HOUSE BILL No. 4467


     March 11, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Schermesser, Wallace, Palamara, Thomas, Cherry, Kelly, Brown, Callahan, Hanley, Mans, Harder, LaForge, Ciaramitaro, DeHart, Goschka, Freeman, Lowe, Baade, Jaye, Anthony, Leland, Bogardus, Prusi, Kilpatrick, Hale, Dobronski, Griffin, Brewer, Frank, Curtis, Rison, Quarles, Schauer, Tesanovich, Varga, Raczkowski,
Wojno, Vaughn, Scott and Parks and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.


        A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

   "The management and budget act,"

   (MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 353d.

                   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 353D.  (1) NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 353, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

 2    ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 ONLY, THERE IS APPROPRIATED FROM THE FUND TO

 3    THE STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THE SUM OF $200,000,000.00 FOR THE

 4    PURPOSES AND SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

 5         (2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE

 6    STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING:

 7      (A) COUNTIES......................................... $   78,200,000.00

 8      (B) CITIES AND VILLAGES.............................. $  121,800,000.00

 9         (3) OF THE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED TO COUNTIES UNDER SUBSECTION (2),

10    $25,000,000.00 SHALL BE ALLOCATED FOR TOWNSHIP ROADS AND SHALL BE

11    ALLOCATED TO TOWNSHIPS IN THE SAME PROPORTION THAT THE TOTAL POPULATION


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 1    OF THE TOWNSHIP BEARS TO THE TOTAL POPULATION OF ALL TOWNSHIPS IN THE

 2    STATE ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT STATEWIDE FEDERAL CENSUS AS CERTIFIED

 3    AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE FISCAL YEAR.  FUNDS DISTRIBUTED TO CITIES

 4    AND VILLAGES SHALL BE ADMINISTERED ACCORDING TO SECTION 13 OF 1951 PA 51,

 5    MCL 247.663.

 6         (4) FUNDS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR

 7    RESURFACING AND REPAIR OF EXISTING ROADS.  FUNDS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THIS

 8    SECTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUPPLEMENTARY TO EXISTING FUNDS AND SHALL NOT

 9    BE USED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE ROAD

10    AGENCY.

11         (5) FUNDS NOT EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION BY

12    SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE WORK PROJECTS AND SHALL NOT

13    REVERT TO THE FUND AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUT SHALL BE AVAILABLE

14    FOR EXPENDITURE IN THE SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR FOR THE PURPOSES DESCRIBED

15    IN SUBSECTION (4).



























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