Terms Used In Michigan Laws 12.210

  • 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.
  • Forensic laboratory: means a laboratory maintained by the department of state police or a municipality that meets all of the following criteria:
    (i) Has at least 1 regularly employed forensic scientist who conducts analyses of controlled substances or androgenic anabolic steroids for criminal justice agencies in criminal matters, and provides testimony with respect to those analyses. See Michigan Laws 12.202
  • 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
  •      The department of state police or the department of treasury, as applicable, shall report annually to the governor and to the house and senate appropriations committees the amount received and appropriated in the fiscal year pursuant to this act, the amount expended pursuant to appropriations, and the balance in the state forensic laboratory fund.