SB-0334, As Passed Senate, July 17, 2003
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 334
A bill to amend 1951 PA 51, entitled
"An act to provide for the classification of all public roads,
streets, and highways in this state, and for the revision of that
classification and for additions to and deletions from each
classification; to set up and establish the Michigan
transportation fund; to provide for the deposits in the Michigan
transportation fund of specific taxes on motor vehicles and motor
vehicle fuels; to provide for the allocation of funds from the
Michigan transportation fund and the use and administration of
the fund for transportation purposes; to set up and establish the
truck safety fund; to provide for the allocation of funds from
the truck safety fund and administration of the fund for truck
safety purposes; to set up and establish the Michigan truck
safety commission; to establish certain standards for road
contracts for certain businesses; to provide for the continuing
review of transportation needs within the state; to authorize the
state transportation commission, counties, cities, and villages
to borrow money, issue bonds, and make pledges of funds for
transportation purposes; to authorize counties to advance funds
for the payment of deficiencies necessary for the payment of
bonds issued under this act; to provide for the limitations,
payment, retirement, and security of the bonds and pledges; to
provide for appropriations and tax levies by counties and
townships for county roads; to authorize contributions by
townships for county roads; to provide for the establishment and
administration of the state trunk line fund, critical bridge
fund, comprehensive transportation fund, and certain other funds;
to provide for the deposits in the state trunk line fund,
critical bridge fund, comprehensive transportation fund, and
certain other funds of money raised by specific taxes and fees;
to provide for definitions of public transportation functions and
criteria; to define the purposes for which Michigan
transportation funds may be allocated; to provide for Michigan
transportation fund grants; to provide for review and approval of
transportation programs; to provide for submission of annual
legislative requests and reports; to provide for the
establishment and functions of certain advisory entities; to
provide for conditions for grants; to provide for the issuance of
bonds and notes for transportation purposes; to provide for the
powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and
officials; to provide for the making of loans for transportation
purposes by the state transportation department and for the
receipt and repayment by local units and agencies of those loans
from certain specified sources; and to repeal acts and parts of
acts,"
by amending section 13 (MCL 247.663), as amended by 1999 PA 54.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 13. (1) The amount distributed to cities and villages
2 shall be returned to the treasurers of the cities and villages in
3 the manner, for the purposes, and under the terms and conditions
4 specified in this section. As used in this section, "population"
5 means the population according to the most recent statewide
6 federal census as certified at the beginning of the state fiscal
7 year, except that, if a municipality has been newly incorporated
8 since completion of the census, the population of the
9 municipality for purposes of the distribution of funds before
10 completion of the next census shall be the population as
11 determined by special federal census, if there is a special
12 federal census, and if not, by the population as determined by
13 the official census in connection with the incorporation, if
14 there is such a census and, if not, by a special state census to
15 be taken at the expense of the municipality by the secretary of
16 state pursuant to section 6 of the home rule city act, 1909 PA
1 279, MCL 117.6. The amount received by the newly incorporated
2 municipality shall be in place of any other direct distribution
3 of funds from the Michigan transportation fund. The population
4 of the newly incorporated municipality as determined under this
5 section shall be added to the total population of all
6 incorporated cities and villages in the state in computing the
7 amounts to be returned under this section to each municipality in
8 the state. Major street mileage, local street mileage, and
9 equivalent major mileage, if applicable, shall be determined by
10 the state transportation department before the next month for
11 which distribution is made following the effective date of
12 incorporation of a newly incorporated municipality.
13 (2) From the amount available for distribution to cities and
14 villages during each December, an amount equal to 0.7% of the
15 total amount returned to all cities and villages under
16 subsections (3) and (4) during the previous calendar year shall
17 be withheld. The amount withheld shall be used to partially
18 reimburse those cities and villages located in those counties
19 that are eligible for snow removal funds pursuant to section 12a
20 and that have costs for winter maintenance on major and local
21 streets that are greater than the statewide average. The
22 distributions shall be made annually during February and shall be
23 calculated separately for the major and local street systems but
24 may be paid in a combined warrant. The distribution to a city or
25 village shall be equal to 1/2 of its winter maintenance
26 expenditures after deducting the product of its total earnings
27 under subsections (3) and (4) multiplied by 2 times the average
1 municipal winter maintenance factor. Winter maintenance
2 expenditures shall be determined from the street financial
3 reports for the most current fiscal years ending before July 1.
4 A city or village that does not submit a street financial report
5 for the fiscal year ending before July 1 by the subsequent
6 December 31 shall be ineligible for the winter maintenance
7 payment that is to be based on that street financial report. The
8 average municipal winter maintenance factor shall be determined
9 annually by the state transportation department by dividing the
10 total expenditures of all cities and villages on winter
11 maintenance of streets and highways by the total amount earned by
12 all cities and villages under subsections (3) and (4) during the
13 12 months. If the sum of the distributions to be made under this
14 subsection exceeds the amount withheld, the distributions to each
15 eligible city and village shall be reduced proportionately. If
16 the sum is less than the amount withheld, the balance shall be
17 added to the amount available for distribution under subsections
18 (3) and (4) during the next month. The distributions shall be
19 for use on the major and local street systems respectively and
20 shall be subject to the same provisions as funds returned under
21 subsections (3) and (4).
22 (3) Seventy-five percent of the remaining amount to be
23 returned to the cities and villages, after deducting the amounts
24 withheld pursuant to subsection (2), shall be returned 60% in the
25 same proportion that the population of each bears to the total
26 population of all cities and villages, and 40% in the same
27 proportion that the equivalent major mileage in each bears to the
1 total equivalent major mileage in all cities and villages. As
2 used in this section, "equivalent major mileage" means the sum of
3 2 times the state trunk line mileage certified by the state
4 transportation department as of March 31 of each year, as being
5 within the boundaries of each city and village having a
6 population of 25,000 or more, plus the major street mileage in
7 each city and village, multiplied by the following factor:
8 1.0 for cities and villages of 2,000 or less population;
9 1.1 for cities and villages from 2,001 to 10,000 population;
10 1.2 for cities and villages from 10,001 to 20,000 population;
11 1.3 for cities and villages from 20,001 to 30,000 population;
12 1.4 for cities and villages from 30,001 to 40,000 population;
13 1.5 for cities and villages from 40,001 to 50,000 population;
14 1.6 for cities and villages from 50,001 to 65,000 population;
15 1.7 for cities and villages from 65,001 to 80,000 population;
16 1.8 for cities and villages from 80,001 to 95,000 population;
17 1.9 for cities and villages from 95,001 to 160,000 population;
1 2.0 for cities and villages from 160,001 to 320,000 population;
2 and for cities over 320,000 population, by a factor of 2.1
3 increased successively by 0.1 for each 160,000 population
4 increment over 320,000. The amount returned under this
5 subsection shall be used by each city and village for the
6 following purposes in the following order of priority:
7 (a) For the payment of contributions required to be made by a
8 city or village under the provisions of contracts previously
9 entered into under 1941 PA 205, MCL 252.51 to 252.64, which
10 contributions have been previously pledged for the payment of the
11 principal and interest on bonds issued under that act; or for the
12 payment of the principal and interest upon bonds issued by a city
13 or village pursuant to 1952 PA 175, MCL 247.701 to 247.707.
14 (b) Payment of obligations of the city or village on highway
15 projects undertaken by the city or village jointly with the state
16 transportation department.
17 (c) For the payment of principal and interest upon loans
18 received pursuant to section 11(7), to the extent other funds
19 have not been made available for that payment.
20 (d) For the maintenance,
improvement preservation,
21 construction, reconstruction,
acquisition, and extension of the
22 major street system as defined by this act including the
23 acquisition of a necessary right of way for the system, work
24 incidental to the system, and an appurtenant roadside park or
25 motor parkway, of the city or village and for the payment of the
26 principal and interest on that portion of the city's or village's
1 general obligation bonds which are attributable to the
2 construction or reconstruction of the city's or village's major
3 street system. Not more than 5% per year of the funds returned
4 to a city or village by this subsection shall be expended for the
5 maintenance,
improvement, preservation or
acquisition of
6 appurtenant roadside parks and motor parkways. Surplus funds may
7 be expended for the development, construction, or repair of
8 off-street parking facilities, and the construction or repair of
9 street lighting.
10 (4) The remaining amount to be returned to incorporated
11 cities and villages shall be expended in each city or village for
12 the maintenance,
improvement preservation, construction,
13 reconstruction, acquisition, and extension of the local street
14 system of the city or village, as defined by this act, including
15 the acquisition of a necessary right of way for the system, work
16 incidental to the system, and subject to subsection (5), for the
17 payment of the principal and interest on that portion of the
18 city's or village's general obligation bonds which are
19 attributable to the construction or reconstruction of the city's
20 or village's local street system. The amount returned under this
21 subsection shall be returned to the cities and villages 60% in
22 the same proportion that the population of each bears to the
23 total population of all incorporated cities and villages in the
24 state, and 40% in the same proportion that the total mileage of
25 the local street system of each bears to the total mileage in the
26 local street systems of all cities and villages of the state.
27 The payment of the principal and interest upon bonds issued by a
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1 city or village pursuant to 1952 PA 175, MCL 247.701 to 247.707,
2 and after that payment, the payment of debt service on loans
3 received under section 11(7), shall have priority in the
4 expenditure of money returned under this subsection.
5 (5) Money distributed to each city and village for the
6 maintenance and improvement
preservation of its local street
7 system under this act represents the total responsibility of the
8 state for local street system support. Funds distributed from
9 the Michigan transportation fund shall not be expended for
10 construction purposes on city and village local streets except to
11 the extent matched from local revenues including other money
12 returned to a city or village by the state under the state
13 constitution of 1963 and statutes of the state, from funds that
14 can be raised by taxation in cities and villages for street
15 purposes within the limitations of the state constitution of 1963
16 and statutes of the state, from special assessments, or from any
17 other source. This subsection does not apply to section 11b.
18 (6) Money returned under this section to a city or village
19 shall be expended on the major and local street systems of that
20 city or village. However, the first priority shall be the major
21 street system. Money returned for expenditure on the major
22 street system may be expended on the local street system in an
23 amount equal to the amount of local revenues, as provided in
24 subsection (5), expended by the city or village on the major
25 street system or on state
trunk line highways , and to if the
26 money is to be expended for construction purposes. Money
27 returned for expenditure on the <<major street system being spent on a>> local street system may be
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1 expended without regard to the amount of local revenue expended
2 if the money is to be expended on <<maintenance and>> preservation. To the extent
3 that that amount of major street money is not transferred for
4 expenditure on the local street system in that year, major street
5 money received during the next succeeding 2 years may be
6 transferred for expenditure on the local system until the amount
7 so authorized for transfer is fully expended. If a city
or
8 village transfers more than 25% of its major street funding for
9 the local street system, the city or village shall adopt a
10 resolution with a copy to the department setting forth all of the
11 following:
12 (a) A list of the major streets in that city or village.
13 (b) A statement that the city or village is adequately
14 maintaining its major streets.
15 (c) The dollar amount of the transfer.
16 (d) The local streets to be funded with the transfer.
17 (e) A statement, where applicable, that the city or village
18 is following an asset management plan.
19 (7) Not more than 10% per year of all of the funds returned
20 to a city or village from any source for the purposes of this
21 section may be expended for administrative expenses. As used in
22 this subsection, "administrative expenses" means those expenses
23 that are not assigned including, but not limited to, specific
24 road construction or maintenance projects and are often referred
25 to as general or supportive services. Administrative expenses
26 shall not include net equipment expense, net capital outlay, debt
27 service principal and interest, and payments to other state or
1 local offices that are assigned, but not limited to, specific
2 road construction projects or maintenance activities. A city or
3 village which in a year expends more than 10% for administrative
4 expenses shall be subject to section 14(5).
5 (8) In each city and village to which funds are returned
6 under this section, the
responsibility for street improvement,
7 maintenance, and
traffic operation work, preservation
and the
8 development, construction, or repair of off-street parking
9 facilities and construction or repair of street lighting shall be
10 coordinated by a single administrator to be designated by the
11 governing body who shall be responsible for and shall represent
12 the municipality in transactions with the state transportation
13 department pursuant to this act.
14 (9) Cities and villages may provide for consolidated street
15 administration. A city or a village may enter into an agreement
16 with other cities or villages, the county road commission, or
17 with the state transportation commission for the performance of
18 street or highway work on a road or street within the limits of
19 the city or village or adjacent to the city or village. The
20 agreement may provide for the performance by any of the
21 contracting parties of the work contemplated by the contracts
22 including services and acquisition of rights of way, by purchase
23 or condemnation by any of the contracting parties in its own
24 name. The agreement may provide for joint participation in the
25 costs if appropriate.
26 (10) Interest earned on funds returned to a city or a village
27 for purposes provided in this section shall be credited to the
1 appropriate street fund.
2 (11) In addition to the financial compliance audits required
3 by law, the department of treasury shall conduct performance
4 audits and make investigations of the disposition of all state
5 funds received by cities and villages for transportation purposes
6 to determine compliance with the terms and conditions of this
7 act. Performance audits shall be conducted according to
8 government auditing standards issued by the United States general
9 accounting office. The department of treasury shall provide
10 notice to cities and villages of the standards to be used for
11 audits under this subsection prior to the fiscal year in which
12 the audit is conducted. The department shall notify cities and
13 villages of any subsequent changes to the standards. Cities and
14 villages shall make available to the department of treasury the
15 pertinent records for the audit.