HOUSE BILL No. 5445

 

November 8, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Simpson, Tobocman, Lahti, Sheltrown, Scott, Meadows, Miller, Alma Smith, Sak, LeBlanc, Hammel, Clack, Byrum, Corriveau, Lemmons, Constan, Espinoza, Brown, Ebli, Bauer, Hopgood, Dean, Hammon, Gonzales, Polidori, Wojno, Kathleen Law, Leland and Jackson and referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

 

     A bill to amend 1966 PA 346, entitled

 

"State housing development authority act of 1966,"

 

(MCL 125.1401 to 125.1499c) by adding section 24f.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 24f. (1) There is created and established under the

 

jurisdiction and control of the authority a fund to be known as the

 

recapture tax fund.

 

     (2) There may be paid into the recapture tax fund any money

 

available to the authority from any source or sources, including,

 

but not limited to, funds held by the authority. The authority is

 

under no obligation to maintain a balance of money in the fund.

 

     (3) The authority may use the money held in the fund to

 

reimburse individual borrowers for any taxes the borrowers paid and

 

for which they were liable under section 143(m) of the internal

 


revenue code, or any similar recapture taxes applicable to programs

 

the authority administers.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5442(request no.

 

05583'07) of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.