Section 247.908 - Initial review of application; criteria; recommendation; consultation; informing appropriations committees; hearings as condition to committing funds. - Michigan Statutes

TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND (EXCERPT)
Act 231 of 1987

247.908 Initial review of application; criteria; recommendation; consultation; informing appropriations committees; hearings as condition to committing funds.

Sec. 8.

(1) Each application shall be submitted for initial review to the administrator who may call upon other personnel of the department to assist in processing, reviewing, and evaluating project applications.

(2) The office of economic development shall review each application based on the criteria approved by the commission and make its recommendation for projects to be funded. The commission and the office of economic development may consult with officers of local units of government, developers, or other experts in the subject matter area of the project in the area in which the project is to be located.

(3) The commission shall inform the chairpersons of the house and senate appropriations committees and the chairpersons of the house and senate committees that consider transportation matters of each project selected for funding not less than 30 days before the awarding of funding pursuant to section 18k of Act No. 51 of the Public Acts of 1951, being section 247.668k of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Funds shall not be committed to any project until the hearings requirement set forth in section 3(1) has been satisfied.

History: 1987, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1989 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Aug. 19, 1993