Michigan Laws 211.9i – Alternative energy personal property; exemption from tax
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 211.9i
- alternative energy system: means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan next energy authority act, 2002 PA 593, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 211.27
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- true cash value: means the usual selling price at the place where the property to which the term is applied is at the time of assessment, being the price that could be obtained for the property at private sale, and not at auction sale except as otherwise provided in this section, or at forced sale. See Michigan Laws 211.27
(1) Subject to subsection (2), alternative energy personal property is exempt from the collection of taxes under this act as provided in this section.
(2) The exemption under this section applies to the following:
(a) Taxes levied on alternative energy personal property after December 31, 2002 and before January 1, 2013.
(b) Taxes levied on that category of alternative energy personal property described in subsection (3)(a)(i) after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision, without regard to ownership of the alternative energy personal property, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(i) The alternative energy personal property has a generating capacity of not more than 150 kilowatts and is used solely to offset all or a portion of the commercial or industrial energy usage of the person upon whose real property the alternative energy personal property is located.
(ii) If installed after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subparagraph, the alternative energy personal property has a true cash value that, when combined with the true cash value of all personal property exempt under section 9o as eligible personal property of the person claiming the exemption under this section or a related entity, equals less than $80,000.00.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) “Alternative energy personal property” means all of the following:
(i) An alternative energy system.
(ii) An alternative energy vehicle.
(iii) All personal property of an alternative energy technology business.
(iv) The personal property of a business that is not an alternative energy technology business that is used solely for the purpose of researching, developing, or manufacturing an alternative energy technology.
(b) “Alternative energy system”, “alternative energy vehicle”, “alternative energy technology”, and “alternative energy technology business” mean those terms as defined in the Michigan next energy authority act, 2002 PA 593, MCL 207.821 to 207.827.