§ 169.201 Short title; meanings of words and phrases
§ 169.202 Definitions; A, B
§ 169.203 Definitions; C
§ 169.204 “Contribution” defined
§ 169.205 Definitions; D, E
§ 169.206 “Expenditure” defined
§ 169.207 Definitions; F to H
§ 169.208 Definitions; H, I
§ 169.209 Definitions; I to L
§ 169.210 Definitions; M to N
§ 169.211 Definitions; P
§ 169.212 Definitions; Q to S
§ 169.215 Duties of secretary of state; declaratory ruling and interpretive statement; filing, contents, and form of complaint; investigations; referral of matter to attorney general; posting of complaint, resp
§ 169.216 Statement or report; public inspection; reproduction; copy; prohibited use; preservation; disposal; late filing fee; compliance; notice; corrections; report of errors or omissions; deadline for filing
§ 169.217 Payment of late filing fee; disposition of late filing fees and copying charges; unpaid filing fee; exceptions
§ 169.218 Electronic filing and internet disclosure system
§ 169.218a Electronic filing and internet disclosure system; adoption by county clerk
§ 169.220 Individual not considered candidate; individual receiving votes by write-in method as candidate
§ 169.221 Candidate committee or committee other than candidate committee; treasurer; service of process; official depository for contributions; secondary depositories; requirements for accepting contributions
§ 169.221a Expenditure for incidental expense by candidate committee; legal costs; violation as misdemeanor; penalty
§ 169.222 Duties of committee treasurer or other designated individual; preservation and inspection of committee records; violation; civil fine
§ 169.223 Rules for withdrawal of funds; limitation on single expenditure from petty cash fund; violation; civil fine
§ 169.224 Statement of organization; time for filing; late filing fee; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; contents of statement; name of sponsor; amendment; statement as to receipts or expenditures; filing stat
§ 169.224a House political party caucus committee; senate political party caucus committee; limitation; dissolution of independent committees; exception
§ 169.224b Independent expenditure committee; creation; filing of campaign statements; contributions; violation of subsection (4) as felony; penalty
§ 169.224c Defeat of independent nature of independent expenditure; punishment; exception
§ 169.225 Campaign statement; filing; period covered
§ 169.226 Campaign statement of committee other than political party committee; contents; report; list of expenditures; bundled contribution; separate segregated fund reporting requirements
§ 169.228 Interest; loans; certified statement to accompany campaign statement reporting certain contributions; applicability of subsection (3)
§ 169.229 Campaign statement filed by political party committee; contents; identification of expenditure; designation of contribution to candidate committee or ballot question committee; designation of independ
§ 169.230 Contributions prohibited under MCL 432.207b
§ 169.231 Contributions or expenditures controlled by another person; bundled contribution
§ 169.232 Report of late contributions; late filing fee; subsection (5) retroactive to January 1, 2010; “late contribution” defined
§ 169.233 Campaign statements; filing schedule; report on expenditures; form; late filing fee; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; prohibitions; filing incomplete or inaccurate statement or report; civil fine; f
§ 169.233a Information to be included with contribution
§ 169.234 Campaign statement of ballot question committee; filing schedule; late filing fees; failure to file statement as misdemeanor; penalty; filing incomplete or inaccurate statement or report; civil fine
§ 169.235 Additional campaign statement; filing; deadline; period covered; waiver; exception; late filing fees; receipts or expenditures subjecting committee to campaign filing requirements; failure to file as
§ 169.236 Filing copies of campaign statements with secretary of state and county clerks; availability to public
§ 169.237 Campaign statement; signing; verification
§ 169.238 Campaign statement; period covered
§ 169.241 Single contribution of $20.00 or expenditure of $50.00; written instrument, credit card, or debit card; anonymous contribution; contribution in name of another; violations; penalties
§ 169.242 Acceptance of contribution by intermediary or agent; disclosure; requirements as to certain contributions; requirements as to contribution from person other than committee; out-of-state contributions
§ 169.243 Expenditure by agent or independent contractor; requirements; violation; penalty
§ 169.244 Prohibited contributions or expenditures; delivery or return of contribution; joint fund-raiser; violation as misdemeanor; penalty
§ 169.245 Transfer of unexpended funds; funds transferred not considered qualifying contribution; disbursement of funds ineligible for transfer
§ 169.246 Adjustments to dollar value floor and contribution limits; “consumer price index” defined
§ 169.247 Printed matter or radio or television paid advertisement having reference to election, candidate, or ballot question; name and address; identification or disclaimer; size and placement; rules; exempti
§ 169.250 Acceptance of honorarium by legislator prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; penalty
§ 169.251 Independent expenditure of $100.01 or more; report; forwarding copies to filing officers; late filing fees; violation as misdemeanor
§ 169.252 Limitations on contributions to candidate committee; contribution from candidate’s immediate family; contribution for particular election cycle; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; contributions made b
§ 169.252a Contribution to house political party caucus committee or senate political party caucus committee; limitation; violation as misdemeanor; penalty
§ 169.253 Contribution or expenditure by dependent minor
§ 169.254 Contributions, expenditures, or volunteer personal services by corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor organization, or by persons acting for corporation, joint stock
§ 169.255 Segregated fund for political purposes; establishment by connected organization; limitations; solicitation of contributions; prohibited practices; contribution to separate segregated fund; disproporti
§ 169.256 Ordinance or resolution
§ 169.257 Contributions, expenditures, or volunteer personal services; prohibitions; civil action; use of public funds or resources for communication referencing local ballot questions; violation as misdemeanor
§ 169.261 State campaign fund; creation; administration; tax designation; appropriation; distribution of money; transfer to general fund
§ 169.262 Candidates eligible to receive moneys; moneys to be spent and reported by candidate committee; filing statement of organization as condition to receiving moneys from state campaign fund; exemption fro
§ 169.263 Record of candidate’s certified statements of qualifying contributions; contents of statement; notice of qualification to receive moneys; application for moneys; determination of amount; forwarding in
§ 169.264 Payments to candidates in primary election; requirements; return of funds
§ 169.265 Nominees entitled to receive funds
§ 169.266 Application of funds against qualified campaign expenditures; “qualified campaign expenditure” defined; separate account for funds received; payment of qualified expenditures; disposition of unexpende
§ 169.267 Limitations on expenditures; exceptions; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; prohibitions
§ 169.268 Debt limitation; violation; penalty; prohibitions
§ 169.269 Limitations on contributions for election cycle; “immediate family” defined; determination of election cycle beginning and ending; notices; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; bundled contributions
§ 169.270 Reporting contribution or expenditure controlled or directed by another person
§ 169.271 Prohibited contributions; violation; penalty
§ 169.281 Repeal of MCL 168.901 to 168.929; effective date
§ 169.282 Application of penalty provisions; payment of late filing fee; expenditure of $200.00 or more as contribution to ballot question committee; penalty or late filing fee; effective date of MCL 169.235

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 169 > Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act

  • abortion: means that term as defined in section 17015. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Access information: means user name, password, login information, or other security information that protects access to a personal internet account. See Michigan Laws 37.272
  • 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
  • Acquire: means acquisition by purchase, construction, or any other method. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Active service: means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan military act, 1967 PA 150, MCL 32. See Michigan Laws 32.432
  • Ad valorem general property tax: means taxes levied under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • Adjacent neighborhood: means a residential area as determined by the authority immediately adjoining or near a downtown area within the same municipality. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Adjusted household income: means that term as defined in rules of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 32.432
  • Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.922
  • Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.972
  • Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.1022
  • administrator: means the administrator of veterans affairs, or his successor. See Michigan Laws 35.71
  • Adult: means an individual who is at least 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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 125.4702
  • 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 125.4802
  • 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
  • Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • 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 125.4402
  • 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 125.4602
  • Advanced computing: means any technology used in the design and development of 1 or more of the following:
  (i) Computer hardware and software. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a
  • 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.
  • Advisory board: means the board appointed pursuant to section 12421. See Michigan Laws 333.12401
  • Advisory task force: means the task force created in section 5906. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
  • 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
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Agent: means a stamping agent, as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Agent: means an individual who meets 1 or more of the following requirements:
  •   (i) Is authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Agent orange: means the chemical herbicide made from chemicals known as 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and its esters, or 2,4-D, and Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid and its esters, or 2,4,5-T. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • Agricultural labor camp: means a tract of land and all tents, vehicles, buildings, or other structures pertaining thereto, part of which is established, occupied, or used as living quarters for 5 or more migratory laborers engaged in agricultural activities, including related food processing. See Michigan Laws 333.12401
  • 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
  • AIDS: means acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
  • 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
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Alternate payee: means a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant, who is named in an eligible domestic relations order. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Alternative energy technology: means applied research or commercialization of new or next generation technology in 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) Alternative energy technology as that term is defined in section 2 of the Michigan next energy authority act, 2002 PA 593, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a
  • Alternative energy technology: means equipment, component parts, materials, electronic devices, testing equipment, and related systems that are specifically designed, specifically fabricated, and used primarily for 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) The storage, generation, reformation, or distribution of clean fuels integrated within an alternative energy system or alternative energy vehicle, not including an anaerobic digester energy system or a hydroelectric energy system, for use within the alternative energy system or alternative energy vehicle. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Alternative energy technology business: means a business engaged in the research, development, or manufacturing of alternative energy technology or a business located in an authority district that includes a military installation that was operated by the United States Department of Defense and closed after 1980. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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.
  • Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
  • Annual report: means the most recent audited financial statement reporting a local unit of government's liability for retirement pension benefits and retirement health benefits as determined under applicable government accounting standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Annual required contribution: means the sum of the normal cost payment and the annual amortization payment for past service costs to fund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • 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
  • Appointing power: means each person or group of persons who, acting singly or in conjunction, as a mayor, city manager, council, common council, commission, or otherwise, is or are vested by law with power and authority to select, appoint, or employ any person to hold any office, place, position, or employment subject to civil service. See Michigan Laws 38.517
  • Appointment: means selection, promotion, appointing, or employing any person to hold any office, place, or position of employment subject to civil service. See Michigan Laws 38.517
  • 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
  • Area median income: means the median income for the area as determined under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937, 42 USC 1437f, adjusted for family size. See Michigan Laws 125.1459
  • Armed forces: means the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard or other military force designated by Congress as part of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the reserve components. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Asian Pacific American: means a person who has origins in any of the original peoples of the far east, southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific islands; is identified by an employer in an EEO-1 report as Asian or Pacific islander; or is regarded in the community as having origins in any of the original peoples of the far east, southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific islands. See Michigan Laws 37.123
  • Assessable property: means real property in a district area other than all of the following:
  •   (i) Property classified as residential real property under section 34c of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • Assessable property: means real property in a zone area other than real property exempt from the collection of taxes under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • 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
  • 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 125.4301
  • 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 125.4402
  • Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Assessment: means an assessment imposed under this chapter against assessable property for the benefit of the property owners. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Assessment revenues: means the money collected by a business improvement zone from any assessments, including any interest on the assessments. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • ASTM: means ASTM international, formerly the American society for testing and materials. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Authority: means a water resource improvement tax increment finance authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Authority: means a neighborhood improvement authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Authority: means all of the following:
  •   (i) An authority as defined in part 2. See Michigan Laws 125.4901
  • Authority: means a land bank fast track authority created under section 15, section 23(4), or section 23(5). See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Authority: means the Michigan state housing development authority created in this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Authority: means the Michigan veterans' facility authority created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 36.102
  • Authority: means a downtown development authority created pursuant to this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Authority: means a tax increment finance authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Authority: means a local development finance authority created pursuant to this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Authority: means the Michigan forest finance authority created in section 50503. See Michigan Laws 324.50502
  • Authority: means a corridor improvement authority created under section 604(1) or a joint authority created under section 604(2). See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Authority board: means the board of directors of the state authority appointed under section 16. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Authority district: means that area within which an authority exercises its powers and within which 1 or more development areas may exist. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Authority district: means an area or areas within which an authority exercises its powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Authority-aided mortgage: means a mortgage made, held, purchased, or assisted by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • 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
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bank or storage facility: means a facility licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state for storage of human bodies or physical parts of human bodies. See Michigan Laws 333.10201
  • 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.
  • Bankruptcy trust: means a trust created by a court order, including a plan for adjustment. See Michigan Laws 38.1212
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • 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
  • Beneficiary: means , in relation to a deceased veteran, the surviving husband or wife, the child or children, or the surviving dependent mother, dependent father, dependent person standing in loco parentis, or dependent brothers and sisters, in the order named, which determination may be made by the probate court of the county of residence of the veteran at the time of death on petition of the adjutant general. See Michigan Laws 35.922
  • Beneficiary: means , in relation to a deceased veteran, the surviving husband or wife, child or children, or the surviving mother, father, person standing in loco parentis, brothers and sisters, in the order named, which determination may be made by the probate court of the county of residence of the veteran at the time of death on petition of the adjutant general. See Michigan Laws 35.972
  • Benefit: means an annuity, a pension, a retirement allowance, or an optional benefit accrued or accruing to a participant under a retirement system or a postretirement subsidy payable to a participant under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • benefits: shall mean all moneys paid or payable by the United States through the veterans administration. See Michigan Laws 35.71
  • 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 125.4702
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Board: means the Michigan veterans' trust fund board of trustees created in subsection (1). See Michigan Laws 35.603b
  • Board: means the board of directors of a business improvement zone. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Board: means the state administrative board. See Michigan Laws 35.922
  • Board: means the state administrative board. See Michigan Laws 35.972
  • Board: as used in this part means each board created in this article and as used in any other part covering a specific health profession means the board created in that part. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 36.102
  • 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
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • board: means the governing board of a bankruptcy trust. See Michigan Laws 38.1212
  • Board: means the board of directors of the Michigan forest finance authority, except where the context clearly requires a different definition. See Michigan Laws 324.50502
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • board: means the municipal stability board created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Board certified: means certified to practice in a particular medical specialty by a national board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Board of control: means the board charged with policy direction of a state supported institution of higher education. See Michigan Laws 38.382
  • Board of education: means the board of education of the city of Detroit. See Michigan Laws 38.371
  • Board of governors: means the board of governors of Wayne state university. See Michigan Laws 38.371
  • Board of trustees: means the board of trustees of a corporation created under or governed by this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • 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 part: means an organ, eye, or tissue of a human being. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Body piercing: means the perforation of human tissue other than an ear for a nonmedical purpose. See Michigan Laws 333.13101
  • Bond: means a bond, note, or other obligation issued by the authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 36.102
  • Bonds: means bonds of the authority issued as provided in this part. See Michigan Laws 324.50502
  • Branding: means a permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument. See Michigan Laws 333.13101
  • Bureau: means the legislative service bureau. See Michigan Laws 4.1102
  • Business development area: means an area designated as a certified industrial park under this part prior to June 29, 2000, or an area designated in the tax increment financing plan that meets all of the following requirements:
  •   (i) The area is zoned to allow its use for eligible property. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Business district: means an area in the downtown of a municipality zoned and used principally for business. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Business improvement district: means 1 or more portions of a local governmental unit or combination of contiguous portions of 2 or more local governmental units that are predominantly commercial or industrial in use. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • Business improvement zone: means a business improvement zone created under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Business incubator: means real and personal property that meets all of the following requirements:
  •   (i) Is located in a certified technology park or a certified alternative energy park. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Camp operator: means a person who owns, establishes, operates, conducts, manages, or maintains an agricultural labor camp or who causes or permits the occupancy or use of an agricultural labor camp whether or not rent is charged for housing and facilities. See Michigan Laws 333.12401
  • Camping: means attendance at a residential, day, troop, or travel camp conducted for more than 4 school-age children, apart from their parents, guardians, or persons in loco parentis for 5 or more days or parts of days in a 14-day period. See Michigan Laws 333.9201
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 803(d), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 803(d), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • 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
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in subdivision (w), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the eligible property identified in the tax increment financing plan or, for a certified technology park, a certified alternative energy park, or a Next Michigan development area, the real and personal property included in the tax increment financing plan, including the current assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined pursuant to subdivision (hh), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 603(e), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Care: includes treatment, control, transportation, confinement, and isolation in a facility or other location. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
  • Carrier: means an individual who serves as a potential source of infection and who harbors or who the department reasonably believes to harbor a specific infectious agent or a serious communicable disease or infection, whether or not there is present discernible disease. See Michigan Laws 333.5201
  • 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, the Initiated Law of 1996, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • 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
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Certificate of licensure: means a document issued as evidence of authorization to practice and use a designated title. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Certificate of registration: means a document issued as evidence of authorization to use a designated title. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Certified alternative energy park: means that portion of an authority district designated by a written agreement entered into pursuant to section 412c between the authority, the municipality or municipalities, and the Michigan economic development corporation. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Certified business park: means a business development area that has been designated by the Michigan economic development corporation as meeting criteria established by the Michigan economic development corporation. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Certified nurse midwife: means an individual who is licensed as a registered professional nurse under part 172 who has been granted a specialty certification in the practice of nurse midwifery by the Michigan board of nursing under section 17210. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Certified nurse practitioner: means an individual who is licensed as a registered professional nurse under part 172 who has been granted a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner by the Michigan board of nursing under section 17210. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Certified technology park: means that portion of the authority district designated by a written agreement entered into pursuant to section 412a between the authority, the municipality, and the Michigan economic development corporation. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Chemical agent: means a chemical herbicide or defoliant other than agent orange, or a chemical weapon, which chemical herbicide, defoliant, or weapon is of the type used by the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city or the president or village manager of a village. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • 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
  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city, the president of a village, or the supervisor of a township. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city, the president of a village, or, for other local units of government or school districts, the person charged by law with the supervision of the functions of the local unit of government or school district. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor of a city, the president of a village, or the supervisor of a township. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Chief executive official: means :
  •   (i) In the case of a county with an elected county executive, the county executive. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • child: means a single or married individual under 21 years of age whose activity is or may become so restricted by disease or specified medical condition as to reduce the individual's normal capacity for education and self-support. See Michigan Laws 333.5801
  • Child care article: means a product designed or intended by the manufacturer to facilitate the sleep, relaxation, or feeding of children or to help children with sucking or teething. See Michigan Laws 333.5491
  • Children: means individuals who are 7 years old or younger. See Michigan Laws 333.5481
  • Children: means individuals who are 7 years old or younger. See Michigan Laws 333.5491
  • chronic disease: includes an impairment or deviation from normal having 1 or more of the following characteristics:
  •   (a) It is permanent. See Michigan Laws 333.5401
  • 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
  • Cigarette: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • City: means a city establishing a corporation incorporated under, or governed by, this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • city: whenever used in this act , shall be construed to mean a city incorporated under this act, or made subject to its provisions. See Michigan Laws 113.10
  • City: means a city, village, or other municipality that has a full-time paid fire or police department, or both. See Michigan Laws 38.517
  • Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
  • Clinical nurse specialist-certified: means an individual who is licensed as a registered professional nurse under part 172 who has been granted a specialty certification as a clinical nurse specialist by the Michigan board of nursing under section 17210. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • 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
  • Combat veteran: means a veteran listed as missing in action, or a veteran eligible to wear the Vietnam Service Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal if eligibility for the award occurred during the period of service. See Michigan Laws 35.1022
  • commercial forestland: means forestland that is determined to be a commercial forest under section 51104. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • 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 Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund commission established in section 4. See Michigan Laws 35.1052
  • Commission: means the Asian Pacific American affairs commission created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 37.123
  • Commission: means the civil service commission created by this act. See Michigan Laws 38.517
  • Commission: means the Michigan law revision commission. See Michigan Laws 4.1102
  • Commission: means the health information technology commission created under section 2503. See Michigan Laws 333.2501
  • Commission: means the agent orange commission created in section 5731. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Commissioner: means the Michigan film commissioner created in section 29b. See Michigan Laws 125.2029
  • Commissioner: means any 1 of the 3 commissioners of the commission. See Michigan Laws 38.517
  • Committee: means the Michigan pharmacy and therapeutics committee established by Executive Order No. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • 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.
  • Communicable disease: means an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products that results from transmission of that infectious agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, directly as from an infected individual or animal, or indirectly through the agency of an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
  • 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
  • Complainant: means a prisoner or legislator who files a complaint under section 4. See Michigan Laws 4.351
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Conference committee: A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of conferees from both chamber of a legislature which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Conference committees are usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation.
  • Conference report: The compromise product negotiated by the conference committee. The "conference report" is submitted to each chamber for its consideration, such as approval or disapproval.
  • 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
  • Consumer: means that term as used in the consumer product safety act, 15 USC 2051 to 2085. See Michigan Laws 333.5481
  • Consumer: means that term as used in the consumer product safety act, 15 USC 2051 to 2085. See Michigan Laws 333.5491
  • Consumer housing cooperative: means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to the corporation laws of this state and chapter 5. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • 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 333.9701
  • Controlled substance: means that term as defined in section 7104. See Michigan Laws 333.13101
  • Controlled substance: means that term as defined in section 7104. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Conviction: means a judgment entered by a court on a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere or on a jury verdict or court finding that a defendant is guilty or guilty but mentally ill. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Coordinating zoning committee: means a coordinating zoning committee as described under section 307. See Michigan Laws 125.3102
  • corner lot: is a lot of which at least 2 adjacent sides abut for their full length upon a street. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • Corporation: means a municipal health facilities corporation incorporated under this act or created under 1913 PA 350, MCL 331. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • 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.
  • Corrective action plan: means a plan that details the actions to be taken by a local unit of government to address and resolve the underfunded status of the local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Council: means the Michigan emergency management advisory council. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Council: means the Michigan film office advisory council created in section 29c. See Michigan Laws 125.2029
  • council: means that advisory body established pursuant to section 20. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Council: means the legislative council. See Michigan Laws 4.1102
  • Council: means the legislative council established under section 15 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 4.351
  • Council administrator: means the chief executive officer of all legislative council agencies. See Michigan Laws 4.1102
  • County: means a county establishing a corporation incorporated under, or governed by, this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • County: means a county within this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • County authority: means a county land bank fast track authority created by a county foreclosing governmental unit under section 23(4). See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • County medical care facility: means that term as defined in section 20104. See Michigan Laws 333.12601
  • Course of study: means an individual class, or group of classes, in which an eligible person is enrolled for the purpose of obtaining a not-yet-completed training program, obtaining a not-yet-completed certificate program, or obtaining a not-yet-completed associate, bachelor's, or master's degree. See Michigan Laws 32.432
  • court: is a n open unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling and bounded on 2 or more sides with the walls of the dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: means a deceased individual whose body or body part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • declassification: means the removal of the commercial forest designation pursuant to section 51116. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deferred payment loan: means a loan that is repayable or partially repayable upon the occurrence of a specified event as determined by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Dental school: means an accredited program for the training of individuals to become dentists. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Dentist: means an individual who is licensed to engage in the practice of dentistry under part 166. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Department: means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Department: means the department of labor and economic growth, a principal department of state government created by section 225 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 35.1212
  • Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 35.1252
  • Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 36.102
  • Department: means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 37.123
  • Department: means the department of civil rights. See Michigan Laws 37.301
  • Department: means the department of community health. See Michigan Laws 333.2501
  • Department: means the department of management and budget. See Michigan Laws 38.1161
  • Department: means the department of technology, management, and budget. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Department: means the department of health and human services in cooperation with the veterans' service offices. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • Department: means the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 4.351
  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 333.6230
  • Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 29.472
  • Department of natural resources: means the principal state department created in section 501. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Deputy: means any deputy, assistant or other subordinate officer, authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office. See Michigan Laws 31.2
  • Designated advanced practice registered nurse: means a certified nurse midwife, certified nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist-certified. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Designated mental health professional: means an individual who is qualified in the area of mental illness or developmental disabilities and who is 1 of the following:
  •   (i) A nurse. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Designated physician: means a physician qualified in 1 of the physician specialty areas identified in section 2711. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Designated professional: means a designated physician, designated advanced practice registered nurse, dentist, physician's assistant, or designated mental health professional. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Develop: means to plan, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, maintain, renew, renovate, repair, replace, lease, equip, furnish, market, promote, manage, or operate. See Michigan Laws 36.102
  • Development area: means that area described in section 805 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Development area: means that area described in section 805 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Development area: means that area to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Development area: means that area to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Development area: means that area described in section 605 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Development costs: means the costs that have been approved by the authority as appropriate expenditures, and includes:
  •   (i) Payments for options to purchase properties on the proposed housing project site, deposits on contracts of purchase, or, with the prior approval of the authority, payments for the purchases of those properties. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 822. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 819. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development plan set forth in section 217. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development set forth in section 16. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development set forth in section 415. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 621. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Development program: means the implementation of a development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • 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
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Dioxin: means the chemicals known as 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, or 2,3,7,8-TCDD. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 35.1252
  • Director: means the director of the office of Asian Pacific American affairs. See Michigan Laws 37.123
  • Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 38.1161
  • Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 333.6230
  • Director: means the director of the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Disaster: means an occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from a natural or human-made cause, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, snowstorm, ice storm, tornado, windstorm, wave action, oil spill, water contamination, utility failure, hazardous peacetime radiological incident, major transportation accident, hazardous materials incident, epidemic, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, or hostile military action or paramilitary action, or similar occurrences resulting from terrorist activities, riots, or civil disorders. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Disaster: means an extraordinary misfortune caused by an enemy attack upon the United States or by civil disorder and resulting in widespread destruction of life and property. See Michigan Laws 31.2
  • Disaster relief forces: means all agencies of state, county, and municipal government, private and volunteer personnel, public officers and employees, and all other persons or groups of persons having duties or responsibilities under this act or pursuant to a lawful order or directive authorized by this act. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Discharge: means spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping. See Michigan Laws 324.9501
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Disinterested witness: means a witness who is not a spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of or other adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Distressed area: means a local governmental unit that meets all of the following:
  •   (i) Has a population of 700,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • district: means 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) An inland body of water and land that is up to 1 mile from the shoreline of an inland lake that contains 1 or more public access points. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • District: means a business improvement district or a principal shopping district. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • district: means that area to which the tax increment finance plan pertains. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • District coordinator: means the state police emergency management division district coordinator. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Docking facility: means a public, private, or commercial marina, yacht club, dock, or wharf used for mooring, serving, or otherwise handling watercraft. See Michigan Laws 324.9501
  • Document of gift: means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Domestic relations order: means a judgment, decree, or order of a court made according to the domestic relations law of this state and relating to the provision of alimony payments, child support, or marital property rights to a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or to a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Domestic service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service in 1 or more states of the United States or in the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.922
  • Domestic service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service in any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.972
  • Donor: means an individual whose body or body part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Donor registry: means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts as provided for in section 10120. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Downtown area: means an area where 20 or more contiguous properties have been planned, zoned, or used for commercial purposes for 50 or more years and where a majority of the buildings are built adjacent to each other as determined by the authority and up to the public right-of-way. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • 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
  • Driver license: means an operator's or chauffeur's license or permit issued to an individual by the secretary of state under chapter III of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Drug: means that term as defined in section 17703. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • 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
  • dwelling: is a ny house, building, structure, tent, shelter, trailer or vehicle, or portion thereof, (except railroad cars, on tracks or rights-of-way) which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence, living or sleeping place of 1 or more human beings, either permanently or transiently. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • Earliest retirement date: means the earliest date on which a participant meets all of the requirements for retirement under a retirement system except for termination of employment. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Earned job factor: means an amount equal to $7,500. See Michigan Laws 125.2090l
  • Economic development fund: means that fund to which the fund succeeded in ownership pursuant to section 22. See Michigan Laws 125.2071
  • economic development fund: means that fund to which the fund succeeded in ownership pursuant to section 22. See Michigan Laws 125.2081
  • Economic development project: means an endeavor related to industrial, commercial, or agricultural enterprise. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
  • EDRO: means a domestic relations order that is considered an eligible domestic relations order under section 11 or that meets all of the following requirements:
  •   (i) The domestic relations order states the names and last known addresses of the participant and alternate payee. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • 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
  • Educational institution: means a public or private educational institution or a separate school or department of a public or private educational institution, and includes an academy; elementary or secondary school; extension course; kindergarten; nursery school; school system; school district; intermediate school district; business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school; public or private educational testing service or administrator; and an agent of an educational institution. See Michigan Laws 37.272
  • Elderly: means a single person who is 55 years of age or older or a household in which at least 1 member is 55 years of age or older and all other members are 50 years of age or older. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Michigan Laws 4.1121
  • Electronic data: means information related to an electronic communication or the use of an electronic communication service, including, but not limited to, the contents, sender, recipients, or format of an electronic communication; the precise or approximate location of the sender or recipients of an electronic communication at any time during the communication; the time or date the communication was created, sent, or received; and the identity of an individual or device involved in the communication, including, but not limited to, an internet protocol address. See Michigan Laws 37.262
  • Electronic device technology: means any technology that involves microelectronics, semiconductors, electronic equipment, and instrumentation, radio frequency, microwave, and millimeter electronics; optical and optic-electrical devices; or data and digital communications and imaging devices. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a
  • Eligible advance: means an advance made before August 19, 1993. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Eligible advance: means an advance made before August 19, 1993. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Eligible advance: means an advance made before August 19, 1993. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Eligible applicant: means a not-for-profit corporation, a for-profit corporation, a municipality, a land bank fast track authority organized under the land bank fast track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • 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 distressed area: means any of the following:
  •   (i) An area located in a city with a population of at least 10,000, which area is either designated as a "blighted area" by a local legislative body pursuant to 1945 PA 344, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Eligible educational institution: means a public or private college, university, vocational school, technical school, or trade school located in this state. See Michigan Laws 32.432
  • Eligible employees: means the members of the faculty and administrative staff of state supported institutions of higher education on a full-time basis whose positions require the performance of professional services in the discharge of the educational or administrative functions of the institution. See Michigan Laws 38.382
  • 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 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 125.4301
  • 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 125.4402
  • Eligible person: means a member of the Michigan national guard who meets all of the following conditions:
  •   (i) Is in active service. See Michigan Laws 32.432
  • 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
  • Eligible property: means land improvements, buildings, structures, and other real property, and machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures, or any part or accessory thereof whether completed or in the process of construction comprising an integrated whole, located within an authority district, of which the primary purpose and use is or will be 1 of the following:
  •   (i) The manufacture of goods or materials or the processing of goods or materials by physical or chemical change. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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
  • Emergency: means any occasion or instance in which the governor determines state assistance is needed to supplement local efforts and capabilities to save lives, protect property and the public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the state. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Emergency interim successor: means a person designated pursuant to this act who, in the event the incumbent or his deputy is unavailable, is to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by law, or until the lawful incumbent or his deputy is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge of the duties of the office. See Michigan Laws 31.2
  • Emergency management coordinator: means a person appointed pursuant to section 9 to coordinate emergency management within the county or municipality. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Employee: means an individual who works for another person for compensation. See Michigan Laws 37.202
  • Employee: means an individual holding a position by election, appointment, or employment in a local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Employer: means a person who employs 1 or more persons or who accepts applications for employment, including an agent of an employer. See Michigan Laws 37.202
  • Employer: means a person, including a unit of state or local government, engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in this state and includes an agent, representative, or designee of the employer. See Michigan Laws 37.272
  • Employer contributions: means the amount transferred by an employer to a participating unit retirement system on behalf of members of the retirement system to pay for the actuarial accrued liabilities of the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Employment agency: means a person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure, refer, recruit, or place for an employer or person the opportunity to work for an employer, and includes an agent of that person. See Michigan Laws 37.202
  • Enemy attack: means any attack or series of attacks by a power hostile to the United States which causes or may cause death, injury or substantial damage to the people and property in the United States by sabotage, or by the use of bombs, missiles or shells, or any other weapons of conventional, atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, biological or any other nature, process or means. See Michigan Laws 31.2
  • Enforcing agency: means the designated officer or agency charged with responsibility for administration and enforcement of this act. See Michigan Laws 125.402a
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • environmental health: means the area of activity which deals with the protection of human health through the management, control, and prevention of environmental factors which may adversely affect the health of individuals. See Michigan Laws 333.12101
  • 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
  • Erosion control: means installation of structures designed to control erosion or protect property adjacent to the great lakes or property affected by levels of the great lakes from erosion. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Estate: means the ownership of real or personal property at the time of death, the title to which was held either in the sole name of the decedent or by the entireties, tenancy in common, or joint tenancy with the spouse, child, or parent of the decedent, but does not include real property owned by the decedent as the homestead of the decedent. See Michigan Laws 35.801
  • Evaluation system: means the local government retirement and benefits fiscal impact evaluation system created under section 5 to provide for the identification of, and a corrective action plan to resolve, the underfunded status of a local unit of government under this act. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • 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.
  • Examination: means any test, process, evaluation, or any other procedure used to determine a candidate's merit, suitability, or fitness for the position for which he or she is applying. See Michigan Laws 38.517
  • Examiner: means any person who does any of the following:
  •   (i) Purports to detect deception, verify truthfulness, or provide a diagnostic opinion of either of these through instrumentation or the use of a mechanical device. See Michigan Laws 37.202
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Eye: means a human eye or any portion of a human eye. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Eye bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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.
  • Family income: means all income that is included in a determination of family income under section 143(f) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 143(f), together with the income of all adults who will reside in the residence, which income might otherwise be excluded from consideration because the individual was not expected to both live in the residence and be primarily or secondarily liable on the mortgage note. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • 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
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Felony arising out of his or her service as a public employee: means 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) A felony resulting from the misuse of public funds. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Filed with the retirement system: means that the retirement system has determined that the domestic relations order submitted for filing is acceptable as an EDRO. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • 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
  • firearm: except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 8.3t
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Food service establishment: means a food service establishment as defined in section 12905. See Michigan Laws 333.12601
  • Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
  • Foreclosing governmental unit: means that term as defined in section 78 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • 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
  • Foreign service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service anywhere outside of any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.922
  • Foreign service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service anywhere outside of any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.972
  • Forest management operations and practices: means activities related to the harvesting, reforestation, and other forest management, including, but not limited to, road access for silviculture activity and forest thinning, pest control, disease control, fertilization, forest protection, and wildlife management, that are consistent with principles of sustainable forestry. See Michigan Laws 324.50502
  • Forest management plan: means a written plan prepared and signed by a registered forester or a natural resources professional that prescribes measures to optimize production, utilization, and regeneration of forest resources. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • Forestland: means a tract of land that may include nonproductive land that is intermixed with productive land that is an integral part of a managed forest and that meets all the following:
  •   (i) Does not have material natural resources other than those resources suitable for forest growth or the potential for forest growth. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Former employee: means an individual who was an employee who terminated employment with the applicable local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • 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
  • Full-time paid member: means an officer, fire fighter, or police officer who is paid regularly by the city and devotes his or her whole time to fire fighting, law enforcement, or related activities. See Michigan Laws 38.517
  • 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 national guard tuition assistance fund created in section 4. See Michigan Laws 32.432
  • Fund: means the migratory labor housing fund. See Michigan Laws 333.12401
  • Fund: means the land bank fast track fund created in section 18. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Fund: means the Michigan housing and community development fund created in section 58a. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • Fund: means the housing development fund created by this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Fund: means the veterans cemetery fund created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 35.1252
  • 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: means a public employee health care fund created under this act or a court order, including a plan for adjustment, and used for the accumulation and investment of funds for the purpose of funding health care for retired employees of the public corporation. See Michigan Laws 38.1212
  • Fund: means the commercial forest fund created under section 51112. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • Fund: means the Michigan health initiative fund created in section 5911. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
  • fund: means the healthy Michigan fund created in section 5953. See Michigan Laws 333.5951
  • Fund board: means the board of the Michigan strategic fund described in section 5. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a
  • FWC Qualified Settlement Fund: means the FWC Qualified Settlement Fund described in the settlement agreement approved by the court in In re Flint Water Cases, No. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • General fund operating revenues: means the sum of all governmental activity fund revenues of a local unit of government as determined by the state treasurer based on applicable government accounting standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • 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: means , in the case of a county, the county board of commissioners; in the case of a city, the council, common council, commission, or other body having legislative powers; in the case of a village, the council, common council, commission, board of trustees, or other body having legislative powers; in the case of a township, the township board; in the case of a charter township, the township board; in the case of a drainage district, the drain commissioner or the drainage board; and in the case of another district or of an authority, the body in which is lodged general governing powers. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Governing body: means in the case of a city, the council or commission of the city; in the case of a village, the council, commission, or board of trustees of the village; in the case of a township, the township board; and in the case of a county, the county board of commissioners. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Governing body: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Governing body: means , except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the elected body having legislative powers of a municipality creating an authority under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers or, for a joint authority created under section 604(2), the elected body of each municipality having legislative powers that is a member of the joint authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • 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
  • grantee: may be construed as including every person to whom any such interest or estate passes in like manner. See Michigan Laws 8.3e
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • grantor: may be construed as including every person from or by whom any estate in lands passes in or by any deed. See Michigan Laws 8.3e
  • Green chemistry: means chemistry and chemical engineering to design chemical products or processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances, while producing high-quality products through safe and efficient manufacturing processes. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
  • 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: means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or welfare of an individual. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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.
  • Hazardous materials: means any of the following:
  •   (i) "Hazardous waste" as that term is defined in section 11103 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 29.472
  • HCV: means hepatitis C virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
  • Health care facilities: means buildings, structures, or equipment suitable and intended for, or incidental or ancillary to, use in providing health services, including, but not limited to, hospitals; hospital long-term care units; infirmaries; sanatoria; nursing homes; medical care facilities; outpatient clinics; ambulatory care facilities; surgical and diagnostic facilities; hospices; clinical laboratories; shared service facilities; laundries; meeting rooms; classrooms and other educational facilities; students', nurses', interns', or physicians' residences; administration buildings; facilities for use as or by health maintenance organizations; facilities for ambulance operations, advanced mobile emergency care services, and limited advanced mobile emergency care services; research facilities; facilities for the care of dependent children; maintenance, storage, and utility facilities; parking lots and structures; garages; office facilities not less than 80% of the net leasable space of which is intended for lease to or other use by direct providers of health care; facilities for the temporary lodging of outpatients or families of patients; residential facilities for use by the aged or disabled; and all necessary, useful, or related equipment, furnishings, and appurtenances and all lands necessary or convenient as sites for the health care facilities described in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • 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
  • Health resource shortage area: means a geographic area, population group, or health facility designated by the department under section 2717. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Health services: means 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) Diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment by direct providers of health care of persons suffering from illness, injury, and disability, including persons suffering from tuberculosis and other contagious and infectious diseases, and persons requiring maternity care, rehabilitation, psychiatric care, or substance abuse services; dentistry and related services; podiatric medicine and surgery; optometric services; psychological services; skilled, basic, and visiting nursing services and home health services; ambulance operations; advanced mobile emergency care services and limited advanced emergency services; physical, respiratory, and occupational therapy; health maintenance services; services for the prevention of illness, injury, and disability and for the promotion, maintenance, and improvement of public health and welfare; food services and care for dependent children, the disabled, and the elderly; and social work and chaplaincy services provided in conjunction with other health services described in this subparagraph. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • Health threat to others: means that an individual who is a carrier has demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to conduct himself or herself in such a manner as to not place others at risk of exposure to a serious communicable disease or infection. See Michigan Laws 333.5201
  • Highways: means public streets, highways, and alleys. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • 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
  • HIV: means human immunodeficiency virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
  • HIV: means human immunodeficiency virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
  • HIV infected: means the status of an individual who is infected with HIV, as evidenced by any of the following:
  •   (i) An HIV test, or a combination of tests, that is considered a confirmatory diagnostic test according to prevailing medical technology and algorithms or guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
  • Home for the aged: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.12601
  • Homeland security and defense technology: means technology that assists in the assessment of threats or damage to the general population and critical infrastructure, protection of, defense against, or mitigation of the effects of foreign or domestic threats, disasters, or attacks, or support for crisis or response management, including, but not limited to, 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) Sensors, systems, processes, or equipment for communications, identification and authentication, screening, surveillance, tracking, and data analysis. See Michigan Laws 125.2088a
  • Homestead: means a dwelling or a unit in a multiple unit dwelling and includes a mobile home or trailer coach. See Michigan Laws 35.801
  • Honorable service: means that service as evidenced by:
  •   (i) Honorable or general discharge, or separation under honorable conditions. See Michigan Laws 35.1001
  • Honorable service: means that service as evidenced by:
  •   (i) Honorable or general discharge, or separation under honorable conditions. See Michigan Laws 35.1022
  • Hospice: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.12601
  • Hospital: means a facility licensed as a hospital under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Hospital: means a hospital licensed pursuant to article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • Hospital long-term care unit: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.12601
  • hotel: is a multiple-dwelling of class b in which persons are lodged for hire and in which there are more than 50 sleeping rooms, a public dining room for the accommodation of at least 50 guests, and a general kitchen. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • Housing: means publicly owned housing, individual or multifamily. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Housing charges: means monthly rentals or carrying charges, and includes estimated or actual expenditures for heat, light, water, cooking fuel, and other utilities, and other reasonable expenditures which the authority determines to be a part of housing charges. See Michigan Laws 125.1451
  • Housing development: means a development that contains a significant element of housing for persons of low or moderate income and elements of other housing and commercial, recreational, industrial, communal, and educational facilities that the authority determines improve the quality of the development as it relates to housing for persons of low or moderate income. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Housing project: means any of the following:
  •   (i) Residential real property developed or to be developed or receiving benefits under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Housing unit: means living accommodations that are intended for occupancy by up to 4 families, with a separate dwelling unit for each family, that may be site constructed or may be a mobile home or other form of manufactured housing, and with respect to which either of the following applies:
  •   (i) The owner of the housing occupies at least 1 of the dwelling units. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Identification card: means an official state personal identification card issued by the secretary of state under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Immunization: means the process of increasing an individual's immunity to a disease by use of a vaccine, antibody preparation, or other substance. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
  • Immunizing agent: means a vaccine, antibody preparation, or other substance used to increase an individual's immunity to a disease or infectious agent. See Michigan Laws 333.9201
  • 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
  • income: shall include only moneys received by the guardian from the veterans administration, all earnings, interest, and profit derived therefrom and all property acquired therewith. See Michigan Laws 35.71
  • Income: means an amount determined in a manner consistent with the determination of lower income families under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937, 42 USC 1437f. See Michigan Laws 125.1459
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • 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
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Individual living unit: means an accommodation containing a living area, 1 to 4 sleeping areas, bathing and sanitation facilities, and cooking facilities equipped with a cooking range, refrigerator, and sink, all of which are separate and distinct from any other accommodations. See Michigan Laws 125.1459
  • Infection: means the invasion of the body with microorganisms or parasites, whether or not the invasion results in detectable pathologic effects. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
  • Infectious agent: means that term as defined in R 325. See Michigan Laws 333.9201
  • Information resource center: means the agent orange information resource center created in section 5745. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • inhabitant: means a resident of a city, township, village, district or county. See Michigan Laws 8.3f
  • Initial assessed value: means the assessed value 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 at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Initial assessed value: means the assessed value 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 at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • 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
  • 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 resolution 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 125.4301
  • Initial assessed value: means the assessed value of the eligible property identified in the tax increment financing plan or, for a certified technology park, a certified alternative energy park, or a Next Michigan development area, the assessed value of any real and personal property included in the tax increment financing plan, at the time the resolution establishing the tax increment financing plan is approved as shown by the most recent assessment roll for which equalization has been completed at the time the resolution is adopted or, for property that becomes eligible property in other than a certified technology park or a certified alternative energy park after the date the plan is approved, at the time the property becomes eligible property. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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 resolution establishing or amending 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 125.4602
  • Initiative: means the pharmaceutical best practices initiative established by this part. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Inland lake: means a natural or artificial lake, pond, or impoundment. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Institute of higher education: means a public or private college or university. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
  • 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
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • 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
  • Intergovernmental agreement: means a contractual agreement between 1 or more governmental agencies, including, but not limited to, an interlocal agreement to jointly exercise any power, privilege, or authority that the agencies share in common and that each might exercise separately under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Internal revenue code: means the United States internal revenue code of 1986. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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 fiduciary: means a person who does any of the following:
  •   (i) Exercises any discretionary authority or control in the investment of the fund's or trust's assets. See Michigan Laws 38.1212
  • 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
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Judge: means a judge of the district court, the circuit court, or the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, who has converted a portion of his or her state salary standardization payment as an addition to his or her state base salary under section 14a or 14c of Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.841
  • 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.
  • Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Know: means to have actual knowledge. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Lake improvements: means any improvements now or hereafter authorized by law to be made to any waters of the state by a municipality or any board or body which may be established by a municipality for that purpose, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207, or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207 or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207, former 1943 PA 184, or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Lead-bearing substance: means an item or substance that contains lead, or a coating on an item that contains lead, so that the lead content is more than 0. See Michigan Laws 333.5481
  • 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
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legal material: means any of the following:
  •   (i) The state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 4.1121
  • 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
  • Legislative council agencies: means the bureau, commission, and any other legislative council agency designated by the council. See Michigan Laws 4.1102
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Legislator: means a member of the senate or the house of representatives of this state. See Michigan Laws 4.351
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • License: except as otherwise provided in this subsection and section 17708(2), means an authorization issued under this article to practice where practice would otherwise be unlawful. See Michigan Laws 333.16106
  • Licensed professional counselor: means an individual who is licensed under part 181 to engage in the practice of counseling without supervision. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • 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
  • Limitation: means an action by which a board imposes restrictions or conditions, or both, on a license. See Michigan Laws 333.16106
  • Limited dividend housing corporation: means a corporation incorporated or qualified pursuant to the corporation laws of this state and chapter 6 and a limited dividend housing association organized and qualified pursuant to chapter 7. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Limited license: means a license to which restrictions or conditions, or both, as to scope of practice, place of practice, supervision of practice, duration of licensed status, or type or condition of patient or client served are imposed by a board. See Michigan Laws 333.16106
  • Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Litter: means rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, offal, paper, glass, cans, bottles, trash, debris, oil, or other foreign substances of every kind and description. See Michigan Laws 324.9501
  • 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 authority: means a local land bank fast track authority created by a qualified city under section 23(5). See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Local governing entity: means that term as defined in section 2406. See Michigan Laws 333.13101
  • Local governmental unit: means a county, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • Local governmental unit: means a city, village, or urban township. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • Local governmental unit: means a school district, intermediate school district, city, village, township, county, authority, or other political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 37.251
  • Local state of emergency: means a proclamation or declaration that activates the response and recovery aspects of any and all applicable local or interjurisdictional emergency operations plans and authorizes the furnishing of aid, assistance, and directives under those plans. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • local unit: means a county or municipality. See Michigan Laws 125.3803
  • local unit: means a municipality or county. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Local unit of government: means a city, village, township, county, or any intergovernmental, metropolitan, or local department, agency, or authority, or other local political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Local unit of government: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 125.3102
  • Local unit of government: means a county, city, township, or other political subdivision of this state which offers its employees a retirement plan in which a judge may be a member. See Michigan Laws 38.841
  • Local unit of government: means any of the following:
  •   (i) A city. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Low and moderate income housing: means housing financed by bond issues authorized under this act, by federally-aided mortgages as defined in section 11(c), or by other programs directed toward providing housing within the financial means of low and moderate income families as the authority shall determine. See Michigan Laws 125.1451
  • Low income or moderate income persons: means families and persons who cannot afford to pay the amounts at which private enterprise, without federally-aided mortgages or loans from the authority, is providing a substantial supply of decent, safe, and sanitary housing and who fall within income limitations set in this act or by the authority in its rules. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • 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
  • Manufacturer: means any of the following:
  •   (i) A manufacturer as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Marriage and family therapist: means an individual who is licensed under part 169 to engage in the practice of marriage and family therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • 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
  • Medicaid: means the program of medical assistance established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • Medicaid: means benefits under the program of medical assistance established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-6, and administered by the department under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Medical school: means an accredited program for the training of individuals to become physicians. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Medicare: means benefits under the federal Medicare program established under title XVIII of the social security act, 42 USC 1395 to 1395lll. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Meeting: means a meeting as defined in section 2 of the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15. See Michigan Laws 333.12601
  • Member: means a member, vested former member, deferred member, beneficiary, designated beneficiary, or refund beneficiary of a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Member: means a member, vested former member, deferred member, or participant of a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Members elect: means when applied to the county board of commissioners, both members elected and appointed. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Mental health professional program: means an accredited program for the training of individuals to become a designated mental health professional. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • MESBIC: means a small business investment company licensed under section 301(d) of the small business investment act of 1958, 15 U. See Michigan Laws 125.2061
  • Metadata: means information generally not visible when an electronic document is printed describing the history, tracking, or management of the electronic document, including information about data in the electronic document that describes how, when, and by whom the data were collected, created, accessed, or modified and how the data are formatted. See Michigan Laws 37.262
  • Michigan economic development corporation: means 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 124.753
  • Michigan economic development corporation: means 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 125.4402
  • Michigan emergency management plan: means the plan prepared and maintained by the emergency management division of the department and signed by the governor. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Michigan state housing development authority: means the authority created under the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Michigan strategic fund: means the Michigan strategic fund as described in the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Michigan strategic fund: means the Michigan strategic fund as described in the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Michigan veteran homes: means the administrative entity that centrally manages and operates veterans' facilities in this state. See Michigan Laws 36.102
  • military duty: means (1) training and service performed by an inductee, enlistee or reservist or any entrant into a temporary component of the armed forces of the United States, and (2) time spent in reporting for and returning from such training and service, or if a rejection occurs, from the place of reporting therefor: Provided, That the time spent does not exceed the minimum time required by law for the inductee or not exceed 3 years for the first enlistment, or not exceed 3 years for the reservist after being recalled to active duty or as soon after the expiration of such 3 years as the reservist is able to obtain orders relieving him from active duty: And provided further, That if the re-employment provision of the selective service act is amended to provide a period of other than 3 years, such a period provided by the selective service act shall apply. See Michigan Laws 35.351
  • Minor: means an individual who is under 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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
  • Minority: means a person who is black, hispanic, oriental, eskimo, or an American Indian. See Michigan Laws 125.2061
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Minority owned business: means a business which is at least 50% owned, controlled, and managed by minorities. See Michigan Laws 125.2061
  • Minority venture capital company: means a business which makes investments solely in minority owned businesses. See Michigan Laws 125.2061
  • Mixed use buildings: means buildings that can be used for more than 1 purpose, and in any combination, including, but not limited to, residential housing combined with either commercial or retail space. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • Mobile home: means a structure, transportable in 1 or more sections, that is built on a chassis and is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Mobile home condominium project: means a condominium project in which mobile homes are intended to be located upon separate sites that constitute individual condominium units and that complies with the condominium act, 1978 PA 59, MCL 559. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Mobile home park: means a parcel or tract of land under the control of a person or entity upon which 3 or more mobile homes are located on a continual, nonrecreational, residential basis and that is offered to the public for general public use for continual, nonrecreational, residential purposes regardless of whether a charge is made for that use, together with any social, recreational, commercial, and communal facilities used or intended for use incident to the occupancy of a mobile home. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Mobile home park association: means a mobile home park association organized and qualified in accordance with chapter 9. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Mobile home park corporation: means a corporation incorporated pursuant to the corporation laws of this state and qualified in accordance with chapter 8. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Moderate cost residential rental property: means dwelling units for which the rental payments are equal to or less than that established from time to time as the fair market rents for existing housing in accordance with 1 of the following:
  •   (i) The section 8 leased housing program established under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937, 42 USC 1437f, and the regulations promulgated under that act, or a substantially equivalent successor federal program. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • 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
  • Monument fund: means the Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 35.1052
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage lender: means a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan association, mortgage company, insurance company, state pension fund, or any other financial institution, intermediary, or entity authorized to make mortgage loans in this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Motor carrier: means a person engaged in the transportation of hazardous materials by highway. See Michigan Laws 29.472
  • 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
  • Multifamily housing: means a building or buildings providing housing to 2 or more households, none of which is owner occupied. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • multiple dwelling: is a dwelling occupied otherwise than as a private dwelling or 2 family dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • 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 city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Municipality: means a city or a village. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Municipality: means all of the following:
  •   (i) A municipality as defined in part 2. See Michigan Laws 125.4901
  • Municipality: means a county, city, village, township, charter township, district, or authority existing under the laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Municipality: means a city, village, or township in this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • 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
  • Municipality: means a township, charter township, city, or incorporated village. See Michigan Laws 38.517
  • Municipality: means a city. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Municipality: includes a county, township, charter township, city, or incorporated village. See Michigan Laws 38.557
  • Municipality: means a city, village, or urban township. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Municipality: means 1 of the following:
  •   (i) A city. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Mutual housing association: means a corporation organized in accordance with chapter 10. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • National Health Service Corps: means the agency established under 42 USC 254d. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Natural resources professional: means a person who is acknowledged by the department as having the education, knowledge, experience, and skills to identify, schedule, and implement appropriate forest management practices needed to achieve the purposes of this part on land subject to or to be subject to this part. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • 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
  • New York fire safety standards for cigarettes: means the New York executive law, section 156-c, and the New York fire safety standards for cigarettes, New York compilation of codes, rules, and regulations, title 19, section 429. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Next Michigan development area: means a portion of an authority district designated by a Next Michigan development corporation under section 412e to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Next Michigan development corporation: means that term as defined in section 3 of the next Michigan development act, 2010 PA 275, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Next of kin: means the spouse of a deceased individual or a person related to a deceased individual within the third degree of consanguinity as determined by the civil law method. See Michigan Laws 333.10201
  • 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.
  • Nonprofit corporation: means a nonprofit corporation organized under the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Nonprofit corporation: means that term as defined under section 108 of the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Nonprofit housing corporation: means a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the corporation laws of this state and chapter 4. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Normal cost: means the annual service cost of retirement health benefits as they are earned during active employment of employees of the local unit of government in the applicable fiscal year, using an individual entry-age normal and level percent of pay actuarial cost method. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Notes: means notes of the authority issued as provided in this part, including commercial paper. See Michigan Laws 324.50502
  • Nurse: means an individual who is licensed to engage in the practice of nursing under part 172. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Nursing home: means that term as defined in section 20109. See Michigan Laws 333.12601
  • Nursing program: means an accredited program for the training of individuals to become nurses. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • 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.
  • 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 125.4301
  • 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 125.4402
  • occupational disease: means an illness of the human body arising out of and in the course of an individual's employment and having 1 or more of the following characteristics:
  •   (a) It is caused by a frequently repeated or continuous exposure to a hazardous substance or agent or to a specific industrial practice which is hazardous and which has continued over an extended period of time. See Michigan Laws 333.5601
  • Office: means the Michigan film office created in section 29a. See Michigan Laws 125.2029
  • Office: means the office of Asian Pacific American affairs created in section 13. See Michigan Laws 37.123
  • Office: means the office of the legislative corrections ombudsman created under this act. See Michigan Laws 4.351
  • Official: means an official or employee of the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 4.351
  • Official publisher: means :
  •   (i) For the state constitution of 1963, the legislative service bureau. See Michigan Laws 4.1121
  • Oil: means oil of any kind or in any form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, and oil refuse. See Michigan Laws 324.9501
  • Ombudsman: means the office of legislative corrections ombudsman. See Michigan Laws 4.351
  • Operating license agreement: means an agreement entered into under section 513 by and among a street railway and each road authority with jurisdiction over public streets and highways upon which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system, including, but not limited to, each city, village, or township road authority in the city, village, or township in which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Optional retirement program: means a system of retirement benefits established as a part of the plan of compensation for eligible teaching and administrative personnel. See Michigan Laws 38.382
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • Organ: means a human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, or intestine or multivisceral organs when transplanted at the same time as an intestine. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Organ procurement organization: means a person certified or recertified by the secretary of the United States department of health and human services as a qualified organ procurement organization under 42 USC 273(b). See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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 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
  • Other protected obligation: means :
  •   (i) A qualified refunding obligation issued to refund an obligation described in subparagraph (ii) or (iii), 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 125.4301
  • Other protected obligation: means :
  •   (i) A qualified refunding obligation issued to refund an obligation described in subparagraph (ii) or (iii), 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 125.4402
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Owner: means a person who holds title to the surface estate of forestland subject to this part. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • Parcel: means an identifiable unit of land that is treated as separate for valuation or zoning purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Parcel: means an identifiable unit of land that is treated as separate for valuation or zoning purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • Parcel: means an identifiable unit of land that is treated as separate for valuation or zoning purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Parent: means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Participant: means a member, deferred member, vested former member, deceased former member, or retirant under the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Participating state: means a state electing to participate in the uniform program by entering a base state agreement. See Michigan Laws 29.472
  • Participating unit: means a retirement system that elects to come under the provisions of section 6. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • 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.
  • Period of service: means the period of time between September 16, 1940 and June 30, 1946 and, for purposes of former section 25 of article X of the state constitution of 1908, also means the period of time between June 27, 1950 and the termination of the state of national emergency, which state of national emergency was proclaimed on December 16, 1950. See Michigan Laws 35.922
  • Period of service: means the period of time between June 27, 1950 and December 31, 1953. See Michigan Laws 35.972
  • Period of service: means that period of time between 12:01 a. See Michigan Laws 35.1001
  • Period of service: means that period of time between 12:01 a. See Michigan Laws 35.1022
  • period of war: means that phrase as described in 38 C. See Michigan Laws 35.602
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or any other entity. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • person: includes a partnership, corporation or an association. See Michigan Laws 35.71
  • Person: means a person as defined in section 1106 or a governmental entity. See Michigan Laws 333.12401
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • 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, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity, this state or an agency of this state, or the federal government or an agency of the federal government. See Michigan Laws 37.202
  • 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: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 333.5481
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 333.5491
  • 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
  • person with a disability: includes a veteran who has been diagnosed with 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) Post-traumatic stress disorder. See Michigan Laws 37.301
  • Personal information: means 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) Social security number. See Michigan Laws 37.251
  • Personal internet account: means an account created via a bounded system established by an internet-based service that requires a user to input or store access information via an electronic device to view, create, utilize, or edit the user's account information, profile, display, communications, or stored data. See Michigan Laws 37.272
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pharmacist: means that term as defined in section 17707. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • Physician: means that term as defined in section 17001 and 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery under the law of any state. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Physician: means an individual who is licensed as a physician under part 170 or part 175. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Physician: means a physician licensed pursuant to article 15. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • 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
  • Place of public accommodation: means a business, an educational institution, or a refreshment, entertainment, recreation, health, or transportation facility of any kind, whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or otherwise made available to the public. See Michigan Laws 37.231
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plan for adjustment: means a plan for the adjustment of debts entered and approved by a federal bankruptcy court for a public corporation. See Michigan Laws 38.1212
  • 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.
  • Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Police officer: means a police officer as defined in section 42 of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 324.9501
  • Political subdivision: means a county, municipality, school district, or any other governmental unit, agency, body, board, or commission which is not a state department, board, commission, or agency of state government. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • Polygraph examination: means a psychological stress evaluator examination or any other procedure which involves the use of instrumentation or a mechanical device to enable or assist the detection of deception, the verification of truthfulness, or the rendering of a diagnostic opinion regarding either of these; including a lie detector test, psychological stress evaluator examination, or similar test. See Michigan Laws 37.202
  • 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
  • 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
  • Port facilities: means seawall jetties; piers; wharves; docks; boat landings; marinas; warehouses; storehouses; elevators; grain bins; cold storage plants; bunkers; oil tanks; ferries; canals; locks; bridges; tunnels; seaways; conveyors; modern appliances for the economical handling, storage, and transportation of freight and handling of passenger traffic; transfer and terminal facilities required for the efficient operation and development of ports and harbors; other harbor improvements; or improvements, enlargements, remodeling, or extensions of any of these buildings or structures. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
  • position: means employment, whether probationary or otherwise, held by a public employee at the time of entrance into military duty, but shall not include temporary or casual employment or an office filled by election, nor officers appointed for a fixed term. See Michigan Laws 35.351
  • Postretirement subsidy: includes , but is not limited to, all of the following:
  •   (i) A supplemental annuity. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Prescriber: means that term as defined in section 17708. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • Prescription: means that term as defined in section 17708. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • Prescription drug: means that term as defined in section 17708. See Michigan Laws 333.9701
  • Presentence report: A report prepared by a court's probation officer, after a person has been convicted of an offense, summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence. Source: U.S. Courts
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • 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
  • Principal shopping district: means a portion of a local governmental unit designated by the governing body of the local governmental unit that is predominantly commercial and that contains at least 10 retail businesses. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • Prisoner: means a person committed to or under the jurisdiction of the department. See Michigan Laws 4.351
  • 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 dwelling: is a dwelling occupied by but 1 family, and so designed and arranged as to provide cooking and kitchen accommodations for 1 family only. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • 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
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process improvement: is a recommended improvement that is concisely written and identifies a problem, situation, or opportunity for improvement, together with a recommendation for a remedy. See Michigan Laws 38.1161
  • Procurement organization: means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Project: means any activity for the benefit of property owners authorized by section 10a to enhance the business environment within a zone area. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Project: means those activities defined under section 58c. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • 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
  • Project cost: means the sum total of all reasonable or necessary costs incurred by the nonprofit housing corporation, consumer housing cooperative, limited dividend housing corporation, mobile home park corporation, or mobile home park association for carrying out all works and undertakings for the completion of a housing project and approved by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • project costs: includes costs for all of the following: studies and surveys; plans, specifications, and architectural and engineering services; legal, organization, marketing, or other special services; financing, acquisition, demolition, construction, equipment, and site development of new and rehabilitated buildings; movement of existing buildings to other sites; rehabilitation, reconstruction, repair, or remodeling of existing buildings; carrying charges during construction; the cost of placement of tenants or occupants, and relocation services in connection with a housing project; and, to the extent not already included, all development costs. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Promotion fund: means the Michigan film promotion fund created under section 29d. See Michigan Laws 125.2029
  • Property owner: means a person who owns, or an agent authorized in writing by a person who owns, assessable property according to the records of the treasurer of the city or village in which the business improvement zone is located. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Prospective donor: means an individual who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a body part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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
  • Psychological stress evaluator: means any mechanical device or instrument which purports to determine the truth or falsity of statements made by an employee or applicant for employment on the basis of vocal fluctuations or vocal stress. See Michigan Laws 37.202
  • Psychological stress evaluator examination: means any of the following:
  •   (i) The questioning or interviewing of an employee or applicant for employment for the purpose of subjecting the statements of the employee or applicant for employment to analysis by a psychological stress evaluator. See Michigan Laws 37.202
  • Psychologist: means an individual licensed to engage in the practice of psychology under part 182. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • 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 corporation: means a county, city, village, township, authority, district, board, or commission in this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1212
  • Public debt: Cumulative amounts borrowed by the Treasury Department or the Federal Financing Bank from the public or from another fund or account. The public debt does not include agency debt (amounts borrowed by other agencies of the Federal Government). The total public debt is subject to a statutory limit.
  • public employee: means any person holding a position in public employment, both classified and unclassified. See Michigan Laws 35.351
  • public employer: means any government, department or agency mentioned in subsection (b) of this section employing a public employee in a position. See Michigan Laws 35.351
  • public employment: means remunerative employment by the government of this state, or of any county, municipality, or other civil or political subdivision thereof, including any department, agency or instrumentality thereof. See Michigan Laws 35.351
  • Public facility: means a street, and any improvements to a street, including street furniture and beautification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, or building, including access routes designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by a public agency, that is related to access to inland lakes or a water resource improvement, or means a water resource improvement. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Public facility: means housing, 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, or building, including access routes designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by a public agency. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • 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 facility: means 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) A street, plaza, or pedestrian mall, and any improvements to a street, plaza, boulevard, alley, or pedestrian mall, including street furniture and beautification, park, parking facility, recreation facility, playground, school, library, public institution or administration building, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipeline, transit-oriented development, transit-oriented facility, and other similar facilities and necessary easements of these facilities designed and dedicated to use by the public generally or used by a public agency. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Public facility: means 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) A street, road, bridge, storm water or sanitary sewer, sewage treatment facility, facility designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the spread of identified soil or groundwater contamination, drainage system, retention basin, pretreatment facility, waterway, waterline, water storage facility, rail line, electric, gas, telephone or other communications, or any other type of utility line or pipeline, transit-oriented facility, transit-oriented development, or other similar or related structure or improvement, together with necessary easements for the structure or improvement. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Public facility: means a street, plaza, pedestrian mall, and any improvements to a street, plaza, or pedestrian mall including street furniture and beautification, sidewalk, trail, lighting, traffic flow modification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, transit-oriented development, transit-oriented facility, or building, including access routes, that are either designed and dedicated to use by the public generally or used by a public agency, or that are located in a qualified development area and are for the benefit of or for the protection of the health, welfare, or safety of the public generally, whether or not used by 1 or more business entities, provided that any road, street, or bridge shall be continuously open to public access and that other property shall be located in public easements or rights-of-way and designed to accommodate foreseeable development of public facilities in adjoining areas. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • public hall: is a hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control of 1 family. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • public highway: as used in this act mean any road, street or alley taken over by and under the jurisdiction of the board of county road commissioners. See Michigan Laws 41.271
  • 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 service: means a public facility, department, agency, board, or commission owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of this state or a subdivision of this state, by a county, city, village, township, or independent or regional district in this state, or by a tax-exempt private agency established to provide service to the public, except that public service does not include a state or county correctional facility with respect to actions or decisions regarding an individual serving a sentence of imprisonment. See Michigan Laws 37.231
  • Public street or highway: means any state trunk line highway, county road, or city or village street maintained by a road authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • 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
  • public work: means the acquisition, construction, or improvement of public works; the acquisition of easements necessary for the public works; the acquisition of real and personal property and interests in real and personal property which are necessary for the public works; and the demolition of structures, site preparation, relocation costs, building rehabilitation and administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of technical and economic feasibility studies or architectural, engineering, legal, and accounting fees, which are necessary for the public works. See Michigan Laws 125.2041
  • 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 city: means a city that contains a first class school district and includes any department or agency of the city. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Qualified development area: means a development area that meets 1 of the following:
  •   (i) All of the following:
      (A) Is located within a city with a population of 700,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • 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 military veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
  •   (a) Before graduation from a high school, the military veteran enlisted in or was drafted into the armed forces of the United States during World War II between December 16, 1940 and December 31, 1946, during the Korean conflict between June 27, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or during the Vietnam era between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975. See Michigan Laws 35.341
  • Qualified person: means an individual who is eligible to receive health care benefits and who is designated as a qualified person by the public corporation. See Michigan Laws 38.1212
  • 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 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 of the following applies:
  •   (i) The refunding obligation meets both of the following:
      (A) The net present value of the principal and interest to be paid on the refunding obligation, including the cost of issuance, will be less than the net present value of the principal and interest to be paid on the obligation being refunded, as calculated using a method approved by the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • 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 the refunding obligation meets both of the following:
  •   (i) The net present value of the principal and interest to be paid on the refunding obligation, including the cost of issuance, will be less than the net present value of the principal and interest to be paid on the obligation being refunded, as calculated using a method approved by the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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
  • Qualifying period: means the period in which a business improvement zone is authorized to operate and impose and collect assessments, beginning on the date that the business improvement zone is approved by the property owners voting on the question as provided in section 10f and ending 7 to 10 calendar years after that date as determined in the petition described in section 10c. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Quality control and quality assurance program: means laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing of cigarettes and ensure that testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in section 5(2)(g) for all test trials used to certify cigarettes under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • 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
  • Railroad: means that term as defined under section 109 of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • rear yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling, between the extreme rear line of the dwelling and the rear lot line and extending from 1 side lot line to the other side lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • Reasonably available: means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Recipient: means an individual into whose body a decedent's body part has been or is intended to be transplanted. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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
  • Reclassification: means an action by a disciplinary subcommittee by which restrictions or conditions, or both, applicable to a license are added or removed. See Michigan Laws 333.16108
  • recognition board: means the recognition board established in section 2. See Michigan Laws 38.1161
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Michigan Laws 4.1121
  • Refusal: means a record created under section 10107 that expressly refuses to make an anatomical gift of an individual's body or body part. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Refuse: means putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, and includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, and industrial wastes. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Refuse system: means disposal, including all equipment and facilities for storing, handling, processing, and disposing of refuse, including plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties, used or useful in connection with the salvage or disposal of refuse and used or useful in the creation, sale, or disposal of by-products, including rock, sand, clay, gravel, or timber, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Registered forester: means a person registered under part 535. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • Registration: means registration of a source of ionizing radiation in writing with the department. See Michigan Laws 333.13501
  • Registration: means an authorization only for the use of a designated title which use would otherwise be prohibited under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.16108
  • Registry: means the childhood immunization registry or Michigan care improvement registry established under section 9207. See Michigan Laws 333.9201
  • Rehabilitation: means all or part of those repairs and improvements necessary to make residential real property safe, sanitary, or adequate. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Reinstatement: means the granting of a license or certificate of registration, with or without limitations or conditions, to an individual whose license or certificate of registration has been suspended or revoked. See Michigan Laws 333.16108
  • 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.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Remodeling: means the remodeling, improving, or reconstruction of existing housing or facilities which are incidental or appurtenant thereto for migratory laborers or the construction of new housing or facilities which are incidental or appurtenant thereto for migratory laborers. See Michigan Laws 333.12401
  • rental: means all regular charges paid on a periodic basis to a housing corporation by a person or family living in a rental or cooperative housing project, excluding initial down payments. See Michigan Laws 125.1451
  • 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
  • Repeatability: means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95% of the time. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • 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.
  • Research and development enterprise: means any person found by the fund to be engaged in a business which uses green chemistry as a design guidance, or the discovery of new substances and the refinement of known substances, processes, products, theories, and ideas, except for those persons whose businesses are directed primarily to the accumulation or analysis of commercial, financial, or mercantile data. See Michigan Laws 125.2071
  • Research center fund: means that fund created by section 27 of former 1982 PA 70, to which the fund succeeds in ownership pursuant to section 76. See Michigan Laws 125.2071
  • Resident: means a person who meets 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.922
  • Resident: means a person who meets 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.972
  • Resident: means a person who has acquired a status as follows:
  •   (i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.1022
  • Residential district: means an area of a municipality where 75% or more of the area is zoned for residential housing. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • Residential real property: means real property located in this state, used for residential purposes, and improved or to be improved by a residential structure. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Resolution: means a resolution or an ordinance, if the governing body of a municipality chooses to act by ordinance rather than by resolution. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Retail dealer: means a retailer, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Retirant: means a person who has retired with a retirement benefit payable from a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Retirant: means an individual who has retired with a retirement benefit payable from a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Retired state employee: means an individual who has retired from state service and is receiving a retirement benefit from either the defined benefits or defined contributions retirement plans sponsored by this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1161
  • 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 benefit: means an annuity, a retirement allowance, an optional benefit, a postretirement benefit, a benefit received from a defined contribution plan, defined benefit plan, deferred compensation plan, disability plan, life insurance plan, all money, investments and income of the various funds created under a public employee retirement system, and any other right accruing to a member under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Retirement benefit: means an annuity, a retirement allowance, a pension, a benefit from employer contributions to a defined contribution plan, an optional benefit, a postretirement benefit, and any other right accrued or accruing to a member under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Retirement commission: means the retirement commission of the employee retirement system of the school district of the city of Detroit. See Michigan Laws 38.371
  • Retirement health benefit: means an annuity, allowance, payment, or contribution to, for, or on behalf of a former employee or a dependent of a former employee to pay for any of the following components:
  •   (i) Expenses related to medical, drugs, dental, hearing, or vision care. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Retirement system: means the employee retirement system of the school district of the city of Detroit created and established by chapter 2 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.371
  • Retirement system: means the Michigan public school employees' retirement system created by the public school employees retirement act of 1979, Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.382
  • 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
  • Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system established by this state or a political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system created and established by this state or any political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system established by this state or a political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Retirement system: means a retirement system, trust, plan, or reserve fund that a local unit of government establishes, maintains, or participates in and that, by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances, provides retirement pension benefits or retirement health benefits, or both. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Risk reduction: means the process of identifying and reducing or eliminating behaviors or conditions, or both, that are harmful to physical or mental health, or both. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
  • Road authority: means each governmental agency with jurisdiction over public streets and highways. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • 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
  • Sale: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • 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
  • Secondary wholesaler: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Sell: means to sell or to offer or agree to sell. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Serious communicable disease or infection: means a communicable disease or infection that is designated as serious by the department under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
  • service: means service in the armed forces of the United States during a period of war as described in 38 C. See Michigan Laws 35.801
  • Service animal: means all of the following:
  •   (i) That term as defined in 28 C. See Michigan Laws 37.301
  • Service obligation: means the contractual obligation undertaken by an individual under section 2705 or section 2707 to provide health care services for a determinable time period at a site designated by the department. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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.
  • Sewage: means human body wastes, treated or untreated. See Michigan Laws 324.9501
  • Sewage disposal system: means all sanitary sewers, storm sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties, used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage including storm water, sanitary sewage, or industrial wastes, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Sexually transmitted infection: means syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, granuloma inguinale, and other sexually transmitted infections that the department may designate and require to be reported under section 5111. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
  • shall: is a lways mandatory and not directory, and denotes that the dwelling shall be maintained in all respects according to the mandate as long as it continues to be a dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • 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
  • side yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling between the side lot line and the nearest side line of the dwelling and extending from the extreme rear line of the dwelling to the front lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402
  • Sign: means that, with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, an individual does either of the following:
  •   (i) Executes or adopts a tangible symbol. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Silvicultural practices: means the management and manipulation of forest vegetation for the protection, growth, and enhancement of forest products. See Michigan Laws 324.51101
  • 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
  • Special Purpose FWC Settlement Entity: means the Special Purpose FWC Settlement Entity described in the settlement agreement approved by the court in In re Flint Water Cases, No. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
  • Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Specific local taxes: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 4.1121
  • 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 administrative board: means the board created under 1921 PA 2, MCL 17. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • State agency: means a department, board, commission, office, agency, authority, or other unit of state government in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch. See Michigan Laws 37.251
  • State authority: means the land bank fast track authority created under section 15. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • State employee: means a classified member of the state civil service or an unclassified employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. See Michigan Laws 38.1161
  • State executive officers: means the elected heads of the principal departments of this state. See Michigan Laws 31.2
  • State forester: means an employee of the department who has a 4-year degree in forest management from an accredited college or university and experience in forest management and who is designated as the state forester by the director. See Michigan Laws 324.50502
  • State of disaster: means an executive order or proclamation that activates the disaster response and recovery aspects of the state, local, and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans applicable to the counties or municipalities affected. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • State of emergency: means an executive order or proclamation that activates the emergency response and recovery aspects of the state, local, and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans applicable to the counties or municipalities affected. See Michigan Laws 30.402
  • State supported institution of higher education: means any of the following:
  •   (i) Western Michigan university. See Michigan Laws 38.382
  • State unit: means the state employees' retirement system, established by Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.1102
  • State unit: means a retirement system established under the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 204, MCL 38. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Statewide median gross income: means the statewide median gross income as determined under section 143(f) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 143(f). See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • 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
  • Street railway: means a nonprofit corporation organized under this part for the purpose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting individuals or property. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Street railway system: means the facilities, equipment, and personnel required to provide and maintain a public transportation system operated on rails at grade or above or below ground within a city, village, or township utilizing streetcars, trolleys, light rail vehicles, or trams for the transportation of individuals or property. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subsidiary board: means the board of trustees of a subsidiary corporation. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • Subsidiary corporation: means a subsidiary municipal health facilities corporation incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • Subsidiary nonprofit housing corporation: means an entity created under section 22c. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Substance use disorder services: means substance use disorder prevention services or substance use disorder treatment and rehabilitation services, or both, as those terms are defined in section 100d of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 333.6230
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Supportive housing: means a rental housing project in which some or all of the units are targeted to people with household incomes at or below 30% of area median income and that provide services, either directly or contracted for, to those people that include, but are not limited to, mental health, substance abuse services, counseling services, and daily living services. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
  • Supportive housing property: means property that meets all of the following requirements:
  •   (i) Is owned by an organization exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501, or by a nonprofit housing corporation organized under chapter 4. See Michigan Laws 125.1459
  • Sustainable forestry: means that term as defined in section 52501. See Michigan Laws 324.50502
  • 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 financing plan: means that information and those requirements set forth in section 313 to 315. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • 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
  • 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 125.4301
  • 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 eligible property within the district or, for purposes of a certified technology park, a Next Michigan development area, or a certified alternative energy park, real or personal property that is located within the certified technology park, a Next Michigan development area, or a certified alternative energy park and included within the tax increment financing plan, 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 125.4402
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Tax reverted property: means property that meets 1 or more of the following criteria:
  •   (i) The property was conveyed to this state under section 67a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 124.753
  • Taxing jurisdiction: means a municipality, county, or district, including a school district or any special district having the power to levy or collect taxes upon real property or in whose behalf taxes may be levied or collected. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
  • Technician: means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process body parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tissue: means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • Tissue bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue. See Michigan Laws 333.10102
  • 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 products tax act: means the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • 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.
  • Toxic substance: means a substance that contains lead, or a coating on an item that contains lead, so that the lead content is more than 0. See Michigan Laws 333.5491
  • Toy: means an article designed and made for the amusement of a minor or for the minor's use in play. See Michigan Laws 333.5491
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Transit-oriented development: means infrastructure improvements that are located within 1/2 mile of a transit station or transit-oriented facility that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use as determined by the board and approved by the municipality in which it is located. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Transit-oriented development: means infrastructure improvements that are located within 1/2 mile of a transit station or transit-oriented facility that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use as determined by the board and approved by the municipality in which it is located. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Transit-oriented development: means infrastructional improvements that are located within 1/2 mile of a transit station or transit-oriented facility that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use as determined by the board and approved by the municipality in which it is located. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Transit-oriented facility: means a facility that houses a transit station in a manner that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Transit-oriented facility: means a facility that houses a transit station in a manner that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
  • Transit-oriented facility: means a facility that houses a transit station in a manner that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Transitional public employment program: means a public service employment program in the area of environmental quality, health care, education, public safety, crime prevention and control, prison rehabilitation, transportation, recreation, maintenance of parks, streets and other public facilities, solid waste removal, pollution control, housing and neighborhood improvements, rural development, conservation, beautification, veterans' outreach, or any other area of human betterment and community improvement as part of a program of comprehensive manpower services authorized, undertaken, and financed pursuant to the comprehensive employment and training act of 1973, 29 U. See Michigan Laws 38.557
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trust: means a trust created under the authority of a state or federal law for the purpose of funding retiree health care benefits. See Michigan Laws 38.1212
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: means a person serving on a board of trustees or a subsidiary board. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Tuition: means the cost of a course of study at an eligible educational institution, including the cost of instructional fees, laboratory fees, computer fees, and other fees directly related to that eligible person's specific course of study at that eligible educational institution. See Michigan Laws 32.432
  • Tuition assistance program: means the Michigan national guard tuition assistance program created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 32.432
  • Unavailable: means that the lawful incumbent of the office, including any deputy exercising the powers and discharging the duties of the office because of a vacancy, and his duly authorized deputy are not available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office. See Michigan Laws 31.2
  • Unclassified acquirer: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Underfunded local unit of government: means a local unit of government that is in underfunded status. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Underfunded status: means that the state treasurer has determined that the local unit of government is underfunded under the review provided in section 5 and the local unit of government does not have a waiver under section 6. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • 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 application: means the uniform registration and permit application form established under the uniform program. See Michigan Laws 29.472
  • 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
  • Uniform program: means the uniform state hazardous materials transportation registration and permit program established in the report submitted and amended pursuant to 49 USC 5119(b). See Michigan Laws 29.472
  • 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
  • Urban township: means a township that is an urban township as defined in section 402 of the recodified tax increment financing act, 2018 PA 57, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.981
  • Urban township: means a township that meets 1 or more of the following:
  •   (i) Meets all of the following requirements:
      (A) Has a population of 20,000 or more, or has a population of 10,000 or more but is located in a county with a population of 400,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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
  • Value added behavior: means a positive contribution by a person that advances the implementation of a process improvement or otherwise assists in the advancement of overall organizational success. See Michigan Laws 38.1161
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following:
  •   (a) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.441
  • veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following:
  •   (a) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.602
  • Veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following:
  •   (i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.922
  • Veteran: means an individual who meets both of the following:
  •   (i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.972
  • Veteran: means an individual who meets both of the following:
  •   (i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.1001
  • Veteran: means an individual who meets both of the following:
  •   (i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.1022
  • Veteran: means an individual who meets both of the following:
  •   (i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 36.102
  • Veteran: means any of the following:
  •   (i) A person who performed military service in the armed forces for a period of more than 90 days and separated from the armed forces in a manner other than a dishonorable discharge. See Michigan Laws 37.301
  • Veteran: means that term as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • veterans administration: means the United States veterans administration, its predecessors or successors. See Michigan Laws 35.71
  • Veterans memorial park: means the veterans memorial park established in section 5a. See Michigan Laws 35.1052
  • veterans memorial park: means the 2. See Michigan Laws 35.1064
  • 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.
  • Vietnam veteran: means a veteran of the Vietnam era as prescribed in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.1052
  • Vietnam-era veteran: means a veteran who served in the armed forces of the United States between 12:01 a. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
  • Village: means a village establishing a corporation incorporated under, or governed by, this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
  • ward: means a beneficiary of the veterans administration. See Michigan Laws 35.71
  • Water resource improvement: means enhancement of water quality and water dependent natural resources, including, but not limited to, the following:
  •   (i) The elimination of the causes and the proliferation of aquatic nuisance species, as defined in section 3101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Water supply system: means all plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties, used or useful in connection with obtaining a water supply, the treatment of water, or the distribution of water, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731
  • Watercraft: means a contrivance used or capable of being used for navigation upon water, whether or not capable of self-propulsion, including foreign and domestic vessels engaged in commerce upon the waters of this state, passenger or other cargo-carrying vessels, and privately owned recreational watercraft. See Michigan Laws 324.9501
  • Waters of this state: means waters within the territorial limits of this state including the waters of the Great Lakes that are under the jurisdiction of this state. See Michigan Laws 324.9501
  • Wayne service: means creditable service of an employee of the board of education who has been transferred to Wayne state university and includes creditable service prior to such transfer and service as an employee of the board of governors of Wayne state university thereafter. See Michigan Laws 38.371
  • Wholesale dealer: means a wholesaler, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • 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
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.
  • Written agreement: means a written agreement made between the eligible business and the fund pursuant to this chapter. See Michigan Laws 125.2090g
  • Zone area: means the area designated in the zone plan as the area to be served by the business improvement zone. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • Zone plan: means a set of goals, strategies, objectives, and guidelines for the operation of a business improvement zone. See Michigan Laws 125.990
  • 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