As used in this part:

  (a) “Bonds” means the bonds issued under part 713 or former Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1988.

  (b) “Fund” means the recreation bond fund created in section 71506.

  (c) “Local public recreation project” means capital improvement projects including, but not limited to, the construction, expansion, development, or rehabilitation of recreational facilities, and the restoration of the natural environment. Local public recreation project does not include the operation, maintenance, or administration of those facilities, wages, or administration of projects or purchase of facilities already dedicated to public recreational purposes.

  (d) “Local unit of government” means a county, city, township, village, school district, the Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, or any authority composed of counties, cities, townships, villages, or school districts, or any combination of those entities, which authority is legally constituted to provide public recreation.