SENATE BILL No. 965
December 13, 2001, Introduced by Senator EMMONS and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
A bill to amend 1933 PA 94, entitled
"The revenue bond act of 1933,"
by amending sections 3, 12, 16, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, and 30 (MCL
141.103, 141.112, 141.116, 141.122, 141.124, 141.126, 141.127,
141.128, and 141.130), section 3 as amended by 1992 PA 305, sec-
tions 12 and 27 as amended by 1985 PA 26, sections 16, 28, and 30
as amended by 1983 PA 76, and section 24 as amended by 1988 PA
228.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 3. As used in this act:
2 (a) "Public corporation" means a county, city, village,
3 township, school district, port district, or metropolitan dis-
4 trict of the state or a combination
thereof OF
THESE if
5 authorized by law to act jointly; an authority created by or
6 under an act of the legislature; or a municipal health facilities
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1 corporation or subsidiary municipal health facilities corporation
2 incorporated as provided in the municipal health facilities cor-
3 porations act, Act No.
230 of the Public Acts of
1987, being
4 sections 331.1101 to
331.1507 of the Michigan
Compiled Laws 1987
5 PA 230, MCL 331.1101 TO 331.1507.
6 (b) "Public improvements" means only the following
7 improvements: housing facilities; garbage disposal plants; rub-
8 bish disposal plants; incinerators; transportation systems,
9 including plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used
10 or useful in connection with those systems; sewage disposal sys-
11 tems, including sanitary sewers, combined sanitary and storm
12 sewers, plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or
13 useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal
14 of sewage or industrial wastes; storm water systems, including
15 storm sewers, plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties
16 used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or
17 disposal of storm water; water supply systems, including plants,
18 works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in con-
19 nection with obtaining a water supply, the treatment of water, or
20 the distribution of water; utility systems for supplying light,
21 heat, or power, including plants, works, instrumentalities, and
22 properties used or useful in connection with those systems;
23 approved cable television systems, approved cable communication
24 systems, or telephone systems, including plants, works, instru-
25 mentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with
26 those systems; automobile parking facilities, including within or
27 as part of the facilities areas or buildings that may be rented
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1 or leased to private enterprises serving the public; yacht
2 basins; harbors; docks; wharves; terminal facilities; elevated
3 highways; bridges over, tunnels under, and ferries across bodies
4 of water; community buildings; public wholesale markets for farm
5 and food products; stadiums; convention halls; auditoriums; dor-
6 mitories; hospitals and other health care facilities; buildings
7 devoted to public use; museums; parks; recreational facilities;
8 reforestation projects; aeronautical facilities; and marine rail-
9 ways; or any right or interest in or equipment for these
10 improvements. The term "public improvement" means the whole or a
11 part of any of these improvements or of any combination of these
12 improvements or any interest or participation in these improve-
13 ments, as determined by the governing body. The definition con-
14 tained in this subdivision does not broaden or enlarge the extent
15 of a particular public improvement made by a public corporation.
16 (c) "Borrower" means a public corporation exercising the
17 power to issue bonds as provided in this act.
18 (d) "Governing body" means for a county, the board of com-
19 missioners; for a city, the body having legislative powers; for a
20 village, the body having legislative powers; for a township, the
21 township board; for a school district, the board of education;
22 for a port district, the port commission; for a metropolitan dis-
23 trict, the legislative body of the district; for a municipal
24 health facilities corporation, the board of trustees; for a non-
25 profit subsidiary municipal health facilities corporation, the
26 nonprofit subsidiary board; and for an authority, the body in
27 which is lodged general governing powers. If the charter of a
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1 public corporation or applicable law provides that a separate
2 board has general management over a public improvement,
3 "governing body" means, with respect to that public improvement,
4 the separate board, subject to review by the legislative body of
5 the public corporation as the charter or law may provide. Unless
6 the charter or law specifically provides otherwise, the separate
7 board shall adopt the bond authorizing ordinance, but shall not
8 pledge full faith and credit.
9 (e) "Rates" means the charges, fees, rentals, and rates that
10 may be fixed and imposed for the services, facilities, and com-
11 modities furnished by a public improvement.
12 (f) "Revenues" means the income derived from the rates
13 charged for the services, facilities, and commodities furnished
14 by a public improvement. Revenues include, to the extent pro-
15 vided in the authorizing ordinance, earnings on investment of
16 funds of the public improvement and other revenues derived from
17 or pledged to operation of the public improvement.
18 (g) "Net revenues" means the revenues of a public improve-
19 ment remaining after deducting the reasonable expenses of admin-
20 istration, operation, and maintenance of the public improvement.
21 (h) "Project cost" or "costs" means the costs of purchasing,
22 acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending, or
23 repairing a public improvement, including any engineering, archi-
24 tectural, legal, accounting, financial, and other expenses inci-
25 dent to the public improvement. Project costs include interest
26 on the bonds, and other obligations of the borrower issued to pay
27 project costs, during the period of construction and until full
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1 revenues are developed. Project costs include a reserve or
2 addition to a reserve for payment of principal and interest on
3 the bonds and the amount required for operation and maintenance
4 until sufficient revenues have developed.
5 (i) "Ordinance" means an ordinance, resolution, or other
6 appropriate legislative enactment of the governing body of a
7 public corporation.
8 (j) "Municipal finance
commission" means the
commission
9 created by the municipal
finance act, Act No. 202
of the Public
10 Acts of 1943, as
amended, being sections 131.1 to
139.3 of the
11 Michigan Compiled
Laws.
12 (J) (k)
"Approved cable television system"
or "approved
13 cable communication system" means a cable television or communi-
14 cation system to which 1 of the following applies:
15 (i) A municipality acquires or establishes the system either
16 before January 1, 1987 or before a system is established in that
17 municipality by a private person.
18 (ii) A municipality acquires or establishes the system after
19 a system is established in that municipality by a private person
20 and after approval by a majority of the electors in the affected
21 area of that municipality voting on the question of the sale of
22 revenue bonds to finance the acquisition or establishment of the
23 municipal system.
24 Sec. 12. (1) Bonds issued under this act may be sold at a
25 discount but may not be sold at a
price which
THAT would make
26 the interest cost on the money borrowed after deducting any
27 premium or adding any discount exceed 10% per annum or the
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1 maximum rate permitted by the
REVISED municipal
finance act, Act
2 No. 202 of the Public
Acts of 1943, as amended,
being sections
3 131.1 to 139.3 of the
Michigan Compiled Laws, 2001
PA 34, MCL
4 141.2101 TO 141.2821, whichever is greater, and may bear a stated
5 rate of interest or no rate of interest.
6 (2) Except as
otherwise provided in this act,
bonds of an
7 authorized issue of
$50,000.00 or more shall not be
sold except
8 at public sale, after notice
by publication at
least 14 days
9 before the sale in a
publication printed in the
English language
10 and circulated in this
state, which carries as a
part of its reg-
11 ular service notices of
the sale of municipal bonds
and which has
12 been approved by the
department of treasury as a
publication com-
13 plying with the foregoing
qualifications. Approval
of the publi-
14 cation by the department
of treasury shall be
considered conclu-
15 sive of the qualifications
of the publication for
the insertion
16 of the
notice.
17 (3) If the public
corporation receives a bid
at the time
18 fixed for public sale, and
the bid is rejected by
the governing
19 body, the bonds may be
sold at negotiated sale
within 60 days
20 after the time fixed for
the public sale at a price
not less than
21 the highest bid received
at the public offering.
If the public
22 corporation offers the
bonds at a public offering
and does not
23 receive a bid, the bonds
may be sold at negotiated
sale within 60
24 days after the last public
offering. During any
period in which
25 the bonds may be sold at
negotiated sale, the
governing body of
26 the public corporation
may enter into an agreement
for the
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1 delivery of the bonds in
payment of the cost of the
particular
2 project for which the
bonds are to be issued.
3 (4) Bonds may be sold
to the federal or state
government or
4 an agency of the federal
or state government at a
negotiated
5 sale. If the contract is for
the sale of less than
all of the
6 bonds authorized, a part
shall not be delivered
until the balance
7 of the bonds authorized
has been sold in the manner
provided in
8 this
section.
9 (5) If the amount of
bonds to be issued
exceeds
10 $15,000,000.00 or if the
bonds are to be issued in
whole or in
11 part for refunding
purposes pursuant to section 20,
the bonds may
12 be sold at a public or
negotiated sale.
13 (6) Bonds which are
payable prior to maturity
at the option
14 of the holder of the
bonds may be sold at a
negotiated sale.
15 (7) Bonds sold to the
Michigan municipal bond
authority cre-
16 ated under the shared
credit rating act may be sold
at a negoti-
17 ated sale if so
determined by the governing body.
18 (2) A PUBLIC CORPORATION MAY SELL BONDS AT A COMPETITIVE
19 SALE OR A NEGOTIATED SALE AS DETERMINED IN THE AUTHORIZING
20 ORDINANCE. IF A PUBLIC CORPORATION DETERMINES TO SELL A BOND AT
21 A NEGOTIATED SALE, THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL EXPRESSLY STATE THE
22 METHOD AND REASONS FOR CHOOSING A NEGOTIATED SALE INSTEAD OF A
23 COMPETITIVE SALE IN THE RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
24 ISSUANCE OR SALE OF THE BONDS.
25 (3) BONDS SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE SHALL NOT BE SOLD UNTIL NOTICE
26 BY PUBLICATION AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE THE SALE IN A PUBLICATION
27 PRINTED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND CIRCULATED IN THIS STATE THAT
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1 CARRIES AS A PART OF ITS REGULAR SERVICE NOTICES OF THE SALE OF
2 MUNICIPAL BONDS AND THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
3 TREASURY AS A PUBLICATION COMPLYING WITH THESE QUALIFICATIONS.
4 APPROVAL OF THE PUBLICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY IS CON-
5 CLUSIVE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PUBLICATION FOR THE INSER-
6 TION OF THE NOTICE.
7 Sec. 16. Money received from the sale of bonds shall be
8 used solely for the payment of project costs. An unexpended bal-
9 ance of the proceeds of the sale of any bonds remaining after the
10 completion of the project for which issued, may be used for the
11 improvement, enlargement, or extension of the public improvement,
12 if the use is approved by the department of treasury. Any
13 remaining balance shall be paid immediately into the bond and
14 interest redemption fund
ACCOUNT for the bonds,
and the money
15 shall be used only for meeting bond reserve requirements or for
16 the redemption or purchase, at not more than the fair market
17 value, of outstanding bonds of the issue from which the proceeds
18 were derived. Bonds acquired by purchase shall be canceled and
19 shall not be reissued. Each ordinance shall state the period for
20 which interest is to be capitalized, and the amount of reserves
21 to be funded from the bonds. Upon receipt of the proceeds of the
22 bonds, there shall be set aside, in the bond and interest redemp-
23 tion fund
ACCOUNT, the amount of interest which
THAT will
24 accrue during the period at the interest rate specified in the
25 bonds and the amount required to be
deposited SET
ASIDE in the
26 reserve account. Money set aside shall be used solely for the
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1 payment of the capitalized interest or credited to the reserve
2 account.
3 Sec. 22. (1) In the authorizing ordinance the governing
4 body of the borrower shall
pledge PROVIDE THAT
the revenues of
5 the public improvement
for the purposes of the
following funds
6 and shall provide that
such revenues as collected
shall be set
7 aside in a receiving fund
and transferred
periodically as pro-
8 vided in such ordinance
into separate and special
funds as
9 follows BE
ACCOUNTED FOR SEPARATELY FROM THE OTHER
FUNDS AND
10 ACCOUNTS OF THE BORROWER IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF RECORDED
11 PRIORITY:
12 (a) Out of the
revenues in the receiving fund
there shall
13 be first set aside a sum
sufficient to provide
AFTER PROVISION
14 for the payment for the next succeeding period of all current
15 expenses of administration
, AND operation ,
and such THE
16 current expenses for
such THAT period for
maintenance as may be
17 necessary to preserve the public improvement in good repair and
18 working order. This
fund shall be designated
"operation and
19 maintenance fund."
20 (b) Out of the
remaining revenues in the
receiving fund
21 there
THERE shall be next set aside a sum
sufficient to provide
22 for the payment of the principal of and the interest upon all
23 bonds payable
therefrom FROM THOSE REVENUES, as
and when the
24 same
BONDS become due and payable. This fund
ACCOUNT shall
25 be designated "bond and interest
redemption fund."
ACCOUNT".
26 In the event that the revenues of any operating year over and
27 above those necessary for the
operation and
maintenance fund,
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1 EXPENSES shall be insufficient to pay the principal of and
2 interest on the bonds maturing in any
such
operating year, then
3 an additional amount sufficient to
pay such THE
principal and
4 interest shall be set aside out of the revenues of the next suc-
5 ceeding operating year, after
the setting aside of
the operation
6 and maintenance fund
PROVISION FOR THE EXPENSES OF
OPERATION AND
7 MAINTENANCE. In respect to the
allocation and use
of moneys
8 MONEY in said
THE bond and interest redemption
fund ACCOUNT,
9 due recognition shall be given as to priority rights, if any,
10 between different issues or series of outstanding bonds. The
11 public corporation may provide by ordinance that a reasonable
12 excess amount shall be set aside in the bond and interest redemp-
13 tion fund
ACCOUNT from time to time so as
thereby to produce
14 and provide a reserve to meet any possible future deficiencies.
15 therein.
16 (c) Out of the
remaining revenues in the
receiving fund
17 NEXT there shall be
next set aside, in the manner
and priority
18 provided by the ordinance, the sum
or sums
necessary for such
19 THE additional funds
for the public improvement as
the ordinance
20 may establish
ACCOUNTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED.
21 (2) Revenues remaining in the receiving fund, after satis-
22 faction of the above
SUBSECTION (1), at the end
of any operat-
23 ing year shall be deemed
to be CONSIDERED surplus
and shall be
24 disposed of by the governing body
as hereinafter
provided IN
25 THIS ACT.
26 Sec. 24. (1) Money in the
several funds
ACCOUNTS of the
27 public improvement shall be
deposited with 1 or
more banks,
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1 savings and loan
associations, or credit unions AS
designated by
2 the governing body of the borrower.
Money in the
bond and
3 interest redemption fund,
including reserve money,
shall be kept
4 on deposit with the bank,
trust company, savings
and loan associ-
5 ation, or credit union or
with 1 of the banks,
trust companies,
6 savings and loan
associations, and credit unions,
at which the
7 principal and interest on
the bonds are currently
payable. The
8 governing body of the borrower in the authorizing
ordinance may
9 provide that money
MONEY in the several funds
ACCOUNTS of the
10 public improvement, except money in the bond and interest redemp-
11 tion fund
ACCOUNT and money derived from the
proceeds of sale
12 of the bonds, may be kept in 1
DEPOSIT account. at
a bank, sav-
13 ings and loan
association, or credit union. In
that case the
14 money in the account
COMBINED DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
shall be allo-
15 cated on the books and records of
the borrower to
the funds
16 VARIOUS ACCOUNTS in the manner provided in the authorizing
17 ordinance. The governing body of the borrower may provide that
18 the money in the several
funds ACCOUNTS of the
public improve-
19 ment may be kept in separate depository accounts. The money in
20 the bond and interest redemption
fund ACCOUNT
shall be kept in
21 a separate depository
account ACCOUNTED FOR
SEPARATELY.
22 (2) Subject to the limitations and conditions provided in
23 the authorizing ordinance, money in
the several
funds ACCOUNTS
24 of the public improvement may be
invested in 1 or
more of the
25 following:
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC
CORPORATION'S INVESTMENT
26 POLICY ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OR GOVERNING BODY OF THE
27 PUBLIC CORPORATION UNDER 1943 PA 20, MCL 129.91 TO 129.96.
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1 (a) United States
government obligations.
2 (b) Obligations the
principal and interest on
which is fully
3 guaranteed by the United
States.
4 (c) Repurchase
agreements that are secured by
United States
5 government obligations
or obligations fully
guaranteed by the
6 United States and that
are held by an independent
third party.
7 (d) Certificates of
deposit or other accounts
of, or bankers
8 acceptances of, 1 or more
of the following:
9
(i)
Banks that are members of the federal
deposit insurance
10
corporation.
11
(ii) Savings and loan associations that are
members of the
12 federal savings and loan
insurance corporation.
13
(iii) Credit unions whose accounts are insured
by the
14 national credit union
share insurance fund.
15 (e) Commercial paper
that is rated in the
highest category
16 by a nationally
recognized rating agency.
17 (f) Obligations of a
state of the United
States or of a
18 political subdivision of a
state of the United
States that are
19 rated in 1 of the 3
highest categories by a
nationally recognized
20 rating
agency.
21 (g) A collective
investment fund that invests
solely in 1 or
22 more of the securities
authorized for investment by
this
23
subsection.
24 (3) Investment of
money in the bond and
interest redemption
25 fund being accumulated
for payment of the next
maturing principal
26 or interest on the bonds
is limited to 1 or more of
the
27
following:
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1 (a) United States
government obligations, or
obligations the
2 principal and interest of
which are fully
guaranteed by the
3 United States, that
mature not later than 10 days
after the date
4 for payment of the
maturing principal or interest
for which the
5 money is being
accumulated.
6 (b) Repurchase
agreements that are to settle
on or before
7 the date set for payment
and that are secured by
United States
8 government obligations
or obligations fully
guaranteed by the
9 United States and that
are held by an independent
third party.
10 (4) The securities
representing an investment
under this
11 section shall be kept on
deposit with the bank,
trust company,
12 savings and loan
association, or credit union
having the deposit
13 of the funds from which
the purchase was made. The
date of pay-
14 ment of the next
maturing principal or interest on
bonds that are
15 additionally secured
pursuant to section 7a(1)(a)
for purposes of
16 investing the money in
the bond and interest
redemption fund
17 shall be the date
principal or interest is
scheduled to be paid
18 on those bonds as stated
on the face of the bonds
notwithstanding
19 a provision of the bonds
that may call for payment
prior to
20 maturity. Investment
earnings shall be credited to
the fund to
21 which the investment
belongs unless otherwise
provided in the
22 authorizing ordinance.
23 Sec. 26. Any
moneys MONEY remaining in the
receiving
24 fund
ACCOUNTS OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT at the end
of any oper-
25 ating year, which under the provisions of section 22 shall be
26 deemed to be
CONSIDERED surplus, may be
transferred to other
27 funds
ACCOUNTS of the public improvement or may
be used for
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1 such THE
purpose or purposes as the governing
body may
2 determine to be for the best interests of the borrower, unless
3 some other disposition shall have
been made
therefor in the
4 ordinance authorizing the issuance of
bonds
hereunder UNDER
5 THIS ACT. In the event that
moneys in the
receiving fund are
6 MONEY OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT IS insufficient to provide for
7 the current requirements
EXPENSES of the
operation and mainte-
8 nance fund
ACCOUNT or the bond and interest
redemption fund
9 ACCOUNT, any moneys
and/or MONEY OR securities in
other funds
10 ACCOUNTS of the public improvement shall be transferred first to
11 the operation and maintenance
fund ACCOUNT and
second to the
12 bond and interest redemption
fund ACCOUNT to the
extent of any
13 deficits therein
IN THOSE ACCOUNTS.
14 Sec. 27. (1) Unless
an exception from prior
approval is
15 available pursuant to
subsection (3), before a
public corporation
16 issues bonds under this
act, it shall make a sworn
application to
17 the department of
treasury, on forms to be
furnished by the
18 department of treasury,
for permission to issue the
bonds and
19 shall attach to the
application a certified copy of
the ordinance
20 or ordinances
authorizing the issuance of the bonds
and, except
21 in case of refunding
bonds, a certified copy of the
estimate of
22 the cost of the project
for which the bonds are to
be issued.
23 The department of
treasury may request the
applicant to furnish
24 the information the
department of treasury
considers desirable in
25 order to pass upon the
application. Unless an
exception from
26 prior approval is
available pursuant to subsection
(3), a bond
27 shall not be issued under
this act until the
borrower has first
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1 secured the approval of
the department of treasury
for that
2 issuance. In determining
whether a proposed issue
of bonds shall
3 be approved, the
department of treasury shall take
all of the
4 following into
consideration: A PUBLIC CORPORATION
MAY ISSUE
5 BONDS UNDER THIS ACT, ONLY IF THAT PUBLIC CORPORATION IS A MUNIC-
6 IPALITY QUALIFIED OR APPROVED TO ISSUE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
7 REVISED MUNICIPAL FINANCE ACT, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 TO
8 141.2821.
9 (a) Whether the
bonds conform to the
provisions of this
10
act.
11 (b) Whether the
probable revenues pledged to
the payment of
12 the bonds will be
sufficient to pay the principal
of and interest
13 on the bonds when
due.
14 (c) Whether the
amount of the proposed issue
is sufficient
15 or excessive for the
purpose for which the bonds
are to be
16
issued.
17 (2) The provisions of
chapter II of the
municipal finance
18 act, Act No. 202 of the
Public Acts of 1943, being
sections 132.1
19 to 132.3 of the Michigan
Compiled Laws, relating to
the depart-
20 ment of treasury, its
powers and duties, and its
orders, shall
21 govern insofar as those
provisions may be
applicable, in respect
22 to the various matters
covered by this section.
23 (3) The requirement
of subsection (1) for
obtaining the
24 prior approval of the
department of treasury before
issuing bonds
25 under this act, except for
bonds issued in whole or
in part for
26 refunding purposes
under section 20 or an
obligation of a public
27 corporation to a
provider of additional security
under section
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1 7a(1)(a) which secures a
bond which may be tendered
before
2 maturity at the option of
the holder, shall be
subject to sec-
3 tions 10 and 11 of
chapter III of the municipal
finance act, Act
4 No. 202 of the Public
Acts of 1943, being sections
133.10 and
5 133.11 of the Michigan
Compiled Laws. The
department of treasury
6 has the same authority as
provided by section 11 of
chapter III
7 of Act No. 202 of the
Public Acts of 1943 to issue
an order pro-
8 viding or denying an
exception from the prior
approval required
9 by subsection (1) for
bonds authorized by this act.
10 Sec. 28. No order of
the municipal finance
commission or
11 its successor agency
permitting QUALIFICATION OR
APPROVAL TO
12 ISSUE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE REVISED MUNICIPAL FINANCE ACT, 2001
13 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 TO 141.2821, THAT PERMITS the issuance of
14 bonds under this act shall NOT be
deemed
CONSIDERED an approval
15 of the legality thereof
OF ISSUING BONDS UNDER
THIS ACT. The
16 issuance of the
commission's or its successor
agency's order
17 granting permission to
issue any bonds shall imply
that the com-
18 mission or its successor
agency has made such
determination of
19 facts or circumstances,
has given such approvals,
and has reached
20 such opinions as are a
necessary prerequisite to
the issuance of
21 such order.
22 Sec. 30. Any borrower issuing revenue bonds under this act
23 shall install, maintain, and keep proper books of record and
24 account, separate entirely from other records and accounts of
25 such borrower, in which full and correct entries shall be made of
26 all dealings or transactions of or in relation to the properties,
27 business, and affairs of the public improvement. The governing
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1 body of such
A borrower, not later than 6 months
after the
2 close of any operating year, shall cause to be prepared, on forms
3 furnished by the department of treasury, a statement in reason-
4 able detail, sworn to by its chief accounting officer, showing
5 the cash income and disbursements of the public improvement
6 during such
THE operating year, and the assets
and liabilities
7 of the same at the close of
such THAT OPERATING
year. Such
8 THAT statement, at all reasonable times during usual business
9 hours, shall be open to examination and inspection by any taxpay-
10 er, user of the services furnished by the public improvement, or
11 any holder or owner of bonds issued under this act, or anyone
12 acting for or on behalf of
such A taxpayer, user
of the serv-
13 ices of the public improvement, or
bondholder. ,
and a certified
14 copy thereof shall be
filed with the department of
treasury not
15 later than 6 months after
the close of such
operating year. The
16 governing body, or any
officer or member of the
governing body,
17 charged with the duty of
compiling and furnishing
the statement
18 herein required who
refuses or neglects to furnish
the same to
19 the department of
treasury within the time
required, is guilty of
20 a misdemeanor, and the
department of treasury may
compel compli-
21 ance with this section by
proceedings in mandamus.
If the books
22 of record and account pertaining to the public improvement are
23 audited annually by a certified public accountant, the audit
24 report of the annual audit, for the purposes of this section and
25 at the option of the governing body of the borrower, may be used
26 in place of the statement to be prepared on forms furnished by
27 the department of treasury and all of the provisions of this
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1 section pertaining to the statement shall apply to the annual
2 audit report.
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