Title 125, PLANNING, HOUSING, AND ZONING

Sec. 21. (1) If, after the hearing provided for in section 19, the authority board desires to proceed with an improvement, the authority board shall approve or determine by resolution all of the following: (a) The carrying out of the improvement. (b) The plans and estimate of cos…

Sec. 22. (1) After a special assessment roll is prepared by the authority board, the assessment roll shall be filed in the office of the authority board and the office of the township clerk of each township where the authority district is located. Before confirming the assessment…

Sec. 23. (1) The authority board may provide that special assessments are payable in 1 or more installments, but the amount of an installment shall not be less than 1/2 of any subsequent installment. The amount of each installment, if there is more than 1 installment, need not be…

Sec. 24. From the date of confirmation of the roll, special assessments contained in a special assessment roll, including any part of a special assessment deferred as to payment, are a lien upon the respective parcels of land assessed. The lien shall be of the same character and …

Sec. 25. When a special assessment roll is confirmed, the authority board shall direct the assessments made on the roll to be collected. The secretary of the authority shall then deliver to the township treasurer the special assessment roll, to which he or she shall attach his or…

Sec. 26. If, pursuant to section 25, the township treasurer reports as delinquent any assessment or part of an assessment, the authority board shall certify the delinquent sum to the supervisor of the township where the parcel is located. The supervisor shall reassess on the annu…

Sec. 27. The township treasurer or county treasurer shall promptly pay to the authority board treasurer any special assessment payments for an improvement under this act collected by the township treasurer or county treasurer.

Sec. 28. If a parcel of land is divided after a special assessment on the land is confirmed, and before the special assessment is collected, the authority board may apportion the uncollected amounts between the several divisions of the parcel. Upon confirmation by the authority b…

Sec. 29. (1) If the assessments in a special assessment roll are insufficient for any reason, including the noncollection of the assessments, to pay for the improvement for which they were made or to pay the principal and interest on the bonds issued in anticipation of the collec…

Sec. 30. If, in the opinion of the authority board, a special assessment is invalid by reason of irregularities or informalities in the proceedings, or if any court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction adjudges the assessment to be illegal, the authority board, whether the…

Sec. 31. The governing body of a public or private corporation whose property is exempt by law from the special assessments may adopt a resolution to pay the special assessments against the property. If such a resolution is adopted, the special assessments are a valid claim again…

Sec. 32. (1) After the special assessment roll for an improvement is confirmed, the authority board may borrow money and issue the bonds and notes of the authority in anticipation of the collection of special assessments to defray all or any part of the cost of the improvement. T…

Sec. 33. The authority board may determine that the whole or any part of an obligation of the authority assessed or contracted for pursuant to Act No. 185 of the Public Acts of 1957, being sections 123.731 to 123.786 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or the drain code of 1956, Act N…

Sec. 34. Interest earned from the investment of money collected under a special assessment under this act, of money received as bond proceeds from a bond issued under section 32, or of money from interest or penalties charged and collected on an unpaid special assessment under th…

Sec. 35. (1) Bonds and notes issued by the authority shall be issued in the name of the authority and not in the name of the county in which the authority district is located or a township in which all or part of the authority district is located. The county in which the authorit…

Sec. 36. (1) The authority is a body politic and corporate. (2) The authority is not a taxing unit or local taxing unit for purposes of sections 87b to 87g of the general property tax act, Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, being sections 211.87b to 211.87g of the Michigan C…

Sec. 37. The county within which the authority district is located or a township in which all or part of the authority district is located may charge the authority, and the authority shall reimburse the county or township, for expenses reasonably incurred by the county or townshi…

Sec. 38. (1) A township in which all or a portion of an authority district is located may transfer all or a portion of the property in that township that is within the authority district to a local unit pursuant to Act No. 425 of the Public Acts of 1984, being sections 124.21 to …

Sec. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) That there is a statewide pressing need for programs to alleviate and prevent conditions of unemployment; to preserve existing jobs and create new jobs to meet the employment demands of population growth; to promote the devel…

Sec. 2. (1) The state research fund is hereby created. The department of labor and economic growth shall give public notice of the existence of the fund, the fund's objectives, and requirements for participation in the fund. From the amounts received by the fund, the department o…

Sec. 3. (1) The department of commerce shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this act pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The rules shall include special oversight provisions f…

Sec. 4. (1) Proprietary information on a proposal submitted under this act shall be exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The entities submitt…

Sec. 5. The sum of $990,000.00 from the appropriation made for the technology based innovation and development fund by Act No. 30 of the Public Acts of 1981 to the department of management and budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, is hereby transferred from the de…

Sec. 6. Section 73 of Act No. 30 of the Public Acts of 1981 is repealed.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "inclusive home design act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Applicant" means 1 or more individuals, corporations, nonprofit corporations, partnerships, associations, limited liability companies, labor organizations, mutual corporations, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated associations, trustees,…

Sec. 3. Beginning January 1, 2007, at least 50% of family residential real estate that is to be newly constructed after December 31, 2006 and that is receiving funding under the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1401 to 125.1499c, shall be cons…

Sec. 4. Each applicant for assistance from the authority shall submit an assurance on forms developed and provided by the authority that family residential real estate to be newly constructed after December 31, 2006 with funding provided by the authority shall comply with this ac…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan business incubation act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Business incubation center" or "center" means a building described in section 3. (b) "Community board" or "board" means a board created pursuant to section 4. (c) "Department" means the department of commerce. (d) "Educational institution" means …

Sec. 3. (1) Upon receipt of a petition from a community board pursuant to section 5, the department shall designate, in whole or in part, not more than 10 vacant or nearly vacant buildings as business incubation centers for the purpose of encouraging and assisting, as described i…

Sec. 4. (1) A local governmental unit or educational institution or other organization that desires to have a vacant or nearly vacant building designated, in whole or in part, as a business incubation center shall appoint, in conjunction with local governmental units or private o…

Sec. 5. (1) Upon appointment, the community board shall do all of the following: (a) Identify the building or part of the building under consideration for designation as a business incubation center. (b) Advertise the concept of a business incubation center in the surrounding are…

Sec. 6. (1) After filing a petition pursuant to section 5, the community board, in cooperation with the department, shall conduct and complete within 180 calendar days an in-depth center feasibility study. The study shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following facto…

Sec. 7. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a designation of a building as a business incubation center shall remain in effect for 15 years unless otherwise agreed to at any time during the period of designation by the department and a community board. (2) A local governmen…

Sec. 8. (1) When a building is designated as a business incubation center by the department, its community board shall accept applications from persons desiring to start or expand a small business and to locate that business within a business incubation center. The application, d…

Sec. 9. (1) A community board shall evaluate applicants who want to start or expand a small business and to locate within the business incubation center based upon, but not limited to, all of the following factors: (a) The likelihood that the business will be profitable. (b) Whet…

Sec. 10. (1) A community board shall report in writing at least annually to the department on the activities of the board and the center. The report shall include, at minimum, the name of each applicant whose application it rejects, together with the reasons for the rejection, an…

Sec. 11. A lessee of a business incubation center shall do all of the following: (a) Pay rent, which amount shall be determined by the board. The board may agree to have the rent for a predetermined number of months payable at a later date by which time the business is expected t…

Sec. 12. (1) In return for his or her monthly rent, a lessee of a business incubation center shall receive the following benefits: (a) Physical space within the center. (b) The services of a building management consultant or management consulting firm. (c) Services or facilities …

Sec. 13. (1) The department shall work closely with business incubation centers, offering advice and assistance when possible, and shall promote, through advertising and other appropriate means, the concept and benefits of business incubation centers and their availability. (2) T…

Sec. 14. (1) The department shall administer state funding for the centers it designates. (2) During the first 3 years of operation, the department shall provide funding for any designated center up to 50% of the costs of establishment and maintenance that are not covered by rent…

Sec. 15. The legislature annually shall appropriate a sum sufficient to implement this act.

Sec. 16. The department shall submit to the senate and house committees that have the responsibility for economic development matters 2 reports covering the effectiveness of this act, the number of applicants who were accepted into business incubation centers, and the number of s…

Sec. 1. It is hereby found and declared that many residential neighborhood areas in the municipalities of this state are in danger of becoming blighted, with the consequent impairment of taxable values upon which in large part, municipal revenues depend; that such areas can prove…

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Neighborhood area" means a portion of a municipality that has been delimited as a neighborhood unit in a plan of neighborhoods adopted by the legislative body, which plan has the function of designating the service area of elementary schools, pla…

Sec. 3. The following plans, statements and actions are hereby made requisite for, and a condition of, the exercise of the powers herein granted for the acquisition, disposal, or lease of real property for the carrying out of a neighborhood betterment plan in a neighborhood area;…