Michigan Laws > Chapter 14 > Act 375 of 1927 – Collection Department


§ 14.131	Collection department; creation, control by attorney general
§ 14.132	Employees; bond
§ 14.133	Forwarding of accounts; records; reports
§ 14.134	Action by attorney general; settlement and compromise of claims and accounts

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 14 > Act 375 of 1927 - Collection Department

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
Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Affiliate: means an entity that, directly or indirectly, through 1 or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another entity. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l
Agricultural land: means substantially undeveloped land devoted to the production of plants and animals useful to humans, including, but not limited to, forage and sod crops, grains, feed crops, field crops, dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, herbs, flowers, seeds, grasses, nursery stock, fruits, vegetables, Christmas trees, and other similar uses and activities. See Michigan Laws 125.3102
Airport: means an airport licensed under section 86 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259. See Michigan Laws 125.3102
Airport manager: means that term as defined in section 2 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259. See Michigan Laws 125.3102
Airport zoning regulations: means airport zoning regulations under the airport zoning act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 23, MCL 259. See Michigan Laws 125.3102
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
Applied research: means translational research conducted with the objective of attaining a specific benefit or to solve a practical problem, or other research activity that seeks to utilize, synthesize, or apply existing knowledge, information, or resources to the resolution of a specified problem, question, or issue, with high potential for commercial application to create jobs in this state. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
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
Assessed value: means 1 of the following:

(i) For valuations made before January 1, 1995, the state equalized valuation as determined under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.

Authority: means a downtown development authority created pursuant to this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Authorized business: means an eligible business that has met the requirements of this chapter and with which the fund has entered into a written agreement for withholding tax capture revenues pursuant to this chapter and section 51f of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

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.

Basic research: means any original investigation for the advancement of scientific or technological knowledge that will enhance the research capacity of this state in a way that increases the ability to attract to or develop companies, jobs, researchers, or students in this state. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

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}

Bequest: Property gifted by will.

blighted property: means property that meets any of the following criteria:

(A) Has been declared a public nuisance in accordance with a local housing, building, plumbing, fire, or other related code or ordinance. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Board: means the board of directors of the Michigan strategic fund, except where the context clearly requires a different definition. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Body art facility: means the location at which an individual does 1 or more of the following:

(i) Performs tattooing. See Michigan Laws 333.13101

Body 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

Business district: means an area in the downtown of a municipality zoned and used principally for business. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the project area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in subdivision (aa), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Casino: means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Casino: means a casino regulated by this state under the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

Catalyst development project: means a project that is located in a municipality with a population greater than 600,000, is designated by the authority as a catalyst development project, and is expected to result in at least $300,000,000. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

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

Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city, the president or village manager of a village, or the supervisor of a township or, if designated by the township board for purposes of this part, the township superintendent or township manager of a township. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Cigar: means any roll of tobacco weighing 3 or more pounds per 1,000, which roll has a wrapper or cover consisting only of tobacco. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Cigar bar: means an establishment or area within an establishment that is open to the public and is designated for the smoking of cigars, purchased on the premises or elsewhere. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Closing date: means the date on which a rural jobs and capital investment fund has received a grant, loan, or other type of economic assistance. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

Commercial motor vehicle: means that term as defined in section 74101. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Commercialization: means the transition from research to the actions necessary to achieve market entry and general market competitiveness of new innovative technologies, processes, and products and the services that support, assist, equip, finance, or promote a person or an entity with that transition. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

commercialization board: means , except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the strategic economic investment and commercialization board created in section 88k. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Commission: means the Michigan state waterways commission. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.

Community revitalization incentive: means a community revitalization grant, a community revitalization loan, or other economic assistance. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

Competitive edge technology: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) Life sciences technology. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

Conservation easement: means that term as defined in section 2140 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.

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

Coordinating zoning committee: means a coordinating zoning committee as described under section 307. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

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.

County medical care facility: means that term as defined in section 20104. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.

Department: means the director or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Development area: means that area to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development plan set forth in section 217. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Development rights: means the rights to develop land to the maximum intensity of development authorized by law. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Development rights ordinance: means an ordinance, which may comprise part of a zoning ordinance, adopted under section 507. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Director: means the administrative director of the commission. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.

Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any hazardous substance into or on any land or water so that the hazardous substance or any constituent of the hazardous substance may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any groundwater or surface water. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Donor: The person who makes a gift.

Downtown district: means that part of an area in a business district that is specifically designated by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality pursuant to this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

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 333.13301

Dry 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

Earned job factor: means an amount equal to $7,500. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

Economic development project: means an endeavor related to industrial, commercial, or agricultural enterprise. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Educational facility: means a building owned, leased, or under the control of a public or private school system, college, or university. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2

Eligible advance: means an advance made before August 19, 1993. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Eligible business: means a business other than a retail establishment, professional sports stadium, casino, or that portion of an eligible business used exclusively for retail sales that proposes to create 1 or more of the following:

(i) A minimum of 3,000 certified new jobs in this state with an average annual wage that is equal to or greater than the prosperity region average wage. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

Eligible investment: means 1 or more of the following, subject to a written agreement under this section, including investment that occurred prior to the approval of the application, to the extent that the project has not been completely reimbursed to or been paid for on behalf of the person requesting a community revitalization incentive under this chapter:

(i) Any demolition, construction, alteration, rehabilitation, or improvement of buildings. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

Eligible obligation: means an obligation issued or incurred by an authority or by a municipality on behalf of an authority before August 19, 1993 and its subsequent refunding by a qualified refunding obligation. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Eligible property: means property that meets 1 or more of the following conditions:

(i) Is determined to be a facility. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

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}

Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

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.

Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.

Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent

Facility: means any area, place, parcel or parcels of property, or portion of a parcel of property where a hazardous substance in excess of the concentrations that satisfy the cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use has been released, deposited, disposed of, or otherwise comes to be located. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

facility: means that term as defined in section 2 of the brownfield redevelopment financing act, 1996 PA 381, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

Facility: means a site or sites within this state in which an authorized business creates certified new jobs. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

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.

Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. ^{Source: OCC}

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

Financial institution: means a state or nationally chartered bank or a state or federally chartered savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union whose deposits are insured by an agency of the United States government and that maintains a principal office or branch office in this state under the laws of this state or the United States. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Fire alarm system: means a system designed to detect and annunciate the presence of fire, or by-products of fire. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

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.

Food service establishment: means a food service establishment as defined in section 12905. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}

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}

Full-time equivalent employees: means the number of salaried employment positions plus the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of hours for which employees with an hourly wage rate of at least 150% of the federal minimum wage were compensated for employment over the preceding 12-month period by 2,080 with respect to hourly employees. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

Full-time job: means a full-time job as determined by the fund performed by an individual whose income and social security taxes are withheld by 1 or more of the following:

(i) An authorized business. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

functionally obsolete: means that the property is unable to be used to adequately perform the function for which it was intended due to a substantial loss in value resulting from factors such as overcapacity, changes in technology, deficiencies or superadequacies in design, or other similar factors that affect the property itself or the property's relationship with other surrounding property as determined by a Michigan advanced assessing officer or a Michigan master assessing officer. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

Fund: means the Michigan strategic fund created under section 5, except where the context clearly requires a different definition. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Fund board: means the board of the Michigan strategic fund described in section 5. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

Governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

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

Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}

grant: means a grant that is approved under section 90b and that is subject to requirements in section 90c. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

Greenway: means a contiguous or linear open space, including habitats, wildlife corridors, and trails, that links parks, nature reserves, cultural features, or historic sites with each other, for recreation and conservation purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Growth investment: means any capital or equity investment in a qualified business or any loan to a qualified business with a stated maturity at least 1 year after the date of issuance. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}

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.

Harbor: means a portion of a lake or other body of water either naturally or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for watercraft, including contrivances used or designed for navigation on water and used or owned by the United States. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Hazardous substance: means 1 or more of the following, but does not include fruit, vegetable, or field crop residuals or processing by-products, or aquatic plants, that are applied to the land for an agricultural use or for use as an animal feed, if the use is consistent with generally accepted agricultural management practices at the time of the application or stamp sands:

(i) Any substance that the department demonstrates, on a case by case basis, poses an unacceptable risk to the public health, safety, or welfare, or the environment, considering the fate of the material, dose-response, toxicity, or adverse impact on natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17, except a home for the aged, nursing home, county medical care facility, hospice, or hospital long-term care unit. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

historic resource: means a publicly or privately owned historic building, structure, site, object, feature, or open space either manmade or natural, individually listed or located within and contributing to a historic district designated by the national register of historic places, the state register of historic sites, or a local unit acting under the local historic districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

Home for the aged: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Hospice: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Hospital long-term care unit: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Improvements: means those features and actions associated with a project that are considered necessary by the body or official granting zoning approval to protect natural resources or the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of a local unit of government and future users or inhabitants of the proposed project or project area, including roadways, lighting, utilities, sidewalks, screening, and drainage. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

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

Independent peer review expert: means a person or persons selected by the commercialization board with appropriate expertise to conduct an independent, unbiased, objective, and competitive evaluation of activities funded under section 88k. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Initial assessed value: means the assessed value, as equalized, of all the taxable property within the boundaries of the development area at the time the ordinance establishing the tax increment financing plan is approved, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the municipality for which equalization has been completed at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.

Institution of higher education: means an institution of higher education or a community or junior college described in section 4, 5, 6, or 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or an independent nonprofit degree-granting institution of postsecondary education in this state that is approved by the state board of education. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Intensity of development: means the height, bulk, area, density, setback, use, and other similar characteristics of development. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

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}

Investment authority: means the amount stated on the certificate under section 90m certifying the rural jobs and capital investment fund. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

investment fund: means the jobs for Michigan investment fund created in section 88h. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

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

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.

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

Legislative body: means the county board of commissioners of a county, the board of trustees of a township, or the council or other similar elected governing body of a city or village. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

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.

Life sciences: means science for the examination or understanding of life or life processes, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(i) Bioengineering. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.

Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

loan: means a loan that is approved under section 90b and that is subject to the requirements in section 90d. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

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

Local unit of government: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Majority leader: see Floor Leaders

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

Mammography authorization: means authorization under section 13523 to use a radiation machine for mammography. See Michigan Laws 333.13501

Mammography interpreter: means an individual who meets the requirements set forth in section 13523(2)(g) and is responsible for evaluating and interpreting mammographic images. See Michigan Laws 333.13501

Manufacturer: means a person that prepares, produces, derives, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, or repackages a drug or device salable on prescription only, or otherwise changes the container or the labeling of a drug or device salable on prescription only, and that supplies, distributes, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise disposes of that drug or device and any other drug or device salable on prescription only, to another person for resale, compounding, or dispensing. See Michigan Laws 333.17706

Marina: means a site that contains harbor facilities. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

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 125.3803

MEDC: means the Michigan economic development corporation, the public body corporate created under section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Meeting: means a meeting as defined in section 2 of the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

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.

Motor vehicle: means that term as defined in section 33 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Motor vehicle: means that term as defined in section 74101. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

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

Municipality: means a county, city, village, township, port district, development organization, institution of higher education, community or junior college, or subdivision or instrumentality of any of the legal entities listed in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Municipality: means that term as defined in section 4. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

Neighborhood and commercial corridor food initiative: means property that will be used primarily as a retail supermarket, grocery store, produce market, or delicatessen that is located in a downtown area or in a development area as defined in section 2 of the corridor improvement authority act, 2005 PA 280, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

New full-time equivalent employees: means the number of jobs performed by an individual who is employed for consideration for at least 35 hours of work each week based in this state and for whom the company, an employee leasing company, or a professional employer organization on behalf of the company, or other entity authorized under this act, withholds income and United States Social Security taxes. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

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.

Nursing home: means that term as defined in section 20109. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Oath: A promise to tell the truth.

oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k

Obligation: means a written promise to pay, whether evidenced by a contract, agreement, lease, sublease, bond, or note, or a requirement to pay imposed by law. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

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.

Operator: means a person who is in control of or responsible for the operation of a facility. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Other economic assistance: means any other form of assistance allowed under this act that is not a community revitalization loan or community revitalization grant. See Michigan Laws 125.2090a

Other eligible land: means land that has a common property line with agricultural land from which development rights have been purchased and is not divided from that agricultural land by a state or federal limited access highway. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Other protected obligation: means :

(i) A qualified refunding obligation issued to refund an obligation described in subparagraph (ii), (iii), or (iv), an obligation that is not a qualified refunding obligation that is issued to refund an eligible obligation, or a qualified refunding obligation issued to refund an obligation described in this subparagraph. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.

Owner: means a person who owns a facility. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, profit or nonprofit corporation including a public or private college or university, public utility, municipality, local industrial development corporation, economic development corporation, other association of persons organized for agricultural, commercial, or industrial purposes, a lender, or any other entity approved by the board. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Place of employment: means an enclosed indoor area that contains 1 or more work areas for 1 or more persons employed by a public or private employer. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Planning commission: means either of the following, as applicable:

(i) A planning commission created pursuant to section 11(1). See Michigan Laws 125.3803

Plea: 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 125.3102

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.

primary election: as used in this act , shall mean a primary election held for the purpose of deciding by ballot who shall be the nominees for the offices named in this act, or for the election by ballot of delegates to political conventions. See Michigan Laws 168.7

Primary supplier: means an entity that creates not fewer than 25 new jobs in this state and that provides both of the following to an authorized business pursuant to a written agreement under this chapter:

(i) A minimum of $5,000,000. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

Principal business operations: means the operations of a business are located at the place or places where at least 60% of its employees work or where employees that are paid at least 60% of its payroll work. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

Private contributions: means an investment of cash in a rural jobs and capital investment fund to match dollar-for-dollar the grants, loans, or other types of economic assistance up to the investment authority of the rural jobs and capital investment fund. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

Private sector: means other than the fund, a state or federal source, or an agency of a state or the federal government. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

Probate: Proving a will

Project: means an economic development project and, in addition, means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, conversion, or leasing of an industrial, commercial, retail, agricultural, or forestry enterprise, or any part of these, to carry out the purposes and objectives of this act and of the fund, including, but not limited to, acquisition of land or interest in land, buildings, structures, or other planned or existing planned improvements to land including leasehold improvements, machinery, equipment, or furnishings which include, but are not limited to, the following: research parks; office facilities; engineering facilities; research and development laboratories; warehousing facilities; parts distribution facilities; depots or storage facilities; port facilities; railroad facilities, including trackage, right of way, and appurtenances; airports; bridges and bridge facilities; water and air pollution control equipment or waste disposal facilities; theme or recreational parks; equipment or facilities designed to produce energy from renewable resources; farms, ranches, forests, and other agricultural or forestry commodity producers; agricultural harvesting, storage, transportation, or processing facilities or equipment; grain elevators; shipping heads and livestock pens; livestock; warehouses; wharves and dock facilities; dredging of recreational or commercial harbors; water, electricity, hydro electric, coal, petroleum, or natural gas provision facilities; dams and irrigation facilities; sewage, liquid, and solid waste collection, disposal treatment, and drainage services and facilities. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Prosperity region: means each of the 10 prosperity regions identified by the department of technology, management, and budget on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

Prosperity region average wage: means the average annual wage for the prosperity region where the facility is located based on the most recent data made available by the Michigan bureau of labor market information and strategic initiatives. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

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 body: means a public body as defined in section 2 of the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Public facility: means a street, plaza, pedestrian mall, and any improvements to a street, plaza, or pedestrian mall including street furniture and beautification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, building, and access routes to any of the foregoing, designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by a public agency. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

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 place: except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), means any of the following:

(i) An enclosed, indoor area owned or operated by a state or local governmental agency and used by the general public or serving as a meeting place for a public body, including an office, educational facility, home for the aged, nursing home, county medical care facility, hospice, hospital long-term care unit, auditorium, arena, meeting room, or public conveyance. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

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 125.3803

Qualified business: means a business entity located in this state. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Qualified business: means an operating business that, at the time of the initial investment in the business by a rural jobs and capital investment fund, has fewer than 150 employees and is engaged in industries assigned a North American Industry Classification System code within sectors 11, 21, 23, 31 through 33, 42, 48, 49, 54, except 541110 through 541219, 56, 62, and 81 or, if not engaged in any of these industries, the fund determines that the investment will be beneficial to the rural area, the economic growth of this state, and the industry is not assigned a North American Industry Classification System code within sector 51. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

Qualified mezzanine fund: means a person or entity primarily engaged in making loans or investments ranging in size from $250,000. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Qualified private equity fund: means a firm principally or primarily engaged in investing in or acquiring businesses that is managed by 2 or more individuals with no less than 5 years of direct experience in private equity investments, and that holds investment capital from investors other than the fund. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Qualified refunding obligation: means an obligation issued or incurred by an authority or by a municipality on behalf of an authority to refund an obligation if 1 or more of the following apply:

(i) The obligation is issued to refund a qualified refunding obligation issued in November 1997 and any subsequent refundings of that obligation issued before January 1, 2010 or the obligation is issued to refund a qualified refunding obligation issued on May 15, 1997 and any subsequent refundings of that obligation issued before January 1, 2010 in an authority in which 1 parcel or group of parcels under common ownership represents 50% or more of the taxable value captured within the tax increment finance district and that will ultimately provide for at least a 40% reduction in the taxable value of the property as part of a negotiated settlement as a result of an appeal filed with the state tax tribunal. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Qualified rural local governmental unit: means a county in this state with a population of 225,000 or less. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

Qualified township: means a township that meets all of the following requirements:

(i) Was not eligible to create an authority prior to January 3, 2005. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Qualified venture capital fund: means a firm principally or primarily engaged in investing in or acquiring early stage businesses with growth potential that have not yet demonstrated consistent profitability or a proven business model, that is managed by 2 or more individuals with not less than 5 years of direct experience in venture capital, and that holds capital from investors other than the fund. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

Radioactive 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.

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

Recreation passport fee: means that term as defined in section 2001. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Registration: means registration of a source of ionizing radiation in writing with the department. See Michigan Laws 333.13501

Release: includes , but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of a hazardous substance into the environment, or the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles containing a hazardous substance. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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.

Repayment amount: means an amount equal to 50% of a rural jobs and capital investment fund's investment authority, minus the sum of the product of new full-time equivalent employees reported to the fund for each of the rural jobs and capital investment fund's annual reports submitted pursuant to section 90p and the appropriate earned job factor rate. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

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.

Response activity: means evaluation, interim response activity, remedial action, demolition, providing an alternative water supply, or the taking of other actions necessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare, or the environment or the natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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

Rural jobs and capital investment fund: means an entity approved by the fund under section 90m that meets all of the following:

(i) The entity or 1 or more of its affiliates are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and meet either of the following:

(A) Is a rural business investment company under 7 USC 2009cc or a small business investment company under 15 USC 681. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l

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 168.4

seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:

(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n

Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

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

Site plan: includes the documents and drawings required by the zoning ordinance to ensure that a proposed land use or activity is in compliance with local ordinances and state and federal statutes. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Small business: means a business entity formed or doing business in this state, including the affiliates of the business concern, which business entity is independently owned and operated and employs fewer than 250 full-time employees or has gross annual sales of less than $6,000,000. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

smoke: means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other matter or substance that contains a tobacco product. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Smoking: means that term as defined in section 12601. See Michigan Laws 333.13101

Smoking paraphernalia: means any equipment, apparatus, or furnishing that is used in or necessary for the activity of smoking. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Source of ionizing radiation: means a device or material that emits ionizing radiation. See Michigan Laws 333.13501

Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

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

State unit: means the state employees' retirement system, established by Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.1102

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

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 333.13101

Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of real and personal property in the development area, subject to the following requirements:

(i) Tax increment revenues include ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions other than the state pursuant to the state education tax act, 1993 PA 331, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4201

Temporary body art facility: means a body art facility that operates at a fixed or temporary location in this state for a time period that does not exceed 14 consecutive days and includes out-of-state facilities operating within this state. See Michigan Laws 333.13101

Testify: Answer questions in court.

this part: includes "rules promulgated under this part". See Michigan Laws 324.20101

threat of release: means any circumstance that may reasonably be anticipated to cause a release. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Tobacco product: means a product that contains tobacco and is intended for human consumption, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco, as those terms are defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Tobacco specialty retail store: means an establishment in which the primary purpose is the retail sale of tobacco products and smoking paraphernalia, and in which the sale of other products is incidental. See Michigan Laws 333.12601

Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.

Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Undeveloped state: means a natural state preserving natural resources, natural features, scenic or wooded conditions, agricultural use, open space, or a similar use or condition. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}

United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

University technology transfer: means innovative methods to accelerate the creation of start-up companies affiliated with institutions of higher education or the transfer of competitive edge technology research from an institution of higher education to a qualified business in Michigan. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a

User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.

Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. ^{Source: OCC}

Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.

village: as used in this act , shall mean an incorporated village. See Michigan Laws 168.9

Waterways account: means the waterways account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2035. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Withholding tax capture revenues: means the amount of income tax withheld under part 3 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

Written agreement: means a written agreement made between the eligible business and the fund pursuant to this chapter. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g

Zoning commission: means a zoning commission as described under section 301. See Michigan Laws 125.3102

Zoning jurisdiction: means the area encompassed by the legal boundaries of a city or village or the area encompassed by the legal boundaries of a county or township outside the limits of incorporated cities and villages. See Michigan Laws 125.3102