2023 Senate Bill 560

Appropriations: grants and transfers; state administrative board limitations; modify.

A bill to amend 1921 PA 2, entitled “An act to promote the efficiency of the government of the state, to create a state administrative board, to define the powers and duties thereof, to provide for the transfer to said board of powers and duties now vested by law in other boards, commissions, departments and officers of the state, and for the abolishing of certain of the boards, commissions, departments and offices, whose powers and duties are hereby transferred,” by amending section 3 (MCL 17.3), as amended by 2021 PA 143.

Mackinac Center Analysis

To rename a program that hands out taxpayer money to select businesses from the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve fund to the Make it in Michigan fund. The bill would also recognize provisions of another economic development proposal to spend 50% of the money put into the fund on local government and nonprofit group projects in areas that receive business subsidies.

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 4, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Mary Cavanagh (D-6)

Referred to the Committee on Economic and Community Development

Oct. 25, 2023

Reported without amendment

Oct. 26, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Oct. 31, 2023

Reported without amendment