Introduced in the House on June 17, 2008, to create an exception in the “incompatible public offices” statute allowing a public officer or public employee of a city, village, township, school district, community college district, or county to be appointed to and serve on the board of a Neighborhood Improvement Authority, a Water Resource Improvement Tax Increment Finance Authority; an Historical Neighborhood Tax Increment Finance Authority; a Principal Shopping District; a Business Improvement Zone; a Metropolitan District; a Land Bank Fast Track Authority; or a Corridor Improvement Authority. These entities can do things like grant selective tax breaks, impose Tax Increment Financing Plans, etc
The vote was 109 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 not voting
(House Roll Call 718 at House Journal 74)
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