Bill Text: MI HB5510 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Property tax; exemptions; certain solar or wind energy conversion device; exempt. Amends 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.1 - 211.155) by adding sec. 7ll.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-27 - Printed Bill Filed 03/23/2012 [HB5510 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5510-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5510

 

March 22, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Glardon and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

 

"The general property tax act,"

 

(MCL 211.1 to 211.155) by adding section 7ll.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7ll. An eligible solar or wind energy conversion device

 

installed on real property classified as residential real property

 

or agricultural real property under section 34c is exempt from the

 

collection of taxes under this act. As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Eligible solar or wind conversion device" means a small-

 

scale solar or wind energy conversion device that meets all

 

standards for a solar or wind conversion device prescribed by the

 

Michigan next energy authority and is certified by the United

 

States environmental protection agency.

 

     (b) "Michigan next energy authority" means the Michigan next

 

energy authority created in section 3 of the Michigan next energy

 

authority act, 2002 PA 593, MCL 207.823.

 

     (c) "Small-scale" means having a nameplate generating capacity

 

of not more than 150 kilowatts.

 

     (d) "Solar or wind energy conversion device" means a mechanism

 

or series of mechanisms designed primarily to collect, convert,

 

transfer, or store for future use solar or wind energy for the

 

purposes of heating, cooling, or electric supply, but not those

 

parts of a heating, cooling, or electric supply system that would

 

be required regardless of the energy source being utilized.