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- accumulated contributions: means the amounts deducted from the compensations of a member of a reciprocal retirement system and credited to his individual account in the system, together with interest, if any, credited thereon. See Michigan Laws 38.1102
- Alcoholic liquor: means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436. See Michigan Laws 333.13101
- 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.
- Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- 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 the person who submits an application for a body art facility license under this part and includes the owner or operator, an agent of the owner or operator, or any other person operating under the apparent authority of the owner or operator of a body art facility that is required to be licensed under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.13101
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Approved: means acceptable to the department. See Michigan Laws 333.13301
- Approved laboratory: means a laboratory that has been evaluated by the department and is approved to perform tests on manufacturing milk and milk products. See Michigan Laws 288.570
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Body art facility: means the location at which an individual does 1 or more of the following:
(i) Performs tattooing. See Michigan Laws 333.13101Body piercing: means the perforation of human tissue other than an ear for a nonmedical purpose. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 Branding: means a permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 Bulk milk pickup tanker: means a vehicle including a truck, tank, and those appurtenances necessary for its use used by a bulk milk hauler/sampler to transport bulk raw milk for pasteurization from a dairy farm to a dairy plant, receiving station, or transfer station. See Michigan Laws 288.571 Cheese: means natural cheeses, processed cheeses, blended cheeses, cheese foods, cheese spreads, nonstandard cheese products, and related foods described in 21 C. See Michigan Laws 288.571 Chief administrative official: means the manager or other highest nonelected administrative official of a city or village. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Chief elected official: means the mayor of a city, the president of a village, the supervisor of a township, or, subject to section 5, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners of a county. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Controlled substance: means that term as defined in section 7104. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 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. Dairy animal: means any domesticated lactating mammal, including a cow, goat, sheep, water buffalo, or other hooved mammal, which is managed and milked to obtain milk for human consumption. See Michigan Laws 288.572 Dairy farm: means any place or premises where 1 or more dairy animals are kept for milking purposes, and from which a part or all of the milk is provided, sold, or offered for sale. See Michigan Laws 288.572 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Department: means the Michigan department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 288.572 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Director: means the director of the Michigan department of agriculture or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 288.572 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Donor: The person who makes a gift. Dry cleaning: includes dry dyeing and means the process of removing dirt, grease, paints, and other stains from wearing apparel, textiles, fabrics, and rugs by use of nonaqueous liquid solvents, including:
(i) Immersion and agitation in open vessels. See Michigan Laws 333.13301Dry dyeing: means the process of dyeing clothes or other fabrics of textiles in a solution of dye colors and nonaqueous solvents. See Michigan Laws 333.13301 Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Farm tank: means the farm bulk milk tank, milk tank truck, or silo used for the storage or cooling of milk, or both, before pickup and transport from the farm. See Michigan Laws 288.573 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Final average salary: means the salary or the average of salaries used in computing a retirement allowance, as set forth in the retirement system plan. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Governmental unit: means the state to the extent the employees of the state are covered under an applicable state unit; and any municipal unit. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and x-rays, alpha particles, beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons, high speed ions, and other high speed nuclear particles. See Michigan Laws 333.13501 Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article conforming to a requirement imposed under this act that any word, statement, or other information appearing on the label also appears on the outside container or wrapper of the retail package of the article or be easily legible through the outside container or wrapper. See Michigan Laws 288.573 Legislative body: means the county board of commissioners of a county, the board of trustees of a township, or the council or other elected governing body of a city or village. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Licensee: means the person who is the holder of a license under this part or the person who is legally responsible for the operation of a body art facility and includes the owner or operator, an agent of the owner or operator, or any other person operating under the apparent authority of the owner or operator of a body art facility that is required to be licensed under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors. Local governing entity: means that term as defined in section 2406. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 local unit: means a county or municipality. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Mammography: means radiography of the breast for the purpose of enabling a physician to determine the presence, size, location, and extent of cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue in the breast. See Michigan Laws 333.13501 Master plan: means either of the following:
(i) As provided in section 81(1), any plan adopted or amended before September 1, 2008 under a planning act repealed under section 85. See Michigan Laws 125.3803Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of 1 or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other dairy animals. See Michigan Laws 288.574 Milk buyer: means any milk producer, milk producer marketing organization, dairy plant, receiving station, transfer station, or bulk milk hauler that either takes delivery of raw milk or a raw milk product or manages the sale of the raw milk or raw milk product, or both. See Michigan Laws 288.574 Milk tank truck: means both a bulk milk pickup tanker and a milk transport tank. See Michigan Laws 288.574 Milk transportation company: means the company that is the person responsible for a milk tank truck. See Michigan Laws 288.574 Minor: means an individual under 18 years of age who is not emancipated under section 4 of 1968 PA 293, MCL 722. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. municipal: means or refers to a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Municipal unit: means a county, city, village, township or school district of the first class; any separate corporation or instrumentality established by 1 or more counties, cities or villages, as permitted by law; any corporation or instrumentality supported in most part by counties, cities and villages, or any of them; any public corporation charged by law with the performance of a governmental function and whose jurisdiction is coextensive with 1 or more counties, cities and villages. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose. Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Offering for sale: means selling, offering to sell, holding for sale, preparing for sale, trading, bartering, offering as a gift as an inducement for sale of, and advertising for sale in any media. See Michigan Laws 288.576 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. 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. Person: means a person as defined in section 1106 or a governmental entity. See Michigan Laws 333.13301 Person: means a person as defined in section 1106 or a governmental entity. See Michigan Laws 333.13501 Person: means an individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, cooperative, association, firm, trustee, educational institution, state or local government unit, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 288.576 person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Planning commission: means either of the following, as applicable:
(i) A planning commission created pursuant to section 11(1). See Michigan Laws 125.3803Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court. Population: means the population according to the most recent federal decennial census or according to a special census conducted under section 7 of the Glenn Steil state revenue sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. Probate: Proving a will Producer: means a person who owns or operates a dairy farm and sells or distributes milk produced on that farm including a person who markets milk on behalf of a producer pursuant to a marketing agreement. See Michigan Laws 288.576 protective eyewear: means protective eyewear that protects the eyes from ultraviolet radiation, allows adequate vision to maintain balance, and meets the requirements of 21 C. See Michigan Laws 333.13401 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Public transportation agency: means a governmental entity that operates or is authorized to operate intercity or local commuter passenger rail service in this state or a public transit authority created under 1 of the following acts:
(i) The metropolitan transportation authorities act of 1967, 1967 PA 204, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 125.3803Radioactive material: means a solid, liquid, or gas material which emits ionizing radiation spontaneously. See Michigan Laws 333.13501 Radiography: means the making of a film or other record of an internal structure of the body by passing x-rays or gamma rays through the body to act on film or other image receptor. See Michigan Laws 333.13501 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Receiving station: means any place, premise, or establishment where raw milk is received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled and is prepared for further transporting. See Michigan Laws 288.576 reciprocal retirement system: means a state unit which elects to become a reciprocal unit. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Reciprocal unit: means any state unit or municipal unit which elects to come under the provisions of this act. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Registration: means registration of a source of ionizing radiation in writing with the department. See Michigan Laws 333.13501 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation. Retirement: means the withdrawal of a member of a reciprocal retirement system from the employ of a reciprocal unit with a retirement allowance payable from funds of the reciprocal retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Retirement allowance: means the annuity, pension or retirement allowance payable to a member of a reciprocal retirement system on account of his employment with a reciprocal unit. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Retirement system: means the retirement, pension or annuity system, plan or fund under which a governmental unit covers its employees. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Sanitary standards: means the dairy equipment construction standards or accepted dairy system operating practices formulated by 1 of the following:
(i) 3-A sanitary standards committees representing the international association for food protection, the United States public health service, the United States department of agriculture, and the dairy industry committee. See Michigan Laws 288.577Sanitizing: means the application of any effective method or sanitizing agent in compliance with the federal act to a clean surface for the destruction of pathogens and other organisms as far as is practicable. See Michigan Laws 288.577 shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c Source of ionizing radiation: means a device or material that emits ionizing radiation. See Michigan Laws 333.13501 Standard methods: means the sixteenth edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products" published by the American public health association, dated 1992, incorporated by reference. See Michigan Laws 288.577 State unit: means the state employees' retirement system, established by Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Street: means a street, avenue, boulevard, highway, road, lane, alley, viaduct, or other public way intended for use by motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, and other legal users. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Tanning device: means equipment that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between 200 and 400 nanometers and is used for tanning of the skin. See Michigan Laws 333.13401 Tanning facility: means a location that provides individuals with access to a tanning device. See Michigan Laws 333.13401 Tattoo: means 1 or more of the following:
(i) An indelible mark made upon the body of another individual by the insertion of a pigment under the skin. See Michigan Laws 333.13101Testify: Answer questions in court. Transfer station: means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or dairy products are transferred directly from 1 milk tank truck to another. See Michigan Laws 288.577 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.