Bill Text: MI HB6526 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Economic development; economic development corporations; repealer provision for the defense contract coordination center; repeal. Amends 2006 PA 317 (MCL 125.1971 - 125.1972) by repealing enacting sec. 1.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-30 - Referred To Committee On Commerce And Tourism [HB6526 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB6526-Engrossed.html

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HB-6526, As Passed House, November 10, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 6526

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2006 PA 317, entitled

 

"An act to create certain centers in the Michigan strategic fund;

to impose certain duties and responsibilities on those centers and

on certain state employees and public employees; and to repeal acts

and parts of acts,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 125.1972); and to repeal acts and parts

 

of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) The defense contract coordination Michigan

 

economic development corporation defense center is created in the

 

Michigan strategic fund. The board of the Michigan strategic fund

 

may delegate those functions and authority that the board considers

 

necessary or appropriate as provided in section 5 of the Michigan

 

strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2005.

 

     (2) The center shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Focus solely on job creation and job retention from

 

business opportunities associated with the procurement technical

 

assistance center for homeland security and defense contracts and

 

contracts related to homeland security and defense.

 

     (b) Coordinate with procurement technical assistance centers

 

in this state to maximize homeland security and defense business

 

opportunities for small businesses and small business innovation

 

research programs located in this state.

 

     (c) Give priority to bring homeland security and defense

 

business opportunities to municipalities hardest hit by

 

manufacturing layoffs.

 

     (d) Set a performance objective of increasing defense and

 

homeland security contracts awarded to businesses located in this

 

state by 25% by the time this act is repealed.

 

     (e) Provide resources needed to meet the performance objective

 

described in subdivision (d) within 1 year of the date this act is

 

enacted not later than July 20, 2007.

 

     (f) Coordinate center efforts with programs funded with

 

proceeds from the 21st century jobs trust fund under the Michigan

 

trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.251 to 12.260, and other

 

initiatives that are targeted toward commercialization activities

 

related to homeland security and defense research and development

 

in higher education institutions, research centers, and other

 

businesses working in the homeland security and defense arena.

 

     (g) Coordinate with businesses and nonprofit organizations

 

located in this state for the purposes of maximizing homeland

 

security and defense business opportunities.

 

     (3) The center shall hire an executive director and a support

 

person to operate the center. Additional staff may be hired once a

 

business plan has been developed and approved by the board of the

 

Michigan strategic fund. The development plan shall may include the

 

percentage of funds used for grants, loans, and operating expenses.

 

     (4) The defense contract coordination center may exercise

 

those powers, privileges, and authorities that the Michigan

 

strategic fund and local public agencies share in common and that

 

each might exercise separately. The shared power, privilege, or

 

authority shall be exercised by a public body corporate created

 

under section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963

 

and the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL

 

124.501 to 124.512, by a contractual interlocal agreement effective

 

April 5, 1999 between local participating economic development

 

corporations formed under the economic development corporations

 

act, 1974 PA 338, MCL 125.1601 to 125.1636, and the Michigan

 

strategic fund.

 

     (5) The center shall not use any state funds to construct or

 

renovate a building for its own use.

 

     (6) If a procurement technical assistance center or other

 

entity receives a grant or loan from the center or any funding from

 

the Michigan strategic fund, that procurement technical assistance

 

center or other entity shall report the following information not

 

less than once each year to the center:

 

     (a) A description of how that grant, loan, or other funding

 

has been used by the procurement technical assistance center or

 

other entity in the immediately preceding year.

 

     (b) The number and amount of defense or homeland security

 

contracts the procurement technical assistance center or other

 

entity has received in the immediately preceding year.

 

     (7) As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Center" or "Michigan economic development corporation

 

defense center" means the Michigan economic development corporation

 

defense center created in section 2.

 

     (b) "Michigan strategic fund" means the Michigan strategic

 

fund created under the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270,

 

MCL 125.2001 to 125.2094.

 

     (c) "Municipality" means a township, village, city, or county.

 

     (d) "Small business" means a business with fewer than 400

 

employees.

 

     Enacting section 1. Section 1 of 2006 PA 317, MCL 125.1971, is

 

repealed.

 

     Enacting section 2. Enacting section 1 of 2006 PA 317 is

 

repealed.