HOUSE BILL No. 5750

June 9, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Pscholka and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1855 PA 105, entitled

 

"An act to regulate the disposition of the surplus funds in the

state treasury; to provide for the deposit of surplus funds in

certain financial institutions; to lend surplus funds pursuant to

loan agreements secured by certain commercial, agricultural, or

industrial real and personal property; to authorize the loan of

surplus funds to certain municipalities; to authorize the

participation in certain loan programs; to authorize an

appropriation; and to prescribe the duties of certain state

agencies,"

 

by amending section 1 (MCL 21.141), as amended by 2015 PA 116.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) The state treasurer shall make a loan from surplus

 

funds to an eligible municipality, as municipality is defined in

 

section 1 of the emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL

 

141.931, if the loan is approved under the emergency municipal loan

 

act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141.931 to 141.942.

 

     (2) A loan made under subsection (1) shall comply with the

 

requirements of the emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL


141.931 to 141.942, relating to the terms, conditions, rate of

 

interest, and amount of the loan.

 

     (3) Upon approval of a loan by the board and execution of a

 

note of indebtedness to this state by an authorized representative

 

of the municipality, including, but not limited to, an emergency

 

manager for the municipality if the municipality is in receivership

 

under the local financial stability and choice act, 2012 PA 436,

 

MCL 141.1541 to 141.1575, the state treasurer shall issue a warrant

 

to the municipality in an amount equal to the amount of the loan.

 

     (4) For state fiscal years beginning before October 1, 2011,

 

the total amount of loans made from surplus funds pursuant to this

 

section in any 1 state fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000,000.00

 

plus the amount of any loans authorized by section 3(2) of the

 

emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141.933. For state

 

fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2018, the total amount

 

of loans made from surplus funds pursuant to this section in any 1

 

state fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000.00 plus the amount

 

of any loans authorized by section 3(2) of the emergency municipal

 

loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141.933, with no loan to a single

 

municipality exceeding $4,000,000.00 in a state fiscal year. For

 

the period beginning on October 1, 2011 and ending on September 30,

 

2018, loans made from surplus funds pursuant to this section may

 

include both of the following:

 

     (a) Loans loans to municipalities other than school districts

 

in amounts authorized under section 3(1)(a) 3(1) of the emergency

 

municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141.933.

 

     (b) Loans to school districts in amounts authorized under


section 3(1)(b) of the emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243,

 

MCL 141.933.

 

     (5) The state treasurer may sell, assign, transfer, or

 

repurchase loans made from surplus funds under this section or from

 

the proceeds of the sale, assignment, or transfer of a loan under

 

section 6a of the emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL

 

141.936a. The state treasurer shall use surplus funds to repurchase

 

a loan under this subsection.

 

     (6) As used in this section, "board" means the local emergency

 

financial assistance loan board created pursuant to the emergency

 

municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141.931 to 141.942.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5749 (request no.

 

06071'16) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.