HOUSE BILL No. 4045

 

 

January 28, 2003, Introduced by Rep. LaSata and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1959 PA 243, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "An act to define, license and regulate trailer coach parks; to             

    prescribe the powers and duties of the state health commissioner            

    and other state and local officers; to provide for the levy and             

    collection of specific taxes on occupied trailers in trailer                

    coach parks and the disposition of the revenues therefrom; to               

    provide remedies and penalties for the violation of this act; and           

    to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"                                  

                                                                                

    by amending sections 41 and 42 (MCL 125.1041 and 125.1042),                 

                                                                                

    section 42 as amended by 1994 PA 365.                                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 41.  Each licensee shall collect and remit a specific                  

                                                                                

2   tax of  $3.00  $8.00 per month, or major fraction  thereof  of a            

                                                                                

3   month, per occupied trailer coach.  , which shall be  The                   

                                                                                

4   specific tax is a tax  upon  on the owners or occupants of each             

                                                                                

5   occupied trailer coach, including a trailer  coaches  coach                 

                                                                                

6   licensed under the provisions of  Act No. 300 of the Public Acts            

                                                                                

7   of 1949, as amended, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   Compiled Laws of 1948  the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300,              

                                                                                

2   MCL 257.1 to 257.923, notwithstanding any provision of  Act                 

                                                                                

3   No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended,  that act to the            

                                                                                

4   contrary, occupying space within the trailer coach park.  The               

                                                                                

5   specific tax  shall be  is in lieu of  any  property tax levied             

                                                                                

6   upon  on the trailer coach  pursuant  according to the                     

                                                                                

7   provisions of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, as                   

                                                                                

8   amended, being sections 211.1 to 211.157 of the Compiled Laws of            

                                                                                

9   1948  general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to                   

                                                                                

10  211.157,  upon  on or on account of the trailer while located in            

                                                                                

11  the trailer coach park.  The licensee of a trailer coach park               

                                                                                

12  shall not collect a monthly tax for  any  space occupied by a               

                                                                                

13  trailer coach accompanied by an automobile when the trailer coach           

                                                                                

14  and automobile bear license plates issued by  any  a state other            

                                                                                

15  than this state for an accumulated period that does not  to                 

                                                                                

16  exceed 90 days in  any  a 12-month period, if all the occupants             

                                                                                

17  of the trailer coach with accompanying automobiles are tourists             

                                                                                

18  or vacationists.   When one  If 1 or more persons occupying a               

                                                                                

19  trailer coach bearing a foreign license are employed or are                 

                                                                                

20  conducting  any manner of  business or furnishing  any  a service           

                                                                                

21  for gain within this state, there  shall be  is no exemption from           

                                                                                

22  the specific tax levied under this section.                                 

                                                                                

23      Sec. 42.  The treasurer of the municipality, in which a                     

                                                                                

24  trailer coach park is located, shall accept and verify the                  

                                                                                

25  monthly reports from licensees and collect and disburse the                 

                                                                                

26  monthly tax payments as provided in this act.  The municipal                

                                                                                

27  treasurer shall issue a receipt in triplicate for all money                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   collected under this act.  ,  The treasurer shall give the                  

                                                                                

2   original receipt  to be given  to the licensee, retain the                  

                                                                                

3   duplicate  to be retained by the treasurer  for municipal                   

                                                                                

4   records, and transmit the triplicate, together with 50 cents per            

                                                                                

5   trailer coach,  shall be transmitted  to the county treasurer,              

                                                                                

6   who shall issue a receipt for the amount received and credit the            

                                                                                

7   proceeds to the county general fund.  The municipal treasurer               

                                                                                

8   shall credit the municipal general fund with  50 cents  $4.50 per           

                                                                                

9   trailer coach located within the municipality.   For taxes                  

                                                                                

10  transmitted after June 30, 1994, the  The municipal treasurer               

                                                                                

11  shall transmit  $2.00  $3.00 for each trailer coach parked in the           

                                                                                

12  municipality to the state treasury for credit to the state school           

                                                                                

13  aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state               

                                                                                

14  constitution of 1963.