Michigan Laws 324.43540c – Sportsmen against hunger program; donation; creation; disposition of money or other assets; money remaining in fund; expenditure; costs; limitation; “fund” defined
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.43540c
- 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
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- 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.
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301
(1) Subject to subsection (2), when a person applies for a license under this part, the department or the department’s agent shall ask whether the person would like to donate $1.00 to the sportsmen against hunger program created by the department under section 43540a and, if so, shall collect the donation with the license fee. A person designated by the department to issue licenses shall not receive a commission under section 43541 for the donation.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to license applications made beginning January 1, 2006.
(3) A donation under subsection (1) is in addition to the license fee.
(4) The department shall transfer donations under subsection (1) to the state treasurer for deposit in the fund.
(5) The sportsmen against hunger fund is created within the state treasury.
(6) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
(7) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(8) Money from the fund shall be expended, upon appropriation, only by the department for 1 or more of the following purposes:
(a) The costs of administering the fund, including the costs of collecting donations to the fund.
(b) The administration of the sportsmen against hunger program created under section 43540a, including, if applicable, the costs of any contract with a nonprofit organization to administer the sportsmen against hunger program, as authorized under section 43540a(4).
(9) The department shall not incur costs described in subsection (8) in excess of the amount of revenue in the fund available to cover such costs.
(10) As used in this section, “fund” means the sportsmen against hunger fund created in subsection (5).