September 23, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Stakoe and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.
A bill to amend 1966 PA 346, entitled
"State housing development authority act of 1966,"
(MCL 125.1401 to 125.1499c) by adding chapter 3B.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
CHAPTER 3B
Sec. 59. (1) The definitions in section 11 apply to this
chapter unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
(2) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Household income" means that term as defined in section
508 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.508.
(b) "Low and moderate income" means household income of less
than 80% of the area median gross income.
(c) "Supportive housing property" means property that meets
all of the following requirements:
(i) Is developed by an organization exempt under section
501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501.
(ii) Is occupied solely by persons with low and moderate
incomes who are eligible recipients of the public mental health
system.
(iii) Consists of not more than 6 individual living units.
Sec. 59a. (1) Not more than 90 days after an owner of property
submits an application, the authority shall determine if property
is supportive housing property. The application shall be in a form
provided by the authority.
(2) If the authority determines that property is supportive
housing property as defined in this chapter, the authority shall,
subject to the limitations and restrictions provided in section
59b, certify that property as supportive housing property.
(3) An owner of property for which certification as supportive
housing property is denied or a local unit of government in which
property certified as supportive housing property is located may
appeal the authority's determination to the circuit court of the
county in which the property is located.
Sec. 59b. (1) In each year, the authority shall not certify a
parcel of property as supportive housing property if all parcels of
property previously certified as supportive housing property in
that year contain, in the aggregate, more than 250 individual
living units.
(2) In each year, 50% of the parcels of property the authority
certifies as supportive housing property shall be existing projects
and 50% of the parcels of property the authority certifies as
supportive housing property shall be new projects. However, if the
number of applications for certification for existing projects
accounts for less than 50% of the number of parcels of property
that may be certified as supportive housing property, the authority
may certify new projects for the remaining number of parcels of
property.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), the authority shall certify
property as supportive housing property on a first-come, first-
served basis.
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) House Bill No. 5437.
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6492(request no.
08307'08).