HOUSE BILL No. 6258


     August 13, 2002, Introduced by Rep. DeWeese and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.


        A bill to amend 1977 PA 289, entitled

   "An act to provide for payments to municipalities for fire pro-
   tection services received by state facilities; to prescribe the
   powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and offi-
   cials; and to authorize the proration of certain appropriations,"

   by amending the title and sections 1, 3, and 6 (MCL 141.951,

   141.953, and 141.956) and by adding section 1a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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                                      TITLE

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             An act to provide for payments to municipalities for fire

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        protection services received by state facilities; TO ESTABLISH

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        THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES FUND IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY;

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        to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local

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        agencies and officials; and to authorize the proration of certain

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        appropriations.





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             Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

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             (a) "Director" means the director of the department of

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        management and budget.

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             (b) "Estimated equalized value" means 50% of the final esti-

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        mated value of a state facility as determined by the director.

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             (C) "FUND" MEANS THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES FOR STATE

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        FACILITIES FUND CREATED IN SECTION 1A.

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             (D)  (c)  "Municipality" means a city, village, or

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        township.

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             (E)  (d)  "State facility" means state owned real property

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        associated with buildings primarily used for office purposes,

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        state prisons, or hospitals, institutions of higher education,

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        and state owned real and inventory personal property associated

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        with a state proprietary function, the inventory personal prop-

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        erty of which shall be valued on the basis of the average monthly

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        inventory for the preceding state fiscal year.

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             SEC. 1A.  (1) THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES FOR STATE FACILI-

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        TIES FUND IS CREATED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.

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             (2) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL DEPOSIT MONEY RECEIVED FROM

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        THE REVOLVING FUND UNDER SECTION 221 OF THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CON-

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        TROL CODE OF 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1221, AND MAY RECEIVE

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        MONEY OR OTHER ASSETS FROM ANY SOURCE FOR DEPOSIT INTO THE FUND.

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        THE STATE TREASURER SHALL DIRECT THE INVESTMENT OF THE FUND.  THE

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        STATE TREASURER SHALL CREDIT TO THE FUND INTEREST AND EARNINGS

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        FROM FUND INVESTMENTS.

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             (3) MONEY IN THE FUND AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR SHALL

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        REMAIN IN THE FUND AND SHALL NOT LAPSE TO THE GENERAL FUND.



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             (4) THE DIRECTOR SHALL EXPEND MONEY FROM THE FUND, UPON

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        APPROPRIATION, FOR PAYMENTS TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR FIRE PROTECTION

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        SERVICES RECEIVED BY STATE FACILITIES IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR

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        UNDER THIS ACT.

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             Sec. 3.  (1) By September 1 of each year, a municipality in

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        which a state facility is located shall submit to the director

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        the following:

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             (a) The dollar amount of the actual expenditures for fire

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        protection for the municipality's preceding fiscal year.

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             (b) The current state equalized valuation.

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             (c) Certification that fire protection is provided to a

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        state facility in the same manner as those services are provided

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        to the municipality.

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             (2) Information on fire protection expenditures and state

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        equalized valuation shall be submitted in a form prescribed by

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        the director.

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             (3) The director shall review the data submitted and, before

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        November 1 of each year, shall certify to the state treasurer an

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        amount, determined pursuant to the formula set forth in section

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        4, to be paid to a municipality in which a state facility is

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        located.

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             (4) The state treasurer shall draw a warrant upon the

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         general  fund  of the state  for the amount certified to be paid

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        to a municipality and shall forward the warrant to the treasurer

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        of the municipality before December 1 of each year.  , except as

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        provided in section 2(1).





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             Sec. 6.  If the amount  appropriated  IN THE FUND in a

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        fiscal year is not sufficient to make the payments required by

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        this act, the director shall prorate the amount appropriated to

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        each municipality.

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             Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect

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        October 1, 2005.

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             Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take

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        effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6257

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        (request no. 07503'02 a) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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        law.




































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