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- activation: means a request by the emergency management coordinator appointed pursuant to section 8 or 9 of the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30. See Michigan Laws 418.161
- 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.
- after-tax average weekly wage: means average weekly wage as defined in section 371 reduced by the prorated weekly amount which would have been paid under the federal insurance contributions act, 26 U. See Michigan Laws 418.313
- 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.
- annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
- 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.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Applicable environmental requirement: means an applicable federal environmental requirement, an applicable state environmental requirement, or an environmental requirement established by a local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 324.1401
- Applicable federal environmental requirement: means any of the following:
(i) The federal water pollution control act, 33 USC 1251 to 1387. See Michigan Laws 324.1401Applicable state environmental requirement: means any of the following or a rule promulgated or permit, order, or other legally binding document issued under any of the following:
(i) Article II or chapter 1 or 3 of article III. See Michigan Laws 324.1401Application period: means the period beginning when an application for a permit is received by the state and ending when the application is considered to be administratively complete under section 1305 and any applicable fee has been paid. See Michigan Laws 324.1301 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 Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court. average weekly wage: means the weekly wage earned by the employee at the time of the employee's injury in all employment, inclusive of overtime, premium pay, and cost of living adjustment, and exclusive of any fringe or other benefits which continue during the disability. See Michigan Laws 418.371 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 Boat: means a vessel. See Michigan Laws 324.80101 Boating safety certificate: means any of the following:
(i) The document issued by the department under part 802 that certifies that the individual named in the document has successfully completed a boating safety course and passed an examination approved and administered as required under section 80212. See Michigan Laws 324.80101Carrier: means a self-insurer or an insurer. See Michigan Laws 418.601 Chambers: A judge's office. Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority. commission: means the environmental permit review commission established under section 1313(1). See Michigan Laws 324.1301 Committee: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps partnership steering committee created in section 22. See Michigan Laws 409.321 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. 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. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. 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. Corps: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps established under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 409.302 Corps: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps established pursuant to this chapter. See Michigan Laws 409.321 Corpsmember: means a participant in the corps. See Michigan Laws 409.302 Corpsmember: means a participant in the corps. See Michigan Laws 409.321 Court: means the family division of the circuit court. See Michigan Laws 400.643 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Department: means the department of human services. See Michigan Laws 400.643 Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 409.302 Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 409.321 Department: means the department, agency, or officer authorized by this act to approve or deny an application for a particular permit. See Michigan Laws 324.1301 Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.1401 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Descendent: One who is directly descended from another such as a child, grandchild, or great grandchild. director: means the director of the bureau or his or her duly authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 418.201 Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 409.302 Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 409.321 Director: means the director of the state department authorized under this act to approve or deny an application for a particular permit or the director's designee. See Michigan Laws 324.1301 Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 324.1401 Disability: means a limitation of an employee's wage earning capacity in work suitable to his or her qualifications and training resulting from a personal injury or work-related disease. See Michigan Laws 418.301 Disability: means a limitation of an employee's wage earning capacity in work suitable to his or her qualifications and training resulting from a personal injury or work-related disease. See Michigan Laws 418.301 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Donor: The person who makes a gift. employee: means :
(a) A person in the service of the state, a county, city, township, village, or school district, under any appointment, or contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written. See Michigan Laws 418.161Endowment fund: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps endowment fund created in section 12a. See Michigan Laws 409.302 Enhanced driver license: means an operator's or chauffeur's license issued to an individual under this act for the following purposes:
(i) Use in entering the United States at land and sea ports. See Michigan Laws 28.302Enhanced official state personal identification card: means an official state personal identification card issued under this act to an individual who is a United States citizen who resides in this state for the following purposes:
(i) Use in entering the United States at land and sea ports. See Michigan Laws 28.302Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs. Environmental management system: means the part of an overall management system that addresses environmental concerns through allocating resources, assigning responsibilities, and evaluating practices, procedures, and processes to achieve sound environmental performance. See Michigan Laws 324.1401 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 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 any of the following that is situated in this state and is subject to an applicable state environmental requirement or applicable federal environmental requirement:
(i) A source as defined in section 5501. See Michigan Laws 324.1401Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. 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. 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 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. 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 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 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Insurer: means an organization that transacts the business of worker's compensation insurance within this state. See Michigan Laws 418.601 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. Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors. Local government agency: means a county, city, village, or township in this state. See Michigan Laws 28.302 Medical care: as used in this act means medical care rendered under the supervision of a licensed physician in an organized out-patient department of a hospital licensed by the department of community health under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 400.55 Medical institution: means a state licensed or approved hospital, nursing home, medical care facility, psychiatric hospital, or other facility or identifiable unit of a listed institution certified as meeting established standards for a nursing home or hospital in accordance with the laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 400.106 medically indigent individual: means any of the following:
(a) An individual receiving family independence program benefits or an individual receiving supplemental security income under title XVI or state supplementation under title XVI subject to limitations imposed by the director according to title XIX. See Michigan Laws 400.106month: 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 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Motorboat: means a vessel propelled wholly or in part by machinery. See Michigan Laws 324.80103 Operate: means to be in control of a vessel while the vessel is under way and is not secured in some manner such as being docked or at anchor. See Michigan Laws 324.80103 Operator: means the person who is in control or in charge of a vessel while that vessel is underway. See Michigan Laws 324.80103 Owner: means a person who claims or is entitled to lawful possession of a vessel by virtue of that person's legal title or equitable interest in a vessel. See Michigan Laws 324.80103 panel: means a panel of the environmental permit review commission, appointed under section 1315(2). See Michigan Laws 324.1301 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. Peace officer: means any of the following:
(i) A sheriff. See Michigan Laws 324.80104person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Pollution prevention: means eliminating or minimizing the initial generation of waste at the source, reuse of waste, or utilizing environmentally sound on-site or off-site recycling. See Michigan Laws 324.1403 Poor person: means a person who does not have property, exempt or otherwise, and who is unable, because of physical or mental disability or age, to earn a livelihood, or a person who has some means but is eligible to receive relief or assistance granted under Act No. See Michigan Laws 401.1 Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents. Probate: Proving a will Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Processing deadline: means the last day of the processing period. See Michigan Laws 324.1301 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Relative: means a husband, wife, father, or mother. See Michigan Laws 401.1 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings. Resident: means an individual who has in this state the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever absent. See Michigan Laws 409.302 Resident: means an individual who has in this state the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever absent. See Michigan Laws 409.321 Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Self-insurer: means either of the following:
(i) An individual employer authorized to carry its own risk. See Michigan Laws 418.601Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations. 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. 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 Standard driver license: means an operator's license or chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 28.302 Standard official state personal identification card: means an official state personal identification card issued under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 28.302 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident. Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See Michigan Laws 324.80104 Vessel: means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Michigan Laws 324.80104 Violation notice: means a written notice or formal enforcement action by the department, the United States environmental protection agency, or the enforcing agency of a local unit of government in response to a violation of an applicable environmental requirement. See Michigan Laws 324.1403 wage earning capacity: means the wages the employee earns or is capable of earning at a job reasonably available to that employee, whether or not wages are actually earned. See Michigan Laws 418.301 Wage loss: means the amount of wages lost due to a disability. See Michigan Laws 418.301 Waste: means any environmental pollutant, waste, discharge, or emission, regardless of how it is regulated and regardless of whether it is released to the general environment or the workplace environment. See Michigan Laws 324.1403 Waters of this state: means any waters within the territorial limits of this state, and includes those waters of the Great Lakes that are under the jurisdiction of this state. See Michigan Laws 324.80104 Youth: means an individual who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age. See Michigan Laws 400.643