Underground storage tank authority; creation; handling of funds.

Sec. 21523. The underground storage tank authority is created as a body corporate within the department and shall exercise its prescribed statutory power, financial duties, and financial functions independently of the director of the department or any other department. Funds of the authority shall be handled in the same manner and subject to the same provisions of law applicable to state funds or in a manner specified in a resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes.