Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 440 > Act 174 of 1962 > Article 9 > Part EFFECTIVE - Date and Repealer

• Administrative authority: means the state or local official responsible for the administration and enforcement of this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1351
• Aeronautics: means any act or matter that treats or deals with flight in the airspace. See Michigan Laws 259.2
• Aircraft: means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Michigan Laws 259.2
• Airport: means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft, and includes the buildings and facilities, if any, on that location. See Michigan Laws 259.2
• Airport manager: means any individual who is properly appointed and designated by the airport owner as the airport manager, and who is responsible for the supervision and operation of the airport to the airport owner. See Michigan Laws 259.2
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Barrier free design: means those architectural designs which eliminate the type of barriers and hindrances that deter physically limited persons from having access to and free mobility in and around a building, structure, or improved area. See Michigan Laws 125.1351
• Building: means a building as defined in section 2 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 125.1351
• Commission: means the Michigan aeronautics commission. See Michigan Laws 259.3
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the state transportation department, bureau of aeronautics. See Michigan Laws 259.3
• Director: means the deputy director of the department, bureau of aeronautics who is the director of the Michigan aeronautics commission. See Michigan Laws 259.3
• Document: means a document of title or a receipt of the type described in section 7201(2). See Michigan Laws 440.9102
• Document of title: means a record that in the regular course of business or financing is treated as adequately evidencing that the person in possession or control of the record is entitled to receive, control, hold, and dispose of the record and the goods the record covers and that purports to be issued by or addressed to a bailee and to cover goods in the bailee's possession which are either identified or are fungible portions of an identified mass. See Michigan Laws 440.1201
• Facility used by the public: means a building, structure, or improved area utilized for purposes of education, employment, housing other than a privately owned 1 or 2 family dwelling, transportation, or recreation and for the purchase, rental, or acquisition of goods or services. See Michigan Laws 125.1351
• Improved area: includes parking lots, harbors, parks, beaches, public telephones, and drinking fountains. See Michigan Laws 125.1351
• 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.
• Landing field: means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.6
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 259.7
• Physically limited: means a temporary or permanent impairment or condition which causes a person to use a wheelchair; causes a person to walk with difficulty or insecurity; affects sight or hearing to the extent that a person is insecure or exposed to danger; or causes faulty coordination or reduces mobility, flexibility, coordination, or perceptiveness; and means persons who are limited in ambulation. See Michigan Laws 125.1351
• Political subdivision: means a county, city, village, or township of this state, and any other political subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this state that is or may be authorized by law to acquire, establish, construct, maintain, improve, and operate airports, landing fields, and other aeronautical facilities. See Michigan Laws 259.7
• Public facility: means a building, structure, or improved area utilized for purposes of education, employment, housing other than a privately owned 1 or 2 family dwelling, transportation, or recreation and for the purchase, rental, or acquisition of goods or services, which is not a facility used by the public as defined in subdivision (d), and which is: