HOUSE BILL No. 5091


     September 25, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Ehardt, Raczkowski, Sanborn, Richardville, Hummel, Gilbert, Patterson, Jelinek, Bishop, Kooiman,
Gosselin, Howell, Newell, Julian, Cameron Brown, George, Van Woerkom, Kuipers, Vander Roest, Woronchak, Kowall, DeRossett, Middaugh, Mortimer,
Faunce, Mead, Meyer, Allen, Jansen, Drolet, Hart, Pumford, Ruth Johnson, Voorhees, Pappageorge, DeWeese, Stewart, Shackleton, DeVuyst, Bovin and
Birkholz and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Operations.


        A bill to allow state agencies and units of local government

   to place the national motto in public buildings in this state.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

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           (a) "State agency" means a department, board, commission,

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      office, agency, authority, or other unit of state government.

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      State agency includes a state institution of higher education.

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           (b) "Unit of local government" means a political subdivision

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      of this state, including school districts, community college dis-

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      tricts, intermediate school districts, public school academies,

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      cities, villages, townships, counties, and authorities, if the

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      political subdivision has as its primary purpose the providing of

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      local governmental service for citizens in a geographically

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      limited area of the state and has the power to act primarily on

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      behalf of that area.


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           Sec. 2.  A state agency or a unit of local government may

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      place the national motto "In God We Trust" in a public building

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      owned or occupied by that state agency or unit of local

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      government.
















































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