Senate Introduced Bill 879






















SENATE  BILL 
No. 879



   November 2, 1999, Introduced by Senators NORTH, HAMMERSTROM and STEIL and 
        referred to the Committee on Government Operations.



        A bill to amend 1986 PA 268, entitled

   "Legislative council act,"

   by amending sections 201, 202, and 203 (MCL 4.1201, 4.1202, and

   4.1203), section 203 as amended by 1999 PA 101.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 201.  (1) A reprint authorized under section 110 may be

 2    sold by the council at a cost not to exceed the cost of prepar-

 3    ing, printing, and distributing the reprint.

 4         (2) The money received from the sale of a reprint shall be

 5    deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the statutes

 6     and administrative rules  reprint publishing fund
             created in

 7    subsection (3).

 8         (3) The statutes  and administrative rules 
             reprint

 9    publishing fund is created in the state treasury and shall be




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 1    administered by the council.  The fund shall be expended only as

 2    provided in this section.

 3         (4) The council shall utilize the statutes  and
             administra-

 4     tive rules  reprint publishing fund to pay the
                       costs of prepar-

 5    ing, printing, and distributing reprints.

 6         Sec. 202.  (1) The statutes  and administrative rules
              com-

 7    pilation fund is created in the state treasury and shall be

 8    administered by the council.  The fund shall be expended only as

 9    provided in this section.

10         (2) The money received from the sale of each of the follow-

11    ing shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to

12    the statutes  and administrative rules  compilation
             fund:

13         (a) The compilations of the statutes  and
             administrative

14     rules  required under  Act No. 193 of the
                       Public Acts of 1970,

15     being sections 8.41 to 8.48 of the Michigan Compiled Laws
                        1970

16    PA 193, MCL 8.41 TO 8.48.

17         (b) The public and local acts volumes required under section

18    35 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963 and prepared

19    and published under section 1 of  Act No. 44 of the Public
             Acts

20     of 1899, being section 24.1 of the Michigan Compiled Laws
                        1899

21    PA 44, MCL 24.1.

22         (3) The council shall utilize the statutes  and
             administra-

23     tive rules  compilation fund to pay the costs of
                       preparing and

24    publishing the publications described in subsection (2).

25         (4) The department of management and budget shall sell

26    copies OR ELECTRONIC ACCESS of the publications described in





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 1    subsection (2) at a price determined by the bureau not to exceed

 2    the actual cost of preparation, printing, and distribution.

 3         Sec. 203.  (1) The Michigan register fund is created in the

 4    state treasury and shall be administered by the  council
              OFFICE

 5    OF REGULATORY REFORM.  The fund shall be expended only as pro-

 6    vided in this section.

 7         (2) The money received from the sale of the Michigan regis-

 8    ter, along with those amounts paid by state agencies pursuant to

 9    section 57 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA

10    306, MCL 24.257, shall be deposited with the state treasurer and

11    credited to the Michigan register fund.

12         (3) The Michigan register fund shall be used to pay the

13    costs of preparing, printing, and distributing the Michigan

14    register.

15         (4) The department of management and budget shall sell

16    copies of the Michigan register at a price determined by the

17     bureau  OFFICE OF REGULATORY REFORM not to exceed
             the cost of

18    preparation, printing, and distribution.

19         (5) Notwithstanding section 204, beginning January 1, 2001,

20    the  council  OFFICE OF REGULATORY REFORM shall
             make the text of

21    the Michigan register available to the public on the internet.

22         (6) The information described in subsection (5) that is

23    maintained by the  council  OFFICE OF REGULATORY
             REFORM shall be

24    made available in the shortest feasible time after the informa-

25    tion is available.  The information described in subsection (5)

26    that is not maintained by the  council  OFFICE OF
             REGULATORY

27    REFORM shall be made available in the shortest feasible time



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 1    after it is made available to the  council  OFFICE
             OF REGULATORY

 2    REFORM.

 3         (7) Subsection (5) does not alter or relinquish any copy-

 4    right or other proprietary interest or entitlement of this state

 5    relating to any of the information made available under subsec-

 6    tion (5).

 7         (8) The  council  OFFICE OF REGULATORY REFORM
             shall not

 8    charge a fee for providing the Michigan register on the internet

 9    as provided in subsection (5).

10         (9) As used in this section, "Michigan register" means that

11    term as defined in section 5 of the administrative procedures act

12    of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.205.

13         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect

14    January 1, 2000.

15         Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take

16    effect unless all of the following bills of the 90th Legislature

17    are enacted into law:

18         (a) Senate Bill No. 877.

19    

20         (b) Senate Bill No. 878.

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