{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-399.510","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.510","heading":"Friends of the depot organization; establishment; powers; official recognition; qualifications; letter of certification; rules; use of museum facilities.","body":"Sec. 210.\n\nThe 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.\n\nIf established, the officially recognized friends of the depot organization may do all of the following:\n\nMake expenditures on behalf of the programs of the railroad history museum, if such expenditures are requested by the department.\n\nUse the facilities of the railroad history museum without charge upon receipt of written permission from the department to do so. Use of the railroad history museum facilities shall be in keeping with the authorized purposes of the friends of the depot organization, shall not be made at times and places that would unreasonably interfere with opportunities of the general public to use the facilities for established purposes, and shall be subject to the other provisions of this section.\n\nEngage in fund-raising activities at the railroad history museum.\n\nFurnish volunteer labor to perform services in the railroad history museum store and in connection with other programs at the railroad history museum.\n\nTo qualify as the officially recognized friends of the depot organization, an organization shall do all of the following:\n\nIncorporate under the laws of the state of Michigan.\n\nOperate on a nonprofit basis.\n\nRequest written approval from the department, using procedures and forms prescribed by the department, to function as an officially recognized friends of the depot organization.\n\nExcept 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.\n\nNothing in this section requires the department to certify a friends of the depot organization that meets the qualifications prescribed in this section.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 399","Act Act-325-of-1990"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-399-510","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"075a7b59c43b1174b3d2f767b60a32e6ec748e5c741516ed6b2cd32d445f9891","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-399.509","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-399.81"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}