HB-5555, As Passed Senate, April 28, 2010

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5555

A bill to amend 1996 PA 376, entitled

"Michigan renaissance zone act,"

by amending section 3 (MCL 125.2683), as amended by 2010 PA 5.

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, excluding forest 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.

more of the following as determined by the board of the Michigan

strategic fund:

(i) That was located in a qualified border local governmental

unit as defined in section 8g and was displaced or otherwise

negatively affected by the development of the international border

crossing and is unable to recover from the displacement or negative

effect without the establishment of a renaissance zone.

(ii) That is associated with international trade, shipping, or

freight hauling, including, but not limited to, all of the

following:

(A) Customs brokers.

(B) Distribution centers.

(d) "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.

(e) "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.

(f) "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.

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

or township.

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

association, limited liability company, governmental entity, or

other legal entity.

(i) "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.

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

zone created in section 8d.

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

under this act.

(l) "Renewable energy facility" means a facility that creates

energy, fuels, or chemicals 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, or

chemicals 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, or chemicals from the items

described in this subdivision. Renewable energy facility also

includes a facility that focuses on research, development, or

manufacturing of systems or components of systems that involve the

conversion of chemical energy for advanced battery technology.

(m) "Residential rental property" means that term as defined

in section 7ff of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL

211.7ff.

(n) "Review board" means the renaissance zone review board

created in section 5.

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

boundaries of an urban area.