Sec. 12.
(1) Bonds issued under this act may be sold at a discount but may not be sold at a price that would make the interest cost on the money borrowed after deducting any premium or adding any discount exceed 10% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, whichever is greater, and may bear a stated rate of interest or no rate of interest.
(2) A public corporation may sell bonds at a competitive sale or a negotiated sale as determined in the authorizing ordinance. If a public corporation determines to sell a bond at a negotiated sale, the governing body shall expressly state the method and reasons for choosing a negotiated sale instead of a competitive sale in the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance or sale of the bonds.
(3) Bonds sold at a competitive sale shall not be sold until notice by publication at least 7 days before the sale in a publication printed in the English language and circulated in this state that carries as a part of its regular service notices of the sale of municipal bonds.
(4) A public corporation shall award a bond sold at a competitive sale to the bidder whose bid meets all specifications and requirements and results in the lowest interest cost to the public corporation, unless all bids are rejected.
(5) A public corporation may accept bids for the purchase of a bond made in person, by mail, by facsimile, by electronic means, or by any other means authorized by the public corporation.
History: 1933, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1933 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 210, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941 ;-- Am. 1943, Act 219, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1943 ;-- Am. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 7, 1946 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 204, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 141.112 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 244, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1968 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 40, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1973 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 216, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1978 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 485, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1982 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 76, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1983 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 26, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1985 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 465, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2002
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 141 - Municipal Financing
Act 94 of 1933 - The Revenue Bond Act of 1933 (141.101 - 141.140)
Section 141.101 - Short Title; Revenue Bond Act of 1933.
Section 141.102 - Construction of Act.
Section 141.103 - Definitions.
Section 141.105 - Estimate of Cost and Period of Usefulness.
Section 141.108 - Lien on Revenue in Favor of Bondholders.
Section 141.109 - Statutory Lien on Net Revenues; Duration; Enforcement.
Section 141.110 - Receiverships for Public Improvements.
Section 141.111 - Bonds; Application of Other Laws and Charters.
Section 141.112a - Bonds Subject to Revised Municipal Finance Act.
Section 141.112b - Bulletins; Issuance by Department of Treasury.
Section 141.113 - Bonds; Statement on Face of Bond or on Face of Interest Coupon.
Section 141.114 - Bonds; Qualities of Negotiable Instruments.
Section 141.115 - Bonds; Deposit and Investment of Sale Proceeds.
Section 141.117 - Bonds; Validity of Signatures.
Section 141.118 - Charges for Services; Providing Medical Care Without Charge or at Reduced Rates.
Section 141.119 - Additional Bonds.
Section 141.120 - Revenue Refunding Bonds.
Section 141.120a - Combined Public Improvements; Bonds; Revenues Pledged; Retirement.
Section 141.120c - Parking Revenue Bonds; Special Assessments on Benefited Properties.
Section 141.122 - Accounting of Revenues; Order of Priority; Disposition of Surplus.
Section 141.124a - Deposit Accounts.
Section 141.125 - Fixing Dates of Operating Year for Public Improvement.
Section 141.126 - Receiving Fund Surplus; Deposit.
Section 141.127 - Issuance of Bonds by Public Corporation; Applicable Laws.
Section 141.128 - Effect of Approval Permitting Issuance of Bonds.
Section 141.129 - Service Rates Not Subject to Supervision by State Agency.
Section 141.130 - Books of Record and Account; Annual Audit Report.
Section 141.131 - Redemption of Bonds Before Maturity.
Section 141.133a - Validation of Bonds Heretofore Issued.
Section 141.133b - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.
Section 141.134 - Liberal Construction of Act.
Section 141.136 - Immediate Necessity.
Section 141.137 - Condemnation of Property.
Section 141.138 - Trustee; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Pledging of Trust Funds.