HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Y

 

May 5, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Taub, Brandenburg, Stakoe, Rocca, Nitz, Garfield and Amos and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state                            

                                                                                

    constitution of 1963, by amending section 10 of article IX, to              

                                                                                

    require that a percentage of state revenues be distributed to               

                                                                                

    counties on a per capita basis.                                             

                                                                                

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the                  

                                                                                

    state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state                

                                                                                

    constitution of 1963, to require that a percentage of state                 

                                                                                

    revenues be distributed to counties on a per capita basis, is               

                                                                                

    proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:              

                                                                                

1                               ARTICLE IX                                      

                                                                                

2       Sec. 10.  (1) Fifteen percent of all taxes imposed on                       

                                                                                

3   retailers on taxable sales at retail of tangible personal                   

                                                                                

4   property at a rate of not more than 4% shall be used exclusively            

                                                                                

5   for assistance to townships, cities and villages, on a population           

                                                                                

6   basis as provided by law.  In determining population the                    

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   legislature may exclude any portion of the total number of                  

                                                                                

2   persons who are wards, patients or convicts in any tax supported            

                                                                                

3   institution.                                                                

                                                                                

4       (2) For the 2003-2004 state fiscal year and each state fiscal               

                                                                                

5   year after the 2003-2004 state fiscal year, 2% of all taxes                 

                                                                                

6   imposed on retailers on taxable sales at retail of tangible                 

                                                                                

7   personal property at a rate of not more than 4% shall be used               

                                                                                

8   exclusively for assistance to counties, on a population basis as            

                                                                                

9   provided by law.  In determining population, the legislature may            

                                                                                

10  exclude any portion of the total number of persons who are wards,           

                                                                                

11  patients, or convicts in any tax-supported institution.                     

                                                                                

12      (3) The amount available for distribution to counties under                 

                                                                                

13  the Glenn Steil state revenue sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140,             

                                                                                

14  MCL 141.901 to 141.921, shall be reduced by the amount determined           

                                                                                

15  under subsection (2).                                                       

                                                                                

16      Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be                     

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

18  in the manner provided by law.