Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.4673

  • 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.
  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • 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.
  • Office: means the department. See Michigan Laws 500.4601
  • 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) The captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund is created within the state treasury.
  (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund. All fees and assessments received by the department of treasury or the office pursuant to the administration of this chapter and chapter 47 shall be credited to the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund. All fees received by the department of treasury from reinsurers who assume risk only from captive insurance companies shall be deposited into the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund. All fines and administrative penalties ordered under this chapter or chapter 47 shall be deposited directly into the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
  (3) Money in the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
  (4) The commissioner shall be the administrator of the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund for auditing purposes. Money in the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund shall be expended by the commissioner, upon appropriation, for the purpose of administering chapters 18 and 47 and this chapter and for reasonable expenses incurred in promoting the captive insurance industry in this state.