Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.824

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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) Capacity or output derived by a governmental unit from its ownership share of a project not then required by the governmental unit for its own use and for the use of its customers may be sold or exchanged by the governmental unit for a consideration and for a period and upon other terms and conditions as may be determined by the parties to the sale.
  (2) Municipalities proposing to jointly plan, finance, develop, own and operate a project, may either jointly or separately apply to the appropriate agencies of the state, the federal government, another state, or another proper agency, for the necessary licenses, permits, certificates, or approvals; may construct, maintain, and operate the project in accordance with the licenses, permits, certificates, or approvals; and may obtain, hold, and use the licenses, permits, certificates, or approvals in the same manner as the operating unit of any other power utility.
  (3) Municipalities participating in a joint project or projects may enter into contracts for the purchase, sale, exchange, interchange, wheeling, pooling, or transmission of electric power and energy produced by the project or projects with a power utility.
  (4) Personnel appointed by a municipality to work on a joint project shall have the same authority, rights, privileges, and immunities that the officers, agents, and employees of the appointing municipality enjoy within the jurisdictional boundaries of the municipality, whether within or without that territory, when the personnel are acting within the scope of their authority or within the course of their employment.
  (5) Municipalities party to a joint project authorized by this article shall, following the end of each fiscal year, prepare an annual report of the activities of the project, including a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the project for that year. The municipalities shall conduct an audit of the books of records and accounts of the project to be made not less than annually by a certified public accountant, and the cost of the audit may be treated as part of the cost of construction of the project, or as part of the expense of administering the project covered by the audit.