HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE
REP. JAMES LOWER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
12:00 PM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance was called to
order by Chair Lower.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Lower, Marino, Crawford, Calley, Howell, Markkanen, Paquette, Ellison,
Sowerby, Garza, Hope, Kuppa.
Absent/Excused: Rep. Eisen.
The Chair laid SB 350 before the committee:
SB 350
(Sen. LaSata)
A bill to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled "The
general law village act," by amending section 18 (MCL
69.18), as amended by 1984 PA 179.
Senator LaSata testified in support of SB 350; Bret Witkowski, Berrien County Treasurer; and
Lois Jones, Village of Three Oaks Treasurer, testified in support of SB 350.
The following person submitted a card in support of SB 350, but did not wish to speak:
Chris Hackbarth, representing the Michigan Municipal League.
The Chair laid SB 712 and SB 713 before the committee:
SB 712
(Sen. Bumstead)
A bill to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled
"The general law village act," by amending sections 10 and
13 of chapter II and section 5 of chapter V (MCL 62.10,
62.13, and 65.5), section 13 of chapter II as amended by
2003 PA 305 and section 5 of chapter V as amended by 1998
PA 255.
SB 713
(Sen. Bumstead)
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116,
entitled "Michigan election law," by amending section 381
(MCL 168.381), as amended by 2018 PA 120.
Travis Chapman, representing Senator Bumstead, Chris Hackbarth and John Schrier, both
representing the Michigan Municipal League, all testified in support of SB 712 and SB 713.
The Chair laid HB 4159 before the committee:
HB 4159
(Rep. Iden)
A bill to amend 1996 PA 381, entitled
"Brownfield redevelopment financing act," by amending
sections 2, 8, 13, 13b, and 16 (MCL 125.2652, 125.2658,
125.2663, 125.2663b, and 125.2666), section 2 as amended
by 2018 PA 203, section 8 as amended by 2016 PA 471, and
sections 13, 13b, and 16 as amended by 2017 PA 46.
At 12:34 PM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 12:35 PM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
Representative Iden, Carrie Geyer, representing the Michigan Department of Environment, Great
Lakes & Energy, and Lori Mullins, representing the Michigan Economic Development
Corporation, all testified in support of HB 4159.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4159, but did not wish to speak:
Jen Rigterink, representing the Michigan Municipal League.
Representative Calley moved to excuse Representative Eisen from the meeting. There being no
objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Representative Paquette moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 26, 2020. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Lower adjourned the meeting at
12:48 PM.
Representative James Lower, Chair
Molly Wingrove
Committee Clerk
mwingrove@house.mi.gov