Terms Used In Michigan Laws 12.254

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund: means the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund created in section 4. See Michigan Laws 12.252
  (1) The strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund is created in the department of labor and economic opportunity.
  (2) The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets received from state appropriations or from any other source in the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund and interest and earnings from the investments must be deposited in the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund. Money in the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund that is restricted, obligated, or committed at the close of the fiscal year must remain in the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund and does not lapse to the general fund.
  (3) The department of labor and economic opportunity is the administrator of the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund for audits of the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund.
  (4) Money must only be expended from the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund pursuant to an appropriation authorized by law or by a legislative transfer under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393, for either of the following purposes:
  (a) For the critical industry program created in section 88s of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2088s.
  (b) For the Michigan strategic site readiness program created in section 88t of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125.2088t.
  (5) Not later than March 15 of each year, the department of labor and economic opportunity shall transmit to each member of the legislature, the governor, the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, and the senate and house fiscal agencies a report on the activities of the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund.