§ 247.901 Definitions
§ 247.902 Transportation economic development fund and office of economic development; establishment; purposes; sources of revenue
§ 247.903 Allocation of funds for projects; notice; hearings; funding projects under MCL 247.907(3) and 247.909(1)(a); coordination of projects; department as contracting agent; assistance to commission; approp
§ 247.906 Applications for projects; solicitation; form
§ 247.907 Submission of application; minimum requirements
§ 247.908 Initial review of application; criteria; recommendation; consultation; informing appropriations committees; hearings as condition to committing funds
§ 247.909 Project categories; requirements; criteria
§ 247.910 Cost of project; matching funds; evaluation criteria
§ 247.911 Bonds; issuance; purpose; appropriation of fund revenue; percentages; distribution to certain targeted industries
§ 247.912 Selection and designation of projects by urban task force; failure to submit qualified projects; proposing project result evaluation criteria; annual report; administration of projects
§ 247.912a Recommendations of regional rural task force for funding projects; failure to submit qualified projects; composition of task force; basis for funding projects; administration of programs and projects
§ 247.913 Annual report to governor and legislature

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 247 > Act 231 of 1987 - Transportation Economic Development Fund

  • Administrator: means the person appointed by the department, in accordance with the policies of the commission and civil service rules, to serve as director of the office of economic development. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • Advanced traffic management systems: means the application of new technology designed to monitor, control, and manage the flow of traffic in real-time on a transportation network through traffic detection, communications, traffic control, and information processing technologies. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • 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
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Commercial forest land: means land defined as commercial forest in Michigan's fourth forest inventory completed in May 1981 and reported by the United States Department of Agriculture in the resource bulletin NC-68 available from the United States Forest Service's north central experiment station. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • Commission: means the state transportation commission. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • County road agency: means the board of county road commissioners, or if a board does not exist in a county, the agency designated by county charter. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Fund: means the economic development fund created in section 2. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • hospitalization: means medical, surgical, or obstetrical care in the university hospital or in a hospital licensed under article 17 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 400.66a
  • 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.
  • 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
  • National lakeshore: means land conveyed by this state to the United States that the United States has designated as national lakeshore. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • National park: means land set aside and designated as a national park by the United States. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Project: means a transportation road construction or improvement. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Qualified county: means a county in which a national lakeshore or a national park is located, or a county in which 34% or more of all the land is commercial forest land. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • Rural county: means any county in this state with a population of 400,000 or less. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • 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
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transit-oriented facility: means a facility that houses a transit station in a manner that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use and other infrastructure improvements that facilitate transit ridership or passenger rail use. See Michigan Laws 247.901
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o