MCL - Section 324.19707

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994


324.19707 Bond proceeds; disposition; investment; expenditure; tax exempt status; funds remaining at close of fiscal year; annual accounting.

Sec. 19707.

    (1) The total proceeds of all bonds sold at public or private sale shall be deposited into the fund.
    (2) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund.
    (3) The bond proceeds shall be expended in an appropriate manner that maintains the tax exempt status of any bonds issued as tax exempt bonds.
    (4) The unencumbered balance in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
    (5) The department shall provide an annual accounting of bond proceeds spending on a cash basis to the department of treasury. This accounting shall be submitted to the governor, the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate that primarily address issues pertaining to the protection of natural resources and the environment, and the appropriations committees in the house of representatives and the senate.


History: Add. 2002, Act 397, Eff. Nov. 5, 2002
Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 2 of Act 397 of 2002 provides:“Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless the question provided for in the Great Lakes water quality bond authorization act is approved by a majority of the registered electors voting on the question at the November 2002 general election.”Act 396 of 2002, the Great Lakes water quality bond authorization act, which was approved by the Governor on May 29, 2002, and filed with the Secretary of State on May 30, 2002, provided that bonds “shall not be issued under this act unless the question set forth in section 5 [MCL 324.95205] is approved by a majority vote of the registered electors voting on the question.” In accordance with Const 1963, art 9, sec 15, the question of borrowing a sum of not to exceed $1,000,000,000.00 and the issuance of general obligation bonds of the state for the purposes set forth in the act was submitted to, and approved by, the qualified electors of the state as Proposal 02-2 at the November 5, 2002, general election.
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA