Michigan Laws 12.41 – Auditor general’s powers and duties as to warrants, garnishments; transfer to state treasurer
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 12.41
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- 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.
- 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
All powers and duties now vested by law in the auditor general with respect to the drawing and issuing of warrants are hereby transferred to and vested in the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall be vested with full authority to draw, issue or cause to issue warrants with reference to all matters as have heretofore been vested in the auditor general. The state treasurer is hereby vested with all the powers, duties, functions, responsibilities and jurisdiction now or hereafter conferred on the auditor general with respect to actions in garnishment. Whenever any reference is made in the laws of this state to the auditor general with respect to warrants, and with respect to actions in garnishment, such reference shall be deemed intended to be made to the state treasurer. The powers and duties of the auditor general with respect to drawing and issuing of warrants and with respect to actions in garnishment shall be terminated upon the effective date of this act.