Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 123 > Act 84 of 2008 - Local Government Filming Location Access Act

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Community college: means an educational institution providing collegiate and noncollegiate level education primarily to individuals above the twelfth grade age level within commuting distance. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• Film: means single media or multimedia entertainment content for distribution or exhibition to the general public by any means and media in any digital media format, film, or videotape, including, but not limited to, a motion picture, documentary, a television series, a television miniseries, a television special, interstitial television programming, long-form television, interactive television, music videos, interactive games, video games, commercials, internet programming, an internet video, a sound recording, a video, digital animation, or an interactive website. See Michigan Laws 123.1193
• film office: means the office created under chapter 2A of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 123.1193
• in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
• Local unit of government: means a political subdivision of this state, including, but not limited to, a county, city, village, township, district, local authority, intergovernmental authority, or intergovernmental entity. See Michigan Laws 123.1193
• Michigan election law: means the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• Obscene matter or an obscene performance: means matter described in 1984 PA 343, MCL 752. See Michigan Laws 123.1193
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Regular election: means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• School district: means a school district, a local act school district, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• School district filing official: means the school district election coordinator as defined in section 4 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• Special election: means that term as defined in section 4 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o