Bill Text: MI HB6579 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: State financing and management; funds; Michigan trust fund act funding for school district renaissance plans; provide for. Amends sec. 10 of 2000 PA 489 (MCL 12.260). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6577'10, HB 6578'10
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-30 - Printed Bill Filed 11/18/2010 [HB6579 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB6579-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6579
November 17, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Durhal and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 2000 PA 489, entitled
"Michigan trust fund act,"
by amending section 10 (MCL 12.260), as added by 2005 PA 232.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10. Upon appropriation, the state treasurer shall
disburse funds from the Michigan merit award trust fund for 1 or
more of the following purposes:
(a) Michigan merit award scholarships under the Michigan merit
award scholarship act, 1999 PA 94, MCL 390.1451 to 390.1459, or to
a successor to that program.
(b) Expenses properly incurred in the administration of the
Michigan merit award scholarships and the test by which awardees of
the Michigan merit award scholarships are determined.
(c) Funding of the tuition incentive program as described in
section 310 of 1998 PA 271 or a successor to that program.
(d) Funding of the Michigan nursing scholarship program as
described in the Michigan nursing scholarship act, 2002 PA 591, MCL
390.1181 to 390.1189.
(e) Other expenditures as determined by law.
(f) For fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 only, amounts
allocated to and deposited in the Michigan merit award trust fund
pursuant to section 8(1) of the Michigan tobacco settlement finance
authority act, 2005 PA 226, MCL 129.268, are appropriated for and
shall be paid to or for the account of each school district that
has a renaissance plan that has been approved by the superintendent
of public instruction. The state treasurer may retain a reasonable
amount of each payment as a fee in order to pay the costs incurred
by this state in implementing this subdivision and in reviewing and
overseeing implementation of the school district's renaissance
plan. As used in this subdivision, "renaissance plan" means the
renaissance plan described in part 6F of the revised school code,
1976 PA 451.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6578(request no.
07747'10).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6577(request no.
07748'10).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. (request no.
07751'10).
