Linkable site. To Hansen's E-Zone actual pre-bill doc.

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As I sometimes do I use this site as a dump site where I can put word docs and such so they can be linked to from my other sites. The following is from the Hansen for Senate committee and is a word doc. covering what the final bill will look like when enacted around July 14th. The bill will amend the Renaissance Zones bill, to include more small business' among other things.

Regards, Live Dangerously Be a Conservative

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Economic development; renaissance zones; entrepreneurial
renaissance zones (e-zones); create.
Economic development: renaissance zones
A bill to amend 1996 PA 376, entitled
"Michigan renaissance zone act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 125.2683), as amended by 2008 PA 217,
and by adding section 8g.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 3. As used in this act:
2 (a) "Agricultural processing facility" means 1 or more
3 facilities or operations that transform, package, sort, or grade
4 livestock or livestock products, agricultural commodities, or
5 plants or plant products, excluding forest products, into goods
6 that are used for intermediate or final consumption including goods
7 for nonfood use, and surrounding property.
8 (b) "Board" means the state administrative board created in
9 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.1 to 17.3.
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1 (c) "Development plan" means a written plan that addresses the
2 criteria in section 7 and includes all of the following:
3 (i) A map of the proposed renaissance zone that indicates the
4 geographic boundaries, the total area, and the present use and
5 conditions generally of the land and structures within those
6 boundaries.
7 (ii) Evidence of community support and commitment from
8 residential and business interests.
9 (iii) A description of the methods proposed to increase economic
10 opportunity and expansion, facilitate infrastructure improvement,
11 and identify job training opportunities.
12 (iv) Current social, economic, and demographic characteristics
13 of the proposed renaissance zone and anticipated improvements in
14 education, health, human services, public safety, and employment if
15 the renaissance zone is created.
16 (v) Any other information required by the board.
17 (d) "Elected county executive" means the elected county
18 executive in a county organized under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to
19 45.521, or 1973 PA 139, MCL 45.551 to 45.573.
20 (E) "ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS" MEANS A NEW, FOR-PROFIT START21
UP BUSINESS OF 100 EMPLOYEES OR LESS REGISTERED IN AND WITH THIS
22 STATE ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2009.
23 (F) "ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY" MEANS A FACILITY OR
24 OPERATION THAT HAS AS ITS PRINCIPAL FUNCTION THE RESEARCH,
25 DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORT, MANUFACTURING, OR PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR AN
26 ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS.
27 (G) (e) "Forest products processing facility" means 1 or more
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1 facilities or operations that transform, package, sort, recycle, or
2 grade forest or paper products into goods that are used for
3 intermediate or final use or consumption or for the creation of
4 biomass or alternative fuels through the utilization of forest
5 products or forest residue, and surrounding property. Forest
6 products processing facility does not include an existing facility
7 or operation that is located in this state that relocates to a
8 renaissance zone for a forest products processing facility. Forest
9 products processing facility does not include a facility or
10 operation that engages primarily in retail sales.
11 (H) (f) "Local governmental unit" means a county, city,
12 village, or township.
13 (I) (g) "Person" means an individual, partnership,
14 corporation, association, limited liability company, governmental
15 entity, or other legal entity.
16 (J) (h) "Qualified local governmental unit" means either of
17 the following:
18 (i) A county.
19 (ii) A city, village, or township that contains an eligible
20 distressed area as defined in section 11 of the state housing
21 development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1411.
22 (K) (i) "Recovery zone" means a tool and die renaissance
23 recovery zone created in section 8d.
24 (l) (j) "Renaissance zone" means a geographic area designated
25 under this act.
26 (M) (k) "Renewable energy facility" means a facility that
27 creates energy directly or fuel from the wind, the sun, trees,
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1 grasses, biosolids, algae, agricultural commodities, processed
2 products from agricultural commodities, or residues from
3 agricultural processes, wood or forest processes, food production
4 and processing, or the paper products industry. Renewable energy
5 facility also includes a facility that creates energy or fuels from
6 solid biomass, animal wastes, or landfill gases. Renewable energy
7 facility also includes a facility that focuses on research,
8 development, or manufacturing of systems or components of systems
9 used to create energy or fuel from the items described in this
10 subdivision.
11 (N) (l) "Residential rental property" means that term as
12 defined in section 7ff of the general property tax act, 1893 PA
13 206, MCL 211.7ff.
14 (O) (m) "Review board" means the renaissance zone review board
15 created in section 5.
16 (P) (n) "Rural area" means an area that lies outside of the
17 boundaries of an urban area.
18 (Q) (o) "Urban area" means an urbanized area as determined by
19 the economics and statistics administration, United States bureau
20 of the census according to the 1990 census.
21 SEC. 8G. (1) THE BOARD, UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF
22 THE MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND DEFINED IN SECTION 4 OF THE MICHIGAN
23 STRATEGIC FUND ACT, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2004, MAY DESIGNATE
24 ADDITIONAL RENAISSANCE ZONES FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS
25 FACILITIES WITHIN THIS STATE IN THAT PORTION OF A CITY, VILLAGE, OR
26 TOWNSHIP IF THAT CITY, VILLAGE, OR TOWNSHIP OR COMBINATION OF
27 CITIES, VILLAGES, OR TOWNSHIPS CONSENTS TO THE CREATION OF A
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1 RENAISSANCE ZONE FOR AN ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY WITHIN
2 THEIR BOUNDARIES. A RENAISSANCE ZONE FOR AN ENTREPRENEURIAL
3 BUSINESS FACILITY SHALL HAVE A DURATION OF RENAISSANCE ZONE STATUS
4 FOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS.
5 (2) EACH RENAISSANCE ZONE DESIGNATED FOR AN ENTREPRENEURIAL
6 BUSINESS FACILITY UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE 1 CONTINUOUS DISTINCT
7 GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
8 (3) THE BOARD MAY REVOKE THE DESIGNATION OF ALL OR A PORTION
9 OF A RENAISSANCE ZONE FOR AN ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY IF
10 THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY
11 DOES 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING IN A RENAISSANCE ZONE DESIGNATED
12 UNDER THIS SECTION:
13 (A) FAILS TO COMMENCE OPERATION.
14 (B) CEASES OPERATION.
15 (C) FAILS TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION WITHIN 1 YEAR
16 FROM THE DATE THE RENAISSANCE ZONE FOR THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS
17 FACILITY IS DESIGNATED.
18 (4) THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WHEN
19 DESIGNATING A RENAISSANCE ZONE FOR AN ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS
20 FACILITY:
21 (A) THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON LOCAL SUPPLIERS WHO SUPPLY RAW
22 MATERIALS, GOODS, AND SERVICES TO THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS
23 FACILITY.
24 (B) THE CREATION OF JOBS RELATIVE TO THE EMPLOYMENT BASE OF
25 THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN THE STATIC NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED.
26 (C) THE VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT.
27 (D) THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE
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1 ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY IS LOCATED.
2 (5) THE BOARD SHALL REQUIRE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
3 THE MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS
4 FACILITY.
5 (6) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT" MEANS A
6 WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND AND THE
7 ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY THAT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED
8 TO, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
9 (A) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY
10 COMPLY WITH ALL STATE AND LOCAL LAWS.
11 (B) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY
12 REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND ON ALL OF THE
13 FOLLOWING:
14 (i) THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT MADE AT THE FACILITY.
15 (ii) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED AT THE FACILITY AT THE
16 BEGINNING AND END OF THE REPORTING PERIOD AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF
17 INDIVIDUALS TRANSFERRED TO THE FACILITY FROM ANOTHER FACILITY OWNED
18 BY THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FACILITY.
19 (iii) THE PERCENTAGE OF RAW MATERIALS PURCHASED IN THIS STATE.
20 (C) APPROVAL OF THE BUSINESS PLAN BY A STATE RECOGNIZED
21 ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT RESOURCE AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD.
22 (D) ANY OTHER CONDITIONS OR REQUIREMENTS REASONABLY REQUIRED
23 BY THE MICHIGAN STRATEGIC FUND.