Michigan Laws 460.1327 – Circuit courts; jurisdiction; right to appeal
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.1327
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Applicant: means a wireless provider that submits an application described in this act. See Michigan Laws 460.1303
- 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.
- Municipally owned electric utility: means a system owned by a municipality or combination of municipalities to furnish power or light and includes a cooperative electric utility that, on or after the effective date of this act, acquired all or substantially all of the assets of a municipal electric utility, when applying this act to the former territory of the municipal electric utility. See Michigan Laws 460.1307
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
The circuit court has jurisdiction to determine all disputes arising under this act. Venue lies in the judicial circuit where the authority or municipally owned electric utility is located. In addition to its right to appeal to the circuit court, an applicant may elect, at its sole discretion, to appeal a determination under the act to an authority, if the authority has an appeal process to render a decision expeditiously.