Sec. 18.
(1) The municipal and county treasurers shall transmit tax increment revenues to the authority.
(2) The authority shall expend the tax increment revenues received for the development program only under the terms of the tax increment financing plan. Unused funds shall revert proportionately to the respective taxing bodies. Tax increment revenues shall not be used to circumvent existing property tax limitations. The governing body of the municipality may abolish the tax increment financing plan if it finds that the purposes for which it was established are accomplished. However, the tax increment financing plan shall not be abolished until the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued under section 19 have been paid or funds sufficient to make the payment have been segregated.
(3) Annually the authority shall submit to the governing body of the municipality and the state tax commission a report on the status of the tax increment financing account. The report shall include the following:
(a) The amount and source of revenue in the account.
(b) The amount in any bond reserve account.
(c) The amount and purpose of expenditures from the account.
(d) The amount of principal and interest on any outstanding bonded indebtedness.
(e) The initial assessed value of the project area.
(f) The captured assessed value retained by the authority.
(g) The tax increment revenues received.
(h) The number of public facilities developed.
(i) The amount of public housing created or improved.
(j) The number of jobs created as a result of the implementation of the tax increment financing plan.
(k) Any additional information the governing body considers necessary.
History: 2004, Act 530, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
Last modified: October 10, 2016