Terms Used In Michigan Laws 21.236

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • 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
   For rules promulgated under a state law which require a disbursement under this act, the state agency promulgating the rules shall prepare and submit a fiscal note to the joint committee on administrative rules and to the director. The fiscal note shall include an estimate of the cost of the rule during the first 3 fiscal years of the rule’s operation. The department shall submit a request for an appropriation, if necessary, for all rules approved pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended. The legislature shall then appropriate the amount required in an appropriation bill introduced as a result of the request.