Michigan Compiled Laws
451-1994-III-2-4-THE-TIMBER-INDUSTRY-505 - Part 505 Michigan Forest Finance Authority (324.50501...324.50522)
Section 324.50506 - Powers of Board.

Sec. 50506.
Except as otherwise provided in this part, the board may do all things necessary or convenient to implement the purposes, objectives, and provisions of this part, and the purposes, objectives, and powers delegated to the board by other laws or executive orders, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Adopt an official seal and bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and alter the seal or bylaws at its pleasure.
(b) Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded.
(c) Borrow money and issue negotiable revenue bonds and notes pursuant to this part.
(d) Enter into contracts and other instruments necessary, incidental, or convenient to the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers.
(e) With the prior consent of the department, solicit and accept gifts, grants, loans, and other aid from any person, or the federal, state, or local government or any agency of the federal, state, or local government, or participate in any other way in a federal, state, or local government program.
(f) Acquire standing timber, timber cutting rights, and the state's interest in contracts granting cutting rights, on state tax reverted lands, on lands in the state forest system from which revenues derived from the sale of timber were previously deposited in the forest management fund created in former 1945 PA 268, and on other lands as provided by law, to be used for any of the purposes provided in this part subject to the restrictions of section 50509. However, the state shall not convey to the authority fee title to any state forest lands.
(g) Procure insurance against loss in connection with the property, assets, or activities of the authority.
(h) Invest money of the authority, at the board's discretion, in instruments, obligations, securities, or property determined proper by the board, and name and use depositories for its money.
(i) Contract for goods and services and engage personnel as necessary and engage the services of private consultants, managers, legal counsel, and auditors for rendering professional financial assistance and advice payable out of any money of the authority, subject to the restrictions of section 50507.
(j) Indemnify and procure insurance indemnifying members of the board from personal loss or accountability from liability asserted by a person on bonds or notes of the authority, or from any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds or notes, or by reason of any other action taken or the failure to act by the authority.
(k) Do all other things necessary or convenient to achieve the objectives and purposes of the authority, this part, rules promulgated under this part, or other laws that relate to the purposes and responsibilities of the authority.
History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 124, Imd. Eff. May 28, 2004 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)

Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)

451-1994-III-2 - Chapter 2 Management of Renewable Resources (324.40101...324.53519)

451-1994-III-2-4 - Subchapter 4 Forests (324.50101...324.53519)

451-1994-III-2-4-THE-TIMBER-INDUSTRY - The Timber Industry (324.50101...324.50707)

451-1994-III-2-4-THE-TIMBER-INDUSTRY-505 - Part 505 Michigan Forest Finance Authority (324.50501...324.50522)

Section 324.50501 - Purpose of Part.

Section 324.50502 - Definitions.

Section 324.50503 - Michigan Forest Finance Authority; Creation; Exercise of Powers, Duties, and Functions; Handling of Funds.

Section 324.50504 - Board of Directors; Appointment; Terms; Oath; Vacancy; Persons Subject to MCL 15.321 to 15.330; Discharge of Duties; Policies and Procedures; Conducting Business at Public Meetings; Notice; Quorum; Actions of Board; Representative...

Section 324.50505 - Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson; State Forester as Executive Director; Qualifications, Duties, and Compensation of Employees; Delegation of Powers or Duties; Rights and Interests of Authority; Annual Report; Audits; R...

Section 324.50506 - Powers of Board.

Section 324.50507 - Financing Forest Management Operations and Practices; Application of Funds; Interim Procedure; Annual List of Activities and Practices; Projection of Probable Default; Contracts for Cutting and Sale of Timber; Forest Development F...

Section 324.50508 - Department as Agent for Authority; Conveyance of State's Interest in Contracts Granting Timber Cutting Rights; Deposit of Money Received; Conveyance of Title to Timber.

Section 324.50509 - Bonds and Notes Generally; Expenses; Expenditures.

Section 324.50510 - Bonds or Notes; Purposes; Payment; Requirements; Signature of Board Member or Office of Authority; Sale of Bonds or Notes; Applicability of Other Laws; Interest Rate Agreement.

Section 324.50511 - Refunding Bonds or Notes.

Section 324.50512 - Security to Assure Timely Payment of Bond or Note.

Section 324.50513 - Bonds or Notes; Authority of Board Member, Executive Director, or Other Officer of Authority.

Section 324.50514 - Resolution Authorizing Bonds or Notes; Provisions.

Section 324.50515 - Pledge.

Section 324.50516 - Personal Liability on Bonds or Notes.

Section 324.50517 - Purchasing, Holding, Canceling, or Reselling Bonds or Notes.

Section 324.50518 - Rights and Remedies.

Section 324.50519 - Bonds or Notes as Legal Investments; Security.

Section 324.50520 - Property and Income of Authority; Exemption From Taxes and Special Assessments; Bonds or Notes Exempt From Taxation.

Section 324.50521 - Liberal Construction; Broad Interpretation.

Section 324.50522 - Rules.