Terms Used In Michigan Laws 14.255

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
   Every trustee subject to this act who has received property for charitable purposes shall register and file with the attorney general, within 2 months after receiving possession or control of such property, a copy of the instrument providing for his title, powers or duties, an inventory of the assets of the charitable trust. If any part of the assets, income or principal of a presently existing charitable trust is authorized or required to be applied to a charitable purpose at the time this act takes effect, the filing shall be made within 3 months thereafter. If an amendment to this act first creates a duty to file, then the trustee shall register and make such filing within 3 months after the effective date of the amendment.