Bill Text: MI SB0817 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: State agencies (existing); natural resources; powers and duties of the department of environmental quality water resource improvement tax increment finance authority act; transfer to the department of natural resources. Amends sec. 10 of 2008 PA 94 (MCL 125.1780). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0807'09

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-12-02 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0817 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0817-Engrossed.html

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SB-0817, As Passed Senate, December 2, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 817

 

 

September 15, 2009, Introduced by Senators PATTERSON and McMANUS and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2008 PA 94, entitled

 

"Water resource improvement tax increment finance authority act,"

 

by amending section 10 (MCL 125.1780).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 10. (1) The board may do any of the following:

 

     (a) Prepare an analysis of water resource improvement and

 

access to inland lakes issues taking place in the development area.

 

     (b) Study and analyze the need for water resource improvements

 

and access to inland lakes upon the development area.

 

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

 

remodeling, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, or

 

reconstruction of a public facility that may be necessary or

 

appropriate to the execution of a plan that, in the opinion of the

 

board, aids in water resource improvement or access to inland lakes

 

in the development area. The board is encouraged to develop a plan

 

that conserves the natural features, reduces impervious surfaces,

 

and uses landscaping and natural features to reflect the

 

predevelopment site.

 

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

 

facility within the development area to comply with the barrier

 

free design requirements of the state construction code promulgated

 

under the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act,

 

1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.

 

     (e) Develop long-range plans for water resource improvement

 

and access to inland lakes within the district.

 

     (f) Implement any plan of development for water resource

 

improvement and access to inland lakes in the development area

 

necessary to achieve the purposes of this act in accordance with

 

the powers of the authority granted by this act.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

and in a manner the authority considers proper or own, convey, or

 

otherwise dispose of, or lease as lessor or lessee, land and other

 

property, real or personal, or rights or interests in the property,

 

that the authority determines is reasonably necessary to achieve

 

the purposes of this act, and to grant or acquire licenses,

 

easements, and options.

 

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

 

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

 

any public facility, building, and any necessary or desirable

 

appurtenances to those buildings and operate a water resource

 

improvement, as determined by the authority to be reasonably

 

necessary to achieve the purposes of this act, within the

 

development area for the use, in whole or in part, of any public or

 

private person or corporation, or a combination thereof.

 

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

 

use of any facility, building, or property under its control or any

 

part of the facility, building, or property, and pledge the fees,

 

rents, and charges for the payment of revenue bonds issued by the

 

authority.

 

     (k) Lease, in whole or in part, any facility, building, or

 

property under its control.

 

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

 

things of value from a public or private source.

 

     (m) Acquire and construct public facilities.

 

     (2) The board shall prepare a water resource management plan

 

in consultation with the department of environmental quality, the

 

department of natural resources , or any other entity with

 

expertise in water quality management and invasive species

 

management.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 807                                    

 

          of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.