§ 400.1101 Short title
§ 400.1102 Meanings of words and phrases
§ 400.1103 Definitions; B to D
§ 400.1104 Definitions; E to S
§ 400.1105 Bureau of community action; creation; appointment of executive director; powers and duties of bureau
§ 400.1106 Commission on community action and economic opportunity; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; chairperson; executive secretary; vacancies; per diem compensation; reimbursement
§ 400.1107 Duties of commission
§ 400.1108 Designating or rescinding designation of community action agency; procedures; continuation of community action agency designated by community services administration; rescission of designation
§ 400.1109 Community action agency; duties; permissible activities
§ 400.1110 Distribution of funds
§ 400.1111 Community action agency; establishment of governing board of directors; membership; term limits
§ 400.1113 Interagency agreements; purpose; renewal
§ 400.1114 Conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public
§ 400.1115 Existing agencies and organizations performing services described in act; eligibility to receive funds; continuation of services
§ 400.1116 Rules
§ 400.1117 Effectiveness report
§ 400.1118 Appropriation of funds from general fund not required; condition
§ 400.1119 Proposed use and distribution of funds provided under omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1981; public hearings; approval or disapproval of bureau plan

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 400 > Act 230 of 1981 - Michigan Economic and Social Opportunity Act of 1981

  • 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.
  • Alley: means a public or private right of way shown on a plat which provides secondary access to a lot, block, or parcel of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • 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.
  • Caption: means the name by which the plat is legally and commonly known. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County plat board: means the register of deeds, who shall act as chairperson, the county clerk, who shall act as secretary, and the county treasurer. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Division: means the partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than 1 year, or of building development that results in 1 or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that satisfies the requirements of section 108 and 109. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Engineer: means a civil engineer who is a professional engineer licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • 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.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Governing body: means the legislative body of a city or village or the township board of a township. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Health department: means the department of environmental quality, a city health department, a county health department, or a district health department, whichever has jurisdiction. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • 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
  • 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: means all land areas occupied by real property. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • 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
  • Lot: means a measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described and fixed in a recorded plat. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Municipality: means a township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • 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.
  • Parcel: means a continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in this act. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • 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
  • Plat: means a map or chart of a subdivision of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Proprietor: means a natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or combination of any of them that holds an ownership interest in land whether recorded or not. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • 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 sewer: means a sewerage system as defined in section 4101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Public utility: means all persons, firms, corporations, copartnerships, or municipal or other public authority providing gas, electricity, water, steam, telephone, sewer, or other services of a similar nature. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Public water: means a system of pipes and structures through which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells and well structures, intakes, and cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, storage tanks and appurtenances, collectively or severally, actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water to the public for household or drinking purposes. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • 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.
  • 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
  • subdivision: means the partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than 1 year, or of building development that results in 1 or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that is not exempted from the platting requirements of this act by section 108 and 109. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Surveyor: means a professional surveyor licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Tract: means 2 or more parcels that share a common property line and are under the same ownership. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o