HOUSE BILL No. 5248


     October 8, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Profit and Harder and referred to the Committee on Urban Policy and Economic Development.


        A bill to amend 1913 PA 271, entitled

   "An act to create the Michigan historical commission; to provide
   for the appointment of members of the commission; to fix their
   terms of office, prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe
   the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officers; to
   make an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act; to
   provide for the distribution of certain revenue; to provide for
   the listing and destruction of useless documents, books and
   papers; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
   herewith,"

   by amending section 4 (MCL 399.4), as amended by 1992 PA 190, and

   by adding section 4b.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 4.  The commission shall collect, arrange, and preserve

 2    material, including records, archives, paintings, and statuary

 3    illustrative of and relating to the history of Michigan and the

 4    old northwest territory; procure and preserve narratives of the

 5    early pioneers; collect material concerning the Indian tribes in

 6    Michigan; collect, prepare, and display in the Michigan


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 1    historical museum objects indicative of the life, customs, dress,

 2    and resources of the early residents of Michigan; DESIGNATE URBAN

 3    CENTENNIAL HOMESTEADS; and publish source materials and histori-

 4    cal studies relative to and illustrative of the history of the

 5    state, including historical materials and studies furnished for

 6    that purpose by educational institutions and by the historical

 7    society of Michigan.  The commission shall cooperate with and

 8    assist the historical society of Michigan and local historical

 9    societies in this state and help to organize new local historical

10    societies of similar nature and purpose.

11         SEC. 4B.  (1) UPON APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSION, THE COM-

12    MISSION MAY DESIGNATE A PARCEL OF PROPERTY AS AN URBAN CENTENNIAL

13    HOMESTEAD IF IT MEETS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

14         (A) THE PARCEL OF PROPERTY CONTAINS A RESIDENCE THAT IS

15    OCCUPIED BY THE APPLICANT.

16         (B) THE OWNERSHIP HAS REMAINED IN THE SAME FAMILY, AS DETER-

17    MINED BY THE COMMISSION, FOR OVER 100 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

18         (2) IF, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE COMMISSION, THE PARCEL OF

19    PROPERTY MEETS THE CRITERIA IN SUBSECTION (1), THE COMMISSION MAY

20    LIST THE PARCEL OF PROPERTY IN A REGISTER KEPT FOR THAT PURPOSE

21    AND SHALL AUTHORIZE TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE SITE A SUITABLE

22    MARKER, APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AS TO TEXT AND CONSTRUCTION,

23    INDICATING THAT THE SITE IS AN URBAN CENTENNIAL HOMESTEAD.  THE

24    MARKER SHALL NOT BEAR THE NAME OF ANY COMMISSIONER OR STATE

25    OFFICIAL.







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