§ 290.421 Definitions
§ 290.422 Potato industry commission; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancies; meetings; chairperson; quorum; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; special mee
§ 290.423 Powers and duties of commission; rules
§ 290.424 Assessment on growers and shippers; rates; exemption; shipper application and certificate; records; inspection; reports; payment of assessment by shipper; limitation on assessment increase
§ 290.424a Exemption of certain information from freedom of information act
§ 290.425 Failure to pay assessment; penalty
§ 290.426 Failure to pay assessment or file report; false information; penalty
§ 290.427 Enforcement; reimbursement for costs; appropriation
§ 290.428 Referendum; votes; rules; petition to terminate shipper assessments; referendum by mail; conditions for termination of shipper assessments; adoption of assessment increase; public hearing; findings an
§ 290.429 Petition to terminate commission; referendum by mail; conditions for termination of commission
§ 290.429a Referendum; vote as to whether commission shall levy assessments and carry out act
§ 290.430 Repeal

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 290 > Act 29 of 1970 - State Potato Industry Commission

  • 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.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Broker: means that term as defined in 49 USC 13102. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Certificate of authority: means a certificate issued under this act to a motor carrier authorizing a transportation service. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Commission: means the potato industry commission. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • 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 agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • 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
  • Freight forwarder: means that term as defined in 49 USC 13102. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Grower: means any business unit, including a family operation, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, or other business organization engaged in the business of growing potatoes for market. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • Household goods: means personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of that dwelling. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Hundredweight: means a 100-pound unit or a combination of packages making a 100-pound unit, or the equivalent in metric units, of any shipment of potatoes. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • Intrastate motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is operated by 1 of the following:
  (i) An intrastate-only motor carrier of property. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Leasing company: means that term as defined in 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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
  • Motor carrier: means a motor carrier of general commodities or a motor carrier of household goods. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Motor private carrier: means that term as defined in 49 USC 13102. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Motor vehicle: means an automobile, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor, road tractor, or a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, or a vehicle attached to, connected with, or drawn by a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, used upon a public highway of this state. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • 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, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other business unit. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation, and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Processor: means a person engaged in canning, freezing, dehydrating, chipping, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, or changing the form of potatoes for the purpose of consumption or for any other commercial use. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • public: means the part or portion of the general public that a motor carrier is ready, able, willing, and equipped to serve. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Public highway: means a public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, or thoroughfare of any kind, or a bridge, tunnel, or subway used by the public. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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.
  • Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • Shipment of potatoes: means , and a shipment of potatoes shall be considered to take place, when potatoes are loaded within this state in a rail car, truck, or other conveyance in which the potatoes are to be transported for sale or otherwise put into the channel of trade and commerce. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • Shipper: means a person engaged in the shipment of potatoes, whether as owner, agent, or otherwise; or engaged in the processing of potatoes for human or animal consumption in any form or for any other commercial use. See Michigan Laws 290.421
  • 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
  • UCR motor carrier: means a person that is required to pay fees and file information under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Unified carrier registration agreement: means the interstate agreement developed under the unified carrier registration plan governing the collection and distribution of registration and financial responsibility information provided and fees paid by UCR motor carriers, motor private carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • Unified carrier registration plan: means the organization of state, federal, and industry representatives responsible for developing, implementing, and administering the unified carrier registration agreement under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o