Michigan Local Sales Tax Amendment (2012)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The Michigan Local Sales Tax Amendment did not make the November 6, 2012 statewide ballot in Michigan as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The proposed measure would have allowed municipalities to impose up to a 4 percent sales tax following voter approval in the municipality. The tax would have been in addition to the state's 6 percent sales tax. According to reports, the proposed tax would not be imposed on prescription drugs or most food.^[1]

The bill was sponsored by Sen. Bertram Johnson

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Amending the Michigan Constitution

To place the measure on the ballot, a minimum two-thirds vote was required in both the House and the Senate.

See also[edit]

Suggest a link

• 2012 ballot measures
• Michigan 2012 ballot measures

External links[edit]

• SJR K (status)
• SJR K (full text)

Additional reading[edit]

Editorials[edit]

• Lansing State Journal, "Let voters consider sales tax amendment," April 19, 2011

Footnotes[edit]

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