Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.4304

  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • local unit: means a municipality or county. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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.
     Bonds that are issued and secured by a mortgage on the utility as provided in this part shall not be a general obligation of the local unit of government, but shall be paid only out of revenues received from the service charges as provided in section 4303 or from a sale of the property and franchises under a foreclosure of the mortgage. If a service rate is charged, a sufficient portion shall be set aside as a sinking fund for the payment of the interest on the bonds and the principal of the bonds at maturity.