Bill Text: MI HB5434 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; department of history, arts, and libraries; abolish, and transfer responsibilities to department of state. Amends sec. 811k of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811k). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5423'09

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-23 - Printed Bill Filed 09/23/2009 [HB5434 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5434-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5434

 

September 22, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Cushingberry and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 811k (MCL 257.811k), as amended by 2006 PA 298.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 811k. (1) The Michigan lighthouse preservation grant fund

 

is created as a separate fund in the department of treasury. The

 

fund shall be expended only as provided in this section. The state

 

treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for

 

deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the

 

investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the

 

fund interest and earnings from fund investments. The state

 

treasurer shall annually present to the department of history,

 

arts, and libraries state an accounting of the amount of money in

 

the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall

 

remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (2) The department of history, arts, and libraries state shall

 

administer the Michigan lighthouse preservation fund and may expend

 

money from that fund through discretionary historical grants to

 

preserve Michigan lighthouses. The department of history, arts, and

 

libraries state shall use not more than 10% of the funds for costs

 

that occur from fund administration and grant project coordination.

 

     (3) The department of history, arts, and libraries state may

 

award grants under subsection (2) for the preparation of plans and

 

specifications for restoration and stabilization and for

 

stabilization, rehabilitation, or other preservation work on a

 

Michigan lighthouse, but grants shall not be awarded for

 

operational purposes. The department of history, arts, and

 

libraries state shall allocate grant funds pursuant to eligibility

 

and scoring requirements established by the department of history,

 

arts, and libraries state. To award grants under this section, the

 

department of history, arts, and libraries state shall solicit

 

applications from eligible recipients, score applications based on

 

the established criteria, and award grants through executed

 

contracts. All plans and work performed under a grant shall be

 

consistent with the United States secretary of the interior's

 

standards for rehabilitation and guidelines for rehabilitating

 

historic buildings, 36 CFR 67, historic preservation

 

certifications.

 

     (4) Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing the

 

historical lighthouses of this state under sections 811f and 811g

 

shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state

 

to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the

 

Michigan lighthouse preservation grant fund for the preservation of

 

historic Michigan lighthouses.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5423(request no.

 

01945'09) of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.