HOUSE BILL No. 6101

 

May 24, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Drolet and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 2000 PA 489, entitled

 

"Michigan trust fund act,"

 

by amending sections 2 and 9 (MCL 12.252 and 12.259), section 2 as

 

amended and section 9 as added by 2005 PA 232; and to repeal acts

 

and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Medicaid benefits trust fund" means the Michigan medicaid

 

benefits trust fund established in section 5.

 

     (b) "Medicaid program" means a program for medical assistance

 

established under title XIX of the social security act, chapter

 

531, 49 Stat. 620, 42 USC 1396 to 1396f, 1396g-1 to 1396r-6, and

 

1396r-8 to 1396v.

 


     (c) "Medicaid special financing payments" means the medicaid

 

special adjustor payments each year authorized in the department of

 

community health appropriations act.

 

     (d) "Michigan merit award trust fund" means the Michigan merit

 

award trust fund established in section 9.

 

     (e) "Residual tobacco settlement revenue" means any residual

 

interests, as defined by the Michigan tobacco settlement finance

 

authority act, that are received by this state.

 

     (e)  (f)  "Tobacco settlement revenue" means money received by

 

this state that is attributable to the master settlement agreement

 

incorporated into a consent decree and final judgment entered into

 

on December 7, 1998 in Kelly Ex Rel. Michigan v Philip Morris

 

Incorporated, et al., Ingham county circuit court, docket no. 96-

 

84281CZ, including any rights to receive money attributable to the

 

master settlement agreement that has been sold by this state.

 

     (g) "21st century jobs trust fund" means the 21st century jobs

 

trust fund established in section 7.

 

     Sec. 9. (1) The Michigan merit award trust fund is established

 

in the department of treasury. The Michigan merit award trust fund

 

shall consist only of interest and earnings from Michigan merit

 

award trust fund investments, donations of money made to the trust

 

fund from any source, and any money allocated as provided by law.

 

     (2) Money in the Michigan merit award trust fund at the close

 

of a fiscal year shall remain in the Michigan merit award trust

 

fund and shall not revert to the general fund.

 

     (3) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the

 

Michigan merit award trust fund.

 


     (4)  Except as otherwise provided in section 7(5), each  Each

 

fiscal year, tobacco settlement revenue received by this state  

 

that is not considered a TSR as that term is defined under the

 

Michigan tobacco settlement finance authority act  shall be

 

allocated to the Michigan merit award trust fund.

 

     Enacting section 1. Sections 7 and 8 of the Michigan trust

 

fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.257 and 12.258, are repealed.