SB-0766, As Passed Senate, April 28, 2016
February 9, 2016, Introduced by Senators HANSEN, KNOLLENBERG, PROOS, PAVLOV, HILDENBRAND and MARLEAU and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1964 PA 287, entitled
"An act to provide for the organization and functions of the state
boards of education under the constitutions of 1908 and 1963; to
provide for the appointment and functions of the superintendent of
public instruction under the constitution of 1963; and to repeal
certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 8b (MCL 388.1008b).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
8b. The state board of education superintendent of public
instruction may take by gift, grant from federal or other sources,
devise, bequest, or in any other lawful manner, property, money,
pledges, or
promises to pay money for the exclusive use of the
school
for the blind at Lansing or to be expended at any other
place
within the state for any purpose for the benefit of the
school
for the students who are blind. Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 8, the state treasurer shall transmit to the
board
all such moneys being superintendent
of public instruction
all
of this money that is held in the state
treasury. The board
superintendent
of public instruction shall place moneys
this money
and grants in a special fund to be spent as authorized by the
superintendent
of the school for the blind public
instruction for
the purposes for which they were donated subject to the conditions
of
such the gift, grant, devise, or bequest without further
approval of the legislature unless additional costs to the state
will
be involved in the spending of the trust these funds. A The
superintendent of public instruction shall submit a report of all
funds
received and expended under this act shall be reported
section to the senate and house committees on appropriations.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.