Terms Used In Michigan Laws 286.435

  • 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.
  • Program: means the qualified agricultural loan origination program established under this act. See Michigan Laws 286.432
  • Qualified agricultural loan: means a loan that is issued under the program and that meets all of the following conditions:
  (i) The loan is made to 1 of the following:
  (A) A person that is engaged in and intending to remain engaged in this state as an owner or operator of a farm in the production of agricultural goods that suffered a qualified loss of 25% or more in major enterprises or a qualified loss of 50% or more in production of any 1 crop on a farm located within this state. See Michigan Laws 286.432
  • 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
  •   (1) From the work project funds appropriated by 2019 PA 45, an amount sufficient to pay loan origination fees under section 3, not to exceed $15,000,000.00, shall be expended if it is appropriated to the department of treasury. Not more than $3,000,000.00 of the amount appropriated by 2019 PA 45 shall be used for loans offered under section 2(h)(i)(B) or (C). The appropriation authorized in this subsection is a work project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the following fiscal year. The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
      (a) The purpose of the project is to provide financial assistance to the agricultural sector of this state‘s economy and to alleviate financial distress caused by crop damage and related economic impacts through the program.
      (b) The work project will be accomplished through the use of payments to qualified financial institutions for qualified agricultural loan origination fees for administrative costs incurred by qualified financial institutions.
      (c) The total estimated completion cost of the work project is $15,000,000.00.
      (d) The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2023.
      (2) Subject to appropriation, any subsequent funds appropriated for this program shall be expended solely to pay loan origination fees under section 3 and subject to any other limitations as provided in the appropriation. Any subsequent work project appropriation for this program shall be in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.