§ 207.211 Definitions
§ 207.212 Motor carrier fuel tax; calculation; rate; quarterly return and tax payment; form; determining amount of motor fuel or alternative fuel consumed and average miles per gallon; presumption; remittance;
§ 207.212a International fuel tax agreement
§ 207.213 Act inapplicable to certain commercial motor vehicles; applicability of international fuel tax agreement
§ 207.214 Tax credit; refund; receipt required; false statement as misdemeanor; penalty
§ 207.215 Motor carrier license; application; form and contents; affixing decal to cab; surety bond, cash, or securities; waiver of bond requirement; assignment or transfer of license and decals; replacement de
§ 207.216 Refusing or neglecting to file quarterly report and pay tax; conference; revocation of license; notice; continuation of license; refusal to issue license; conditions; appeal
§ 207.216a Administration of tax; tax due member jurisdictions of international fuel tax agreement; tax debt; refund claim
§ 207.217 Trip permit; fee; issuance; application
§ 207.218 Leased commercial motor vehicle subject to act; lessor as motor carrier; exclusion by lessee of commercial motor vehicles from reports and liabilities; consolidated reports; primary liability; joint a
§ 207.219 Books, invoices, receipts, records, and papers of motor carrier, fuel supplier, or alternative fuel dealer; examination
§ 207.220 Books, records, accounts, and papers of motor carrier; maintenance period
§ 207.225 Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; revocation of license
§ 207.227 Operation of commercial motor vehicle in violation of act prohibited; exception
§ 207.230 Employment of clerical assistants, examiners, and investigators; promulgation of rules; agreements with other states for cooperative audit of motor carriers’ reports and returns
§ 207.231 Enforcement of act
§ 207.232 Disposition of money
§ 207.234 Short title

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 207 > Act 119 of 1980 - Motor Carrier Fuel Tax Act

  • Alternative fuel: means that term as defined in section 151 of the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 207.211
  • 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.
  • Architect: means a person who, by reason of knowledge of mathematics, the physical sciences, and the principles of architectural design, acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to engage in the practice of architecture. See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • Commissioner: means the state commissioner of revenue. See Michigan Laws 207.211
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Department: means the revenue division of the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 207.211
  • Firm: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company through which a person licensed under this article offers or provides a service to the public. See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • Gallon equivalent: means that term as defined in section 151 of the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 207.211
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Landscape architect: means a person qualified to engage in the practice of landscape architecture as provided in this article. See Michigan Laws 339.2201
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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
  • Motor carrier: means :
  (i) A person who operates or causes to be operated a qualified commercial motor vehicle on a public road or highway in this state and at least 1 other state or Canadian province. See Michigan Laws 207.211
  • Motor fuel: means diesel fuel as defined in section 2 of the motor fuel tax act, 2000 PA 403, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 207.211
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means a natural person notwithstanding section 105(5). See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership, firm, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, syndicate, or corporation, and any receiver, trustee, conservator, or officer, other than a unit of government, having jurisdiction and control of property by virtue of law or by appointment of a court. See Michigan Laws 207.211
  • Person in responsible charge: means a person licensed under this article who determines technical questions of design and policy; advises the client; supervises and is in responsible charge of the work of subordinates; is the person whose professional skill and judgment are embodied in the plans, designs, plats, surveys, and advice involved in the services; and who supervises the review of material and completed phases of construction. See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • Practice of architecture: means professional services, such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or review of material and completed phases of work in construction, alteration, or repair in connection with a public or private structure, building, equipment, works, or project if the professional service requires the application of a principle of architecture or architectural design. See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • Practice of landscape architecture: means all of the following:
    •   (i) The performance of professional services such as consultation, investigation, research, planning, design, or responsible field observation in connection with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that the dominant purpose of the services is the preservation, enhancement, or determination of proper land uses, natural land resources, ground cover and planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings and approaches to structures or other improvements, natural drainage, and the consideration and determination of inherent problems of the land relating to erosion, use and stress, blight, or other hazards. See Michigan Laws 339.2201
  • Principal: means a sole proprietor, partner, the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, or director of a corporation, or a member or manager of a limited liability company. See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • Professional engineer: means a person who, by reason of knowledge of mathematics, the physical sciences, and the principles of engineering, acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to engage in the practice of professional engineering. See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • Professional surveyor: means a person who, by reason of knowledge of law, mathematics, physical sciences, and techniques of measuring acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to engage in the practice of professional surveying. See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • 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 roads or highways: means a road, street, or place maintained by this state or a political subdivision of this state and generally open to use by the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel, notwithstanding that they may be temporarily closed or travel restricted for the purpose of construction, maintenance, repair, or reconstruction. See Michigan Laws 207.211
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • 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
  • Services: means professional service offered or provided by an architect in the practice of architecture, a professional engineer in the practice of professional engineering, or a professional surveyor in the practice of professional surveying. See Michigan Laws 339.2001
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o