As used in this act:

(a) “Additional response activities” means response activities identified as part of a brownfield plan that are in addition to baseline environmental assessment activities and due care activities for an eligible property.

(b) “Authority” means a brownfield redevelopment authority created under this act.

(c) “Baseline environmental assessment” means that term as defined in section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

(d) “Baseline environmental assessment activities” means those response activities identified as part of a brownfield plan that are necessary to complete a baseline environmental assessment for an eligible property in the brownfield plan.

(e) “Blighted” means property that meets any of the following criteria as determined by the governing body:

(i) Has been declared a public nuisance in accordance with a local housing, building, plumbing, fire, or other related code or ordinance.

(ii) Is an attractive nuisance to children because of physical condition, use, or occupancy.

(iii) Is a fire hazard or is otherwise dangerous to the safety of persons or property.

(iv) Has had the utilities, plumbing, heating, or sewerage permanently disconnected, destroyed, removed, or rendered ineffective so that the property is unfit for its intended use.

(v) Is tax reverted property owned by a qualified local governmental unit, by a county, or by this state. The sale, lease, or transfer of tax reverted property by a qualified local governmental unit, county, or this state after the property’s inclusion in a brownfield plan shall not result in the loss to the property of the status as blighted property for purposes of this act.

(vi) Is property owned or under the control of a land bank fast track authority under the land bank fast track act, whether or not located within a qualified local governmental unit. Property included within a brownfield plan prior to the date it meets the requirements of this subdivision to be eligible property shall be considered to become eligible property as of the date the property is determined to have been or becomes qualified as, or is combined with, other eligible property. The sale, lease, or transfer of the property by a land bank fast track authority after the property’s inclusion in a brownfield plan shall not result in the loss to the property of the status as blighted property for purposes of this act.

(vii) Has substantial subsurface demolition debris buried on site so that the property is unfit for its intended use.

(f) “Board” means the governing body of an authority.

(g) “Brownfield plan” means a plan that meets the requirements of section 13 and is adopted under section 14.

(h) “Captured taxable value” means the amount in 1 year by which the current taxable value of an eligible property subject to a brownfield plan, including the taxable value or assessed value, as appropriate, of the property for which specific taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes, exceeds the initial taxable value of that eligible property. The state tax commission shall prescribe the method for calculating captured taxable value.

(i) “Chief executive officer” means the mayor of a city, the village manager of a village, the township supervisor of a township, or the county executive of a county or, if the county does not have an elected county executive, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners.

(j) “Department” means the department of environmental quality.

(k) “Due care activities” means those response activities identified as part of a brownfield plan that are necessary to allow the owner or operator of an eligible property in the plan to comply with the requirements of section 20107a of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20107a.

(l) “Economic opportunity zone” means 1 or more parcels of property that meet all of the following:

(i) That together are 40 or more acres in size.

(ii) That contain a manufacturing facility that consists of 500,000 or more square feet.

(iii) That are located in a municipality that has a population of 30,000 or less and that is contiguous to a qualified local governmental unit.

(m) “Eligible activities” or “eligible activity” means 1 or more of the following:

(i) Baseline environmental assessment activities.

(ii) Due care activities.

(iii) Additional response activities.

(iv) For eligible activities on eligible property that was used or is currently used for commercial, industrial, or residential purposes that is in a qualified local governmental unit, that is owned or under the control of a land bank fast track authority, or that is located in an economic opportunity zone, and is a facility, functionally obsolete, or blighted, and except for purposes of former section 38d of the single business tax act, 1975 PA 228, the following additional activities:

(A) Infrastructure improvements that directly benefit eligible property.

(B) Demolition of structures that is not response activity under section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

(C) Lead or asbestos abatement.

(D) Site preparation that is not response activity under section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

(E) Assistance to a land bank fast track authority in clearing or quieting title to, or selling or otherwise conveying, property owned or under the control of a land bank fast track authority or the acquisition of property by the land bank fast track authority if the acquisition of the property is for economic development purposes.

(v) Relocation of public buildings or operations for economic development purposes.

(vi) For eligible activities on eligible property that is a qualified facility that is not located in a qualified local governmental unit and that is a facility, functionally obsolete, or blighted, the following additional activities:

(A) Infrastructure improvements that directly benefit eligible property.

(B) Demolition of structures that is not response activity under section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

(C) Lead or asbestos abatement.

(D) Site preparation that is not response activity under section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

(vii) For eligible activities on eligible property that is not located in a qualified local governmental unit and that is a facility, functionally obsolete, or blighted, the following additional activities:

(A) Demolition of structures that is not response activity under section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

(B) Lead or asbestos abatement.

(viii) Reasonable costs of developing and preparing brownfield plans and work plans.

(ix) For property that is not located in a qualified local governmental unit and that is a facility, functionally obsolete, or blighted, that is a former mill that has not been used for industrial purposes for the immediately preceding 2 years, that is located along a river that is a federal superfund site listed under the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act of 1980, 42 USC 9601 to 9675, and that is located in a city with a population of less than 10,000 persons, the following additional activities:

(A) Infrastructure improvements that directly benefit the property.

(B) Demolition of structures that is not response activity under section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

(C) Lead or asbestos abatement.

(D) Site preparation that is not response activity under section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101.

(x) For eligible activities on eligible property that is located north of the 45th parallel, that is a facility, functionally obsolete, or blighted, and the owner or operator o