Sec. 416.
(1) A savings bank may become the owner or lessor of personal property for the purpose of leasing the property or obtaining an assignment of a lessor's interest in a lease of the property or permitting the use of the property, and may incur additional obligations as may be incident to becoming an owner or lessor of such property.
(2) Lease payments shall constitute rent rather than interest.
(3) This section shall not exempt from general property taxation any personal property of a savings bank which is leased, loaned, or otherwise made available to and used by a private individual, association, or corporation in connection with a business conducted for profit. The personal property shall be subject to taxation in the same amount and to the same extent as though the lessee or user were the owner of the property. Taxes shall be assessed to the lessees or users of the property and collected in the same manner as taxes assessed to owners of personal property, except that the taxes shall not become a lien against the property. When due, the taxes shall constitute a debt due from the lessee or user to the unit of government for which the taxes were assessed.
(4) A savings bank shall not acquire personal property under this section if the acquisition results in an inventory of personal property not leased in excess of 20% of the savings bank's capital and surplus.
History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996