§ 46.1 County board of commissioners; meetings; time; place; conducting business at public meeting; closed sessions; notice of meetings
§ 46.1a Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities
§ 46.2 Board of supervisors; authority to offer rewards; appointment of county paid attendants and county jail attendants; compensation; bonds
§ 46.3 County board of commissioners; quorum; voting; electrical roll call system; electing chairperson and vice-chairperson; powers and duties of chairperson; signing documents; eligibility of member for ot
§ 46.3a Recording names and votes of members; exception; public inspection of record
§ 46.4 County clerk; duties as clerk of board of supervisors
§ 46.5 Deposit of books, records, and accounts with clerk; writings available to public; designating amounts audited and allowed, and charges therefor
§ 46.6 Accounts of county treasurer; annual examination by board of supervisors
§ 46.7 Repair of courthouse, jail, and public buildings and offices; financing
§ 46.8 Convicts’ cells; preparation, duty of board of supervisors
§ 46.9 Report of board proceedings; report of receipts and expenditures; annual report; publication; public inspection and copying
§ 46.10 Special meetings; request; notice
§ 46.10b Violation of ordinances; penalty; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime
§ 46.10c Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties
§ 46.11 Powers of county board of commissioners
§ 46.11a Armistice day celebration; appropriation by board of supervisors
§ 46.11b Contract or agreement to purchase lands, property, or equipment; installment payments; limitations
§ 46.11c Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; acquisition by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement
§ 46.11d Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited
§ 46.11e Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act
§ 46.12a Insurance; pension or retirement plan; effect of collective bargaining agreement; reemployment of retirant; adjusted pension or retirement benefit; payment of benefits subject to eligible domestic rel
§ 46.12b Local councils of veterans’ affairs; appropriation by board of supervisors for operation
§ 46.12c Assessment of metallic mining properties; appointment of county representative by board of supervisors; information confidential
§ 46.12d Transfer of functions of governmental unit to county; service credit for retirement benefit purposes
§ 46.12e Transfer of county employee to state; employees’ retirement benefits
§ 46.13 Board of supervisors; division of county into state legislature representative districts
§ 46.13a County purchasing agent and other county representatives, agents and employees; appointment by board of supervisors
§ 46.13b County controller or board of auditors; appointment by board of supervisors, compensation, tenure, removal; controller as chief accounting officer, powers and duties
§ 46.14 Vacating, dividing, or altering township, establishing new township, or organizing or consolidating townships; application; map; certified statement; indebtedness to state; tax levy
§ 46.15 Posting and publishing notice of intended application
§ 46.16 Establishment of new township; designating name, first annual meeting, and electors; powers and duties of electors; conducting business at public meeting; notice and location of first township meeting
§ 46.16a Definitions
§ 46.16b Proceedings for consolidation of 2 or more townships; petition; rejection; return of petition; submission of proposition to vote of electors; date for election
§ 46.16c Notice of date for election and question to be submitted; arrangement for election; form of ballot; election expenses; canvass; return of results; approval of consolidation by resolution; effective da
§ 46.16d Coordinating committee; duty; composition; election of members; eligibility
§ 46.16e Coordinating committee; duties generally
§ 46.16f Ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of affected township
§ 46.16g Succession of consolidated township to property, money, rights, credits, and records, files, books, and papers; rights, liabilities, suits, or prosecutions; tax or assessment
§ 46.16h Bonded indebtedness and pledge of full faith and credit or limited full faith and credit; special assessment district; millage levy
§ 46.16i Charter township; charter; continuation of incorporated village
§ 46.16j Rights of township employees; layoff status; determination of necessary positions; collective bargaining; labor agreements; pension or retirement system; representative of employees or group of employ
§ 46.17 County seat; removal; relocation
§ 46.20 Money raising; referendum, notice, ballots
§ 46.21 Construction of bridges over or across navigable streams; removal of obstructions; enforcement
§ 46.22 Tax levy and remittance to conservation district
§ 46.23 Construction of bridges; petition, contents; notice; proceedings
§ 46.23a Reconstruction, renovation, or replacement of certain bridges; approval exception
§ 46.24 Construction of bridges over unnavigable streams; authority of board of supervisors
§ 46.25 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of state or territorial roads; authority of board of supervisors
§ 46.26 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of roads; petition, road survey, declaration of board of supervisors
§ 46.27 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of roads; road survey minutes, recording
§ 46.28 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of roads; aggrieved landowner, petition, jury trial, proceedings; verdict, notice; apportionment of damages; bond, costs; resubmission
§ 46.29 Board of supervisors; orders, resolutions and determinations; recording
§ 46.30 Interest of member in contract or business transaction prohibited; prohibition inapplicable to appointments and employment
§ 46.30a County board of commissioners; member ineligible for other county appointment or employment; liability for compensation; action for recovery of compensation; disposition of moneys recovered; duty of p
§ 46.30b County board of commissioners; compensation of chairperson; advancing funds to county officer for anticipated expenses; accounting; return of unused funds
§ 46.31 Neglecting or refusing to perform duties; violations; penalties
§ 46.32 Construction of act

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 46 > Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners

  • Absent voter: is a voter who utilizes the process described in section 759. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Absent voter ballot: means a ballot that is issued to a voter through the absentee voter process. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • 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.
  • annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Applicant: means a person who applies for an authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • 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
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Authority: means an authority issued under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Authorized seasonal vehicle: means an authorized vehicle that satisfies both of the following:
  (i) The department has approved the vehicle to be used in service for a contiguous period of time that does not exceed 6 months. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Authorized vehicle: means a vehicle operated by a motor carrier that complies with all requirements of this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
  • 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
  • Bureau: means the bureau of passenger transportation in the department. See Michigan Laws 474.52
  • Bus: means a motor bus as defined in section 3 of the motor bus transportation act, 1982 PA 432, MCL 474. See Michigan Laws 474.31
  • Bus: means a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of 9 or more passengers, including the driver, that is used in the transportation of passengers and their baggage for hire upon any public highway of this state. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Commuter trail: means a trail, lane, path, road, or other right of way on which motorized vehicles are not permitted and which has the primary or substantial purpose and result of providing a means for people to move from 1 location to another. See Michigan Laws 474.52
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Consolidated township: means a general law or charter township formed by the consolidation of 2 or more townships as prescribed by section 16b to 16j. See Michigan Laws 46.16a
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Coordinating committee: means the committee designated and elected as provided in section 16d in connection with a township consolidation. See Michigan Laws 46.16a
  • 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.
  • correctional facility: means a facility or institution which is maintained and operated by the department. See Michigan Laws 791.215
  • County juvenile agency: means that term as defined in section 2 of the county juvenile agency act, 1998 PA 518, MCL 45. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • Court: means the family division of circuit court. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • crime: means that term as defined in section 2. See Michigan Laws 780.811
  • Criminal history record information: means that term as defined in section 1a of 1925 PA 289, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 474.31
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Defendant: means a person charged with or convicted of having committed a serious misdemeanor against a victim. See Michigan Laws 780.811
  • Department: means the state transportation department, the principal department of state government created under section 350 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16. See Michigan Laws 474.52
  • Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Employee: means an individual applying for employment as a bus driver with a transit service provider. See Michigan Laws 474.31
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Environmental health: means an area of activity dealing with the protection of human health through the management, control, and prevention of environmental factors that may adversely affect the health of individuals. See Michigan Laws 333.18401
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Federal acts: means the regional rail reorganization act of 1973, 45 USC 701 to 797m; the railroad revitalization and regulatory reform act of 1976, Public Law 94-210; the local rail service assistance act of 1978, section 5, Public Law 89-670; the staggers rail act of 1980, Public Law 96-448; and the northeast rail service act of 1981, subtitle E title XI, Public Law 97-35. See Michigan Laws 474.52
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Final disposition: means the ultimate termination of the criminal prosecution of a defendant including, but not limited to, dismissal, acquittal, or imposition of a sentence by the court. See Michigan Laws 780.811
  • firearm: except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 8.3t
  • 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.
  • For hire: means for remuneration or reward of any kind, paid or promised, either directly or indirectly. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • 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
  • general November election: means the election held on the November regular election date in an even numbered year. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 or a hospital, psychiatric hospital, or psychiatric unit licensed under the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 333.18501
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • 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
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • 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.
  • Juvenile: means an individual alleged or found to be within the court's jurisdiction under section 2(a)(1) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • Juvenile facility: means a county facility, an institution operated as an agency of the county or the court, or an institution or agency described in the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Medical director: means a physician who is responsible for the quality, safety, appropriateness, and effectiveness of the respiratory care services provided by a respiratory therapist, who assists in quality monitoring, protocol development, and competency validation, and who meets all of the following:
    •   (i) Is the medical director of an inpatient or outpatient respiratory care service or department within a health facility, or of a home care agency, durable medical equipment company, or educational program. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Motor carrier: means a person who, either directly or through any device or arrangement, holds himself or herself out to the public as willing to transport passengers for hire by bus over the public highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k
  • 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.
  • Occupational therapist: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of occupational therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.18301
  • Occupational therapy assistant: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in practice as an occupational therapy assistant. See Michigan Laws 333.18301
  • Offense: means 1 or more of the following:
    •   (i) A violation of a penal law of this state for which a juvenile offender, if convicted as an adult, may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law as a felony. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • Original annual authority: means the first authority applied for and received by a motor carrier under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity, or the lessee, trustee, or receiver of any of these entities; this state; a city, village, township, or county of this state; the federal government; or an employee, officer, or agent of any of these units of government. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Person: means an individual, organization, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • Person: means an individual, organization, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity. See Michigan Laws 780.811
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Physician: means that term as defined in section 17001 and 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Practice of medicine: means that term as defined in section 17001. See Michigan Laws 333.18501
  • Practice of occupational therapy: means the therapeutic use of everyday life occupations and occupational therapy services to aid individuals or groups to participate in meaningful roles and situations in the home, school, workplace, community, and other settings, to promote health and wellness through research and practice, and to serve those individuals or groups who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. See Michigan Laws 333.18301
  • Practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery: means that term as defined in section 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.18501
  • Practice of respiratory care: means the provision of respiratory care services. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Prisoner: means a person who has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for having committed a serious misdemeanor against a victim. See Michigan Laws 780.811
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Prosecuting attorney: means the prosecuting attorney for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in connection with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an attorney for the political subdivision that enacted the ordinance upon which the violation is based. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • Prosecuting attorney: means the prosecuting attorney for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in connection with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an attorney for the political subdivision that enacted the ordinance upon which the violation is based. See Michigan Laws 780.811
  • public: means the part or portion of the general public that the motor carrier is ready, able, willing, and equipped to serve. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Public highway: means a highway, road, street, avenue, alley, or thoroughfare of any kind, or a bridge, tunnel, or subway used by the public. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • qualified elector: as used in this act , means a person who possesses the qualifications of an elector as prescribed in section 1 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 and who has resided in the city or township 30 days. See Michigan Laws 168.10
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recreational trail: means a trail, lane, path, road, or other right of way that because of its scenic, wild, or topographical nature, has as its primary purpose recreational use of the trail itself. See Michigan Laws 474.52
  • Registered sanitarian: means a sanitarian registered in accordance with this article. See Michigan Laws 333.18401
  • Regular election: means an election held on a regular election date to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, elective office in the regular course of the terms of that elective office. See Michigan Laws 168.3
  • Reinstatement authority: means an authority issued to a motor carrier whose original annual authority or original seasonal authority was previously revoked under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Renewal authority: means an authority for the continuation of a prior original annual authority or an original seasonal authority that remained in good standing, or the continuation of a reinstatement authority. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Residence: as used in this act , for registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of lodging. See Michigan Laws 168.11
  • Respiratory care services: means preventative services, diagnostic services, therapeutic services, and rehabilitative services under the written, verbal, or telecommunicated order of a physician to an individual with a disorder, disease, or abnormality of the cardiopulmonary system as diagnosed by a physician. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Roster: means a list of buses to be operated for hire by a motor carrier that is authorized or seeking authorization under this act and that indicates all of the following information:
    •   (i) The vehicle identification number, make, model, fleet number, and year of each vehicle. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Safety inspector: means an individual designated by the department to conduct safety inspections under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Sanitarian: means an individual who has specialized education and experience in the physical, biological, and sanitary sciences as applied to the educational, investigational, and technical duties in the field of environmental health. See Michigan Laws 333.18401
  • School board: means the governing body of a school district, including the board of trustees of a community college. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • School board member: means an individual holding the office of school board member under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • School district: means a school district, a local act school district, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • School district election coordinating committee: means 1 of the following:
    •   (i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, a committee composed of the secretary of the school board or his or her designee, the city or township election commission, and the school district election coordinator. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • School district election coordinator: means 1 of the following:
    •   (i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, the city or township clerk. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
    •   (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • seal: means a seal of high tensile strength that is approved by the secretary of state under section 36. See Michigan Laws 168.14a
  • Serious misdemeanor: means 1 or more of the following:
    •   (i) A violation of section 81 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750. See Michigan Laws 780.811
  • Service: means the movement of passengers by bus. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • Social service technician: means an individual registered under this article who is specially trained to practice only under the supervision of a licensed master's social worker or a licensed bachelor's social worker. See Michigan Laws 333.18501
  • Special election: means an election to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, a partial term in office or to submit a ballot question to the electors. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Street railway: means that term as defined under the nonprofit street railway act, 1867 PA 35, MCL 472. See Michigan Laws 474.52
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Through any device or arrangement: means any and all methods, means, agreements, circumstances, operations, or subterfuges under which a person undertakes for hire to conduct, direct, control, or otherwise perform the transportation of passengers by bus service upon the public highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 474.103
  • Transit service provider: means a public transportation authority formed under any of the following:
    •   (i) 1963 PA 55, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 474.31
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • 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
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Victim: means any of the following:
    •   (i) A person who suffers direct or threatened physical, financial, or emotional harm as a result of the commission of an offense, except as provided in subparagraph (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v). See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • Victim: means any of the following:
    •   (i) An individual who suffers direct or threatened physical, financial, or emotional harm as a result of the commission of a serious misdemeanor, except as provided in subparagraph (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v). See Michigan Laws 780.811
  • Vulnerable population: means children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. See Michigan Laws 474.31