§ 388.861 Definitions
§ 388.862 Measurement of asbestos levels; methods
§ 388.863 Implementation of operations and maintenance plans; compliance
§ 388.864 Removal; circumstances

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 388 > Act 51 of 1993 - Asbestos in Educational Facilities

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Asbestos: means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, asbestiform anthophyllite, asbestiform tremolite, and asbestiform actinolite. See Michigan Laws 388.861
  • Asbestos-containing material: means any material or product containing more than 1% asbestos. See Michigan Laws 388.861
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Cost: means the discounted present value of all anticipated future expenditures associated with a course of action in an area where asbestos removal is being considered. See Michigan Laws 388.861
  • Educational facility: means a building owned, leased, or under the control of a public or nonpublic school or school system containing any of grades K-12. See Michigan Laws 388.861
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Operations and maintenance plan: means a program of work practices designed to maintain asbestos or friable asbestos-containing material in good condition to ensure the cleanup of asbestos or friable asbestos-containing material previously released and to prevent the further release of asbestos or asbestos-containing material by minimizing and controlling the damage or disturbance of asbestos or asbestos-containing material. See Michigan Laws 388.861
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Removal: means the taking out or stripping of asbestos or asbestos-containing material from an existing structure. See Michigan Laws 388.861
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o