HOUSE BILL No. 4444

 

March 25, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Kooiman, Milosch, LaJoy, Vander Veen, Stahl, Brandenburg, Nofs, Voorhees, Amos, Acciavatti and Huizenga and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 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 that begin after December 31,                  

                                                                                

2   2002, a taxpayer may claim a credit of up to 20% of the amount              

                                                                                

3   paid in the tax year to purchase and install machinery and                  

                                                                                

4   equipment used exclusively in or on the premises of a                       

                                                                                

5   manufacturing facility in this state that is the taxpayer's place           

                                                                                

6   of business and that is used to manufacture, process, compound,             

                                                                                

7   or produce items of tangible personal property from recyclable              

                                                                                

8   materials for sale or to process postconsumer waste material used           

                                                                                

9   exclusively to produce finished products.                                   

                                                                                

10      (2) To qualify for the credit allowed under this section, the               

                                                                                

11  taxpayer shall submit all of the following with the annual return           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   required by this act on which the credit is claimed:                        

                                                                                

2       (a) Certification from the department of environmental                      

                                                                                

3   quality that the machinery and equipment purchased or installed             

                                                                                

4   are integral to the recycling process.                                      

                                                                                

5       (b) Documentation of the cost paid for the machinery or                     

                                                                                

6   equipment and for the installation of the machinery or                      

                                                                                

7   equipment.                                                                  

                                                                                

8       (3) If the total credit allowed under this section for the                  

                                                                                

9   tax year and any unused carryforward of the credit allowed by               

                                                                                

10  this section exceed the taxpayer's tax liability for the tax                

                                                                                

11  year, that portion that exceeds the tax liability for the tax               

                                                                                

12  year shall not be refunded but may be carried forward to offset             

                                                                                

13  tax liability in subsequent tax years for 10 years or until used            

                                                                                

14  up, whichever occurs first.                                                 

                                                                                

15      (4) As used in this section:                                                

                                                                                

16      (a) "Manufacturing facility" means buildings and structures                 

                                                                                

17  the primary purpose of which is either of the following:                    

                                                                                

18                                                                               (i) The manufacture of goods or materials or the processing                         

                                                                                

19  of goods and materials by physical or chemical change.                      

                                                                                

20      (ii) Research and development laboratories of companies                      

                                                                                

21  whether or not the company manufactures the products developed              

                                                                                

22  from their research activities if the research activities are               

                                                                                

23  related solely to the manufacture, processing, compounding, or              

                                                                                

24  production of items of tangible personal property from recyclable           

                                                                                

25  materials or to processing postconsumer waste material used                 

                                                                                

26  exclusively to produce finished products.                                   

                                                                                

27      (b) "Recyclable materials" means any product generated by a                 


                                                                                

1   taxpayer that has served its intended end use and that has been             

                                                                                

2   separated from solid waste for the purpose of collection,                   

                                                                                

3   marketing, and disposition and that does not include demolition             

                                                                                

4   waste or more than 15% secondary waste material or demolition               

                                                                                

5   waste.                                                                      

                                                                                

6       (c) "Secondary waste material" means waste material generated               

                                                                                

7   after the completion of a manufacturing process.