HOUSE BILL No. 5973

 

April 10, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Mayes and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 2007 PA 36, entitled

 

"Michigan business tax act,"

 

(MCL 208.1101 to 208.1601) by adding section 432a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 432a. (1) For tax years that begin after December 31,

 

2011 and before January 1, 2016, a qualified taxpayer that has

 

received a certificate under section 432 may claim a credit equal

 

to the product obtained by multiplying the qualified consumption of

 

electricity times the difference between the guaranteed cost of

 

electricity and the actual delivered price of electricity billed to

 

the qualified taxpayer under a tariff rate approved by the public

 

service commission or the projected cost of electricity, whichever

 

is less.

 


     (2) If the credit allowed under this section exceeds the tax

 

liability of the qualified taxpayer for the tax year, the qualified

 

taxpayer may elect to have that portion that exceeds the tax

 

liability of the qualified taxpayer refunded or to have the excess

 

carried forward to offset the tax liability in subsequent years for

 

10 years or until used up, whichever occurs first.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "qualified consumption of

 

electricity" means up to 1,445,400 megawatt hours of electricity

 

consumed during the tax year at a facility described by an

 

agreement entered into under section 432.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No. 5524.

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5972(request no.

 

07019'08 **).