Michigan Laws 247.911 – Bonds; issuance; purpose; appropriation of fund revenue; percentages; distribution to certain targeted industries
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 247.911
- Advanced traffic management systems: means the application of new technology designed to monitor, control, and manage the flow of traffic in real-time on a transportation network through traffic detection, communications, traffic control, and information processing technologies. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commission: means the state transportation commission. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- 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.
- Fund: means the economic development fund created in section 2. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- National lakeshore: means land conveyed by this state to the United States that the United States has designated as national lakeshore. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- National park: means land set aside and designated as a national park by the United States. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- Project: means a transportation road construction or improvement. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- Qualified county: means a county in which a national lakeshore or a national park is located, or a county in which 34% or more of all the land is commercial forest land. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- Rural county: means any county in this state with a population of 400,000 or less. See Michigan Laws 247.901
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) Bonds may be issued as authorized by the commission for the purpose of funding projects under this act in the manner provided in section 18b and 18k of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.668b and 247.668k, and in accordance with the adopted policies of the commission. Bonds shall not be committed for any project under this act until the requirements under section 3(1) have been satisfied.
(2) After the payment of interest and principal on bonds issued under this act and the appropriation for costs of administration of the fund as provided under this act, fund revenue shall be annually appropriated as follows:
(a) The first $5,000,000.00 for a forest roads program. Forest roads program funds shall be distributed each fiscal year to each qualified county in a percentage amount equal to the same percentage amount that the number of acres of commercial forest, national park, and national lakeshore land in each qualified county bears to the total number of acres of commercial forest, national park, and national lakeshore land in all qualified counties in this state. Revenue distributed under this subdivision shall be used for the construction or reconstruction of roads.
(b) The next $2,500,000.00 of the fund shall be distributed each fiscal year for improvements within rural counties to roads and streets that are eligible for federal aid and are located inside the boundaries of an urban area or an urbanized area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census and as adjusted by the department.
(3) Of the balance remaining after funding projects under subsection (2), projects shall be funded in the categories described in section 9 based on the following percentages:
(a) 50% for economic development road projects in any of the targeted industries. For the fiscal years ending September 30, 2019 through September 30, 2023 only, the allocation made under this subdivision shall be reduced by $3,000,000.00 and allocated to projects described in section 9(1)(b). The office of economic development shall use geographic distribution as a grant selection criterion for projects described in section 9(1)(b). An eligible city or village may apply for a grant for a project described in section 9(1)(b) in consecutive fiscal years. For the fiscal years ending September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2021 only, the allocation made under this subdivision shall be reduced by an additional $13,000,000.00.
(b) 25% for projects to reduce congestion on county primary and city major streets within urban counties including advanced traffic management systems. The funds shall be distributed to counties with populations in excess of 400,000 in accordance with the following formula:
| Population | Percentage of Funds |
| 1,750,000 or more | 16% |
| 1,000,000 to 1,749,999 | 40% |
| 650,001 to 999,999 | 20% |
| 400,000 to 650,000 | 24% |
When 2 or more counties occupy the same category, the funds shall be divided equally.
Projects funded under this category shall be used for the widening of county primary roads or city major streets or for advanced traffic management systems in eligible counties.
(c) 25% for projects within rural counties. These revenues shall be distributed for the improvement of rural primary roads in rural counties and major streets in cities and villages with a population of 5,000 or less that are located outside the boundaries of an urban area or an urbanized area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census and as adjusted by the department. Funds distributed under this subdivision shall be allocated by the commission to the regional rural task force areas described in section 12a in the same proportion that the rural primary mileage of the regional rural task force area bears to the total rural primary mileage of all counties. Each rural county shall be credited with an allocation in the proportion that the county’s rural primary mileage is to the total rural primary mileage of those rural counties within the same regional rural task force area. Projects funded under this subdivision shall be limited to upgrading rural primary roads and major streets to create an all-season road network.