{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-110.3","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 110.3","heading":"Tax revenues; division into funds.","body":"Sec. 3.\n\nThe revenues raised by general tax upon all the property in the city or by loan to be repaid by a general tax shall be divided into so many of the following general funds as are necessary:\n\nContingent fund, for the contingent and other expenses of the city for the payment of which from some other fund no provision is made.\n\nFire department fund, for purchasing grounds, erecting engine houses on the grounds, purchasing engines and other fire apparatus, and other expenses necessary to maintain the fire department of the city.\n\nGeneral street fund, for opening, widening, extending, altering, vacating, grading, paving, curbing, graveling, improving, repairing, and clearing the streets, alleys, and public grounds of the city and for the construction, maintenance, and repair of sidewalks and crosswalks.\n\nGeneral sewer fund, for sewers, drains, ditches, and drainage and for the improvement of watercourses.\n\nBridge fund, for the construction and maintenance of bridges.\n\nWater fund, for maintaining and extending a system of waterworks, constructing reservoirs and cisterns, and providing other supplies of water.\n\nPublic building fund, for providing for public buildings; for the purchase of land for public buildings; and for the erection, preservation, and repair of public buildings that the council is authorized to erect and maintain and that are not otherwise provided for in this act.\n\nPolice fund, for the maintenance of the police of the city and for the arrest of or issuance of citations to persons violating the ordinances of the city and the imposition of sanctions on those persons.\n\nCemetery fund.\n\nInterest and sinking fund, for the payment of the principal of and interest on the public debt of the city.\n\nPark fund, for the purchase of grounds for public parks and the maintenance and improvement of public parks.\n\nLight fund, for the construction, purchase, and maintenance of lights.\n\nOther funds that the council may constitute.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 81","Act Act-215-of-1895"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-110-3","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"fce8cf0446d30052630696ff2d72359352996ba3b433b13cd5e3aad72eec74c0","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-110.28","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-110.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}