Michigan Laws 483.151 – Definitions
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As used in this act:
(a) “Commission” means the public service commission.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 483.151
- Commission: means the public service commission. See Michigan Laws 483.151
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Gas: means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas that is toxic or corrosive. See Michigan Laws 483.151
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Transportation of gas: means the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline or the storage of gas. See Michigan Laws 483.151
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) “Gas” means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas that is toxic or corrosive.
(c) “Person” means an individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, municipality, cooperative association, or joint stock association, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of such an entity.
(d) “Pipeline facilities” includes, but is not limited to, new and existing pipeline rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas during the course of transportation.
(e) “Transportation of gas” means the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline or the storage of gas. Transportation of gas does not include the gathering of gas in rural locations that lie outside the limits of an incorporated or unincorporated city, town, village, or other designated residential or commercial area such as a subdivision, business or shopping center, community development, or similar populated area that the commission may define as a nonrural area. Transportation of gas includes gathering lines located in or occupying the property of schools, hospitals, churches, parks, or similar public places.