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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 141.1003

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
    A city or county that meets the applicable conditions described in section 4 may borrow money and issue its bonds or obligations either for funding an operating deficit for a past fiscal year or years or for funding a projected operating deficit in the current fiscal year, or for funding both. The bonds or obligations may be issued as general obligation bonds or obligations, as bonds or obligations payable solely from a specified source or sources of revenues lawfully available to the city or county, or as a combination of general obligation bonds or obligations and bonds or obligations payable from a specified source or sources of revenues. The authority granted by this act is in addition to any power granted to a city or county by its charter or any other provision of law.