Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.2792

  • certificate: means the certificate issued pursuant to section 6. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Commission: means the state tax commission created by 1927 PA 360, MCL 209. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Facility: except as otherwise provided in this act, means a building or group of contiguous buildings. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Obsolete property: means commercial property or commercial housing property, that is 1 or more of the following:
  (i) Blighted, as that term is defined in section 2 of the brownfield redevelopment financing act, 1996 PA 381, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Qualified local governmental unit: means 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) A city with a median family income of 150% or less of the statewide median family income as reported in the 1990 federal decennial census that meets 1 or more of the following criteria:
      (A) Contains or has within its borders an eligible distressed area as that term is defined in section 11(u)(ii) and (iii) of the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Rehabilitated facility: means a commercial property or commercial housing property that has undergone rehabilitation or is in the process of being rehabilitated, including rehabilitation that changes the intended use of the building. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Rehabilitation: means changes to obsolete property other than replacement that are required to restore or modify the property, together with all appurtenances, to an economically efficient condition. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  •   (1) The legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit may, by resolution, revoke the obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate of a facility if it finds that the completion of rehabilitation of the facility has not occurred within the time authorized by the legislative body in the exemption certificate or a duly authorized extension of that time, or that the holder of the obsolete property exemption certificate has not proceeded in good faith with the operation of the rehabilitated facility in a manner consistent with the purposes of this act and in the absence of circumstances that are beyond the control of the holder of the exemption certificate.
      (2) Upon receipt of a request by certified mail to the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit by the holder of an obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate requesting revocation of the certificate, the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit may, by resolution, revoke the certificate.
      (3) Upon the written request of the holder of a revoked obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate to the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit and the commission or upon the application of a subsequent owner to the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit to transfer the revoked obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate to a subsequent owner, and the submission to the commission of a resolution of concurrence by the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit in which the facility is located, and if the facility continues to qualify under this act, the commission may reinstate a revoked obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate for the holder or a subsequent owner that has applied for the transfer.