FINAL PASSAGE

HB 4906 (Ebli)

The bill would amend the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Administration Act to provide a process for addressing incorrect classifications of items or transactions subject to taxation. 

The act being amended is an element in the state’s participation in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project, a multi-state effort to simplify and modernize sales and use tax collection and administration as a means of reducing the burden of collecting those taxes on sellers, thereby increasing compliance with the taxes.  This is of particular importance in taxing remote sales, such as sales on the internet and by catalogue. Under House Bill 4906, the Department of Treasury would notify a certified service provider or a seller that uses a certified automated system when it determined that an item or transaction is incorrectly classified as to its taxability.  The certified provider or seller would then have to revise the classification within ten days.  If the classification is not revised within ten days, then the provider or seller would be liable for the failure to collect the correct amount of sales or use tax due and owing to Michigan.

• HB 4906 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4906 was passed [RC 264: 107 yes, 2 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4932 (Rocca)

The bill would increase the allowable redemption value for coupons awarded in redemption games to $500. Public Act 539 of 1996 amended the Michigan Penal Code to exempt certain "redemption games," such as skee ball or basketball games found in many arcades, restaurants, and bars from the code’s regulations banning gambling.  To be eligible for the exemption, the redemption value of coupons or other representations of value awarded for the successful play of the game cannot exceed 15 times the amount charged for a single game or $3.75, whichever is less.  In addition, players may accumulate coupons or other representations of value for redemption for noncash prizes, toys, or novelties of a greater value up to, but not exceeding, $250 wholesale value. House Bill 4932 would amend Chapter XLIV of the Michigan Penal Code (MCL 750.310b), entitled "Gambling," to increase the allowable value of a prize, toy, or novelty that can be redeemed by coupons awarded in a redemption game from $250 to $500.

• Johnson substitute H-2 adopted
• HB 4932 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4932 was passed [RC 267: 107 yes, 2 no]
• IE was ordered

SB 432 (Clarke)

The bill would amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code to allow the Liquor Control Commission to issue a license to a private entity for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the licensed premises of a restaurant located on land owned by Wayne State University, if both of the following circumstances existed:
-- The land was leased or subleased at fair market value to a private entity that owned, leased, or subleased the restaurant.
-- The restaurant was located within an area designated for industrial, research, or commercial development by the WSU governing board.

• Johnson-1 adopted
• Schuitmaker-2 not adopted
• Amash-3 not adopted
• Angerer-4 not adopted
• SB 432 advanced to 3rd Reading
• SB 432 was passed [RC 266: 96 yes, 3 no]
• IE was ordered

HB 4977 (Kandrevas)

The bill would amend the Community Corrections Act to require communities to base the eligibility for placement in a community corrections program on an objective risk and needs assessment.

• HB 4977 advanced to 3rd Reading
• HB 4977 was passed [RC 265: 71 yes, 38 no]
• IE was ordered