Terms Used In Michigan Laws 124.509

  • Interlocal agreement: means an agreement entered into under this act. See Michigan Laws 124.502
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Public agency: means a political subdivision of this state or of another state of the United States or of Canada, including, but not limited to, a state government; a county, city, village, township, charter township, school district, single or multipurpose special district, or single or multipurpose public authority; a provincial government, metropolitan government, borough, or other political subdivision of Canada; an agency of the United States government; or a similar entity of any other states of the United States and of Canada. See Michigan Laws 124.502
    (1) All of the privileges and immunities from liability, and exemptions from laws, ordinances, and rules, and all pensions, relief, disability, worker’s compensation, and other benefits that apply to the activity of officers, agency, or employees of any public agents or employees of any public agency when performing their respective functions within the territorial limits for their respective agencies shall apply to the same degree and extent to the performance of those functions and duties of those officers, agents, or employees extraterritorially under the provisions of any such interlocal agreement.
    (2) An interlocal agreement does not relieve a public agency of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law except to the extent of actual and timely performance thereof by 1 or more of the parties to the agreement or any legal entity created by the agreement in which case the performance may be offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility.