Michigan Laws 286.920 – Organic products fund; establishment in state treasury; receipt, deposit, and expenditure of funds; carrying forward unexpended funds
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(1) An organic products fund is established in the state treasury. The organic products fund shall be expended only as provided in subsection (3).
(2) The organic products fund shall receive as revenue money as appropriated by the legislature, all registration fees collected under this act, and money from any other source to be forwarded by the director to the state treasurer for deposit into the organic products fund. Any administrative fines and penalties collected by the department under this act shall be deposited into the general fund, and it is the intent of the legislature that an amount equal to the annual amount of administrative fines and penalties collected by the department be appropriated to the department for purposes of this act.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 286.920
- Department: means the Michigan department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 286.903
- Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 286.903
- 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.
- Organic: means a labeling term referring to an agricultural product produced in accordance with the standards described in this act, rules adopted under this act, or both. See Michigan Laws 286.907
- 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
(3) The money in the organic products fund shall be expended to administer and enforce this act and to develop and improve organic training and education programs.
(4) Money in the organic products fund that is unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not revert to the general fund.