HOUSE BILL No. 6350


     September 18, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Kooiman, Van Woerkom, Birkholz, Gosselin, Kuipers, Allen, Vander Roest, Koetje,
Vear, Bisbee and Gilbert and referred to the Committee on Commerce.


        A bill to amend 1996 PA 376, entitled

   "Michigan renaissance zone act,"

   by amending section 6 (MCL 125.2686), as amended by 2002 PA 478.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 6.  (1) The board shall review all recommendations sub-

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        mitted by the review board and determine which applications meet

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        the criteria contained in section 7.

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             (2) The board shall do all of the following:

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             (a) Designate renaissance zones.

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             (b) Subject to subsection (3), approve or reject the dura-

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        tion of renaissance zone status.

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             (c) Subject to subsection (3), approve or reject the geo-

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        graphic boundaries and the total area of the renaissance zone as

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        submitted in the application.




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             (3) The board shall not alter the geographic boundaries of

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        the renaissance zone or the duration of renaissance zone status

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        described in the application unless the qualified local govern-

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        mental unit or units and the local governmental unit or units in

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        which the renaissance zone is to be located consent by resolution

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        to the alteration.

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             (4) The board shall not designate a renaissance zone under

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        section 8 before November 1, 1996 or after December 31, 1996.

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             (5) The designation of a renaissance zone under this act

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        shall take effect on January 1 in the year following

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        designation.  However, for purposes of the taxes exempted under

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        section 9(2), the designation of a renaissance zone under this

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        act shall take effect on December 31 in the year of designation.

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             (6) The board shall not designate a renaissance zone under

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        section 8a or 8c after December 31,  2002  2003.

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             (7) Through December 31,  2002  2003, a qualified local gov-

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        ernmental unit in which a renaissance zone was designated under

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        section 8 or 8a may modify the boundaries of that renaissance

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        zone to include contiguous parcels of property as determined by

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        the qualified local governmental unit and approval by the review

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        board.  The additional contiguous parcels of property included in

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        a renaissance zone under this subsection do not constitute an

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        additional distinct geographic area under section 4(1)(d).  If

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        the boundaries of the renaissance zone are modified as provided

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        in this subsection, the additional contiguous parcels of property

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        shall become part of the original renaissance zone on the same





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        terms and conditions as the original designation of that

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        renaissance zone.




















































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