SB-1240, As Passed Senate, June 9, 2004                                     

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1240

                                                                             A bill to amend 1975 PA 197, entitled                                             

"An act to provide for the establishment of a downtown                      

development authority; to prescribe its powers and duties; to               

correct and prevent deterioration in business districts; to                 

encourage historic preservation; to authorize the acquisition and           

disposal of interests in real and personal property; to authorize           

the creation and implementation of development plans in the                 

districts; to promote the economic growth of the districts; to              

create a board; to prescribe its powers and duties; to authorize            

the levy and collection of taxes; to authorize the issuance of              

bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to authorize the use             

of tax increment financing; to reimburse downtown development               

authorities for certain losses of tax increment revenues; and to            

prescribe the powers and duties of certain state officials,"                

by amending section 7 (MCL 125.1657), as amended by 1985 PA 221.            

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 7.  The board may:                                                     

2       (a) Prepare an analysis of economic changes taking place in                 

3   the downtown district.                                                      

4       (b) Study and analyze the impact of metropolitan growth upon                

5   the downtown district.                                                      

1       (c) Plan and propose the construction, renovation, repair,                  

2   remodeling, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, or                   

3   reconstruction of a public facility, an existing building, or a             

4   multiple-family dwelling unit which may be necessary or                     

5   appropriate to the execution of a plan which, in the opinion of             

6   the board, aids in the economic growth of the downtown district.            

7       (d) Plan, propose, and implement an improvement to a public                 

8   facility within the development area to comply with the barrier             

9   free design requirements of the state construction code                     

10  promulgated under the  state construction code act of 1972, Act             

11  No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, being sections 125.1501 to              

12  125.1531 of the Michigan Compiled Laws Stille-DeRossett-Hale               

13  single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to            

14  125.1531.                                                                   

15      (e) Develop long-range plans, in cooperation with the agency                

16  which is chiefly responsible for planning in the municipality,              

17  designed to halt the deterioration of property values in the                

18  downtown district and to promote the economic growth of the                 

19  downtown district, and take such steps as may be necessary to               

20  persuade property owners to implement the plans to the fullest              

21  extent possible.                                                            

22      (f) Implement any plan of development in the downtown                       

23  district necessary to achieve the purposes of this act, in                  

24  accordance with the powers of the authority as granted by this              

25  act.                                                                        

26      (g) Make and enter into contracts necessary or incidental to                

27  the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties.               

1       (h) Acquire by purchase or otherwise, on terms and conditions               

2   and in a manner the authority  deems considers proper or own,              

3   convey, or otherwise dispose of, or lease as lessor or lessee,              

4   land and other property, real or personal, or rights or interests           

5   therein in property, which the authority determines is                    

6   reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes of this act, and to            

7   grant or acquire licenses, easements, and options with respect              

8   thereto to that property.                                                 

9       (i) Improve land and construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate,                  

10  restore and preserve, equip, improve, maintain, repair, and                 

11  operate any building, including multiple-family dwellings, and              

12  any necessary or desirable appurtenances  thereto to that                  

13  property, within the downtown district for the use, in whole or             

14  in part, of any public or private person or corporation, or a               

15  combination  thereof of them.                                              

16      (j) Fix, charge, and collect fees, rents, and charges for the               

17  use of any building or property under its control or any part               

18  thereof, or facility therein, and pledge the fees, rents, and               

19  charges for the payment of revenue bonds issued by the                      

20  authority.                                                                  

21      (k) Lease any building or property under its control, or any                

22  part  thereof of a building or property.                                   

23                                                                               (l) Accept grants and donations of property, labor, or other                        

24  things of value from a public or private source.                            

25      (m) Acquire and construct public facilities.                                

26  (n) Create, operate, and fund marketing initiatives that                    

27  benefit the downtown district.                                              

1       (o) Contract for broadband service and wireless technology                  

2   service in the downtown district.