Bill Text: MI HB4144 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Economic development; renaissance zones; underdeveloped special assessment district zones; create. Amends sec. 3 of 1996 PA 376 (MCL 125.2683) & adds sec. 8i.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-27 - Printed Bill Filed 01/27/2011 [HB4144 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4144-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4144

 

January 26, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Rogers, Hughes and Denby and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 

     A bill to amend 1996 PA 376, entitled

 

"Michigan renaissance zone act,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 125.2683), as amended by 2010 PA 277,

 

and by adding section 8i.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Agricultural processing facility" means 1 or more

 

facilities or operations that transform, package, sort, or grade

 

livestock or livestock products, agricultural commodities, or

 

plants or plant products, excluding forest products, into goods

 

that are used for intermediate or final consumption including goods

 

for nonfood use, and surrounding property.

 

     (b) "Board" means the state administrative board created in

 

1921 PA 2, MCL 17.1 to 17.3.

 

     (c) "Border crossing facility" means a business that is 1 or

 

more of the following as determined by the board of the Michigan

 

strategic fund:

 

     (i) That was located in a qualified border local governmental

 

unit as defined in section 8g and was displaced or otherwise

 

negatively affected by the development of the international border

 

crossing and is unable to recover from the displacement or negative

 

effect without the establishment of a renaissance zone.

 

     (ii) That is associated with international trade, shipping, or

 

freight hauling, including, but not limited to, all of the

 

following:

 

     (A) Customs brokers.

 

     (B) Distribution centers.

 

     (C) Truck supply and repair.

 

     (d) "Development plan" means a written plan that addresses the

 

criteria in section 7 and includes all of the following:

 

     (i) A map of the proposed renaissance zone that indicates the

 

geographic boundaries, the total area, and the present use and

 

conditions generally of the land and structures within those

 

boundaries.

 

     (ii) Evidence of community support and commitment from

 

residential and business interests.

 

     (iii) A description of the methods proposed to increase economic

 

opportunity and expansion, facilitate infrastructure improvement,

 

and identify job training opportunities.

 

     (iv) Current social, economic, and demographic characteristics

 

of the proposed renaissance zone and anticipated improvements in

 

education, health, human services, public safety, and employment if

 

the renaissance zone is created.

 

     (v) Any other information required by the board.

 

     (e) "Elected county executive" means the elected county

 

executive in a county organized under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to

 

45.521, or 1973 PA 139, MCL 45.551 to 45.573.

 

     (f) "Eligible next Michigan business" means a business engaged

 

in the shipment of tangible personal property via multimodal

 

commerce; a supply chain business providing a majority of its

 

services to businesses engaged in the shipment of tangible personal

 

property, including inventory, via multimodal commerce; a

 

manufacturing or assembly facility receiving a majority of its

 

production components via multimodal commerce; a manufacturing or

 

assembly facility shipping a majority of products via multimodal

 

commerce; or a light manufacturing or assembly facility that

 

packages, kits, labels, or customizes products and ships those

 

products via multimodal commerce.

 

     (g) "Forest products processing facility" means 1 or more

 

facilities or operations that transform, package, sort, recycle, or

 

grade forest or paper products into goods that are used for

 

intermediate or final use or consumption or for the creation of

 

biomass or alternative fuels through the utilization of forest

 

products or forest residue, and surrounding property. Forest

 

products processing facility does not include an existing facility

 

or operation that is located in this state that relocates to a

 

renaissance zone for a forest products processing facility. Forest

 

products processing facility does not include a facility or

 

operation that engages primarily in retail sales.

 

     (h) "Local governmental unit" means a county, city, village,

 

township, or, for taxes levied after 2009, any other taxing

 

jurisdiction that levies an ad valorem property tax.

 

     (i) "Multimodal commerce" means the movement of products or

 

services via 2 or more of the following:

 

     (i) Air.

 

     (ii) Road.

 

     (iii) Rail.

 

     (iv) Water.

 

     (j) "Next Michigan development corporation" means that term as

 

defined in section 3 of the next Michigan development act.

 

     (k) "Next Michigan development district" means that term as

 

defined in section 3 of the next Michigan development act.

 

     (l) "Next Michigan renaissance zone" means a renaissance zone

 

created under section 8h.

 

     (m) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,

 

association, limited liability company, governmental entity, or

 

other legal entity.

 

     (n) "Qualified eligible next Michigan business" means an

 

eligible next Michigan business that has been certified in

 

accordance with section 8h.

 

     (o) "Qualified local governmental unit" means either of the

 

following:

 

     (i) A county.

 

     (ii) A city, village, or township that contains an eligible

 

distressed area as defined in section 11 of the state housing

 

development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1411.

 

     (p) "Recovery zone" means a tool and die renaissance recovery

 

zone created in section 8d.

 

     (q) "Renaissance zone" means a geographic area designated

 

under this act.

 

     (r) "Renewable energy facility" means a facility that creates

 

energy, fuels, or chemicals directly from the wind, the sun, trees,

 

grasses, biosolids, algae, agricultural commodities, processed

 

products from agricultural commodities, or residues from

 

agricultural processes, wood or forest processes, food production

 

and processing, or the paper products industry. Renewable energy

 

facility also includes a facility that creates energy, fuels, or

 

chemicals from solid biomass, animal wastes, or landfill gases.

 

Renewable energy facility also includes a facility that focuses on

 

research, development, or manufacturing of systems or components of

 

systems used to create energy, fuel, or chemicals from the items

 

described in this subdivision. Renewable energy facility also

 

includes a facility that focuses on research, development, or

 

manufacturing of systems or components of systems that involve the

 

conversion of chemical energy for advanced battery technology.

 

     (s) "Residential rental property" means that term as defined

 

in section 7ff of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL

 

211.7ff.

 

     (t) "Review board" means the renaissance zone review board

 

created in section 5.

 

     (u) "Rural area" means an area that lies outside of the

 

boundaries of an urban area.

 

     (v) "Underdeveloped special assessment district" means all or

 

a portion of a special assessment district that meets all of the

 

following:

 

     (i) The special assessment district was created on or before

 

December 31, 2007.

 

     (ii) The special assessment district was created to finance

 

infrastructure for residential development and the residential

 

development site plan was approved by the city, village, or

 

township before being designated as a renaissance zone for

 

underdeveloped special assessment districts by the board of the

 

Michigan strategic fund.

 

     (iii) The residential development that is subject to the special

 

assessment district is less than 20% developed.

 

     (iv) The developer or owner of each parcel of property in the

 

residential development that is part of the special assessment

 

district shall pay all special assessments before the certificate

 

of occupancy is granted for that parcel.

 

     (w) (v) "Urban area" means an urbanized area as determined by

 

the economics and statistics administration, United States bureau

 

of the census according to the 1990 census.

 

     Sec. 8i. (1) The board of the Michigan strategic fund defined

 

in section 4 of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL

 

125.2004, may designate up to 10 additional renaissance zones for

 

underdeveloped special assessment districts within this state in 1

 

or more cities, villages, or townships if that city, village, or

 

township or combination of cities, villages, or townships consents

 

to the creation of a renaissance zone for an underdeveloped special

 

assessment district within their boundaries. A renaissance zone for

 

an underdeveloped special assessment district shall have a duration

 

of renaissance zone status for a period of years not to exceed the

 

time in which the special assessment bonds will be paid off or

 

defeased.

 

     (2) Each renaissance zone designated for an underdeveloped

 

special assessment district under this section shall be 1

 

continuous distinct geographic area.