HB-5752, As Passed Senate, June 8, 2006

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5752

     A bill to amend 1996 PA 376, entitled

"Michigan renaissance zone act,"

by amending section 3 (MCL 125.2683), as amended by 2005 PA 275.

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 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) "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.

     (d) "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.

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

or township.

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

association, limited liability company, governmental entity, or

other legal entity.

     (g) "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.

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

zone created in section 8d.

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

under this act.

     (j) "Renewable energy facility" means a system that creates

energy from a process using residues from agricultural products,

forest products, paper products industries, and food production and

processing; trees and grasses grown specifically to be used as

energy crops; and gaseous fuels produced from solid biomass, animal

wastes, or landfills.

(k)  (j) "Residential rental property" means that term as

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

206, MCL 211.7ff.

(l)  (k) "Review board" means the renaissance zone review

board created in section 5.

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

boundaries of an urban area.

(n)  (m) "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.