Meeting Minutes — House Committee on Economic Development and Small Business (May 16, 2023)

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These are minutes of the House Committee on Economic Development and Small Business meeting of Tuesday, May 16, 2023, called to order by Chair Hoskins. The Chair laid HB 4454 before the committee, and Representative Carter and Gina Cavaliere testified in support. Amy Hovey gave a presentation on the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. On SB 35, the motion by Representative VanWoerkom to adopt amendments did not prevail 5-8-0, and the motion by Representative Grant to report out SB 35 with recommendation prevailed 8-0-5.

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                         H OUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES
             COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
                             REP. JASON M HOSKINS
                                     CHAIR



                    COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES


Tuesday, May 16, 2023                    9:00 AM        Room 326, House Office Building

 The House Committee on Economic Development and Small Business was called to order by
 Chair Hoskins.

 The Chair requested attendance be called:
    Present: Reps. Hoskins, Grant, Whitsett, Neeley, Liberati, Coffia, Farhat, Miller, Tisdel,
    VanWoerkom, Martin, Roth, St. Germaine.
    Absent: None.
    Excused: None.

 The Chair laid HB 4454 before the committee:

    HB 4454 (Rep. Tyrone Carter)              A bill to amend 1961 PA 120, entitled "An act to
                                              authorize the development or redevelopment of
                                              principal shopping districts and business
                                              improvement districts; to permit the creation of
                                              certain boards; to provide for the operation of
                                              principal shopping districts and business
                                              improvement districts; to provide for the creation,
                                              operation, and dissolution of business
                                              improvement zones; and to authorize the
                                              collection of revenue and the bonding of certain
                                              local governmental units for the development or
                                              redevelopment projects," by amending sections
                                              10, 10b, 10c, 10e, 10f, 10g, 10h, 10j, 10k, and 10l
                                              (MCL 125.990, 125.990b, 125.990c, 125.990e,
                                              125.990f, 125.990g, 125.990h, 125.990j,
                                              125.990k, and 125.990l), as amended by 2020 PA
                                              91.

 Representative Carter and Gina Cavaliere testified in support of HB 4454. Questions and
 discussion followed.
Phil Santer, representing the Ann Arbor SPARK, testified in support of HB 4454.

The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4454, but did not wish to speak:
   DeShawn Singleton, representing the Downtown Detroit Partnership.

The Chair laid a presentation on the Michigan State Housing Development Authority before
the committee.

Amy Hovey gave a presentation on the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.
Questions and discussion followed.

The Chair laid SB 35 before the committee:

   SB 35       (Sen. Irwin)                  A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The social
                                             welfare act," by amending section 10d (MCL
                                             400.10d), as added by 2012 PA 79.

The following people submitted a card in support of SB 35, but did not wish to speak:
   Amanda Klein, representing the United Way of Southwestern MI.
   Tom Hickson, representing the Michigan Catholic Conference.
   Mike Frederick, representing the Michigan County Social Services Association.
   Loretta Bush, the CEO of Authority Health.
   Dr. William Dietz, representing the Authority Health Motion Coalition.
   Barb Blum, representing the Authority Health Motion Coalition.
   Brian Shoaf, representing the Detroit Regional Chamber.

Representative VanWoerkom offered the following amendments to SB 35:


      1. Amend page 1, line 1, after "10d". by inserting "(1)".
      2. Amend page 1, following line 4, by inserting:
"(2) Money provided for food assistance must not be used to pay for bottle deposits."

Representative VanWoerkom moved to adopt the amendments to SB 35. The committee
discussed the motion. The motion did not prevail 5-8-0:

UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL
  Yeas: Reps. Tisdel, VanWoerkom, Martin, Roth, St. Germaine.
  Nays: Reps. Hoskins, Grant, Whitsett, Neeley, Liberati, Coffia, Farhat, Miller.
  Pass: None.

Representative Grant moved to report out SB 35 with recommendation. The motion prevailed
8-0-5:

FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
   Yeas: Reps. Hoskins, Grant, Whitsett, Neeley, Liberati, Coffia, Farhat, Miller.
   Nays: None.
   Pass: Reps. Tisdel, VanWoerkom, Martin, Roth, St. Germaine.

Representative Neeley moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 9, 2023. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Hoskins adjourned the meeting
at 9:54 AM.




Representative Jason Hoskins, Chair

Elaine Kupiec
Committee Clerk
ekupiec@house.mi.gov


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