HOUSE BILL No. 4706

June 10, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Byrd, Chang, Gay-Dagnogo, Santana, Banks, Pagan, Love, Geiss, Townsend, Zemke, Driskell, Durhal, Hovey-Wright, Plawecki, Glenn, Garrett, Cochran, Schor, Greig, Yanez, Talabi, Rutledge, Kosowski, Hoadley and Leutheuser and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1941 PA 122, entitled

 

"An act to establish the revenue collection duties of the

department of treasury; to prescribe its powers and duties as the

revenue collection agency of this state; to prescribe certain

powers and duties of the state treasurer; to establish the

collection duties of certain other state departments for money or

accounts owed to this state; to regulate the importation, stamping,

and disposition of certain tobacco products; to provide for the

transfer of powers and duties now vested in certain other state

boards, commissions, departments, and offices; to prescribe certain

duties of and require certain reports from the department of

treasury; to provide procedures for the payment, administration,

audit, assessment, levy of interests or penalties on, and appeals

of taxes and tax liability; to prescribe its powers and duties if

an agreement to act as agent for a city to administer, collect, and

enforce the city income tax act on behalf of a city is entered into

with any city; to provide an appropriation; to abolish the state

board of tax administration; to prescribe penalties and provide

remedies; and to declare the effect of this act,"

 

by amending section 13 (MCL 205.13), as amended by 2006 PA 615.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 


     Sec. 13. (1) The department of treasury shall administer and

 

enforce the following laws and shall succeed to and is vested with

 

all of the powers, duties, functions, responsibilities, and

 

jurisdiction now or hereafter conferred upon the following:

 

     (a) State board of tax administration, by the general sales

 

tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51 to 205.78, and by the use tax act,

 

1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 to 205.111.

 

     (b) Auditor general, by 1905 PA 282, MCL 207.1 to 207.21, and

 

by the Michigan estate tax act, 1899 PA 188, MCL 205.201 to

 

205.256.

 

     (c) State tax commission, by 1929 PA 48, MCL 205.301 to

 

205.317.

 

     (d) State tax commission, by section 61524 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.61524.

 

     (e) The department shall succeed to and is vested with all

 

powers, duties, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of

 

the attorney general over the collection of all past due money and

 

accounts that are owing to the state of Michigan or any department,

 

commission, or institution of this state, vested in the attorney

 

general by 1927 PA 375, MCL 14.131 to 14.134.

 

     (f) For cities that enter into an agreement with the

 

department of treasury pursuant to under section 9 of chapter 1 of

 

the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.509, the department

 

of treasury is vested with all the powers, duties, functions,

 

responsibilities, and jurisdiction to administer, collect under,

 

and enforce the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.501 to


141.787, as provided in the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL

 

141.501 to 141.787, and the agreement. The department of treasury

 

shall not charge to or collect from a taxpayer any amount not

 

otherwise authorized by law in conjunction with the collection of

 

the tax pursuant to under an agreement entered into under section 9

 

of chapter 1 of the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.509.

 

The department of treasury is authorized to use the procedures of

 

administration, audit, assessment, interest, penalty, and appeal

 

provided in sections 21 to 30 for city income taxes collected under

 

an agreement entered into with a city under section 9 of chapter 1

 

of the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.509.

 

     (2) The department of health and human services and its

 

designees are vested with all of the powers, duties, functions,

 

responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the department of treasury

 

under this act for the enforcement, investigation, and collection

 

of support owed to this state.

 

     (3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, each state

 

officer, department, board, commission, or agency from time to time

 

shall forward to the department of treasury statements of all

 

delinquent and past due money, specific taxes, and accounts owing

 

or belonging to this state, or any officer, department, board,

 

commission, or agency of this state together with any information

 

necessary to enable the department to carry out the purposes of

 

this act. The department shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Keep an accurate record and account of all of the

 

statements.

 

     (b) Enforce payment and collection of the money, specific


taxes, or accounts.

 

     (c) Keep an accurate account of all money, specific taxes, or

 

accounts collected.

 

     (d) Report monthly all collections made to the officer,

 

department, board, commission, or agency to which the indebtedness

 

was incurred.

 

     (e) Pay monthly to the state treasurer all money collected

 

unless otherwise provided by law.

 

     (4) The department of health and human services or its

 

designee authorized under subsection (2) to collect support owed to

 

this state may settle and compromise claims and accounts and

 

receive and issue receipts for collections and payments, subject to

 

the authority granted to it by the social security act, 42 USC 301

 

to 1397jj, 1397mm, the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174,

 

MCL 400.231 to 400.240, and the support and parenting time

 

enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 to 552.650.