Bill Text: MI SB0564 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: History and arts; historic sites; Michigan historical center; rename to the Michigan history center and provide for expenditures from the Michigan history center operations fund. Amends title & secs. 1, 2, 3, 7 & 8 of 2016 PA 470 (MCL 399.801 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0563'17, SB 0565'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-28 - Assigned Pa 0187'17 With Immediate Effect [SB0564 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0564-Engrossed.html
SB-0564, As Passed Senate, October 5, 2017
SENATE BILL No. 564
September 13, 2017, Introduced by Senator GREEN and referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.
A bill to amend 2016 PA 470, entitled
"Michigan historical center act,"
by amending the title and sections 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 (MCL 399.801,
399.802, 399.803, 399.807, and 399.808).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An
act to create the Michigan historical history center; to
prescribe the authority of the center; to provide for the archives
of
Michigan and the Michigan historical history museum to be under
the control and supervision of the center; to provide stewardship
for the museum and archival collection of this state; to provide
for the management of state and local government records of
archival value; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state
and local agencies and officials; and to repeal acts and parts of
acts.
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"Michigan
historical history center act".
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Archives" means the archives of Michigan.
(b)
"Center" means the Michigan historical history center.
(c) "Commission" means the Michigan historical commission
created in section 3 of the Michigan historical commission act,
2016 PA 469, MCL 399.833.
(d) "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(e) "Director" means the director of the department.
(f)
"Museum" means the Michigan historical history museum.
(g)
"Operations fund" means the Michigan historical history
center operations fund created in section 8.
(h) "Publications fund" means the Michigan heritage
publications fund created in section 5.
(i) "Record" means any of the following:
(i) A document, paper, book, letter, or writing, including a
document, paper, book, letter, or writing prepared by handwriting,
typewriting, printing, photostating, photocopying, or electronic
medium.
(ii) A photograph.
(iii) A film.
(iv) A map.
(v) A magnetic or paper tape.
(vi) A microform.
(vii) A magnetic or punch card.
(viii) A disc, drum, sound, or video recording.
(ix) An electronic data processing material.
(x) Recorded information in any electronic or digital file
format, including individual letters, words, pictures, sounds,
impulses, or symbols.
(xi) A combination of items listed in subparagraphs (i) to
(x), regardless of physical form or characteristics.
(j) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the
administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to
24.328.
(k) "Store" means the retail store operated by the center.
Sec.
3. (1) The Michigan historical history
center is
established in the department.
(2)
The archives of Michigan and the Michigan historical
history museum shall be operated under the control and supervision
of the center.
(3) Using modern professional practices, the center shall do
all of the following:
(a) Advise the department on history policies and programs and
serve as a forum for citizen concerns and input.
(b) Collect, provide stewardship for, and interpret materials,
including, but not limited to, archival records in all available
media, artifacts, oral histories, and published family history
references, that document and illustrate the history of this state
and its people. The center shall make these materials available to
the public in a manner consistent with their preservation for
future generations, using techniques that include, but are not
limited to, museum exhibits, historical markers, public programs,
public research facilities, and online materials.
(c) Create Michigan-focused educational programs and materials
that reinforce adopted state educational standards.
(d) Provide professional assistance to other state and local
government agencies related to records designated for preservation
by approved records retention schedules.
(e) Use its resources to support heritage tourism and
community development in this state.
(f) Represent this state in its partnership with the Thunder
Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve.
(g) Provide professional expertise and leadership for the
preservation and interpretation of history on state lands.
(4)
Funds Money collected by the center for historical
markers, document reproduction and services, conferences,
admissions, workshops, training classes, and the use of specialized
equipment, facilities, exhibits, collections, and software shall be
used
for expenses necessary to provide the required services.
forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the operations
fund. Subject to the annual appropriations process, the center may
charge reasonable fees for admissions and other services described
in this subsection. Fees collected under this subsection shall be
forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the operations
fund.
(5) The center may accept gifts and bequests, including
tangible and intangible property, for the furtherance of its
authorized purposes.
(6)
Money collected under this section
subsection shall be
forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the operations
fund.
Sec.
7. (1) Within the center, Michigan historical museum
responsibilities include, but are not limited to, accessioning and
deaccessioning artifacts that should be preserved for future
generations, providing stewardship for and access to those
artifacts, managing historic sites and museums that are owned by
the
this state, creating interpretive plans and exhibits for
its
managed sites and other sites within the department with the
exception of those operated by the Mackinac State Historic Parks,
and administering programs that support and extend the visitor
experience at its managed sites.
(2) Proceeds in excess of costs incurred in the conduct of
auctions, sales, or transfers of artifacts no longer considered
suitable for the collection of the museum may be expended upon
receipt for additional materials for the collection. The department
shall notify the chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, and minority
vice-chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on natural resources 1 week prior to any auctions or
sales.
(3) Money collected under this section shall be forwarded to
the state treasurer for deposit into the operations fund.
Sec.
8. (1) The Michigan historical history
center operations
fund is created within the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from
any source for deposit into the operations fund. The state
treasurer shall direct the investment of the operations fund. In
consultation with the department, the state treasurer may create
subaccounts within the operations fund. The state treasurer shall
credit to the operations fund interest and earnings from operations
fund investments.
(3) Money in the operations fund at the close of the fiscal
year shall remain in the operations fund and shall not lapse to the
general fund.
(4) The department shall be the administrator of the
operations fund for auditing purposes.
(5) The department shall expend money in the operations fund,
upon appropriation, to do any of the following:
(a) Purchase artifacts for the collections of the center.
(b) Restore artifacts in the collections of the center.
(c) Advertise and pay for educational programs, special
exhibits, and special events, including performers, presented at
the center or another museum or historical facility operated by the
department.
(d) Provide free materials to school groups.
(e) Purchase items offered for sale at the store.
(f) Pay for any other expense incurred by the center.
(g) Implement the Governor John B. Swainson Michigan
historical markers act, 1955 PA 10, MCL 399.151 to 399.160.
(6) The department shall annually prepare a report containing
an accounting of revenues and expenditures from the operations fund
for the previous fiscal year. The report shall include information
about the location of any markers erected during the previous
fiscal year. This report shall be provided to the senate and house
of representatives appropriations committees and the standing
committees of the senate and house of representatives with
jurisdiction over issues pertaining to natural resources and the
environment.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 563.
(b) Senate Bill No. 565.
