Sec. 8a.
(1) The state brownfield redevelopment fund is created as a revolving fund within the department of treasury to be administered as provided in this section. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the state brownfield redevelopment fund. Money in the state brownfield redevelopment fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the state brownfield redevelopment fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(2) The state treasurer shall credit to the fund money from the following sources:
(a) All amounts deposited into the state brownfield redevelopment fund under subsection (4) and section 13b(14).
(b) The proceeds from repayment of a loan, including interest on those repayments, under subsection (3)(c)(vi).
(c) Interest on funds deposited into the state brownfield redevelopment fund.
(d) Money obtained from any other source authorized by law.
(3) The state brownfield redevelopment fund may be used only for the following purposes:
(a) Up to 15% of the amounts deposited annually into the state brownfield redevelopment fund may be used to pay administrative costs of all of the following:
(i) The Michigan strategic fund to implement this act.
(ii) The department to implement this act.
(iii) The department to implement part 196 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19601 to 324.19616.
(iv) The department of treasury to implement this act.
(b) To make deposits into the clean Michigan initiative bond fund under section 19606(2)(d) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19606, for use in providing grants and loans under section 19608(1)(a)(iv) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19608.
(c) To fund a grant and loan program created and operated by the Michigan strategic fund for the costs of eligible activities described in section 13b(4) on eligible properties. The grant and loan program shall provide for all of the following:
(i) The Michigan strategic fund shall create and operate a grant and loan program to provide grants and loans to fund eligible activities described in section 13b(4) on eligible property. The Michigan strategic fund shall develop and use a detailed application, approval, and compliance process adopted by resolution of the board of the Michigan strategic fund. This process shall be published and available on the Michigan strategic fund website. Program standards, guidelines, templates, or any other forms to implement the grant and loan program shall be approved by the board of the Michigan strategic fund. The Michigan strategic fund may delegate its approval authority under this subsection to a designee.
(ii) A person may apply to the Michigan strategic fund for approval of a grant or loan to fund eligible activities described in section 13b(4) on eligible property.
(iii) The Michigan strategic fund shall approve or deny an application not more than 60 days after receipt of an administratively complete application. If the application is neither approved nor denied within 60 days, it shall be considered by the board of the Michigan strategic fund, or its designee if delegated, for action at, or by, the next regularly scheduled board meeting. The Michigan strategic fund may delegate the approval or denial of an application to the chairperson of the Michigan strategic fund or other designees determined by the board.
(iv) When an application is approved under this subsection, the Michigan strategic fund shall enter into a written agreement with the applicant. The written agreement shall provide all the conditions imposed on the applicant and the terms of the grant or loan. The written agreement shall also provide for penalties if the applicant fails to comply with the provisions of the written agreement.
(v) After the Michigan strategic fund and the applicant have entered into a written agreement under subparagraph (iv), the Michigan strategic fund shall distribute the proceeds to the applicant according to the terms of the written agreement.
(vi) Any proceeds from repayment of a loan, including interest on those repayments, under this subsection shall be paid into the state brownfield redevelopment fund or to the fund from which the loan was generated, as defined in subsection (3)(b) and (c).
(d) To distribute construction period tax capture revenues, withholding tax capture revenues, and income tax capture revenues in accordance with a transformational brownfield plan under subsection (4).
(4) The state treasurer shall deposit annually from the general fund into the state brownfield redevelopment fund an amount equal to the construction period tax capture revenues, withholding tax capture revenues, and income tax capture revenues due to be transmitted under all transformational brownfield plans. The department of treasury shall distribute the construction period tax capture revenues, withholding tax capture revenues, and income tax capture revenues to an authority, or to the owner or developer of the eligible property to which the revenues are attributable, in accordance with section 16(8) and the terms of the written development or reimbursement agreement for each transformational brownfield plan. Amounts transferred into the state brownfield redevelopment fund attributable to a specific transformational brownfield plan shall be accounted for separately within the state brownfield redevelopment fund and shall not be used for any other purpose or activity under this section or for any transformational brownfield plan other than the plan to which the revenues are attributable or for the additional administrative costs under this section associated with the implementation of a transformational brownfield plan.
History: Add. 2012, Act 502, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 471, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 46, Eff. July 24, 2017