HOUSE BILL No. 4609

 

April 19, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Bieda, Griffin, Rick Jones, Stahl, Wojno, Alma Smith, Stakoe, Bauer and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 1986 PA 268, entitled

 

"Legislative council act,"

 

(MCL 4.1101 to 4.1901) by adding section 703.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 703. (1) The capitol public improvement fund is created

 

within the state treasury.

 

     (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from

 

any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

     (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall

 

remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (4) The Michigan capitol committee shall expend money from the

 

fund, upon appropriation, only for capitol staff training and

 

capitol improvement projects for which other sources of funding do

 


not exist. The Michigan capitol committee may only provide funding

 

for projects under this section that are submitted to the Michigan

 

capitol committee by a member of the house of representatives, a

 

member of the senate, or a member of the capitol facilities staff.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "fund" means the capitol public

 

improvement fund created in subsection (1).

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4610(request no.

 

02896'07 a) of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.