Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

HOUSE BILL NO. 5977
     September 26, 2024, Introduced by Reps. McKinney, Morgan, Edwards, Dievendorf, Brixie, Hill,
        Byrnes, Tsernoglou, Young, Rheingans, Grant, Hood, MacDonell, Price, McFall and Farhat
        and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
          A bill to amend 2020 PA 220, entitled
    "Industrial hemp growers act,"
    by amending section 107 (MCL 333.29107); and to repeal acts and
    parts of acts.
                     THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1         Sec. 107. (1) The industrial hemp fund is created within the
2   state treasury.
3         (2) The state treasurer may receive the fees collected under
4   section 511 for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer may also
5   receive money or other assets from any other source for deposit
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 1   into the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund
 2   interest and earnings from fund investments.
 3         (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year remains
 4   in the fund and does not lapse to the general fund.
 5         (4) The department is the administrator of the fund for
 6   auditing purposes.
 7         (5) The department shall expend money from the fund to
 8   establish, operate, and enforce the program.
 9         (6) On February 1, 2025, the industrial hemp fund is abolished
10   and any unencumbered balance in the industrial hemp fund at that
11   time must be transferred to the agriculture licensing and
12   inspection fees fund created under section 9 of the insect pest and
13   plant disease act, 1931 PA 189, MCL 286.209.
14         Enacting section 1. Sections 101, 103, 105, 201, 211, 213,
15   215, 217, 301, 303, 305, 307, 309, 311, 313, 401, 403, 405, 407,
16   409, 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 511, 513, 515, 601, 603, 605, 607,
17   609, and 801 of the industrial hemp growers act, 2020 PA 220, MCL
18   333.29101, 333.29103, 333.29105, 333.29201, 333.29211, 333.29213,
19   333.29215, 333.29217, 333.29301, 333.29303, 333.39305, 333.29307,
20   333.29309, 333.29311, 333.29313, 333.29401, 333.29403, 333.29405,
21   333.29407, 333.29409, 333.29501, 333.29503, 333.29505, 333.29507,
22   333.29509, 333.29511, 333.29513, 333.29515, 333.29601, 333.29603,
23   333.29605, 333.29607, 333.29609, and 333.29801, are repealed.
24         Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect February
25   1, 2025.
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Statutes affected: 
House Introduced Bill: 333.29107, 333.29101