(1) The cost of the whole or any part of a principal shopping district project or business improvement district project as authorized in this chapter may be financed by 1 or more of the following methods:
  (a) Grants and gifts to the local governmental unit or district.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.982

  • Business improvement district: means 1 or more portions of a local governmental unit or combination of contiguous portions of 2 or more local governmental units that are predominantly commercial or industrial in use. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • District: means a business improvement district or a principal shopping district. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • Local governmental unit: means a city, village, or urban township. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • 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.
  (b) Local governmental unit funds.
  (c) The issuance of general obligation bonds of the local governmental unit subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.
  (d) The issuance of revenue bonds by the local governmental unit under the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140, or under any other applicable revenue bond act. The issuance of the bonds shall be limited to the part or parts of the district project that are public improvements.
  (e) The levying of special assessments against land or interests in land, or both.
  (f) Any other source.
  (2) Beginning January 1, 2000, the proceeds of a bond, note, or other obligation issued to finance a project authorized under this chapter shall be used for capital expenditures, costs of a reserve fund securing the bonds, notes, or other obligations, and costs of issuing the bonds, notes, or other obligations. The proceeds of the bonds, notes, or other obligations shall not be used for operational expenses of a district.
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