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HB 4996<\/a>, the crowdfunding<\/a>\u00a0legislation, is one step further in becoming law after the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions committee unanimously passed it out today!\u00a0 It now moves to the Senate floor for full passage.\u00a0 We are one step closer to assisting a segment of our economy that will prove to be huge economic drivers, those new small businesses and those wishing to expand.<\/p>\n

HB 4996, a creative approach to economic development, will allow the sales of securities to an unlimited number of non-accredited investors, provided the issuer registers with the State of Michigan.\u00a0 Any Michiganders who do not fit the federal definition of an accredited investor are given the opportunity to support their local entrepreneurs, existing small businesses, and real estate investments.<\/p>\n

Nikki Brown is a legislative associate for the League handling economic development and land use issues.\u00a0 She can be reached at nbrown@mml.org or 517-908-0305.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HB 4996, the crowdfunding\u00a0legislation, is one step further in becoming law after the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions committee unanimously passed it out today!\u00a0 It now moves to the Senate floor for full passage.\u00a0 We are one step closer to assisting a segment of our economy that will prove to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","mml-onemagnify-plugin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCrowdfunding Moves Further, Passes Senate Committee - 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