HB-6493, As Passed Senate, December 18, 2008
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 6493
A bill to amend 1966 PA 346, entitled
"State housing development authority act of 1966,"
(MCL 125.1401 to 125.1499c) by adding chapter 3B.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
CHAPTER 3B
Sec. 59. (1) The definitions in section 11 apply to this
chapter unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
(2) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Area median income" means the median income for the area
as determined under section 8 of the United States housing act of
1937, 42 USC 1437f, adjusted for family size.
(b) "Income" means an amount determined in a manner consistent
with the determination of lower income families under section 8 of
the United States housing act of 1937, 42 USC 1437f.
(c) "Supportive housing property" means property that meets
all of the following requirements:
(i) Is owned by an organization exempt under section 501(c)(3)
of the of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501.
(ii) All living units are occupied by 1 or more persons each
having incomes at or below 30% of the area median income and who
each individually receive services for not less than 1 hour per
month either directly from or contracted for by an organization
identified in subparagraph (i), which services include, but are not
limited to, mental health, substance abuse, counseling, and
assistance with daily living.
(iii) Consists of not more than 6 individual living units.
Sec. 59a. (1) The owner of supportive housing property shall
file with the local assessing officer a notification of that
status, which shall be in an affidavit form as provided by the
authority. The completed affidavit form first shall be submitted to
the authority for certification by the authority that the project
is supportive housing property. The owner then shall file the
certified notification of the exemption with the local assessing
officer before November 1 of the year preceding the tax year in
which the exemption is to begin.
(2) An owner of property for which certification as supportive
housing property is denied or a local unit of government in which
property certified as supportive housing property is located may
appeal the authority's determination to the circuit court of the
county in which the property is located.
(3) The authority shall certify property as supportive housing
property on a first-come, first-served basis. However, not more
than 25% of the number of living units that may be certified as
supportive housing property for a year can be in a single county.
If by October 1 of that year the total number of living units for
that year is less than the 250 living units authorized in
subsection (1), the authority may certify living units on a first-
come, first-served basis in counties that received 25% of the
living units for that year.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 5437.
(b) House Bill No. 5438.