2004 Senate Bill 1130 ↩

House Roll Call 1078: Passed

To transfer responsibility for the Michigan State Fair to a State Exposition and Fairgrounds Authority. The authority would be governed by an 11 member board that represents all geographic areas of the state. There would also be a local neighborhood advisory council, but the approval of adjacent local governments would not be required for its activities. The bill would allow outdoor concerts and private for-profit ventures lease state fair land. The authority would not be allowed to sell bonds (borrow). The bill also requires the fair to pay some $625,000 in unpaid bills to contractors that provided services or attractions at the 2004 State Fair, and it has a $192,700 general fund appropriation to Lake Superior State University for an infrastructure, technology, equipment, and maintenance grant.