Terms Used In Michigan Laws 259.115

  • Airport: means a publicly owned airport licensed by the state transportation department, bureau of aeronautics under section 86 and includes all airport facilities at the airport. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Authority: means a public airport authority created by or pursuant to section 110 and governed by a board. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority appointed pursuant to section 111. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: means that annual period that is the fiscal year of the local government that owns the airport over which an authority has assumed operational jurisdiction or, if the local government is not required to include the authority in the financial statements of the local government, that annual period established by the board. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
   Before the beginning of each fiscal year, the board shall prepare a budget containing an itemized statement of the estimated current operational expenses and the expenses for capital outlay including funds for the operation and development of the airport under the jurisdiction of the board, and the amount necessary to pay the principal and interest of any outstanding bonds or other obligations of the authority maturing during the ensuing fiscal year or which have previously matured and are unpaid, and an estimate of the revenue of the authority from all sources for the ensuing fiscal year. The board shall adopt that budget in accordance with the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.421 to 141.440a.