SENATE BILL No. 683

 

 

June 30, 2005, Introduced by Senators BIRKHOLZ, ALLEN, TOY, KUIPERS and VAN WOERKOM and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.

 

 

 

     A bill to provide for coordinated land use and capital

 

facility planning among cities, villages, townships, counties,

 

regions, and state and federal agencies; to provide for the

 

creation, organization, powers, and duties of planning commissions;

 

to provide for the preparation of capital improvement programs; to

 

provide conditions for funding or construction of capital

 

improvements; to authorize the review of land divisions, plats, and

 

condominium projects; to establish a grant program to assist with

 

the financing of plans; to provide for the powers and duties of

 

certain state and local governmental officers and entities; and to

 

repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER 1

 

SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS


 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"coordinated planning act".

 

     Sec. 3. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Capital facility" means land, a structure, a piece of

 

equipment, or another major asset, if acquired or constructed with

 

public funds or constructed or operated with public funds by a

 

private entity under contract to a state or regional governmental

 

entity or political subdivision and used to provide a public

 

service.

 

     (b) "Capital improvement program" or "CIP" means a document,

 

as described and adopted under section 71, that contains a schedule

 

for the purchase, sale, construction, improvement, or replacement

 

of capital facilities within the current year and the next 5 or

 

more years.

 

     (c) "Chief administrative officer" means 1 of the following,

 

as applicable:

 

     (i) In a city, the city manager, or, if there is no city

 

manager, the mayor.

 

     (ii) In a village, the village manager, or, if there is no

 

village manager, the village president.

 

     (iii) In a township, the township manager. If there is no

 

township manager, "chief administrative officer" means the township

 

superintendent, or, if there is no township superintendent, the

 

township supervisor.

 

     (iv) In a county organized under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to

 

45.521, the county executive or chief administrative officer.

 

     (v) In a county organized under 1973 PA 139, MCL 45.551 to


 

45.573, the county manager or county executive.

 

     (vi) In any other county, the chairperson of the county board

 

of commissioners.

 

     (d) "Comprehensive plan" means a plan as described in section

 

49.

 

     (e) "County plan" means a plan of the type specified in

 

section 43 for the development of a county.

 

     (f) "County planning commission" means a planning commission

 

established under section 11(3).

 

     (g) "Department", unless the context indicates a different

 

meaning, means the department of management and budget.

 

     (h) "Future land use plan" means a plan described in section

 

47.

 

     (i) "General plan" means a plan as described in section 45.

 

     (j) "Governing body" means the following:

 

     (i) With respect to a city or village, the legislative body of

 

the city or village.

 

     (ii) With respect to a township, the township board.

 

     (iii) With respect to a county, the county board of

 

commissioners.

 

     (iv) With respect to a local authority established by or

 

pursuant to state law, the board of that authority.

 

     (k) "Growth management plan" or "redevelopment plan" means a

 

plan as described in section 51.

 

     (l) "Guideline" means that term as defined in section 3 of the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.203.

 

     Sec. 5. As used in this act:


 

     (a) "Joint municipal plan" means a plan of the type specified

 

in section 43 for the development of the combined territory of 2 or

 

more municipalities.

 

     (b) "Joint municipal planning commission" means a planning

 

commission established under section 11(2).

 

     (c) "Local unit" means a municipality or county.

 

     (d) "Municipal" or "municipality" means or refers to a city,

 

village, or township.

 

     (e) "Municipal plan" means a plan of the type specified in

 

section 43 for the development of a municipality.

 

     (f) "Municipal planning commission" means a planning

 

commission established under section 11(1) or exercising the powers

 

and duties of such a planning commission pursuant to section 11(1).

 

     Sec. 7. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Participating" means either of the following:

 

     (i) With reference to a municipality, that the municipality has

 

taken part in the establishment of a joint municipal planning

 

commission or joined an existing joint municipal planning

 

commission and has not withdrawn from the joint municipal planning

 

commission.

 

     (ii) With reference to a public school academy, special

 

authority, or political subdivision, that the political subdivision

 

has taken part in the establishment of a regional planning

 

commission or joined an existing regional planning commission, as

 

applicable, and has not withdrawn from the regional planning

 

commission.

 

     (b) "Plan", unless the context indicates a different meaning,


 

means a county plan, municipal plan, joint municipal plan, or

 

regional plan.

 

     (c) "Planning commission", unless the context indicates a

 

different meaning, means a county planning commission, municipal

 

planning commission, joint municipal planning commission, or

 

regional planning commission.

 

     (d) "Plat" means that term as defined in section 102 of the

 

land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL 560.102.

 

     (e) "Political subdivision" means a local unit, a school

 

district, or an authority established by 2 or more local units by

 

or pursuant to state law.

 

     (f) "Proposing", when used to describe a planning commission,

 

means a planning commission that intends to prepare or has prepared

 

a proposed plan.

 

     (g) "Region" means the jurisdictional area of a regional

 

planning commission.

 

     (h) "Regional plan" means a plan of the type specified in

 

section 43 for the development of the area under the jurisdiction

 

of a regional planning commission.

 

     (i) "Regional planning commission", unless the context

 

indicates a different meaning, means any of the following:

 

     (i) A regional planning commission established under section

 

11(4).

 

     (ii) Except as used in sections 13 to 27, a regional planning

 

commission or regional council of governments acting pursuant to

 

section 11(5).

 

     (iii) Except as used in sections 13 to 27, a metropolitan area


 

council established under section 5 of the metropolitan councils

 

act, 1989 PA 292, MCL 124.655, or a regional council of

 

governments, acting pursuant to section 11(6).

 

     (j) "Reviewing entity" means a state agency, planning

 

commission, drain commission, or road commission to which a

 

municipal plan, joint municipal plan, county plan, or regional plan

 

is required to be submitted for review under section 55(1)(b) to

 

(e).

 

CHAPTER 2

 

PLANNING COMMISSIONS

 

     Sec. 11. (1) By ordinance, the governing body of a

 

municipality may establish a municipal planning commission or, if

 

the municipality has a population of less than 2,500, may provide

 

that the governing body shall serve as the municipal planning

 

commission. A planning commission established before the effective

 

date of this act by municipal charter may continue to operate on

 

and after the effective date of this act subject to the charter

 

provisions without being reconstituted under this act. However, a

 

municipality may by ordinance or charter amendment alter the powers

 

and duties of a planning commission established by charter to

 

include the powers and duties of a municipal planning commission

 

under this act. Furthermore, any municipal charter amendment

 

related to a planning commission and adopted after the effective

 

date of this act shall conform to this act.

 

     (2) The governing bodies of 2 or more contiguous

 

municipalities may by resolution adopt an agreement establishing a

 

joint municipal planning commission. The jurisdictional area of the


 

joint municipal planning commission shall consist of the combined

 

territory of the participating municipalities. The agreement shall

 

include a procedure by which a participating municipality may

 

withdraw from the joint municipal planning commission and a

 

procedure by which a municipality may join the joint municipal

 

planning commission.

 

     (3) The county board of commissioners of a county may by

 

ordinance establish a county planning commission.

 

     (4) The governing bodies of 3 or more contiguous counties, and

 

of any number of other political subdivisions within those

 

counties, may by resolution adopt an agreement establishing a

 

regional planning commission. The agreement shall describe the area

 

over which a regional planning commission has responsibility to

 

prepare a coordinated plan. The agreement shall include a procedure

 

by which a participating political subdivision may withdraw from

 

the regional planning commission and a procedure by which a

 

political subdivision may join a regional planning commission.

 

     (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), a regional planning

 

commission created under 1945 PA 281, MCL 125.11 to 125.25, a

 

regional council of governments to which the activities, functions,

 

and programs of such a regional planning commission were

 

transferred under section 14 of 1945 PA 281, MCL 125.24, or a

 

regional economic development commission created under 1966 PA 46,

 

MCL 125.1231 to 125.1237, may exercise the powers provided for a

 

regional planning commission in this act but only if the regional

 

planning commission, regional council of governments, or regional

 

economic development commission was in existence on the effective


 

date of this act, has boundaries as defined in Executive Directive

 

1992-2, and complies with the applicable requirements of this act.

 

     (6) A regional planning commission created under 1945 PA 281,

 

MCL 125.11 to 125.25, and either a regional council of governments

 

or a metropolitan area council established under section 5 of the

 

metropolitan councils act, 1989 PA 292, MCL 124.655, may by

 

resolution adopt an agreement to transfer that regional planning

 

commission's powers, functions, staff, assets, and liabilities

 

under this act to the regional council of governments or

 

metropolitan area council if the territory to be served is

 

coterminous with county boundaries and includes all the territory

 

served by the regional planning commission. To be effective, the

 

agreement shall also be approved by a resolution of the governing

 

bodies of a majority of the political subdivisions participating in

 

that regional planning commission. If the agreement takes effect,

 

the regional council of governments or metropolitan area council

 

may receive and disburse grants-in-aid and other revenues that

 

would otherwise be available to that regional planning commission.

 

This subsection is subject to subsection (5).

 

     (7) Upon establishment of a municipal planning commission or

 

joint municipal planning commission under this act, an existing

 

planning commission for an establishing municipality established

 

under 1931 PA 285, MCL 125.31 to 125.45, 1959 PA 168, MCL 125.321

 

to 125.333, or the joint municipal planning act, 2003 PA 226, MCL

 

125.131 to 125.143, is abolished. Upon establishment of a county

 

planning commission under this act, a planning commission for that

 

county established under 1945 PA 282, MCL 125.101 to 125.115, is


 

abolished.

 

     Sec. 13. (1) Except in a municipality where the governing body

 

is serving as a municipal planning commission pursuant to section

 

11(1) and consists of less than 5 members, a municipal planning

 

commission or county planning commission shall consist of 5 or more

 

regular, voting members. A joint municipal planning commission

 

shall consist of 5 or more regular, voting members as determined by

 

the agreement establishing the planning commission. A regional

 

planning commission shall consist of 9 or more regular, voting

 

members or such membership as determined by the agreement

 

establishing that regional planning commission. Each municipality

 

participating in a joint municipal planning commission or each

 

county participating in a regional planning commission shall be

 

represented on the regional planning commission by 1 or more

 

members as determined by the agreement.

 

     (2) Except in a municipality where the governing body is

 

serving as a municipal planning commission pursuant to section

 

11(1), a municipal planning commission or county planning

 

commission may include not more than 2 alternate members. A joint

 

municipal planning commission may include a number of alternate

 

members not to exceed 1/3 of the total number of regular members as

 

determined by the agreement establishing the planning commission. A

 

regional planning commission may include a number of alternate

 

members, not to exceed the total number of regular members, as

 

determined by the agreement establishing the planning commission.

 

An alternate member may be called on a rotating basis, under

 

circumstances specified by the ordinance or agreement establishing


 

the planning commission, to serve in the absence of a regular

 

member if a regular member has been absent for 2 or more

 

consecutive meetings or is expected to be absent for 2 or more

 

consecutive meetings. An alternate member may also be called to

 

serve as a regular member if a regular member has abstained on a

 

matter because of conflict of interest. The alternate member

 

appointed shall serve until the return of a regular member.

 

However, if requested by the chairperson of the planning

 

commission, the alternate member shall continue to serve on a

 

pending individual case after the return of the regular member

 

until a decision is made, and the regular member shall not

 

participate in that case.

 

     (3) A member of a planning commission shall be appointed by

 

the following officer or body of the political subdivision

 

represented by that member:

 

     (a) The mayor of a city, the president of a village, or the

 

supervisor of a township with the concurrence of a majority of the

 

members of the governing body of the municipality.

 

     (b) The county executive or chief administrative officer of a

 

county organized under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, or the

 

county manager or county executive of a county organized under 1973

 

PA 139, MCL 45.551 to 45.573, with the concurrence of a majority of

 

the members of the county board of commissioners.

 

     (c) The county board of commissioners of a county other than a

 

county described in subdivision (b), acting by the affirmative vote

 

of a majority of its members.

 

     (d) The board or other governing body of a political


 

subdivision that is not a local unit, acting by the affirmative

 

vote of a majority of its members.

 

     (4) A member of a planning commission shall be a qualified

 

elector and shall reside within the jurisdictional area of the

 

planning commission. An officer or body appointing members of a

 

planning commission under subsection (3) shall strive to provide

 

representation of the members' jurisdictional area that is balanced

 

geographically and by major interests.

 

     (5) No more than 1 member of a zoning board or zoning board of

 

appeals of a local unit may be a member of a planning commission

 

established by that local unit or of a joint municipal planning

 

commission in which that local unit is participating.

 

     (6) The chief administrative officer or employee of a local

 

unit shall not be a member of a planning commission established by

 

that local unit or of a joint municipal planning commission in

 

which that local unit is participating.

 

     (7) Subject to subsection (8), not more than 1 member of a

 

governing body of a municipality or county may be a member of a

 

municipal planning commission or county planning commission

 

established by that municipality or county. The mayor of a city,

 

the president of a village, or the supervisor of a township shall

 

not be a member of a municipal planning commission established by

 

that city, village, or township. The chairperson of the county

 

board of commissioners of the county shall not be a member of a

 

county planning commission established by that county.

 

     (8) Subsection (7) does not apply to a municipality with a

 

population of less than 2,500 in which the governing body serves as


 

the municipal planning commission or to a planning commission

 

established before the effective date of this act by municipal

 

charter if the municipal charter provides otherwise.

 

     (9) Notwithstanding a requirement as to the size of the

 

planning commission or any other requirement under this section,

 

the governing body of a local unit may provide by resolution that

 

an individual serving immediately before the effective date of this

 

act as a member of a planning commission established by that local

 

unit or as a representative of that local unit on a regional

 

planning commission may continue to serve, for the duration of his

 

or her term, as a member of a successor planning commission

 

established by that local unit under this act or as a

 

representative of that local unit on a successor regional planning

 

commission established under section 11(4), respectively.

 

     Sec. 15. Subject to sections 11(1) and 13(9), the term of a

 

member of a municipal planning commission, a joint municipal

 

planning commission, or a county planning commission is 3 years.

 

However, the officer or body appointing members of a planning

 

commission under section 13 shall make initial appointments of

 

shorter terms as necessary so that as nearly as possible the terms

 

of 1/3 of the members expire each year. The term of a member of a

 

regional planning commission shall be as established in the

 

agreement creating that regional planning commission.

 

     Sec. 17. (1) A vacancy in the office of a member of a planning

 

commission shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the

 

same manner as the original appointment was made.

 

     (2) A member of a planning commission may be removed from


 

office by the officer or body authorized to appoint members of the

 

planning commission under section 13, with the concurrence of the

 

body authorized to concur in the appointment of the member, if any.

 

The member may only be removed after a hearing under the open

 

meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, if so requested by

 

the member. A member of a planning commission may be removed from

 

office only for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office.

 

     Sec. 19. (1) A member of a municipal planning commission or

 

county planning commission or of an advisory or other committee

 

thereof may receive compensation and reimbursement for actual,

 

reasonable expenses pursuant to standards and procedures adopted by

 

ordinance or resolution of the governing body of the local unit. A

 

member of a joint municipal planning commission, of a regional

 

planning commission, or of an advisory or other committee of either

 

such planning commission may receive compensation and reimbursement

 

for actual, reasonable expenses pursuant to standards and

 

procedures in an agreement adopted by the governing bodies of the

 

participating municipalities by resolution.

 

     (2) Compensation under subsection (1) may consist of a per

 

diem. An individual shall not receive a per diem for attending more

 

than 1 meeting of the planning commission or more than 1 meeting of

 

the same committee of the planning commission per day.

 

     Sec. 21. (1) The governing body of a local unit in which there

 

is a municipal planning commission or a county planning commission

 

shall include in the general budget an annual operating budget for

 

the planning commission and shall appropriate the budgeted amount

 

to the planning commission. The governing body of each local unit


 

participating in a joint municipal planning commission shall adopt

 

resolutions agreeing upon an annual operating budget for the

 

planning commission and upon the share of the operating budget to

 

be contributed by each local unit. The governing body of each local

 

unit participating in a joint municipal planning commission or a

 

regional planning commission shall include in the general budget of

 

that local unit the local unit's share of the annual operating

 

budget for that planning commission and shall appropriate the

 

budgeted amount to that planning commission.

 

     (2) A municipal planning commission or county planning

 

commission shall submit a written annual report to the governing

 

body of the municipality or county. A joint municipal planning

 

commission or regional planning commission shall submit an annual

 

report to the governing bodies of the participating political

 

subdivisions. The annual report created under this subsection shall

 

cover the planning commission's operations and the status of its

 

planning activities, including its expenditures and recommendations

 

related to planning and development. The planning commission shall

 

prepare an annual work program for activities and funding requests

 

from all sources during the succeeding year and submit it to the

 

appropriate governing body or governing bodies in time to be

 

considered as part of the general budget under subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 23. (1) A planning commission, chief administrative

 

officer, or governing body may contract for planning related

 

services pursuant to any procedures of the local unit or planning

 

commission governing such contracts or hire personnel necessary to

 

carry out the functions of this act.


 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this section

 

does not affect contracts entered into or charter provisions

 

adopted before the effective date of this act.

 

     Sec. 25. (1) A planning commission shall elect from its

 

members a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a secretary, and such

 

other officers as it considers advisable. The term of office of

 

each officer shall be 1 year.

 

     (2) A planning commission shall adopt bylaws.

 

     (3) In the conduct of its business, a planning commission

 

shall establish procedures that encourage and provide opportunity

 

for input by any individual, without regard to geographic area of

 

residence. The planning commission shall keep a public record of

 

its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations.

 

     (4) A planning commission shall hold not less than 4 regular

 

meetings each year. A special meeting shall be called by the

 

chairperson upon written request to the secretary by at least 2

 

members or such greater number of members as may be required by the

 

planning commission's bylaws. The business that the planning

 

commission performs shall be conducted at a public meeting of the

 

planning commission held in compliance with the open meetings act,

 

1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date,

 

and place of a regular or special meeting shall be given in the

 

manner required by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261

 

to 15.275, and the secretary shall send written notice of a special

 

meeting to commission members not less than 18 hours in advance of

 

the meeting.

 

     (5) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or


 

retained by the planning commission in the performance of an

 

official function shall be made available to the public in

 

compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL

 

15.231 to 15.246.

 

     (6) Members of a planning commission are subject to any

 

applicable ordinance or law concerning incompatible offices or

 

conflicts of interest including, but not limited to, 1978 PA 566,

 

MCL 15.181 to 15.185, and 1968 PA 317, MCL 15.321 to 15.330. An

 

ordinance or agreement establishing a planning commission shall

 

describe the circumstances under which a conflict of interest

 

exists and set forth the procedure for abstention, if abstention is

 

required.

 

     Sec. 27. A planning commission may appoint committees of its

 

members and advisory committees on which qualified individuals who

 

are not members of the planning commission may serve.

 

     Sec. 29. (1) When preparing or revising a plan, a planning

 

commission shall encourage broad-based input from citizens,

 

interest groups, and public officials from across the

 

jurisdictional area of the planning commission.

 

     (2) A planning commission shall act as coordinating agency for

 

information and program activities related to its objectives. A

 

planning commission shall coordinate its plan with related plans of

 

the departments or subdivisions of the local unit or participating

 

local units and the relevant plans of the county, region, state,

 

and federal government, subject to any requirements of this act.

 

     (3) Each county planning commission shall maintain planning

 

data and maps with a wide range of information pertinent to


 

planning in the county in formats that are reasonably accessible to

 

the public. A county planning commission and regional planning

 

commission whose jurisdiction includes that county may agree that

 

the regional planning commission shall assume the county's

 

responsibilities under this subsection.

 

     Sec. 31. (1) A planning commission has those powers necessary

 

to prepare plans, coordinate planning with adjoining units of

 

government and other governmental agencies, promote and, to the

 

extent provided for by this act, maintain consistency between

 

adopted plans and land development regulations and capital

 

improvement programs adopted to implement those plans, and

 

otherwise carry out the purposes of this act or a plan adopted

 

under this act.

 

     (2) A county planning commission, municipal planning

 

commission, or joint municipal planning commission may implement a

 

task or program delegated to the planning commission. The task or

 

program shall be delegated to the planning commission by agreement

 

or by ordinance. However, a specific project may be delegated by

 

resolution of the governing body, or, for a joint municipal

 

planning commission, resolution of the governing body of each

 

participating municipality. The power to sell land, to acquire land

 

by gift, purchase, or condemnation, or to acquire any other

 

property by condemnation shall not be delegated to the planning

 

commission.

 

CHAPTER 3

 

LOCAL UNIT AND REGIONAL PLANS

 

     Sec. 41. (1) Subject to the requirements of this chapter, a


 

planning commission shall prepare a plan for the development of the

 

jurisdictional area of the planning commission. The plan may be in

 

the form of either a "general plan", "future land use plan",

 

"comprehensive plan", "growth management plan", or "redevelopment

 

plan", as appropriate based on the content of the plan. A part of a

 

plan adopted under section 53(3) shall have a title reflective of

 

its contents and also indicate, as part of the title, that it

 

supplements a specific type plan under this section described by

 

its title.

 

     (2) The purpose of a plan is to promote public health, safety,

 

and general welfare through the creation of economically and

 

environmentally sustainable communities whose plans are compatible

 

with other plans of other local units, authorities, and state

 

agencies, as specified in this act.

 

     (3) A municipal plan or joint municipal plan shall serve as

 

the principal general policy guide for future land use and capital

 

facilities within the municipality or municipalities that adopted

 

the plan. In addition, all of the following shall be based on and

 

consistent with the municipal plan or joint municipal plan:

 

     (a) Any municipal zoning, land division, subdivision,

 

condominium, redevelopment, or purchase of development rights

 

ordinances and rules.

 

     (b) Any municipal capital improvement programs.

 

     (c) Any other municipal programs recognized in the municipal

 

plan or joint municipal plan as being related to the development or

 

redevelopment of the jurisdictional area and required by law to be

 

based on a plan.


 

     (4) If the governing bodies of at least 60% of the

 

municipalities within a county that have planning commissions,

 

after considering the recommendations of their respective planning

 

commissions, approve a county plan for that county, the county plan

 

shall serve as the principal general policy guide for future land

 

use and county capital facilities as defined in the county plan. In

 

addition, all of the following shall be based on the county plan:

 

     (a) Any county zoning and land division ordinances and rules.

 

     (b) Any county capital improvement programs.

 

     (c) Any other county programs recognized in the county plan as

 

being related to the physical growth or redevelopment of the county

 

and required by law to be based on a plan.

 

     (5) A regional plan shall serve as the principal general

 

policy guide for future land use and capital facilities serving the

 

region. Any program that the regional planning commission has

 

authority to implement and required by law to be based on a plan

 

shall be based on the regional plan.

 

     Sec. 43. (1) A regional plan or a county plan for a county

 

that has not adopted a zoning ordinance shall be a general plan as

 

described in section 45. A municipal plan, a joint municipal plan,

 

or a county plan for a county that has adopted a zoning ordinance

 

shall be a future land use plan as described in section 47, a

 

comprehensive plan as described in section 49, or, as appropriate,

 

a growth management plan or redevelopment plan as described in

 

section 51.

 

     (2) Additional provisions concerning the contents of plans are

 

found in section 53.


 

     (3) Procedures for the preparation, adoption, and amendment of

 

plans and to promote coordination of plans are found in sections 55

 

to 65.

 

     Sec. 45. A regional plan or a county plan for a county that

 

has not adopted a zoning ordinance shall be a general plan. A

 

general plan shall be a policy-based plan with generalized future

 

land use maps. A general plan shall include all of the following:

 

     (a) A separate section on needs for affordable and assisted

 

housing and a strategy to meet those needs, as well as a section on

 

job retention and expansion and a strategy to meet those needs.

 

     (b) A separate section on the relationship between jobs,

 

housing, and transportation within the county or region.

 

     (c) A separate section on multimodal transportation including

 

streets and highways, public transit, airports, railroads, ports,

 

and pedestrian and bicycle ways.

 

     (d) A separate section on capital facilities owned or

 

operated, or both, or privately contracted for by the county or by

 

a regional governmental entity, together with long-range fiscal

 

plans for the provision of new capital facilities for the county or

 

region. The long-range fiscal plans shall be the basis for the

 

county or regional capital improvement program.

 

     (e) If the general plan is for a county, a cumulative analysis

 

of all the municipal plans and joint municipal plans of

 

municipalities within the county regarding buildout, economic,

 

fiscal, and environmental impacts.

 

     (f) Such other elements as determined by the planning

 

commission.


 

     (g) A program of implementation.

 

     Sec. 47. (1) A municipal plan, a joint municipal plan, or a

 

county plan for a county that has adopted a zoning ordinance may be

 

a future land use plan.

 

     (2) A future land use plan shall address land use at least 20

 

years into the future and shall include all of the following

 

elements:

 

     (a) The arrangement of future land uses. Each future land use

 

category shall be described in the text and depicted on a future

 

land use map showing the general location and arrangement of all

 

future land uses, including the abutting future land uses of any

 

adjacent communities. Individual parcel lines shall not be evident

 

on a future land use map.

 

     (b) A future transportation network, including, but not

 

limited to, roads and streets, bridges, railroads, airports,

 

bicycle paths, and pedestrian ways.

 

     (c) Future capital facilities necessary for the future land

 

use plan to serve as the basis for the development and annual

 

updating of a capital improvement program under chapter 4.

 

     (d) If the local unit is a county that has adopted a zoning

 

ordinance, the future land use plan shall also include all of the

 

elements of a general plan.

 

     (e) A program of implementation.

 

     (3) Each of the elements of a future land use plan listed in

 

subsection (2) shall incorporate goals, objectives, policies, and

 

strategies to be employed in fulfilling the plan. Each element of a

 

future land use plan may utilize maps, plats, charts, and tables.


 

Maps, plats, charts, and tables shall be accompanied by explanatory

 

text.

 

     Sec. 49. (1) A municipal plan, a joint municipal plan, or a

 

county plan for a county that has adopted a zoning ordinance may be

 

a comprehensive plan.

 

     (2) A comprehensive plan shall, at a minimum, include all of

 

the following:

 

     (a) All the elements of a future land use plan.

 

     (b) Recommendations for environmental protection and for the

 

social, economic, or physical development or redevelopment of the

 

jurisdictional area.

 

     (c) A separate section on multimodal transportation

 

facilities, together with long-range fiscal plans for the provision

 

or replacement of transportation facilities. This section may be

 

part of the future transportation network element of a future land

 

use plan.

 

     (d) Future capital facilities necessary for the comprehensive

 

plan to serve as the basis for the development and annual updating

 

of a capital improvement program.

 

     (e) An analysis covering existing conditions of and strategies

 

to address identified problems, needs, and opportunities for

 

housing, economic development, environmental protection, management

 

of natural resources, and measures to develop, protect, enhance, or

 

change community character.

 

     (f) A program of implementation.

 

     (3) A comprehensive plan also may include other elements that

 

address 1 or more of the following:


 

     (a) Soil, water, or energy conservation.

 

     (b) Open space protection.

 

     (c) Intergovernmental coordination.

 

     (d) Human services.

 

     (e) Historic preservation.

 

     (f) Coastal zone, watershed, or solid waste planning or

 

management.

 

     (g) Redevelopment.

 

     (h) Other matters related to community development.

 

     (4) At the option of the local unit, following adoption of a

 

future land use plan, elements of a comprehensive plan may be

 

adopted by successive parts that correspond to major geographical

 

divisions of the jurisdictional area of the planning commission or

 

with functional divisions of the subject matter of the

 

comprehensive plan, such as housing or transportation.

 

     Sec. 51. (1) A municipal plan, a joint municipal plan, or a

 

county plan for a county that has adopted a zoning ordinance may be

 

a growth management plan or redevelopment plan.

 

     (2) A growth management plan or redevelopment plan shall

 

include all of the following:

 

     (a) All the elements of a comprehensive plan.

 

     (b) A mechanism for phasing growth or redevelopment efforts.

 

     (c) One or more of the following elements:

 

     (i) Maximum density of land use based on available public

 

services and facilities and specified level of service standards

 

for those services and facilities.

 

     (ii) Consistent with the city and village zoning act, 1921 PA


 

207, MCL 125.581 to 125.600, the township zoning act, 1943 PA 184,

 

MCL 125.271 to 125.310, or the county zoning act, 1943 PA 183, MCL

 

125.201 to 125.240, as applicable, a program for the purchase of

 

development rights.

 

     (iii) Maps showing the location of proposed future road rights-

 

of-way and of other capital facilities beyond 5 years in the

 

future.

 

     (iv) A strategy that links future jobs, housing, and

 

transportation in mutually supportive ways.

 

     (v) A strategy for land assembly and redevelopment.

 

     (vi) Other elements as necessary to implement the growth

 

management or redevelopment goals of the growth management plan or

 

redevelopment plan.

 

     (d) A program of implementation.

 

     Sec. 53. (1) A municipal plan, joint municipal plan, or county

 

plan shall include or incorporate by reference the relevant

 

portions of any plan of a public commission or authority related to

 

land use, redevelopment, economic development, environmental

 

protection, or transportation or other public facilities adopted in

 

or applicable to the territory covered by the municipal plan, joint

 

municipal plan, or county plan.

 

     (2) After a plan under this act has been adopted, an amendment

 

to a plan that under subsection (1) is included or incorporated in

 

the plan adopted under this act shall not be inconsistent with the

 

purpose of a plan as set forth in section 41(2) and shall be

 

submitted a reasonable time before adoption to the planning

 

commission for comment.


 

     (3) A municipal plan or joint municipal plan may include

 

special purpose, subarea, functional, neighborhood, corridor, or

 

strategic plans as necessary to provide greater detail in achieving

 

the purposes of this act.

 

     (4) A plan may incorporate by reference plans, or portions of

 

plans, adopted by other agencies of political subdivisions, this

 

state, or the federal government. A county may adopt the relevant

 

portion of a regional plan as the county plan if that portion of

 

the regional plan meets the requirements for a county plan. A

 

municipality may adopt the relevant portion of a county plan as the

 

municipal plan if that portion of the county plan meets the

 

requirements for a municipal plan.

 

     (5) A zoning map adopted as part of a zoning ordinance by the

 

governing body of a local unit under the county zoning act, 1943 PA

 

183, MCL 125.201 to 125.240, the township zoning act, 1943 PA 184,

 

MCL 125.271 to 125.310, or the city and village zoning act, 1921 PA

 

207, MCL 125.581 to 125.600, is not a future land use map, and

 

neither a zoning map nor the text of a zoning ordinance constitutes

 

a plan under this act. Likewise, a plan is not a zoning ordinance

 

and a future land use map is not a zoning map under these zoning

 

enabling acts.

 

     Sec. 55. (1) Before preparing a plan, a proposing planning

 

commission shall send a written notice explaining that the planning

 

commission intends to prepare a plan and requesting the recipient's

 

cooperation and comment to the following entities:

 

     (a) To each public utility company and to each railroad

 

company owning or operating a public utility or railroad within the


 

jurisdictional area of the proposing planning commission or any

 

other entity that registers its name and mailing address with the

 

proposing planning commission.

 

     (b) To each state agency responsible for managing at least 10

 

contiguous acres of public lands within the jurisdictional area of

 

the planning commission.

 

     (c) If the proposing planning commission is a municipal

 

planning commission or joint municipal planning commission, to each

 

municipal planning commission, joint municipal planning commission,

 

county road commission, county drain commission, and county

 

planning commission, or if there is not a county planning

 

commission, to each regional planning commission, whose

 

jurisdictional area is contiguous to or includes all or part of the

 

jurisdictional area of the proposing planning commission.

 

     (d) If the proposing planning commission is a county planning

 

commission, to each municipal planning commission, joint municipal

 

planning commission, county planning commission, and regional

 

planning commission whose jurisdictional area is contiguous to or

 

includes all or part of the jurisdictional area of the proposing

 

planning commission.

 

     (e) If the proposing planning commission is a regional

 

planning commission, to each county planning commission and

 

regional planning commission whose jurisdictional area is

 

contiguous to or includes all or part of the jurisdictional area of

 

the proposing planning commission.

 

     (2) The notice under this section may request permission for

 

electronic submission of any information required to be submitted


 

under section 57, 59, or 63(3). If the entity to which the notice

 

is sent grants permission, information submitted to or by that

 

entity under section 57, 59, or 63(3) may be submitted

 

electronically. Otherwise, the information shall be submitted in

 

writing.

 

     (3) Any person entitled to notice under this section shall be

 

given an opportunity to meet with the planning commission or a

 

representative of the planning commission to discuss the proposed

 

plan.

 

     (4) The planning commission shall consider the written or

 

electronically submitted comments of persons entitled to notice

 

under this section and the written or electronically submitted

 

comments of other interested persons as it prepares and revises a

 

proposed plan.

 

     Sec. 57. (1) As the starting point for preparation of a plan

 

under this act, a planning commission shall use any existing plan

 

that was adopted under an act listed in section 111 if adopted

 

before the effective date of this act or that was in the process of

 

being prepared or adopted under an act listed in section 111 on the

 

effective date of this act and was adopted within 2 years after the

 

effective date of this act.

 

     (2) After preparing a proposed plan, a municipal planning

 

commission or joint municipal planning commission shall submit the

 

proposed plan to the governing body of the municipality for

 

preliminary approval or the governing bodies of the participating

 

municipalities for preliminary approval by agreement. A county

 

planning commission for a county in which the county board of


 

commissioners has adopted a resolution stating that it will

 

exercise authority to approve or reject the plan or has adopted a

 

zoning ordinance shall submit the proposed plan for preliminary

 

approval to the county board of commissioners.

 

     (3) After obtaining preliminary approval under subsection (2),

 

if applicable, the proposing planning commission shall submit a

 

copy of the proposed plan as follows:

 

     (a) To each entity entitled to notice under section 55(1)(a).

 

The proposed plan shall be submitted to the entity with a notice

 

that, not more than 63 days after the date of submittal of the

 

proposed plan, the entity may submit to the proposing planning

 

commission any comments on the plan.

 

     (b) To each reviewing entity. The proposed plan shall be

 

submitted to a reviewing entity with a notice that, not more than

 

63 days after the date of submittal of the proposed plan, the

 

reviewing entity may submit to the proposing planning commission

 

any objections to the plan, along with any other comments on the

 

plan. Objections shall include specific facts supporting the

 

objection.

 

     Sec. 59. (1) A proposing planning commission shall consider

 

and reply to each written objection or comment made by a reviewing

 

entity. If the proposing planning commission disagrees with any

 

objection or other comment made by a reviewing entity, the reply

 

shall so state along with the reasons why the proposing planning

 

commission disagrees. The reply may propose changes to the proposed

 

plan.

 

     (2) A regional planning commission shall adopt a plan pursuant


 

to procedures set forth in this chapter and with additional,

 

consistent procedures adopted by the regional planning commission.

 

The additional procedures shall, at a minimum, require that at

 

least 60% of the counties lying in whole or part within the

 

jurisdictional area of the regional planning commission consent to

 

the plan before it is adopted. If a municipality submits comments

 

on a proposed regional plan to the regional planning commission,

 

the municipality shall submit a copy to the county planning

 

commission or, if there is no county planning commission, to the

 

county board of commissioners of the county in which the

 

municipality is located.

 

     (3) This section does not prohibit a reviewing entity, when

 

formulating its response to the proposed plan based on the criteria

 

set forth in this section, from considering the comments and

 

objections of any other person, including, but not limited to, any

 

local unit of government to which the plan was not required to be

 

submitted.

 

     Sec. 61. After satisfying the requirements of section 59, the

 

proposing planning commission shall hold a public hearing on the

 

plan. The planning commission shall publish notice of the public

 

hearing twice in a newspaper having a general circulation in the

 

jurisdictional area of the planning commission. The notices shall

 

be published at least 2 weeks apart and not more than 28 days or

 

less than 7 days before the hearing. The notices shall include the

 

following information:

 

     (a) The jurisdictional area of the planning commission.

 

     (b) The date, time, and location of the public hearing.


 

     (c) A list of the elements identified in sections 45 to 53

 

that are covered by the proposed plan.

 

     (d) The place and time at which a copy of the proposed plan

 

may be purchased or inspected.

 

     (e) The place, time, and telephone number at which further

 

information on the proposed plan can be obtained.

 

     Sec. 63. (1) After the hearing under section 61, the proposing

 

planning commission shall approve or reject the plan, with or

 

without any changes proposed by the planning commission under

 

section 59, by majority vote of the full membership of the planning

 

commission.

 

     (2) Approval by the planning commission under subsection (1)

 

is the final step for adoption of either of the following plans:

 

     (a) A regional plan.

 

     (b) A county plan, unless the county board of commissioners

 

has adopted a resolution stating that it will exercise authority to

 

approve or reject the plan or has adopted a zoning ordinance.

 

     (3) The final step for adoption of a county plan for a county

 

in which the county board of commissioners has adopted a resolution

 

described in subsection (2)(b), for a municipal plan, or for a

 

joint municipal plan is approval by the governing body of the

 

county, by the governing body of the municipality, or by agreement

 

of the governing bodies of the participating municipalities,

 

respectively. After the planning commission approves the plan, it

 

shall submit the plan to the governing body or governing bodies for

 

adoption. If the governing body determines or the governing bodies

 

agree that the plan should be changed, the governing body or


 

governing bodies shall submit a clear statement of each proposed

 

change and the rationale for the proposed change as follows:

 

     (a) To each entity entitled to notice under section 55(1)(a).

 

The statement shall be submitted along with a notice that, not more

 

than 63 days after the date of submittal of the statement, the

 

entity may submit to the proposing planning commission any comments

 

on a proposed change.

 

     (b) To each reviewing entity. The statement shall be submitted

 

along with a notice that, not more than 63 days after the date of

 

submittal of the statement, the reviewing entity may submit to the

 

proposing planning commission any objection to a proposed change,

 

along with any other comments on a proposed change.

 

     (c) To the proposing planning commission. Not more than 28

 

days after the deadline for submitting comments under subdivisions

 

(a) and (b), the proposing planning commission shall submit to the

 

governing body or governing bodies its comments on the changes

 

proposed by the governing body or governing bodies.

 

     (4) The governing body, or the governing bodies by agreement,

 

shall approve or reject the plan, with or without any changes

 

proposed under subsection (3), by majority vote of its full

 

membership.

 

     (5) Notice of final adoption of a plan under this section

 

shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in

 

the jurisdictional area of the planning commission not more than 14

 

days after adoption. The notice of adoption shall include the

 

following information:

 

     (a) That a plan was adopted pursuant to this act.


 

     (b) The jurisdictional area of the planning commission.

 

     (c) A listing of the elements identified in sections 45 to 53

 

that are covered by the plan.

 

     (d) The effective date of the plan, which shall not be earlier

 

than the date of publication of the notice.

 

     (e) The place and time at which a copy of the plan may be

 

purchased or inspected.

 

     (f) The place, time, and telephone number at which further

 

information on the plan can be obtained.

 

     (6) The final page of the plan shall include all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The date of adoption of the plan.

 

     (b) The roll call vote of the planning commission and, if

 

applicable, the roll call vote of the governing body or roll call

 

votes of the governing bodies.

 

     (7) At the time of adoption, a plan shall have an appendix

 

that includes all of the following:

 

     (a) A list of all reviewing entities.

 

     (b) A written copy of all correspondence from reviewing

 

entities before adoption, along with all written replies.

 

     (c) A summary of all written or oral comments on the proposed

 

plan received from the public at the public hearing on the proposed

 

plan under section 61 and of all written or electronically

 

submitted comments received from the public after that public

 

hearing.

 

     (8) Promptly after a plan is adopted, the planning commission

 

shall transmit a certified copy of the plan to all of the


 

following:

 

     (a) To each reviewing entity.

 

     (b) If the plan is a joint municipal plan or regional plan, to

 

the governing body of each participating political subdivision.

 

     (c) If the plan is a municipal plan or joint municipal plan,

 

to the regional planning commission whose jurisdictional area

 

includes all or part of the jurisdictional area of the planning

 

commission submitting the plan.

 

     (d) If the plan is a municipal plan, joint municipal plan, or

 

regional plan, to the county planning commission or, if there is

 

not a county planning commission, the county clerk of each county

 

that includes all or part of the jurisdictional area of the

 

planning commission transmitting the plan. The county planning

 

commission or county clerk shall make a record of receipt for all

 

adopted plans, which shall include the date, means of transmittal,

 

and name and address of the planning commission that transmitted

 

the plan. The county planning commission or county clerk shall

 

maintain the record of transmittal with the original copy of the

 

plan.

 

     (9) Subject to subsection (10), in the office of the county

 

planning commission, or, if there is no county planning commission,

 

in the office of the county clerk, each county shall maintain in

 

writing at a single location and make available for public

 

inspection during normal business hours all of the following:

 

     (a) Any plan that has been submitted to the county planning

 

commission as a reviewing entity under section 57(3)(b) and that

 

has been adopted or whose adoption is pending.


 

     (b) The county plan, if any.

 

     (c) The regional plan adopted by the regional planning

 

commission in which that county is located, if any.

 

     (d) The capital facilities map prepared under section 71.

 

     (10) Instead of maintaining a written plan, a county may

 

instead maintain all or part of the plans or capital facility map

 

under subsection (9) on a publicly accessible internet site in a

 

readily accessible format.

 

     (11) A municipal plan or joint municipal plan adopted under

 

this act supersedes a plan for that municipality or 1 of those

 

municipalities adopted under 1931 PA 285, MCL 125.31 to 125.45,

 

1959 PA 168, MCL 125.321 to 125.333, or the joint municipal

 

planning act, 2003 PA 226, MCL 125.131 to 125.143. A county plan

 

adopted under this act supersedes a plan for that county adopted

 

under 1945 PA 282, MCL 125.101 to 125.115.

 

     Sec. 65. (1) A successive part of a plan or other amendment to

 

a plan shall be adopted pursuant to the same procedures that govern

 

the adoption of a plan except as follows:

 

     (a) An entity to which notice of the start of a plan amendment

 

process is given under section 55 may reply in writing that it does

 

not desire to review a plan amendment, in which case further

 

information about the plan amendment need not be sent to that

 

entity.

 

     (b) The period for responding to a proposed successive part or

 

other amendment to a plan under section 57 is 42 days.

 

     (c) Before approving an amendment to a plan, a planning

 

commission shall make written findings that the proposed plan


 

amendment is consistent with and promotes the CIP, if any, for the

 

jurisdictional area of the planning commission.

 

     (2) Every 5 years after adoption of the plan, the planning

 

commission shall review the plan and prepare and recommend adoption

 

of any amendments to the plan that it considers advisable. The plan

 

shall only be amended once each year after its adoption.

 

     (3) All proposals for amendments to a plan shall be processed

 

concurrently so the cumulative effect of the various proposals can

 

be ascertained. A governing body shall document the reason for a

 

plan amendment in the motion to approve the plan amendment.

 

     (4) An amendment to a CIP does not constitute a plan amendment

 

under this section.

 

CHAPTER 4

 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

 

     Sec. 71. (1) If a county plan, municipal plan, or joint

 

municipal plan is adopted, the governing body of the county or

 

municipality, or the governing bodies of the municipalities acting

 

jointly by agreement, that adopted the plan shall prepare and adopt

 

a capital improvement program that provides for capital facilities

 

that are necessary or desirable to support the land use proposed in

 

the plan and to meet projected needs of the county or municipality

 

or the governing bodies of the municipalities acting jointly.

 

     (2) The CIP shall be based on an inventory, including the

 

locations and capacities, of capital facilities that support the

 

land use plan, and a forecast of future needs for such capital

 

facilities to serve both existing development and new development.

 

The inventory and forecast of future needs may be included in the


 

proposed CIP or in a separate document.

 

     (3) The CIP shall include the following with respect to

 

capital facilities that are to be acquired, sold, constructed, or

 

improved within the current year and the next 5 or more years:

 

     (a) A map and narrative information on the proposed location

 

of new or expanded facilities.

 

     (b) The capacities, costs, and a schedule for the

 

construction, acquisition, or renovation of new or expanded

 

facilities.

 

     (c) A 6-year or longer plan that will finance the capital

 

facilities.

 

     (d) Projected impacts of the capital facilities on future

 

operating budgets.

 

     (4) A county CIP adopted under this chapter shall aggregate

 

the CIPs of municipalities within the county. In addition, if the

 

county has adopted a county plan, a county CIP adopted under this

 

chapter shall also include all capital facilities to be acquired,

 

constructed, or improved using funds under the control of the

 

county board of commissioners, county road commission, county drain

 

commissioner, or other special entities created with the county as

 

a partner or sole responsible entity. A county board of

 

commissioners may withhold funds from any county agency that does

 

not submit its proposed capital facility plan or capital

 

improvement plan to the county board of commissioners.

 

     (5) The governing body or each governing body shall conduct a

 

public hearing on the proposed CIP and approve the CIP. Approval of

 

the proposed CIP by the governing body or governing bodies is the


 

final step for adoption of a CIP. The CIP is effective upon

 

adoption.

 

     (6) Promptly after a CIP is adopted, the governing body or

 

governing bodies adopting the CIP shall submit a certified copy of

 

the CIP to the planning commission. Upon adoption of a CIP, the

 

governing body or governing bodies adopting the CIP shall submit a

 

certified copy of the CIP to the county planning commission of each

 

county within which all or part of the jurisdictional area of the

 

governing body or governing bodies is located, or, if there is no

 

county planning commission, to the county clerk.

 

     (7) A governing body or governing bodies may request

 

permission for electronic submission of any information required to

 

be submitted under this section. If the entity to which the notice

 

is sent grants permission, information submitted to or by that

 

entity under this section may be submitted electronically.

 

Otherwise, the information shall be submitted in writing.

 

     Sec. 73. (1) The CIP shall be adopted at the same time the

 

plan is adopted, or no later than 1 year after the initial adoption

 

of a plan under this act.

 

     (2) After a CIP is adopted, the governing body or governing

 

bodies that adopted the CIP shall review the CIP at least annually

 

for the purpose of updating projects and funding, to reassess the

 

CIP and land use plan if probable funding falls short of meeting

 

existing needs, and to ensure that the land use plan and the CIP

 

are coordinated and consistent.

 

     (3) If a CIP was adopted under this chapter, an amendment to

 

the CIP shall be adopted pursuant to the same procedures under this


 

chapter that govern adoption of a CIP.

 

     Sec. 75. (1) Capital facilities included in CIPs shall have a

 

higher priority for state appropriations, including, but not

 

limited to, appropriations of federal funds passed through this

 

state, than capital facilities not included in CIPs.

 

     (2) If a CIP proposes to finance a capital facility using

 

state funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds passed

 

through this state, the governing body of the local unit or local

 

units that prepared the CIP shall submit to the department all of

 

the following:

 

     (a) A request for funding assistance.

 

     (b) A description of the proposed capital facility.

 

     (c) A copy of the CIP or the specific portion of the CIP

 

relevant to the capital facility.

 

CHAPTER 5

 

PLANNING COMMISSION POWERS RELATED TO ZONING

 

AND SUBDIVISION REVIEW

 

     Sec. 81. Within 1 year after the effective date of this act,

 

the governing body of a local unit, by ordinance or resolution,

 

shall transfer to a planning commission all powers and duties for a

 

zoning board or commission provided by the county zoning act, 1943

 

PA 183, MCL 125.201 to 125.240; the township zoning act, 1943 PA

 

184, MCL 125.271 to 125.310; or the city and village zoning act,

 

1921 PA 207, MCL 125.581 to 125.600, as applicable, if the zoning

 

board or commission has been in existence for more than 3 years

 

after the effective date of this act. If the zoning board or

 

commission is nearing the completion of drafting an interim zoning


 

ordinance, the governing body shall postpone the transfer of the

 

zoning board's powers and duties until the completion of the zoning

 

plan and adoption of an interim zoning ordinance by the governing

 

body, but the postponement shall not exceed 1 year.

 

     Sec. 83. The governing body of a local unit shall refer plats

 

and other matters relating to land development to the planning

 

commission before final action thereon by the governing body and

 

may request the planning commission to recommend regulations

 

governing the subdivision of land consistent with the land division

 

act, 1967 PA 288, MCL 560.101 to 560.293.

 

CHAPTER 6

 

STATE AGENCY PLANS AND STATE PLANNING ASSISTANCE

 

     Sec. 91. The department of management and budget shall

 

initiate within 2 months after the effective date of this act and

 

thereafter continue the following activities either within the

 

department or, by interdepartmental agreement, with 1 or more other

 

state departments:

 

     (a) Preparing recommendations on incentives for state funding

 

of capital facilities included in CIPs.

 

     (b) Preparing guidelines for the siting of essential capital

 

facilities and development of coordinated plans by the state

 

transportation department, the department of natural resources, the

 

department of environmental quality, the department of education,

 

the department of corrections, the state housing development

 

authority, and other state departments and state agencies that have

 

responsibility for developing or maintaining state lands or other

 

state capital facilities or for providing capital facility


 

financing directly from the state or as a pass-through from the

 

federal government to local units. The guidelines shall include

 

procedures for the preparation of proposed plans, criteria to be

 

used to evaluate and document the degree of consistency with the

 

adopted plans of local units, and procedures for the final adoption

 

of plans by a state department or agency. The guidelines shall

 

require a state department or agency to hold a public hearing

 

before preparing a proposed plan and before finally adopting a plan

 

and shall provide procedures for the conduct of the hearings. The

 

guidelines shall also require the state department or agency to

 

give notice of a public hearing to each local unit and region. The

 

notice shall indicate that interested persons may submit written or

 

oral comments at the public hearing or written or electronic

 

comments before or after the public hearing. After a plan is

 

adopted by a state department or state agency, the plan shall be

 

used as the basis for capital improvements, land acquisition, or

 

disposition of state lands and facilities, and state grants or

 

pass-through money for that state department or state agency.

 

     (c) Compiling the capital facility needs of all state agencies

 

into a consolidated proposed statement of needs and consolidated

 

state capital facilities map. The director of the department of

 

management and budget shall send a copy of the consolidated

 

proposed statement of needs and consolidated state capital

 

facilities map to each of the following:

 

     (i) Each regional planning commission and county planning

 

commission.

 

     (ii) The governing body of each local unit of government.


 

     Sec. 93. In developing any guidelines, model plans or

 

ordinances, standards and procedures, or rules under this act, the

 

department shall seek the input and assistance of the Michigan

 

municipal league, the Michigan townships association, the Michigan

 

association of counties, the Michigan association of regions, and

 

the Michigan society of planning or the successor to any of these

 

organizations.

 

     Sec. 95. (1) The legislature shall appropriate grant funding

 

for the preparation of plans under this act in amounts provided in

 

section 97 for at least the first 7 years after the effective date

 

of this act.

 

     (2) Within the first 2 years of the effective date of funding

 

of this act, regional planning commissions and counties shall be

 

awarded grants covering 75% of the cost of developing databases,

 

maps, and other tools that will be used by municipal planning

 

commissions or joint municipal planning commissions to prepare

 

plans. A regional planning commission or county is not eligible to

 

receive a grant under this subsection more than once.

 

     (3) Beginning 2 years after the effective date of funding

 

under this act, regional planning commissions and local units shall

 

be awarded grants covering 50% of the cost of preparing plans. A

 

regional planning commission or local unit is not eligible to

 

receive a grant under this subsection more than once during the

 

first 5 years that grants are awarded under this subsection.

 

     (4) The legislature may allocate up to 5% of the total grant

 

money available to regional planning commissions and local units

 

for 50% matching grants to nonprofit organizations and citizen


 

organizations to promote and enhance broad based citizen

 

participation in the preparation of plans under this act.

 

     Sec. 97. (1) For each of at least the first 7 years after the

 

effective date of this act, the legislature shall appropriate from

 

the general fund at least $15,000,000.00 for grant money for the

 

purposes set forth in section 95, unless another source of money in

 

at least an equal amount is provided. If $15,000,000.00 per year is

 

not sufficient to fund grants in the amount required by section 95,

 

the department shall request a supplemental appropriation necessary

 

to fund such grants. If supplemental appropriations are not made,

 

or are inadequate, the department shall extend the grant program

 

beyond 7 years for the period of time necessary to fund grants in

 

the amount required by section 95 for all local units and regional

 

planning commissions seeking such grants.

 

     (2) The department shall separately request appropriations to

 

carry out its responsibilities under this chapter. Such

 

appropriations shall be allocated from and not exceed 5% of the

 

annual appropriations for the preparation of local unit and

 

regional plans under this section.

 

     Sec. 99. (1) Within 60 days after the effective date of this

 

act, the department shall request the legislature for the

 

appropriations necessary to implement this chapter. Thereafter, the

 

department shall include an appropriations request for this purpose

 

as part of the annual budget process.

 

     (2) Subject to section 93, the department shall adopt

 

standards and procedures for application, review, and approval of

 

requests for grants under this chapter pursuant to the


 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

 

24.328. The legislature finds that preservation of the public

 

health, safety, and welfare in light of the conditions intended to

 

be addressed by plans and CIPs requires that the rules initially be

 

promulgated under section 48 of the administrative procedures act

 

of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.248, within 120 days after the

 

effective date of this act. The department shall adhere to the

 

criteria in section 95 and establish standards for priority of

 

assistance that consider rates of loss of farm and forest land,

 

population growth rates, commercial and industrial development

 

growth rates, land division rates, the existence, age, and quality

 

of existing plans of local units, and other relevant factors.

 

Separate criteria and procedures shall be established for grants to

 

enhance citizen participation. Local units and regional planning

 

commissions shall not be eligible for money to enhance citizen

 

participation, except in partnership with other nonprofit

 

organization or citizen groups which must be the principal

 

recipient of any grants awarded. The department shall attempt to

 

ensure a broad range of interested parties are involved in the

 

development of a plan before approving a grant request under this

 

chapter.

 

CHAPTER 7

 

REPEAL

 

     Sec. 111. The following acts are repealed 7 years after the

 

effective date of this act:

 

     (a) 1931 PA 285, MCL 125.31 to 125.45.

 

     (b) 1945 PA 282, MCL 125.101 to 125.115.


 

     (c) 1959 PA 168, MCL 125.321 to 125.333.

 

     (d) The joint municipal planning act, 2003 PA 226, MCL 125.131

 

to 125.143.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless all

 

of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into

 

law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request no.

 

02942'05 a).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request no.

 

02942'05 b).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request no.

 

02942'05 c).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request no.

 

02942'05 d).