Bill Text: MI SB0999 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Higher education; financial aid; number of governing bodies authorized to establish promise zones; increase. Amends sec. 4 of 2008 PA 549 (MCL 390.1664).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-11-09 - Referred To Committee On Local Government [SB0999 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0999-Engrossed.html

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SB-0999, As Passed Senate, October 20, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2008 PA 549, entitled

 

"Michigan promise zone authority act,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1664), as added by 2016 PA 9.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. (1) If a governing body determines that it is

 

necessary for the best interests of the public to promote access to

 

postsecondary education, the governing body may, by resolution,

 

declare its intention to establish a promise zone.

 

     (2) A governing body shall set a date for a public hearing on

 

the adoption of a proposed resolution establishing a promise zone.

 

Notice of the public hearing shall be published twice in a

 

newspaper of general circulation in the eligible entity, at least

 

20 and not more than 40 days before the date of the hearing. Notice

 

of the hearing shall be posted in at least 20 conspicuous and

 

public places in the eligible entity at least 20 days before the

 

hearing. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the

 

hearing and shall describe the proposed promise zone, the details

 

of the promise of financial assistance, and the criteria for

 

eligibility to receive that financial assistance.

 

     (3) Not less than At least 30 days after the public hearing,

 

if the governing body of an eligible entity intends to proceed with

 

the establishment of a promise zone, it shall submit an application

 

to the department of treasury seeking approval to establish the

 

promise zone.

 

     (4) The department of treasury shall review an application

 

submitted under subsection (3) and shall determine if the governing

 

body of the eligible entity that submitted the application is

 

eligible to establish a promise zone under this act. If so, the

 

department of treasury shall certify the eligibility of that

 

governing body to establish a promise zone. The Subject to

 

subsection (8), the department of treasury shall review the

 

applications submitted under subsection (3) on a first-come, first-

 

served basis and shall not certify more than 10 11 governing bodies

 

of eligible entities as eligible to establish a promise zone under

 

this act.

 

     (5) If the department of treasury certifies that the governing

 

body of the eligible entity is eligible to create a promise zone,

 

the governing body shall, by resolution, establish a promise zone.

 

     (6) Within 90 days after a governing body approves a

 

resolution to establish a promise zone, a local school district may

by resolution elect not to participate in the establishment of a

 

promise zone by the governing body of the eligible entity in which

 

the local school district is located. The resolution shall include

 

a provision that the local school district will establish a

 

separate promise zone under this act. If the local school district

 

does not establish a promise zone within a reasonable period of

 

time, the department of treasury may include that local school

 

district in the promise zone established by the eligible entity in

 

which the local school district is located.

 

     (7) If a governing body of an eligible entity by resolution

 

dissolves a promise zone established under subsection (5), the

 

department of treasury's certification authorizing that promise

 

zone under subsection (4) is terminated and does not count toward

 

the limit of 10 11 certifications under subsection (4).

 

     (8) For the additional promise zone that may be established as

 

a result of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the

 

department of treasury shall review, on a first-come, first-served

 

basis, only those applications submitted by governing bodies of

 

eligible entities that are cities that meet both of the following:

 

     (a) The city must have a population of more than 80,000 and

 

less than 120,000 according to the most recent decennial census.

 

     (b) The city must be one in which a declaration of emergency

 

was issued for drinking water contamination within the immediately

 

preceding 3 years.