MI Comp L § 54.272 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 54 - Surveyors|Act 345 of 1990 - State Survey and Remonumentation Act (54.261 - 54.279)|Section 54.272 - State Survey and Remonumentation Fund; Use of Money; Provisions Applicable to Deposited Funds; Limitation.

54.272 State survey and remonumentation fund; use of money; provisions applicable to deposited funds; limitation.Sec. 12.  (1) Money in the fund shall be used by the department for the following purposes:  (a) Annual grants to the various counties to implement their monumentation and remonumentation plans described in section 8(2)(a).  (b) The implementation of county plans that are initiated and contracted for by the department under section 8(3).  (c) Annual grants to counties to implement their perpetual monument maintenance plan described in section 8(2)(d).   (d) The payment of contracts that are entered into by the department under section 10.  (e) Other activities necessary, incidental, or appropriate to implement this act.  (2) In addition to the purposes described in subsection (1), money in the fund shall be used to pay the costs of expediting a plan or to reimburse the cost described in section 8(4), for a county that has elected to expend or borrow money to expedite the implementation of the county's plan.  (3) Of the money collected and remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the fund under section 2567a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2567a, all of the following apply:  (a) An annual grant to a county under subsection (1)(a) must be in an amount that is not less than 40% of the amount of money collected in that county under section 2567a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2567a, during the state fiscal year that began 2 years before the beginning of the state fiscal year in which the grant is made.  (b) If the department initiates and contracts for the implementation of a county plan for a county under section 8(3), the department shall annually spend an amount that is not less than 40% of the amount of money collected in that county under section 2567a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2567a, during the state fiscal year that began 2 years before the beginning of the state fiscal year in which the expenditure is made, to implement that county plan.  (c) An annual grant to a county under subsection (1)(c) must be in an amount that is not less than 20% of the amount of money collected in that county under section 2567a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2567a, during the state fiscal year that began 2 years before the beginning of the state fiscal year in which the grant is made.  (d) If the department initiates and contracts for the implementation of a county plan for a county under section 8(3), the department shall annually spend an amount that is not less than 20% of the amount of money collected in that county under section 2567a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2567a, during the state fiscal year that began 2 years before the beginning of the state fiscal year in which the expenditure is made, for purposes described in section 8(2)(d).  (4) In addition to the purposes described in subsections (1) and (2), any amount of money not greater than $500,000.00 that is appropriated by the legislature to pay the costs of the monumentation of the Michigan-Indiana state boundary line pursuant to the Michigan and Indiana state line monumentation act, 2010 PA 259, MCL 54.291 to 54.305, shall be used by the department only for that purpose. History: 1990, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 6, 1998 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 489, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2002 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 260, Eff. Dec. 22, 2010 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 166, Imd. Eff. June 12, 2014