March 9, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Proos, Huizenga, Baxter and Nitz 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 2004 PA 430.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6. (1) The board shall review all recommendations
submitted by the review board and determine which applications meet
the criteria contained in section 7.
(2) The board shall do all of the following:
(a) Designate renaissance zones.
(b) Subject to subsection (3), approve or reject the duration
of renaissance zone status.
(c) Subject to subsection (3), approve or reject the
geographic boundaries and the total area of the renaissance zone as
submitted in the application.
(3) The board shall not alter the geographic boundaries of the
renaissance zone or the duration of renaissance zone status
described in the application unless the qualified local
governmental unit or units and the local governmental unit or units
in which the renaissance zone is to be located consent by
resolution to the alteration.
(4) The board shall not designate a renaissance zone under
section 8 before November 1, 1996 or after December 31, 1996.
(5) The designation of a renaissance zone under this act shall
take effect on January 1 in the year following designation.
However, for purposes of the taxes exempted under section 9(2), the
designation of a renaissance zone under this act shall take effect
on December 31 in the year of designation.
(6) The board shall not designate a renaissance zone under
section 8a after December 31, 2002.
(7) Through December 31, 2002, a qualified local governmental
unit in which a renaissance zone was designated under section 8 or
8a may modify the boundaries of that renaissance zone to include
contiguous parcels of property as determined by the qualified local
governmental unit and approval by the review board. The additional
contiguous parcels of property included in a renaissance zone under
this subsection do not constitute an additional distinct geographic
area under section 4(1)(d). If the boundaries of the renaissance
zone are modified as provided in this subsection, the additional
contiguous parcels of property shall become part of the original
renaissance zone on the same terms and conditions as the original
designation of that renaissance zone.
(8) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, before
July 1, 2004, a qualified local governmental unit in which a
renaissance zone was designated under section 8a(1) as a
renaissance zone located in a rural area may modify the boundaries
of that renaissance zone to include a contiguous parcel of property
as determined by the qualified local governmental unit. The
contiguous parcel of property shall only include property that is
less than .5 acres in size and that the qualified local
governmental unit previously sought to have included in the zone by
submitting an application in February 2002 that was not acted upon
by the review board. The additional contiguous parcel of property
included in a renaissance zone under this subsection does not
constitute an additional distinct geographic area under section
4(1)(d). If the boundaries of the renaissance zone are modified as
provided in this subsection, the additional contiguous parcel of
property shall become part of the original renaissance zone on the
same terms and conditions as the rest of the property in that
renaissance zone.
(9) A business that is located and conducts business activity
within a renaissance zone designated under section 8(1) and (2),
8a(1) and (3), 8c(1), or 8d(1) shall not make a payment in lieu of
taxes to any taxing jurisdiction within the qualified local
governmental unit in which the renaissance zone is located.
(10) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, before
July 1, 2006, a qualified local governmental unit in which a
renaissance zone of less than 50 contiguous acres but more than 20
contiguous acres was designated under section 8 or 8a as a
renaissance zone in a city located in a county with a population of
more than 160,000 and less than 170,000 may modify the boundaries
of that renaissance zone to include a contiguous parcel of property
as determined by the qualified local governmental unit. The
contiguous parcel of property shall only include property that is
less than 12 acres in size. The additional contiguous parcel of
property included in a renaissance zone under this subsection does
not constitute an additional distinct geographic area under section
4(1)(d). If the boundaries of the renaissance zone are modified as
provided in this subsection, the additional contiguous parcel of
property shall become part of the original renaissance zone on the
same terms and conditions as the rest of the property in that
renaissance zone.