Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 331 > Act 299 of 1947 - Michigan Hospital Survey and Construction Act

• 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.
• Applicable contract: means a contract for goods or services proposed or entered into by a qualified city or school district that either exceeds $750,000. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• 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.
• Authority: means the Michigan settlement administration authority created under section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
• Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
• 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.
• Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
• commission: means a financial review commission created in section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contribution agreement: means the contribution agreement in substantially the form included with the city of Detroit's plan for adjustment. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
• 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.
• Countercyclical budget and economic stabilization fund: means the countercyclical budget and economic stabilization fund created in section 351 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• federal act: means Public Law 725 of the 79th Congress, approved August 13, 1946, known as the hospital survey and construction act. See Michigan Laws 331.502
• Federal bankruptcy code: means the federal bankruptcy code, 11 USC 101 to 1532. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• Felony: means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender, upon conviction, may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony. See Michigan Laws 761.1
• firearm: except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 8.3t
• 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.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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}
• fund: means the settlement administration fund created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Health insurance policy: means an expense-incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy, certificate, or contract. See Michigan Laws 500.608
• Hospital: includes public health centers and general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, out-patient departments, nurses' home and training facilities, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care. See Michigan Laws 331.502
• 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
• Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Juvenile: means a person within the jurisdiction of the circuit court under section 606 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600. See Michigan Laws 761.1
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
• Misdemeanor: means a violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine. See Michigan Laws 761.1
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Operating expenses: means the reasonable operating expenses of the commission, including without limitation the cost of preparing accounting and other reports, costs of commission meetings or other required activities of the commission, counsel fees, including fees of the attorney general, and fees and expenses incurred for consultants and fiduciaries required to carry out the purposes of this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Person: means an individual, corporation, limited or general partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company, a governmental entity, including this state. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plan for adjustment: means the plan for the adjustment of debts of the city of Detroit approved and entered by the United States bankruptcy court for the eastern district of Michigan, southern division, In Re City of Detroit, Michigan, case no. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
• Plan for adjustment: means the plan for the adjustment of debts of a qualified city approved and entered by a United States bankruptcy court under chapter 9 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 USC 901 to 946. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• Professional services: means services that require a high degree of intellectual skill, an advanced degree, or professional licensing or certification. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• Property: includes any matter or thing upon or in respect to which an offense may be committed. See Michigan Laws 761.1
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Qualified city: means a city with a population of more than 600,000 that is subject to a plan for adjustment. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• Qualified school district: means a school district with the same boundaries as a city with a population of 600,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• 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.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Retirement systems: means the police and fire retirement system of the city of Detroit and the general retirement system of the city of Detroit. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
• 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
• State treasurer: means the state treasurer of this state or his or her designee who is designated by a written instrument signed by the state treasurer and maintained in a permanent file and whose signature has the same force and effect as the signature of the state treasurer for all purposes under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
• State treasurer: means the treasurer of this state or his or her designee who shall be designated by a written instrument signed by the state treasurer and maintained in a permanent file and whose signature shall have the same force and effect as the signature of the state treasurer for all purposes under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
• surgeon general: means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States. See Michigan Laws 331.502
• 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
• Vehicle: means that term as defined in section 79 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 777.1