June 30, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Glardon, Shaughnessy, Rendon, Johnson, Daley, Hughes, Kurtz, Nesbitt, Lori, Lyons, Zorn, Brunner, Horn, Wayne Schmidt, Goike and Oakes and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1941 PA 205, entitled
"An act to provide for the construction, establishment, opening,
use, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering, improvement, and
maintenance of limited access highways and facilities ancillary to
those highways; to permit the acquiring of property and property
rights and the closing or other treatment of intersecting roads for
these purposes; to provide for the borrowing of money and for the
issuing of bonds or notes payable from special funds for the
acquisition, construction or improvement of such highways; and to
provide for the receipt and expenditure of funds generated from the
facilities,"
(MCL 252.51 to 252.64) by adding section 2a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2a. (1) The state transportation department shall allow
the category of Michigan farm markets in the logo signage program
authorized under section 2 and shall establish qualification
criteria for facilities, activities, and locations designated as
farm markets not in conflict with this subsection. As used in this
subsection:
(a) "Agricultural product" means any agricultural commodity or
product, whether raw or processed, including any commodity or
product derived from livestock that is marketed for human or
livestock use or consumption.
(b) "Crop" means a plant or part of a plant marketed or
intended to be marketed as an agricultural product or fed or
intended to be fed to livestock.
(c) "Farm market" means a location, whether or not enclosed in
a temporary or permanent structure, where agricultural products are
sold to consumers. All of the following apply to a farm market:
(i) It is part of a farm operation.
(ii) Not less than 50% of the products offered for sale are
produced on and by the affiliated farm. This calculation may be an
average over not more than 5 seasons.
(iii) It may sell agricultural products in their natural state
or in a value-added form for direct customer sales as otherwise
provided by law.
(iv) It may operate seasonally or year-round.
(v) It may include marketing activities and services to
attract and entertain customers, unless otherwise prohibited by
law.
(d) "Value-added" means the enhancement or improvement of the
overall value of an agricultural commodity or of an animal or plant
product into a product of higher value. The enhancement or
improvement includes, but is not limited to, marketing,
agricultural processing, transforming, or packaging.
(2) Any revenue received by the state transportation
department under this section shall be deposited into the state
trunk line fund established under section 11 of 1951 PA 51, MCL
247.661.