HB-4544, As Passed House, March 25, 2010

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4544

     A bill to amend 2000 PA 146, entitled

"Obsolete property rehabilitation act,"

by amending section 3 (MCL 125.2783).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 3. (1) A qualified local governmental unit, by resolution

of its legislative body, may establish 1 or more obsolete property

rehabilitation districts that may consist of 1 or more parcels or

tracts of land or a portion of a parcel or tract of land, if at the

time the resolution is adopted, the parcel or tract of land or

portion of a parcel or tract of land within the district is either

of the following:

     (a) Obsolete property in an area characterized by obsolete

commercial property or commercial housing property.

     (b) Commercial property that is obsolete property that was

owned by a qualified local governmental unit on the effective date

of this act, and subsequently conveyed to a private owner.

     (2) The legislative body of a qualified local governmental

unit may establish an obsolete property rehabilitation district on

its own initiative or upon a written request filed by the owner or

owners of property comprising at least 50% of all taxable value of

the property located within a proposed obsolete property

rehabilitation district. The written request must be filed with the

clerk of the qualified local governmental unit.

     (3) Before adopting a resolution establishing an obsolete

property rehabilitation district, the legislative body shall give

written notice by certified mail to the owners of all real property

within the proposed obsolete property rehabilitation district and

shall afford an opportunity for a hearing on the establishment of

the obsolete property rehabilitation district at which any of those

owners and any other resident or taxpayer of the qualified local

governmental unit may appear and be heard. The legislative body

shall give public notice of the hearing not less than 10 days or

more than 30 days before the date of the hearing.

     (4) The legislative body of the qualified local governmental

unit, in its resolution establishing an obsolete property

rehabilitation district, shall set forth a finding and

determination that the district meets the requirements set forth in

subsection (1).

     (5) Beginning April 1, 2010, the qualified local governmental

unit shall not grant an obsolete property rehabilitation exemption

certificate if the owner or lessee of a rehabilitated facility

fails to comply with section 3 of the Michigan corporate

responsibility act or fails to disclose a civil or criminal offense

as required by section 3 of the Michigan corporate responsibility

act. The attorney general of this state is responsible for the

enforcement necessary to ensure compliance with this subsection.