Michigan Proposes Sales Tax Exemption for Jail Construction Materials
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan lawmakers have proposed a bill to create a sales tax exemption on construction materials used for the building of new county jails.
Senate Bill 245, introduced by Senator Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, would exempt the 6 percent Michigan sales tax from the business of “constructing, altering or improving” county jails.
Senators said that because a county jail is constitutionally mandated, it only makes sense that the state would make motions to ease the financial strains of construction materials.