Title 125, PLANNING, HOUSING, AND ZONING

Sec. 5. (1) The powers of the authority shall be vested in the members in office. Regardless of the existence of a vacancy, a majority of the members of the authority constitutes a quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting or the exercise of a power or functio…

Sec. 6. In addition to other powers and duties provided in this act, the authority shall administer this act and has all of the following powers and duties: (a) To conduct a continuing evaluation program on enterprise zones. (b) To promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative …

Sec. 7. (1) Beginning October 1, 1996 and every 3 years after that date, the authority shall present an analysis of the economic impacts of each enterprise zone. This analysis shall be presented to the standing committees of the legislature concerned with economic development, lo…

Sec. 8. The authority shall determine which local governmental units qualify to apply to have enterprise zones approved within their boundaries. For an enterprise zone approved after 1993, a qualifying local governmental unit shall be a local governmental unit that has been desig…

Sec. 9. (1) If a local governmental unit qualifies under the criteria of section 8 and wishes to apply for approval of an enterprise zone within its boundaries, the local governmental unit shall establish a citizens' council for the potential enterprise zone. A local governmental…

Sec. 10. A citizens' council shall perform all of the following duties: (a) Advise the local governmental unit on all matters relating to enterprise zone activities. (b) Advocate the promotion and development of business in the enterprise zone. (c) Coordinate employer needs with …

Sec. 11. (1) Beginning in 1994, the governing body of the local governmental unit shall hold a public hearing on the adoption of an ordinance establishing the proposed enterprise zone. Notice of the public hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in …

Sec. 12. If a local governmental unit qualifies under section 8 and its governing body approves the boundaries of a proposed enterprise zone, the local governmental unit may file with the authority an application, in a form provided by the authority, to have the area approved as …

Sec. 13. (1) Upon receipt of an application from a local governmental unit, the authority shall review the application and, by resolution, shall approve or reject the application based upon criteria set forth in this act. (2) If the authority rejects an application, the authority…

Sec. 14. (1) This section applies only to a business that applies for certification as a qualified business in an enterprise zone that was created before 1994. (2) A business that plans to meet the construction, restoration, alteration, or renovation requirements for, and that do…

Sec. 14a. (1) This section applies only to a business that applies for certification as a qualified business in an enterprise zone that was created after 1993. (2) The owner or lessee of a facility may file an application for certification as a qualified business within the enter…

Sec. 15. Before being entitled to certification as a qualified business, a business shall certify to the local governmental unit in writing at least all of the following: (a) An estimate of the minimum number of new jobs that will be created by the business as a qualified busines…

Sec. 16. If the location of a new facility or qualified new business in an enterprise zone will have the effect of transferring employment from 1 or more other local governmental units, a business may be certified as a qualified business if the governing body of each local govern…

Sec. 17. (1) Except as provided in subsection (6), a resident of an enterprise zone, a business located within an enterprise zone, or the authority may allege to the local governmental unit noncompliance with this act, including, but not limited to, noncompliance by a qualified b…

Sec. 18. The qualified business activity of a qualified business is eligible for an exemption, credit, or deduction as provided by this act, another law of this state, or a law of the United States.

Sec. 19. An exemption or credit granted to a qualified business shall continue until the certification of the qualified business is revoked, as provided in this act, or for 10 years from the date that the business is certified as a qualified business. Even if approval of an enter…

Sec. 20. (1) For a qualified business located in an enterprise zone that was created before 1994, unless the certification of the qualified business is revoked as provided in this act, for 10 years from the date on which construction, restoration, alteration, or renovation begins…

Sec. 20a. (1) Commercial, industrial, or utility property that is located in the area comprising an enterprise zone at the time the area is approved as an enterprise zone and that is not exempt under section 20 or 20b is exempt from ad valorem real and personal property taxes imp…

Sec. 20b. Property that is located in the area comprising an enterprise zone at the time the area is approved as an enterprise zone and for which an exemption certificate under Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1974, being sections 207.551 to 207.571 of the Michigan Compiled Laws…

Sec. 21. (1) This section applies only to an owner of property located in an enterprise zone that was created before 1994. (2) Except as provided in section 21c, a specific tax is levied in each year upon an owner of property exempted under section 20(1) or 20b, the amount of whi…

Sec. 21a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and section 21(9), the local governmental unit shall use the amount disbursed to the local governmental unit pursuant to section 21(4)(a) and (b) only to fund capital improvements identified in the spending plan that th…

Sec. 21b. (1) This section applies only to an owner of property located in an enterprise zone that was created after 1993. (2) Except as provided in section 21c, a specific tax is levied in each year upon an owner of property exempted under section 20(2) or 20b, the amount of whi…

Sec. 21c. Property, except a casino, exempted under sections 20(1) and (2), 20a, and 20b that is located in a renaissance zone under the Michigan renaissance zone act, 1996 PA 376, MCL 125.2681 to 125.2696, is exempt from the specific taxes levied under this act to the extent and…

Sec. 21d. (1) If a facility was certified as a qualified business on December 31, 2012, notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, that portion of the facility that is eligible manufacturing personal property shall remain subject to the specific tax levied u…

Sec. 22. (1) If the tax applicable to personal or real property levied under section 21 or 21b, as applicable, is not paid within the time permitted by law for payment without penalty of taxes imposed under the general property tax act, the officer to whom the tax is first payabl…

Sec. 23. (1) If the amount of specific tax revenue under this act lost as a result of the reduction of taxes levied by a local school district for school operating purposes required by millage limitations under section 1211 of the school code of 1976, Act No. 451 of the Public Ac…