Bill Text: MI SB0247 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Appropriations; zero budget; department of history, arts, and libraries; provide for fiscal year 2009-2010. Creates appropriation act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-07-15 - Senate Conferees Named 07/15/2009: Sens. Thomas George Cameron Brown Irma Clark-coleman [SB0247 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0247-Engrossed.html
SB-0247, As Passed House, June 25, 2009
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 247
A bill to make appropriations for the department of history,
arts, and libraries for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010;
to provide for the expenditure of those appropriations; to provide
for the disposition of fees and other income received by the state
agencies; to create funds; to provide for the disbursement of
certain grants; to provide for reports; and to prescribe powers and
duties of certain state departments and certain state and local
agencies and officers.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, the
amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of
history, arts, and libraries for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2010, from the funds indicated in this part. The following is a
summary of the appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ARTS, AND LIBRARIES
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 238.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 39,711,200
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 87,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 39,623,500
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 7,780,400
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 200,000
Total private revenues................................. 312,600
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 4,410,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 26,920,100
Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 25.0
Unclassified salaries.................................. $ 100
Management services--23.0 FTE positions................ 100
Building occupancy charges and rent.................... 2,664,300
Worker's compensation.................................. 100
Federal, local, and private grants..................... 600,000
Cultural economic development--2.0 FTE positions....... 251,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 3,515,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 200,000
Special revenue funds:
Local revenues......................................... 200,000
Private revenues....................................... 200,000
History, arts, and libraries fund...................... 101,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,814,700
Sec. 103. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 934,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 934,400
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Mackinac Island state park fund........................ 48,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 885,700
Sec. 104. COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Full-time equated classified positions............ 5.0
Administration--5.0 FTE positions...................... $ 425,500
Arts and cultural grants............................... 6,108,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 6,534,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
NFAH-HEA, promotion of the arts, partnership
agreements........................................... 850,000
Special revenue funds:
History, arts, and libraries fund...................... 152,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,531,600
Sec. 105. MACKINAC ISLAND STATE PARK COMMISSION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 39.0
Mackinac Island park operation--24.0 FTE positions..... $ 1,306,900
Historical facilities system--15.0 FTE positions....... 2,040,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 3,347,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 200,000
Special revenue funds:
History, arts, and libraries fund...................... 204,400
Mackinac Island state park fund........................ 1,600,500
Mackinac Island state park operation fund.............. 167,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,175,100
Sec. 106. MICHIGAN HISTORICAL PROGRAM
Full-time equated classified positions........... 96.0
Historical administration and services--69.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 4,175,100
State historic preservation programs--15.0 FTE
positions............................................ 1,374,200
Heritage publications--5.0 FTE positions............... 701,100
Special programs--1.0 FTE positions.................... 112,600
Thunder Bay national marine sanctuary and underwater
preserve--1.0 FTE positions.......................... 147,200
Museum stores--4.0 FTE positions....................... 513,400
Lighthouse preservation program--1.0 FTE positions..... 251,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 7,274,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDOT, comprehensive transportation fund............ 2,700
IDG-MDOT, state aeronautics fund....................... 1,900
IDG-MDOT, state trunkline fund......................... 83,100
Federal revenues:
DOI-NPS, historic preservation grants-in-aid........... 969,400
Special revenue funds:
Private grants......................................... 10,000
Private - Mann house trust fund........................ 102,600
Game and fish protection fund.......................... 5,900
History, arts, and libraries fund...................... 176,300
Marine safety fund..................................... 600
Michigan heritage publications fund.................... 701,100
Michigan lighthouse preservation fund.................. 251,000
Museum operations fund................................. 513,400
Special revenue, internal service and pension trust.... 243,600
State lottery fund..................................... 18,100
State services fee fund................................ 16,400
Waterways fund......................................... 1,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,177,200
Sec. 107. LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN
Full-time equated classified positions........... 73.0
Book distribution centers.............................. $ 262,800
Library of Michigan operations--71.0 FTE positions..... 4,612,900
Library services and technology program--2.0 FTE
positions............................................ 5,561,000
State aid to libraries................................. 7,300,000
Subregional state aid.................................. 368,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 18,105,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
IMLS - library services and technology act............. 5,561,000
Special revenue funds:
History, arts, and libraries fund...................... 208,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 12,335,800
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources
under part 1 for fiscal year 2009-2010 is $31,330,500.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2009-2010 is $8,218,300.00. The itemized
statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to
local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ARTS, AND LIBRARIES
Arts and cultural grants............................... $ 549,700
State aid to libraries................................. 7,300,000
Subregional state aid.................................. 368,600
Total department of history, arts, and libraries....... $ 8,218,300
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are
subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101
to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this appropriation act:
(a) "Department" means the department of history, arts, and
libraries.
(b) "Director" means the director of the department of
history, arts, and libraries.
(c) "DOI-NPS" means the United States department of interior,
national park service.
(d) "Fiscal agencies" means the house fiscal agency and the
senate fiscal agency.
(e) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(f) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(g) "IMLS" means institute of museum and library services.
(h) "MCACA" means the Michigan council for arts and cultural
affairs.
(i) "MDOT" means the Michigan department of transportation.
(j) "NEA" means the national endowment for the arts.
(k) "NFAH" means the national foundation of the arts and the
humanities.
(l) "Subcommittees" means all members of the appropriate
subcommittees of the senate and house of representatives
appropriations committees.
Sec. 204. The civil service commission shall bill departments
and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1%
charge authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state
constitution of 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount
of the billing by the end of the second fiscal quarter.
Sec. 205. (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state
classified civil service. State departments and agencies are
prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil
service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state
classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not
apply to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position
to another within a department.
(2) The state budget director may grant exceptions to this
hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the
hiring freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency
unable to deliver basic services, cause loss of revenue to the
state, result in the inability of the state to receive federal
funds, or necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any
savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget director shall
report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house of
representatives standing committees on appropriations the number of
exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous
quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.
Sec. 208. The department shall use the Internet to fulfill the
reporting requirements of this act. This requirement may include
transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients
identified for each reporting requirement, or it may include
placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.
Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for
the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if
competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or
services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to
goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable
quality. In addition, preference should be given to goods or
services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality.
Sec. 210. (1) The department shall report no later than April
1, 2010 on each specific policy change made to implement a public
act affecting the department that took effect during the prior
calendar year to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on the budget for the department, the joint committee on
administrative rules, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
(2) Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by the
department to adopt a rule that will apply to a small business and
that will have a disproportionate economic impact on small
businesses because of the size of those businesses if the
department fails to reduce the disproportionate economic impact of
the rule on small businesses as provided under section 40 of the
administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.240.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Rule" means that term as defined under section 7 of the
administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.207.
(b) "Small business" means that term as defined under section
7a of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL
24.207a.
Sec. 211. The department shall establish and maintain
affirmative action programs based on guidelines developed by the
state equal opportunity and diversity council which was created by
Executive Order No. 2008-22 in order to receive general
fund/general purpose dollars in compliance with section 26 of
article I of the state constitution of 1963.
Sec. 213. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
information technology, departments and agencies shall pay user
fees to the department of information technology for technology-
related services and projects. The user fees are subject to
provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and
the department of information technology.
Sec. 214. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information
technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward
to support technology projects under the direction of the
department of information technology. Funds designated in this
manner are not available for expenditure until approved as work
projects under section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984
PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.
Sec. 215. (1) The department may provide and enter into
agreements to provide general services, training, meetings,
information, special equipment, software and facility use, and
technical consulting services to other principal executive
departments, state agencies, local units of government, the
judicial branch of government, other organizations, and patrons of
department facilities. Fees for services shall be reasonably
related to the cost of providing the services and shall be used to
offset the costs of the services. The department may receive and
expend funds in addition to those authorized in part 1 which may
include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Supplying census-related information and technical
services, publications, statistical studies, population projections
and estimates, and other demographic products.
(b) Document and data imaging services, media, storage, and
copies.
(c) Patron copier and document reproduction services and
copies.
(d) Conferences, training classes, exhibits, programs, and
workshops conducted as part of the department's mission.
(e) Use of specialized equipment, facilities, and software
that permit distance learning and meetings, and group decision
making.
(f) Special services including the rental of department
exhibits and collections.
(g) Application and other fees.
(h) Grants, gifts, and bequests from private or public
sources, including those for capital projects.
(2) The funds received under this section shall be deposited
in and expended from the history, arts, and libraries fund
established in section 216 of this act.
Sec. 216. (1) A fund known as the history, arts, and libraries
fund is created in the department. The fund shall be used to
receive and expend funds identified in sections 215 and 404(a). All
funds in excess of those funds appropriated in part 1 are
appropriated for expenditure upon receipt. The fund balance may be
carried forward for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
(2) The department shall provide a report to the senate and
house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on history,
arts, and libraries, and to the state budget director, of all
revenues to and expenditures from the history, arts, and libraries
fund in excess of those amounts appropriated in part 1. The report
shall include an estimated fund balance for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2010. The report is due November 1, 2010.
Sec. 217. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this
state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2010 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the
following conditions apply:
(a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or
for law enforcement purposes.
(b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of
Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar
circumstances.
(c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to
increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal
funds or securing additional federal funds.
(d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal
requirements.
(e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for
staff that is not available within this state.
(f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate
funds.
(2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or
more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director
may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted
by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis
to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations.
(3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department
shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and
unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately
preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with
funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be
submitted to the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations, the senate and house fiscal agencies,
and the state budget director. The report shall include the
following information:
(a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel
outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.
(b) The destination of each travel occurrence.
(c) The dates of each travel occurrence.
(d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel
occurrence.
(e) The transportation and related costs of each travel
occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general
fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state
restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,
and the proportion funded with other revenues.
(f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the
immediately preceding fiscal year.
Sec. 217a. The department shall not approve the travel of more
than 1 departmental employee to a specific professional development
conference or training seminar that is located outside of this
state unless the professional development conference or training
seminar is funded by a federal or private funding source and
requires more than 1 person from a department to attend, or the
conference or training seminar includes multiple issues in which 1
employee from the department does not have expertise.
Sec. 218. It is the intent of the legislature to explore
supplemental fund sourcing options for the department.
Sec. 219. The department shall not take disciplinary action
against an employee for communicating with a member of the
legislature or his or her staff.
Sec. 222. The director shall take all reasonable steps to
ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for
and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The
director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department
contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and
deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 223. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a
principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire
a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of
the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal
services for bonding activities or for those activities that the
attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 224. (1) The department shall collaborate with the state
board of education, the department of human services, the
department of community health, and the department of labor and
economic growth to extend the duration of the Michigan after-school
partnership and to oversee its efforts to implement the policy
recommendations and strategic next steps identified in the Michigan
after-school initiative's report of December 15, 2003.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, $25,000.00 may be
used to support the Michigan after-school partnership. Funds shall
be used to leverage other private and public funding to engage the
public and private sectors in building and sustaining high-quality
out-of-school-time programs and resources. The cochairs,
representing the department, the state board of education, the
department of human services, the department of energy, labor, and
economic growth, and the department of community health, shall name
a fiduciary agent and may authorize the fiduciary to expend funds
and hire people to accomplish the work of the Michigan after-school
partnership.
(3) Participation in the Michigan after-school partnership
shall be expanded beyond the membership of the initial Michigan
after-school initiative to increase the representation of parents,
youth, foundations, employers, and others with experience in
education, child care, after-school and youth development services,
and crime and violence prevention, and to include representation
from the department. Each year, on or before December 31, the
Michigan after-school partnership shall report its progress in
reaching the recommendations set forth in the Michigan after-school
initiative's report to the legislature and governor.
Sec. 226. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this act
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
(4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $750,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this act
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 227. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall implement continuous improvement efficiency
mechanisms in the programs administered by the department. The
continuous improvement efficiency mechanisms shall identify changes
made in programs to increase efficiency and reduce expenditures in
the programs. On March 31, 2010 and September 30, 2010, the
department shall submit a report to the state budget director, the
senate and house appropriation subcommittees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies on the progress made toward increased
efficiencies in department programs. At a minimum, each report
shall include information on the program review process, the type
of improvement mechanisms implemented, and actual and projected
expenditure savings as a result of the increased program
efficiencies.
Sec. 228. Within 10 days of the receipt of a grant
appropriated in the federal, local and private grants line item in
part 1, the department shall notify the house and senate
chairpersons of the appropriations subcommittees responsible for
the department budget, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and
the state budget director of the receipt of the grant, including
the funding source, purpose, and amount of the grant.
Sec. 229. Based on the public testimony provided in hearings
on the budget for the department, it is the intent of the
legislature that in any proposed reorganization of the department
the component programs currently within the library of Michigan
shall be kept together in a state department and the component
programs currently within the Michigan historical programs shall be
kept together in a state department.
Sec. 230. Not later than September 30, 2010, the department
shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of
the total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the
close of the fiscal year. This report shall summarize the projected
year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by major
departmental program or program areas. The report shall be
transmitted to the office of the state budget, the chairpersons of
the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 231. It is the intent of the legislature that the
reorganization of this department shall not jeopardize any federal
funding that the Michigan council for arts and cultural affairs,
the library of Michigan, or the Michigan historical programs may be
eligible for.
Sec. 232. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall use an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 to develop,
post, and maintain, on a publicly accessible Internet site, all
expenditures made by the department within a fiscal year. The
posting shall include the purpose for which each expenditure is
made. The department is not required to hire additional employees
in order to comply with this section.
Sec. 233. On a bimonthly basis, the department shall report on
the number of FTEs in pay status by civil service classification to
the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations subcommittees on history, arts, and libraries and
the senate and house fiscal agencies.
MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Sec. 401. (1) The MCACA in the department shall administer the
arts and cultural grants appropriated in part 1.
(2) The MCACA shall render fair and independent decisions
concerning arts and cultural grant requests and shall do all of the
following:
(a) Use published criteria to evaluate program quality,
including all of the following:
(i) The department's intended goals and outcomes for each
program.
(ii) The department's quantifiable measures of success in
meeting the intended goals and outcomes.
(b) Seek to award grants on an equitable geographic basis to
the extent possible given the quality of grant applications
received.
(c) Give priority to projects that serve multiple counties,
leverage significant additional public and private investment, or
demonstrate a significant potential to increase tourism or attract
or retain businesses or residents.
(3) No payment shall be made under part 1 except upon
application submitted in accordance with MCACA published criteria
and procedures, which shall ensure both of the following:
(a) Artistic excellence and artistic merit are the criteria by
which applications will be judged, taking into consideration
general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs
and values of the people of this state.
(b) Criteria clearly indicate that obscenity is without
artistic merit, is not protected speech, and will not be funded by
a grant from appropriations under part 1.
(4) The MCACA shall provide for fair, equitable, and efficient
distribution of funds granted through the regional regranting
program. The MCACA shall provide for an annual assessment of grant
management and distribution of mini-grant awards by designated
regional regranting agencies and review the methodology employed.
(5) The MCACA shall continue and expand its efforts to
encourage and support nonprofit arts and cultural organizations to
transition from solely volunteer-based organizations to
professionally directed operations. Criteria for support include
the requirement of collaboration between these organizations and
other community organizations.
(6) The department shall withhold undistributed grant payments
from a grant recipient who violates the requirements for funding in
subsection (3) and may disqualify the grant recipient from award of
future grants for a period of not more than 3 years.
Sec. 402. The MCACA may award grants to counties, cities,
villages, townships, community foundations and organizations in the
following categories:
(a) Anchor organization program for organizations that serve
regional and statewide audiences. Anchor organizations shall
demonstrate a commitment to education, to mentoring smaller
organizations, and to reaching underserved audiences.
(b) Arts projects program.
(c) Arts and learning program.
(d) Artists in residence for education program.
(e) Arts organization development program.
(f) Capital improvement program.
(g) Local arts agencies services program.
(h) Regional regranting program.
(i) Partnership program.
(j) Rural arts and cultural program.
(k) Cultural projects program.
(l) Historical society projects program.
(m) Discretionary grants program.
(n) Cultural and ethnic heritage centers and museums.
Sec. 403. (1) From the state funds appropriated in part 1 for
arts and cultural grants, no 1 organization may receive more than
15% of this funding.
(2) The MCACA shall make every effort to provide total grant
awards in the anchor organization program at a level not to exceed
70% of the total amount appropriated for arts and cultural grants.
(3) As documented in the audit report that is submitted as
part of the grant application process, the total of all grants
awarded to any organization receiving grants within the anchor
organization program may not exceed 15% of their "total
unrestricted revenues, gains, and other support", as defined by the
financial accounting standards board in the accounting standards
for not-for-profit organizations or equivalent accounting standards
for other types of eligible organizations.
(4) Before any amount appropriated for arts and cultural
grants in part 1 may be expended for a grant to an eligible
recipient, the department shall execute a grant agreement with the
recipient. The grant agreement shall identify the projects funded,
specify the category in section 402 under which the grant is
awarded, and include the prohibitions and sanctions identified in
section 401(3) and (6).
Sec. 404. Grant applicants shall meet and adhere to the
following requirements:
(a) Each applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application fee
of $300.00 or 3% of the desired grant amount, whichever is less.
Application fees shall be deposited in the history, arts, and
libraries fund established in section 216. The department may use
the application fee to offset its direct and indirect costs.
(b) An applicant for a grant under the anchor organization
program shall submit with the application the applicant's most
recent annual audit report which states their "total unrestricted
revenues, gains, and other support", as defined by the financial
accounting standards board in the accounting standards for not-for-
profit organizations or equivalent accounting standards for other
types of eligible organizations. The audit report shall cover an
audit period that ends within 18 months of the date of the
application.
(c) Each applicant shall identify proposed matching funds from
local and/or private sources on a minimum of a dollar-for-dollar
basis. The match may include the reasonable value of services,
materials, and equipment as allowed under the federal internal
revenue code for charitable contributions.
(d) Each applicant for a grant that charges admission to their
institution may offer a discounted rate for admission to current
and former United States servicemen and servicewomen, firefighters,
police officers, and first responders.
Sec. 405. Each grant recipient shall provide the MCACA with
the following:
(a) Proof of the entire amount of the matching funds,
services, materials, or equipment by the end of the award period.
(b) Within 30 days following the end of the grant period, a
final report that includes the following:
(i) Project revenues and expenditures, including grant matching
fund amounts.
(ii) Number of patrons attracted or benefiting during the grant
period.
(iii) A narrative summary of each project and its outcome.
(c) By April 7 of the grant year, each recipient of a grant
greater than $100,000.00 shall submit an interim report that
includes the items identified in subdivision (b).
Sec. 406. (1) The department shall make the following reports:
(a) A report identifying the web site location that contains a
list of all grant recipients, sorted by county. This report shall
be provided to each legislator within 1 business day of the
announcement of annual awards by the MCACA.
(b) A report to the senate and house of representatives
appropriations subcommittees, the state budget director, and the
fiscal agencies, within 30 days after the MCACA announces the
annual grant awards, that includes all of the following:
(i) A listing of each applicant.
(ii) The county of residence or domicile of the applicant.
(iii) The amount requested.
(iv) The amount awarded.
(v) The grant category under which an applicant applied.
(vi) A summary of projects funded for each recipient.
(vii) The expected number of patrons for an applicant during
the grant period.
(viii) The amount of matching funds proposed by each applicant.
(ix) A listing containing the applicant, county of residence or
domicile of the applicant, and amount awarded for any regranted
funds in the preceding fiscal year.
(c) An annual report to the appropriations subcommittees, the
state budget director, and the fiscal agencies is due when
materials are first distributed by the MCACA seeking grant
applications for the subsequent fiscal year. The report shall
contain the following:
(i) The MCACA guidelines for awarding grants.
(ii) A summary of any changes in the program guidelines from
the previous fiscal year.
(2) The MCACA shall report to the chairpersons of the senate
and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on
history, arts, and libraries by August 1 all unexpended or
unencumbered discretionary grant funding that is available. The
council shall not redistribute any unexpended or unencumbered grant
funds during the fiscal year without a 10-day notice to the
chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives
appropriations subcommittees on history, arts, and libraries.
MICHIGAN HISTORICAL PROGRAM
Sec. 502. Funds collected by the department under sections 6,
7, and 7a of 1913 PA 271, MCL 399.6, 399.7, and 399.7a, are
appropriated to the department for the purposes for which they were
received, upon receipt.
Sec. 503. For the purposes of administering the museum store
as provided in section 7a of 1913 PA 271, MCL 399.7a, the
department is exempt from section 261 of the management and budget
act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1261.
Sec. 505. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for historical
administration and services, $18,300.00 shall be allocated to
support the operations of the Michigan freedom trail commission as
specified in section 4 of the Michigan freedom trail commission
act, 1998 PA 409, MCL 399.84. These funds shall be used to
reimburse commission members, to pay for necessary contractual
services of the commission, and to hire not more than 1.0 FTE
position in the department's Michigan historical center to support
commission operations.
Sec. 506. Proceeds in excess of costs incurred in the conduct
of auctions, sales, or transfers of artifacts no longer considered
suitable for the collections of the state historical museum are
appropriated to the department and may be expended upon receipt for
additional material for the collection. The department shall notify
the chairpersons, vice chairpersons, and minority vice chairpersons
of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on history,
arts, and libraries 1 week prior to any auctions or sales.
Sec. 507. Unless prohibited by law, the department shall make
available to the historical society of Michigan the use of the
Michigan history magazine subscriber list, or a portion of the
Michigan history magazine subscriber list, at a cost not to exceed
the actual expense incurred for providing a single mailing.
LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN
Sec. 601. In order to receive subregional state aid as
appropriated in part 1 to the library of Michigan, a subregional
library's fiscal agency shall agree to maintain local funding
support at the same level in the current fiscal year as in the
fiscal agency's preceding fiscal year. If a reduction in
expenditures equally affects all agencies in a local unit of
government that is the subregional library's fiscal agency, that
reduction shall not be interpreted as a reduction in local support
and shall not disqualify a subregional library from receiving state
aid under part 1. If a reduction in income affects a library
cooperative or district library that is a subregional library's
fiscal agency or a reduction in expenditures for the subregional
library's fiscal agency, a reduction in expenditures for the
subregional library shall not be interpreted as a reduction in
local support and shall not disqualify a subregional library from
receiving state aid under part 1.
Sec. 602. The funds appropriated in part 1 for a subregional
library shall not be released until a budget for that subregional
library has been approved by the department for expenditures for
library services directly serving the blind and persons with
disabilities.
Sec. 603. The funds appropriated in part 1 for book
distribution centers shall be distributed equally to the public
enrichment foundation and the Michigan friends of education.
