Terms Used In Michigan Laws 18.1357

  • 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
   In each fiscal year in which a transfer to the fund takes place, if the state general fund-general purpose revenue falls short of the level upon which a balanced state general fund budget was adopted for that year and the shortfall cannot be attributed to a statutory change in the tax rate, the tax base, fee schedules, or any other change in the revenue sources by which the general fund estimate was made, an amount not to exceed the amount deposited into the fund for that fiscal year may, by majority vote of the members elected to and serving in each house, be appropriated from the fund to raise state general fund-general purpose revenue to the level originally anticipated.