Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 338 > Act 440 of 1988 - Asbestos Workers Accreditation Act

• ACBM: means asbestos-containing building material. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• 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.
• 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.
• Asbestos: means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite asbestos, tremolite asbestos, and actinolite asbestos. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• Asbestos model accreditation plan: means the asbestos model accreditation plan issued by the environmental protection agency, appendix C to subpart E of part 763 of title 40 of the code of federal regulations. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• Asbestos-related work: means an activity or task performed by a person working with asbestos in buildings, including, but not limited to, inspection, management plan development, the design or conduct of response actions, and remedial work. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• certificate of reaccreditation: means a numbered document issued by the director as provided in section 13 to a person who possesses the necessary qualifications and who successfully completes the initial training and examination or refresher training required by this act. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• 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.
• 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 insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Department: means the department of consumer and industry services. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Director: means the director of consumer and industry services or his or her authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Inspection: means an activity undertaken in a school building or public and commercial building to determine the presence or location or to assess the condition of friable or nonfriable ACBM or suspected ACBM, whether by visual or physical examination or by collecting samples of material. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• 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
• Interior space: means an enclosed portion of a public and commercial building, including, but not limited to, an exterior hallway, connecting structure, portico, or mechanical system used to condition an enclosed space. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• 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.
• 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, association, corporation, public or private agency, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Probate: Proving a will
• Public and commercial building: means the interior space of a building that is not a school building, a residential apartment building of fewer than 10 units, or a detached single family home. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402
• School: means a private or public elementary or secondary institution of learning including grades kindergarten through 12. See Michigan Laws 338.3402
• School building: means 1 or more of the following at a school: