Bill Text: MI SB0250 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Economic development; downtown development authorities; requirement for historic commission approval regarding proposed changes to the exterior of historical sites; provide for. Amends sec. 29 of 1975 PA 197 (MCL 125.1679).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-16 - Referred To Committee On Economic Development And International Investment [SB0250 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0250-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 250

 

 

March 16, 2017, Introduced by Senators HOPGOOD, SCHMIDT, HORN, CONYERS and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Investment.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1975 PA 197, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the establishment of a downtown development

authority; to prescribe its powers and duties; to correct and

prevent deterioration in business districts; to encourage historic

preservation; to authorize the acquisition and disposal of

interests in real and personal property; to authorize the creation

and implementation of development plans in the districts; to

promote the economic growth of the districts; to create a board; to

prescribe its powers and duties; to authorize the levy and

collection of taxes; to authorize the issuance of bonds and other

evidences of indebtedness; to authorize the use of tax increment

financing; to reimburse downtown development authorities for

certain losses of tax increment revenues; and to prescribe the

powers and duties of certain state officials,"

 

by amending section 29 (MCL 125.1679), as amended by 2004 PA 66.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 29. (1) A public facility, building, or structure that is

 

determined by the municipality to have significant historical

 

interests shall be preserved in a manner as considered necessary by

 

the municipality in accordance with laws relative to the

 

preservation of historical sites. The preservation of facilities,

 

buildings, or structures determined to be historic sites by a

 

municipality shall include, at a minimum, equipping the historic

 

site with a fire alarm system.

 

     (2) An authority shall refer all proposed changes Prior to

 

making or approving a permanent change to the exterior of sites a

 

site owned by the authority, or for which the acquisition,

 

rehabilitation, or demolition is financed by the authority, and

 

listed on the state register of historic sites and or the national

 

register of historic places to the applicable historic district

 

commission created under that is subject to the local historic

 

districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399.201 to 399.215, or the

 

department of history, arts, and libraries for review the authority

 

shall refer all proposed changes to the local historic district

 

commission established under the local historic districts act, 1970

 

PA 169, MCL 399.201 to 399.215, in which the site is located.

 

     (3) Through December 31, 2018, not less than 30 days prior to

 

making or approving a permanent change to the exterior of a site

 

owned by the authority or for which the acquisition,

 

rehabilitation, or demolition is financed by the authority and

 

listed on the state register of historic sites or the national

 

register of historic places if that site is not located in a local

 

historic district created under the local historic districts act,

 

1970 PA 169, MCL 399.201 to 399.215, the authority shall refer all

 

proposed changes to the state historic preservation office.

 

     (4) If an authority violates subsection (3) by demolishing a

 

facility, building, or structure as determined by the state

historic preservation office, then it is liable for a civil fine in

 

the amount of $30,000.00. The civil fine shall be paid to the state

 

historic preservation office. From the civil fines collected under

 

this section, the state historic preservation office shall create

 

and operate a grant program that provides grants to nonprofit

 

historic preservation organizations and to cities, villages, and

 

townships for historic preservation purposes with a preference to

 

those serving the community in which the site where the violation

 

occurred is located. The state historic preservation office may

 

retain 5% of the civil fine for administrative costs for

 

administering the grant program or the actual costs associated with

 

administering the grant, whichever is less. The grant program funds

 

shall be awarded within 90 days of receipt if there are eligible

 

applications. Any funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year

 

shall not lapse and shall remain in the grant program fund and not

 

be transferred to the general fund.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "state historic preservation

 

office" means the state historic preservation office described in

 

chapter 3C of the Michigan state housing development authority act

 

of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1459d to 125.1459e.