Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.2088r

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fund: means the Michigan strategic fund created under section 5, except where the context clearly requires a different definition. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
  • Fund board: means the board of the Michigan strategic fund described in section 5. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Municipality: means a county, city, village, township, port district, development organization, institution of higher education, community or junior college, or subdivision or instrumentality of any of the legal entities listed in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
  • Project: means an economic development project and, in addition, means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, conversion, or leasing of an industrial, commercial, retail, agricultural, or forestry enterprise, or any part of these, to carry out the purposes and objectives of this act and of the fund, including, but not limited to, acquisition of land or interest in land, buildings, structures, or other planned or existing planned improvements to land including leasehold improvements, machinery, equipment, or furnishings which include, but are not limited to, the following: research parks; office facilities; engineering facilities; research and development laboratories; warehousing facilities; parts distribution facilities; depots or storage facilities; port facilities; railroad facilities, including trackage, right of way, and appurtenances; airports; bridges and bridge facilities; water and air pollution control equipment or waste disposal facilities; theme or recreational parks; equipment or facilities designed to produce energy from renewable resources; farms, ranches, forests, and other agricultural or forestry commodity producers; agricultural harvesting, storage, transportation, or processing facilities or equipment; grain elevators; shipping heads and livestock pens; livestock; warehouses; wharves and dock facilities; dredging of recreational or commercial harbors; water, electricity, hydro electric, coal, petroleum, or natural gas provision facilities; dams and irrigation facilities; sewage, liquid, and solid waste collection, disposal treatment, and drainage services and facilities. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
  • Qualified business: means a business entity located in this state. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  (1) The fund shall create and operate the Michigan business development program to provide grants, loans, and other economic assistance to qualified businesses that make qualified investments in this state or provide qualified new jobs in this state.
  (2) The Michigan business development program shall provide for all of the following:
  (a) Grants, loans, and other economic assistance to assist qualified businesses in making qualified investments and providing new jobs in this state, with preference given to qualified businesses that need additional assistance for deal-closing and for second stage company gap financing.
  (b) A detailed application, approval, and compliance process published and available on the fund’s website. The detailed application, approval, and compliance process must, at a minimum, contain the following:
  (i) A qualified business may apply for a grant, loan, or other economic assistance in a form and manner determined by the fund.
  (ii) After receipt of an application, the fund may enter into a written agreement with the qualified business if the qualified business agrees to make certain qualified investments or create a certain number of new jobs in this state.
  (iii) The written agreement must provide in a clear and concise manner all of the conditions imposed, including specific time frames, on the qualified business to receive a grant, loan, or other economic assistance under this section.
  (iv) The written agreement must provide for a repayment provision of any grants, loans, or other economic assistance if the qualified business fails to comply with the provisions of the written agreement.
  (v) The written agreement must provide for an audit provision that requires the fund to verify that established milestones for the project have been met.
  (c) In any fiscal year, a qualified business shall not receive more than $10,000,000.00 for a project funded under this section.
  (3) The fund shall not enter into a written agreement with a qualified business unless all of the following are met:
  (a) The municipality makes a staff, financial, or economic commitment to the project as determined by the fund.
  (b) The qualified business provides a business plan or demonstrates the need for the grant, loan, or other economic assistance.
  (c) The qualified business agrees to provide the data described in the written agreement necessary for the fund to report to the legislature under this act.
  (4) The fund shall post on its website or post on the website of the Michigan economic development corporation the name and location of each qualified business that received a grant, loan, or other economic assistance awarded under this section and the amount of the grant, loan, or other economic assistance.
  (5) Beginning February 1, 2012 and not less than every 3 months thereafter, the fund shall post on its internet website the name and location of a qualified business that received approval of a grant, loan, or other economic assistance under this section in the immediately preceding 3-month period.
  (6) The legislature finds and declares that funding authorized under this section to encourage diversification of the economy, to encourage capital investment in this state, and to promote the creation of qualified new jobs in this state is a public purpose and of paramount concern in the interest of the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of this state.
  (7) As used in this section:
  (a) “Other economic assistance” means any other form of assistance allowed under this act that is not a grant or a loan.
  (b) “Qualified business” means a business that is located in or operates in this state or will locate or will operate in this state as determined by the fund. A qualified business may include more than 1 business as determined by the fund board.
  (c) “Qualified investment” means investment in this state related to a project subject to a written agreement under this section.
  (d) “Qualified new job” means a job performed by an individual who is a resident of this state whose Michigan income taxes are withheld by an employer, or an employee leasing company or professional employer organization on behalf of the employer, or by an individual who is not a resident of this state and is employed by a business at a project location that is located in this state, provided that the business certifies in writing at the time of disbursement that not less than 75% of the employees of that business are residents of this state, that is in excess of the number of jobs maintained by the qualified business in this state prior to the expansion or location, as determined and verified by the fund.

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