HOUSE BILL No. 5517

 

December 14, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Lemmons, III, Lemmons, Jr. and Cheeks and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 

     A bill to amend 1992 PA 147, entitled

 

"Neighborhood enterprise zone act,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 207.774), as amended by 2004 PA 566.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. (1) The owner or developer or prospective owner or

 

developer of a proposed new facility or an owner or developer or

 

prospective developer proposing to rehabilitate property located in

 

a neighborhood enterprise zone may file an application for a

 

neighborhood enterprise zone certificate with the clerk of the

 

local governmental unit. The application shall be filed in the

 

manner and form prescribed by the commission. Except as provided in

 

subsection (2) or as otherwise provided by the local governmental

 

unit by resolution, the application shall be filed before a

 

building permit is issued for the new construction or

 


rehabilitation of the facility.

 

     (2) An application may be filed after a building permit is

 

issued only if 1 or more of the following apply:

 

     (a) For the rehabilitation of a facility if the area in which

 

the facility is located is designated as a neighborhood enterprise

 

zone by the governing body of the local governmental unit in the

 

calendar year 1992 and if the building permit is issued for the

 

rehabilitation before December 31, 1994 and after the date on which

 

the area in which the facility is located was designated as a

 

neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body of the local

 

governmental unit.

 

     (b) For the construction of a new facility if the area in

 

which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood

 

enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental

 

unit in calendar year 1992 or 1993 and if the building permit is

 

issued for that new facility before December 31, 1995 and after

 

January 1, 1993.

 

     (c) For the construction of a new facility if the area in

 

which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood

 

enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental

 

unit in July 1997 and if the building permit is issued for that new

 

facility on February 3, 1998.

 

     (d) For a new facility or a rehabilitated facility if the area

 

in which the new facility or rehabilitated facility is located was

 

designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body

 

of the local governmental unit in July 1996 and if the building

 

permit was issued for that facility on or before July 3, 2001.

 


     (e) For a new facility or a rehabilitated facility if the area

 

in which the new facility or rehabilitated facility is located was

 

designated as a neighborhood enterprise zone by the governing body

 

of the local governmental unit in October 1994 and if the building

 

permit was issued for that facility on or before April 25, 1997.

 

     (f) For the construction of a new facility if the area in

 

which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood

 

enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental

 

unit in September 2001 and if the building permit is issued for

 

that new facility on March 3, 2003.

 

     (g) For a rehabilitated facility if all or a portion of the

 

rehabilitated facility is a qualified historic building.

 

     (h) For the construction of a new facility if the area in

 

which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood

 

enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental

 

unit in July 1993 and the new facility was a model home.

 

     (i) For the construction of a new facility if the area in

 

which the new facility is located is designated as a neighborhood

 

enterprise zone by the governing body of the local governmental

 

unit in August 2004 and if building permits were issued for that

 

facility beginning November 5, 2002 through December 23, 2003.

 

     (3) The application shall contain or be accompanied by all of

 

the following:

 

     (a) A general description of the new facility or proposed

 

rehabilitated facility.

 

     (b) The dimensions of the parcel on which the new facility or

 

proposed rehabilitated facility is or is to be located.

 


     (c) The general nature and extent of the construction to be

 

undertaken.

 

     (d) A time schedule for undertaking and completing the

 

rehabilitation of property or the construction of the new facility.

 

     (e) Any other information required by the local governmental

 

unit.

 

     (4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, for any

 

certificate issued as a result of the enactment of the amendatory

 

act that added subsection (2)(c), the effective date of the

 

certificate shall be the first day of the tax year following the

 

year the certificate is approved by the commission.

 

     (5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, for any

 

certificate issued as a result of the enactment of the amendatory

 

act that added subsection (2)(d) or the amendatory act that added

 

subsection (2)(e), the effective date of the certificate shall be

 

January 1, 2001.