January 25, 2005, Introduced by Senator JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1964 PA 183, entitled
"An act creating the state building authority with power to
acquire, construct, furnish, equip, own, improve, enlarge, operate,
mortgage, and maintain facilities for the use of the state or any
of its agencies; to act as a developer or co-owner of facilities as
a condominium project for the use of the state or any of its
agencies; to authorize the execution of leases pertaining to those
facilities by the building authority with the state or any of its
agencies; to authorize the payment of true rentals by the state; to
provide for the issuance of revenue obligations by the building
authority to be paid from the true rentals to be paid by the state
and other resources and security provided for and pledged by the
building authority; to authorize the creation of funds; to
authorize the conveyance of lands by the state or any of its
agencies for the purposes authorized in this act; to authorize the
appointment of a trustee for bondholders; to permit remedies for
the benefit of parties in interest; to provide for other powers and
duties of the authority; and to provide for other matters in
relation to the authority and its obligations,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 830.417), as amended by 1994 PA 252.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7. (1) The state may lease facilities from the building
authority for public purposes within the concepts provided in this
act, upon terms and conditions agreed upon and subject to the
limitations and provisions provided in section 6. Before execution,
a lease shall be approved by the state administrative board and,
except as provided in subsection (3), by concurrent resolution of
the legislature concurred in by a majority of the members elected
to and serving in each house. The votes and names of the members
voting shall be entered in the journal. The lease as approved by
the building authority and the administrative board, and if
required, the legislature or an institution of higher education,
may provide for a determinable true rental as a range as permitted
under section 1(e).
(2) If a lease is approved containing a true rental stated as
a range, then actual rental to be paid under the lease shall be
fixed at an amount certified by the appraiser and, after the
certification, shall be approved by the state administrative board
and the building authority. The appraiser shall not certify, and
the board and authority shall not approve, a true rental amount
unless the amount is fixed within or below the stated range. A
lease shall not be executed more than 3 years after its approval by
the legislature. The state shall pay to the building authority or
its assignee the true rental at the times, in the manner, and at
the place specified in the lease. The governor and the budget
director shall include in the annual budget of the state for each
year an amount fully sufficient to pay the true rental required to
be paid by the state to the building authority or its assignee
required by any lease under this act. If the lease is for an
institution of higher education, then in addition, the lease shall
be authorized by the institution of higher education and signed by
its authorized officers.
(3)
The state , except institutions of higher education, may
lease from the building authority property that is comprised only
of furnishings or equipment if all of the following requirements
are met:
(a) Before a lease that is only for furnishings or equipment
is executed, the general form of the lease shall be approved by
concurrent resolution of the legislature concurred in by a majority
of the members elected to and serving in each house. The form of
the lease approved by the legislature need not contain a
description of the property to be leased or the rental or a rental
range. However, before the state executes the lease, the
description of the property to be leased and the rental shall be
approved by the state administrative board as provided in
subsection (2). The concurrent resolution of the legislature
approving the form of lease shall also approve a maximum amount of
furnishings and equipment that may be leased during the 2 years
following the approval of the lease pursuant to the form of lease
approved.
(b) A lease that is only for furnishings or equipment shall be
executed only if the furnishings or equipment are for use by a
state
agency as determined under the management and budget act,
Act
No. 431 of the Public Acts of 1984, being sections 18.1101 to
18.1594
of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101
to
18.1594, or for use by an institution of higher education.
(c) If the lease is for an institution of higher education,
before the state executes the lease, the description of the
property to be leased and the rental shall also be approved by the
institution of higher education as provided in subsection (2).
Institutions of higher education may only lease from the building
authority furnishings, hardware, and other types of equipment
associated with telecommunications, including, but not limited to,
digital broadcasting, wireless networking, and internet services.