Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 324. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection § 324.64109

(a) To administer a peat resource conservation, development, and regulatory program consistent with this part.

(b) To perform the inventory of state lands described in section 64103,  1 to fund further study of the state owned lands classified as not leasable under section 64103, and to provide for the reclassification of parcels consistent with the provisions of section 64103 based on the development of information unavailable during the classification required by section 64103(2).

(c) To fund research necessary for the further development of appropriate techniques for environmental monitoring of peat extraction sites, for development and protection of the state's peat resources, and for reclamation of lands following the extraction of peat.

(d) To pay for the costs to the state of personnel services, printing, postage, advertising, contractual services, and the rental of facilities associated with the offering of state owned lands for the purpose of taking peat.