SENATE BILL No. 568

 

 

July 13, 2011, Introduced by Senator HANSEN and referred to the Committee on Economic Development.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 270, entitled

 

"Michigan strategic fund act,"

 

(MCL 125.2001 to 125.2094) by adding sections 90c and 90d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 90c. (1) Upon completion of a project for which the board

 

has approved a community revitalization voucher under section 90b,

 

the applicant may apply to the fund for the voucher and may assign

 

a voucher by submitting written notice of the assignment to the

 

fund. The board shall develop and implement the use of an

 

application form and assignment form to be used under this

 

subsection. Within 90 days of receipt of an application, the fund

 

or its designee shall then determine whether the project has

 

complied with the terms of the agreement. If the fund or its

 

designee determines that the project has complied with the


 

agreement, the fund shall issue the voucher to the applicant or, if

 

the voucher has been assigned, to the assignee.

 

     (2) When a person receives a voucher, the person may submit

 

the voucher to the department of treasury. The department of

 

treasury shall pay the amount of the voucher to that person within

 

60 days after receiving the voucher.

 

     Sec. 90d. (1) Upon completion of a project for which the board

 

has approved a community revitalization loan under section 90b, the

 

applicant may apply to the fund for the loan proceeds and may

 

assign some or all of the loan proceeds by submitting written

 

notice of the assignment to the fund. The board shall develop and

 

implement the use of an application for disbursement form and

 

assignment form to be used under this subsection. Within 90 days of

 

receipt or disbursement of an application for disbursement, the

 

fund or its designee shall determine whether the project has

 

complied with the agreement. If the fund or its designee determines

 

that the project has complied with the agreement, the fund shall

 

issue a certificate of completion to the applicant or, if the loan

 

proceeds have been assigned, to the assignee.

 

     (2) When a person receives a certificate of completion, the

 

person may submit the certificate of completion to the department

 

of treasury. The department of treasury shall pay the loan proceeds

 

to that person within 60 days after receiving the certificate of

 

completion.

 

     (3) The board shall develop criteria for repayment of the

 

community revitalization loan.

 

     (4) The proceeds from repayment of community revitalization


 

loans under subsection (3) shall be paid into the investment fund

 

described in section 88h and expended exclusively for community

 

revitalization incentives under this chapter.

 

     (5) Beginning November 1, 2012 and each year thereafter, the

 

fund shall report to each house of the legislature on the

 

activities of the fund under this chapter that occurred in the

 

previous fiscal year. The report shall be made available in an

 

electronic format. The report shall include, but is not limited to,

 

all of the following:

 

     (a) The total proposed amount of private investment attracted

 

under this section.

 

     (b) The total actual amount of private investment attracted

 

under this section and verified by the fund.

 

     (c) The total number of new written agreements.

 

     (d) The amount of the community revitalization incentives

 

awarded under this chapter separately for each project.

 

     (e) The actual amount of the community revitalization

 

incentives made under this chapter separately for each project.

 

     (f) The total actual amount of square footage revitalized or

 

added for each project approved under this section. When reporting

 

square footage, the person must report the square footage by

 

category, including, but not limited to, commercial, residential,

 

or retail.

 

     (g) The aggregate increase in taxable value of all property

 

subject to a written agreement under this chapter.

 

     (h) An evaluation of the aggregate return on investment that

 

this state realizes on the actual eligible investments made.


 

     (i) The total actual number of residential units revitalized

 

or added for each project approved under this section.

 

     (j) The identity of persons who received a community

 

revitalization incentive outside the program standards and

 

guidelines and why the variance was given.

 

     (6) Beginning February 1, 2012 and not less than every 3

 

months thereafter, the fund shall post on its internet website the

 

name and location of a person who received approval of community

 

revitalization investment under this chapter in the immediately

 

preceding 2-month period.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 566.                                   

 

         

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. 567.