SENATE BILL NO. 1013
September 26, 2024, Introduced by Senator HOITENGA and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending sections 1901 and 1903 (MCL 324.1901 and 324.1903), as
amended by 2018 PA 597.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1901. As used in this part:
2 (a) "Board" means the Michigan natural resources trust fund
3 board established in section 1905.
4 (b) "Local unit of government or public authority" means a
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1 county, city, township, village, county, board of county road
2 commissioners, school district, the Huron-Clinton metropolitan
3 authority, or any authority composed of counties, cities,
4 townships, villages, or school districts, or any combination of
5 these entities. , and legally constituted to provide public
6 recreation.
7 (c) "Michigan state parks endowment fund" means the Michigan
8 state parks endowment fund established in section 35a of article IX
9 of the state constitution of 1963 and provided for in section
10 74119.
11 (d) "Trust fund" means the Michigan natural resources trust
12 fund established in section 35 of article IX of the state
13 constitution of 1963.
14 Sec. 1903. (1) Subject to the limitations of this part and of
15 section 35 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, the
16 interest and earnings of the trust fund in any 1 state fiscal year
17 may be expended in subsequent state fiscal years only for the
18 following purposes:
19 (a) Acquisition of land or rights in land for recreational
20 uses or protection of the land because of its environmental
21 importance or its scenic beauty by a state department or a local
22 unit of government or public authority, acting alone or in
23 partnership with 1 or more state departments or local units of
24 government or public authorities.
25 (b) Development, renovation, and redevelopment of public
26 recreation facilities by a state department or a local unit of
27 government or public authority, acting alone or in partnership with
28 1 or more state departments or local units of government or public
29 authorities.
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1 (c) Administration of the trust fund, including payments in
2 lieu of taxes on state-owned land purchased through the trust fund.
3 The legislature shall make appropriations from the trust fund each
4 state fiscal year to make full payments in lieu of taxes on state-
5 owned land purchased through the trust fund, as provided in section
6 2154.
7 (2) An expenditure from the trust fund may be made in the form
8 of a grant to a local unit of government or public authority,
9 acting alone or in partnership with 1 or more state departments or
10 local units of government or public authorities, subject to all of
11 the following conditions:
12 (a) The grant is used for the purposes described in subsection
13 (1).
14 (b) The grant is matched by the local unit units of government
15 or public authority authorities with at least 25% of the total cost
16 of the project.
17 (3) Not less than 25% of the money made available for
18 expenditure from the trust fund from any state fiscal year shall be
19 expended for acquisition of land and rights in land for
20 recreational uses or protection of the land because of its
21 environmental importance or its scenic beauty, and not less than
22 25% of the money made available for expenditure from the trust fund
23 from any state fiscal year shall be expended for development,
24 renovation, and redevelopment of public recreation facilities.
25 (4) If property that was acquired with money from the trust
26 fund is subsequently sold or transferred by this state to a
27 nongovernmental entity, this state shall forward to the state
28 treasurer for deposit into the trust fund an amount of money equal
29 to the following:
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1 (a) If the property was acquired solely with trust fund money,
2 the greatest of the following:
3 (i) The net proceeds of the sale.
4 (ii) The fair market value of the property at the time of the
5 sale or transfer.
6 (iii) The amount of money that was expended from the trust fund
7 to acquire the property.
8 (b) If the property was acquired with a combination of trust
9 fund money and other restricted funding sources governed by federal
10 or state law, an amount equal to the percentage of the funds
11 contributed by the trust fund for the acquisition of the property
12 multiplied by the greatest of the amounts under subdivision (a)(i),
13 (ii), and (iii).
14 (5) This part is subject to section 2132a.
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Statutes affected:
Senate Introduced Bill: 324.1901, 324.1903