Act No. 452

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

June 21, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 21, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Senator Emmons

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1248

AN ACT to amend 1933 PA 167, entitled "An act to provide for the raising of additional public revenue by prescribing certain specific taxes, fees, and charges to be paid to the state for the privilege of engaging in certain business activities; to provide, incident to the enforcement thereof, for the issuance of licenses to engage in such occupations; to provide for the ascertainment, assessment and collection thereof; to appropriate the proceeds thereof; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act," by amending section 4v (MCL 205.54v), as added by 1999 PA 116.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4v. (1) The tax levied under this act does not apply to the purchase of machinery and equipment for use or consumption in the rendition of any combination of services, the use or consumption of which is taxable under section 3a(a) or (c) or section 3b of the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.93a and 205.93b, except that this exemption is limited to the tangible personal property located on the premises of the subscriber and to central office equipment or wireless equipment, directly used or consumed in transmitting, receiving, or switching, or in the monitoring of switching of a
2-way interactive communication. As used in this subsection, central office equipment or wireless equipment does not include distribution equipment including cable or wire facilities.

(2) Beginning April 1, 1999, the property under subsection (1) is exempt only to the extent that the property is used for the exempt purposes stated in this section. There is an irrebuttable presumption that 90% of total use is for exempt purposes. This presumption is in effect until April 1, 2006, at which time the presumption shall be reviewed and redetermined by the department of treasury using nonexempt and exempt user information for the previous 12-month period. That redetermined irrebuttable presumption shall be in effect for the following 7 years. The irrebuttable presumption shall be reviewed and redetermined every 7 years after April 1, 2006 and applied to the following 7 years.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 91st Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 477.

(b) Senate Bill No. 824.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.