HOUSE BILL No. 6082

 

 

May 29, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Maturen, Howell, Bellino, Dianda, Kosowski, Lucido and VanderWall and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 560, entitled

 

"Michigan veterans' facility authority act,"

 

by amending section 6 (MCL 36.106).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6. (1) The authority shall have all of the following

 

powers:

 

     (a) To solicit and accept gifts, grants, and loans from any

 

person.

 

     (b) To invest any money of the authority at the authority's

 

discretion, in any obligations determined proper by the authority,

 

and name and use depositories for its money.

 

     (c) To procure insurance against any loss in connection with

 

the property, assets, or activities of the authority.

 

     (d) To sue and be sued, to have a seal, and to make, execute,

 

and deliver contracts, conveyances, and other instruments necessary

 

to the exercise of the authority's powers.

 

     (e) To make and amend bylaws.

 

     (f) To employ and contract with individuals necessary for the

 

operation of the authority and 1 or more veterans' facilities.

 

     (g) To make and execute contracts including without limitation

 

sale agreements, trust agreements, trust indentures, bond purchase

 

agreements, tax regulatory agreements, continuing disclosure

 

agreements, ancillary facilities, and all other instruments

 

necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and

 

functions, and commence any action to protect or enforce any right

 

conferred upon it by any law, contract or other agreement.

 

     (h) To engage the services of financial advisors and experts,

 

legal counsel, placement agents, underwriters, appraisers and other

 

advisors, consultants, and fiduciaries as may be necessary to

 

effectuate the purposes of this act.

 

     (i) To pay its operating expenses and financing costs.

 

     (j) To pledge revenues or other assets as security for the

 

payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds.

 

     (k) To procure insurance, letters of credit, or other credit

 

enhancement with respect to any bonds for the payment of tenders of

 

bonds, or for the payment upon maturity of short-term bonds.

 

     (l) To develop or operate 1 or more veterans' facilities.

 

     (m) To solicit federal funds and other funding sources to

 

develop veterans' facilities.

 

     (n) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry

 

out its purposes and exercise the powers expressly given and

granted in this act.

 

     (2) When hiring employees for a veterans' facility, the

 

authority shall give preference to employees currently employed by

 

the Michigan veterans' facility under 1885 PA 152, MCL 36.1 to

 

36.12.

 

     (3) In determining the operation and staffing of a veterans'

 

facility, the authority shall do both of the following:

 

     (a) Consider nationally recognized models and guidelines for

 

the delivery of health care in veterans' facilities.

 

     (b) Follow rules and regulations of the civil service

 

commission.

 

     (4) The authority shall cause the water at each veterans'

 

facility operated by the authority to be sampled and tested on an

 

annual basis for the presence of lead and all other substances for

 

which there is a state drinking water standard established under

 

the safe drinking water act, 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1001 to 325.1023,

 

to determine whether the water is in compliance with that act.