Act No. 241

Public Acts of 2013

Approved by the Governor

December 21, 2013

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 26, 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 2014

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

Introduced by Senators Richardville, Kahn, Booher, Pappageorge, Schuitmaker, Anderson and Bieda

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 666

AN ACT to amend 1986 PA 268, entitled An act to create the legislative council; to prescribe its membership, powers, and duties; to create a legislative service bureau to provide staff services to the legislature and the council; to provide for operation of legislative parking facilities; to create funds; to provide for the expenditure of appropriated funds by legislative council agencies; to authorize the sale of access to certain computerized data bases; to establish fees; to create the Michigan commission on uniform state laws; to create a law revision commission; to create a senate fiscal agency and a house fiscal agency; to create a Michigan capitol committee; to create a commission on intergovernmental relations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and departments; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates, by amending sections 104a and 1702 (MCL 4.1104a and 4.1702), section 104a as added by 1995 PA 189 and section 1702 as added by 1987 PA 123; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 104a. (1) The council shall appoint a council administrator who shall be the chief executive officer of all legislative council agencies. The council administrator is an at-will employee and shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The council administrator has all the following duties and responsibilities:

(a) To provide general supervisory oversight over all legislative council agencies.

(b) To provide personnel policy oversight and development for all legislative council agencies.

(c) To develop, prepare, and present legislative council agency budgets.

(d) To review quarterly financial statements of legislative council agencies and monitor budgetary compliance.

(e) To act as secretary to the council, including but not limited to the following:

(i) Scheduling of meetings for the council and subcommittees.

(ii) Keeping and recording of minutes and records of meetings.

(f) To perform other duties and responsibilities as determined and assigned by the council.

(2) In addition to the responsibilities provided in subsection (1), at the direction of the Michigan state capitol commission, the council administrator shall do both of the following:

(a) Administer compensation, benefits, and other personnel support for the employees of the Michigan state capitol commission.

(b) Administer computer, telephone, and technical support for employees of the Michigan state capitol commission.

Sec. 1702. (1) The Michigan capitol committee shall advise and make recommendations to the Michigan state capitol commission regarding the restoration and preservation of the state capitol building and the management, operation, development, construction, renovation, maintenance, and repair of the state capitol building and the grounds of the Michigan state capitol historic site.

(2) In carrying out the powers and duties prescribed under subsection (1), the Michigan capitol committee shall do all of the following:

(a) Develop and recommend written procedures for the operation of the Michigan capitol committee.

(b) Make recommendations to the Michigan state capitol commission regarding the implementation of all permanent physical changes to be made in or on the capitol building and all physical changes to be made on the grounds of the Michigan state capitol historic site.

(c) Make recommendations to the Michigan state capitol commission regarding the implementation of a state capitol building master plan.

(d) Make recommendations to the Michigan state capitol commission regarding public and private financial support for the development, construction, renovation, and preservation of the state capitol building and the grounds of the Michigan state capitol historic site.

(e) Make recommendations to the Michigan state capitol commission regarding the selection, design, and placement of statues, memorials, trees, and plants on the grounds of the Michigan state capitol historic site.

(3) The Michigan capitol committee may appoint advisory committees when it considers advisory committees beneficial or of assistance to the Michigan capitol committee.

(4) The Michigan capitol committee shall not make recommendations regarding the internal decisions of the senate or the house of representatives as they relate to the allocation of space in the state capitol building or the state capitol building parking lot, including legislative or staff offices.

(5) As used in this section:

(a) Michigan state capitol commission means the Michigan state capitol commission established in section 5 of the Michigan state capitol historic site act.

(b) Michigan state capitol historic site means the Michigan state capitol historic site established in section 4 of the Michigan state capitol historic site act.

Enacting section 1. (1) Section 205 of the legislative council act, 1986 PA 268, MCL 4.1205, is repealed.

(2) Upon repeal of section 205 of the legislative council act, 1986 PA 268, MCL 4.1205, as provided in subsection (1), any money in the legislative council parking fund created in that section is transferred to the state capitol parking fund created in section 9 of the Michigan state capitol historic site act.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 665.

(b) House Bill No. 5135.

(c) House Bill No. 5134.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor