Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.1955

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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 sum of $990,000.00 from the appropriation made for the technology based innovation and development fund by Act No. 30 of the Public Acts of 1981 to the department of management and budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, is hereby transferred from the department of management and budget to the department of commerce to establish the state research fund.