Michigan Laws 333.26335 – State administrative board; powers and duties
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(1) Upon recommendation of the commission, the state administrative board may approve and authorize the chair or his or her designee to execute 1 or more agreements, instruments of conveyance, and bills of sale in the name of the state for the conveyance of all or a portion of the assets to 1 or more transferees, and for the assumption of all, a portion of, or none of the liabilities of the institute by 1 or more transferees, subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) Before the effective date of the conveyance, the state administrative board shall determine that the consideration to be received under the conveyance is fair and adequate so that the credit of the state does not need to be granted to a public or private person, association, or corporation.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.26335
- Assets: means all or part of the following that are associated with the institute and are subject to conveyance under this act:
(i) Real property, including all rights to coal, oil, gas, and other materials, and all rights to sand, gravel, clay, and other nonmetallic minerals, found on, within, or under real property conveyed under this act, except that the agreement for the conveyance of the assets and liabilities of the institute entered into under this act shall specify that the state shall receive not less than 1/2 of the net royalties from the development, if any, of coal, oil, gas, or other minerals on or under the real estate. See Michigan Laws 333.26333Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Chair: means the chair of the commission. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Commission: means the Michigan biologic products commission established by Executive Order 1995-25, pursuant to section 4 of article V of the state constitution of 1963, and by section 3b. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Conveyance: means sale, transfer, assignment, or other disposition. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Institute: means the Michigan biologic products institute established by Executive Order 1995-25, pursuant to section 4 of article V of the state constitution of 1963, and by section 3a. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l 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 State administrative board: means the state administrative board created under 1921 PA 2, MCL 17. See Michigan Laws 333.26333
(b) The terms of the conveyance must require the transferee to provide the state for use in Michigan with preferential access to biologic products, including, but not limited to, the first option to access vaccines and biologic products, from among those products and product components made by the institute on the effective date of the agreement and licensed by the federal food and drug administration or subsequently made by the transferee, as determined by the state, and for the period and subject to conditions and prices contained in the agreement.
(c) Before the effective date of the conveyance, the state administrative board shall determine that the conveyance includes a commitment by the proposed transferee to continue the employment of institute employees who elect to continue employment with the transferee, for not less than 1 year after the effective date of the agreement. This subdivision does not affect the transferee’s ability to terminate an employee’s employment for cause.
(2) If more than 1 transferee is recommended by the commission to the state administrative board under subsection (1), the determinations and requirements prescribed by subsection (1)(b) and (c) apply to that transferee to which those assets directly involved in the manufacture of vaccines and blood derivative products are proposed to be transferred.
(3) The state administrative board may, in its sole discretion, evaluate the terms of any recommendation made by the commission under subsection (1) and approve or reject any recommendations of the commission made under this act without assigning reasons for the evaluation, approval, or rejection.
(4) In addition to the conditions upon the execution of a conveyance specified in subsection (1), the state administrative board shall receive, before the effective date of the conveyance, an independent opinion that the consideration for the assets or liabilities, or both, of the institute is fair and adequate.
(5) The state administrative board may rely upon the opinions or reports of legal counsel, independent appraisers, accountants, financial advisors, and other experts when performing its duties and exercising its powers under this act.
(6) The auditor general shall review the entire process used by the commission under this act to convey the assets and liabilities of the institute and shall report the results of its review to the legislature before the state administrative board approves the recommendations made by the commission under subsection (1).
(7) The governing boards of the house and senate fiscal agencies shall each appoint a person to monitor the progress and review the results of the independent opinion required under subsection (4).