HOUSE BILL No. 6014


     September 27, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Richardville, Hager, Kowall, Shackleton, Mortimer and Mans 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 4x.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 4X.  (1) THE TAX UNDER THIS ACT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE

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      SALE OF A CASKET AND OTHER OUTSIDE BURIAL CONTAINER FOR THE

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      BURIAL OF ANY VETERAN.

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           (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON OF

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      EITHER SEX WHO MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:

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           (A) WAS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE AT LEAST 6 MONTHS BEFORE

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      ENTERING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OR WAS A RESIDENT

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      OF THIS STATE FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS BEFORE HIS OR HER DEATH.

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           (B) SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES DURING A PERIOD OF WAR OR

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      CONFLICT DESCRIBED UNDER 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61 AND 35.62.




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           (C) WAS DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES UNDER

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      HONORABLE CONDITIONS OR DIED WHILE IN SERVICE NOT AS A RESULT OF

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      HIS OR HER OWN MISCONDUCT.


















































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