?substitute for
House Resolution No. 0019
A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives.
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That Rule 52 of the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives is hereby amended to read as follows:
?Appropriations.
Rule 52. (1) No appropriations
bill or conference report containing enhancement grants a
legislatively directed spending item shall be brought for a vote without
proper disclosure of the sponsor and the intended recipient, and a description
of the grant legislatively directed spending item in a form and
manner established by the House by resolution.
(2) An appropriations bill or conference report shall not be brought for a vote if it contains a legislatively directed spending item for which the intended recipient is a municipality or a university, including any official, department, or board of a municipality or university, that actively maintains any rule, policy, ordinance, or resolution that would subvert immigration enforcement in any way or that refuses to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.
(3) No appropriations bill or conference report containing a legislatively directed spending item for which the intended recipient is a municipality or university shall be brought for a vote unless the municipality or university has submitted the following information to the House:
(a) The municipality?s or university?s rules, policies, ordinances, and resolutions related to federal immigration law and immigration enforcement measures. This includes, but is not limited to, any rules, policies, ordinances, and resolutions regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests, and the municipality?s or university?s intent to work with federal authorities or actively harbor or shield illegal aliens from federal enforcement authorities or operations.
(b) In the case of a municipality, an official letter from the municipality, signed by the municipality?s chief executive officer, the municipality?s duly elected board, or an individual who is legally authorized to act on behalf of the municipality, certifying the following:
(i) The municipality?s rules, policies, ordinances, and resolutions do not include language that requires, encourages, or supports subverting immigration enforcement in any way or refusing to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.
(ii) The municipality will comply with federal immigration law.
(c) In the case of a university, an official letter from the university, signed by the university?s president, the university?s governing board, board of directors, or board of trustees, or an individual who is legally authorized to act on behalf of the university, certifying the following:
(i) The university?s rules, policies, ordinances, and resolutions do not include language that requires, encourages, or supports subverting immigration enforcement in any way or refusing to comply with federal immigration enforcement measures.
(ii) The university will comply with federal immigration law.
(4) As used in this rule:
(a) ?Legislatively directed spending item? means an appropriation that authorizes or obligates a specific amount of money for a contract or other expenditure with a grant, loan, or other economic assistance or incentive to a specific person, organization, unit of local government, or project or activity in a unit of local government, other than through a formula-driven or competitive award process.
(b) ?Municipality? means a county, city, village, township, or authority established under the laws of this state.
(c) ?University? means a state university described in Article VIII, ? 4, 5, or 6 of the Michigan Constitution, or an independent college or university incorporated under 1931 PA 327, MCL 450.170 to 450.177.?.