REVISED MUNICIPAL FINANCE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 34 of 2001
Part IV
SHORT-TERM MUNICIPAL SECURITIES
141.2401 Short-term municipal securities; issuance; conditions; public airport authority.
Sec. 401.
(1) A municipality may, by resolution of its governing body, and without a vote of the electors, issue short-term municipal securities in anticipation of and payable from taxes to be collected by the municipality for its then next succeeding fiscal year or the taxes for a current fiscal year, or if the taxes for the next succeeding fiscal year and the taxes for the current fiscal year are both levied in the same calendar year, then in anticipation of and payable from the collection of both of the taxes.
(2) By resolution of its governing body and without a vote of the electors, an authority organized under 1957 PA 206, MCL 259.621 to 259.631, or a public airport authority created or incorporated under the public airport authority act, chapter VIA of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.108 to 259.125c, may borrow money and issue short-term municipal securities maturing not more than 1 year from the date of issue in anticipation of the collection of revenues to which it will be entitled to receive within 1 year from the date of the short-term municipal securities' issuance. The amount of the short-term municipal securities issued under this section shall not exceed 50% of the revenues collected in the preceding fiscal year not pledged for the payment of a security other than a short-term municipal security issued under this section as conclusively certified by the governing body of the authority. The resolution shall provide for the pledging of all or a portion of the revenues of the authority not previously pledged for the payment of a security. The resolution may also provide for the pledging of other assets of the authority as additional security for the payment of the short-term municipal security. The resolution also shall provide that from the receipts of the revenues in anticipation of which the authority issued the short-term municipal security, there shall be set aside in a special fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the short-term municipal security a portion of each dollar received that is not less than 125% of the percentage that the principal amount of the short-term municipal security bears to the amount certified as the revenues estimated to be collected, until the amount set aside is sufficient for the payment of principal and interest on the short-term municipal security. The amount set aside shall be used only for the payment of the principal and interest on the short-term municipal security until the short-term municipal security is paid as to both principal and interest. Except when in conflict with the requirements of section 9 of 1957 PA 206, MCL 259.629, the short-term municipal securities authorized under this subsection are subject to this act.
History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
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Am. 2002, Act 541, Imd. Eff. July 26, 2002
141.2403 Resolution authorizing municipal security; tax levy provision; operating expenditures; limitation; set aside of taxes collected; tax installments; capital improvements; debt service charges.
Sec. 403.
(1) If a municipality issues a municipal security in anticipation of the collection of the taxes for the next succeeding fiscal year, the resolution authorizing a municipal security shall contain an irrevocable provision for the levying of a tax in the next succeeding fiscal year for the purpose for which the municipal security is to be made and the repayment of the municipal security from the receipt of taxes.
(2) A municipality may issue the short-term municipal security described in subsection (1) to pay for operating expenditures. As used in this section, "operating expenditures" means 1 or more of the following:
(a) Necessary operating expenditures of the municipality that could not reasonably have been foreseen and adequately provided for in the tax levy for the then current fiscal year.
(b) Payment of an expenditure in the then current fiscal year that cannot be funded because of a delay in or failure of receipt of budgeted revenue.
(c) Payment of budgeted expenditures in the then current fiscal year that precede budgeted revenues.
(3) The amount of the municipal securities issued under this section to pay operating expenditures shall not exceed 50% of the operating tax levy for the current fiscal year, or if the operating tax levy for the next succeeding fiscal year is determined, then 50% of the levy for the next succeeding fiscal year. The authorizing resolution shall provide that from the first collections of the operating taxes for the next succeeding fiscal year, there shall be set aside in a special fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the tax anticipation municipal security, a portion of each dollar that is not less than 125% of the percentage that the principal amount of the municipal security bears to the amount of the operating taxes until the amount set aside is sufficient for the payment. If a municipality collects its taxes in installments and issues a municipal security in anticipation of more than 1 installment, the requirements of the preceding sentence shall apply to each installment of taxes. The collection of the taxes to be set aside shall not be used for any other purpose. If the municipality determines that issuing municipal securities for this purpose will result in a deficiency in the funds available to pay the necessary operating expenditures of the next succeeding fiscal year, the municipality shall levy additional taxes in the future from within constitutional, charter, and statutory limits to prevent a continuation of the deficiency from year to year.
(4) A municipality may issue a short-term municipal security described in subsection (1) to pay for 1 or more capital improvements that can be legally and properly provided for in the budget of the municipality for the fiscal year in which the municipality issues the short-term municipal security. The principal amount of the municipal security issued for this purpose shall not exceed the sum set forth in the authorizing resolution to be levied for the improvement. The authorizing resolution shall provide that from the first collection of taxes for the next succeeding fiscal year, there shall be set aside in a special fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the short-term municipal security that percentage of the collection that the tax levied for capital outlay bears to the total levy, and until the amount set aside is sufficient for the payment, collection of the taxes to be set aside shall not be used for any other purpose.
(5) A municipality may issue the short-term municipal security described in subsection (1) to pay debt service charges or obligations on municipal securities or agreements described in section 317(5).
History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
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Am. 2002, Act 500, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002
141.2405 Issuance of short-term municipal securities; payments allowed; operating expenditures or debt service charges; limitation; authorizing resolution; set aside of taxes collected; capital improvements; deduction of outstanding principal amount.
Sec. 405.
(1) A municipality may issue short-term municipal securities in anticipation of the collection of the taxes for a current fiscal year for the payment of 1 or more of the following:
(a) Operating expenditures.
(b) Debt service charges.
(c) Capital improvements.
(2) If the municipality issues short-term municipal securities described in subsection (1) to pay operating expenditures or debt service charges, the principal amount of that municipal security issued under this section shall not exceed 75% of the amount of the debt service taxes, if the proceeds of the municipal security are to pay debt service charges, or 75% of the amount of the operating taxes, if the proceeds of the municipal security are to pay operating expenditures, as provided for in the budget of the current fiscal year and that remain to be collected at the time the authorizing resolution is passed. However, if the resolution is passed before the day upon which taxes for the year become due and payable, the principal amount of the municipal security shall not exceed 50% of the tax levy made for debt service or operating expenditures, respectively, for the preceding fiscal year.
(3) The authorizing resolution shall provide that, from the date of the authorizing resolution, from the collection of the taxes remaining to be collected for the current fiscal year there shall be set aside in a special fund, to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the short-term municipal security, a portion of each dollar of taxes remaining to be collected for the current fiscal year not less than 125% of the percentage that the principal amount of the municipal security bears to the amount of the tax levied for debt service or operating expenditures, respectively, that remain to be collected from the date of the authorizing resolution until the amount set aside is sufficient for that payment. The collection of the taxes to be set aside shall not be used for any other purpose.
(4) A municipality may issue short-term municipal securities in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the current fiscal year for the payment of 1 or more capital improvements that are legally and properly provided for in the tax levy of the current fiscal year. The principal amount of the municipal security issued for this purpose shall not exceed the anticipated collection, based on the delinquency in collections of the levy of the preceding fiscal year, of the sum included in the tax levy for that purpose and remaining unpaid at the time the authorizing resolution is passed. The authorizing resolution shall provide that from the collections of the taxes for the current fiscal year there shall be set aside in a special fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the municipal security that percentage of the collections that the tax levied for capital outlay bears to the total levy, and until the amount set aside is sufficient for that payment, collection of the taxes to be set aside shall be used for no other purpose.
(5) The principal amount outstanding of any municipal security issued under section 403 shall be deducted from the total principal amount of any municipal security that may be issued under this section.
History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
141.2407 Anticipation of revenue sharing payments; issuance of short-term municipal securities; payment of operating expenditures; authorizing resolution; set aside of amounts for payment of principal and interest.
Sec. 407.
(1) A municipality may, by resolution of its governing body, and without a vote of the electors, issue short-term municipal securities in anticipation of revenue sharing payments under the Glenn Steil state revenue sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.901 to 141.921, for its next succeeding fiscal year, or for a current fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of this part.
(2) When a municipality issues municipal securities in anticipation of the receipt of revenue sharing payments under the Glenn Steil state revenue sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.901 to 141.921, for the current or next succeeding fiscal year, the proceeds of the municipal securities shall be used only for the payment of operating expenditures. The principal amount of the municipal securities issued in accordance with this section shall not exceed 50% of the total payments received in the last preceding fiscal year of the municipality, as certified by the department. The authorizing resolution shall provide that from the first receipts of the payments for that fiscal year in anticipation of which the municipality issued the municipal security, there shall be set aside in a special fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the municipal security a portion of each dollar that is not less than 125% of the percentage that the principal amount of the municipal security bears to the amount of payments remaining to be collected, until the amount set aside is sufficient for the payment of principal and interest on the municipal security. The amount set aside shall be used only for the payment of the principal and interest on the municipal security until the municipal security is paid as to both principal and interest.
History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
141.2409 Interest rate; limitation; payment.
Sec. 409.
A municipal security issued pursuant to this part shall bear no interest or interest at a rate not to exceed that provided in part III and shall be payable not later than the estimated time of collection of an amount sufficient for its payment out of the taxes or revenues pledged for the municipal security, as determined by the governing body of the municipality.
History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
141.2411 Money deposited in special fund; use.
Sec. 411.
The money in each special fund required by this part shall be deposited in a bank account separate from any other money of the municipality and shall be used for no purpose other than to retire the municipal security for which the special fund was established.
History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
141.2413 Anticipation of long-term municipal security proceeds; issuance of short-term municipal security; authorization of principal, interest, and redemption premiums; limitation on principal amount; use of proceeds.
Sec. 413.
(1) A municipality may by resolution of its governing body, and without a vote of its electors, issue a short-term municipal security in anticipation of the proceeds of a long-term municipal security it proposes to issue, or that will be issued in its behalf. However, if required by law, issuance of the long-term municipal security has been approved by the electors of the municipality or, if required by law, a notice of intent to issue the long-term municipal security or enter into a contract has been published and all rights of referendum relating to the notice have expired. The municipality shall pledge for the payment of the principal, interest, and redemption premiums, if any, on the short-term municipal security from 1 or more of the sources and on the terms described in section 315 and from any of the additional sources identified in subsection (2).
(2) The municipality, in determining to issue a short-term municipal security under this section, may authorize principal, interest, and redemption premiums, if any, on the short-term municipal security to be payable from and secured by a pledge of the proceeds of the long-term municipal security issued to refund the short-term municipal security.
(3) The principal amount of a short-term municipal security issued in anticipation of the issuance of long-term municipal securities shall not exceed 50% of the principal amount of the proposed long-term municipal security. The municipality shall in the resolution authorizing the short-term municipal security declare the necessity of the short-term municipal security and state its purpose, the principal amount of the short-term municipal security to be issued, and an estimated principal payment schedule for and an estimated or maximum average annual interest rate on the short-term municipal security. The issuance and delivery of the short-term municipal security shall be conclusive as to the existence of the facts entitling the short-term municipal security to be issued in the principal amount of the short-term municipal security and shall not be subject to attack in any proceeding. A short-term municipal security shall mature not more than the earlier of 3 years from the date of issuance or 60 days after the expected date of issuance of the long-term municipal security in anticipation of which it is issued and may bear no interest or interest at a fixed or variable rate or rates of interest per annum, subject to the limitations in section 305.
(4) The proceeds of a short-term municipal security issued under this section shall be used only for the purpose to which the proceeds of the long-term municipal security may be applied, the costs of issuance of the short-term municipal security and to the payment of principal and interest on the short-term municipal security.
History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
141.2415 Anticipation of state or federal grants; issuance of short-term municipal security; pledge of grant proceeds as payment of principal, interest, and redemption premiums; limitation on principal amount; use of municipal security proceeds.
Sec. 415.
(1) A municipality may by resolution of its governing body, and without a vote of its electors, issue a short-term municipal security in anticipation of the receipt of grants from the United States, this state, or any agency or instrumentality of the United States or this state and shall pledge for the payment of the principal, interest, and redemption premiums, if any, on that municipal security from 1 or more of the sources and on the terms described in section 315 and from any of the additional sources identified in subsection (2).
(2) The municipality that issues a short-term municipal security under this section may pledge the proceeds of federal or state grants for the payment of the interest and redemption premiums, if any, on the municipal security.
(3) The principal amount of a municipal security issued under this section shall not exceed 50% of the amount remaining to be received by the municipality that is not still subject to an appropriation from the granting agency under a written contract from that granting agency that has been accepted by resolution by the municipality. The issuance and delivery of the municipal security shall be conclusive evidence of the facts entitling the municipality to issue the municipal security in the principal amount issued and shall not be subject to attack in any proceeding. The pledge of 100% of the funds the municipality expects to receive from the granting agency may be secured by a direct transfer of the committed funds from the granting agency to a trustee or the Michigan municipal bond authority, if the municipal security is sold to the Michigan municipal bond authority, that is authorized to receive the funds by the authorizing resolution adopted by the municipality. The municipal security issued under this section shall mature not more than the earlier of 18 months from the date of issuance or 6 months after the expected date of receipt of grant proceeds and may bear no interest or interest at a fixed or variable rate or rates of interest per annum, subject to the limitations of section 305.
(4) The proceeds of the municipal security issued under this section shall be used only for the purpose to which the proceeds of the grant may be applied, the costs of issuance of the municipal security, and the payment of principal and interest on the municipal security.
History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
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