2023 House Bill 4679 / 2024 Public Act 205

State finance: bonds; revenue bond act definitions; modify.

An act to amend 1933 PA 94, entitled “An act to authorize public corporations, or officers of certain public corporations, to purchase, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, or repair public improvements within or without their corporate limits, and to own, operate, and maintain the same; to authorize the creation, operation, and financing of certain delinquent tax systems; to authorize the condemnation of property for such public improvements; to provide for the imposition and collection of charges, fees, rentals, or rates for the services, facilities, and commodities furnished by such public improvements; to provide for the issuance of bonds or notes and refunding bonds or notes payable from the revenues of public improvements or from delinquent tax systems; to provide for a pledge by public corporations of their full faith and credit and the levy of taxes without limitation as to rate or amount to the extent necessary for the payment of the bonds or notes, or for advancing money from general funds for payment of bonds or notes; to provide for payment, retirement, and security of such bonds; to provide for the imposition of special assessment bonds for the purpose of refunding outstanding revenue bonds; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of treasury and of the municipal finance commission or its successor agency relative to such bonds or notes and relative to private activity bonds issued by a state or local governmental entity; to provide for other matters in respect to such public improvements and bonds or notes and to validate action taken and bonds issued; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,” by amending section 18 (MCL 141.118), as amended by 1987 PA 229.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4679 would amend the Revenue Bond Act to allow a public improvement to provide a free service to a land bank fast track authority created under the Land Bank Fast Track Act.

Introduced in the House

May 25, 2023

Introduced by Reps. Kristian Grant (D-82) and Kelly Breen (D-21)

Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance

Oct. 4, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy

Nov. 1, 2023

Reported without amendment

May 21, 2024

Passed in the House 58 to 49 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

May 30, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection

Dec. 11, 2024

Reported without amendment

Dec. 12, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Dec. 18, 2024

Reported without amendment

Dec. 19, 2024

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

Dec. 20, 2024

Motion to discharge from committee by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Jan. 16, 2025