HOUSE BILL No. 5661


     April 19, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Gosselin, Garcia, Bradstreet, Voorhees, Koetje, Vander Roest, Mortimer, DeRossett and
Sanborn and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.


        A bill to amend 1846 RS 1, entitled

   "Of the statutes,"

   (MCL 8.1 to 8.8) by adding section 3x.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 3X.  AS USED IN THE LAWS OF THIS STATE:

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           (A) "FEE" MEANS A CHARGE VOLUNTARILY EXCHANGED FOR A SERVICE

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      RENDERED OR A BENEFIT CONFERRED, THE AMOUNT OF WHICH CHARGE BEARS

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      SOME REASONABLE RELATIONSHIP TO THE VALUE OF THE SERVICE RENDERED

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      OR BENEFIT CONFERRED AND WHICH CHARGE SERVES A REGULATORY PURPOSE

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      RATHER THAN A REVENUE RAISING PURPOSE.

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           (B) "TAX" MEANS A CHARGE OR EXACTION THAT IS IMPOSED PRIMAR-

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      ILY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE RATHER THAN A PRIVATE PURPOSE AND THAT

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      IS DESIGNED TO RAISE REVENUE.






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