SENATE BILL No. 1526

 

 

September 18, 2008, Introduced by Senators JANSEN and JELINEK and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1982 PA 204, entitled

 

"Deaf persons' interpreters act,"

 

(MCL 393.501 to 393.509) by adding section 8f.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 8f. (1) The interpreters' standards fund is created

 

within the state treasury.

 

     (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from

 

any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit

 

to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

     (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall

 

remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (4) The department of labor and economic growth shall be the

 

administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.


 

     (5) The department of labor and economic growth shall expend

 

money from the fund to cover costs associated with the division on

 

deaf and hard of hearing within the commission on disability

 

concerns.