This bill will provide arts and cultural clients of the MCACA with sixty liquor licenses for the purposes of beer and wine consumption for no more that 24 two-day events. Both the Senate and the House versions of the bill will come before their respective committees in the coming months.

Nonresident Entertainer and Athlete Taxes: Senate Bill 399
Will designate the amount of income tax paid by nonresident entertainers and athletes to be appropriated each year to the Department of History, Arts and Libraries to fund the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. This bill is still in committee and will be worked on in the months following the budget deal.

This is an already-existing tax. The legislation would define the destination of the revenue.

Cultural Redevelopment Districts: Not yet introduced
This Act would set up a special authority made up of arts and culture advocates and economic development experts to designate Cultural Redevelopment Districts throughout the state. Each designated district would have access to different tax credit incentives that would specifically serve their economic redevelopment plan.



Information for MMA MI Legislative Updates is provided, in part, by the director of advocacy for ArtServe Michigan . For more information, visit www.artservemichigan.org.

Resources:

Arts and Culture: The Heart of Our Daily Lives, ArtServe Michigan

Recent publications from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan discussing the Michigan budget crisis

Americans for the Arts Economic Impact Study: Arts and Economic Prosperity III