Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 399. Historical Records and Sites § 399.510

Sec. 210. (1) The department shall encourage the creation of an officially recognized friends of the depot organization designed to provide funding, promotional support, volunteer labor, and other forms of assistance to the railroad history museum.

(2) If established, the officially recognized friends of the depot organization may do all of the following:

(3) To qualify as the officially recognized friends of the depot organization, an organization shall do all of the following:

(4) Except as provided in subsection (5), if an entity qualifies as the officially recognized friends of the depot organization, the department shall issue a letter of certification recognizing the organization's qualifications. The letter shall specify the conditions under which the friends of the depot organization may make expenditures on behalf of the railroad history museum and may include other appropriate provisions.

(5) Nothing in this section requires the department to certify a friends of the depot organization that meets the qualifications prescribed in this section.

(6) The department may promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to establish special conditions with which the friends of the depot organization shall comply in order to use railroad history museum facilities.

(7) The department shall not permit the use of railroad history museum facilities if the friends of the depot organization fails to provide membership and employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or physical disability.