§ 400.1531 Short title
§ 400.1532 Definitions
§ 400.1533 Sexual assault victims’ medical forensic intervention and treatment fund; creation; deposit of money into fund; interest and earnings; money in fund at close of fiscal year; department of human servic
§ 400.1535 Expenditures; limitation; award of grants and contracts; manner; annual audit and report; rules
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 400 > Act 546 of 2008 - Sexual Assault Victims' Medical Forensic Intervention and Treatment Act

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Board: means the domestic violence prevention and treatment board created in section 2 of 1978 PA 389, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 400.1532
  • conveyance: as used in this chapter , shall be construed to embrace every instrument in writing, by which any estate or interest in real estate is created, aliened, mortgaged or assigned; or by which the title to any real estate may be affected in law or equity, except wills, leases for a term not exceeding 3 years, and executory contracts for the sale or purchase of lands. See Michigan Laws 565.35
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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.
  • Fund: means the sexual assault victims' medical forensic intervention and treatment fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 400.1532
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sexual assault counselor: means an employee of a sexual assault crisis center whose primary purpose is the rendering of advice, counseling, or assistance to victims or advocacy for victims. See Michigan Laws 400.1532
  • Sexual assault crisis center: means a public or private agency that offers specialized direct assistance to victims, including, but not limited to:
    •   (i) A telephone hotline that is operated 24 hours a day and answered by a sexual assault counselor or trained volunteer. See Michigan Laws 400.1532
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • 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.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o