Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.21527

  • Authority: means the underground storage tank authority created in section 21523. See Michigan Laws 324.21502
  • Bonds or notes: means the bonds, notes, commercial paper, other obligations of indebtedness, or any combination of these, issued by the finance authority pursuant to this part. See Michigan Laws 324.21502
  • Finance authority: means the Michigan finance authority created by Executive Reorganization Order No. See Michigan Laws 324.21502
  • Fund: means the underground storage tank cleanup fund created in section 21506b and includes the bond proceeds account established within the fund. See Michigan Laws 324.21502
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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) The authority shall assess the potential demand for payment of claims under this part and shall provide the results of the assessment to the finance authority. Upon review of the results of the assessment, if the finance authority determines that it is prudent to do so, the finance authority may issue bonds or notes.
  (2) The finance authority may authorize and issue its bonds or notes payable solely from the revenues or funds available to the fund under section 21508. Bonds or notes of the finance authority are not a debt or liability of the state, do not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability, or obligation of the state, and do not constitute a pledge of the faith and credit of the state. All finance authority bonds and notes are payable solely from revenues or funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized in this part. Each bond and note shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the authority is obligated to pay the principal of and the interest on the bond or note only from revenues or from funds of the finance authority pledged for such payment and that the state is not obligated to pay that principal or interest and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bond or note.
  (3) All expenses incurred in implementing this part are payable solely from revenues or funds provided or to be provided under this part. This part does not authorize the finance authority to incur any indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state.