Bill Text: MI HB5672 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Disabilities; other; fee for licensing interpreters; allow deposit into division on deafness fund. Amends sec. 8 of 1937 PA 72 (MCL 408.208). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0484'09
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-20 - Assigned Pa 73'10 With Immediate Effect [HB5672 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5672-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5672
December 9, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Spade and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1937 PA 72, entitled
"Division of deafness act,"
by amending section 8 (MCL 408.208), as added by 1988 PA 434.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 8. (1) A division on deafness fund is established in the
department of treasury to be administered by the department of
energy, labor, and economic growth.
(2) The division shall receive and forward to the state
treasurer for deposit in the division on deafness fund all money
received under section 7 and sections 8c and 8e of the deaf
persons' interpreters act, 1982 PA 204, MCL 393.508c and 393.508e.
The fund may receive as revenue money from any other source, as
appropriated by the legislature.
(3) The revenue in the division on deafness fund shall be
expended
only for the implementation of this act and to cover costs
associated with the division on deaf and hard of hearing within the
commission on disability concerns as provided in section 8f of the
deaf persons' interpreters act, 1982 PA 204, MCL 393.508f.
(4) Money in the fund that is unexpended at the end of the
fiscal year shall be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year,
shall not revert to the general fund, and shall be expended as
provided in subsection (3).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 5029 of the 95th Legislature is enacted into
law.
