BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT (EXCERPT) Act 381 of 1996
125.2666 Tax increment revenues; transmission to authority; expenditure; reversion of surplus funds; abolishment of plan; financial status report; collection of financial reports by state tax commission; performance postaudit report by auditor general.
Sec. 16.
(1) The municipal and county treasurers shall transmit tax increment revenues to the authority not more than 30 days after tax increment revenues are collected.
(2) The authority shall expend the tax increment revenues received only in accordance with the brownfield plan. All surplus funds not deposited in the local site remediation revolving fund of the authority under section 13(5) shall revert proportionately to the respective taxing bodies, except as provided in section 15(20). The governing body may abolish the plan when it finds that the purposes for which the plan was established are accomplished. However, the plan shall not be abolished until the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 17 and all other obligations to which the tax increment revenues are pledged have been paid or funds sufficient to make the payment have been segregated.
(3) The authority shall submit annually to the governing body and the state tax commission a financial report on the status of the activities of the authority. The report shall include all of the following:
(a) The amount and source of tax increment revenues received.
(b) The amount and purpose of expenditures of tax increment revenues.
(c) The amount of principal and interest on all outstanding indebtedness.
(d) The initial taxable value of all eligible property subject to the brownfield plan.
(e) The captured taxable value realized by the authority.
(f) Information concerning any transfer of ownership of or interest in each eligible property.
(g) The amount of tax increment revenues attributable to taxes levied for school operating purposes used for activities described in section 15(1)(a) and section 2(m)(vii).
(h) All additional information that the governing body or the state tax commission considers necessary.
(4) The state tax commission shall collect the financial reports submitted under subsection (3), compile and analyze the information contained in those reports, and submit annually a report based on that information to all of the following standing committees of the legislature:
(a) In the house of representatives, the committees responsible for natural resource management, conservation, environmental protection, commerce, economic development, and taxation.
(b) In the senate, the committees responsible for natural resource management, conservation, environmental protection, economic development, and taxation.
(5) In addition to any other requirements under this act, not less than once every 3 years beginning not later than June 30, 2008, the auditor general shall conduct and report a performance postaudit on the effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of the program established under this act. As part of the performance postaudit, the auditor general shall assess the extent to which the implementation of the program by the department and the Michigan economic growth authority facilitate and affect the redevelopment or reuse of eligible property and identify any factors that inhibit the program's effectiveness. The performance postaudit shall also assess the extent to which the interpretation of statutory language, the development of guidance or administrative rules, and the implementation of the program by the department and the Michigan economic growth authority is consistent with the fundamental objective of facilitating and supporting timely and efficient brownfield redevelopment of eligible properties. Copies of the performance postaudits shall be provided to the governor, the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, and the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on commerce and economic development.
BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT (EXCERPT) Act 381 of 1996
125.2666 Tax increment revenues; transmission to authority; expenditure; reversion of surplus funds; abolishment of plan; financial status report; collection of financial reports by state tax commission; performance postaudit report by auditor general.
Sec. 16.
(1) The municipal and county treasurers shall transmit tax increment revenues to the authority not more than 30 days after tax increment revenues are collected.
(2) The authority shall expend the tax increment revenues received only in accordance with the brownfield plan. All surplus funds not deposited in the local site remediation revolving fund of the authority under section 13(5) shall revert proportionately to the respective taxing bodies, except as provided in section 15(20). The governing body may abolish the plan when it finds that the purposes for which the plan was established are accomplished. However, the plan shall not be abolished until the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 17 and all other obligations to which the tax increment revenues are pledged have been paid or funds sufficient to make the payment have been segregated.
(3) The authority shall submit annually to the governing body and the state tax commission a financial report on the status of the activities of the authority. The report shall include all of the following:
(a) The amount and source of tax increment revenues received.
(b) The amount and purpose of expenditures of tax increment revenues.
(c) The amount of principal and interest on all outstanding indebtedness.
(d) The initial taxable value of all eligible property subject to the brownfield plan.
(e) The captured taxable value realized by the authority.
(f) Information concerning any transfer of ownership of or interest in each eligible property.
(g) The amount of tax increment revenues attributable to taxes levied for school operating purposes used for activities described in section 15(1)(a) and section 2(m)(vii).
(h) All additional information that the governing body or the state tax commission considers necessary.
(4) The state tax commission shall collect the financial reports submitted under subsection (3), compile and analyze the information contained in those reports, and submit annually a report based on that information to all of the following standing committees of the legislature:
(a) In the house of representatives, the committees responsible for natural resource management, conservation, environmental protection, commerce, economic development, and taxation.
(b) In the senate, the committees responsible for natural resource management, conservation, environmental protection, economic development, and taxation.
(5) In addition to any other requirements under this act, not less than once every 3 years beginning not later than June 30, 2008, the auditor general shall conduct and report a performance postaudit on the effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of the program established under this act. As part of the performance postaudit, the auditor general shall assess the extent to which the implementation of the program by the department and the Michigan economic growth authority facilitate and affect the redevelopment or reuse of eligible property and identify any factors that inhibit the program's effectiveness. The performance postaudit shall also assess the extent to which the interpretation of statutory language, the development of guidance or administrative rules, and the implementation of the program by the department and the Michigan economic growth authority is consistent with the fundamental objective of facilitating and supporting timely and efficient brownfield redevelopment of eligible properties. Copies of the performance postaudits shall be provided to the governor, the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, and the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on commerce and economic development.
BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT (EXCERPT) Act 381 of 1996
125.2666 Tax increment revenues; transmission to authority; expenditure; reversion of surplus funds; abolishment of plan; financial status report; collection of financial reports by state tax commission; performance postaudit report by auditor general.
Sec. 16.
(1) The municipal and county treasurers shall transmit tax increment revenues to the authority not more than 30 days after tax increment revenues are collected.
(2) The authority shall expend the tax increment revenues received only in accordance with the brownfield plan. All surplus funds not deposited in the local site remediation revolving fund of the authority under section 13(5) shall revert proportionately to the respective taxing bodies, except as provided in section 15(20). The governing body may abolish the plan when it finds that the purposes for which the plan was established are accomplished. However, the plan shall not be abolished until the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 17 and all other obligations to which the tax increment revenues are pledged have been paid or funds sufficient to make the payment have been segregated.
(3) The authority shall submit annually to the governing body and the state tax commission a financial report on the status of the activities of the authority. The report shall include all of the following:
(a) The amount and source of tax increment revenues received.
(b) The amount and purpose of expenditures of tax increment revenues.
(c) The amount of principal and interest on all outstanding indebtedness.
(d) The initial taxable value of all eligible property subject to the brownfield plan.
(e) The captured taxable value realized by the authority.
(f) Information concerning any transfer of ownership of or interest in each eligible property.
(g) The amount of tax increment revenues attributable to taxes levied for school operating purposes used for activities described in section 15(1)(a) and section 2(m)(vii).
(h) All additional information that the governing body or the state tax commission considers necessary.
(4) The state tax commission shall collect the financial reports submitted under subsection (3), compile and analyze the information contained in those reports, and submit annually a report based on that information to all of the following standing committees of the legislature:
(a) In the house of representatives, the committees responsible for natural resource management, conservation, environmental protection, commerce, economic development, and taxation.
(b) In the senate, the committees responsible for natural resource management, conservation, environmental protection, economic development, and taxation.
(5) In addition to any other requirements under this act, not less than once every 3 years beginning not later than June 30, 2008, the auditor general shall conduct and report a performance postaudit on the effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of the program established under this act. As part of the performance postaudit, the auditor general shall assess the extent to which the implementation of the program by the department and the Michigan economic growth authority facilitate and affect the redevelopment or reuse of eligible property and identify any factors that inhibit the program's effectiveness. The performance postaudit shall also assess the extent to which the interpretation of statutory language, the development of guidance or administrative rules, and the implementation of the program by the department and the Michigan economic growth authority is consistent with the fundamental objective of facilitating and supporting timely and efficient brownfield redevelopment of eligible properties. Copies of the performance postaudits shall be provided to the governor, the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, and the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on commerce and economic development.
