Michigan Compiled Laws Act 387 Of 1984 State Food Stamp Distribution Act (400.751 - 400.770)***** 400.764 This § Does Not Apply After September 30, 1989: See (3) Of 400.764 *****

• Section 400.751 Short Title; Applicability Of Act.
  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the “state food stamp distribution act”. (2) This act applies to the distribution...
• Section 400.752 Meanings Of Words And Phrases.
  For purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 and 4 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections....
• Section 400.753 Definitions; A To D.
  (1) “Applicant” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or political subdivision of this state that submits a bid for a contract. (2) “Contract” means...
• Section 400.754 Definitions; D To R.
  (1) “Distribution site” means the establishment or portion of an establishment at which a distributor issues coupons to recipients. (2) “Distributor” means an individual,...
• Section 400.755 Issuance Of Coupons Without Contract; Duration Of Contract With Distributor; Coupons Distributed Before Effective Date Of Act.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) or section 8(2), an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or political subdivision of this state shall not issue...
• Section 400.756 Standards And Criteria For Awarding Contracts.
  The department of management and budget shall develop standards and criteria for awarding contracts. The standards and criteria shall be consistent with this act...
• Section 400.757 Issuance Of Requests For Quotations, Bid Forms, And Other Printed Information; Contents Of Forms And Printed Information; Sealed Bid; Prohibited Conduct.
  (1) For each distribution area in this state, the department of management and budget shall issue requests for quotations, bid forms, and other printed...
• Section 400.758 Evaluating Qualifications Of Applicants; Determination; Technical Input; Designation Of Distributor Without Submission Of Bid; Identities Of Distributors; Contracting Agency.
  (1) After evaluating the qualifications of all applicants for a distributorship, the department of management and budget shall determine, for each distribution area, which...
• Section 400.759 Contract Requirements.
  A contract shall require a distributor to do or comply with not less than all of the following: (a) Require fidelity bonds of those...
• Section 400.760 Cancellation Of Contract; Notice; Grounds; Appeal.
  (1) The contract shall provide that the department of management and budget, on giving not less than 30 days' notice, may cancel a contract...
• Section 400.761 Eligibility Days.
  (1) Beginning April 1, 1985, in each county in which at least 1 private sector distributor distributes coupons, the first 2 Saturdays of each...
• Section 400.762 Relocation Of Distribution Site; Cost.
  The family independence agency may require a distributor to relocate its distribution site to another location within a distribution area, but the family independence...
• Section 400.763 Payment Of Compensation To Distributor; Suspension Of Payment.
  The family independence agency, within 15 days after the end of each month or receipt of the billing statement from the distributor, whichever is...
• Section 400.764 Community Action Agency As Distributor; Rate Of Compensation Per Transaction; Applicability Of Section.
  400.764 Community action agency as distributor; rate of compensation per transaction; applicability of section. Sec. 14. (1) In a county in which a community action...
• Section 400.765 Quarterly Accounting; Report.
  The family independence agency shall conduct a quarterly accounting of all coupons received from the United States department of agriculture, and shall report not...
• Section 400.766 Liability For Lost Coupons.
  A distributor is liable to the family independence agency for the value of all coupons lost while under the distributor's control. History: 1984, Act...
• Section 400.767 Distribution Areas To Which Act Applicable.
  This act applies to all distribution areas in which the state uses an on-line computer system for verifying and transmitting information about recipients. This...
• Section 400.768 Compliance With Food Stamp Program.
  The family independence agency and the department of management and budget shall comply with the food stamp program in implementing this act. History: 1984,...
• Section 400.769 Mail Issuance Program For Certain Recipients; Establishment Of Authorized Representative System; Monitoring On-line Issuance Program; Recommendations To Legislature.
  (1) The family independence agency shall explore the establishment of a mail issuance program for recipients who are disabled, elderly, would have to travel...
• Section 400.770 Monitoring Committees; Establishment; Composition; Duties.
  The family independence agency shall establish in each county participating in the on-line food stamp distribution program a monitoring committee consisting of representatives of...

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