HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE
REP. JAMES LOWER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
12:00 PM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance was called to
order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Eisen, Meerman, Paquette,
Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa.
Absent/Excused: None.
The Chair laid HB 5016 and HB 5017 before the committee:
HB 5016
(Rep. Lightner) A bill to amend 1941 PA 122, entitled "An
act to establish the revenue collection duties of the
department of treasury; to prescribe its powers and duties as
the revenue collection agency of this state; to prescribe
certain powers and duties of the state treasurer; to establish
the collection duties of certain other state departments for
money or accounts owed to this state; to regulate the
importation, stamping, and disposition of certain tobacco
products; to provide for the transfer of powers and duties
now vested in certain other state boards, commissions,
departments, and offices; to prescribe certain duties of and
require certain reports from the department of treasury; to
provide procedures for the payment, administration, audit,
assessment, levy of interests or penalties on, and appeals of
taxes and tax liability; to prescribe its powers and duties if an
agreement to act as agent for a city to administer, collect, and
enforce the city income tax act on behalf of a city is entered
into with any city; to provide an appropriation; to abolish the
state board of tax administration; to prescribe penalties and
provide remedies; and to declare the effect of this act," by
amending section 30a (MCL 205.30a), as amended by 2018
PA 553.
HB 5017
(Rep. Leutheuser)
A bill to amend 1972 PA 239,
entitled "McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery
act," by amending section 32 (MCL 432.32), as amended by
2014 PA 388.
Tony Mosesso, representing Representative Lightner, and Ben Kauffman, representing
Representative Leutheuser, testified in support of HB 5016 and HB 5017.
Deena Bosworth and Rebecca Troutman, representing Michigan Association of Counties and
National Association of Counties, testified in support of HB 5016 and HB 5017. Questions and
discussion followed.
Rachel Richards representing Michigan Department of Treasury, testified with no position on HB
5016 and HB 5017.
Representative Marino moved to adopt the meeting minutes from October 16, 2019. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. James Lower adjourned the meeting
at 12:18 PM.
Representative James Lower, Chair
Molly Wingrove
Committee Clerk
mwingrove@house.mi.gov