SENATE BILL No. 903

December 4, 2001, Introduced by Senator MC COTTER and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1909 PA 269, entitled

"An act to revise the laws relating to Michigan state university;

and to prescribe the powers and duties of the board of trustees

of Michigan state university,"

by amending section 20 (MCL 390.120).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 20. The president, subject to the direction of the

2 board of trustees, shall appoint a business manager of Michigan

3 state university who shall have the general charge, under the

4 direction of the president and the board of trustees, of the

5 financial affairs of the institution, and of any other financial

6 matter with the administration of which the board of trustees may

7 be charged. Money due to the institution or received in its

8 behalf shall be collected and received by the business manager

9 and shall be deposited with the treasurer of the board of

10 trustees. The funds deposited shall be subject to warrants

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1 signed by the president of the university and the business

2 manager or their authorized agents. The business manager shall

3 render monthly a full and complete account of money received and

4 the warrants drawn on the treasurer, as the business manager of

5 the university, and shall file and preserve vouchers, receipts,

6 correspondence, or other papers relating to the warrants. The

7 business manager shall keep in the business manager's office a

8 complete record of the financial transactions, in a manner which

9 may be approved by the board and the auditor general STATE

10 TREASURER, and which shall be made available to the public in

11 compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976 THE

12 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 TO 15.246.

13 At the close of each fiscal year, the business manager shall make

14 a full and detailed report of the financial affairs of the insti-

15 tution, together with statistical matter as may be of interest.

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