Michigan Laws 324.74103 – Powers of department; land acquisition and improvement program
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In implementing the responsibilities under this part, the department may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Enter into contracts or agreements that may be necessary to implement this part.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.74103
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Improvement program: means the construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, bettering, operating, maintaining, and extending a facility at a state park, including a site improvement, impoundment, road and parking lot, toilet building, concession building, shelter building, bathhouse, utility, outdoor center, visitor service facility, ski area, ski tow, ski shelter, and administration unit. See Michigan Laws 324.74101
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- State park: means a state park or state recreation area designated by the director. See Michigan Laws 324.74101
(b) Lease state park property to a person.
(c) Accept gifts, grants, or bequests from any public or private source to be used for a purpose consistent with this part.
(d) Acquire property for designation as a state park.
(e) Provide the granting of concessions to a person within the boundaries of a state park. In granting a concession, the department shall provide that each concession is awarded at least every 7 years based on extension, renegotiation, or competitive bidding.
(2) The department may acquire land and undertake an improvement program for state parks, pursuant to the powers, rights, and privileges conferred by this part, but land acquisition or an improvement program shall not be undertaken until approved by the legislature in the annual capital outlay appropriation act.