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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 141.1066d

  • Authority: means the Michigan finance authority created by Executive Reorganization Order No. See Michigan Laws 141.1053
  • Fully marketable form: means a municipal obligation duly executed and accompanied by all of the following:
    (i) An approving legal opinion of a bond counsel approved by the authority and of nationally recognized standing in the field of municipal law. See Michigan Laws 141.1053
  • Governmental unit: means this state, a county, city, township, village, school district, intermediate school district, community college, public university, authority, district, any other body corporate and politic or other political subdivision, any agency or instrumentality of the foregoing, or any group self-insurance pool formed pursuant to 1951 PA 35, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 141.1053
  • 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.
  •     (1) In addition to any other authority granted under law, each governmental unit may enter into grant agreements under section 5204a of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5204a, and may pledge its limited taxing power as security for any repayment obligation of the governmental unit. The grant agreements are not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. Repayment obligations of a governmental unit under a grant agreement are not a general obligation or debt of the governmental unit within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation and are not subject to any notice or referendum requirement.
        (2) Grant agreements under section 5204a of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5204a, may be entered into by the authority and are not required to be in fully marketable form.