(1) The department of commerce shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this act pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being section 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The rules shall include special oversight provisions for those grants not provided in cooperation with a state institution of higher education.
  (2) The department of commerce shall submit an annual report within 60 days after the end of the fiscal year to the legislature with copies to the appropriations committees of the senate and house of representatives describing each grant released under the state research fund. The annual report shall specify suggestions for targeting new commercialized ventures initially assisted by the state research fund into areas of high unemployment and in distressed communities within Michigan.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.1953

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o