Terms Used In Michigan Laws 484.1313

  • 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.
  • Public agency: means a village, township, charter township, or city within the state and any special purpose district located in whole or in part within the state. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
     A 9-1-1 system implemented pursuant to this act shall be terminated only if each public agency, all or part of which was included within the 9-1-1 service district of the final 9-1-1 service plan, withdraws its entire jurisdiction from the 9-1-1 service district pursuant to section 505.