Committee adopts H-2 substitute for House Bill 5031 to limit TIF capture extensions

The House Committee on Economic Competitiveness adopted an H-2 substitute for House Bill 5031 during its meeting, moving the bill out of committee with a recommendation.

Representative Robinson, who offered the bill and the substitute, told the committee that “the h 2 substitute is expected to be offered to limit, TIF capture extensions for 15 years rather than the 30 years.” He also described a change to define a “parent certified technology park” as one that has satellites and said the substitute clarifies that both the parent park and satellites may extend their capture; under current law a satellite is eligible for a five-year extension and, under the substitute, would be eligible for a 15-year extension if provided.

The substitute was moved for adoption by Representative Bonac and approved in a roll-call vote the clerk recorded as 10 ayes, 0 nays and 1 pass; the committee then voted to report House Bill 5031, with the H-2 substitute, out of committee on a separate roll call recorded the same way.

A public-support card from Maureen Donahue of the Detroit Regional Partnership was read into the record; she did not speak. Earlier in the session Representative Harris moved to approve the committee minutes from Feb. 19, and the minutes were approved by unanimous consent.

The committee had a brief clarification exchange about the lengths of eligible extensions before voting: when asked to explain the 5-year and 15-year references, Representative Robinson confirmed the substitute reduces the extension period (from 30 to 15 years generally) and described how satellites are treated differently under current law versus the proposed substitute.

With the motions decided and no further business, the committee adjourned.

The committee did not record additional details about which member registered the single pass vote; the transcript lists roll-call responses and the summarized tallies above.