Bill Text: MI SB0514 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; department of history, arts, and libraries; abolish, and transfer responsibilities to department of state. Amends sec. 811k of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811k). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0503'09
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-09-02 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [SB0514 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0514-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 514
April 30, 2009, Introduced by Senators KUIPERS, ALLEN, BROWN, BIRKHOLZ and JELINEK and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 811k (MCL 257.811k), as amended by 2006 PA 298.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 811k. (1) The Michigan lighthouse preservation grant fund
is created as a separate fund in the department of treasury. The
fund shall be expended only as provided in this section. The state
treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for
deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the
investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the
fund interest and earnings from fund investments. The state
treasurer
shall annually present to the department of history,
arts,
and libraries state an accounting of the amount of money in
the fund. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(2)
The department of history, arts, and libraries state shall
administer the Michigan lighthouse preservation fund and may expend
money from that fund through discretionary historical grants to
preserve
Michigan lighthouses. The department of history, arts, and
libraries state shall
use not more than 10% of the funds for costs
that occur from fund administration and grant project coordination.
(3)
The department of history, arts, and libraries state may
award grants under subsection (2) for the preparation of plans and
specifications for restoration and stabilization and for
stabilization, rehabilitation, or other preservation work on a
Michigan lighthouse, but grants shall not be awarded for
operational
purposes. The department of history, arts, and
libraries state shall
allocate grant funds pursuant to eligibility
and
scoring requirements established by the department of history,
arts,
and libraries state. To award grants under this section, the
department
of history, arts, and libraries state
shall solicit
applications from eligible recipients, score applications based on
the established criteria, and award grants through executed
contracts. All plans and work performed under a grant shall be
consistent with the United States secretary of the interior's
standards for rehabilitation and guidelines for rehabilitating
historic buildings, 36 CFR 67, historic preservation
certifications.
(4) Fund-raising donations for plates recognizing the
historical lighthouses of this state under sections 811f and 811g
shall be transferred under section 811h by the secretary of state
to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the
Michigan lighthouse preservation grant fund for the preservation of
historic Michigan lighthouses.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 503
of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.
