Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.5006

  • 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
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • 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) State funding may be provided to asset owners to implement this part as determined by the water asset management council. Funding necessary for the department to support the activities described in this section shall be provided by an annual appropriation.
    (2) Each asset owner shall annually report to the water asset management council, consistent with current accounting procedures, how its capital improvement program for assets included in any asset management plans required under section 5004 are meeting its investment goals in a form established by the water asset management council.
    (3) The department and each asset owner shall keep accurate and uniform records on all work performed and funds expended for the purposes of this section, according to the procedures developed by the Michigan infrastructure council.
    (4) The water asset management council shall annually prepare a report on the activities conducted during the preceding year and the expenditure of funds related to the processes and activities identified by the water asset management council. The report shall also include an overview of the activities identified for the succeeding year. The water asset management council shall submit this report to the Michigan infrastructure council and the legislature by May 2 of each year.