May 24, 2007, Introduced by Senators JACOBS, PATTERSON, SANBORN, GILBERT, JANSEN, PAPPAGEORGE, ALLEN, BIRKHOLZ, BROWN, GARCIA, THOMAS, RICHARDVILLE and HUNTER and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1996 PA 381, entitled
"Brownfield redevelopment financing act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 125.2653), as amended by 2000 PA 145.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3. (1) A municipality may establish 1 or more
authorities. Except as provided in subsection (4), an authority
with
zones established before the effective date of the amendatory
act
that added subsection (2) June
6, 2000 shall exercise its
powers within its designated zones. Except as provided in
subsection
(4), an authority established after the effective date
of
the amendatory act that added subsection (2) June 6, 2000 shall
exercise its powers over any eligible property located in the
municipality.
(2)
An authority with zones established before the effective
date
of the amendatory act that added this subsection June 6, 2000
may alter or amend the boundaries of those zones if the authority
holds a public hearing on the alteration or amendment using the
procedures under section 4(2), (3), and (4).
(3) The authority shall be a public body corporate that may
sue and be sued in a court of competent jurisdiction. The authority
possesses all the powers necessary to carry out the purpose of its
incorporation. The enumeration of a power in this act is not a
limitation upon the general powers of the authority. The powers
granted in this act to an authority may be exercised whether or not
bonds are issued by the authority.
(4) An authority established by a county shall exercise its
powers with respect to eligible property within a city, village, or
township within the county only if that city, village, or township
has concurred by resolution with the provisions of a brownfield
plan that apply to that eligible property within the city, village,
or township.
(5) A city, village, or township including a city, village, or
township that is a qualified local governmental unit may enter into
a written agreement with the county in which that city, village, or
township is located to exercise the powers granted to that specific
city, village, or township under this act.