Terms Used In Michigan Laws 31.9

  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • 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 notices to the secretary of state provided for in this act shall be in writing and signed and sworn to by the designating authority. The secretary of state shall inform the governor, the director of the state office of civil defense, the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate and all emergency interim successors of all the designations, removals and changes. The clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate shall publish the notices of designations, removals and changes in the journals of their respective houses, and shall publish therein a complete list of all current designations at the beginning of each legislative session.