Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 397 > Act 59 of 1964 - Distribution of Penal Fines to Public Libraries

• 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.
• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the board of trustees of the multiple employer welfare arrangement security fund. See Michigan Laws 500.7001
• Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Covered claim: means an obligation of an insolvent MEWA to pay a claim that is covered by the MEWA to a covered employee or dependent who is a resident of this state. See Michigan Laws 500.7001
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Fund: means the multiple employer welfare arrangement security fund. See Michigan Laws 500.7001
• 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
• MEWA: means that term as defined in section 3 of the employee retirement income security act of 1974, Public Law 93-406, 88 Stat. See Michigan Laws 500.7001
• 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.
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Public library: means a library, the whole interests of which belong to the general public, lawfully established for free public purposes by any 1 or more counties, cities, townships, villages, school districts or other local governments or any combination thereof, or by any general or local act, but shall not include a special library such as a professional or technical library or a school library. See Michigan Laws 397.31
• Qualified public library: means any public library which is open to and available to the public at least 10 hours per week or any library which has a contract with a public library board to furnish library services to the public. See Michigan Laws 397.31
• 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
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.