History Museum Authorities Act

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To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 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: cross-connection with brownfield-redevelopment-financing-act: SB 1140 carves museum authorities out of brownfield redevelopment financing definitions, part of a package aligning the History Museum Authorities Act with other tax-capture statutes. (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: Senate companion bill creating the History Museum Authorities Act passed a chamber, tie-barred with SB 1140 and SB 1141; mirrors the House package (HB 6226/6227/6228) and cannot take effect unless the companion Senate bills also pass. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-29 — Economic development: tax increment financing; tax increment financing act; amend to exempt museum authorities. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6226’26, HB 6227’26: cross-connection with tif-museum-authority-exemption-sb1141: HB6228’s TIF exemption for museum authorities is tie-barred with the companion museum-authority bills (HB6226/HB6227), linking TIF policy to the History Museum Authorities Act framework. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-29 — History and arts: other; history museum authorities act; create. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6227’26, HB 6228’26: HB 6226 (Rep. Tyrone Carter) introduced to create the Michigan History Museum Authorities Act, a new statutory framework authorizing history museum authorities; tie-barred with HB 6227 and HB 6228 and referred to House Government Operations. (novelty: 3)

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