Terms Used In Michigan Laws 18.1358

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the legislature may make an emergency appropriation from the fund subject to all of the following conditions:
  (a) The maximum appropriation from the fund for budget stabilization as provided in section 352(2) has already been made for the current fiscal year.
  (b) The legislature has approved the emergency appropriations bill by a 2/3 majority vote of the members elected to and serving in each house.
  (c) The emergency appropriations bill becomes law.
  (2) The additional transfer from the fund may be made only for the current fiscal year.