Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the Senate on December 10, 2009, to revise the 2003 law that created local "land bank" authorities empowered to assemble and dispose of abandoned tax reverted property, so as to include "promote urban agriculture" among the things they are supposed to accomplish (along with "revitalize the economy, promote economic growth, and foster development"

The vote was 35 in favor, 1 opposed and 2 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 285 at Senate Journal 0)

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This bill does make sense. If those lands were abandoned for whatever reason someone has to make use of it. The biggest problem with this kind of land is that it's left in a deplorable state sometimes, with termite or other pest infestations, so this would mean a lot of work, but maybe it would also create jobs.

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