{"id":5576,"date":"2020-02-05T16:42:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/chang\/?p=5576"},"modified":"2020-02-05T16:42:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:42:50","slug":"sen-chang-legislation-brings-transparency-to-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/chang\/2020\/02\/05\/sen-chang-legislation-brings-transparency-to-economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Chang Legislation Brings Transparency to Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Sen.\u00a0<strong>Stephanie Chang<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Detroit)\u00a0today\u00a0introduced a bill\u00a0as part of a larger legislative package\u00a0that will\u00a0bring accountability and transparency to economic development opportunities through\u00a0the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/doc.aspx?2020-SB-0767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill 767<\/a>&nbsp;would require the Michigan Strategic Fund board&nbsp;to&nbsp;post draft contract agreements, as well&nbsp;as&nbsp;any briefing memoranda and term sheets, on its website 10 business days before it can approve a grant, award, tax credit, loan, or other assistance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe public has a right to know about major agreements&nbsp;that use their tax dollars and have an opportunity to weigh in with their input instead of being blindsided by vague, last-minute agendas, and this bipartisan bill package is a good first step,\u201d&nbsp;Sen. Chang said. \u201cI\u2019m proud to be part of a&nbsp;group of legislators advocating for greater transparency and accountability for corporate tax incentives&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;it&#8217;s what our hardworking families across the state deserve.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;legislative&nbsp;package also includes Senate Bills 768-771, and&nbsp;all&nbsp;the bills have been&nbsp;referred to the Senate Economic and Small Business Committee&nbsp;for further action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Sen.\u00a0Stephanie Chang\u00a0(D-Detroit)\u00a0today\u00a0introduced a bill\u00a0as part of a larger legislative package\u00a0that will\u00a0bring accountability and transparency to economic development opportunities through\u00a0the state.\u00a0 Senate Bill 767&nbsp;would require the Michigan Strategic Fund board&nbsp;to&nbsp;post draft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sen. 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