Act No. 349

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

September 15, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

September 18, 2006

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2006

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Senator Basham

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1047

AN ACT to amend 1992 PA 147, entitled "An act to provide for the development and rehabilitation of residential housing; to provide for the creation of neighborhood enterprise zones; to provide for obtaining neighborhood enterprise zone certificates for a period of time and to prescribe the contents of the certificates; to provide for the exemption of certain taxes; to provide for the levy and collection of a specific tax on the owner of certain facilities; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers of the state and local governmental units," by amending section 4 (MCL 207.774), as amended by 2005 PA 339.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4. (1) The owner of a homestead facility or owner or developer or prospective owner or developer of a proposed new facility or an owner or developer or prospective developer proposing to rehabilitate property located in a neighborhood enterprise zone may file an application for a neighborhood enterprise zone certificate with the clerk of the local governmental unit. The application shall be filed in the manner and form prescribed by the commission. The clerk of the local governmental unit shall provide a copy of each homestead facility application to the assessor for the local governmental unit. Except as provided in subsection (2), the application shall be filed before a building permit is issued for the new construction or rehabilitation of the facility.

(2) An application may be filed after a building permit is issued only if 1 or more of the following apply:

(a) For the rehabilitation of a facility if the area in which the facility is located is designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in the calendar year 1992 and if the building permit is issued for the rehabilitation before December 31, 1994 and after the date on which the area in which the facility is located was designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit.

(b) For the construction of a new facility if the area in which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in calendar year 1992 or 1993 and if the building permit is issued for that new facility before December 31, 1995 and after January 1, 1993.

(c) For the construction of a new facility if the area in which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in July 1997 and if the building permit is issued for that new facility on February 3, 1998.

(d) For a new facility or a rehabilitated facility if the area in which the new facility or rehabilitated facility is located was designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in July 1996 and if the building permit was issued for that facility on or before July 3, 2001.

(e) For a new facility or a rehabilitated facility if the area in which the new facility or rehabilitated facility is located was designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in October 1994 and if the building permit was issued for that facility on or before April 25, 1997.

(f) For the construction of a new facility if the area in which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in September 2001 and if the building permit is issued for that new facility on March 3, 2003.

(g) For a rehabilitated facility if all or a portion of the rehabilitated facility is a qualified historic building.

(h) For the construction of a new facility if the area in which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in July 1993 and the new facility was a model home.

(i) For the construction of a new facility if the area in which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in August 2004 and if building permits were issued for that facility beginning November 5, 2002 through December 23, 2003.

(j) For a homestead facility.

(k) For the construction of a facility if the area in which the facility is located was designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in July 2003, and if the building permit was issued for that facility in June 2004.

(3) The application shall contain or be accompanied by all of the following:

(a) A general description of the homestead facility, new facility, or proposed rehabilitated facility.

(b) The dimensions of the parcel on which the homestead facility, new facility, or proposed rehabilitated facility is or is to be located.

(c) The general nature and extent of the construction to be undertaken.

(d) A time schedule for undertaking and completing the rehabilitation of property or the construction of the new facility.

(e) A statement by the owner of a homestead facility that the owner is committed to investing a minimum of $500.00 in the first 3 years that the certificate for a homestead facility is in effect and committed to documenting the minimum investment if required to do so by the assessor of the local governmental unit.

(f) Any other information required by the local governmental unit.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, for any certificate issued as a result of the enactment of the amendatory act that added subsection (2)(c), the effective date of the certificate shall be the first day of the tax year following the year the certificate is approved by the commission.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, for any certificate issued as a result of the enactment of the amendatory act that added subsection (2)(d) or the amendatory act that added subsection (2)(e), the effective date of the certificate shall be January 1, 2001.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, for any certificate issued as a result of the enactment of the amendatory act that added subsection (2)(j) or the amendatory act that added subsection (2)(k), the effective date of the certificate shall be the first day of the tax year following the year the certificate is approved by the commission.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor