2011 House Bill 4194

Require citizenship and resident preferences in selective tax breaks and subsidies

Introduced in the House

Feb. 8, 2011

Introduced by Rep. Charles Brunner (D-96)

To prohibit a local government from issuing bonds to construct, improve, or finance improvements to industrial buildings unless the beneficiary promises not to knowingly hire illegal aliens, and to make a good faith effort to only hire Michigan residents and use Michigan suppliers and vendors on the project unless that means the project cannot be completed. Violators could have their tax breaks revoked and be required to repay all or part of those already used. Local governments would have to report annually to the Michigan Strategic Fund board on the number of residents employed by the beneficiaries of these bonds and tax breaks, and the specific reasons for each exemption granted from the proposed state-resident-job requirements.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce