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MI Comp L § 141.431 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.431 - Violations of Act.

141.431 Violations of act. Sec. 11.  If any audit or investigation conducted under this act discloses statutory violations on the part of any officer, employee or board of any local unit, a copy of such report shall be filed with the attorney general who shall review the report and cause to be instituted such proceeding against such officer, employee or board as he deems necessary. The attorney general, within 60 days after receipt of the report, may institute criminal proceedings as he deems necessary against such officer or employee, or direct that the criminal proceedings be instituted by the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense was committed. The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney shall institute civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of any public moneys, disclosed by any examination to have been illegally expended or collected and not accounted for; also for the recovery of any public property disclosed to have been converted and misappropriated.  History: 1968, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1968
MI Comp L § 141.432 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.432 - Verification of Transactions.

141.432 Verification of transactions. Sec. 12.  (1) For purposes of verifying any transactions disclosed by an audit or investigation, any person or firm authorized to conduct an audit under this act may ascertain the deposits, payments, withdrawals and balances on deposit in any bank account or with any contractor or with any other person having dealings with the local unit.  (2) A bank, contractor or person shall not be held liable for making available any of the information required under this act. History: 1968, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1968
MI Comp L § 141.433 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.433 - Scope of Examiner's Authority; Production of Records; Divulging Confidential Information.

141.433 Scope of examiner's authority; production of records; divulging confidential information. Sec. 13.  (1) Notwithstanding the confidentiality provisions of any tax laws, any authorized employee of the state treasurer, certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants conducting an audit under this act shall have access to and authority to examine all books, accounts, reports, vouchers, correspondence files and other records, bank accounts and moneys or other property of any local unit excepting any records which were obtained from the United States internal revenue service under the federal state cooperative exchange agreement.  (2) An officer of a local unit upon demand of persons authorized under this act, shall produce all books, accounts, reports, vouchers, correspondence files and other records, bank accounts and moneys or other property of the local unit under audit or investigation and shall truthfully answer all questions related thereto.  (3) The liabilities and penalties provided by all specific confidentiality statutes for divulging confidential information shall be applicable to all persons authorized to make an audit under this act. History: 1968, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1968 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 91, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972
MI Comp L § 141.434 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.434 - Budget; Preparation, Presentation, and Control of Expenditures; Information; Transmitting Recommended Budget to Legislative Body; Suggested General Appropriations Act; Consideration of Recommended Budget; Furnishing Information to Legislative Body; Public Hearing.

141.434 Budget; preparation, presentation, and control of expenditures; information; transmitting recommended budget to legislative body; suggested general appropriations act; consideration of recommended budget; furnishing information to legislative body; public hearing. Sec. 14.  (1) Unless otherwise provided by law, charter, resolution, or ordinance, the chief administrative officer shall have final responsibility for budget preparation, presentation of the budget to the legislative body, and the control of expenditures under the budget and the general appropriations act.  (2) Unless another person is designated by charter, the chief administrative officer in each local unit shall prepare the recommended annual budget for the ensuing fiscal year in the manner provided in sections 15 to 20a. The budgetary centers of the local unit shall provide to the chief administrative officer information which the chief administrative officer considers necessary and essential to the preparation of a budget for the ensuing fiscal period for presentation to the local unit's legislative body. Each administrative officer or employee of a budgetary center shall comply promptly with a request for information which the chief administrative officer makes.  (3) The chief administrative officer shall transmit the recommended budget to the legislative body according to an appropriate time schedule developed by the local unit. The schedule shall allow adequate time for review and adoption by the legislative body before commencement of the budget year. The recommended budget, when transmitted by the chief administrative officer, shall be accompanied by a suggested general appropriations act to implement the budget. The suggested general appropriations act shall fulfill the requirements of section 16.  (4) The recommended budget transmitted by the chief administrative officer shall be considered by the legislative body.  (5) The chief administrative officer shall furnish to the legislative body information the legislative body requires for proper consideration of the recommended budget. Before final passage of a general appropriations act by the legislative body, a public hearing shall be held as required by 1963 (2nd Ex Sess) PA 43, MCL 141.411 to 141.415, and the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
MI Comp L § 141.435 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.435 - Recommended Budget; Contents; Limitation on Total Estimated Expenditures.

141.435 Recommended budget; contents; limitation on total estimated expenditures. Sec. 15.  (1) The recommended budget shall include at least the following:  (a) Expenditure data for the most recently completed fiscal year and estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year.  (b) An estimate of the expenditure amounts required to conduct, in the ensuing fiscal year, the government of the local unit, including its budgetary centers.  (c) Revenue data for the most recently completed fiscal year and estimated revenues for the current fiscal year.  (d) An estimate of the revenues, by source of revenue, to be raised or received by the local unit in the ensuing fiscal year.  (e) The amount of surplus or deficit that has accumulated from prior fiscal years, together with an estimate of the amount of surplus or deficit expected in the current fiscal year. The inclusion of the amount of an authorized debt obligation to fund a deficit shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirement of funding the amount of a deficit estimated under this subdivision.  (f) An estimate of the amounts needed for deficiency, contingent, or emergency purposes.   (g) Other data relating to fiscal conditions that the chief administrative officer considers to be useful in considering the financial needs of the local unit.  (2) The total estimated expenditures, including an accrued deficit, in the budget shall not exceed the total estimated revenues, including an available unappropriated surplus and the proceeds from bonds or other obligations issued under the fiscal stabilization act or the balance of the principal of these bonds or other obligations. History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1981 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
MI Comp L § 141.437 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.437 - General Appropriations Act; Amendment; Reports; Recommendations.

141.437 General appropriations act; amendment; reports; recommendations. Sec. 17.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 19, a deviation from the original general appropriations act shall not be made without amending the general appropriations act. Subject to section 16(2), the legislative body of the local unit shall amend the general appropriations act as soon as it becomes apparent that a deviation from the original general appropriations act is necessary and the amount of the deviation can be determined. An amendment shall indicate each intended alteration in the purpose of each appropriation item affected by the amendment. The legislative body may require that the chief administrative officer or fiscal officer provide it with periodic reports on the financial condition of the local unit.  (2) If, during a fiscal year, it appears to the chief administrative officer or to the legislative body that the actual and probable revenues from taxes and other sources in a fund are less than the estimated revenues, including an available surplus upon which appropriations from the fund were based and the proceeds from bonds or other obligations issued under the fiscal stabilization act, 1981 PA 80, MCL 141.1001 to 141.1011, or the balance of the principal of these bonds or other obligations, the chief administrative officer or fiscal officer shall present to the legislative body recommendations which, if adopted, would prevent expenditures from exceeding available revenues for that current fiscal year. The recommendations shall include proposals for reducing appropriations from the fund for budgetary centers in a manner that would cause the total of appropriations to not be greater than the total of revised estimated revenues of the fund, or proposals for measures necessary to provide revenues sufficient to meet expenditures of the fund, or both. The recommendations shall recognize the requirements of state law and the provisions of collective bargaining agreements. History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1981 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 41, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1995 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
MI Comp L § 141.439 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.439 - Expenditure of Funds; Transfers Within Appropriations.

141.439 Expenditure of funds; transfers within appropriations. Sec. 19.  (1) A member of the legislative body, the chief administrative officer, an administrative officer, or an employee of a local unit shall not authorize or participate in the expenditure of funds except as authorized by a general appropriations act. An expenditure shall not be incurred except in pursuance of the authority and appropriations of the legislative body of the local unit.  (2) The legislative body in a general appropriations act may permit the chief administrative officer to execute transfers within limits stated in the act between appropriations without the prior approval of the legislative body. History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
MI Comp L § 141.440 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.440 - Violation; Filing; Report; Review and Action by Attorney General; Civil Action for Recovery of Funds and Public Property.

141.440 Violation; filing; report; review and action by attorney general; civil action for recovery of funds and public property. Sec. 20.  A violation of sections 17 to 19 by the chief administrative officer, an administrative officer, employee, or member of the legislative body of the local unit disclosed in an audit of the financial records and accounts of the local unit in the absence of reasonable procedures in use by the local unit to detect such violations shall be filed with the state treasurer and reported by the state treasurer to the attorney general. For local and intermediate school districts, the report of a violation shall be filed with the state superintendent of public instruction instead of the state treasurer. The attorney general shall review the report and initiate appropriate action against the chief administrative officer, fiscal officer, administrative officer, employee, or member of the legislative body. For the use and benefit of the local unit, the attorney general or prosecuting attorney may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of funds of a local unit, disclosed by an examination to have been illegally expended or collected as a result of malfeasance and not accounted for as provided in sections 17 to 19, and for the recovery of public property disclosed to have been converted or misappropriated. History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
MI Comp L § 141.440a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 2 of 1968 - Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (141.421 - 141.440a)|Section 141.440a - Manuals, Forms, and Operating Procedures; Training and Educational Programs.

141.440a Manuals, forms, and operating procedures; training and educational programs. Sec. 20a.  (1) The department of treasury shall publish suggested manuals, forms, and operating procedures which may be used by local units in complying with this act. These manuals, forms, and procedures shall be designed to account for the various kinds and sizes of local units, except that the suggested manuals, forms, and operating procedures which may be used by intermediate school districts and local school districts shall be developed by the superintendent of public instruction and shall be promulgated by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (2) The suggested manuals, forms, and operating procedures described in subsection (1) shall be developed by an advisory committee selected by the department of treasury composed of persons from the department of education, other interested state agencies, local units, associations of local units, and other interested or concerned groups.  (3) The department of treasury shall provide or cooperate in the provision of training and educational programs to assist local units to comply with this act. History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1979
MI Comp L § 141.441 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 30 of 1978 - Budget Stabilization Fund (141.441 - 141.445)|Section 141.441 - Definitions.

141.441 Definitions. Sec. 1.  As used in this act:  (a) "Fund" means a budget stabilization fund.  (b) "Municipality" means a county, city, village, or township. History: 1978, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 192, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1980
MI Comp L § 141.442 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 30 of 1978 - Budget Stabilization Fund (141.441 - 141.445)|Section 141.442 - Budget Stabilization Fund; Creation.

141.442 Budget stabilization fund; creation.  Sec. 2.  The governing body of a municipality by an ordinance adopted by a 2/3 vote of the members elected and serving may create a budget stabilization fund. History: 1978, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978
MI Comp L § 141.443 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 30 of 1978 - Budget Stabilization Fund (141.441 - 141.445)|Section 141.443 - Budget Stabilization Fund; Appropriation; Additional Taxes Prohibited; Limitation; Investments; Disposition of Excess Money.

141.443 Budget stabilization fund; appropriation; additional taxes prohibited; limitation; investments; disposition of excess money.Sec. 3.  (1) Each fiscal year following the fiscal year in which a fund is created, the governing body of the municipality that created the fund may appropriate to the fund, by an ordinance or resolution adopted by a 2/3 vote of the members elected and serving, all or part of a surplus in the general fund resulting from an excess of revenue in comparison to expenses.   (2) A municipality shall not impose additional taxes producing revenue in excess of that needed for its estimated budget in order to provide for money to be appropriated to the fund.  (3) The amount of money in the fund shall not exceed either 20% of the municipality's most recent general fund budget, as originally adopted, or 20% of the average of the municipality's 5 most recent general fund budgets, as amended, whichever is less.  (4) The money in the fund may be invested as provided by law with the earnings of the fund to be returned to the municipality's general fund.  (5) If the money in the fund exceeds that permitted in subsection (3), the excess money shall be appropriated in the municipality's next general fund budget, but shall not be appropriated to the fund. History: 1978, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 169, Eff. Sept. 7, 2016
MI Comp L § 141.444 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 30 of 1978 - Budget Stabilization Fund (141.441 - 141.445)|Section 141.444 - Budget Stabilization Fund; Purposes; Sufficiency of Municipality's Revenue.

141.444 Budget stabilization fund; purposes; sufficiency of municipality's revenue. Sec. 4.  (1) Money in the budget stabilization fund may be appropriated by an ordinance or resolution adopted by a 2/3 vote of the members elected and serving of the governing body of the municipality which created the fund for the following purposes:  (a) To cover a general fund deficit, when the municipality's annual audit reveals such a deficit.  (b) To prevent a reduction in the level of public services or in the number of employees at any time in a fiscal year when the municipality's budgeted revenue is not being collected in an amount sufficient to cover budgeted expenses.   (c) To prevent a reduction in the level of public services or in the number of employees when in preparing the budget for the next fiscal year the municipality's estimated revenue does not appear sufficient to cover estimated expenses.   (d) To cover expenses arising because of a natural disaster, including a flood, fire, or tornado. However, if federal or state funds are received to offset the appropriations from the fund, that money shall be returned to the fund.   (2) In determining whether a municipality's revenue is not sufficient to cover its expenses, a reduction in the amount of money received for the fiscal year from any source in comparison to the amount of money received for the previous fiscal year, including a reduction in the allocation of state tax money, shall be considered. History: 1978, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978
MI Comp L § 141.445 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 30 of 1978 - Budget Stabilization Fund (141.441 - 141.445)|Section 141.445 - Budget Stabilization Fund; Prohibitions.

141.445 Budget stabilization fund; prohibitions.  Sec. 5.  The money in the budget stabilization fund shall not be appropriated for the acquisition, construction, or alteration of a facility as part of a general capital improvements program. History: 1978, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 192, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1980
MI Comp L § 141.451 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 205 of 1964 - Purchase of Fire Fighting Equipment (141.451 - 141.451)|Section 141.451 - Fire Trucks, Fire Fighting Apparatus and Equipment; Purchase by Municipalities; Title Retaining Contract; Chattel Mortgage.

141.451 Fire trucks, fire fighting apparatus and equipment; purchase by municipalities; title retaining contract; chattel mortgage. Sec. 1.  The legislative body of any county, city, village, township, or other local unit of government may purchase on executory title retaining contracts, or finance purchases by chattel mortgages as security for the purchase price, any fire trucks and fire fighting apparatus and equipment and pay for it out of the general fund of the municipality. However, contracts or chattel mortgages shall not provide for payments for longer than the estimated period of usefulness of the property being purchased and in no event for longer than 6 years. Contracts and chattel mortgages, and the purchase of property under this section, are not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, but are subject to 1933 PA 99, MCL 123.721 to 123.723. History: 1964, Act 205, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 288, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2002
MI Comp L § 141.471 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 264 of 1987 - Health and Safety Fund Act (141.471 - 141.479)|Section 141.471 - Short Title.

141.471 Short title. Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "health and safety fund act". History: 1987, Act 264, Eff. Apr. 11, 1988 Compiler's Notes: For transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the State Budget Director under the State Revenue Sharing Act of 1971 and the Health and Safety Fund Act from the State Budget Director, within the Department of Management and Budget, to the State Treasurer, within the Department of Treasury, see E.R.O. No. 1993-6, compiled at MCL 141.991 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
MI Comp L § 141.472 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 264 of 1987 - Health and Safety Fund Act (141.471 - 141.479)|Section 141.472 - Definitions.

141.472 Definitions. Sec. 2.  As used in this act:  (a) "Distribution" means the amount of money a county receives under sections 4 and 5.  (b) "Fund" means the health and safety fund created in section 3.  (c) "Jail facility" means a jail, holding cell, holding center, or lockup as those terms are defined in section 62 of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 791.262 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (d) "Juvenile facility" means a county facility or an institution operated as an agency of the county or the juvenile division of the probate court for the housing or detention of juveniles.  (e) "Local health department" means that term as defined in section 1105 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.1105 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. History: 1987, Act 264, Eff. Apr. 11, 1988
MI Comp L § 141.473 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing|Act 264 of 1987 - Health and Safety Fund Act (141.471 - 141.479)|Section 141.473 - Health and Safety Fund; Creation; Deposits.

141.473 Health and safety fund; creation; deposits. Sec. 3.  (1) The health and safety fund is created in the state treasury.  (2) The state treasurer shall credit the health and safety fund with deposits of proceeds from the excise tax on cigarettes under section 12(3)(a) of the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.432. History: 1987, Act 264, Eff. Apr. 11, 1988 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 529, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999