September 30, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Milosch, Stahl, Tabor, Robertson, Pastor and LaJoy and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.
A bill to amend 1959 PA 243, entitled
"An act to define, license and regulate trailer coach parks; to
prescribe the powers and duties of the state health commissioner
and other state and local officers; to provide for the levy and
collection of specific taxes on occupied trailers in trailer
coach parks and the disposition of the revenues therefrom; to
provide remedies and penalties for the violation of this act; and
to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending the title and sections 35 and 41 (MCL 125.1035 and
125.1041); and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 TITLE
2 An
act to define, license and regulate trailer coach parks;
3 to prescribe the
powers and duties of the state health
4 commissioner and other
state and local officers; to provide
for
5 the levy and collection
of a specific taxes tax on certain
6 occupied trailers in
trailer coach parks; and the disposition
7 to provide for the collection and distribution of the revenues
1 therefrom; to provide
remedies and penalties for the violation of
2 this act specific tax; and to repeal certain acts
and parts of
3 acts.
4 Sec. 35. If All
of the following apply to a trailer coach
5 park is located
in more than one 1 municipality: , then it
6 (a) The trailer coach park shall be considered to be a
7 separate trailer coach park for each of the municipalities in
8 which it is located.
, except that all
9 (b) All requirements pertaining to physical arrangement and
10 provision of facilities shall be the same as though for a single
11 trailer coach park.
12 (c) Any
license fees and monthly taxes accruing to
13 municipalities a municipality under the provisions of this
14 act shall be paid to
each municipality on the basis of the
15 number of trailer coach
sites in each that municipality and the
16 number of occupied
trailer coaches on sites in each that
17 municipality.
18 Sec. 41. (1) Each
licensee Prior to January 1, 2013,
19 except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a trailer coach
20 park shall collect and
remit a specific tax of $3.00 per month
21 , or major fraction thereof, of a
month per occupied
22 trailer coach. ,
which shall be
23 (2) The specific tax levied under this act shall not be
24 levied on an occupied trailer coach for which a certificate of
25 title is issued under the mobile home commission act, 1987 PA 96,
26 MCL 125.2301 to 125.2349, after the effective date of the
27 amendatory act that added this subsection. An occupied trailer
1 coach for which a certificate of title is issued under the mobile
2 home commission act, 1987 PA 96, MCL 125.2301 to 125.2349, after
3 the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
4 subsection is considered real property and is subject to the
5 collection of taxes under the general property tax act, 1893 PA
6 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157.
7 (3) The specific tax levied under this section is a tax upon
8 the owners or occupants of each occupied trailer coach, including
9 trailer coaches licensed
under the provisions of Act No. 300 of
10 the Public Acts of 1949,
as amended, being sections 257.1 to
11 257.923 of the
Compiled Laws of 1948, notwithstanding any
12 provision of Act No.
300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended,
13 to the contrary Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to
14 257.923, occupying space within the trailer coach park.
15 (4) The
specific tax shall be levied under this section is
16 in lieu of any general
ad valorem property tax levied upon
17 collected on the trailer
coach pursuant to the provisions of Act
18 No. 206 of the Public
Acts of 1893, as amended, being sections
19 211.1 to 211.157 of
the Compiled Laws of 1948, upon or on account
20 of the trailer under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206,
21 MCL 211.1 to 211.157, while the trailer coach is located in the
22 trailer coach park. The
licensee of a
23 (5) A trailer
coach park shall not collect a monthly
24 specific tax under this section for any space occupied by a
25 trailer coach accompanied
by an automobile when if the trailer
26 coach and automobile bear
license plates issued by any a state
27 other than this state, the trailer coach and accompanying
1 automobile do not occupy the space for an accumulated period not
2 to exceed of more than 90 days in any 12-month period, if
and
3 all the occupants of the
trailer coach with and accompanying
4 automobiles automobile are tourists or vacationists. When
5 one The exemption under this subsection does not apply
if 1 or
6 more persons occupying a
the trailer coach bearing a foreign
7 license are employed or in this state, are
conducting any
8 manner of business in this state, or are furnishing any service
9 for gain within in
this state. , there shall be no exemption
10 from the specific tax.
11 Enacting section 1. 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043,
12 is repealed effective January 1, 2013.
13 Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take
14 effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 5100
15 (request no. 03846'03) of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into
16 law.