Sec. 9.

(1) The authority may issue from time to time authority bonds or notes in the principal amounts the authority considers necessary to provide funds for any purposes including, but not limited to, the making of loans; the payment, funding, or refunding of the principal of, interest on, or redemption premiums on bonds or notes issued by the authority whether the bonds or notes or interest to be funded or refunded have or have not become due; the establishment or increase of reserves to secure or to pay authority bonds or notes or interest on those bonds or notes; the payment of interest on the bonds or notes for a period as the authority determines; the funding of a state match requirement for a capitalization grant or to reimburse an advance for that state match requirement; and the payment of all other costs or expenses of the authority incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers.

(2) The bonds or notes of the authority shall not be a general obligation of the authority but shall be payable solely from the revenues or funds, or both, pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes as provided in the bond or note authorizing resolution. Authority bonds or notes may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the United States, this state, a governmental unit, or any person, firm, or corporation, or by a pledge of income or revenues, funds, or money of the authority from any source whatsoever.

(3) Bonds or notes of the authority shall be authorized by resolution of the authority and may be issued in 1 or more series and shall bear the date or dates of issuance; mature at the time or times not exceeding 50 years from the date of their issue; provide sinking fund payments; bear interest at a fixed or variable rate or rates of interest per annum or at no interest; be in the denomination or denominations; be in the form, either coupon or registered; carry the conversion or registration privileges; have the rank or priority; be executed in the manner; be payable from the sources in the medium of payment at the place or places within or without this state; and be subject to redemption at the option of the authority or the holder and with the terms and redemption premiums as the resolution provides.

(4) If a member of the board, the executive director of the authority, or an officer of the authority whose signature or facsimile of a signature appears on a note, bond, or coupon ceases to be a member, executive director, or officer before the delivery of that note or bond, the signature shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if the member, executive director, or officer had remained in office until the delivery.

(5) Bonds or notes of the authority may be sold at public or private sale at the time or times, at the price or prices, and at a discount as the authority determines. An authority bond or note is not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

(6) The issuance of bonds and notes under this act is subject to the agency financing reporting act.

(7) For the purpose of more effectively managing its debt service, the authority may enter into an interest rate exchange or swap, hedge, or similar agreement with respect to its bonds or notes on the terms and payable from the sources and with the security, if any, as determined by a resolution of the authority.

History: 1985, Act 227, Eff. Mar. 31, 1986 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 316, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 386, Imd. Eff. May 30, 2002