Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act — Museum Authority Exemption (SB1140)

Current understanding

SB1140 would amend sec. 2 of the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act (1996 PA 381; MCL 125.2652) to exempt museum authorities from the act’s definitions and related financing framework. It is tie-barred with SB1139 and SB1141 as part of a companion package. The bill has been introduced; no chamber action reported.

Evidence log

• 2026-09-15 — Economic development: tax increment financing; definition of tax increment revenues; exclude taxes levied under history museum authorities act. Amends secs. 201, 301, 402, 523, 603, 703 & 803 of 2018 PA 57 (MCL 125.4201 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1139’26, SB 1140’26: Tie-barred companion SB1141 passed a chamber, moving the TIF-side museum-authority carveout forward in parallel with SB1140’s brownfield-act carveout. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-09-15 — Economic development: brownfield redevelopment authority; brownfield redevelopment financing act; amend to exempt museum authorities. Amends sec. 2 of 1996 PA 381 (MCL 125.2652). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1139’26, SB 1141’26: SB1140 passed a chamber, advancing the museum-authority carveout from the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act alongside its tie-barred companions SB1139 and SB1141. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-09-15 — History and arts: other; history museum authorities act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1140’26, SB 1141’26: Enabling bill SB1139 — which creates the History Museum Authorities Act itself — passed a chamber; SB1140’s museum-authority carveout depends on SB1139 taking effect via the mutual tie-bar. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-29 — Economic development: tax increment financing; definition of tax increment revenues; exclude taxes levied under history museum authorities act. Amends secs. 201, 301, 402, 523, 603, 703 & 803 of 2018 PA 57 (MCL 125.4201 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1139’26, SB 1140’26: Companion bill SB1141 introduced to amend the Recodified TIF Act (2018 PA 57) so history-museum-authority taxes are excluded from tax increment revenue definitions, complementing SB1140’s brownfield-act museum-authority exemption within the same tie-barred package. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-29 — Economic development: brownfield redevelopment authority; brownfield redevelopment financing act; amend to exempt museum authorities. Amends sec. 2 of 1996 PA 381 (MCL 125.2652). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1139’26, SB 1141’26: cross-connection with transformational-brownfield-plan-sb0723: Both bills amend sec. 2 of 1996 PA 381 (MCL 125.2652); SB0723 restructures transformational brownfield plan definitions while SB1140 carves out museum authorities from the same definitional section. (novelty: 2)

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