Terms Used In Michigan Laws 388.1865d

  • 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
  • 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.
  Each public university that receives an appropriation in section 236 is encouraged to enter into a memorandum of understanding with at least 1 local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction on or around campus for the communication and coordination of responses to incidents of sexual assault.