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The application for Fiscal Year 2014 – Round 1 of the Competitive Grant Assistance Program (CGAP) is now available. The application is available on the Department of Treasury’s website. There is a minimum of $15.0 million in CGAP funding available for this round.  Applications will be due to the Michigan [...]

This afternoon the Senate Local Government Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 307, a bill introduced Senator Steve Bieda (D-Warren) that removes population thresholds for communities who want to use a police and fire special assessment as a revenue option. The committee adopted and passed a substitute version that you can [...]

This morning the Senate Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee reported a package of bills, Senate Bills 541-545, that make positive clarifying changes to PA 152 of 2011, the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act. Senate Bill 541 would amend the definition of “medical benefit plan”, which currently excludes benefits provided [...]

This morning the House Tax Policy Committee heard testimony on Senate Bills 489 and 490, bills that are the first “fix” bills from the personal property tax (PPT) reform package that passed in December. The bills clarify the process for a businesses to claim exemptions under the legislation. The League [...]

This morning the Senate Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee unanimously reported Senate Bill 387, legislation that would amend the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act to include a reserve or auxiliary police officer as an employee of the State for purposes of the Act when he or she was performing duties in [...]

CALL MISS-DIG. Under the legislation passed today by the Senate Energy & Technology Committee a local unit of government faces penalties if they do not call the MISS-DIG system when beginning a project that involves digging. If a local unit does call MISS-DIG there is no liability. This afternoon the [...]

This morning the House took testimony on PA 295 of 2008, part of the 2008 energy package that specifically deals with energy efficiency and renewable energy.  The League was supportive of the 2008 package, and as a member of the Michigan Energy Michigan Jobs Coalition continues to support energy efficiency [...]

Category one to qualify for funding under the Economic Vitality Incentive Program (EVIP) is due today, October 1, 2013. Category one is accountability and transparency; i.e., dashboard and citizens guide. The dashboard template and F65 Citizen’s Guide are available on Treasury’s website. Category one is substantially similar to last year; [...]

This week the Senate Energy and Technology Committee discussed a rewrite of the MISS-DIG Act. Last session the Senate passed bills that would create an exception to governmental immunity under the MISS-DIG Act. The legislation that passed the Senate last session would rewrite the MISS-DIG Act and create a structure [...]

This week the Senate Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 387, legislation that would amend the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act to include a reserve or auxiliary police officer as an employee of the State for purposes of the Act when he or she was performing duties [...]