Michigan Compiled Laws
451-1994-II-6-195 - Part 195 Environmental Protection Bond Implementation (324.19501...324.19513)
Section 324.19503 - Bonds; Requirements Generally.

Sec. 19503.
(1) The bonds issued under former Act No. 326 of the Public Acts of 1988 or part 193 shall be issued in 1 or more series, each series to be in a principal amount, to be dated, to have the maturities which may be either serial, term, or term and serial, to bear interest at a rate or rates, to be subject or not subject to prior redemption, and if subject to prior redemption with or without call premiums, to be payable at a place or places, to have or not have provisions for registration as to principal only or as to both principal and interest, to be in a form and to be executed in a manner as shall be determined by resolution to be adopted by the state administrative board and subject to or granting those covenants, directions, restrictions, or rights specified by resolution to be adopted by the state administrative board as necessary to insure the marketability, insurability, or tax exempt status. The state administrative board shall rotate the services of legal counsel when issuing bonds.
(2) The state administrative board may refund bonds issued under this part by the issuance of new bonds, whether or not the bonds to be refunded have matured or are subject to prior redemption. The state administrative board may issue bonds partly to refund bonds issued under this part and partly for any other purpose provided by this part. The principal amount of any refunding bonds issued pursuant to this section shall not be counted against the limitation on principal amount imposed by the vote of the people on November 8, 1988. Further, refunding bonds issued pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the restrictions of section 19507.
(3) The state administrative board may authorize and approve insurance contracts, agreements for lines of credit, letters of credit, commitments to purchase bonds, and any other transaction to provide security to assure timely payment or purchase of any bond issued under this part.
(4) The state administrative board may authorize the state treasurer, but only within limitations that are contained in the authorizing resolution of the board, to do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Sell and deliver and receive payment for the bonds.
(b) Deliver bonds partly to refund bonds and partly for other authorized purposes.
(c) Select which outstanding bonds will be refunded, if any, by the new issue of bonds.
(d) Buy bonds so issued at not more than their face value.
(e) Approve interest rates or methods for fixing interest rates, prices, discounts, maturities, principal amounts, purchase prices, purchase dates, remarketing dates, denominations, dates of issuance, interest payment dates, redemption rights at the option of the state or the owner, the place and time of delivery and payment, and other matters and procedures necessary to complete the authorized transactions.
(f) Execute, deliver, and pay the cost of remarketing agreements, insurance contracts, agreements for lines of credit, letters of credit, commitments to purchase bonds or notes, and any other transaction to provide security to assure timely payments or purchase of any bond issued under this part.
(5) The bonds shall be approved by the department of treasury before their issuance but are not otherwise subject to the municipal finance act, Act No. 202 of the Public Acts of 1943, being sections 131.1 to 139.3 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(6) The bonds or any series of the bonds shall be sold at such price and at a publicly advertised sale or a competitively negotiated sale as determined by the state administrative board. If bonds are issued at a competitively negotiated sale, the state administrative board shall use its best efforts to include firms based in this state in the sale of the bonds.
(7) Except as provided in subsection (8), the bonds shall be sold in accordance with the following schedule, beginning during the first year after December 1, 1988:
(a) Not more than 34% shall be sold during the first year.
(b) Not more than 33% shall be sold during the second year.
(c) Not more than 33% shall be sold during the third year.
(d) After the third year, any remaining bonds may be sold at the discretion of the state administrative board.
(8) The state administrative board may alter the schedule for issuance of the bonds provided in subsection (7) if either or both of the following occur:
(a) Amendments to the internal revenue code of 1986 would impair the tax-exempt status of the bonds.
(b) The legislature concurs in the declaration of a toxic substance emergency made by the governor pursuant to law.
History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 73, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA