STATE FAIRGROUNDS

Senate Bill 1130 (Substitute H-1)

Sponsor:  Sen. Cameron S. Brown

Senate Committee: Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism

House Committee:  Agriculture and Resource Management

Complete to 11-30-04

A SUMMARY OF SENATE BILL 1130 (H-1) AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Under the Michigan Exposition and Fairgrounds Act, responsibility for the Michigan State Fair is vested in the Department of Agriculture (MDA).  The bill would transfer the responsibility to the Department of Management and Budget.

The bill would specify that the activities, powers, duties, functions, responsibilities, and rule-making authority of the Department of Agriculture related to the management of the state exposition and fairgrounds are transferred by a Type II transfer to the DMB.  In addition, all records, personnel, property, grants, and unexpended appropriations, allocations and other funds used by the MDA related to the state fair are transferred to the DMB.   

Under the Executive Organization Act, a Type II transfer transfers an existing department, board, commission or agency to a principal department established by the act. Any department, board, commission or agency assigned to a Type II transfer under the act has all of its statutory authority, powers, duties and functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds, including the functions of budgeting and procurement, transferred to that principal department.

MCL 285.162 and 285.164

FISCAL IMPACT:

The bill would have no apparent fiscal impact.

                                                                                           Legislative Analyst:   Mark Wolf

                                                                                                  Fiscal Analyst:   William Hamilton

■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.