Michigan Laws > Chapter 21 > Act 105 of 1855 – Surplus Funds in Treasury


§ 21.141	Loan to eligible municipality; approval; compliance; warrant; limitation on total amount of loans; sale, assignment, transfer, or repurchase of loans; “board” defined
§ 21.142a	Investment of surplus funds; conditions and restrictions; valid public purpose; approval of documentation; agricultural loans; disposition of earnings; reducing general fund by amount of interest defi
§ 21.142b	Investment of surplus funds; terms and conditions; valid public purpose; investment agreement; amount of investment; earnings; list of eligible projects; conditions to approval of eligible project; du
§ 21.142c	Investment of surplus funds; public purpose; earnings; losses; limitation
§ 21.142d	Investment of surplus funds to facilitate marina dredging loans
§ 21.142e	Loan of surplus funds to sugar beet growers’ cooperative
§ 21.142f	Investment in loans to land bank fast track authority or brownfield redevelopment authority; terms; definitions
§ 21.143	Financial institution as depository of surplus funds; compliance; location of principal office; security; rate of return; investment and use of surplus funds; disposition of earnings from loans; loss
§ 21.144	Liability of state treasurer and his or her bail; loans not subject to certain acts
§ 21.145	Compliance with divestment from terror act
§ 21.146	Illegal discriminatory lending practice; determination regarding deposit of additional surplus funds; considerations; commencement date and duration of prohibition; determination subject to MCL 24.201
§ 21.147	Definitions

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 21 > Act 105 of 1855 - Surplus Funds in Treasury

Ability to pay: means the ability of a responsible party to pay for the cost of services, as determined by the department under section 818 and 819. See Michigan Laws 330.1800
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Agent: includes , but is not limited to, an attorney-in-fact under a durable or nondurable power of attorney and an individual authorized to make decisions as a patient advocate concerning another's health care. See Michigan Laws 700.1103
Allegation: means an assertion of fact made by an individual that has not yet been proved or supported with evidence. See Michigan Laws 330.1772
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
Alternate valuation date: The earlier of the date six months after the decedent
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appeals committee: means a committee appointed by the director or by the board of a community mental health services program or licensed hospital under section 774. See Michigan Laws 330.1772
Appellant: means the recipient, complainant, parent, or guardian who appeals a recipient rights finding or a respondent's action to an appeals committee. See Michigan Laws 330.1772
Application: means a written request to the probate register for an order of informal probate or informal appointment under part 3 of article III. See Michigan Laws 700.1103
Apprehension: means the taking of a person into custody. See Michigan Laws 32.1002
Ascertainable standard: means a standard relating to an individual's health, education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of section 2041(b)(1)(A) or 2514(c)(1) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 2041 and 2514. See Michigan Laws 700.7103
Assessment: means the amount levied against an owner of a transient facility within an assessment district computed by application of the applicable percentage against aggregate room charges with respect to that transient facility during the applicable assessment period. See Michigan Laws 141.1322
Assessment: means the amount levied against an owner of a transient facility within an assessment district computed by application of the applicable percentage against aggregate room charges with respect to that transient facility during the applicable assessment period. See Michigan Laws 141.1432
Assessment: means the amount levied against an owner of a transient facility within an assessment district computed by application of the applicable percentage against aggregate room charges with respect to that transient facility during the applicable assessment period. See Michigan Laws 141.1442
Assessment district: means a municipality or a combination of municipalities as described in a marketing program. See Michigan Laws 141.1322
Assessment district: means a combination of 2 or more adjoining municipalities as described in a marketing program. See Michigan Laws 141.1432
Assessment district: means a municipality or a combination of municipalities as described in an event center financing program. See Michigan Laws 141.1442
Assessment revenues: means the money derived from the assessment, including any interest and penalties on the assessment, imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1322
Assessment revenues: means the money derived from the assessment, including any interest and penalties on the assessment, imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1432
Attorney: means , if appointed to represent a child under the provisions referenced in section 5213, an attorney serving as the child's legal advocate in the manner defined and described in section 13a of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 700.1103
Authority: means the Michigan finance authority created by Executive Reorganization Order No. See Michigan Laws 141.1053
Authority: means a regional convention facility authority created under section 7. See Michigan Laws 141.1355
Authority: means a convention facility authority created under section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1403
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.
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.
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: includes , but is not limited to, the following:

(i) In relation to a trust, a person that is a trust beneficiary as defined in section 7103. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Board: means the board of directors of a bureau. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Board: means the board of directors of an authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Board: means the board of directors of an authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Board: means the board of directors of a bureau. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Bonds: means bonds of the authority issued under this act with a maturity greater than 3 years. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Bureau: means a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of this state existing solely to promote convention business and tourism within this state or a portion of this state and that complies with all of the following:

(i) Has not less than 200 dues-paying members, of which not fewer than 25 are owners of transient facilities. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

(i) Has been actively engaged in promoting convention business and tourism for not less than 5 years. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Capitalization grant: means the federal grant made to this state by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for either of the following purposes:

(i) For the purpose of establishing a state water pollution control revolving fund, as provided in title VI of the federal water pollution control act, 33 USC 1381 to 1389. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Charitable trust: means a trust, or portion of a trust, created for a charitable purpose described in section 7405(1). See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Child: includes , but is not limited to, an individual entitled to take as a child under this act by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

citation: means a complaint or notice upon which a police officer shall record an occurrence involving 1 or more vehicle law violations by the person cited. See Michigan Laws 257.727c

Claim: includes , but is not limited to, in respect to a decedent's or protected individual's estate, a liability of the decedent or protected individual, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, and a liability of the estate that arises at or after the decedent's death or after a conservator's appointment, including funeral and burial expenses and costs and expenses of administration. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Clerk: means the clerk of the municipality. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Commanding officer: includes only a commissioned officer. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Commissioner: means the commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services of the department of consumer and industry services. See Michigan Laws 21.147

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

Community water supply: means a community water supply as defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Complainant: means an individual who files a rights complaint. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

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.

Confinement: means the physical restraint of a person. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Conservator: means a person appointed by a court to manage a protected individual's estate. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

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

Convention facility: means all or any part of, or any combination of, a convention hall, auditorium, arena, meeting rooms, exhibition area, and related adjacent public areas that are generally available to the public for lease on a short-term basis for holding conventions, meetings, exhibits, and similar events, together with real or personal property, and easements above, on, or under the surface of real or personal property, used or intended to be used for holding conventions, meetings, exhibits, and similar events, together with appurtenant property, including walkways, bicycle paths, plazas, green space, parking lots or structures, and roads necessary or convenient for use in connection with the convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Convention facility: means all or any part of, or any combination of, a convention hall, auditorium, arena, sports facility, market, or other facility meeting rooms, exhibition area, and related adjacent public areas that are generally available to the public for lease or use, together with appurtenant property, including parking lots or structures, necessary and convenient for use in connection with the convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Cost of services: means the total operating and capital costs incurred by the department or a community mental health services program with respect to, or on behalf of, an individual. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

County payment program: means the program authorized under chapter 192, 35 Stat. See Michigan Laws 141.1301

Court: means the probate court or, when applicable, the family division of circuit court. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

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

Decedent: A deceased person.

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.

Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 141.1301

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Deposit: includes the purchase of, or investment in, shares of credit unions. See Michigan Laws 21.147

Descendant: means , in relation to an individual, all of his or her descendants of all generations, with the relationship of parent and child at each generation being determined by the definitions of child and parent contained in this act. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Develop: means to plan, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, maintain, renew, renovate, repair, replace, lease, equip, or furnish. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Devise: To gift property by will.

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 141.1301

Director: means the chief executive officer of the Michigan economic development corporation or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Director: means the chief executive officer of the Michigan economic development corporation or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Discretionary trust provision: means a provision in a trust, regardless of whether the terms of the trust provide a standard for the exercise of the trustee's discretion and regardless of whether the trust contains a spendthrift provision, that provides that the trustee has discretion, or words of similar import, to determine 1 or more of the following:

(i) Whether to distribute to or for the benefit of an individual or a class of beneficiaries the income or principal or both of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:

Distributee: means a person that receives a decedent's property from the decedent's personal representative or trust property from the trustee other than as a creditor or purchaser. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Donee: The recipient of a gift.

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 loan board loan: means a loan made by this state to a governmental unit pursuant to the emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Environmental law: means a federal, state, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance that relates to the protection of the environment or human health. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

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}

Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this act as the property is originally constituted and as it exists throughout administration. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Event center: means all or any part, or any combination of convention halls, auditoriums, stadiums, music halls, arenas, meeting rooms, exhibit areas, and related public areas owned by a municipality or related event center authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Event center financing program: means a program established by a municipality to plan, develop, design, and construct an event center. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Event center financing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Exempt property: means property of a decedent's estate that is described in section 2404. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Family allowance: means the allowance prescribed in section 2403. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Federal safe drinking water act: means 42 USC 300f to 300j-25. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Federal water pollution control act: means 33 USC 1251 to 1389. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Felony: means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender, upon conviction, may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Fiduciary: includes , but is not limited to, a personal representative, funeral representative, guardian, conservator, trustee, plenary guardian, partial guardian, and successor fiduciary. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Field: means an underground reservoir or reservoirs containing oil or gas, or both. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Financial institution: means an organization authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to a financial institution and includes, but is not limited to, a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association, credit union, insurance company, and entity that offers mutual fund, securities brokerage, money market, or retail investment accounts. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

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 which maintains a principal office or branch office located in this state under the laws of this state or the United States. See Michigan Laws 21.147

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 an annual period that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30 or the fiscal year for an authority established by the board of the authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

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}

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}

Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

Fully marketable form: means a municipal obligation duly executed and accompanied by all of the following:

(i) An approving legal opinion of a bond counsel approved by the authority and of nationally recognized standing in the field of municipal law. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Fund: means the convention facility authority fund created for each authority as provided in section 10. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Fund: means the oil and gas regulatory fund created in section 61525b. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Gas: means a mixture of hydrocarbons and varying quantities of nonhydrocarbons in a gaseous state which may or may not be associated with oil, and includes those liquids resulting from condensation. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.

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

Governing instrument: means a deed; will; trust; funeral representative designation; insurance or annuity policy; account with POD designation; security registered in beneficiary form (TOD); pension, profit-sharing, retirement, or similar benefit plan; instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment or a power of attorney; or dispositive, appointive, or nominative instrument of any similar type. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Governmental unit: means this state, a county, city, township, village, school district, intermediate school district, community college, public university, authority, district, any other body corporate and politic or other political subdivision, any agency or instrumentality of the foregoing, or any group self-insurance pool formed pursuant to 1951 PA 35, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

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

Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.

Guardian: means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or a legally incapacitated individual under a parental or spousal nomination or a court appointment and includes a limited guardian as described in sections 5205, 5206, and 5306. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Hazardous substance: means a substance defined as hazardous or toxic or otherwise regulated by an environmental law. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Health care insurer: means an insurer authorized to provide health insurance in this state or a legal entity that is self-insured and provides health care benefits to its employees. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Health maintenance organization: means an organization licensed under part 210 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Homestead allowance: means the allowance prescribed in section 2402. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Illegal oil or gas: means oil or gas that has been produced by an owner or producer in violation of this part, a rule promulgated under this part, or an order of the supervisor issued under this part. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Incapacitated individual: means an individual who is impaired by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, or other cause, not including minority, to the extent of lacking sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate informed decisions. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

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}

Individual: means the individual, minor or adult, who receives services from the department or a community mental health services program or from a provider under contract with the department or a community mental health services program. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

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

Inpatient services: means 24-hour care and treatment services provided by a state facility or a licensed hospital. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Insurance benefits: means payments made in accordance with insurance coverage for the cost of health care services provided to an individual. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Insurance coverage: means any policy, plan, program, or fund established or maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants or their dependents medical, surgical, or hospital benefits. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Interests of the trust beneficiaries: means the beneficial interests provided in the terms of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Investigation: means a detailed inquiry into and systematic examination of an allegation raised in a rights complaint. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.

Issue: means an individual's descendant. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Lease: includes , but is not limited to, an oil, gas, or other mineral lease. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Legislative body: means the elected body of a local government possessing the legislative power of the local government. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Letters: includes , but is not limited to, letters testamentary, letters of guardianship, letters of administration, and letters of conservatorship. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Local chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city or the county executive of a county or, if a county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Local government: means a county or city. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.

Marketing program: means a program established by a bureau to develop, encourage, solicit, and promote convention business and tourism within this state or a portion of this state within which the bureau operates. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Marketing program: means a program established by a bureau to develop, encourage, solicit, and promote regional convention business and tourism within this state or a portion of this state within which the bureau operates. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Marketing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Marketing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Master plan: means the comprehensive, long-range master plan developed by the Michigan travel commission and the travel bureau under section 2c of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Michigan prudent investor rule: means the fiduciary investment and management rule prescribed by part 5 of this article. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Military: includes each armed force of the United States and each component of the state military establishment. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Minor: means an individual who is less than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Misdemeanor: means a violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Money: means any legal tender, note, draft, certificate of deposit, stock, bond, check, or credit card. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Money: means legal tender or a note, draft, certificate of deposit, stock, bond, check, or credit card. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Mortgage: means a conveyance, agreement, or arrangement in which property is encumbered or used as security. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}

Municipal obligation: means a bond or note or evidence of debt issued by a governmental unit for a purpose authorized by law. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Municipality: means a city, county, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Municipality: means a county with a population of more than 80,000 and less than 115,000 and that contains a city with a population of more than 35,000 and less than 45,000, at the time the marketing notice is filed with the director, and that shares a border with a county that levies a tax on accommodations under 1974 PA 263, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Municipality: means 1 of the following:

(i) A county having a population of greater than 250,000 and less than 300,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census and that levies an excise tax under 1974 PA 263, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

National forest: means federally owned land for which money is paid to the state under the county payment program, as that land is situated on June 30 of the fiscal year for which the money is paid. See Michigan Laws 141.1301

Noncommunity water supply: means a noncommunity water supply as defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Nonprofit dental care corporation: means a dental care corporation incorporated under Act No. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Nonresidential services: means care or treatment services that are not inpatient or residential services. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Notes: means an obligation of the authority issued as provided in this act, including commercial paper, with a maturity of 3 years or less. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Office: means all of the following:

(i) With respect to a rights complaint involving services provided directly by or under contract with the department, unless the provider is a community mental health services program, the state office of recipient rights created under section 754. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Oil: means natural crude oil or petroleum and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced at the well in liquid form by ordinary production methods and that are not the result of condensation of gas after it leaves the underground reservoir. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Organization: means a corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or another legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Owner: means the owner of a transient facility located within the assessment district or, if the transient facility is operated or managed by a person other than the owner, then the operator or manager of that transient facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Owner: means the person who has the right to drill a well into a pool, to produce from a pool, and to receive and distribute the value of the production from the pool for himself or herself either individually or in combination with others. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Parent: includes , but is not limited to, an individual entitled to take, or who would be entitled to take, as a parent under this act by intestate succession from a child who dies without a will and whose relationship is in question. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Parents: means the legal father and mother of an unmarried individual who is less than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Person: means an individual or an organization. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

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

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Personal representative: includes , but is not limited to, an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, and special personal representative, and any other person, other than a trustee of a trust subject to article VII, who performs substantially the same function under the law governing that person's status. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Petition: means a written request to the court for an order after notice. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

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}

Power of withdrawal: means a presently exercisable general power of appointment other than a power that is either of the following:

(i) Exercisable by a trustee and limited by an ascertainable standard. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Privileged communication: means a communication made to a psychiatrist or psychologist in connection with the examination, diagnosis, or treatment of a patient, or to another person while the other person is participating in the examination, diagnosis, or treatment or a communication made privileged under other applicable state or federal law. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

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

Probate: Proving a will

Proceeding: includes an application and a petition, and may be an action at law or a suit in equity. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Product: means any commodity or thing made or manufactured from oil or gas, and all derivatives of oil or gas, including refined crude oil, crude tops, topped crude, processed crude petroleum, residue treated crude oil, residuum, gas oil, naphtha, distillate, gasoline, casing-head gasoline, natural gas gasoline, kerosene, benzine, wash oil, waste oil, lubricating oil, and blends or mixtures of oil or gas or any derivatives of oil or gas whether enumerated or not. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Project: means a sewage treatment works project or a nonpoint source project, or both, as defined in part 53 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Property: includes any matter or thing upon or in respect to which an offense may be committed. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership, and includes both real and personal property or an interest in real or personal property. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Public-private arrangement: means an agreement between an authority and a private entity that relates to researching, planning, studying, designing, developing, financing, acquiring, constructing, renovating, operating, maintaining, or charging rent or other fees for a convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified city: means a city with a population of more than 550,000 according to the most recent decennial census that contains a qualified convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified city: means a city with a population of more than 170,000 according to the most recent decennial census that is the most populous city in a qualified county. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Qualified convention facility: means a publicly owned convention facility with not less than 600,000 square feet of usable exhibition area and that is located in a qualified city. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified county: means a county that contains a qualified city. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified county: means a county with a population of more than 500,000 according to the most recent decennial census that contains a qualified city, and that is not a charter county or a county with an optional unified form of government. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Qualified metropolitan area: means a geographic area of this state that includes a qualified city, a qualified county, and the 2 counties bordering the qualified county with the largest populations according to the most recent decennial census. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified trust beneficiary: means a trust beneficiary to whom 1 or more of the following apply on the date the trust beneficiary's qualification is determined:

(i) The trust beneficiary is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

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

Reserve fund: means a bond reserve fund or note reserve fund created and established under section 16. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Residential services: means 24-hour dependent care and treatment services provided by adult foster care facilities under contract to the department or a community mental health services program or provided directly by a community mental health services program. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Respondent: means the service provider that had responsibility at the time of an alleged rights violation for the services with respect to which a rights complaint has been filed. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Responsible party: means a person who is financially liable for services furnished to the individual. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Restraint: means the use of a physical device to restrict an individual's movement. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Revenues: means all fees, charges, money, profits, payments of principal of or interest on municipal obligations and other investments, gifts, grants, contributions, and all other income derived or to be derived by the authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).

Rights complaint: means a written or oral statement that meets the requirements of section 776. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Room charge: means the charge imposed for the use or occupancy of a room, excluding charges for food, beverages, state use tax, telephone service or like services paid in connection with the charge, and reimbursement of the assessment imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Room charge: means the charge imposed for the use or occupancy of a room, excluding charges for food, beverages, state use tax, telephone service, or like services paid in connection with the charge, and reimbursement of the assessment imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

School loan act: means an act to implement section 16 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, including, but not limited to, former 1961 PA 108, 1961 PA 112, MCL 388. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Seclusion: means the temporary placement of a recipient in a room, alone, where egress is prevented by any means. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Security: includes , but is not limited to, a note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share, voting trust certificate, or interest in a regulated investment company or other entity generally referred to as a mutual fund or, in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or a certificate of interest or participation for, a temporary or interim certificate, receipt, or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

Settlor: means a person, including a testator or a trustee, who creates a trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

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

Spendthrift provision: means a term of a trust that restrains either the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a trust beneficiary's interest. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

State military forces: means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 USC 101(3), and any other military force organized under the laws of the state. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.

Successor: means a person, other than a creditor, who is entitled to property of a decedent under the decedent's will or this act. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

Superior commissioned officer: means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

supervisor of wells: means the department. See Michigan Laws 324.61501

Support provision: means a provision in a trust that provides the trustee shall distribute income or principal or both for the health, education, support, or maintenance of a trust beneficiary, or language of similar import. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.

terms of the trust: means the manifestation of the settlor's intent regarding a trust's provisions as expressed in the trust instrument or as may be established by other evidence that would be admissible in a judicial proceeding. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Transfer date: means the earlier of the following:

(i) The date 90 days after the creation of an authority under section 7 on which the right, title, interest, ownership, and control of a qualified convention facility are conveyed and transferred from a qualified city to an authority, only if the transfer is not disapproved as provided under section 19(1). See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Transient facility: means a building that contains 35 or more rooms used in the business of providing dwelling, lodging, or sleeping to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the rooms. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Transient facility: means a building that contains 2 or more rooms used in the business of providing dwelling, lodging, or sleeping to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the rooms. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge for the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Travel bureau: means the Michigan travel bureau created under section 2a of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Travel bureau: means the Michigan travel bureau created under section 2a of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Trust: includes , but is not limited to, an express trust, private or charitable, with additions to the trust, wherever and however created. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Trust beneficiary: means a person to whom 1 or both of the following apply:

(i) The person has a present or future beneficial interest in a trust, vested or contingent. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Trust director: means that term as defined in section 7703a. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Trust instrument: means a governing instrument that contains the terms of the trust, including any amendment to a term of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Trustee: includes an original, additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed by the court. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Unit: means a regularly organized body of the military that is not larger than a company or squadron. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.

Use tax: means the tax imposed under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Use tax: means the tax imposed under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Use tax: means the tax imposed under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Vehicle: means that term as defined in section 79 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.

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.

Water supplier: means a water supplier as that term is defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1053