Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 16 > Act 380 of 1965 > Chapter 20 - Department of Civil Rights

• Absent voter: is a voter who utilizes the process described in section 759. See Michigan Laws 168.2
• Absent voter ballot: means a ballot that is issued to a voter through the absent voter process. See Michigan Laws 168.2
• Community district education trust fund: means the community district education trust fund created in section 12. See Michigan Laws 12.252
• Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.19601
• 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
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2
• 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.
• Facility: means that term as it is defined in part 201. See Michigan Laws 324.19601
• Flint settlement trust fund: means the Flint settlement trust fund created in section 11. See Michigan Laws 12.252
• Fund: means the clean Michigan initiative bond fund created in section 19606. See Michigan Laws 324.19601
• Local government reimbursement fund: means the local government reimbursement fund created in section 3a. See Michigan Laws 12.252
• Measurable economic benefit: means the permanent jobs that are created or retained, the capital invested, or the increased tax base to the applicable county, city, village, and township where the project is located. See Michigan Laws 324.19601
• Medicaid benefits trust fund: means the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund established in section 5. See Michigan Laws 12.252
• Michigan merit award trust fund: means the Michigan merit award trust fund established in section 9. See Michigan Laws 12.252
• Michigan opioid healing and recovery fund: means the Michigan opioid healing and recovery fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 12.252
• Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled. See Michigan Laws 324.74101
• Optimum flow: means that rate and quantity of flow in any stream as determined in accordance with this part. See Michigan Laws 324.31301
• Permanent mail ballot voter: means a registered elector who submits a signed absent voter ballot application to receive an absent voter ballot by mail for all future elections and whose application has been verified. See Michigan Laws 168.6
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Plan: means a plan adopted by the board or boards and approved by an order of the department for the best development, utilization, and conservation of the surplus water of the state. See Michigan Laws 324.31301
• Recreation passport fee: means that term as defined in section 2001. See Michigan Laws 324.74101
• Residence: as used in this act , for registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of lodging. See Michigan Laws 168.11
• Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 324.301
• 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.
• 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 park: means a state park or state recreation area designated by the director. See Michigan Laws 324.74101
• State park improvement account: means the state park improvement account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2030. See Michigan Laws 324.74101
• Strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund: means the strategic outreach and attraction reserve fund created in section 4. See Michigan Laws 12.252