Section 830.411a - Legislative findings.
STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY (EXCERPT)
Act 183 of 1964
830.411a Legislative findings.
Sec. 1a.
The legislature finds all of the following:
(a) That there is a present need for the state, its agencies, and departments, in order to carry out necessary governmental functions and enterprises and to provide necessary services to the people of the state as mandated or permitted by constitution and law, to do both of the following:
(i) Rent, lease, or otherwise acquire additional buildings, together with necessary parking structures and lots, facilities, furnishings, equipment, and sites.
(ii) Renovate or restore properties owned or used by this state.
(b) That this state now rents and leases from private owners at a substantial cost space and furnishings or equipment in many communities in order to provide services, and as this state continues to grow it will be necessary to rent or lease substantial additional space and furnishings or equipment from private owners at substantial additional cost to provide services.
(c) That the state building authority is created by this act with the powers granted in this act to do both of the following:
(i) Provide additional space and furnishings or equipment in the best locations and in the most economical and efficient manner.
(ii) Improve existing facilities through capital maintenance improvements or the restoration or renovation of those facilities.
History: Add. 1976, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 248, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1988 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 67, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005