Michigan Compiled Laws
Article 3 - (460.831...460.848)
Section 460.841 - Tax Levy Prohibited; Pledging Credit or Taxing Power; Financing Projects of Joint Agencies.

Sec. 41.
A joint agency may not levy taxes nor may it pledge the credit or taxing power of the state or a political subdivision, except for the pledging of receipts of taxes, special assessments, or charges collected by the state or a political subdivision and returnable and payable by law or by contract to the joint agency, and except for the pledge by a political subdivision of the state of its full faith and credit in support of its contractual obligations to the joint agency as authorized by law. Projects of joint agencies shall be financed, in addition to other methods of financing provided by law, as follows:
(a) By rents, rates, fees, and charges authorized pursuant to section 37(n).
(b) By other income or revenues from whatever source available, including contributions or appropriations of whatever nature, or other revenues of the member municipalities of the joint agency.
(c) By grants, loans, or contributions from federal, state, or other governmental units, and grants, contributions, gifts, bequests, or other devices from public or private sources.
(d) By the proceeds of taxes, special assessments, or charges imposed pursuant to law by member municipalities of the joint agency, then returned or paid to the joint agency pursuant to law or contract.
History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977

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