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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article IX § 19; Article IX § 20

Proposal C

November 7, 1978; House Joint Resolution GG of 1978; Approved 1,819,847 to 933,101 (66%)

Article IX

Sec. 19: The state shall not subscribe to, nor be interested in the stock of any company, association or corporation, except that funds accumulated to provide retirement or pension benefits for public officials and employees may be invested as provided by law; and endowment funds created for charitable or educational purposes may be invested as provided by law governing the investment of funds held in trust by trustees and other state funds or money may be invested in accounts of a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union organized under the laws of this state or federal law, as provided by law.

Sec. 20: No state money shall be deposited in banks, savings and loans associations, or credit unions, other than those organized under the national or state banking laws law of this state or federal law. No state money shall be deposited in any bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, in excess of 50 percent of the capital and surplus of such net worth of the bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. Any bank, savings and loan association, or credit union, receiving deposits of state money shall show the amount of state money so deposited as a separate item in all published statements.

Sources

  • General Election, November 7, 1978, Proposal C (Library of Michigan)
  • Michigan Manual, 2021-2022, p. 99 (PDF, Legislative Service Bureau)
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1978, p. 2619 (HathiTrust)

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