Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.2658a

  • Authority: means a brownfield redevelopment authority created under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Board: means the board that supervises and controls an authority under section 5. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Brownfield plan: means a plan that meets the requirements of section 13 and 13b and is adopted under section 14. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Construction period tax capture revenues: means funds equal to the amount of income tax levied and imposed in a calendar year on wages paid to individuals physically present and working within the eligible property for the construction, renovation, or other improvement of eligible property that is an eligible activity within a transformational brownfield plan. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Department: means the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Eligible property: means either of the following:
    (i) Except as otherwise provided in sub-subparagraph (G), property for which eligible activities are identified under a brownfield plan that was used or is currently used for commercial, industrial, public, or residential purposes, including personal property located on the property, or former dumps, landfills, and other areas filled with nonnative material, to the extent included in the brownfield plan, and that meets 1 or more of the following conditions listed in sub-subparagraphs (A) to (F):
    (A) Is in a qualified local governmental unit and is a facility or a site or property as those terms are defined in part 213, historic resource, functionally obsolete, or blighted and includes parcels that are adjacent or contiguous to that property if the development of the adjacent and contiguous parcels is estimated to increase the captured taxable value of that property. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Housing development activities: means 1 or more of the following:
  •     (i) Reimbursement provided to owners of rental housing units for qualified rehabilitation. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Income tax: means the tax levied and imposed under part 1 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Income tax capture revenues: means , with respect to each eligible property subject to a transformational brownfield plan, funds equal to the amount for each tax year by which the aggregate income tax from individuals residing within the eligible property subject to a transformational brownfield plan exceeds the initial income tax value. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Michigan state housing development authority: means the Michigan state housing development authority created in section 21 of the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Michigan strategic fund: means the Michigan strategic fund created under the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Sales and use tax capture revenues: means , with respect to each eligible property subject to a transformational brownfield plan, the amount for each calendar year by which the sales tax and use tax collected from persons within the eligible property exceeds the initial sales and use tax value. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • State brownfield redevelopment fund: means the state brownfield redevelopment fund created in section 8a. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Transformational brownfield plan: means a brownfield plan that meets the requirements of section 13c and is adopted under section 14a and, as designated by resolution of the governing body and approved by the Michigan strategic fund, will have a transformational impact on local economic development and community revitalization based on the extent of brownfield redevelopment and growth in population, commercial activity, and employment that will result from the plan. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Use tax: means the tax levied under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  • Withholding tax capture revenues: means , with respect to each eligible property subject to a transformational brownfield plan, the amount for each calendar year by which the income tax withheld under chapter 17 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
  •     (1) The state brownfield redevelopment fund is created as a revolving fund within the department of treasury to be administered as provided in this section. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the state brownfield redevelopment fund. Money in the state brownfield redevelopment fund at the close of the fiscal year remains in the state brownfield redevelopment fund and does not lapse to the general fund.
        (2) The state treasurer shall credit to the fund money from the following sources:
        (a) All amounts deposited into the state brownfield redevelopment fund under subsection (4) and section 13b(14).
        (b) The proceeds from repayment of a loan, including interest on those repayments, under subsection (3)(c)(vi).
        (c) Interest on funds deposited into the state brownfield redevelopment fund.
        (d) Money obtained from any other source authorized by law.
        (3) The state brownfield redevelopment fund may be used only for the following purposes:
        (a) Up to 15% of the amounts deposited annually into the state brownfield redevelopment fund may be used to pay administrative costs of all of the following:
        (i) The Michigan strategic fund to implement this act.
        (ii) The department to implement this act.
        (iii) The department to implement part 196 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19601 to 324.19616.
        (iv) The department of treasury to implement this act.
        (b) To make deposits into the clean Michigan initiative bond fund under section 19606(2)(d) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19606, for use in providing grants and loans under section 19608(1)(a)(iv) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19608.
        (c) To fund a grant and loan program created and operated by the Michigan strategic fund for the costs of eligible activities described in section 13b(4) on eligible properties. The grant and loan program must provide for all of the following:
        (i) The Michigan strategic fund shall create and operate a grant and loan program to provide grants and loans to fund eligible activities described in section 13b(4) on eligible property. The Michigan strategic fund shall develop and use a detailed application, approval, and compliance process adopted by resolution of the board of the Michigan strategic fund. This process must be published and available on the Michigan strategic fund website. Program standards, guidelines, templates, or any other forms to implement the grant and loan program must be approved by the board of the Michigan strategic fund. The Michigan strategic fund may delegate its approval authority under this subsection to a designee.
        (ii) A person may apply to the Michigan strategic fund for approval of a grant or loan to fund eligible activities described in section 13b(4) on eligible property.
        (iii) The Michigan strategic fund shall approve or deny an application not more than 60 days after receipt of an administratively complete application. If the application is neither approved nor denied within 60 days, it must be considered by the board of the Michigan strategic fund, or its designee if delegated, for action at, or by, the next regularly scheduled board meeting. The Michigan strategic fund may delegate the approval or denial of an application to the chairperson of the Michigan strategic fund or other designees determined by the board.
        (iv) If an application is approved under this subsection, the Michigan strategic fund shall enter into a written agreement with the applicant. The written agreement must provide all the conditions imposed on the applicant and the terms of the grant or loan. The written agreement must also provide for penalties if the applicant fails to comply with the provisions of the written agreement.
        (v) After the Michigan strategic fund and the applicant have entered into a written agreement under subparagraph (iv), the Michigan strategic fund shall distribute the proceeds to the applicant according to the terms of the written agreement.
        (vi) Any proceeds from repayment of a loan, including interest on those repayments, under this subsection must be paid into the state brownfield redevelopment fund or to the fund from which the loan was generated, as described in subdivision (b) and this subdivision.
        (d) To distribute construction period tax capture revenues, withholding tax capture revenues, income tax capture revenues, and sales and use tax capture revenues in accordance with a transformational brownfield plan under subsection (4).
        (e) To distribute revenue deposited in the state brownfield redevelopment fund from a brownfield plan that includes housing development activities and that was approved by the Michigan state housing development authority under section 13b(4)(b) to the housing development fund created in section 23 of the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1423.
        (4) The state treasurer shall deposit annually from the general fund into the state brownfield redevelopment fund an amount equal to the construction period tax capture revenues, withholding tax capture revenues, income tax capture revenues, and sales and use tax capture revenues due to be transmitted under all transformational brownfield plans. The department of treasury shall distribute the construction period tax capture revenues, withholding tax capture revenues, income tax capture revenues, and sales and use tax capture revenues to an authority, or to the owner or developer of the eligible property to which the revenues are attributable, in accordance with section 16(8) and the terms of the written development or reimbursement agreement for each transformational brownfield plan. Amounts transferred into the state brownfield redevelopment fund attributable to a specific transformational brownfield plan must be accounted for separately within the state brownfield redevelopment fund and must not be used for any other purpose or activity under this section or for any transformational brownfield plan other than the plan to which the revenues are attributable or for the additional administrative costs under this section associated with the implementation of a transformational brownfield plan.