Bill Text: MI HB4578 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Natural resources; funding; distribution of revenues to the Michigan state parks endowment fund after it reaches its cap and designation of certain state recreation areas; provide for, and clarify uses of the Michigan natural resources trust fund. Amends secs. 1903 & 1904 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.1903 & 324.1904) & adds sec. 74102c.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-18 - Printed Bill Filed 04/18/2013 [HB4578 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4578-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4578
April 17, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Shirkey and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending sections 1903 and 1904 (MCL 324.1903 and 324.1904),
section 1903 as amended by 2011 PA 117 and section 1904 as amended
by 2002 PA 52, and by adding section 74102c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1903. (1) Subject to the limitations of this part and of
section 35 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, the
interest and earnings of the trust fund in any 1 state fiscal year
may be expended in subsequent state fiscal years only for the
following purposes:
(a)
The acquisition of land or rights in land for recreational
either or both of the following:
(i) Recreational uses, or
protection including
transportation-
related recreational uses that primarily include, but are not
limited to, watercraft used for recreation, vehicles used for
recreation, bicycling, horse riding, off-road vehicles used for
recreation, hiking, trail walking, cross-country skiing, and
snowmobiling.
(ii)Protection of the land because of its environmental
importance or its scenic beauty.
(b) The development of public recreation facilities, including
road or highway rest area facilities that were designated on or
before January 1, 2013, as official state welcome centers or state
recreational tourism centers that are designed to facilitate
intrastate or interstate recreation and those portions of state
roads that are located within state parks or state recreation
areas.
(c) The administration of the fund, including payments in lieu
of taxes on state-owned land purchased through the trust fund. The
legislature shall make appropriations from the trust fund each
state fiscal year to make full payments in lieu of taxes on state-
owned land purchased through the trust fund, as provided in section
2154.
(2) In addition to the money described in subsection (1), 33-
1/3% of the money, exclusive of interest and earnings, received by
the trust fund in any state fiscal year may be expended in
subsequent state fiscal years for the purposes described in
subsection (1). However, the authorization for the expenditure of
money provided in this subsection does not apply after the state
fiscal year in which the total amount of money in the trust fund,
exclusive of interest and earnings and amounts authorized for
expenditure under this section, exceeds $500,000,000.00.
(3) An expenditure from the trust fund may be made in the form
of a grant to a local unit of government or public authority,
subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) The grant is used for the purposes described in subsection
(1).
(b) The grant is matched by the local unit of government or
public authority with at least 25% of the total cost of the
project.
(4) Not less than 25% of the total amounts made available for
expenditure from the trust fund from any state fiscal year shall be
expended for acquisition of land and rights in land, and not more
than 25% of the total amounts made available for expenditure from
the trust fund from any state fiscal year shall be expended for
development of public recreation facilities.
(5) If property that was acquired with money from the trust
fund is subsequently sold or transferred by the state to a
nongovernmental entity, the state shall forward to the state
treasurer for deposit into the trust fund an amount of money equal
to the following:
(a) If the property was acquired solely with trust fund money,
the greatest of the following:
(i) The net proceeds of the sale.
(ii) The fair market value of the property at the time of the
sale or transfer.
(iii) The amount of money that was expended from the trust fund
to acquire the property.
(b) If the property was acquired with a combination of trust
fund money and other restricted funding sources governed by federal
or state law, an amount equal to the percentage of the funds
contributed by the trust fund for the acquisition of the property
multiplied by the greatest of the amounts under subdivision (a)(i),
(ii), and (iii).
(6) As used in this section, "development of public recreation
facilities" means capital improvement projects for the construction
of recreational facilities and associated infrastructure necessary
or convenient for the use of or access to those recreational
facilities that are open to the public.
Sec. 1904. The amount accumulated in the trust fund shall not
exceed $500,000,000.00, exclusive of interest and earnings and
amounts authorized for expenditure under this part. Any amount of
money that would be a part of the trust fund but for the limitation
stated in this section shall be deposited in the Michigan state
parks endowment fund created in section 74119, until the Michigan
state parks endowment fund reaches an accumulated principal of
$800,000,000.00. After the Michigan state parks endowment fund
reaches an accumulated principal of $800,000,000.00, any money that
would be part of the Michigan state parks endowment fund but for
this
limitation shall be distributed as provided by law.deposited
into the Michigan transportation fund for use as provided in
section 10(1)(j) of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660.
Sec. 74102c. The director may designate, in whole or in part,
1 or more of the road or highway rest areas described in section
1903(1)(b) as state recreation areas.
