Michigan Laws 399.808 – Michigan history center operations fund; creation; deposit of money or assets; investment; credit of interest and earnings; money remaining at close of fiscal year; administrator; expenditures; annual
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 399.808
- 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.
- Center: means the Michigan history center. See Michigan Laws 399.802
- Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 399.802
- 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.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Museum: means the Michigan history museum. See Michigan Laws 399.802
- Operations fund: means the Michigan history center operations fund created in section 8. See Michigan Laws 399.802
- 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
- Store: means the retail store operated by the center. See Michigan Laws 399.802
(1) The Michigan history center operations fund is created within the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the operations fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the operations fund. In consultation with the department, the state treasurer may create subaccounts within the operations fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the operations fund interest and earnings from operations fund investments.
(3) Money in the operations fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the operations fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The department shall be the administrator of the operations fund for auditing purposes.
(5) The department shall expend money in the operations fund, upon appropriation, to do any of the following:
(a) Purchase artifacts for the collections of the center.
(b) Restore artifacts in the collections of the center.
(c) Advertise and pay for educational programs, special exhibits, and special events, including performers, presented at the center or another museum or historical facility operated by the department.
(d) Provide free materials to school groups.
(e) Purchase items offered for sale at the store.
(f) Pay for any other expense incurred by the center.
(g) Implement the Governor John B. Swainson Michigan historical markers act, 1955 PA 10, MCL 399.151 to 399.160.
(6) The department shall annually prepare a report containing an accounting of revenues and expenditures from the operations fund for the previous fiscal year. The report shall include information about the location of any markers erected during the previous fiscal year. This report shall be provided to the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over issues pertaining to natural resources and the environment.