AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSOCIATIONS

Act 188 of 1921

AN ACT to require the secretary of agricultural or other fair associations receiving aid from public funds to make, publish and file fiscal reports.


History: 1921, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


453.341 Report; contents.

Sec. 1.

     When an association, organized for the purpose of holding agricultural or other fairs or exhibitions in this state, receives a grant of public money from the state, or a county, city, village, or township, in aid of the fair or exhibition, the secretary of the association shall make a report of the fiscal transactions of the association covering the fiscal year including the receipts and expenditures relating to the annual fair or exhibition. The report shall consist of the following categories:
    (a) Revenues.
    (b) Salaries.
    (c) Prize moneys disbursed.
    (d) Improvements.
    (e) New equipment and property purchased.
    (f) Other expenditures.
    (g) Balance of funds in the treasury of the association.


History: 1921, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 10245 ;-- CL 1948, 453.341 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 205, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Aug. 26, 1975





453.342 Report; certification, filing, and preservation; public inspection.

Sec. 2.

     The secretary shall certify to the report under oath and forward it to the department of agriculture at Lansing, for filing within 120 days after the close of the event, or June 30, whichever occurs first. The department of agriculture shall preserve the report in their files for 3 years, during which time it shall be available for public inspection.


History: 1921, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 10246 ;-- CL 1948, 453.342 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 205, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Aug. 26, 1975





453.343 Report; effect of failure or refusal to file; false statement as perjury.

Sec. 3.

     If the secretary of an association fails or refuses to make or file the report, he shall be liable to a penalty of $100.00 for each neglect or refusal, to be recovered by the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the association holds its fairs, in the name of the state. In addition to the penalty, the association shall not thereafter receive public moneys for its support and it shall be unlawful for a public officer to pay to an association so offending any public moneys, during the continuance of the failure to comply with this act. A person making a false statement in a report required by this act is guilty of perjury.


History: 1921, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 10247 ;-- CL 1948, 453.343 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 205, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Aug. 26, 1975



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