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SB-899, As Passed Senate, June 17, 2026
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SENATE BILL NO. 899
A bill to amend 1996 PA 381, entitled
"Brownfield redevelopment financing act,"
by amending section 8a (MCL 125.2658a), as amended by 2023 PA 90.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 8a. (1) The state brownfield redevelopment fund is 1
created as a revolving fund within in the department of treasury to 2
be administered as provided in this section. The state treasurer 3
shall direct the investment of the state brownfield redevelopment 4
fund. Money in the state brownfield redevelopment fund at the close 5
of the fiscal year remains in the state brownfield redevelopment 6
April 15, 2026, Introduced by Senator SINGH and referred to Committee on Natural Resources
and Agriculture.
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fund and does not lapse to the general fund. 1
(2) The state treasurer shall credit to the fund money from 2
the following sources: 3
(a) All amounts deposited into the state brownfield 4
redevelopment fund under subsection (4) and section 13b(14). 5
(b) The proceeds from repayment of a loan, including interest 6
on those repayments, under subsection (3)(c)(vi). 7
(c) Interest on funds deposited into the state brownfield 8
redevelopment fund. 9
(d) Money obtained from any other source authorized by law. 10
(3) The state brownfield redevelopment fund may be used only 11
for the following purposes: 12
(a) Up to 15% of the amounts deposited annually into the state 13
brownfield redevelopment fund may be used to pay administrative 14
costs of all of the following: 15
(i) The Michigan strategic fund to implement this act. 16
(ii) The department to implement this act. 17
(iii) The department to implement part 196 192 of the natural 18
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 19
324.19601 324.19201 to 324.19616.324.19223. 20
(iv) The department of treasury to implement this act. 21
(b) To make deposits into the clean Michigan initiative bond 22
fund under section 19606(2)(d) of the natural resources and 23
environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19606, for use 24
in providing provide grants and loans under section 19608(1)(a)(iv) 25
part 192 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 26
1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19608.324.19201 to 324.19223. 27
(c) To fund a grant and loan program created and operated by 28
the Michigan strategic fund for the costs of eligible activities 29
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described in section 13b(4) on eligible properties. The grant and 1
loan program must provide for all of the following: 2
(i) The Michigan strategic fund shall create and operate a 3
grant and loan program to provide grants and loans to fund eligible 4
activities described in section 13b(4) on eligible property. The 5
Michigan strategic fund shall develop and use a detailed 6
application, approval, and compliance process adopted by resolution 7
of the board of the Michigan strategic fund. This process must be 8
published and available on the Michigan strategic fund website. 9
Program standards, guidelines, templates, or any other forms to 10
implement the grant and loan program must be approved by the board 11
of the Michigan strategic fund. The Michigan strategic fund may 12
delegate its approval authority under this subsection to a 13
designee. 14
(ii) A person may apply to the Michigan strategic fund for 15
approval of a grant or loan to fund eligible activities described 16
in section 13b(4) on eligible property. 17
(iii) The Michigan strategic fund shall approve or deny an 18
application not more than 60 days after receipt of an 19
administratively complete application. If the application is 20
neither approved nor denied within 60 days, it the application must 21
be considered by the board of the Michigan strategic fund, or its 22
designee if delegated, for action at, or by, the next regularly 23
scheduled board meeting. The Michigan strategic fund may delegate 24
the approval or denial of an application to the chairperson of the 25
Michigan strategic fund or other designees determined by the board. 26
(iv) If an application is approved under this subsection, the 27
Michigan strategic fund shall enter into a written agreement with 28
the applicant. The written agreement must provide all the 29
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conditions imposed on the applicant and the terms of the grant or 1
loan. The written agreement must also provide for penalties if the 2
applicant fails to comply with the provisions of the written 3
agreement. 4
(v) After the Michigan strategic fund and the applicant have 5
entered into a written agreement under subparagraph (iv), the 6
Michigan strategic fund shall distribute the proceeds to the 7
applicant according to the terms of the written agreement. 8
(vi) Any proceeds from repayment of a loan, including interest 9
on those repayments, under this subsection must be paid into the 10
state brownfield redevelopment fund or to the fund from which the 11
loan was generated, as described in subdivision (b) and this 12
subdivision. 13
(d) To distribute construction period tax capture revenues, 14
withholding tax capture revenues, income tax capture revenues, and 15
sales and use tax capture revenues in accordance with a 16
transformational brownfield plan under subsection (4). 17
(e) To distribute revenue deposited in the state brownfield 18
redevelopment fund from a brownfield plan that includes housing 19
development activities and that was approved by the Michigan state 20
housing development authority under section 13b(4)(b) to the 21
housing development fund created in section 23 of the state housing 22
development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1423. 23
(4) The state treasurer shall deposit annually from the 24
general fund into the state brownfield redevelopment fund an amount 25
equal to the construction period tax capture revenues, withholding 26
tax capture revenues, income tax capture revenues, and sales and 27
use tax capture revenues due to be transmitted under all 28
transformational brownfield plans. The department of treasury shall 29
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distribute the construction period tax capture revenues, 1
withholding tax capture revenues, income tax capture revenues, and 2
sales and use tax capture revenues to an authority, or to the owner 3
or developer of the eligible property to which the revenues are 4
attributable, in accordance with section 16(8) and the terms of the 5
written development or reimbursement agreement for each 6
transformational brownfield plan. Amounts transferred into the 7
state brownfield redevelopment fund attributable to a specific 8
transformational brownfield plan must be accounted for separately 9
within the state brownfield redevelopment fund and must not be used 10
for any other purpose or activity under this section or for any 11
transformational brownfield plan other than the plan to which the 12
revenues are attributable or for the additional administrative 13
costs under this section associated with the implementation of a 14
transformational brownfield plan. 15
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect 16
unless Senate Bill No. 898 of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into 17
law. 18