§ 333.16101 Meanings of words and phrases; general definitions and principles of construction
§ 333.16103 Definitions; A to C
§ 333.16103a “Committee” defined
§ 333.16104 Definitions; D to G
§ 333.16105 Definitions; H
§ 333.16105a “Health professional recovery program” defined
§ 333.16106 Definitions; I to L
§ 333.16106a Definitions
§ 333.16107 Definitions; P
§ 333.16108 Definitions; R
§ 333.16109 Definitions; S to U
§ 333.16109a “Treatment” or “treatment plan” defined
§ 333.16111 Applicability of part; part controlling over other parts in article; effect of part on other licenses and registrants
§ 333.16115 Board created as successor to former board with same or similar name
§ 333.16121 Board or task force; appointment of members; vacancy; nominations; removal or suspension of member
§ 333.16122 Board or task force; terms
§ 333.16125 Licensing board; membership
§ 333.16126 Registration board; membership
§ 333.16128 Health profession subfield task force and health profession specialty field task force; membership
§ 333.16135 Board, committee, or task force; qualifications of members
§ 333.16137 Board, committee, or task force; compensation and expenses of members
§ 333.16138 Board, committee, or task force; meetings; quorum; final action; voting by proxy prohibited; times and places of meetings; minutes; record of actions; meetings open to public
§ 333.16139 Board or task force; election of chairperson or vice-chairperson; selection and terms of officers; vacancy; presiding officer
§ 333.16141 Committee, board, or task force; office services; offices, records and money; managerial and administrative functions; administrative and secretarial staff, clerks, and employees; salaries and expense
§ 333.16143 Committee, board, or task force; bylaws; annual report; actions and determinations; contracts for assistance
§ 333.16145 Board or task force; official seal; rules
§ 333.16146 Board; granting license or registration
§ 333.16147 Department or board; order, rule, or other method requiring a national or regional certification as condition for licensure or renewal; prohibit
§ 333.16148 Rules; establishing standards for education and training for practice of health profession; training standards for identifying victims of human trafficking; accreditation of training programs; require
§ 333.16161 Health profession subfield task force and health profession specialty field task force; function
§ 333.16163 Task force; recommendations to board
§ 333.16165 Health professional recovery committee; creation; appointment of members; ex officio member; qualifications
§ 333.16166 Committee; term; vacancy
§ 333.16167 Committee; duties
§ 333.16168 Contracts with private entities to assist with health professional recovery program; report
§ 333.16169 Impairment of health professional; transmitting information; determination
§ 333.16170 Acceptance into health professional recovery program; requirements; participation; false representation of completion; violation as felony
§ 333.16170a Confidentiality; destruction of records; applicability of subsection (3)
§ 333.16171 License for practice of health profession; exemptions
§ 333.16174 License or registration; requirements; fingerprints; criminal history check; permitted acts by board or task force; sanctions; disclosure
§ 333.16174a Preliminary determination; procedure; effect
§ 333.16175 License or registration; minimum standards of educational prerequisites
§ 333.16177 License or registration; form of application; inclusion of social security number; examination; passing scores; additional information; exception to social security requirement
§ 333.16178 Examinations, investigations, or evaluations to determine qualifications of applicants; passing national or regional examination; reexamination; notice of examination or evaluation
§ 333.16179 Unlawful conduct in connection with examination or application
§ 333.16181 Temporary license; nonrenewable; eligibility; duration; automatically voiding; expiration; supervision; issuance; applicant dependent of a member of armed forces or veteran
§ 333.16182 Limited licenses; issuance
§ 333.16184 Special volunteer license
§ 333.16185 Care by individual under special volunteer license; civil liability; gross negligence; definitions
§ 333.16186 Reciprocity; requirements; person licensed as respiratory therapist in Canada
§ 333.16186a License or registration without examination; member of armed forces, veteran, or dependent of member or veteran; requirements
§ 333.16189 Interstate medical licensure compact; repeal
§ 333.16189a Disclosure of information under the interstate medical licensure compact; conditions; subpoena requirements; conditions for certain violation investigation; definitions
§ 333.16189b Application for expedited license under the interstate medical licensure compact; fingerprints required; criminal history check; automated fingerprint identification system database; definitions
§ 333.16190 Psychology interjurisdictional compact
§ 333.16191 Certificate of licensure or registration; issuance; display; card to be available for inspection; displaying statement of limitation
§ 333.16192 Reporting change in name or address; notice of hearing or complaint; service; license or registration not transferable; service by electronic mail
§ 333.16193 Chemical analysis; implied consent to submit
§ 333.16194 Expiration of licenses and registrations for health professions; authority to issue part-term licenses and registrations
§ 333.16196 License or registration of individual inducted or entering into service; continuation; notice
§ 333.16201 Renewal of license or registration; mailing notice; electronic mail; failure to receive notice; failure to renew; relicensing or reregistration; temporary license or registration; authority to impose
§ 333.16204 Completion of continuing education as condition for license renewal; completion of hours or courses in pain and symptom management; rules; certain individuals excluded
§ 333.16204a Advisory committee on pain and symptom management; creation; members; compensation; expenses; terms; duties; review of guidelines
§ 333.16204b Treatment of pain; enactment of legislation
§ 333.16204c Medical treatment of pain; use of controlled substances; legislative findings; treatment by licensed health professionals; electronic monitoring system; “controlled substance” defined
§ 333.16204d Information booklet on pain; development by department of consumer and industry services; educational program for health professionals
§ 333.16204e Rules; circumstances under which bona fide prescriber-patient relationship not required
§ 333.16205 Attendance at educational programs as condition to license renewal; waiver; rules for assessing continued competence
§ 333.16206 Electronic continuing education tracking system; agreement with nongovernmental entity; rules
§ 333.16211 Individual historical record; creation; contents; review by department; retention of unsubstantiated allegations; removal; review of record by licensee or applicant
§ 333.16213 Retention of records
§ 333.16215 Delegation of acts, tasks, or functions to licensed or unlicensed individual; supervision; rules; immunity; third party reimbursement or worker’s compensation benefits
§ 333.16216 Disciplinary subcommittee for board or task force; members; voting; chairperson; final decision; set aside by department; issuance of different final action; inclusion of final decision on website
§ 333.16216a Member of disciplinary subcommittee; conflict of interest; disclosure; “conflict of interest” defined
§ 333.16221 Investigation of licensee, registrant, or applicant for licensure or registration; hearings, oaths, and testimony; complaint; grounds for proceeding under MCL 333.16226
§ 333.16221a Investigation of health care provider’s recommendation or treatment under right to try act; definitions
§ 333.16221b Violation of MCL 333.7303a(4) or (5) or 333.17754a; reasonable basis; issuance of letter
§ 333.16222 Knowledge of violation; report to department; confidentiality of information; failure to make report; exception; identity of licensee or registrant making report; notice of criminal conviction or disc
§ 333.16223 Impairment of licensee, registrant, or applicant; report; exception; liability
§ 333.16224 Failure or refusal to submit to examination as grounds for denial or suspension of license; additional grounds for disciplinary actions
§ 333.16226 Sanctions; determination; judicial review; maximum and minimum fine for violation of MCL 333.16221(a) or (b); completion of program or examination; permanent revocation; finding; violation of MCL 333
§ 333.16227 Suspension or revocation of license or registration; other sanction or action
§ 333.16228 Prescription of controlled substance; investigation; ad hoc review panel
§ 333.16231 Allegation; review; investigation; compliance conference; duties of department following investigation; confidentiality of identity; complaint; failure to respond; conditions applicable to subsection
§ 333.16231a Failure to reach agreement at compliance conference held under MCL 333.16231(4); hearing; conduct; determination by hearings examiner; request for continuance; representation; failure to appear as def
§ 333.16232 Hearings; rules
§ 333.16233 Investigation; order to cease and desist; hearing; violation of order; summary suspension of license or registration; notice from federal agency
§ 333.16234 Conduct of hearings; authority of department
§ 333.16235 Subpoena; prima facie evidence of matters recorded; admissible evidence
§ 333.16236 Mental or physical examination; expense; consent; waiver
§ 333.16237 Imposition of penalty by disciplinary subcommittee; review of recommended findings of fact and conclusions of law; assignment of independent special assistant attorney general; additional testimony or
§ 333.16238 Confidentiality of information; compliance conference closed to public
§ 333.16239 Pamphlet
§ 333.16241 Publishing list of names and addresses of disciplined individuals; distribution of compilation; report of disciplinary actions; report upon summary suspension of license; notice of revocation or suspe
§ 333.16243 Reports; reporting name of licensee, amount of damages awarded, or amount of approved settlement
§ 333.16244 Immunity from civil or criminal liability; physician-patient privilege inapplicable; confidentiality of information; disclosure; prohibition
§ 333.16245 Reinstatement of limited, suspended, or revoked license or registration; application; payment; time; hearing; guidelines; fee; criminal history check; permanent revocation
§ 333.16245a Permanent revocation
§ 333.16247 Reinstatement of license or issuance of limited license; requirements
§ 333.16248 Reinstatement of registration; requirements
§ 333.16249 Reclassification of limited license; requirements
§ 333.16261 Health profession; prohibited use of insignia, title, letter, word, or phrase
§ 333.16264 Use of insignia, titles, letters, or phrases granted by authorized educational program or institution or professional organization or association
§ 333.16265 Use of terms “doctor” or “dr.”
§ 333.16266 Compliance
§ 333.16267 HIV infected test subject; compliance reporting requirements; definitions
§ 333.16273 Artificial insemination services on anonymous basis; use of frozen sperm; testing sperm donor for presence of HIV or antibody to HIV; violation; liability; definitions
§ 333.16274 Human cloning; prohibited acts; exception; violation of subsection (1); private right of action; definitions
§ 333.16275 Human cloning; prohibition; exception; violation; penalty; private right of action; “human cloning” defined
§ 333.16276 Use of laser for dermatological purposes; supervision of licensed physician required; exceptions; rules; definitions
§ 333.16277 Nonemergency health care; limitation on liability; additional restrictions; exceptions; definitions
§ 333.16281 Initiation of child abuse or neglect investigations; notice to licensee or registrant; request for child’s medical records and information; release of medical records and information; inapplicable pri
§ 333.16282 Patient treated for opioid-related overdose to be provided with information on substance use disorder services
§ 333.16283 Definitions
§ 333.16284 Telehealth service; consent required; exception
§ 333.16285 Telehealth service; prescribing patient with drug; conditions; requirements
§ 333.16286 Telehealth service; restrictions or conditions; findings by disciplinary subcommittee
§ 333.16287 Rules
§ 333.16288 MCL 333.16284 to 333.16287; limitations
§ 333.16291 Violation; injunctive relief; criminal proceeding; prosecution
§ 333.16294 Unlawful conduct; felony
§ 333.16296 Unlawful conduct; misdemeanor; penalties
§ 333.16299 Violation as misdemeanor; penalties; exception
§ 333.16301 Fees generally
§ 333.16303 Nonrefundable application processing fee; examination or inspection fee; fee for initial license or registration period; waiver of fee; definitions
§ 333.16305 Examination fee; forfeiture; reexamination fee
§ 333.16307 License and registration fees; completion of requirements for licensure or registration; forfeiture of fees; effect of void application
§ 333.16315 Health professions regulatory fund; nurse professional fund; pain management education and controlled substances electronic monitoring and antidiversion fund
§ 333.16317 Fees; limitation on increase; schedule
§ 333.16319 Fees
§ 333.16321 Chiropractor; fees
§ 333.16322 Practice of acupuncture; license fees
§ 333.16323 Dentist, dental assistant, dental hygienist, dental therapist; fees
§ 333.16323a Fees
§ 333.16324 Marriage and family therapy; license fees
§ 333.16325 Medicine; fees
§ 333.16326 Practice of midwifery; license fees
§ 333.16327 Registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, or trained attendant; fees
§ 333.16328 Nursing home administrator; licensing fees
§ 333.16329 Optometry; fees
§ 333.16331 Osteopathic medicine and surgery; fees
§ 333.16333 Pharmacy or other practices regulated under part 177; fees
§ 333.16334 Massage therapist; fees
§ 333.16335 Physical therapy; fees
§ 333.16336 Athletic trainer; fees
§ 333.16337 Physician’s assistant; fees
§ 333.16338 Genetic counselor; fees
§ 333.16339 Podiatric medicine; fees
§ 333.16341 Counseling; fees
§ 333.16342 Speech-language pathologist; fees
§ 333.16343 Psychologist; fees; increase limitations
§ 333.16343a Practice of applied behavior analysis or assistant behavior analyst; fees
§ 333.16344 Respiratory therapist; license fees
§ 333.16345 Occupational therapist or occupational therapist assistant; fees
§ 333.16347 Sanitarian; fees
§ 333.16348 Licensed bachelor’s social worker, licensed master’s social worker, or registered social service technician; fees
§ 333.16349 Veterinary medicine or veterinary technician; fees

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 333 > Act 368 of 1978 > Article 15 > Part 161 - General Provisions

  • Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • 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.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Alternate payee: means a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant, who is named in an eligible domestic relations order. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Alternative energy technology: means equipment, component parts, materials, electronic devices, testing equipment, and related systems that are specifically designed, specifically fabricated, and used primarily for 1 or more of the following:
  (i) The storage, generation, reformation, or distribution of clean fuels integrated within an alternative energy system or alternative energy vehicle, not including an anaerobic digester energy system or a hydroelectric energy system, for use within the alternative energy system or alternative energy vehicle. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Annual report: means the most recent audited financial statement reporting a local unit of government's liability for retirement pension benefits and retirement health benefits as determined under applicable government accounting standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Annual required contribution: means the sum of the normal cost payment and the annual amortization payment for past service costs to fund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Armed forces: means the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard or other military force designated by Congress as part of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the reserve components. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Assessed value: means 1 of the following:
    •   (i) For valuations made before January 1, 1995, the state equalized valuation as determined under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • 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.
  • Authority: means a water resource improvement tax increment finance authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Authority: means a neighborhood improvement authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Authority: means all of the following:
    •   (i) An authority as defined in part 2. See Michigan Laws 125.4901
  • Authority: means a local development finance authority created pursuant to this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Authority: means a corridor improvement authority created under section 604(1) or a joint authority created under section 604(2). See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Authority district: means an area or areas within which an authority exercises its powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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
  • Benefit: means an annuity, a pension, a retirement allowance, or an optional benefit accrued or accruing to a participant under a retirement system or a postretirement subsidy payable to a participant under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Board: as used in this part means each board created in this article and as used in any other part covering a specific health profession means the board created in that part. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • board: means the municipal stability board created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Business development area: means an area designated as a certified industrial park under this part prior to June 29, 2000, or an area designated in the tax increment financing plan that meets all of the following requirements:
    •   (i) The area is zoned to allow its use for eligible property. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Business incubator: means real and personal property that meets all of the following requirements:
    •   (i) Is located in a certified technology park or a certified alternative energy park. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 803(d), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 803(d), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the eligible property identified in the tax increment financing plan or, for a certified technology park, a certified alternative energy park, or a Next Michigan development area, the real and personal property included in the tax increment financing plan, including the current assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined pursuant to subdivision (hh), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 603(e), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Certificate of licensure: means a document issued as evidence of authorization to practice and use a designated title. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Certificate of registration: means a document issued as evidence of authorization to use a designated title. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Certified alternative energy park: means that portion of an authority district designated by a written agreement entered into pursuant to section 412c between the authority, the municipality or municipalities, and the Michigan economic development corporation. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Certified business park: means a business development area that has been designated by the Michigan economic development corporation as meeting criteria established by the Michigan economic development corporation. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Certified technology park: means that portion of the authority district designated by a written agreement entered into pursuant to section 412a between the authority, the municipality, and the Michigan economic development corporation. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city, the president or village manager of a village, or the supervisor of a township. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city or the president or village manager of a village. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city, the president of a village, or, for other local units of government or school districts, the person charged by law with the supervision of the functions of the local unit of government or school district. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor of a city, the president of a village, or the supervisor of a township. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Controlled substance: means that term as defined in section 7104. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Conviction: means a judgment entered by a court on a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere or on a jury verdict or court finding that a defendant is guilty or guilty but mentally ill. See Michigan Laws 333.16103
  • 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.
  • Corrective action plan: means a plan that details the actions to be taken by a local unit of government to address and resolve the underfunded status of the local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of technology, management, and budget. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Development area: means that area described in section 805 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Development area: means that area described in section 805 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Development area: means that area described in section 605 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 822. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 819. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development set forth in section 415. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 621. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Development program: means the implementation of a development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Distressed area: means a local governmental unit that meets all of the following:
    •   (i) Has a population of 700,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • district: means 1 or more of the following:
    •   (i) An inland body of water and land that is up to 1 mile from the shoreline of an inland lake that contains 1 or more public access points. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Domestic relations order: means a judgment, decree, or order of a court made according to the domestic relations law of this state and relating to the provision of alimony payments, child support, or marital property rights to a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or to a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Earliest retirement date: means the earliest date on which a participant meets all of the requirements for retirement under a retirement system except for termination of employment. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • EDRO: means a domestic relations order that is considered an eligible domestic relations order under section 11 or that meets all of the following requirements:
    •   (i) The domestic relations order states the names and last known addresses of the participant and alternate payee. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Eligible advance: means an advance made before August 19, 1993. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Eligible obligation: means an obligation issued or incurred by an authority or by a municipality on behalf of an authority before August 19, 1993 and its subsequent refunding by a qualified refunding obligation. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Eligible property: means land improvements, buildings, structures, and other real property, and machinery, equipment, furniture, and fixtures, or any part or accessory thereof whether completed or in the process of construction comprising an integrated whole, located within an authority district, of which the primary purpose and use is or will be 1 of the following:
    •   (i) The manufacture of goods or materials or the processing of goods or materials by physical or chemical change. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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
  • Employee: means an individual holding a position by election, appointment, or employment in a local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Employer contributions: means the amount transferred by an employer to a participating unit retirement system on behalf of members of the retirement system to pay for the actuarial accrued liabilities of the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Entitlement: 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.
  • 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
  • Evaluation system: means the local government retirement and benefits fiscal impact evaluation system created under section 5 to provide for the identification of, and a corrective action plan to resolve, the underfunded status of a local unit of government under this act. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • 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.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Felony arising out of his or her service as a public employee: means 1 or more of the following:
    •   (i) A felony resulting from the misuse of public funds. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Filed with the retirement system: means that the retirement system has determined that the domestic relations order submitted for filing is acceptable as an EDRO. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Former employee: means an individual who was an employee who terminated employment with the applicable local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • 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
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • General fund operating revenues: means the sum of all governmental activity fund revenues of a local unit of government as determined by the state treasurer based on applicable government accounting standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governing body: means , except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the elected body having legislative powers of a municipality creating an authority under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers or, for a joint authority created under section 604(2), the elected body of each municipality having legislative powers that is a member of the joint authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • grantor: may be construed as including every person from or by whom any estate in lands passes in or by any deed. See Michigan Laws 8.3e
  • 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.
  • Housing: means publicly owned housing, individual or multifamily. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • 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
  • Initial assessed value: means the assessed value of all the taxable property within the boundaries of the development area at the time the ordinance establishing the tax increment financing plan is approved, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the municipality at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Initial assessed value: means the assessed value of all the taxable property within the boundaries of the development area at the time the ordinance establishing the tax increment financing plan is approved, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the municipality at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Initial assessed value: means the assessed value, as equalized, of all the taxable property within the boundaries of the development area at the time the resolution establishing or amending the tax increment financing plan is approved, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the municipality for which equalization has been completed at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Inland lake: means a natural or artificial lake, pond, or impoundment. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • 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.
  • Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207, or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207 or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207, former 1943 PA 184, or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • License: except as otherwise provided in this subsection and section 17708(2), means an authorization issued under this article to practice where practice would otherwise be unlawful. See Michigan Laws 333.16106
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Limitation: means an action by which a board imposes restrictions or conditions, or both, on a license. See Michigan Laws 333.16106
  • Limited license: means a license to which restrictions or conditions, or both, as to scope of practice, place of practice, supervision of practice, duration of licensed status, or type or condition of patient or client served are imposed by a board. See Michigan Laws 333.16106
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Local unit of government: means any of the following:
    •   (i) A city. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Manufacturer: means a person that prepares, produces, derives, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, or repackages a drug or device salable on prescription only, or otherwise changes the container or the labeling of a drug or device salable on prescription only, and that supplies, distributes, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise disposes of that drug or device and any other drug or device salable on prescription only, to another person for resale, compounding, or dispensing. See Michigan Laws 333.17706
  • Member: means a member, vested former member, deferred member, beneficiary, designated beneficiary, or refund beneficiary of a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Member: means a member, vested former member, deferred member, or participant of a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Michigan economic development corporation: means the public body corporate created under section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Michigan strategic fund: means the Michigan strategic fund as described in the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.4702
  • Municipality: means a city or a village. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
  • Municipality: means all of the following:
    •   (i) A municipality as defined in part 2. See Michigan Laws 125.4901
  • Municipality: means a city, village, or urban township. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Municipality: means 1 of the following:
    •   (i) A city. See Michigan Laws 125.4602
  • Next Michigan development area: means a portion of an authority district designated by a Next Michigan development corporation under section 412e to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Next Michigan development corporation: means that term as defined in section 3 of the next Michigan development act, 2010 PA 275, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Nonprofit corporation: means that term as defined under section 108 of the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Normal cost: means the annual service cost of retirement health benefits as they are earned during active employment of employees of the local unit of government in the applicable fiscal year, using an individual entry-age normal and level percent of pay actuarial cost method. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • 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.
  • Obligation: means a written promise to pay, whether evidenced by a contract, agreement, lease, sublease, bond, or note, or a requirement to pay imposed by law. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Operating license agreement: means an agreement entered into under section 513 by and among a street railway and each road authority with jurisdiction over public streets and highways upon which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system, including, but not limited to, each city, village, or township road authority in the city, village, or township in which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Parcel: means an identifiable unit of land that is treated as separate for valuation or zoning purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Parcel: means an identifiable unit of land that is treated as separate for valuation or zoning purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • Parcel: means an identifiable unit of land that is treated as separate for valuation or zoning purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Participant: means a member, deferred member, vested former member, deceased former member, or retirant under the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Participating unit: means a retirement system that elects to come under the provisions of section 6. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Postretirement subsidy: includes , but is not limited to, all of the following:
    •   (i) A supplemental annuity. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • 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.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public facility: means a street, and any improvements to a street, including street furniture and beautification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, or building, including access routes designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by a public agency, that is related to access to inland lakes or a water resource improvement, or means a water resource improvement. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Public facility: means housing, a street, plaza, pedestrian mall, and any improvements to a street, plaza, or pedestrian mall including street furniture and beautification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, or building, including access routes designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by a public agency. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • Public facility: means 1 or more of the following:
    •   (i) A street, road, bridge, storm water or sanitary sewer, sewage treatment facility, facility designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the spread of identified soil or groundwater contamination, drainage system, retention basin, pretreatment facility, waterway, waterline, water storage facility, rail line, electric, gas, telephone or other communications, or any other type of utility line or pipeline, transit-oriented facility, transit-oriented development, or other similar or related structure or improvement, together with necessary easements for the structure or improvement. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Public facility: means a street, plaza, pedestrian mall, and any improvements to a street, plaza, or pedestrian mall including street furniture and beautification, sidewalk, trail, lighting, traffic flow modification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, transit-oriented development, transit-oriented facility, or building, including access routes, that are either designed and dedicated to use by the public generally or used by a public agency, or that are located in a qualified development area and are for the benefit of or for the protection of the health, welfare, or safety of the public generally, whether or not used by 1 or more business entities, provided that any road, street, or bridge shall be continuously open to public access and that other property shall be located in public easements or rights-of-way and designed to accommodate foreseeable development of public facilities in adjoining areas. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • public highway: as used in this act mean any road, street or alley taken over by and under the jurisdiction of the board of county road commissioners. See Michigan Laws 41.271
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public street or highway: means any state trunk line highway, county road, or city or village street maintained by a road authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Qualified development area: means a development area that meets 1 of the following:
    •   (i) All of the following:
      (A) Is located within a city with a population of 700,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Railroad: means that term as defined under section 109 of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Reclassification: means an action by a disciplinary subcommittee by which restrictions or conditions, or both, applicable to a license are added or removed. See Michigan Laws 333.16108
  • Registration: means an authorization only for the use of a designated title which use would otherwise be prohibited under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.16108
  • Reinstatement: means the granting of a license or certificate of registration, with or without limitations or conditions, to an individual whose license or certificate of registration has been suspended or revoked. See Michigan Laws 333.16108
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Residential district: means an area of a municipality where 75% or more of the area is zoned for residential housing. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Retirant: means a person who has retired with a retirement benefit payable from a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Retirant: means an individual who has retired with a retirement benefit payable from a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Retirement benefit: means an annuity, a retirement allowance, an optional benefit, a postretirement benefit, a benefit received from a defined contribution plan, defined benefit plan, deferred compensation plan, disability plan, life insurance plan, all money, investments and income of the various funds created under a public employee retirement system, and any other right accruing to a member under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Retirement benefit: means an annuity, a retirement allowance, a pension, a benefit from employer contributions to a defined contribution plan, an optional benefit, a postretirement benefit, and any other right accrued or accruing to a member under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Retirement health benefit: means an annuity, allowance, payment, or contribution to, for, or on behalf of a former employee or a dependent of a former employee to pay for any of the following components:
    •   (i) Expenses related to medical, drugs, dental, hearing, or vision care. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system established by this state or a political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system created and established by this state or any political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system established by this state or a political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.2702
  • Retirement system: means a retirement system, trust, plan, or reserve fund that a local unit of government establishes, maintains, or participates in and that, by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances, provides retirement pension benefits or retirement health benefits, or both. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Road authority: means each governmental agency with jurisdiction over public streets and highways. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
    •   (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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
  • Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Specific local taxes: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • 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 unit: means a retirement system established under the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 204, MCL 38. See Michigan Laws 38.1682
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Street railway: means a nonprofit corporation organized under this part for the purpose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting individuals or property. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Street railway system: means the facilities, equipment, and personnel required to provide and maintain a public transportation system operated on rails at grade or above or below ground within a city, village, or township utilizing streetcars, trolleys, light rail vehicles, or trams for the transportation of individuals or property. See Michigan Laws 125.4507
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of real and personal property in the development area. See Michigan Laws 125.4703
  • Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of real and personal property in the development area. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
  • Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of eligible property within the district or, for purposes of a certified technology park, a Next Michigan development area, or a certified alternative energy park, real or personal property that is located within the certified technology park, a Next Michigan development area, or a certified alternative energy park and included within the tax increment financing plan, subject to the following requirements:
    •   (i) Tax increment revenues include ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions, other than the state pursuant to the state education tax act, 1993 PA 331, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of real and personal property in the development area. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • 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.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Transit-oriented development: means infrastructional improvements that are located within 1/2 mile of a transit station or transit-oriented facility that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use as determined by the board and approved by the municipality in which it is located. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Transit-oriented facility: means a facility that houses a transit station in a manner that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use. See Michigan Laws 125.4603
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Underfunded local unit of government: means a local unit of government that is in underfunded status. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • Underfunded status: means that the state treasurer has determined that the local unit of government is underfunded under the review provided in section 5 and the local unit of government does not have a waiver under section 6. See Michigan Laws 38.2803
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Urban township: means a township that meets 1 or more of the following:
    •   (i) Meets all of the following requirements:
      (A) Has a population of 20,000 or more, or has a population of 10,000 or more but is located in a county with a population of 400,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 125.4402
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
  • Water resource improvement: means enhancement of water quality and water dependent natural resources, including, but not limited to, the following:
    •   (i) The elimination of the causes and the proliferation of aquatic nuisance species, as defined in section 3101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 125.4703