Section 285.303 - “Department” and “fund” defined; Michigan clean air fund; creation; use to provide grants and loans; rules.
JULIAN-STILLE VALUE-ADDED ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 322 of 2000
285.303 “Department” and “fund” defined; Michigan clean air fund; creation; use to provide grants and loans; rules.
Sec. 3.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Department” means the department of environmental quality.
(b) “Fund” means the Michigan clean air fund created in this section.
(2) The Michigan clean air fund is created within the department of treasury to be administered by the department. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund the money from the uncollectibles allowance recovery funds established in section 4 as well as money from any other source provided by law.
(3) Money in the fund shall be used by the department to provide grants and loans to individuals, private or public corporations, and local units of government for programs or projects established to reduce oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds and for the administration of the grant and loan program.
(4) The director of the department shall have final approval of grants and loans made under this section. Grants and loans made under this section are contingent upon the availability of money in the fund.
(5) The director of the department may impose fiduciary obligations upon a recipient of a grant, including performance bonding, and may impose conditions upon the receipt and expenditure of the grant money.
(6) An application for a grant or loan from the fund shall be made on a form or in a format prescribed by the department. The department may require the applicant to provide any information reasonably necessary to allow the department to make a determination required under this section.
(7) The department shall promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement this section.
History: 2000, Act 322, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2000