MUNICIPAL LIGHTING AUTHORITY ACT (EXCERPT)September 16th, 2021
FiledSeptember 16th, 2021Sec. 25. (1) An authority and the local government comprising the authority may enter into a contract providing for the construction, acquisition, improvement, enlargement, or extension of a lighting system, including the payment of engineering, legal, and financing expenses in connection with the lighting system, and after the establishment of the initial service rates and the execution of contracts for the provision of construction services, purchase of power, and other related activities within the corporate limits of the authority. Contracts shall provide for the rates and charges for the local government. The local government may pledge its full faith and credit for the payment of the obligation in the manner and times specified in the contract. If the local government makes this pledge, it may include in its annual tax levy an amount sufficient so the estimated collections from the tax levy will be sufficient to promptly pay when due the portion of the obligation falling due befo