Terms Used In Michigan Laws 390.923

  • Authority: means the Michigan higher education facilities authority created by this act. See Michigan Laws 390.922
  • 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
   A public body corporate and politic is created as an agency and instrumentality of the state within the department of education to be known as the “Michigan higher education facilities authority”. The authority shall consist of the members of the state higher education facilities commission created by Act No. 233 of the Public Acts of 1964, as amended, being section 390.941 to 390.948 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The authority shall exercise its prescribed statutory powers, duties, and functions independently of the head of that department.