Bill Text: MI SB1263 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Natural resources; other; Michigan civilian conservation corps; modify, and authorize another entity to establish and operate a Michigan civilian conservation corps. Amends sec. 13 of 1984 PA 22 (MCL 409.313); adds sec. 14 & ch. II & repeals secs. 6 & 12 of 1984 PA 22 (MCL 409.306 & 409.312). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1261'12, SB 1262'12, SB 1264'12, SB 1265'12
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-12-31 - Assigned Pa 0576'12 With Immediate Effect 2012 Addenda [SB1263 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB1263-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 1263
September 12, 2012, Introduced by Senators PAVLOV, WARREN, HANSEN and GREEN and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 22, entitled
"Michigan civilian conservation corps act,"
by amending section 13 (MCL 409.313) and by adding section 14 and
chapter II; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
13. The legislature annually shall appropriate a sum
sufficient
to implement this act.not
less than 85% of the interest
and earnings of the endowment fund for the operation of the corps.
Sec. 14. If the director determines that the benefits to the
state from the corps can be achieved in a more practicable manner
through an entity identified or established pursuant to chapter II,
the director may do both of the following:
(a) Enter into agreements with the entity to provide
corpsmembers to the department for work training programs on lands
under control of the department.
(b) Cease to operate the Michigan civilian conservation corps
state program under this chapter.
CHAPTER II MICHIGAN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS PARTNERSHIP
Sec. 21. As used in this chapter:
(a) "Committee" means the Michigan civilian conservation corps
partnership steering committee created in section 22.
(b) "Corps" means the Michigan civilian conservation corps
established pursuant to this chapter.
(c) "Corpsmember" means a participant in the corps.
(d) "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(e) "Director" means the director of the department.
(f) "Resident" means an individual who has in this state the
individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal
establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever
absent. An individual is a resident until the individual
establishes a permanent establishment outside this state.
Sec. 22. (1) The Michigan civilian conservation corps
partnership steering committee is created in the department.
(2) The committee shall consist of the following members,
appointed by the director in consultation with the directors of the
departments of agriculture and rural development and environmental
quality:
(a) An individual from a statewide conservation organization
that has education as a core function.
(b) An individual from a statewide land conservation
organization.
(c) An individual from a statewide parks and recreation-based
organization.
(d) An individual from a statewide conservation organization
with a focus on providing natural resource management information
and assistance.
(e) Two individuals who serve as faculty members at public
universities or colleges who are involved with internships related
to natural, cultural, or recreational resources within this state.
(f) An individual who works for a state government employment
assistance agency.
(g) An individual from a national work program.
(h) An individual from a state department involved with state
history and archaeology.
(i) An individual from a statewide trails organization.
(j) An individual from a statewide community foundation.
(k) An individual from a statewide business organization.
(l) An individual from a statewide manufacturing organization.
(m) An individual from a statewide farming organization.
(n) An employee of the department.
(3) The members first appointed to the committee shall be
appointed within 60 days after the effective date of this section.
(4) If a vacancy occurs on the committee, the director shall
make an appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner as
the original appointment.
(5) The director may remove a member of the committee for
incompetence, dereliction of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance, or
nonfeasance in office, or any other good cause.
(6) The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the
board member from the department. At the first meeting, the
committee shall elect from among its members a chairperson and
other officers as it considers necessary or appropriate. After the
first meeting, the committee shall meet at least quarterly, or more
frequently at the call of the chairperson or if requested by a
majority of the members of the committee.
(7) A majority of the members of the committee constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the
committee. A majority of the members present and serving are
required for official action of the committee.
(8) The business that the committee may perform shall be
conducted at a public meeting of the committee held in compliance
with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(9) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or
retained by the committee in the performance of an official
function is subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442,
MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(10) Members of the committee shall serve without
compensation. However, members of the committee may be reimbursed
for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
of their official duties as members of the committee.
Sec. 23. (1) The committee shall seek out an entity that is
willing to establish and operate a Michigan civilian conservation
corps, in compliance with this chapter, for the purpose of doing
all of the following:
(a) Conserving, improving, and developing this state's
natural, cultural, and recreational resources.
(b) Enhancing, preserving, and maintaining public lands and
waters through the employment of residents of this state in work
training programs.
(c) Providing field experience and training to residents of
this state who are interested in pursuing natural, cultural, and
recreational resource related careers.
(2) If the committee is unable to identify a suitable entity
to operate a Michigan civilian conservation corps under subsection
(1), the committee may incorporate a Michigan civilian conservation
corps under the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL
450.2101 to 450.3193, for the purposes of this chapter.
(3) Following identification of a suitable entity under
subsection (1) or the establishment of the nonprofit Michigan
civilian conservation corps under the nonprofit corporation act,
1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3193, the committee shall cease to
operate.
Sec. 24. (1) Work training programs conducted by the corps
shall provide corpsmembers with work experience related to the
conservation, improvement, or development of natural, cultural, and
recreational resources and the enhancement, preservation, and
maintenance of public lands, waters, and historic and
archaeological resources that will increase corpsmembers'
likelihood of obtaining future employment or enhancing future
educational opportunities, or both. Work experience may include,
but is not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Planting, pruning, and cutting of trees.
(b) Restoration or development of lakes, ponds, and waterways
to be used as hunting and fishing sites and for other recreational
purposes.
(c) Wildlife habitat development or enhancement.
(d) Parks and recreational site development or restoration.
(e) Trail development or restoration.
(f) Flood and drainage control programs, such as the cleaning
and repair of waterways.
(g) Prevention of shore and soil erosion.
(h) Litter removal.
(i) Assistance in fire prevention and suppression.
(j) Assistance with conducting prescribed ecological fire
treatments.
(k) Assistance in times and places of natural disasters.
(l) Reclamation of strip-mined land.
(m) Insect and pest control.
(n) Survey, protection, maintenance, and restoration of
historic structures and archaeological sites.
(o) Survey and analysis of parks, recreation sites, and
trails.
(p) Outreach and educational programs.
(q) Administration or supervision of projects operated by the
corps.
(2) Work training programs shall be undertaken on lands open
for public use and shall be selected on the basis of the natural,
cultural, or recreational resource benefits each offers, the
opportunities for public use each offers, and the on-the-job
training value of each.
(3) Work experience shall not include work on any project for
removal or cleaning up of any toxic waste or other hazardous
substance.
Enacting section 1. Sections 6 and 12 of the Michigan civilian
conservation corps act, 1984 PA 22, MCL 409.306 and 409.312, are
repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 1261.
(b) Senate Bill No. 1262.
(c) Senate Bill No. 1264.
(d) Senate Bill No. 1265.
