2007 Senate Bill 863

Ban replacing one-dollar State Police HQ lease with $3.7 million lease from developer

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 30, 2007

Introduced by Sen. Cameron Brown (R-16)

To prohibit going forward with a 25-year, annual $3.7 million lease of a new State Police headquarters in downtown Lansing (the “Triangle Project” owned by developer and prominent Democratic Party activist Joel Ferguson) to replace the headquarters the state now leases from Michigan State University for $1 per year under a contract that ends in 2030. The new project is supported by Gov. Jennifer Granholm and has already been granted the necessary approval by the state administrative board.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations