A bill to amend 1905 PA 282, entitled “An act to provide for the assessment of the property, by whomsoever owned, operated or conducted, of railroad companies, union station and depot companies, telegraph companies, telephone companies, sleeping car companies, express companies, car loaning companies, stock car companies, refrigerator car companies, and fast freight companies, and all other companies owning, leasing, running or operating any freight, stock, refrigerator, or any other cars, not being exclusively the property of any railroad company paying taxes upon its rolling stock under the provisions of this act, over or upon the line or lines of any railroad or railroads in this state, and for the levy of taxes thereon by a state board of assessors, and for the collection of such taxes, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts contravening any of the provisions of this act,” (MCL 207.1 to 207.21) by adding section 5c.
Exempts eligible broadband equipment of qualified businesses from taxation under certain conditions, starting December 31, 2023. To claim this exemption, a qualified business must file a statement or certification with the Michigan high-speed internet office by February 20 of each year.
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Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy