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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1403 - Definitions.

141.1403 Definitions.
Sec. 3.
As used in this act:
(a) "Authority" means a convention facility authority created under section 4.
(b) "Board" means the board of directors of an authority.
(c) "Convention facility" means all or any part of, or any combination of, a convention hall, auditorium, arena, sports facility, market, or other facility meeting rooms, exhibition area, and related adjacent public areas that are generally available to the public for lease or use, together with appurtenant property, including parking lots or structures, necessary and convenient for use in connection with the convention facility.
(d) "Develop", unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, means to acquire, market, promote, construct, improve, enlarge, renew, renovate, replace, lease, equip, furnish, or operate.
(e) "Fund" means the convention facility authority fund created for each authority as provided in section 10.
(f) "Qualified city" means a city with a population of more than 170,000 according to the most recent decennial census that is the most populous city in a qualified county.
(g) "Qualified county" means a county with a population of more than 500,000 according to the most recent decennial census that contains a qualified city, and that is not a charter county or a county with an optional unified form of government.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 26, Imd. Eff. May 10, 2013
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1404 - Establishment of Authority by County and City; Resolution; Organization.

141.1404 Establishment of authority by county and city; resolution; organization.
Sec. 4.
(1) A qualified county and a qualified city may by resolutions of their respective legislative governing bodies jointly establish an authority under this act. On the date on which all the certified copies of the resolutions establishing the authority are filed with the secretary of state, the authority is created as a body corporate and politic.
(2) An authority under this act is an authority organized pursuant to state law for purposes of 1974 PA 263, MCL 141.861 to 141.867.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1406 - Board of Directors; Discharge of Duties; Actions; Meetings; Compensation.

141.1406 Board of directors; discharge of duties; actions; meetings; compensation.
Sec. 6.
(1) Members of a board and officers and employees of the authority are subject to 1968 PA 317, MCL 15.321 to 15.330. A member of the board or an officer, employee, or agent of the authority shall discharge the duties of his or her position in a nonpartisan manner, in good faith, and with the degree of diligence, care, and skill that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances in a like position. In discharging his or her duties, a member of the board or an officer, employee, or agent of the authority, when acting in good faith, may rely upon any of the following:
(a) The opinion of counsel for the authority.
(b) The report of an independent appraiser selected by the board.
(c) Financial statements of the authority represented to the member of the board, officer, employee, or agent to be correct by the officer of the authority having charge of its books of account or stated in a written report by the state auditor general or a certified public accountant, or a firm of certified accountants, to reflect the financial condition of the authority.
(2) A board shall organize and make its own policies and procedures and shall adopt bylaws governing its operations. A majority of the members of a board constitutes a quorum for transaction of business, notwithstanding the existence of 1 or more vacancies on the board. Except as otherwise provided in this act, actions taken by the board shall be by a majority vote of the members present in person at a meeting of the board or, if authorized by the bylaws, by the use of amplified telephonic or video conferencing equipment. The authority shall meet at the call of the chairperson and as may be provided in the bylaws.
(3) Members of a board shall serve without compensation for their membership on the board, but members of the board may receive reasonable reimbursement for necessary travel and expenses.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1407 - Conduct of Business at Public Meetings; Disclosure Requirements.

141.1407 Conduct of business at public meetings; disclosure requirements.
Sec. 7.
(1) A board shall conduct all business at public meetings held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date, and place of each meeting shall be given in the manner required by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(2) A record or a portion of a record, material, or other data received, prepared, used, or retained by the authority that relates to financial or proprietary information that is identified in writing by the person submitting the information and acknowledged by the board as confidential is not subject to the disclosure requirements of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. The board may meet in closed session pursuant to the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, to make a determination of whether it acknowledges as confidential any financial or proprietary information submitted and considered by the person submitting the information as confidential. For the purpose of this subsection, "financial or proprietary information" means information that has not been publicly disseminated or that is unavailable from other sources, the release of which might cause the person submitting the information competitive harm.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1409 - Employment of Staff; Audits; Budget.

141.1409 Employment of staff; audits; budget.
Sec. 9.
(1) An authority may employ staff, including legal and technical experts, and other officers, or employees, permanent or temporary, paid from the funds of the authority.
(2) The accounts of an authority are subject to annual audits by the state auditor general or a certified public accountant selected by the authority. Copies of the audits shall be forwarded annually to the state treasurer as provided in the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.421 to 141.440a. Records shall be maintained according to generally accepted accounting principles.
(3) The authority shall prepare and adopt an annual budget.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1410 - Convention Facility Authority Fund; Creation; Disposition of Money.

141.1410 Convention facility authority fund; creation; disposition of money.
Sec. 10.
A convention facility authority fund is created for each authority. An authority shall deposit all money received and generated by the convention facility into the fund.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1411 - Payment of Costs From Certain Revenues.

141.1411 Payment of costs from certain revenues.
Sec. 11.
The payment of principal, interest, and other costs including engineering, financial, and issuance costs, associated with bonds issued by the authority may be made by the authority from any of the following revenues:
(a) Federal grants, loans, appropriations, payments, or contributions.
(b) The proceeds from the sale, exchange, mortgage, lease, or other disposition of property that the authority has acquired.
(c) Grants, loans, appropriations, payments, proceeds from repayments of loans made by the authority, or contributions from public or private sources.
(d) Money in the fund including rents, admission fees, or other charges for use of the convention facility.
(e) Investment earnings on the revenues described in subdivisions (a) to (d).
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1412 - Issuance of Negotiable Revenue Bonds; Limitations.

141.1412 Issuance of negotiable revenue bonds; limitations.
Sec. 12.
(1) An authority may only issue negotiable revenue bonds under the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140. An authority may not issue any other kinds of bonds, notes, or other obligations.
(2) An authority may authorize and issue its negotiable revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues or funds available to the authority under section 10. Bonds, notes, or other obligations of an authority are not a debt or liability of this state, a qualified county that established the authority, or a qualified city that established the authority and do not create or constitute an indebtedness, liability, or obligation or constitute a pledge of faith and credit of this state, the qualified county that established the authority, or a qualified city that established the authority. Bonds issued by an authority are payable solely from revenues or funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized in this act or as provided in the resolution of the board authorizing the bonds.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1413 - Property of Authority.

141.1413 Property of authority.
Sec. 13.
(1) Property of an authority is public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose. Income of the authority is for a public purpose.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the property of the authority and its income and operations are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of this state or a political subdivision of this state. Property of the authority and its income and operations that are leased to private persons are not exempt from any tax or special assessment of this state or a political subdivision of this state. Property of the authority is exempt from any ad valorem property taxes levied under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157.
(3) Bonds issued by the authority, and the interest on or income from those bonds, are exempt from all taxation of this state or a political subdivision of this state.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 203 of 1999 - The Convention Facility Authority Act (141.1401 - 141.1414) › Section 141.1414 - Use of Funds Received Pursuant to Section 301 of 1999 Pa 137.

141.1414 Use of funds received pursuant to section 301 of 1999 PA 137.
Sec. 14.
Funds received by the authority pursuant to section 301 of 1999 PA 137 shall not be used by the authority to defray costs incurred before the date on which the funds are released by the state treasurer.
History:
1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 254 of 2010 - Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act (141.1431 - 141.1437) › Section 141.1431 - Short Title.

141.1431 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "regional convention and tourism promotion act".
History:
2010, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 254 of 2010 - Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act (141.1431 - 141.1437) › Section 141.1431a - Legislative Findings.

141.1431a Legislative findings.
Sec. 1a.
(1) The legislature finds all of the following:
(a) Tourism is a major source of employment, income, and tax revenues in this state, and the expansion of the tourism industry is vital to the growth of the state's economy.
(b) The tourism industry is important to this state, not only because of the number of people it serves and the vast human, financial, and physical resources it employs, but because of the benefits tourism and related activities confer on individuals and on society as a whole.
(c) State oversight and resources are needed to implement a coordinated and effective marketing program consistent with the master plan developed by this state to promote travel to, and within, this state under the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2.101 to 2.103a, and to optimize the considerable investment of time, energy, capital, and resources being made by the tourism industry.
(d) This state can best undertake effective tourism marketing through the coordinated efforts of existing state government agencies in tourism promotion and private convention and tourism promotional bureaus who are better able than state agencies to market and promote their unique assessment districts, which will maximize the economic and employment benefits of the tourism industry to this state and its citizens.
(e) The coordinated efforts within this act to market and promote tourism represent a broader regulator scheme that does not impinge on an individual's First Amendment rights.
(2) Nothing in this act shall be construed to do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Restrain an owner or participant from communicating its own message or marketing plan.
(b) Require any owner or participant to adopt any actual or symbolic speech.
(c) Endorse or finance any political speech or ideological view.
History:
Add. 2018, Act 465, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 254 of 2010 - Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act (141.1431 - 141.1437) › Section 141.1434 - Marketing Program; Provisions.

141.1434 Marketing program; provisions.
Sec. 4.
A marketing program may include all or any of the following:
(a) Provisions for establishing and paying the costs of advertising, marketing, and promotional programs to encourage convention business and tourism in the assessment district.
(b) Provisions for assisting transient facilities within the assessment district in promoting regional convention business and tourism.
(c) Provisions for the acquisition of personal property considered appropriate by the bureau in furtherance of the purposes of the marketing program.
(d) Provisions for the hiring of and payment for personnel employed by the bureau to implement the marketing program.
(e) Provisions for contracting with organizations, agencies, or persons for carrying out activities in furtherance of the purposes of the marketing program.
(f) Programs for establishing and paying the costs of research designed to encourage convention business and tourism in the assessment district.
History:
2010, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 254 of 2010 - Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act (141.1431 - 141.1437) › Section 141.1435 - Assessment Payments; Computation; Statement of Room Charges; Forwarding Copies of Use Tax Returns; Use by Certified Public Accountants; Interest; Delinquency Charge; Attorney Fees and Court Costs; Liability for Payment After Mailing of Notice.

141.1435 Assessment payments; computation; statement of room charges; forwarding copies of use tax returns; use by certified public accountants; interest; delinquency charge; attorney fees and court costs; liability for payment after mailing of notice.
Sec. 5.
(1) Upon the effective date of an assessment, each owner of a transient facility in the assessment district shall be liable for payment of the assessment, computed using the percentage set forth in the marketing program notice. The assessment shall be paid by the owner of each such transient facility to the bureau within 30 days after the end of each calendar month and shall be accompanied by a statement of room charges imposed with respect to the transient facility for that month. This act shall not prohibit a transient facility from reimbursing itself by adding the assessment imposed pursuant to this act to room charges payable by transient guests, provided that the transient facility discloses that it has done so on any bill presented to a transient guest.
(2) Within 30 days after the close of each calendar quarter, each owner within an assessment district shall forward to the independent certified public accountants who audit the financial statements of the bureau copies of its use tax returns for the preceding quarter. These copies of the use tax returns shall be used solely by the certified public accountants to verify and audit the owner's payment of the assessments and shall not be disclosed to the bureau except as necessary to enforce this act.
(3) Interest shall be paid by an owner to the bureau on any assessments not paid within the time called for under this act. The interest shall accrue at the rate of 1.5% per month. Owners delinquent for more than 90 days in paying assessments, in addition to the 1.5% interest, shall pay a delinquency charge of 10% per month or fraction of a month on the amount of the delinquent assessments and shall pay the costs of reasonable attorney fees and court costs incurred in collecting delinquent assessments. The bureau may sue in its own name to collect the assessments, interest, and delinquency charges.
(4) The owner of a transient facility shall not be liable for payment of an assessment until a notice has been mailed to the transient facility of the owner pursuant to section 3(4).
History:
2010, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
Compiler's Notes:
In subsection (4), "mailed to the transient facility of the owner" evidently should read "mailed to the owner of the transient facility."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 254 of 2010 - Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act (141.1431 - 141.1437) › Section 141.1436 - Assessment Revenues; Deposit; Disbursement; Mailing Audited Financial Statements and Report; Failure of Bureau to Provide Copies Within Certain Time Limit; Penalty.

141.1436 Assessment revenues; deposit; disbursement; mailing audited financial statements and report; failure of bureau to provide copies within certain time limit; penalty.
Sec. 6.
(1) The assessment revenues collected pursuant to this act shall not be state funds. The money shall be deposited in a bank or other depository in this state, in the name of the bureau, and disbursed only for the expenses properly incurred by the bureau with respect to the marketing programs developed by the bureau under this act.
(2) The financial statements of the bureau shall be audited at least annually by a certified public accountant. A copy of the audited financial statements shall be mailed to each owner not more than 150 days after the close of the bureau's fiscal year. The financial statements shall include a statement of all assessment revenues received by the bureau during the fiscal year in question and include the amount of wages and benefits for each full-time employee of the bureau and shall be accompanied by a detailed report, certified as correct by the chief operating officer of the bureau, describing the marketing programs implemented or, to the extent then known, to be implemented by the bureau.
(3) Copies of the audited financial statements and the certified report shall simultaneously be mailed to the director, who shall make it available to the public on the internet. If the bureau fails to submit copies of the audited financial statements and the certified report to the director as provided in this subsection, the director shall mail a demand letter to the bureau requesting copies of the audited financial statements and the certified report with a copy of that demand letter forwarded to the attorney general. If the director does not receive copies of the audited financial statement and the certified report described in this subsection within 90 days of the demand letter, upon notice by the director or the attorney general, for the period of noncompliance with this subsection, the bureau shall not expend any portion of the assessment collected during the period of noncompliance with this subsection. The attorney general may assist the director in enforcing the provisions of this act.
(4) If the bureau fails to provide the copies of the audited financial statement and the certified report within 90 days of the demand letter as provided in subsection (3), the bureau is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $10,000.00 and, in addition, the attorney general may bring action to dissolve the bureau as provided by law.
History:
2010, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 254 of 2010 - Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act (141.1431 - 141.1437) › Section 141.1436a - Board Meeting; Annual Marketing Plan.

141.1436a Board meeting; annual marketing plan.
Sec. 6a.
The board at regular intervals, but not less than twice per year, shall convene a formal meeting at which the board shall review its current annual marketing plan and its proposed annual marketing plan for the succeeding 1-year period. Once a year at these formal meetings, the board shall review and either approve or reject the proposed annual marketing plan. Subject to section 6b, an approved annual marketing plan shall be instituted by the bureau. A rejected marketing plan shall not be instituted by the bureau.
History:
Add. 2018, Act 465, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 254 of 2010 - Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act (141.1431 - 141.1437) › Section 141.1436b - Master Plan; Travel Bureau; Disapproval of Annual Marketing Plan.

141.1436b Master plan; travel bureau; disapproval of annual marketing plan.
Sec. 6b.
(1) The vice-president of the travel bureau and the president or chief administrative officer of the bureau shall meet periodically, but at least once each year, to discuss the master plan and the annual marketing plan approved by the board.
(2) The bureau and the travel bureau shall coordinate their marketing program activities and annual marketing plan activities with the master plan with a goal of maximizing the impact of tourism and convention business on the economy of this state.
(3) The director shall disapprove of the bureau's annual marketing plan within 30 days of the meeting provided for in subsection (1) upon finding that it is detrimental to the master plan or the travel bureau's promotional programs. The bureau shall not implement an annual marketing plan that is disapproved by the travel bureau. If the director does not disapprove of an annual marketing plan within the 30-day period, the annual marketing plan shall be considered approved and may be implemented by the bureau.
History:
Add. 2018, Act 465, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 254 of 2010 - Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act (141.1431 - 141.1437) › Section 141.1437 - Referendum to Discontinue Assessment.

141.1437 Referendum to discontinue assessment.
Sec. 7.
(1) At any time 3 years or more after the effective date of an assessment, and upon the written request of owners of transient facilities located within the assessment district representing not less than 40% of the total number of owners or not less than 40% of the total number of rooms in all the transient facilities, the bureau shall conduct a referendum on whether the assessment shall be discontinued. The bureau shall cause a written referendum to be held by mail or in person, as the bureau chooses, among all owners of transient facilities in the assessment district within 60 days of the receipt of the requests. For the purposes of the referendum, each owner shall have 1 vote for each room in each of the owner's transient facilities within the assessment district. If a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast at the referendum supports discontinuance of the assessment, the assessment shall be discontinued on the first day of the month following expiration of 90 days after the certification of the results of the referendum by the bureau.
(2) Passage of a resolution discontinuing the assessment shall not prevent a bureau from proposing a new marketing program notice during or after the 90-day period, in which case the procedures set forth in section 3 shall be followed.
(3) If a referendum is conducted under subsection (1) and if a resolution to discontinue the assessment is not adopted, a further referendum on the discontinuation of that assessment shall not be held for a period of 2 years.
History:
2010, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 340 of 2020 - Regional Event Center Financing Act (141.1441 - 141.1445) › Section 141.1441 - Short Title.

141.1441 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "regional event center financing act".
History:
2020, Act 340, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 340 of 2020 - Regional Event Center Financing Act (141.1441 - 141.1445) › Section 141.1443 - Event Center Financing Program; Assessment; Ordinance; Form; Written Referendum.

141.1443 Event center financing program; assessment; ordinance; form; written referendum.
Sec. 3.
(1) A municipality may, by ordinance, establish an event center financing program.
(2) The event center financing program shall describe the proposed size, location, cost, and financing structure of the proposed event center.
(3) The event center financing program shall specify the amount of the assessment proposed to be levied, which shall not exceed 4% of the room charges in the applicable payment period.
(4) Upon adoption of an ordinance establishing an event center financing program, the clerk of the municipality shall cause an event center financing program notice to be mailed by registered or certified mail to each owner of a transient facility located in the municipality. In assembling the list of owners to whom the notices shall be mailed, the clerk shall use any data that are reasonably available to the clerk.
(5) The form of the event center financing program notice, in addition to the information required by subsections (1), (2), and (3), shall set forth the right of referendum prescribed in subsection (6).
(6) Within 30 days after adoption of an ordinance establishing an event center financing program, the clerk of the municipality shall require a written referendum to be held by mail or in person among all owners of transient facilities in each municipality in the assessment district. For purposes of the referendum, each owner shall have 1 vote for each room in an owner's transient facility. If a majority of votes actually cast at the referendum approve the assessment and the votes actually cast at the referendum represent 60% or more of the total rooms in those transient facilities, as proposed by the municipality in its event center financing program notice, the assessment shall become effective as to all owners of transient facilities located in the assessment district on the first day of the month following expiration of 30 days after certification of the results by the clerk that the event center financing program was approved. If a majority of votes actually cast at the referendum are opposed to the assessment or if less than 60% of the total rooms are represented in the votes actually cast at the referendum, the assessment shall not become effective. If the assessment is defeated by the referendum, the municipality may file and serve a new notice of intention if at least 60 days have elapsed from the date of certification of the results of the earlier referendum. Not more than 2 referenda or notices may be held pursuant to this subsection or filed pursuant to this subsection in any 1 calendar year. Only 1 assessment under this act may be in existence in an assessment district, or any part of an assessment district, at any 1 time.
(7) The assessment described in this act shall not be effective before January 1, 2020.
History:
2020, Act 340, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 340 of 2020 - Regional Event Center Financing Act (141.1441 - 141.1445) › Section 141.1444 - Payment of Assessment; Reimbursement; Audit; Interest; Notice Required.

141.1444 Payment of assessment; reimbursement; audit; interest; notice required.
Sec. 4.
(1) Upon the effective date of an assessment, each owner of a transient facility in the assessment district shall be liable for payment of the assessment, computed using the percentage set forth in the event center financing program notice. The assessment shall be paid by the owner of each such transient facility to the municipality within 30 days after the end of each calendar month and shall be accompanied by a statement of room charges imposed with respect to the transient facility for that month. This act shall not prohibit a transient facility from reimbursing itself by adding the assessment imposed pursuant to this act to room charges payable by transient guests, provided that the transient facility discloses that it has done so on any bill presented to a transient guest.
(2) Within 30 days after the close of each calendar quarter, each owner within an assessment district shall forward to the independent certified public accountants who audit the financial statements of the municipality copies of its use tax returns for the preceding quarter. These copies of the use tax returns shall be used solely by the certified public accountants to verify and audit the owner's payment of the assessments and shall not be disclosed to the municipality except as necessary to enforce this act.
(3) Interest shall be paid by an owner to the municipality on any assessments not paid within the time called for under this act. The interest shall accrue at the rate of 1.5% per month. Owners delinquent for more than 90 days in paying assessments, in addition to the 1.5% interest, shall pay a delinquency charge of 10% per month or fraction of a month on the amount of the delinquent assessments. The municipality may sue in its own name to collect the assessments, interest, and delinquency charges.
(4) The owner of a transient facility shall not be liable for payment of an assessment until a notice has been mailed to the transient facility of the owner pursuant to section 3(4).
History:
2020, Act 340, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 340 of 2020 - Regional Event Center Financing Act (141.1441 - 141.1445) › Section 141.1445 - Disposition of Revenue.

141.1445 Disposition of revenue.
Sec. 5.
The revenues derived from the assessment imposed under this act shall be deposited in a special fund to be used by the municipality or by an authority that is organized pursuant to state law only to pay for 1 or more of the following:
(a) The cost of administration and enforcement of the ordinance.
(b) The financing of the acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, repair, or maintenance of convention and entertainment facilities, including the payment of principal and interest, when due, on bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the municipality for an event center.
(c) Current or future annual rental payable by the municipality to an authority organized pursuant to state law for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, repairing, or maintaining the convention and entertainment facilities and leasing them to the municipality.
History:
2020, Act 340, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 147 of 2000 - Safe Drinking Water Financial Assistance Act (141.1451 - 141.1455) › Section 141.1451 - Short Title.

141.1451 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "safe drinking water financial assistance act".
History:
2000, Act 147, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of department of environmental quality to department of natural resources and environment, see E.R.O. No. 2009-31, compiled at MCL 324.99919.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 147 of 2000 - Safe Drinking Water Financial Assistance Act (141.1451 - 141.1455) › Section 141.1452 - Definitions.

141.1452 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Assistance" means that term as it is defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5401 to 324.5418.
(b) "Community water supply" means that term as it is defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5401 to 324.5418.
(c) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.
(d) "Governmental unit" means a governmental unit as defined in section 3 of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141.1053, that is eligible for reimbursement of project planning costs under section 5404(3)(b) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5404.
(e) "Noncommunity water supply" means that term as it is defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5401 to 324.5418.
(f) "Water supplier" means that term as it is defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5401 to 324.5418.
History:
2000, Act 147, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of department of environmental quality to department of natural resources and environment, see E.R.O. No. 2009-31, compiled at MCL 324.99919.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 147 of 2000 - Safe Drinking Water Financial Assistance Act (141.1451 - 141.1455) › Section 141.1453 - Notes or Bonds; Issuance; Use; Limitation; Sale to Michigan Municipal Bond Authority.

141.1453 Notes or bonds; issuance; use; limitation; sale to Michigan municipal bond authority.
Sec. 3.
Subject to this act, a governmental unit may issue notes or bonds and use the proceeds of the notes or bonds for planning for the acquisition, construction, improvement, or installation of real or personal property comprising all or a portion of a community water supply or noncommunity water supply. For any governmental unit, the aggregate principal amount of all notes and bonds issued under this act less the principal amount used by the governmental unit to purchase notes or bonds issued by another governmental unit under this act shall not exceed $100,000.00. The notes or bonds issued under this act shall be sold to the Michigan municipal bond authority or to another governmental unit if the other governmental unit purchases the notes or bonds with proceeds of notes or bonds issued under this act and sold to the Michigan municipal bond authority. The notes or bonds issued under this act are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. Each governmental unit is authorized to use proceeds of notes or bonds issued by it under this act and sold to the Michigan municipal bond authority to purchase notes or bonds issued under this act by any other governmental unit.
History:
2000, Act 147, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 289, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2002
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 147 of 2000 - Safe Drinking Water Financial Assistance Act (141.1451 - 141.1455) › Section 141.1454 - Notes or Bonds; Issuance; Authorization by Resolution; Provisions.

141.1454 Notes or bonds; issuance; authorization by resolution; provisions.
Sec. 4.
Notes or bonds issued under this act shall be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of the governmental unit, which may pledge the full faith and credit of the governmental unit to the payment of the principal of and interest on the notes or bonds. The resolution of the governing body of the governmental unit authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds under this act may authorize the governmental unit to enter into loan agreements, security agreements, pledge agreements, including, but not limited to, the pledge of water supply revenues, mortgages, assignments, or other agreements determined to be necessary to the issuance of the notes or bonds and may authorize the governmental unit to use proceeds of the notes or bonds sold to the Michigan municipal bond authority to purchase notes or bonds issued under this act by any other governmental unit.
History:
2000, Act 147, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 289, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2002
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 147 of 2000 - Safe Drinking Water Financial Assistance Act (141.1451 - 141.1455) › Section 141.1455 - Construction of Act; Purpose; Restriction.

141.1455 Construction of act; purpose; restriction.
Sec. 5.
This act shall be construed as cumulative authority for the exercise of the powers granted under this act. The purpose of this act is to create full and complete additional and alternate methods for the exercise of these powers, and the powers conferred by this act shall not be affected or limited by any other statute or by any charter or incorporating document, except as otherwise provided in this act. However, this act does not authorize the governing body of any governmental unit to levy taxes in excess of constitutional, statutory, or charter limitations without the approval of its electors, as provided by law.
History:
2000, Act 147, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 4 of 2011 - Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act (141.1501 - 141.1531) › Section 141.1501-141.1531 - Act 4 of 2011 Was Rejected by a Majority of the Electors at the November 2012 General Election.

141.1501-141.1531 Act 4 of 2011 was rejected by a majority of the electors at the November 2012 general election.
Compiler's Notes:
Act 4 of 2011, which was approved by the governor March 16, 2011 and filed with the secretary of state March 16, 2011, provided a new act (MCL 141.1501 to 141.1531) known as the local government and school district fiscal accountability act, effective March 16, 2011. On February 29, 2012, a petition seeking a referendum on Act 4 of 2011 was filed with the secretary of state. Const 1963, art 2, sec 9, provides that no law as to which the power of referendum properly has been invoked shall be effective thereafter unless approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon at the next general election. A referendum was presented at the November 2012 general election as Proposal 12-1, which read as follows:PROPOSAL 12-1 A REFERENDUM ON PUBLIC ACT 4 OF 2011 – THE EMERGENCY MANAGER LAW Public Act 4 of 2011 would: Establish criteria to assess the financial condition of local government units, including school districts. Authorize Governor to appoint an emergency manager (EM) upon state finding of a financial emergency, and allow the EM to act in place of local government officials. Require EM to develop financial and operating plans, which may include modification or termination of contracts, reorganization of government, and determination of expenditures, services, and use of assets until the emergency is resolved. Alternatively, authorize state-appointed review team to enter into a local government approved consent decree. Should this law be approved? YES ____ NO ____Act 4 of 2011 was rejected by a majority of the electors at the November 2012 general election. The vote was certified by the state board of canvassers on November 26, 2012.Act 72 of 1990, which had been repealed by Act 4 of 2011, came back into effect while the referendum on Act 4 of 2011 was pending. Act 436 of 2012, which was approved by the governor December 26, 2012 and filed with the secretary of state December 27, 2012, provided a new act (MCL 141.1541 to 141.1575) known as the local financial stability and choice act, effective March 28, 2013. Act 436 of 2012 repeals Act 72 of 1990, effective March 28, 2013.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 436 of 2012 - Local Financial Stability and Choice Act (141.1541 - 141.1575) › Section 141.1541 - Short Title.

141.1541 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "local financial stability and choice act".
History:
2012, Act 436, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 2 of Act 436 of 2012 provides:"Enacting section 2. It is the intent of the legislature that this act function and be interpreted as a successor statute to former 1988 PA 101, former 1990 PA 72, and former 2011 PA 4, and that whenever possible a reference to former 1988 PA 101, former 1990 PA 72, or former 2011 PA 4, under other laws of this state or to a function or responsibility of an emergency financial manager or emergency manager under former 1988 PA 101, former 1990 PA 72, or former 2011 PA 4, under other laws of this state shall function and be interpreted to reference to this act, with the other laws of this state referencing former 1988 PA 101, former 1990 PA 72, or former 2011 PA 4, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) The charter township act, 1947 PA 359, MCL 42.1 to 42.34. (b) 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521. (c) 1851 PA 156, MCL 46.1 to 46.32. (d) The general law village act, 1895 PA 3, MCL 61.1 to 74.25. (e) The home rule village act, 1909 PA 278, MCL 78.1 to 78.28. (f) The fourth class city act, 1895 PA 215, MCL 81.1 to 113.20. (g) The home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.1 to 117.38. (h) The metropolitan transportation authorities act of 1967, 1967 PA 204, MCL 124.401 to 124.426. (i) 1947 PA 336, MCL 423.201 to 423.217."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 436 of 2012 - Local Financial Stability and Choice Act (141.1541 - 141.1575) › Section 141.1547 - Local Government Options; Approval of Resolution by Mayor or School Board; Failure of Local Governing Body to Pass Resolution; Limitation.

141.1547 Local government options; approval of resolution by mayor or school board; failure of local governing body to pass resolution; limitation.
Sec. 7.
(1) Notwithstanding section 6(3), upon the confirmation of a finding of a financial emergency under section 6, the governing body of the local government shall, by resolution within 7 days after the confirmation of a finding of a financial emergency, select 1 of the following local government options to address the financial emergency:
(a) The consent agreement option pursuant to section 8.
(b) The emergency manager option pursuant to section 9.
(c) The neutral evaluation process option pursuant to section 25.
(d) The chapter 9 bankruptcy option pursuant to section 26.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), if the local government has a strong mayor, the resolution under subsection (1) requires strong mayor approval. If the local government is a school district, the resolution shall be approved by the school board. The resolution shall be filed with the state treasurer, with a copy to the superintendent of public instruction if the local government is a school district.
(3) If the governing body of the local government does not pass a resolution as required under subsection (1), the local government shall proceed under the neutral evaluation process pursuant to section 25.
(4) Subject to section 9(6)(c) and (11), unless authorized by the governor, a local government shall not utilize 1 of the local options listed in subsection (1)(a) to (d) more than 1 time.
History:
2012, Act 436, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 2 of Act 436 of 2012 provides:"Enacting section 2. It is the intent of the legislature that this act function and be interpreted as a successor statute to former 1988 PA 101, former 1990 PA 72, and former 2011 PA 4, and that whenever possible a reference to former 1988 PA 101, former 1990 PA 72, or former 2011 PA 4, under other laws of this state or to a function or responsibility of an emergency financial manager or emergency manager under former 1988 PA 101, former 1990 PA 72, or former 2011 PA 4, under other laws of this state shall function and be interpreted to reference to this act, with the other laws of this state referencing former 1988 PA 101, former 1990 PA 72, or former 2011 PA 4, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) The charter township act, 1947 PA 359, MCL 42.1 to 42.34. (b) 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521. (c) 1851 PA 156, MCL 46.1 to 46.32. (d) The general law village act, 1895 PA 3, MCL 61.1 to 74.25. (e) The home rule village act, 1909 PA 278, MCL 78.1 to 78.28. (f) The fourth class city act, 1895 PA 215, MCL 81.1 to 113.20. (g) The home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.1 to 117.38. (h) The metropolitan transportation authorities act of 1967, 1967 PA 204, MCL 124.401 to 124.426. (i) 1947 PA 336, MCL 423.201 to 423.217."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing › Act 436 of 2012 - Local Financial Stability and Choice Act (141.1541 - 141.1575) › Section 141.1547a - School District Subject to Enhanced Deficit Elimination Plan; Determination by State Treasurer; Declaration of Financial Emergency; Appointment of Emergency Manager; Recommendation.

141.1547a School district subject to enhanced deficit elimination plan; determination by state treasurer; declaration of financial emergency; appointment of emergency manager; recommendation.
Sec. 7a.
Notwithstanding section 7, if a school district is subject to an enhanced deficit elimination plan under section 1220 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1220, and the state treasurer determines that the school district has failed to submit or comply with the requirements of the enhanced deficit elimination plan, the state treasurer may declare that a financial emergency exists within the school district and recommend that the governor appoint an emergency manager to address the financial emergency within the school district under section 9.
History:
Add. 2015, Act 113, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2015