HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION PP

 

February 14, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Sak and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by adding section 11a to article IX, to

 

impose a recycling fee on certain sales transactions under certain

 

circumstances.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to impose a recycling fee on certain sales

 

transactions under certain circumstances, is proposed, agreed to,

 

and submitted to the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE IX

 

     Sec. 11a. Beginning October 1, 2008, a recycling fee of not


 

more than 1 cent per sales transaction, as defined by law, shall be

 

levied and collected in a manner provided by law.

 

     A recycling fee shall not be levied or collected on a sales

 

transaction of goods sold from a vending machine, motor fuel,

 

prescription drugs sold for human use, or utilities.

 

     The proceeds from the recycling fee shall be used only for

 

recycling, as defined by law.

 

     This section does not apply if 1976 IL 1, MCL 445.571 to

 

445.576, is amended to require a deposit on noncarbonated

 

beverages.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.