Michigan Laws > Chapter 320 > Act 676 of 2002 – Right to Forest Act
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- Check: means a draft that is payable on demand and drawn on a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
- Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
- Commissioner: means the director or his or her authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Customer: means an individual who inquires into the availability of or applies for a deferred presentment service transaction or a drawer who enters into a deferred presentment service transaction. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- deferred presentment service transaction: means a transaction between a licensee and a customer under which the licensee agrees to do all of the following:
(i) Pay to the customer an agreed-upon amount in exchange for a fee. See Michigan Laws 487.2122Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 487.2122 Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 320.2033 Drawee: means a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or other person on which a check is drawn. See Michigan Laws 487.2122 Drawer: means a customer who enters into a deferred presentment service transaction with a licensee. See Michigan Laws 487.2122 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. Financial licensing act: means this act or any of the financial licensing acts as defined in section 2 of the consumer financial services act, 1988 PA 161, MCL 487. See Michigan Laws 487.2122 Forest: means a tract of land that is at least 10% stocked by trees of any size, whether of commercial or noncommercial species, or formerly having tree cover and not currently developed for nonforest use, including woodlands, woodlots, windbreaks, and shelter belts. See Michigan Laws 320.2033 Forestry operations: means activities related to the harvesting, reforestation, and other management activities, including, but not limited to, thinning, pest control, fertilization, and wildlife management, that are consistent with principles of sustainable forestry. See Michigan Laws 320.2033 Generally accepted forestry management practices: means those forest management practices as prescribed by the commission. See Michigan Laws 320.2033 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. Landowner: means the possessor of a fee interest in land or a tenant, lessee, occupant, or other person in lawful control of land. See Michigan Laws 320.2033 Licensee: means a person that is licensed to engage in the business of providing deferred presentment service transactions under this act. See Michigan Laws 487.2122 Maturity date: means the date on which a drawer's check is to be redeemed, presented for payment, or entered into the check-clearing process in a deferred presentment service transaction. See Michigan Laws 487.2122 Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity except a governmental entity. See Michigan Laws 487.2122 person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Redeem: means that the customer pays to the licensee an amount equal to the face amount of a check included in a deferred presentment service transaction, on or before the maturity date or after the check is deposited and returned unpaid by the drawee, and the licensee returns the check to the customer. See Michigan Laws 487.2122 Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. 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. Sustainable forestry: means forestry practices that are designed to meet present and future wood product needs by employing a land stewardship ethic that integrates the reforestation, managing, growing, nurturing, and harvesting of trees for useful products with the conservation of soil, air and water quality, wildlife and fish habitat, and visual changes. See Michigan Laws 320.2033 Testify: Answer questions in court. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Timber: means live or dead trees, including, but not limited to, bark, foliage, wood, and firewood. See Michigan Laws 320.2033 United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o