Bill Text: MI SB0719 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; legislators; legislator's office account; transfer balance at end of fiscal year to general fund. Amends sec. 442 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1442). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0718'11
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-04 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0719 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0719-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 719
October 4, 2011, Introduced by Senators BIEDA and GLEASON and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
by amending section 442 (MCL 18.1442), as added by 1991 PA 72.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
442. (1) Funds Except
as otherwise provided in subsection
(2), money appropriated to an entity within the legislative branch
of state government shall be expended or be transferred to another
account only with the written approval of the authorized agent of
the legislative entity. When the authorized agent of the
legislative entity notifies the department of its approval of an
expenditure or transfer within the existing level of
appropriations, the department shall immediately make the
expenditure or transfer. The authorized legislative entity agents
shall be designated by the speaker of the house for house entities,
the senate majority leader for senate entities, and the legislative
council for library of Michigan and legislative council entities.
(2) Fifty percent of funds lapsed by an entity within the
legislative branch of government at the end of a fiscal year shall
be transferred to and deposited into the capitol public improvement
fund created in section 703 of the legislative council act, 1986 PA
268, MCL 4.1703.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 718
of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.
