September 24, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Alma Smith and referred to the Committee on New Economy and Quality of Life.
A bill to amend 1996 PA 376, entitled
"Michigan renaissance zone act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 125.2683), as amended by 2008 PA 217.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3. As used in this act:
(a) "Aerotropolis development corporation" means a public
board, commission, or council formed by 2 or more local
governmental units under section 8g.
(b) "Aerotropolis development zone" means a renaissance zone
created under section 8g.
(c) (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, excluding forest products, into goods
that are used for intermediate or final consumption including goods
for nonfood use, and surrounding property.
(d) (b)
"Board" means the state administrative
board created
in 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.1 to 17.3.
(e) (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.
(f) (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.
(g) (e)
"Forest products processing
facility" means 1 or more
facilities or operations that transform, package, sort, recycle, or
grade forest or paper products into goods that are used for
intermediate or final use or consumption or for the creation of
biomass or alternative fuels through the utilization of forest
products or forest residue, and surrounding property. Forest
products processing facility does not include an existing facility
or operation that is located in this state that relocates to a
renaissance zone for a forest products processing facility. Forest
products processing facility does not include a facility or
operation that engages primarily in retail sales.
(h) (f)
"Local governmental unit"
means a county, city,
village, or township.
(i) (g)
"Person" means an
individual, partnership,
corporation, association, limited liability company, governmental
entity, or other legal entity.
(j) "Qualified aerotropolis business" means an air-commerce
linked business, supply chain business, or a business needing to be
physically located near an airport for business purposes, that has
been approved by the aerotropolis development corporation and has
been certified by the president of the Michigan strategic fund. A
supply chain business includes, but is not limited to, a business
that provides value to customers through applying an integrated
approach to planning, implementing, and controlling the flow of
information, materials, and services from initiation of product
concept and development through and including the distribution of
the finished product to the end customer, including, but not
limited to, procurement, manufacturing, technology, distribution,
warehousing, marketing, logistics, transportation, or related
value-added processes and activities, including related corporate
offices. A qualified aerotropolis business does not include a
casino, retail establishment, professional sports stadium, or that
portion of a qualified aerotropolis business used exclusively for
retail sales. As used in this subdivision, "casino" means a casino
regulated by this state pursuant to the Michigan gaming control and
revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226, and all property
associated or affiliated with the operation of a casino, including,
but not limited to, a parking lot, hotel, motel, or retail store.
(k) (h)
"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.
(l) (i)
"Recovery zone" means a
tool and die renaissance
recovery zone created in section 8d.
(m) (j)
"Renaissance zone" means
a geographic area designated
under this act.
(n) (k)
"Renewable energy
facility" means a facility that
creates energy directly or fuel from the wind, the sun, trees,
grasses, biosolids, algae, agricultural commodities, processed
products from agricultural commodities, or residues from
agricultural processes, wood or forest processes, food production
and processing, or the paper products industry. Renewable energy
facility also includes a facility that creates energy or fuels from
solid biomass, animal wastes, or landfill gases. Renewable energy
facility also includes a facility that focuses on research,
development, or manufacturing of systems or components of systems
used to create energy or fuel from the items described in this
subdivision.
(o) (l) "Residential
rental property" means that term as
defined in section 7ff of the general property tax act, 1893 PA
206, MCL 211.7ff.
(p) (m)
"Review board" means the
renaissance zone review board
created in section 5.
(q) (n)
"Rural area" means an
area that lies outside of the
boundaries of an urban area.
(r) (o)
"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.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6503(request no.
07781'08 **).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6504(request no.
07806'08 **).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6505(request no.
07807'08 **).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6506(request no.
08280'08 *).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6507(request no.
08281'08 *).
(f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6508(request no.
08282'08 *).
(g) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6509(request no.
08283'08 *).
(h) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6510(request no.
08284'08 *).
(i) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6511(request no.
08285'08 *).