(i) The individual who enters into a Michigan education savings program agreement and establishes an education savings account. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.

Affiliated company: means a company in the same corporate system as a parent, an industrial insured, or a member organization by virtue of common ownership, control, operation, or management. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Affiliated company: means a company in the same corporate system as a parent, by virtue of common ownership, control, operation, or management. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization

Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.

Association: means a legal group of individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, political subdivisions, or groups that has been in continuous existence for at least 1 year and the member organizations of which collectively, or that does itself, own, control, or hold, with power to vote, all of the outstanding voting securities of an association captive insurance company incorporated as a stock insurer or organized as a limited liability company; or has complete voting control over an association captive insurance company organized as a mutual insurer. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}

Board: means the board of directors of the Michigan education trust described in section 10 of the Michigan education trust act, 1986 PA 316, MCL 390. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Captive insurance company: means a pure captive insurance company, association captive insurance company, sponsored captive insurance company, special purpose captive insurance company, or industrial insured captive insurance company authorized under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Controlled unaffiliated business: means a company to which all of the following apply:

    (i) The company is not in the corporate system of a parent and affiliated companies. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

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.

Counterparty: means an SPFC's parent or affiliated company, or, subject to the prior approval of the director, a nonaffiliated company as ceding insurer to the SPFC contract. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102

Designated beneficiary: means the individual designated as the individual whose higher education expenses are expected to be paid from the account. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102

education savings account: means an account established under this act. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}

Eligible educational institution: means that term as defined in section 529 of the internal revenue code or a college, university, community college, or junior college described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or established under section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

Foreign captive: means a captive insurer formed under the laws of the District of Columbia or a state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States other than this state. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}

in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q

Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}

insolvent: means 1 or more of the following:

    (i) That the SPFC is unable to pay its obligations within 30 days after they are due, unless those obligations are the subject of a bona fide dispute. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Insurance holding company system: means 2 or more affiliated persons, 1 or more of which is an insurer. See Michigan Laws 500.115

Insurance securitization: means a package of related risk transfer instruments, capital market offerings, and facilitating administrative agreements by which all of the following apply:

    (i) The proceeds of the sale of SPFC securities are obtained, in a transaction that complies with applicable securities laws, by an SPFC directly through the issuance of the SPFC securities by the SPFC or indirectly through the issuance of preferred securities by the SPFC in exchange for some or all of the proceeds of the sale of SPFC securities by the SPFC's parent, an affiliated company of the SPFC, a counterparty, or a captive LLC. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106

Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}

Internal revenue code: means the United States internal revenue code of 1986 in effect on January 1, 2002 or at the option of the taxpayer, in effect for the current year. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Irrevocable letter of credit: means a letter of credit that meets the description in section 1105(c). See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

Management: means the board of directors, managing board, or other individual or individuals vested with overall responsibility for the management of the affairs of the SPFC, including the election and appointment of officers or other agents to act on behalf of the SPFC. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Management contract: means the contract executed between the treasurer and a program manager. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Member of the family: means a family member as defined in section 529 of the internal revenue code. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Michigan education savings program agreement: means the agreement between the program and an account owner that establishes an education savings account. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Office: means the department. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Office: means the department. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Organizational document: means the SPFC's articles of incorporation, articles of organization, bylaws, operating agreement, or other foundational documents that establish the SPFC as a legal entity or prescribes its existence. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Parent: means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or individual that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote more than 50% of the outstanding voting interests of a company. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Parent: means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or individual that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of an SPFC. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Participant: means an entity as described in section 4667, and any affiliates of the entity, that are insured by a sponsored captive insurance company, if the recovery of the participant is limited through a participant contract to the assets of a protected cell. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Participant contract: means a contract by which a sponsored captive insurance company insures the risks of a participant and limits the recovery of the participant to the assets of a protected cell. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l

plans: means a plan that provides different investment strategies and allows account distributions for qualified higher education expenses. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Preferred securities: means securities, whether stock or debt, issued by an SPFC to the issuer of the SPFC securities in exchange for some or all of the proceeds of the issuance of the SPFC securities. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Program: means the Michigan education savings program established pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Program manager: means an entity selected by the treasurer to act as a manager of 1 or more of the savings plans offered under the program. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Protected cell: means a segregated account established and maintained by a sponsored captive insurance company for 1 participant. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Protected cell: means a segregated account established and maintained by an SPFC for 1 or more SPFC contracts that are part of a single securitization transaction as further provided for in chapter 48. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Pure captive insurance company: means a company that insures risks of its parent, affiliated companies, controlled unaffiliated businesses, or a combination of its parent, affiliated companies, and controlled unaffiliated businesses. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Qualified higher education expenses: means qualified higher education expenses as defined in section 529 of the internal revenue code. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Qualified withdrawal: means a distribution that is not subject to a penalty or an excise tax under section 529 of the internal revenue code, a penalty under this act, or taxation under the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}

Reserves: means that term as used in chapter 8. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Securities: means those different types of debt obligations, equity, surplus certificates, surplus notes, funding agreements, derivatives, and other legal forms of financial instruments. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Securities commissioner: means the securities administrator in the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Service academy: means the United States military academy, United States naval academy, United States air force academy, United States coast guard academy, or United States merchant marine academy. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

SPFC contract: means a contract between the SPFC and the counterparty pursuant to which the SPFC agrees to provide insurance or reinsurance protection to the counterparty for risks associated with the counterparty's insurance or reinsurance business. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

SPFC securities: means the securities issued pursuant to an insurance securitization, the proceeds of which are used in the manner described in subdivision (i). See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Sponsor: means an entity that meets the requirements of section 4665 and is approved by the director to provide all or part of the capital and retained earnings required by applicable law and to organize and operate a sponsored captive insurance company. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

Sponsored captive insurance company: means a captive insurance company in which the minimum capital and retained earnings required by applicable law is provided by 1 or more sponsors, that is authorized under this chapter, that insures the risks of separate participants through the participant contract, and that segregates each participant's liability through 1 or more protected cells. See Michigan Laws 500.4601

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

Third party: means a person unrelated to an SPFC or its counterparty, or both, that has been aggrieved by a decision of a director regarding that SPFC or its activities. See Michigan Laws 500.4701

Treasurer: means the state treasurer. See Michigan Laws 390.1472

Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o