The governor of the state of Michigan is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the state any gift or grant offered to it by a county, city, village or from any local civilian defense council and to take appropriate action to the end that such funds shall be used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the gift or grant.
   A gift or grant which may be made for the purpose of providing a fund with which to match contributions of federal funds available for the acquisition of civilian defense organizational equipment and protective facilities shall constitute a fund which is hereby declared to be the source which the state of Michigan may lawfully devote to the purpose of matching said federal contributions. All gifts or grants so received shall be promptly forwarded to the state treasurer and credited to the general fund and shall be deposited by him in the state treasury, to be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this act upon approval of release of the appropriation by the state director of civil defense, subject to the approval of the state administrative board.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 30.309

  • 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
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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
   The state director of civil defense is designated as the official responsible for the general supervisory control of the fund herein established and is authorized to take such steps, subject to the approval of the administrative board, as may be necessary to make federal funds available for the acquisition of civilian defense organizational equipment and for shelters and other protective facilities.
   The fund hereby created is hereby appropriated, subject to the approval of the state administrative board for the purposes stipulated in the several gifts or grants whereby the same was accumulated and such federal contributions as may be received are hereby appropriated for the purposes for which granted.