2023 House Bill 4554 / Public Act 175

Use tax: distribution; distribution of money to the local government reimbursement fund; provide for.

An act to amend 1937 PA 94, entitled “An act to provide for the levy, assessment, and collection of a specific excise tax on the storage, use, or consumption in this state of tangible personal property and certain services; to appropriate the proceeds of that tax; to prescribe penalties; and to make appropriations,” by amending section 21 (MCL 205.111), as amended by 2023 PA 21.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bills 4553 and 4554 would amend different acts to create the Local Government Reimbursement Fund and provide for the deposit of use tax revenue in the fund. The fund would be used to reimburse municipalities for changes to the small business personal property tax exemption proposed by Senate Bill 331.

Introduced in the House

May 11, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Denise Mentzer (D-61) and three co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. John Fitzgerald (D-83), Mike McFall (D-8) and Nate Shannon (D-58)

Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy

Sept. 13, 2023

Reported with substitute H-1

Oct. 3, 2023

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Oct. 4, 2023

Passed in the House 76 to 32 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Oct. 10, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Oct. 11, 2023

Reported without amendment

Oct. 12, 2023

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Oct. 24, 2023