Terms Used In Michigan Laws 141.152

  • Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness: means any instrument providing for the payment of money, executed by or on behalf of a public corporation or which a public corporation has assumed and agreed to pay, including, without limitation on the foregoing bonds, notes, contracts, leases and certificates, but shall not include bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to Act No. See Michigan Laws 141.151
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
   Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, charter provision, ordinance, ballot or other proceedings to the contrary, any public corporation may agree or contract to pay interest on bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by it pursuant to law, subject where required by law to the prior permission of the municipal finance commission, at an interest rate or rates not greater than 8% per annum on bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued after the effective date of this act but before July 1, 1973.