(1) A state agency which applies for federal financial assistance shall notify the department within 10 days after the application is sent. The notification to apply for federal financial assistance shall be on a form prescribed by, and contain information requested by, the department. Within 10 days after the state agency receives notice that its application for federal financial assistance is awarded, rejected, revised, or deferred, the state agency shall provide notice of the award, rejection, revision, or deferment of the application to the department.
  (2) Within 30 days after a state agency receives notice that a federal grant has been awarded to the state for which organizations or units of local government are eligible to apply, the state agency administering the federal grant program shall report to the legislature and the fiscal agencies the availability of the grant funds and the proposed plan for allocating the grant funds to the organizations or units of local government. A state agency shall not commit any federal grant funds before this notification to the legislature has occurred and a subsequent appropriation of the funds is made by the legislature.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 18.1384

  • 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.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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
  (3) Before December 1 and June 1 of each year, each principal department shall report to the appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the department estimates on the extent to which federal revenues appropriated have been realized and are expected for the remainder of the fiscal year. The report shall detail the estimate by program or grant, and catalog of federal domestic assistance account.