Bill Text: MI SB1047 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: History and arts; historic sites; second amendment monument on the capitol grounds; provide for. Amends sec. 6 of 2013 PA 240 (MCL 4.1946).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-09-10 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB1047 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB1047-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1047

 

 

September 10, 2014, Introduced by Senators GREEN, NOFS, MARLEAU, COLBECK, CASPERSON and KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2013 PA 240, entitled

 

"Michigan state capitol historic site act,"

 

by amending section 6 (MCL 4.1946).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6. (1) The commission shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Subject to subsection (2), operate and manage the Michigan

 

state capitol historic site.

 

     (b) Maintain and restore the state capitol building.

 

     (c) Maintain and improve the grounds of the Michigan state

 

capitol historic site.

 

     (d) Appoint an individual to manage the day-to-day operations

 

of the Michigan state capitol historic site. The individual

 

appointed under this subdivision is an at-will employee and shall

 

serve serves at the pleasure of the commission.

 

     (e) Employ staff to carry out the commission's

 

responsibilities under this subsection (1) and as otherwise

 

provided by law. All individuals employed by the commission are

 

nontenured, at-will employees. The commission may discipline,

 

transfer, demote, suspend, or summarily discharge an employee.

 

     (f) Contract with any person for purposes of procuring goods

 

or services or otherwise carrying out the commission's

 

responsibilities with regard to the Michigan state capitol historic

 

site.

 

     (g) Make recommendations to the governor, the senate, and the

 

house of representatives regarding funding for the Michigan state

 

capitol historic site, including, but not limited to, funding from

 

the fund.

 

     (h) Carry out other responsibilities as provided by law.

 

     (i) When sufficient money is received to meet the costs of

 

placement, provide for the appropriate display of the plaque

 

donated by brass roots and honoring the right to bear arms under

 

amendment II of the constitution of the United States and under

 

section 6 of article I of the state constitution of 1963.

 

     (2) The commission does not have authority and shall not

 

exercise control over the internal decisions of the senate or the

 

house of representatives related to the allocation of space in the

 

state capitol building or the state capitol building parking lot,

 

including legislative or staff offices. All decisions concerning

 

space in the state capitol building and the state capitol building

 

parking lot shall be made according to the rules or practices of

 

the senate and the house of representatives.