Michigan Laws 722.1044 – Expenditures; limitation; annual audit and report
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.1044
- Board: means the domestic violence prevention and treatment board created in section 2 of 1978 PA 389, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 722.1042
- 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.
- Fund: means the children's advocacy center fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 722.1042
- 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
(1) Money shall not be expended from the fund for the first year after the effective date of this act. Beginning 2 years after the effective date of this act, the board may expend money from the fund as appropriated. Money in the fund shall be expended only as follows:
(a) To provide investigative, assessment, counseling, support, and educational services to victims of child sexual abuse and their families through children’s advocacy centers.
(b) To pay the actual and reasonable operating costs of children’s advocacy centers.
(c) To provide training related to child sexual abuse for personnel employed or otherwise retained by children’s advocacy centers.
(d) To improve the detection, investigation, treatment, and prevention of child sexual abuse through the coordinated activities of children’s advocacy centers, medical care providers, crime victim organizations, and local, state, and federal law enforcement officials.
(e) To improve public awareness of child sexual abuse through the use of children’s advocacy centers.
(f) To pay the actual and reasonable costs of administering the fund. Not more than 10% of distributions made in any fiscal year shall be used to pay administrative costs under this subdivision.
(2) The board shall require an annual audit of income and expenditures under this section and shall provide an annual report of incomes and expenditures to the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives by February 1 of each year.