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Act 51 of 1951
STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
247.660b Comprehensive transportation fund.
Sec. 10b. (1) A fund to be known as the comprehensive transportation fund is established and shall be set
up and maintained in the state treasury as a separate fund. In addition to the money distributed to the
comprehensive transportation fund pursuant to this act, the money authorized to be credited to the
comprehensive transportation fund pursuant to section 25 of the general sales tax act, Act No. 167 of the
Public Acts of 1933, as amended, being section 205.75 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall be deposited in
the comprehensive transportation fund and is appropriated to the state transportation department for the
purposes described in section 10e.
(2) The comprehensive transportation fund shall be administered by the state transportation department in
accordance with this act.
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(3) The general functions of the state transportation department in the administration of funds for
comprehensive transportation services shall include the following:
(a) Establishing public transportation procedures and administrative practices for which there is a clear
requirement for uniformity statewide.
(b) Planning and providing for
the current and
long-range development
of a system of public transportation
in
areas
for which an eligible authority or eligible
governmental agency does not exist.
(c) Investigating public transportation conditions and making recommendations for improvement to the
state transportation commission for forwarding to the legislature.
(d) Encouraging, coordinating, and administering grants for research and demonstration projects to develop
the application of new ideas and concepts in public transportation facilities and services as applied to state as
opposed to nationwide problems.
(e) Performing each function necessary to comply fully with present or future federal transportation acts.
(f) Administering and distributing money from the comprehensive transportation fund and the proceeds of
notes and bonds sold for public transportation purposes. If money is raised by an eligible authority or an
eligible governmental agency for a public transportation capital outlay project funded pursuant to sections 3,
5, and 6 of the urban mass transportation act of 1964, 49 U.S.C. 1602, 1604, and 1605, or federal law codified
in 23 U.S.C. 101 to 407, the state shall pay not less than 66-2/3% of the local match. The state shall not
expend money as a local match or otherwise, and an eligible authority or eligible governmental agency shall
not expend money distributed pursuant to this act, as a local match or otherwise, for the preliminary or final
construction engineering plans or the construction of a subway system within the area of the southeastern
Michigan transportation authority until that expenditure is approved by concurrent resolution of the
legislature. The concurrent resolution shall be approved on a record roll call vote of each house. The state
shall not expend money for the construction, operation, or maintenance of a commuter boat service system
within a county which is a member of the southeastern Michigan transportation authority until approved by
concurrent resolution of the legislature. The concurrent resolution shall be approved on a record roll call vote
of each house.
(g) Applying for, receiving, and accepting any grant, gift, contribution, loan, or other assistance in the form
of money, property, labor, and any other form from a public or private source, including assistance from an
agency or instrumentality of the United States and doing each thing as is necessary to apply for, receive, and
administer that assistance in accordance with the laws of this state.
(h) Promulgating rules for the implementation and administration of the comprehensive transportation
fund, pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as
amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(i) Issuing bonds or notes for public transportation purposes in accordance with this act.
(j) Making direct expenditures, loans, grants, or guaranteeing lease costs to public and private corporations
for public transportation purposes using the comprehensive transportation fund or using as appropriate, the
proceeds of notes and bonds authorized by section 18b.
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