HOUSE BILL No. 6138

 

 

June 7, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Rendon and Chang and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to establish a licensed social workers student loan

 

repayment fund and to provide for its administration; and to

 

prescribe certain powers and duties of certain state officers,

 

agencies, and departments.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"licensed social workers student loan repayment fund act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act, "department" means that term as

 

defined in section 2 of the licensed social workers student loan

 

repayment act.

 

     Sec. 3. The licensed social workers student loan repayment

 

fund is created within the state treasury and is subject to all of

 


the following:

 

     (a) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from

 

any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit

 

to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

     (b) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall

 

remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (c) The department shall be the administrator of the fund for

 

auditing purposes.

 

     (d) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon

 

appropriation, only to award grants as provided for in the licensed

 

social workers student loan repayment act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless

 

Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6137 (request no. 06182'18) of

 

the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.