2008 House Bill 5781 ↩

House Roll Call 408: Passed

To prohibit a brownfield authority from using tax increment revenues to pay or reimburse a business entity for eligible activities unless the recipient promises not to knowingly hire illegal aliens, and only to hire Michigan residents or contract with firms that promise the same in the construction of brownfield projects, unless the projects cannot be constructed only with Michigan residents. Violators could be required to repay some or all of the benefits received. Brownfield authorities would have to report to the board of the Michigan Strategic Fund each year the number of residents employed by their projects and the specific reasons for each exemption granted from the proposed state-resident-job requirements.