HOUSE BILL No. 5720


     February 21, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Kuipers and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Operations.


        A bill to amend 1893 PA 116, entitled

   "An act to provide for the maintenance, management and control,
   of the Michigan school for the deaf, and to repeal all laws
   inconsistent herewith,"

   by amending sections 10, 12, 14, and 16 (MCL 393.60, 393.62,

   393.64, and 393.66).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 10.  The board of  said institution  THE MICHIGAN

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        SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF shall cause a full and accurate inventory, in

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        duplicate, to be taken at the close of each fiscal year next pre-

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        ceding the regular session of the legislature, by the officers in

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        charge.  , which  THE INVENTORY shall specify the number of acres

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        of land and the value thereof, the number, kind, and value of

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        buildings, the various kinds of personal property, and the value

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        thereof.  , which  THE inventory shall be signed by the officer

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        making the  same  INVENTORY, and certified as correct by the


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        board of trustees.  ; 1  ONE copy of  which  THE INVENTORY shall

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        be made in a proper record book to be kept for that purpose in

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        the  institution  SCHOOL, and  the other  ANOTHER shall be filed

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         in  WITH the  office of the auditor general  STATE TREASURER on

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        or before the first day of September of the year when made; and a

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        summary of the inventory shall be published in the biennial

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        report.

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             Sec. 12.   That the said  THE board of trustees  are hereby

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        IS authorized to draw from the general fund of the state trea-

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        sury, in the months of January, February and March, in the years

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        in which the regular sessions of the legislature are held,  such

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        THE amount of money  as shall be made to appear to the auditor

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        general  CONSIDERED BY THE STATE TREASURER to be necessary to

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        meet the current expenses of the  institution  SCHOOL during

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         said  THOSE months, which amount shall not exceed 1/4 the amount

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        appropriated for the current expenses for  said institution  THE

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        SCHOOL for the year preceding  said  THAT regular session of the

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        legislature.

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             Sec. 14.  The members of said board shall receive no compen-

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        sation for their services under this act, except their traveling

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        and other necessary official expenses.  , and the auditor

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        general  THE STATE TREASURER is  hereby  authorized and required

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        to audit and allow the members of  said  THE board of trustees

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        the expenses necessarily incurred by them in the discharge of

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        their duties.  , upon their certifying the same to be correct,

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        and draw his warrant upon the treasury therefor.  And it shall be

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        the duty of the  THE state treasurer  to  SHALL pay  said



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        warrants  THE APPROVED EXPENSES out of  any moneys not otherwise

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        appropriated, and charge the same to  the general fund.

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             Sec. 16.   In cases where persons, residents of this state,

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        who are deaf and dumb, but who, on account of their poverty, are

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        IF A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE WHO QUALIFIES TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL

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        FOR THE DEAF IS unable to furnish  themselves with  suitable

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        clothing and other necessaries for attending THE school,  at the

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        institution for the deaf and dumb,  the board of trustees  shall

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        have discretionary power to render them such  MAY PROVIDE

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        FINANCIAL assistance, not exceeding 60 dollars per annum for each

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        person, and for that purpose may issue a certificate to the

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         auditor general  STATE TREASURER, that such amount is necessary

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        for the benefit of  such individuals, who  THE PERSON.  THE STATE

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        TREASURER shall draw his OR HER warrant  upon the state treasurer

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        therefor; and any such  FOR THAT SUM.  THESE sums are hereby

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        appropriated and shall be paid out of any  moneys  MONEY in the

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        general fund not otherwise appropriated.  and the auditor

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        general  THE STATE TREASURER shall charge all  such as  MONEY

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        drawn UNDER THIS SECTION to the county  of  IN which  such a  THE

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        person is a resident, or to which he or she belongs, to be col-

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        lected and returned to the general fund as any state taxes are

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        required to be by law.













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