Bill Text: MI SB0817 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
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-Introduced.html
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.
