12-105a.Uniform procedure for payment of claims and other indebtedness
by municipalities; definitions.
As used in this act and the act of which this section is amendatory,
the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them herein, unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Municipality" means and includes county, township, city, school
district of whatever name or nature, community junior college, municipal
university, city, county or district hospital, drainage district,
cemetery district, fire district, and
other political subdivision or taxing unit, and including their boards,
bureaus, commissions, committees and other agencies, such as, but not
limited to, library board, park board, recreation commission, hospital
board of trustees having power to create indebtedness and make payment
of the same independently of the parent unit.
(b) "Governing body" means and includes the board of county
commissioners, the governing body of a city, the township board
(trustee, clerk and treasurer), board of education or other governing
body of a school district, board of trustees of a community junior
college, board of regents of a municipal university, the body of a
special district (such as a drainage, cemetery, fire or other) which has
the power to create indebtedness and is charged with the duty of paying
the same, and the board, bureau, commission, committee or other body of
an independent agency of a parent unit.
(c) "Claim" means the document relating to and stating an amount
owing to the claimant by a municipality for material or service
furnished to the municipality, or some action taken by or for the
municipality and for which the municipality may or may not be
responsible in a liquidated or an unliquidated amount. A claim is
liquidated when the amount due or to become due is made certain by
agreement of the parties or is fixed by law.
(d) "Warrant" means an instrument ordering the treasurer of a
municipality to pay out of a designated fund a specified sum to a named
person or party who or which has filed a claim against the municipality.
(e) "Check" means an ordinary check drawn on a depository bank of a
municipality by the treasurer of such municipality and payable to the
holder of a warrant or warrants issued by the municipality.
(f) "Warrant check" means a combination of warrant and check. It is
a negotiable instrument which orders a depository bank to pay to the
order of the payee therein named. A warrant check authorizes the bank
upon which drawn to charge the municipality's account with the amount
stated therein.
(g) For the purposes of this act the term "audit" shall be construed
to mean to examine and render an opinion as to allowance or rejection in
whole or in part.
History: L. 1968, ch. 375, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 67, § 2; L. 1979,
ch. 186, § 17;
L. 2007, ch. 171, § 5; May 17.
12-105a.Uniform procedure for payment of claims and other indebtedness
by municipalities; definitions.
As used in this act and the act of which this section is amendatory,
the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them herein, unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Municipality" means and includes county, township, city, school
district of whatever name or nature, community junior college, municipal
university, city, county or district hospital, drainage district,
cemetery district, fire district, and
other political subdivision or taxing unit, and including their boards,
bureaus, commissions, committees and other agencies, such as, but not
limited to, library board, park board, recreation commission, hospital
board of trustees having power to create indebtedness and make payment
of the same independently of the parent unit.
(b) "Governing body" means and includes the board of county
commissioners, the governing body of a city, the township board
(trustee, clerk and treasurer), board of education or other governing
body of a school district, board of trustees of a community junior
college, board of regents of a municipal university, the body of a
special district (such as a drainage, cemetery, fire or other) which has
the power to create indebtedness and is charged with the duty of paying
the same, and the board, bureau, commission, committee or other body of
an independent agency of a parent unit.
(c) "Claim" means the document relating to and stating an amount
owing to the claimant by a municipality for material or service
furnished to the municipality, or some action taken by or for the
municipality and for which the municipality may or may not be
responsible in a liquidated or an unliquidated amount. A claim is
liquidated when the amount due or to become due is made certain by
agreement of the parties or is fixed by law.
(d) "Warrant" means an instrument ordering the treasurer of a
municipality to pay out of a designated fund a specified sum to a named
person or party who or which has filed a claim against the municipality.
(e) "Check" means an ordinary check drawn on a depository bank of a
municipality by the treasurer of such municipality and payable to the
holder of a warrant or warrants issued by the municipality.
(f) "Warrant check" means a combination of warrant and check. It is
a negotiable instrument which orders a depository bank to pay to the
order of the payee therein named. A warrant check authorizes the bank
upon which drawn to charge the municipality's account with the amount
stated therein.
(g) For the purposes of this act the term "audit" shall be construed
to mean to examine and render an opinion as to allowance or rejection in
whole or in part.
History: L. 1968, ch. 375, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 67, § 2; L. 1979,
ch. 186, § 17;
L. 2007, ch. 171, § 5; May 17.
12-105a.Uniform procedure for payment of claims and other indebtedness
by municipalities; definitions.
As used in this act and the act of which this section is amendatory,
the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them herein, unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Municipality" means and includes county, township, city, school
district of whatever name or nature, community junior college, municipal
university, city, county or district hospital, drainage district,
cemetery district, fire district, and
other political subdivision or taxing unit, and including their boards,
bureaus, commissions, committees and other agencies, such as, but not
limited to, library board, park board, recreation commission, hospital
board of trustees having power to create indebtedness and make payment
of the same independently of the parent unit.
(b) "Governing body" means and includes the board of county
commissioners, the governing body of a city, the township board
(trustee, clerk and treasurer), board of education or other governing
body of a school district, board of trustees of a community junior
college, board of regents of a municipal university, the body of a
special district (such as a drainage, cemetery, fire or other) which has
the power to create indebtedness and is charged with the duty of paying
the same, and the board, bureau, commission, committee or other body of
an independent agency of a parent unit.
(c) "Claim" means the document relating to and stating an amount
owing to the claimant by a municipality for material or service
furnished to the municipality, or some action taken by or for the
municipality and for which the municipality may or may not be
responsible in a liquidated or an unliquidated amount. A claim is
liquidated when the amount due or to become due is made certain by
agreement of the parties or is fixed by law.
(d) "Warrant" means an instrument ordering the treasurer of a
municipality to pay out of a designated fund a specified sum to a named
person or party who or which has filed a claim against the municipality.
(e) "Check" means an ordinary check drawn on a depository bank of a
municipality by the treasurer of such municipality and payable to the
holder of a warrant or warrants issued by the municipality.
(f) "Warrant check" means a combination of warrant and check. It is
a negotiable instrument which orders a depository bank to pay to the
order of the payee therein named. A warrant check authorizes the bank
upon which drawn to charge the municipality's account with the amount
stated therein.
(g) For the purposes of this act the term "audit" shall be construed
to mean to examine and render an opinion as to allowance or rejection in
whole or in part.
History: L. 1968, ch. 375, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 67, § 2; L. 1979,
ch. 186, § 17;
L. 2007, ch. 171, § 5; May 17.