HOUSE BILL No. 6050


     September 16, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Profit and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.


        A bill to amend 1937 PA 94, entitled

   "Use tax act,"

   (MCL 205.91 to 205.111) by adding section 4o.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 4o.  (1) THE TAX LEVIED UNDER THIS ACT DOES NOT APPLY

 2    TO THE STORAGE, USE, OR CONSUMPTION OF AN ALTERNATIVE-FUELED

 3    VEHICLE, INCLUDING AN ALTERNATIVE-FUELED VEHICLE PURCHASED FOR

 4    LEASE TO ANOTHER PERSON.

 5         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:

 6         (A) "ALTERNATIVE FUEL" MEANS METHANOL, DENATURED ETHANOL,

 7    AND OTHER ALCOHOLS; MIXTURES CONTAINING 50% OR MORE BY VOLUME OF

 8    METHANOL, DENATURED ETHANOL, AND OTHER ALCOHOL, WITH GASOLINE OR

 9    OTHER FUELS; NATURAL GAS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; HYDROGEN;

10    COAL-DERIVED LIQUID FUELS; AND ELECTRICITY.



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 1         (B) "ALTERNATIVE-FUELED VEHICLE" MEANS A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT

 2    USES AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL AS THE SOLE SOURCE OF PROPULSION OR A

 3    DUAL-FUELED VEHICLE.

 4         (C) "DUAL-FUELED VEHICLE" MEANS A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT HAS THE

 5    CAPACITY TO BE PROPELLED BY EITHER CONVENTIONAL FUEL OR ALTERNA-

 6    TIVE FUEL.

 7         (D) "MOTOR VEHICLE" MEANS THAT TERM AS DEFINED IN SECTION 33

 8    OF THE MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.33.








































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