Michigan Laws 207.756 – Disposition and use of excise tax revenues
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The revenues from the tax imposed under this act shall be deposited in a special fund and shall be used and may be pledged by the eligible municipality only for the following purposes or paid to the following entities in the following order of priority:
(a) Costs borne by the eligible municipality for the election required under section 2(3) and in the administration and enforcement of the ordinance.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 207.756
- Convention facility: means a convention exhibition facility, including meeting rooms and necessary sites, related parking lots or structures, and appurtenant properties and facilities, if the facility itself contains not less than 50,000 square feet of exhibition space and if the eligible municipality is a county, the facility is located within the boundaries of the most populous city in the county. See Michigan Laws 207.751
- Eligible municipality: means any of the following:
(i) An eligible county that intends to impose a tax under this act for purposes related to a stadium as defined under subdivision (i)(i). See Michigan Laws 207.751Stadium: means a facility, including necessary sites, related parking lots or structures, and appurtenant properties and facilities, that is intended to provide space for any of the following:
(i) A professional baseball franchise, if the facility itself contains not less than 25,000 seats and is located in the downtown area of the most populous city in the eligible county. See Michigan Laws 207.751
(b) Costs associated with the acquisition and construction of a stadium as defined by section 1(i)(i) or with the acquisition, improvement, enlargement, and construction of a stadium as defined by section 1(i)(ii) or convention facility as defined by section 1(c), including the reimbursement of those costs paid by an eligible municipality, and costs of current or future annual rental payable for a stadium or convention facility by an eligible municipality, or reimbursement of the eligible municipality for rentals paid, to an authority that is incorporated by the eligible municipality pursuant to Act No. 31 of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1948, being section 123.951 to 123.965 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(c) To the extent not needed for purposes identified in subdivision (a) or (b) in any year or to maintain a reserve for those purposes in future years, costs associated with the clearance and improvement of land for assembly and development purposes.