October 16, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Proos, Johnson, Virgil Smith, Ball, Angerer, Acciavatti, Pavlov, Moss, Marleau, Palsrok and Huizenga and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
A bill to amend 1966 PA 346, entitled
"State housing development authority act of 1966,"
(MCL 125.1401 to 125.1499c) by adding section 18.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18. (1) A person may propose a program to provide
neighborhood assistance, job training, or education in an eligible
distressed area for individuals or for community services or crime
prevention in an eligible distressed area. The proposal shall be
submitted to the authority for approval. The authority shall
develop criteria for approval of the program and, if the proposal
satisfies the criteria, the authority shall issue a certificate
approving the program.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Community services" means any type of counseling and
advice, emergency assistance, medical care, recreational
facilities, housing facilities, or economic development assistance
to individuals, groups, or neighborhood organizations in an
eligible distressed area.
(b) "Crime prevention" means any activity which aids in the
reduction of crime in an eligible distressed area.
(c) "Education" means any type of scholastic instruction or
scholarship assistance to an individual who resides in an eligible
distressed area that enables the individual to prepare for better
life opportunities.
(d) "Job training" means any type of instruction provided to
an individual who resides in an eligible distressed area that
enables the individual to acquire vocational skills so that the
individual can become employable or be able to seek a higher grade
of employment.
(e) "Neighborhood assistance" means furnishing financial
assistance, labor, material, and technical advice to aid in the
physical or economic improvement of any part or all of an eligible
distressed area.
(f) "Neighborhood organization" means any organization that is
exempt under section 501 of the internal revenue code and that
performs community services in an eligible distressed area.
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) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5312(request no.
01411'07 **).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5311(request no.
03713'07 *).