Michigan § 259.627 - Airport authority board; preparation, contents, and adoption of budget; determining fair and equitable share of each county, city, and township; appropriation by village; payment of sums certified by board; liability; reports.

Not later than April 1 of each year the airport authority board shall prepare a budget containing an itemized statement of the estimated current expenses and the expenses for capital outlay, including the amount necessary to pay the principal and interest of any outstanding bonds or other obligations of the authority maturing during the ensuing fiscal year or which have previously matured and are unpaid, and an estimate of the estimated revenue of the airport authority from all sources for the ensuing fiscal year. Airport authorities consisting only of 2 or more counties shall have until September 1 of each year to prepare this budget. The board shall adopt such budget as shall be deemed necessary and shall ascertain what appropriations are required from the several counties, cities, townships, and villages to meet their respective shares of the amount of the budget in excess of the estimated revenues.

In determining the fair and equitable share of each county, city, and township, the board shall establish the ratio that the state equalized valuation of each for the year in which the appropriation is required bears to the total state equalized valuation for the year in which the appropriation is required of all the counties, cities, and townships included in the airport authority and use the applicable ratio in determining the amount of appropriation required from a county, city, or township. Any village included in the airport authority shall appropriate its proportionate share of the amount apportioned to the township in which it is located, and in determining the division between the township and village, the amount of their respective state equalized valuations for the year the appropriation is required shall be used as the basis for the determination. The board shall certify to each participating county, city, township, and village the amount to be raised by them, and the respective counties, cities, townships, and villages shall include such amounts in their next ensuing budgets and shall pay the amounts so certified from any funds they have available or from the proceeds of a tax which they are authorized to levy, in an amount sufficient therefor, but not exceeding 1 mill. Payment of sums so certified shall be due and payable to the airport authority 120 days subsequent to the date upon which local taxes become due and payable in counties, cities, villages, and townships participating in the airport authority. Each county, city, township, and village shall be liable for the amount so certified.

The board shall also render to each participating county, city, township, and village, on each July 1, during the operation of the airport a certified report of the operation of the airport. Each report shall state the condition of the finances, the amount of money expended, and the money received from all sources. The board shall also file a copy of the report with the department of treasury together with any other information the department of treasury may require. Within 30 days after the formation of any new airport authority, and annually on July 1 thereafter, the airport authority board shall file with the secretary of state a report as the secretary of state may require, showing the date of formation, the names of the member communities, and any other information as the report may call for.