Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 290 > Act 283 of 1964 - Weights and Measures Act

• ALI: means a 9-1-1 service feature provided by the service supplier that automatically provides the name and service address or, for a CMRS service supplier, the location associated with the calling party's telephone number as identified by automatic number identification to a 9-1-1 public safety answering point. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• 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.
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• ANI: means a 9-1-1 service feature provided by the service supplier that automatically provides the calling party's telephone number to a 9-1-1 public safety answering point. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Certificate of conformance: means a document issued by the NCWM based on testing by a participating laboratory that constitutes evidence of conformance of a type. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• CMRS: means commercial mobile radio service regulated under section 3 of title I and section 332 of title III of the communications act of 1934, chapter 652, 48 Stat 1064, 47 USC 153 and 332, and the rules of the Federal Communications Commission or provided under the wireless emergency service order. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Committee: means the emergency 9-1-1 service committee created under section 712. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Commodity in package form: means a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale including an individual item or lot of any commodity not in a form as described in this subdivision but upon which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or measure. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• Consolidated dispatch: means a countywide or regional emergency dispatch service that provides dispatch service for 75% or more of the law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency medical service, and other emergency service agencies within the geographical area of a 9-1-1 service district or serves 75% or more of the population within a 9-1-1 service district. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Consumer package: means a package that is customarily produced or distributed for sale through retail sales agencies or instrumentalities for consumption or use by individuals for the purposes of personal care or in performance of services ordinarily rendered in or about the household or in connection with personal possessions. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Database service provider: means a service supplier who maintains and supplies or contracts to maintain and supply an ALI database or an MSAG. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
• Emergency telephone operational charge: means a charge allowed under section 401 for nonnetwork technical equipment and other costs directly related to the dispatch facility and the operation of 1 or more PSAPs including, but not limited to, the costs of dispatch personnel and radio equipment necessary to provide 2-way communication between PSAPs and a public safety agency. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Emergency telephone technical charge: means a charge as allowed under section 401 or 401d for costs directly related to 9-1-1 service including plant-related costs associated with the use of the public switched telephone network or IP-based 9-1-1 transport network from the end user to the selective router or emergency services routing proxy, the network start-up costs, customer notification costs, common network costs, administrative costs, database management costs, and network nonrecurring and recurring installation, maintenance, service, and equipment charges of a service supplier providing 9-1-1 service under this act. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• 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.
• Exchange access facility: means the access from a particular service user's premises to the communication service. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• 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}
• 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.
• Inspector: means an employee or agent of the department authorized to enforce this act. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• 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
• NCWM: means the national conference on weights and measures, inc. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• Net weight: means the weight of a commodity excluding any materials, substances, or items not considered to be part of the commodity. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• NIST: means the United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• NTEP: means the national type evaluation program administered by the NCWM, in cooperation with the states, the private sector, and the NIST for determining on a uniform basis conformance of a type. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• Obligations: means bonds, notes, installment purchase contracts, or lease purchase agreements to be issued by a public agency under a law of this state. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Participating laboratory: means a state measurement laboratory that is accredited by NCWM to conduct a type evaluation under the NTEP and determined otherwise acceptable to the director. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• 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, corporation, partnership, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• Placed-in-service report: means the approved form issued to registered servicepersons and registered service agencies for their use in accordance with the requirements of section 9b. See Michigan Laws 290.602
• Prepaid wireless telecommunications service: means a commercial mobile radio service that allows a caller to dial 9-1-1 to access the 9-1-1 system and is paid for in advance and sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• primary PSAP: means a communications facility operated or answered on a 24-hour basis assigned responsibility by a public agency or county to receive 9-1-1 calls and to dispatch public safety response services, as appropriate, by the direct dispatch method, relay method, or transfer method. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Prime rate: means the average predominant prime rate quoted by not less than 3 commercial financial institutions as determined by the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Public agency: means a village, township, charter township, or city within the state and any special purpose district located in whole or in part within the state. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Public safety agency: means a functional division of a public agency, county, or the state that provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Qualified obligations: means obligations that meet 1 or more of the following: