Definitions. The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
  (a) “Housing commission” shall mean any housing commission now or hereafter created pursuant to Act No. 18 of the Public Acts of the extra session of 1933, as amended.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.603

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  (b) “Housing authority” shall mean any housing authority organized as a body corporate and politic which is created or authorized to be created by any law of this state now in force or hereafter enacted.
  (c) “Housing project” shall mean any work or undertaking of a city or incorporated village or housing commission pursuant to Act No. 18 of the Public Acts of the extra session of 1933, as amended, or any similar work or undertaking of a housing authority or of the federal government.
  (d) “State public body” shall mean any city, town, incorporated village, county, metropolitan district, or other subdivision or public body of the state.
  (e) “Governing body” shall mean the council, board of commissioners, board, or other body having charge of the fiscal affairs of the state public body.
  (f) “Federal government” shall mean the United States of America, the federal emergency administration of public works, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.
  (g) An “agreement” of a city, incorporated village or county authorized by this act shall, with respect to a housing project to be constructed by the housing commission created for such city, incorporated village or county, mean a resolution or resolutions of the governing body of such city, incorporated village or county, setting forth the action to be taken or the matter determined. Such resolutions shall be deemed to be agreements made for the benefit of the holders of bonds then outstanding or thereafter issued in connection with such project and for the benefit of any person, firm, corporation, state public body or the federal government which has agreed or thereafter agrees to make a grant or annual contribution for or in aid of such project.