Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 207 > Act 438 of 1976 - Commercial Housing Facilities Exemption Certificates

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 a part of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the reserve components. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Board: means , in each article of this act that is related to a specific occupation or occupations, the board that is created in that article and composed principally of members of the regulated occupation or occupations, or the commission or other agency that is defined in or designated as the board for purposes of that article. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Board files: means the records, memoranda, opinions, minutes, and similar written materials that were formerly in the physical possession and control of a board abolished by this act and the records, memoranda, opinions, minutes, and similar written materials of a board created under this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Commercial housing facilities exemption certificate: means a certificate issued pursuant to sections 3, 4, and 5. See Michigan Laws 207.601
• Commission: means the state tax commission created by Act No. See Michigan Laws 207.601
• 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.
• Competence: means a degree of expertise that enables an individual to engage in an occupation at a level that meets or exceeds minimal standards of acceptable practice for the occupation. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Completed application: means an application that is complete on its face and submitted with any applicable licensing or permit fees and any other information, records, approval, security, or similar item required by law or rule from a local unit of government, a federal agency, or a private entity but not from another department or agency of this state. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• 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.
• Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Director: means the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or his or her authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Enforcing agency: means that term as defined in section 2a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Former act: means former 1956 PA 217; former 1984 PA 192; former 1986 PA 54; former 2002 PA 733; or former 1965 PA 290, as applicable. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• 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}
• Good moral character: means that term as defined in, and determined under, 1974 PA 381, MCL 338. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• 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
• License: includes the whole or part of a governmental permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required under a specific article of this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• Licensee: means a person that is issued a license under this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Limitation: means a condition, stricture, constraint, restriction, or probation attached to a license that relates to the scope of practice of that occupation by the licensee. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• Local governmental unit: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 207.601
• New facility: means a new structure which will have as its primary purpose multifamily housing consisting of 5 or more units and will be constructed in a downtown development district established pursuant to Act No. See Michigan Laws 207.601
• Occupation: means a field of endeavor regulated under this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• 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 an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or common law trust or a combination of those legal entities. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Public access: means the right of a person to view and copy files under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Rule: means a rule promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• 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 construction code: means the rules promulgated by the state construction code commission under section 4 of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act: means 1972 PA 230, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o