2007 Senate Bill 588 / Public Act 44

Allow corridor improvement taxing authority for Detroit shopping center

Introduced in the Senate

June 13, 2007

Introduced by Sen. Samuel B. Thomas (D-4)

To revise the eligibility standards in the 2005 <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2005-SB-34">Corridor Improvement Authority”</a> law that authorized the creation of local authorities that could levy special assessments (property taxes), borrow, or use tax increment financing to pay for economic development and improvement projects in a commercial district along a road classified as an arterial or collector road. The bill would allow Detroit to create one of these authorities to subsidize a new shopping center along Eight Mile Road, adjacent to the State Fair Grounds. The bill would also authorize the “capture” of school tax revenue increases, in addition to other taxes.

Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform

June 19, 2007

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 20, 2007

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one amended to more narrowly limit its application to just Detroit by specifying that the proposed tax break would only apply in a city that “has a population of 700,000 or more, shows a negative population change from 1970 to the most recent decennial census, shows an overall increase in the value of real and personal property less than the statewide average since 1972, has a poverty rate, greater than the statewide average, and has had an unemployment rate higher than the statewide average".

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

June 20, 2007

Referred to the Committee on Commerce

June 27, 2007

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

To revise the eligibility standards in the 2005 <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2005-SB-34">Corridor Improvement Authority”</a> law that authorized the creation of local authorities that could levy special assessments (property taxes), borrow, or use tax increment financing to pay for economic development and improvement projects in a commercial district along a road classified as an arterial or collector road. The bill would allow Detroit to create one of these authorities to subsidize a new shopping center along Eight Mile Road, adjacent to the State Fair Grounds. The bill would also authorize the “capture” of school tax revenue increases, in addition to other taxes.

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

July 17, 2007