STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

Introduced by Rep. Foster

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5415

AN ACT to create the Father Marquette national memorial and Mackinac straits area museum advisory board; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Father Marquette national memorial and Mackinac straits area museum advisory board act”.

Sec. 2. As used in this act:

(a) “Advisory board” means the Father Marquette national memorial and Mackinac straits area museum advisory board created in section 3.

(b) “Department” means the department of natural resources.

(c) “Museum site” means the site of the Father Marquette national memorial and Mackinac straits area museum.

Sec. 3. (1) The Father Marquette national memorial and Mackinac straits area museum advisory board is created within the department.

(2) The advisory board shall consist of the following members:

(a) One member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b) One member appointed by the senate majority leader.

(c) The director of the department or his or her representative, as a nonvoting, ex officio member.

(d) Nine members appointed by the governor, including all of the following:

(i) One representative from the city of St. Ignace.

(ii) One representative from the township of Moran.

(iii) One representative from the county board of commissioners of the county of Mackinac.

(iv) One representative from the Michilimackinac historical society of the county of Mackinac.

(v) One representative from the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians.

(vi) Three members from the general citizenry of the state, at least 1 of whom is a resident of the Upper Peninsula.

(vii) One representative from the Mackinac Island state park commission.

(3) Each member of the advisory board shall be a resident of this state.

(4) A member of the advisory board appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives or the senate majority leader under subsection (2)(a) or (b), respectively, shall hold office for a term of 2 years to coincide with the term of office of state representative. Except for members first appointed, the term of office of each member of the advisory board appointed under subsection (2)(c) shall be 4 years. Of the members of the advisory board first appointed under subsection (2)(c), 3 shall serve for 4 years, 3 shall serve for 3 years, and 3 shall serve for 2 years. Vacancies on the advisory board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(5) A member of the advisory board shall serve without any compensation. However, members of the advisory board may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the advisory board.

(6) The members of the advisory board annually shall elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary.

(7) The advisory board shall meet not less than twice each calendar year at the call of the chairperson. A majority of the members of the advisory board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Sec. 4. The advisory board may do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Advise the department of the policies, plans, and programs concerning the museum site.

(b) Facilitate cooperation between the department and public and private entities interested in historic preservation at the museum site.

(c) Encourage donations of real and personal property to the department for purposes incidental to, or connected with, the museum site, including artifacts associated with the park.

(d) Promote public use of the museum site.

(e) Advise the department and other appropriate authorities on maintenance and expansion of the museum site.

(f) Apply for grants and seek other sources of funding to support the museum site.

Sec. 5. The business which the advisory board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the advisory board held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.245. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by that act.

Sec. 6. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the advisory board in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor

EHB 5415