Michigan Compiled Laws
451-1976-2-9 - Part 9 Consolidation of School Districts (380.851...380.871)
Section 380.863 - Consolidated School District; Bonded Indebtedness or Outstanding Tax Anticipation Notes of School District; Territory of Original School District as Assessing Unit; Refund; Board of Trustees; Officers; Certification and Levy of Taxe...

Sec. 863.
(1) If a school district becoming part of a consolidated school district has bonded indebtedness, or has outstanding tax anticipation notes at the time of consolidation, the identity of the district shall not be lost by virtue of the consolidation. Territory of the original school district shall remain as an assessing unit for purposes of bonded indebtedness and tax anticipation notes until the indebtedness is retired or the outstanding bonds are refunded by the consolidated school district. If a consolidated school district has not assumed the bonded indebtedness of an original school district, the bonded indebtedness of the original school district may be refunded by the consolidated school district on behalf of the original school district, and the territory of the original school district shall remain as an assessing unit for the purposes of the refunding bonds until the refunding funds are retired or are assumed by the consolidated school district. The board of the consolidated school district shall constitute the board of trustees for the original school district having bonded indebtedness or tax anticipation notes. The officers of the consolidated school district shall be the officers for the original school district for this purpose.
(2) The board of the consolidated school district shall certify and order the levy of taxes for the bonded indebtedness and tax anticipation notes in the name of the original school district and shall not commingle the debt retirement funds of the original school district with funds of the consolidated school district. The board of the consolidated school district shall do all things relative to the bonded indebtedness and tax anticipation notes required by law and by the terms under which the issue and sale of the bonds and tax anticipation notes were originally authorized.
(3) Other taxes of any nature for purposes of the consolidated school district shall be spread uniformly over the entire area of the consolidated school district.
History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Oct. 28, 2015 Popular Name: Act 451

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Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 380 - The Revised School Code

Act 451 of 1976 - The Revised School Code (380.1 - 380.1853)

Article 2 - (380.805...380.1644)

451-1976-2-9 - Part 9 Consolidation of School Districts (380.851...380.871)

Section 380.851 - Consolidation of School Districts to Form Single School District.

Section 380.852 - Request to Initiate Consolidation Proceedings; Referral of Question by Intermediate Superintendent; Approval, Denial, or Other Action by State Board.

Section 380.853 - Petitions; Preparation; Form; Contents; Signature; Circulation; Return of Petitions to School District Filing Official; Expiration Date.

Section 380.854 - Certification of Number of Registered General Electors; Basis for Determining Required Number of Signatures; Registration After Date of Certification; Effect of Additional Registrations; Eligibility to Sign Petition.