Terms Used In Michigan Laws 141.2707

  • Municipality: means a county, township, city, village, school district, intermediate school district, community college district, metropolitan district, port district, drainage district, district library, or another governmental authority or agency in this state that has the power to issue a security. See Michigan Laws 141.2103
  • Refunding security: means a municipal security issued to refund an outstanding security. See Michigan Laws 141.2103
  • Security: means an evidence of debt such as a bond, note, contract, obligation, refunding obligation, certificate of indebtedness, or other similar instrument issued by a municipality, which pledges payment of the debt by the municipality from an identified source of revenue. See Michigan Laws 141.2103
  • Sinking fund: means a fund for the payment of principal only of a mandatory redemption security. See Michigan Laws 141.2103
   Any municipality issuing a mandatory redemption refunding security under the provisions of part VI shall provide a sinking fund or funds for the retirement of the refunding security, and there shall be deposited in each sinking fund annually an amount sufficient to pay the principal of that refunding security at or before maturity. All sinking fund money for the retirement of a refunding security shall be accounted for separately and shall be used only for the payment or purchase of the refunding security.