Terms Used In Michigan Laws 484.1507

  • 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
  • Service supplier: means a person providing a communication service to a service user in this state. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
   This act shall not be construed to prohibit a public agency or a county from contracting with a service supplier for 9-1-1 service within all or part of the jurisdiction of the public agency or county and paying for such service directly from the funds of the public agency or county.