Title 4, LEGISLATURE

Sec. 104a. (1) The council shall appoint a council administrator who shall be the chief executive officer of all legislative council agencies. The council administrator is an at-will employee and shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The council administrator has all the fo…

Sec. 105. The council shall maintain bill drafting, research, and other services for the members of the legislature in a bureau to be known as the legislative service bureau which is hereby created. The bureau shall provide bill drafting, research, and other services and shall be…

Sec. 106. The director of the bureau shall be the chief administrative officer of the bureau. With the approval of the council, the director shall employ such employees as may be necessary and fix their compensation within the appropriation made by the legislature for this purpos…

Sec. 107. The bureau shall maintain a legislative reference library containing material which may be of use in connection with legislation. Upon request, the bureau shall furnish research services to members of the legislature. The bureau shall furnish such technical and other as…

Sec. 108. The bureau shall: (a) At the request of the members of the legislature, draft bills and resolutions or amendments to, or substitutes for, bills and resolutions; draft conference committee reports; and examine, check, and compare pending bills with other pending bills an…

Sec. 109. An employee of the bureau shall not urge or oppose legislation, but upon request shall aid and assist the members of the legislature by advising as to bills and resolutions and by furnishing to them the fullest information upon all matters within the scope of the bureau…

Sec. 110. The bureau shall maintain the text of the statutes, the constitution, the index, and other matter included in the compiled laws and make the text conform to the statutes and constitution as thereafter added, altered, repealed, or amended. The bureau shall preserve such …

Sec. 121. As used in this chapter: (a) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (b) "Legal material" means any of the following: (i) The state constitution of 1963. (ii) The public…

Sec. 122. This chapter applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 123 and first published electronically on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this chapter.

Sec. 123. (1) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall do both of the following: (a) Designate the electronic record as official. (b) Comply with sections 124, 126, and 127. (2) An official publisher that publishes legal …

Sec. 124. An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 123 shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by…

Sec. 125. (1) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under section 124 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. (2) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this chapter, legal material in an electronic record that is desi…

Sec. 126. (1) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 123 shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic. (2) If legal material is preserved …

Sec. 127. An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is required to be preserved under section 126 shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis.

Sec. 128. In implementing this chapter, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider all of the following: (a) Standards and practices of other jurisdictions. (b) The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of…

Sec. 129. The council administrator may enter into a cooperative agreement with the supreme court administrator's office regarding the authentication, preservation, and publication of materials related to and created by the courts in this state.

Sec. 130. In applying and construing this chapter, states that enact a statute on uniform electronic legal material as provided for in this chapter shall consider the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter.

Sec. 131. This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 USC sections 7001 to 7031, but does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 USC 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 USC …

Sec. 201. (1) A reprint authorized under section 110 may be sold by the council at a cost not to exceed the cost of preparing, printing, and distributing the reprint. (2) The money received from the sale of a reprint shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the…

Sec. 202. (1) The statutes compilation fund is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the council. The fund shall be expended only as provided in this section. (2) The money received from the sale of each of the following shall be deposited with the state trea…

Sec. 203. (1) The Michigan register fund is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the office of regulatory reform. The fund shall be expended only as provided in this section. (2) The money received from the sale of the Michigan register, along with those amo…

Sec. 204. (1) The council may provide access to computerized council legislative databases and information to individuals and organizations that are not a part of the legislative branch of government. The council may establish rules to implement this subsection. The council shall…

Sec. 204a. (1) Notwithstanding section 204, beginning January 1, 2001, the council shall make, for the current legislative session, the legislative calendar, notices of legislative committee and subcommittee meetings, including the agendas, and a listing of the committees of each…

Sec. 204b. (1) Notwithstanding section 204, beginning July 1, 1999, the council shall make the text of each bill introduced, passed by each house, and enrolled during the current legislative session available to the public on the Internet. (2) The information described in subsect…

Sec. 204c. (1) Notwithstanding section 204, beginning July 1, 1999, the council shall make each bill analysis prepared by the house legislative analysis section or the senate fiscal agency during the current legislative session available to the public on the Internet. (2) The inf…

Sec. 204d. (1) Notwithstanding section 204, beginning July 1, 1999, the council shall make each fiscal bill analysis prepared by the house fiscal agency or senate fiscal agency for the current legislative session available to the public on the Internet. (2) The information descri…

Sec. 204e. (1) Notwithstanding section 204, beginning July 1, 1999, the council shall make the status of every bill and resolution that is introduced in each house during the current legislative session available to the public on the Internet. (2) The information described in sub…

Sec. 204f. (1) Notwithstanding section 204, beginning January 1, 2001, the council shall make the text of the house and senate journals for the current legislative session available to the public on the Internet. (2) The information described in subsection (1) that is maintained …

Sec. 204g. (1) Notwithstanding section 204, beginning July 1, 1999, the council shall make each fiscal bill analysis prepared by the house fiscal agency for the current legislative session available to the public on the internet. (2) The information described in subsection (1) th…

Sec. 206. The council may, by resolution and for purposes related to the implementation of this act, create funds in the state treasury to be administered by the council.

Sec. 207. Money appropriated under any component in an appropriation act labeled legislative council shall not be expended by an agency included in that component without the approval of the legislative council.

Sec. 301. (1) The Michigan commission on uniform state laws is created. The Michigan commission on uniform state laws shall consist of the following: (a) Three members appointed by the council. Members appointed under this subdivision shall not be members of the legislature. (b) …

Sec. 401. (1) The Michigan law revision commission is created. The commission shall consist of the following: (a) Four members appointed by the council. Members appointed under this subdivision shall not be members of the legislature. (b) Two members appointed by the majority lea…

Sec. 402. Each member of the commission, other than the ex officio member, may receive an annual salary as established by the council. All members may be reimbursed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The commission may appoin…

Sec. 403. (1) The Michigan law revision commission shall do each of the following: (a) Examine the common law and statutes of this state and current judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms. (b) Receive …

Sec. 501. (1) There is created a nonpartisan agency to be known as the senate fiscal agency to be of service to the appropriations committee of the senate and other members of the senate. The senate fiscal agency shall be governed by a board of 5 members, including the majority a…

Sec. 502. (1) The senate fiscal agency shall prepare, for each bill that is scheduled for a hearing before a standing committee of the senate, a fiscal analysis that contains all of the following: (a) A summary that explains the changes the bill would make to existing law. (b) An…

Sec. 601. (1) There is created a nonpartisan agency to be known as the house fiscal agency to be of service to the appropriations committee of the house of representatives and other members of the house of representatives. (2) The house fiscal agency shall be governed by a govern…

Sec. 602. (1) The house fiscal agency shall prepare, for each bill that is scheduled for a hearing before a standing committee of the house of representatives, a fiscal analysis that contains all of the following: (a) A summary that explains the changes the bill would make to exi…

Sec. 850. As used in this chapter: (a) "Michigan opioid healing and recovery fund" means the Michigan opioid healing and recovery fund created in section 3 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.253. (b) "Opioid advisory commission" means the opioid advisory commissi…

Sec. 851. (1) The opioid advisory commission is created in the council. (2) The opioid advisory commission must consist of the following members: (a) Twelve voting members that have experience in substance abuse prevention, health care, mental health, law enforcement, local gover…

Sec. 901. Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 4.311 to 4.327 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is repealed.