The department with the approval of the Michigan state                  

                                                                                

7   housing development authority shall determine the maximum credit            

                                                                                

8   allowable under this section for each qualified taxpayer that               

                                                                                

9   makes contributions to the Michigan housing and community                   

                                                                                

10  development fund in a tax year and issue each qualified taxpayer            

                                                                                

11  a certificate of credit that indicates the maximum amount of                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   credit the taxpayer may claim.                                              

                                                                                

2       (3) Contributions used to calculate the qualified taxpayer's                

                                                                                

3   allowable credit amount as determined under subsection (2) shall            

                                                                                

4   not exceed 50% of the qualified taxpayer's tax liability for the            

                                                                                

5   tax year.                                                                   

                                                                                

6       (4) The maximum amount of total credits allowable under this                

                                                                                

7   section for each tax year is the amount calculated by multiplying           

                                                                                

8   $3.00 times the population of this state as determined by the               

                                                                                

9   most recent federal decennial census.  The dollar amount under              

                                                                                

10  this section shall be adjusted annually to reflect any increase             

                                                                                

11  in the United States consumer price index for the immediately               

                                                                                

12  preceding calendar year.                                                    

                                                                                

13      (5) If the credit allowed under this section for the tax year               

                                                                                

14  and any unused carryforward of the credit allowed by this section           

                                                                                

15  exceed the taxpayer's tax liability for the tax year, that                  

                                                                                

16  portion that exceeds the tax liability for the tax year shall not           

                                                                                

17  be refunded but may be carried forward to offset tax liability in           

                                                                                

18  subsequent tax years for 10 years or until used up, whichever               

                                                                                

19  occurs first.                                                               

                                                                                

20      (6) As used in this section:                                                

                                                                                

21      (a) "Michigan housing and community development fund" means                 

                                                                                

22  the Michigan housing and community development fund created in              

                                                                                

23  the Michigan housing and community development fund act.                    

                                                                                

24      (b) "Qualified taxpayer" means a taxpayer that has received a               

                                                                                

25  certificate of credit from the department that is approved by the           

                                                                                

26  Michigan state housing development authority.                               

                                                                                

27      (c) "United States consumer price index" means the United                   


                                                                                

1   States consumer price index for all urban consumers as defined              

                                                                                

2   and reported by the United States department of labor, bureau of            

                                                                                

3   labor statistics.                                                           

                                                                                

4       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

5   effect unless Senate Bill No. 524                                           

                                                                                

6                            of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into            

                                                                                

7   law.