Michigan Laws > Chapter 408 > Act 225 of 1966 – Carnival-Amusement Safety Act of 1966
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- Carnival or amusement ride: means a device that carries or conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- 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.
- Hobby: means an interest or activity that an individual pursues without compensation in his or her leisure time. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Law clerk: Assist judges with research and drafting of opinions.
- Operator: means a person who controls the operation of a carnival or amusement ride. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Owner: means any person who owns or leases and controls or manages the operation of a carnival or amusement ride, and includes an individual, partnership, corporation, both profit and nonprofit, or the state and any of its political subdivisions and their departments or agencies. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- rider of a carnival or amusement ride: means an individual who is waiting in the immediate vicinity of a carnival or amusement ride to get on the carnival or amusement ride, getting on a carnival or amusement ride, using a carnival or amusement ride, getting off a carnival or amusement ride, or leaving a carnival or amusement ride and is still in the immediate vicinity of the carnival or amusement ride. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Serious injury: means a physical injury that is not necessarily permanent, but that constitutes serious bodily disfigurement or that seriously impairs the functioning of a body organ or limb. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Sign: means any symbol or language that is reasonably calculated to communicate information to a rider or the rider's parent or guardian, including placards, prerecorded messages, live public address, stickers, pictures, pictograms, video, verbal information, and visual signals. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.