Title 125, PLANNING, HOUSING, AND ZONING

Sec. 69. If a municipal planning commission has zoning duties pursuant to section 83 and the municipality has adopted a zoning ordinance, the county planning commission, if any, may, by first-class mail or personal delivery, request the municipal planning commission to submit to …

Sec. 71. (1) A planning commission may recommend to the legislative body provisions of an ordinance or rules governing the subdivision of land authorized under section 105 of the land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL 560.105. If a township is subject to county zoning consistent wit…

Sec. 81. (1) Unless rescinded by the local unit of government, any plan adopted or amended under a planning act repealed under section 85 need not be readopted under this act but continues in effect as a master plan under this act, regardless of whether it is entitled a master pl…

Sec. 83. (1) If, on the effective date of this act, a planning commission had the powers and duties of a zoning board or zoning commission under the former city and village zoning act, 1921 PA 207, the former county zoning act, 1943 PA 183, or the former township zoning act, 1943…

Sec. 85. (1) The following acts are repealed: (a) 1931 PA 285, MCL 125.31 to 125.45. (b) 1945 PA 282, MCL 125.101 to 125.115. (c) 1959 PA 168, MCL 125.321 to 125.333. (2) Any plan adopted or amended under an act repealed under subsection (1) is subject to section 81(1).

Sec. 1. The board of supervisors of any county may create a county economic development commission, as a separate agency or by designation of an existing county board, commission, department or agency, as the county economic development commission. The boards of supervisors of 2 …

Sec. 2. The commission shall be deemed to be an agency of the county or region. The board or boards of supervisors may make such rules and regulations in respect to the commission as it deems advisable. The commissioners, in administering the activities of the commission, may ado…

Sec. 3. The commission shall appoint such employees as they deem necessary to carry out the provisions hereof, subject to civil service regulations in counties having adopted a civil service system.

Sec. 4. The board or boards of supervisors shall provide each year in its annual budget for the expenses of the commission.

Sec. 5. The commission shall plan and direct the carrying out of an economic development and expansion program for the county or region. The program shall include, but not be restricted to, the following activities: (a) Investigation and study of conditions affecting the economy …

Sec. 6. The commission, in addition to its other powers and duties, may: (a) Accept, with the approval of the board or boards of supervisors, grants of funds made by the state, the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or other public or private agency or individual…

Sec. 7. Upon the request of the governing body of any city, village or township located within the county or region, the commission may apply for and accept grants from the state or the federal government for assistance for the local units of government, which includes but is not…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "neighborhood assistance and participation act".

Sec. 2. For purposes of this act, the words and phrases used in sections 3 to 5 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 3. (1) "Bureau" means the bureau of community services in the department of labor. (2) "Business firm" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation authorized to do business in this state and subject to tax under either the single business tax act, 1975 PA 228, M…

Sec. 4. (1) "Department" means the department of labor. (2) "Director" means the director of the department. (3) "Eligible neighborhood" means an area located within a city, township, or village with boundaries clearly identified within the project application and certified by th…

Sec. 5. (1) "Neighborhood assistance project" or "project" means any arrangement between a neighborhood organization and 1 or more business firms for the provision of financial assistance for projects offering job training, community services, crime prevention, or physical revita…

Sec. 6. (1) A neighborhood assistance and partnership fund is created within the bureau of community services of the department of labor. (2) The purpose of the fund shall be to encourage neighborhood organizations and business firms to engage in neighborhood assistance projects.…

Sec. 7. (1) The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, to determine the eligibility of neighborhoods to participate in this program. (2) The criteria used to certify an eligible neighborhood shall be made on the basis of …

Sec. 8. (1) A neighborhood organization requesting project approval shall submit a project application to the director. The application shall include the following: (a) Proof and certification that: (i) The neighborhood meets the criteria established in section 7. (ii) The organi…

Sec. 9. (1) The department shall approve or disapprove a project application within 45 working days after the date of receipt of the application. The decision and the detailed reasons for the approval or disapproval of a proposal shall be in writing, and, if the proposal is appro…

Sec. 10. Upon certification by the department, a neighborhood organization may enter into a neighborhood assistance project with 1 or more business firms for the purpose of providing job training, community services, crime prevention, or physical revitalization through a project …

Sec. 11. (1) A business firm shall receive from a neighborhood organization with which it has entered into a neighborhood assistance project a reimbursement form for a rebate. The reimbursement form shall be submitted to the department for an amount not to exceed 50% of the total…

Sec. 12. A neighborhood organization with projects approved by the department shall submit to the department an annual report not later than 90 days after the close of the project year for each year in which the project is certified. The report shall contain: (a) An assessment of…

Sec. 13. The department shall submit to the legislature an annual report not later than 90 days after the close of the fiscal year. The report shall contain: (a) An assessment of the economic impacts of all projects approved. (b) An assessment of the social impacts of all project…

Sec. 14. The duties and obligations imposed by this act upon the director and the department, other than by section 13, shall be transferred to, and be vested in, the community development commission after October 1, 1981.

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Contractor" means a person who contracts with a governmental entity to improve real property or perform or manage construction services. Contractor does not include a person licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339…

Sec. 2. A contract between a contractor and a governmental entity for an improvement that exceeds $75,000.00 shall contain all of the following provisions: (a) That if a contractor discovers 1 or both of the following physical conditions of the surface or subsurface at the improv…

Sec. 3. (1) If the contractor does not agree with the governmental entity's determination, with the governmental entity's consent the contractor may complete performance on the contract. (2) At the option of the governmental entity, the contractor and the governmental entity shal…

Sec. 4. If an improvement contract does not contain the provisions required under section 2, the provisions shall be incorporated into and considered part of the improvement contract.

Sec. 5. This act does not limit the rights or remedies otherwise available to a contractor or the governmental entity under any other law or statute.

Sec. 101. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "recodified tax increment financing act".

Sec. 102. (1) The repeal of a statute or section of law by this act does not relinquish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, whether criminal or civil in nature, and that statute or section of law shall be treated as still remaining in force as necessary for the purpose of inst…

Sec. 103. Members of a board of an authority created under a statute or section of law repealed by this act with the same or similar name and functions shall continue in office for the duration of the terms of office for which they were appointed. Members shall be appointed under…

Sec. 104. As this act is a recodification of certain existing tax increment financing acts, the recodification of 1975 PA 197, MCL 125.1651 to 125.1681, in part 2 is a continuation of the taxing authority authorized in section 12 of 1975 PA 197, MCL 125.1662, for purposes of sect…

Sec. 201. As used in this part: (a) "Advance" means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. Evidence of the intent to repay an advance includes, but is not limited to…

Sec. 201a. The legislature finds all of the following: (a) That there exists in this state conditions of property value deterioration detrimental to the state economy and the economic growth of the state and its local units of government. (b) That government programs are desirabl…

Sec. 202. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a municipality may establish 1 authority. If, before November 1, 1985, a municipality establishes more than 1 authority, those authorities may continue to exist as separate authorities. Under the conditions described …

Sec. 203. (1) When the governing body of a municipality determines that it is necessary for the best interests of the public to halt property value deterioration and increase property tax valuation where possible in its business district, to eliminate the causes of that deteriora…

Sec. 203a. If a downtown district is part of an area annexed to or consolidated with another municipality, the authority managing that district shall become an authority of the annexing or consolidated municipality. Obligations of that authority incurred under a development or ta…

Sec. 203b. (1) An ordinance enacted by a municipality that has a population of less than 50,000 establishing an authority, creating a district, or approving a development plan or tax increment financing plan, or an amendment to an authority, district, or plan, and all actions tak…

Sec. 203c. The validity of the proceedings or findings establishing an authority, or of the procedure, adequacy of notice, or findings with respect to the approval of a development plan or tax increment financing plan is conclusive with respect to the capture of tax increment rev…

Sec. 203d. An ordinance enacted by a municipality that has a population of greater than 1,000 and less than 2,000 establishing an authority, creating a district, or approving a development plan or tax increment financing plan, or an amendment to an authority, district, or plan, a…

Sec. 204. (1) Except as provided in subsections (7), (8), and (9), an authority shall be under the supervision and control of a board consisting of the chief executive officer of the municipality or his or her designee from the governing body of the municipality and not less than…

Sec. 205. (1) The board may employ and fix the compensation of a director, subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the board. A member of the board is not eligible to hold the position of director. Before ente…

Sec. 206. The employees of an authority shall be eligible to participate in municipal retirement and insurance programs of the municipality as if they were civil service employees except that the employees of an authority are not civil service employees.