HOUSE BILL No. 4489

 

March 15, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Baxter, Acciavatti, Gosselin, Nitz, Brandenburg, Taub, Vander Veen, Nofs, Gaffney, Hune, Marleau, Huizenga, Elsenheimer, Hansen, Moore, Booher, Sheen and Stakoe and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1973 PA 186, entitled

 

"Tax tribunal act,"

 

by amending section 79 (MCL 205.779).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 79. (1) This  act shall be  section is effective July 1,

 

1974. , but a  A new proceeding shall not be commenced before the

 

tribunal before September 1, 1974.  , and a  A new or transferred

 

proceeding shall not be heard by the tribunal before October 1,

 

1974.

 

     (2) Except as provided in subsection  (3)  (4), a person or

 

legal entity  which  that, immediately before January 1, 1976, was

 

entitled to proceed before any quasi-judicial body, court of

 

claims, probate court, district court, municipal court, common

 


pleas court, or circuit court of this state for determination of a

 

matter relating to the  state income tax under Act No. 281 of the

 

Public Acts of 1967, as amended, being sections 206.1 to 206.535 of

 

the Michigan Compiled Laws, to the intangibles tax under Act No.

 

301 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended, being sections 205.131

 

to 205.147 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to the inheritance tax

 

under Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1899, as amended, being

 

sections 205.201 to 205.221 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to the

 

franchise fee under Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1972, as

 

amended, being sections 450.1101 to 450.2099 of the Michigan

 

Compiled Laws, to the general sales tax under Act No. 167 of the

 

Public Acts of 1933, as amended, being sections 205.51 to 205.78 of

 

the Michigan Compiled Laws, to the use tax under Act No. 94 of the

 

Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 205.91 to 205.111

 

of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to gasoline, liquified petroleum

 

gas, and diesel motor fuel taxes under Act No. 150 of the Public

 

Acts of 1927, as amended, being sections 207.101 to 207.194 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws, to the cigarette tax under Act No. 265 of

 

the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, being sections 205.501 to

 

205.522 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or to the oil and gasoline

 

severance tax under Act No. 48 of the Public Acts of 1929, as

 

amended, being sections 205.301 to 205.317 of the Michigan Compiled

 

Laws, shall proceed only before the tribunal. A case filed under

 

previous law before January 1, 1976, shall proceed under those

 

laws.  following taxes and fees shall proceed only before the

 

tribunal:

 

     (a) The state income tax under the income tax act of 1967,

 


1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.532.

 

     (b) The intangibles tax under former 1933 PA 301.

 

     (c) The franchise fee under the business corporation act, 1972

 

PA 284, MCL 450.1101 to 450.2098.

 

     (d) The sales tax under the general sales tax act, 1933 PA

 

167, MCL 205.51 to 205.78.

 

     (e) The use tax under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91

 

to 205.111.

 

     (f) The tax on gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, and diesel

 

motor fuel under former 1927 PA 150.

 

     (g) The tax on cigarettes under former 1947 PA 265.

 

     (h) The oil and gasoline severance tax under 1929 PA 48, MCL

 

205.301 to 205.317.

 

     (3) A case filed under an act listed in subsection (2) before

 

January 1, 1976 shall proceed under the act under which the case

 

was filed.

 

     (4)  (3)  Cases appealable to the state board of tax appeals

 

and corporation tax appeal board shall continue to be filed with

 

those boards until December 31, 1976. All such appeals commencing

 

after December 31, 1976 shall be made to the  state tax  tribunal.

 

Any appeals pending before the state board of tax appeals and the

 

corporation tax appeal board shall be transferred to the tribunal

 

on December 31, 1977, and the boards are abolished as of  such date  

 

December 31, 1977.

 

     (5)  (4) Cases  A case that was subject to the jurisdiction of

 

the state board of tax appeals  which were  that was filed with the

 

tribunal on or after January 1, 1976, and before  the effective

 


date of this amendatory act  March 9, 1976 shall be transferred to

 

the board of tax appeals.

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4486(request no.

 

01921'05) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.