Bill Text: MI HB4784 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: History and arts; historic sites; certain war monuments located at the state capitol; update. Amends sec. 6 of 2013 PA 240 (MCL 4.1946).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-07-15 - Printed Bill Filed 07/15/2015 [HB4784 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4784-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4784

 

July 14, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Faris and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     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.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) Provide for construction that updates the Michigan

 

Veterans Memorial described in section 3(b)(iii) to recognize the

 

contributions and sacrifices of Michigan veterans of armed

 

conflicts that have occurred since the Vietnam conflict, including,

 

but not limited to, Operation Urgent Fury, Operation Desert Shield,

 

Operation Desert Storm, the armed conflict in Afghanistan that

 

began in 2001, and the armed conflict in Iraq that began in 2003.

 

     (j) Provide for the construction of a memorial that recognizes

 

the contributions and sacrifices of Michigan women who are or were

 

veterans of the wars and armed conflicts described in section

 

3(b)(iii) and subdivision (i).

 

     (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 State Capitol Building or the state capitol

 

building State Capitol Building parking lot, including legislative

 

or staff offices. All decisions concerning space in the state

 

capitol building Capitol Building and the state capitol building

 

Capitol Building parking lot shall be made according to the rules

 

or practices of the senate and the house of representatives.