June 17, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Durhal and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 2008 PA 554, entitled
"Regional convention facility authority act,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 141.1355).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5. As used in this act:
(a) "Authority" means a regional convention facility authority
created under section 7.
(b) "Board" means the board of directors of an authority.
(c) "Convention facility" means all or any part of, or any
combination of, a convention hall, auditorium, arena, meeting
rooms, exhibition area, and related adjacent public areas that are
generally available to the public for lease on a short-term basis
for holding conventions, meetings, exhibits, and similar events,
together with real or personal property, and easements above, on,
or under the surface of real or personal property, used or intended
to be used for holding conventions, meetings, exhibits, and similar
events, together with appurtenant property, including covered
walkways, parking lots, or structures, necessary and convenient for
use in connection with the convention facility. Convention facility
includes an adjacent arena with a seating capacity not exceeding
10,000. Convention facility does not include an adjacent arena with
a seating capacity exceeding 10,000.
(d) "Develop" means to plan, acquire, construct, improve,
enlarge, maintain, renew, renovate, repair, replace, lease, equip,
furnish, market, promote, manage, or operate.
(e) "Fiscal year" means an annual period that begins on July 1
and ends on June 30 or the fiscal year for an authority established
by the board of the authority.
(f) "Legislative body" means the elected body of a local
government possessing the legislative power of the local
government.
(g) "Local chief executive officer" means the mayor or city
manager of a city or the county executive of a county or, if a
county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the
county board of commissioners.
(h) "Local government" means a county or city. For purposes of
sections 17(1)(t) and 19 other than section 19(1)(f), local
government includes a building authority or downtown development
authority created by a county or city under 1975 PA 197, MCL
125.1651 to 125.1681.
(i) "Qualified city" means a city with a population of more
than
700,000 according to the most recent decennial census. that
contains
a qualified convention facility.
(j) "Qualified county" means a county that contains a
qualified city.
(k) "Qualified convention facility" means a publicly owned
convention facility with not less than 600,000 square feet of
usable exhibition area and that is located in a qualified city.
(l) "Qualified metropolitan area" means a geographic area of
this state that includes a qualified city, a qualified county, and
the 2 counties bordering the qualified county with the largest
populations according to the most recent decennial census.
(m) "Transfer date" means the date 90 days after the creation
of an authority under section 7 on which the right, title,
interest, ownership, and control of a qualified convention facility
are conveyed and transferred from a qualified city to an authority
if the transfer is not disapproved as provided under section 19(1).